After the water detachment of the insurance regiment began to prepare for war, the preparation speed of the field hospital was actually the fastest. This incident surprised Pu Guanshui. In fact, this hospital is very simple. It's just some simple stretcher, a big cigarette cream for pain relief. A probe to find the location of the gun, some knives to dig out the bullet, and a needle and thread to suture the wound. and bandages for bandaging. The soldiers and soldiers of the insurance regiment all have blood type on their signs, manual centrifuges to test blood type, needles for blood drawing and transfusion, and hanging bottles for transporting normal saline, which are originally packed in fixed boxes. Now it's enough to take it out and check it again.

This time, there were two platoons of 24 doctors in the fleet, and after checking the equipment against the regulations. Two platoons of transports and a corps of military doctors formed the field hospital. Everyone tied up their things and was ready to go.

Chen Ke never thought that the formation of a military hospital would undermine morale, on the contrary, Chen Ke believed that letting wounded soldiers howl on the battlefield would be a heavy blow to morale. Only when the soldiers know that they will receive the most dedicated treatment will everyone feel comfortable going into battle.

Compared with field hospitals, other departments were formed more quickly, but preparations were far less rapid. The scouts were sent out one by one, and the staff officers studied the drawings. Marching and troop deployment. Arrangement of firearms and ammunition. These are the most basic things.

This time there were not only scouts, but also sapper units on the flotilla. They even brought a certain amount of explosives. As the commander-in-chief, Zhang Yu saw these things on the list and was even more convinced of the intentions of his superiors. If you hadn't planned to build a fence for a long time, it would have been enough to bring guns and ammunition, and there would have been no need to carry such dangerous things as explosives. However, there is no need to explain the internal affairs of these insurance groups to Pu Guanshui, an outsider, so clearly.

Knowing that the water detachment of the insurance regiment had decided to send troops, Pu Guanshui felt very ashamed. However, Pu Guanshui is not the kind of person who can't let go, he asked Zhang Yu bluntly, "Captain Zhang, do you have any tasks for me to do?" ”

Zhang Yu actually wanted to see how capable Pu Guanshui, the co-commander of the Anhui New Army, was. If possible, Zhang Yu hopes that the new army commander can lead the new army to charge into battle. But now that his wishes are shattered, Zhang Yu doesn't want to have more complications. "Pu Xietong, I don't need you to go into battle this time. But next time, I don't know if I can bother Pu Xietong to go to Weizi to negotiate first. If you don't have to fight, I don't think you need to fight for the time being. Even if it is to give out half a month's food first, so that the people can get through these days. Our insurance regiment can also calmly transfer troops and supplies. Otherwise, the guns and ammunition will not be supplied. ”

"Well, I'll figure it out." Pu Guanshui felt that Zhang Yu's idea was very right, although a considerable part of the arms of the insurance regiment were provided by Pu Guanshui. But Pu Guanshui no longer sees himself as a new army.

Zhang Yu continued: "The key is ammunition. Even ammunition is not a problem, the point is reloading the bullets. ”

In fact, this is not Zhang Yu's knowledge, Chen Ke once talked about this matter to senior officers at a military meeting. In the future, the insurance regiment is about to enter large-scale operations. In this day and age, the insurance regiment must have a modern army. After listening to the strange demands of his comrades, Chen Ke explained his plan with a smile, that the insurance regiment must build an arsenal capable of self-repairing all kinds of captured guns and capable of producing reloading bullets. "Reloading bullets" mainly require primers, gunpowder, warheads. Cartridge shells can use old cartridge shells. And there was also a replenishment of captured enemy bullet cartridge casings.

Listening to Zhang Yu's words, Pu Guanshui frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the head of the water detachment of the insurance regiment would have such insight. Zhang Yu didn't explain more, the reconnaissance team sent out first had already determined the route of the march five miles ahead. After reading the hastily drawn road map, Zhang Yu stood up, "Pu Xietong, we are about to set off." I beg you to keep an eye on your brothers in the new army, and to guard the ships with our remaining men. Okay? ”

Although he knew that Zhang Yu's request was very reasonable, but he wanted to save the name of the people so much, but now he couldn't go to the battlefield, Pu Guanshui only felt a burst of guilt. "We must live up to our mission." Pu Guanshui replied.

