"Dingtian, this is your fault."

The two sides were fifty meters apart, seeing that the other party was just standing on the side of the road, as if welcome, and did not put on an attack formation, Wang Shihua didn't want people to underestimate, so he asked Pete to transfer the artillery to the back of the formation just in case, and he rode forward alone, and came to Xiang Dingtian, who was waiting in the middle, and complained with a smile: "This time, I explained the cause and effect to a few of you, and the greeting was called, why are you still like this?" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the other party's centaur and said with a smile: "What, you really want to compete with me?" ”

"I want to think about it, but my family won't let me." Xiang Dingtian said with a smile: "I'm here to supervise you this time, lest you don't talk or accidentally wash the county." ”

Wang Shihua nodded with a smile, waved his hand, and shouted, "Come on!" Show the banner of our Baojing Regiment! ”

I saw a brand-new wolf flag in the team...... In fact, the flag that the provincial government awarded to the Baojing Regiment was the blue sky and white sun flag, but Wang Shihua accepted the flag openly, but secretly insisted on passing on the glory of his ancestors, and no one could do anything.

Wang Shihua saw that Xiang Dingtian looked at the flag with some surprise, looked at himself again, leaned forward, leaned closer, and said with a smile: "Dingtian, the old man in your family is still shrewd, and he knows that I am now the head of the government's Baojing Regiment, if he dares to fight with us, he will become a bandit besieging the national army, and he deserves to be surrounded and suppressed by our national army...... Hey! Hey! ”

Xiang Dingtian naturally knew about the Baojing Group, but he didn't expect Wang Shihua to use this name to oppress himself at this time, and he was a little shocked, but he said nonchalantly: "Don't talk nonsense with me, think that if you put on a tiger skin, you will really become a tiger?" ”

"Dingtian, don't underestimate this tiger skin, at the critical moment, the national army still recognizes this ......" Speaking of this, Wang Shihua's eyes flashed a little provocative, and he said half-jokingly and half-threateningly: "Believe it or not? I'll cut it first and then play it, eat your little bit of people first, and then take the county seat, and report to the top the name of 'In order to stabilize the rear of the Anti-Japanese War, pursue and suppress the big bandits to Dingkun', the above will not even send someone to check it, and will pinch his nose to admit this reason, and will help me to exterminate you. Maybe the government will give me a medal at that time. ”

Also, once the two sides fight and cause chaos in Jiangyin County, in order to maintain the stability of the war of resistance in the rear, the national army will definitely send a large army to suppress it as soon as possible, and no matter who is right or wrong, at that time, the Baojing regiment will become the natural own people of the national army, and it must be Xiangjia to deal with. Of course, for Commander Chen, the king of Xiangxi, it would be better to exterminate both sides together, but how could the provincial government agree? After all, this is the army under its name, and if it is really going to be exterminated by you as a bandit, even if it is for the sake of your own face and the majesty of the provincial government, you will definitely retaliate...... This is the root of the scourge of factional mess.

"Don't talk nonsense with me, you do yours, I look at mine, as long as you don't wash the county, it's my." These words are tactful submissions and acceptance of this threat of 'pulling the banner of tiger skin'. It can be seen how envious, jealous and hateful Xiang Dingtian is in his heart, and he will definitely try his best to get such a name.

Wang Shihua smiled, hugged Xiang Dingkun, and continued to move forward...... From childhood to adulthood, this is the first time Wang Shihua has seen Xiang Dingtian deflated, and he didn't dare to refute it after eating deflated, and he was excited to sing loudly to vent.

Seeing more than 20 light machine guns, four heavy machine guns, 500 38 big covers and 2,500 Hanyang-made, everyone wearing four ammunition magazines and four grenades, all of which passed in front of him with a new and shiny spirit, Xiang Dingkun was really frightened by the force shown by the Wang family, and was more worried that Wang Shihua would take the opportunity to find something to really eat his 3,000 men and horses, so he let the horses defend on the spot, and at the same time sent fast horses to the family for help, and sent more people and horses to guard against him, and he took more than ten guards to catch up with Wang Shihua, I plan to be a spectator and observe the Wang family's armed forces by the way.

When I came to the forest a mile away from the west gate of the county seat, the monkeys were waiting at the edge of the forest.

As soon as he saw Wang Shihua, the monkey ran over to serve Wang Shihua and said with a smile: "The head of the family, the little one has already sent someone to surround the county seat, and he is waiting for you to speak." ”

"Well done!" Wang Shihua patted the monkey on the shoulder, picked up the binoculars and looked at the situation at the city gate, and saw that Fang Jue and the others were standing on the city wall shouting something here, so he asked with a smile: "Monkey, is the county magistrate Fang shouting?" ”

"The head of the family, not only the county magistrate Fang shouted, but everyone else was shouting, all of them were begging for peace talks and the like. The little ones know how powerful, so they don't pay attention to them at all, just waiting for your order, and the little ones will take the lead in taking the county seat. ”

Wang Shihua nodded to the monkey with a smile, turned back to Pete behind him and ordered: "Pete, set up three small steel cannons, aim at the city gate and fire a cannon, you don't need to be accurate, it can be regarded as debugging, and by the way, scare and scare them...... If they don't surrender, wait for my order and the next shot must be fired. ”

"Understood!"

After studying with Pete for so long, these old students are all out of school. Pete didn't have to go into battle himself, just held a small flag, and when the gunner put the shell on the muzzle, he waved the flag downward, and the gunners let go......