In a loud trumpet, the large troops of the insurance regiment lined up according to the configuration. Some of the warriors knew that there was going to be a war, but they didn't know who the enemy really was. Zhang Yu didn't say much, "Let's go." He shouted. The crimson sickle hammerhead party flag was raised and waved high by the standard-bearer, and then the political commissar Li Zhao led the singing of the military song,

"Forward, forward, forward! Our procession to the sun,

Stepping on the land of the motherland,

Burdened with the hope of the nation,

We are an invincible force.

We are the children of the people,

We are the armed forces of the people,

From fearless,

Never give in,

Heroic battles,

Until the reactionaries are wiped out,

The flag of China is flying high.

Listen!

The wind is howling,

Listen!

How loud the revolutionary song is!

Comrades marched to the battlefield of liberation in full steps,

Comrades rushed to the borders of the motherland in full order,

forward

Forward!

Our procession to the sun,

To the final victory,

to the liberation of the whole country!"

Although he didn't know where the target was, he didn't know who his enemies were. Most of the fighters and fighters did not even know what the concept of revolution was, and they did not have the concept and ambition to liberate the whole of China. But when the military song was sung, this piece of music, which was completely different from the Fengyang flower drum in Anhui, also had a completely different feeling. Everyone knew that there was going to be a war, and they knew that they were going to encounter the enemy in front of them. There was fear in his chest, but it didn't slow down a man. None of them had the idea of escaping. Because for a long time, they have been accustomed to marching side by side with their comrades and facing all kinds of hardships and hardships side by side. The soldiers of the insurance regiment sang the military song of their own unit with the commissar, and the long procession began to march almost simultaneously.

Almost at the same time, in front of Liujiapu, more than 20 miles away, the victims also began to act. There were no cries or pleadings among the nearly 1,000 victims. In the months of the disaster, they have exhausted everything they can plead and cry out. But for months the gate of the enclosure was cast of iron, and it did not move. Now that the relatives who can't resist hunger and disease have passed away, even if there are those who are dying, it is only the difference between dying today and dying tomorrow. The only way for everyone to survive is whether they can break the fence. Looking at the fence a few feet high, no one spoke, no one cried anymore. Anyway, it's all death, either being beaten to death, or desperately dying. As long as they can rush into the fence and get food, those dying family members and themselves can live.

The iron bell on the high watchtower, and the iron bell inside the fence rang for a long time, and the black pressure on the wall of the fence was full of people, birds, and other firearms, and the muzzle of the black hole was pointed out. The spear head, the broadsword, shimmered with metal. To say the least, there must be more than 100 people on standby. Compared to the rudimentary weapons of these people, they can be said to be fully armed.

Liu Baye is the owner of Weizi, he is only in his early forties this year, and he is a very powerful man. In fact, when this year's floods began, no one could have imagined that they would evolve into what they are now. In late spring and early summer, it is the time when the crops grow wildly, and it is a good thing that rain rains every day, but no one would have imagined that this rain will be more than 60 days at once. Seeing the ground turn into a pond, the pond into a lake, and the lake into an endless sea.

Like other weizi, Liu Baye strictly ordered that the gate of the weizi was not allowed to be opened, and all the women and men lived separately. Rectify the order inside the enclosure, and outsiders are resolutely not allowed to enter. Liu Baye is also a very prestigious person in Liu's shop, and like other people who can build a fence, his ancestors also started from the Huai Army, and the wealth spelled out in the knives and guns. Relying on the property forced from all over the world, the family bought thousands of acres of land. Become a big local landowner. All the relatives of the Liu family in this enclosure are divided by distance and proximity, and they live from the inside to the outside. Those who can live on the edge of the fence must also be relatives within four suits. As the owner of the waizi, Liu Baye firmly believes that he has to plan for these relatives.

At least half of these families were members of the Liu family, and many more men were armed with spears and pitchforks under the walls. Liu Baye took his brother and climbed the watchtower with a pistol. The condescending view is very good, and the victims are still out of range of the firearms. Seeing that the victims did not have muskets, Liu Baye inserted the gun back into the holster and took out a single-barrel "clairvoyant" from his arms. This is Liu Baye's ancestral treasure. A good thing that can only be used by officers from the Huai Army era. Pulling open the "clairvoyance" and placing it in front of the right eye, the situation of the victims was immediately clear.

The people in tattered clothes were pitiful, except for the farm tools and tree poles. Those ladders didn't work. It's still a long way from the height of the wall. Liu Baye looked back at the wall, and the boiling water in the cauldron was steaming white. Just pouring a few buckets on these clusters of sticks is enough to make the bastards who beat their wrinkles blister.

As the owner of the fence, Liu Baye is very meticulous in doing things, and he knows the height, advantages, and disadvantages of the fence. Continuing to observe the number of victims for a while, armed and armed, Liu Baye relieved his heart. Just because hundreds of people want to break their fence, don't even think about it. But the only trouble is what to do after the war, and those who were killed are definitely not going to be able to pile up outside the wall. I had to send someone out and bury them. Thinking of this, Liu Baye felt a wave of resentment in his heart, isn't it good for these people to die at home honestly? I had to die outside my fence. After killing them, you have to find a monk and Taoist priest to do a French ceremony, which is another waste of money.

But after thinking about it, Liu Baye saw that there were still some women among the victims outside. This is also very good, if you catch women and sell them to Shanghai, you may be able to make a little money. But the thought only flickered for a moment, and the cautious attitude immediately prevailed. Liu Baye shouted loudly: "If you repel the bandits, you will be rewarded with 100 yuan each." After killing all the bandits in a while, we'll have to go out and clean up. I'm going to say it now, I'm going to die, not live! The people may have taken their heads and used them to receive the reward. A head and a half taels of silver. Two heads for a tael of silver, and whoever can cut off ten of them, I will give him seven taels. Cut down twenty, and I'll give him fifteen taels!" ”

Liu Baye's voice was loud, and such a reward could be heard from far away. Immediately, there was a "Oh! "Bang! Such an incentive policy had an immediate effect, and even the eyes of the originally very nervous family members flashed with excitement. A tael of silver in the first year is not a small amount. Not to mention fifteen taels. The family members who were reluctant to kill people all felt that they would cut off a head to receive a reward. As for those who are brave and ruthless, they grinned even more. They are determined to do a great job and earn more money. The morale inside the fence was immediately high.

Seeing that everyone was so excited that they looked left and right, and exchanged heads and ears, Liu Baye came down from the watchtower with satisfaction and let his younger brother take over the work of the actual command. Do things at nothing, or do them thoroughly. This is a family motto handed down by the ancestors of the Huai Army officers. This is how the Huai army wiped out the Tianping Army and exterminated the rampant Twist Army. Nothing polite to those bandits. Even if these bandits were victims who were about to starve to death, Liu Baye still thought so. If there's anything to blame, blame God. The sixty days of heavy rain were not requested by Liu Baye. In order to stop the rain during the flood, Liu Baye also did rituals. It's just that God doesn't open his eyes, who has a way to do this? Liu Baye even felt that the rain could stop, and it was not unrelated to the Dharma he had spent money on.

Will they pay back the food they lend to these poor ghosts? Since you can't afford to pay it back, don't borrow it, it's better to starve to death. Liu Baye's grain is not blown by the wind. It was also caused by beads of sweat falling into eight petals. Just look at Liu Baye's current scenery, but who still remembers that when the Liu family followed Li Hongzhang and Master Li out of the army, they walked fifteen times, and only Liu Baye's ancestor came back alive. This is a property that was exchanged for life, so why should it be enjoyed by the poor sticks outside these enclosures? Where is this reasoning?

What is the use of looking for the county master to go to the county master for natural disasters, and to find Liu Baye?

Sitting back on the chair near the gate of the enclosure, Liu Baye quietly waited for the battle to begin.