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

In three crisp sounds, three shells whistled out.

"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”

The cannonball pierced the space and slammed into the target with a screeching sound.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The three shells all exploded a few meters above the city gate, but fortunately, the city wall was made of granite and glutinous rice, which was extremely strong, and although the explosion point was only blown out of a groove the size of a bowl, the deterrent effect was really extraordinary.

Interestingly, the shell on the far left exploded just outside the city wall a few meters below the feet of Hu Xingmin and the others, making all three of them feel that their lives were threatened so much!

No one expected that Wang Shihua would open fire as soon as he came up, and the heart of investigation was unobstructed!

And at this time, the quality of the personnel on the city walls was exposed.

In the loud explosion, in the slight shaking of the city wall, the soldiers of the security regiment scurried around like headless flies, and few people even knew the most basic dodging on the ground. Although Xiang Dingkun yelled and whipped hard, he looked a little weak, and he himself, with a pale face, stood behind a pillar on the side of the city tower.

Hu Xingmin has been clothed and fed since he was a child, how has he ever seen a battlefield, let alone an artillery shell that explodes a few meters below him? His eyes were hollow, his expression was solemn, his face was paler, his lips were trembling, and his hands were clutching the battlements...... Apparently, he was stunned.

Fang Hua was much better, his complexion remained the same, but his eyes were full of light, but he had a few more worries.

Fang Jue's eyes were full of anger, he clenched his teeth, and looked at Lin Zi deadly.

In fact, although the three of them were a little afraid of the power of the cannonballs, it was not enough to make them scared like this, and the reason why they were so was because they were all worried: even the cannonballs were fired, and it was clear that they were going to attack the city, which was equivalent to rebellion, and now their lives and political future were over...... Although Fang Hua and Hu Xingmin are not local governors, the problem is that they happen to be here at this time, and if they catch up, they are unlucky.

"Second uncle, what should we do?"

Fang Jue is not a good bird, asking this question at this time, it is clear that he wants to push Hu Xingmin to the front to fight against lightning - once Wang Shihua rebels, the county will definitely not be able to hold it, and when the time comes, the higher level will blame him, and Hu Xingmin, the highest-ranking magistrate here now, is enough to bear most of the responsibility.

Fang Hua is not a good person, as soon as he received Fang Jue's eyes, his mind immediately became active. Hurriedly took over the topic and urged: "Second uncle, you are the provincial commissioner, and now you are the highest governor here, this is the case, you hurry up and get an idea." ”

Hu Xingmin has been an official for so many years, and he has no other skills, but his ability to be obedient and listen to sounds is still very good. No, hearing the urging of the two, he turned around and glanced at the two of them angrily, and then, his eyes rolled white, his body fell backwards, and he fainted directly.

This kind of old slippery behavior, how many years of precipitation will it take to cultivate such an old way! Fang Jue and Fang Hua, two cousins, admired Hu Xingmin's wit for a while, but they were helpless. I had to tell Hu Xingmin's guards: "The second uncle was stunned by the cannonball, but fortunately, there is no big problem, you can quickly carry him to a safe place to rest......

Speaking of this, Fang Hua on the side whispered to the guard squad leader: "It's best to find a place to rest near the east entrance of the city, once the city is broken, immediately open the city gate and force it out...... Be sure to keep him safe. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

After the guard squad carried Hu Xingmin down, Fang Jue glanced back and saw Xiang Dingkun hiding by the pillar, roaring inwardly to tell his subordinates not to panic, he was angry, and was about to speak, but was pulled by Fang Hua.

"Brother, you quickly send your henchmen to gather your younger brothers and sisters at the east entrance of the city, in case the city is broken, it is better to rush out with everyone from there."

This kind of battle has not yet made Fang Jue realize that he will leave his family here and be buried together. As soon as he heard this, he glanced at his cousin gratefully, nodded, and was about to call Xiang Dingkun, but suddenly felt something, regardless of Fang Hua's pull, he took the risk to stand up, looked in the direction of Lin Zi, and said, "Brother, it's not right!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Get up and see!"

Fang Hua stood up and looked in the direction of Fang Jue's finger, but saw that it was still that forest, and there was nothing abnormal.

"Brother, what the hell are you going to say?"

"Brother, they only fired once and then stopped, what do you mean by that?"

"You don't want to knock out our momentum before attacking the city, right?"

"With my understanding of Wang Shihua, I won't ...... like this" Speaking of this, Fang Jue slapped his thigh violently and said with a smile: "This guy is pressing us with cannonballs and trying to force us to negotiate with him." ”

Fang Hua thought for a moment, nodded, and admitted this inference. However, he still reminded very cautiously: "Brother, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, it's better to send your younger brothers and sisters to the east entrance of the city first." ”

Fang Jue nodded, turned back to Xiang Dingkun and shouted, "Captain Xiang!" To the head of the regiment! Please come over for a moment. ”

Don't look at Ding Kun Although he was roaring, his eyes never left Fang Jue, and as soon as he heard Fang Jue shouting, he hurriedly ran over.

Fang Jue immediately muttered in his ear for a while, and replied to Dingkun Zhengse's salute: "Please rest assured, the county magistrate, and promise to complete the task." ”

Fang Hua added: "When necessary, you can open the city gate and let the people go out first, disrupting the other party's deployment, which is conducive to you rushing out while the chaos is in place." ”

"Yes!"

Waiting for Xiang Dingkun to run away happily, Fang Jue smiled bitterly at Fang Hua......