Zhou Xingrui looked at the high sgir, and he suddenly felt that he had never felt it before, but this sirf could be so high. You need to put your head up so high. The war is about to start, and Zhou Xingrui began to think nervously, are you ready? Climb the ladder, the ladder has. Hit the door, but the wood was not well prepared. Everyone has no strength, how much effort does it take to get this done? This should have been planned, but it didn't seem to be ready for anything. These folks didn't practice either, but they just listened to some of their own suggestions and saw that they had a pistol. That's what followed me.

He suddenly felt that it was wrong to drive Zhou Yisheng away, but Zhou Yisheng became a soldier and knew more about war than himself. It would be nice if Zhou Yisheng could give him an idea. But it's too late to think about anything now. There is no other way but to do it.

"Niu'er, Ergou, get ready." Zhou Xingrui gave the order. One of these two people is Zhou Xingrui's nephew, and the other is his nephew, and the two children are responsible for directing people to knock on the door. After listening to the order, the two young men beckoned to the other youths, "Listen, everyone, knock open the door, go in and grab the food, let our brothers pick it first." If the brothers die, let everyone's fathers and brothers and sisters pick first. At this point, there's nothing to be afraid of. Let's go, guys. ”

The people in charge of banging on the door are all relatively strong young men. Everyone didn't cheer when they heard this, but silently picked up their things.

It was a few tables tied together, and the farmer's table was all clumsy. In this way, it can be used for a long time. Two of them, although old, look pretty good, and even the lacquer on them can be seen with some eyebrows. It was the table of Zhou Yisheng and Zhou Yizheng's brothers. The hemp rope propped the table on several long poles, and on top of them were some cotton quilts that had been tattered, and there was no cotton left in these quilts, and the cotton that could be eaten had long since been eaten. It's just a bunch of tattered stuff that you can barely tell what it was.

A dozen young men lifted the thing, which was used to protect against bullets, and seven or eight young men rushed towards the gate of the fence, carrying the wooden load.

Now in charge of guarding the wall of the fence is Liu Baye's younger brother, Liu Wentao. In fact, Liu Baye is only ranked eighth among his peers, not eighth among his brothers. His real name is Liu Wenxiu, and Liu Wentao is the second brother of Liu Baye. It has always been the right-hand man of everyone. Looking at this "siege" guy, Liu Wentao almost laughed out loud. Isn't this what my ancestors said about the Taiping Army? Such a thing would dare to use it to attack his own fence. Don't these people know that the Liu family started by exterminating the Taiping Army?

"Bring the oil can." Liu Wentao said with a smile. The family had quickly brought the oil cans. "Let this big turtle come to the door, and don't let the gun go."

The order was executed very well, and from above, the procession of turtles in the shape of a strange shape quickly rushed to the door. The clever one of the housekeepers had already brought a torch. Liu Wentao glanced at this clever ghost, but it was a guy named Jin Xiaosheng. The sound of the bang came from the gate, and the vibration caused by the collision between the wood and the gate spread along the fence to the soles of Liu Wentao's feet.

"Cut, you're hungry like this, and you're here to be a bandit?" Liu Wentao sneered. He threw the oil can against the bulletproof door panel, and with a bang, the oil tank shattered all over the door. The oil quickly dispersed in the pile of. Liu Zhengtao took a look and threw the torch down. Tumbling in the air, the torch arced and landed right on the oil. The flames burned in an instant.

Lu Zhengping was running on the sand. He was followed by five warriors. Everyone will pause after running for a while, and they will change the Zhou Yizheng on their backs to carry it on their backs. Now that the insurance group has decided to fight the siege, the first thing is to prevent the people from needlessly sending them to death. The work of stopping the people was handed over to Lu Zhengping. They brought Zhou Yizheng, after all, as an outsider to stop the estimation, the effect is basically nothing, and only by bringing Zhou Yizheng, a local, can it be convincing.

No one spoke, and everyone was basically running out of breath. If it weren't for the military training of the insurance regiment, everyone would be afraid that it would not be able to do it at this time. But no one said anything. Everyone is doing their best. As long as you can get there a quarter of an hour early, you can save a lot of people. The fighters of the insurance regiment also did their best