Chapter 11 Yuan Yixiang's Suppression of Bandits
My name is Yuan Yixiang, I am a native of Zhili, after I was born, my family hoped that I would be able to soar in the future, so I went to consult the scholars in the village.
After listening to my father's hope, the scholar named me Yuan Yixiang.
As for now, I am a sentry officer of the Mixed Association.
If you want to say why I became a soldier, it's not that my family is poor, at that time, there was a notice posted at the entrance of the village, and I didn't know how to read, so I went to ask the literate people in the village.
After reading the announcement, he said to me: "Ah Xiang, isn't your family poor, this announcement says that there is an adult surnamed Yuan who wants to train soldiers, and we will start recruiting soldiers from Zhili, as long as he is selected, there will be one or two silver in the month."
Ah Xiang, you are as strong as a cow, and your net worth is innocent.
When I was a child, I also knew a few words with the scholars in the village, this recruitment, as long as you go, there must be a share of yours, you think about it, after you go to become a soldier, it is to eat imperial food, and you can send a tael of silver to the family every month, if this is a few years later, I estimate that you can even marry a daughter-in-law.
If you want me to say, maybe you were still a family with this Lord Yuan eight hundred years ago, and then maybe you will soar into the sky just like your father thought. “
After listening to the braggadocio of the literate man, I was seduced by the scene he painted.
So I thought about going to be a soldier for a few years first, and after a few years, I could still save a few dozen taels of silver in my hand, and then I would go home to farm and marry a daughter-in-law, and be filial to my father.
After I went to the recruiting place to report my life, I was notified to go to the barracks within a few days.
After saying goodbye to my parents, I came to a place called Xinnong Town, but I still like to call this place a small station because there is a railway station here.
When I was in the small station, I felt tired from training every day.
But every time I thought of a tael of silver a month, I persevered.
Until the end I was assigned to the right army of Wuwei as a soldier, the year before last and set up a Beiyang standing army, because I had to endure hardship, so I was transferred to the second town as a petty official, and later the court made up something mixed into a association, so I ran to a association as a sentinel.
Our silver has also changed from one tael to three taels.
No, after I just arrived in Jinzhou from the second town to the first association, it was said that there were many bandits in Jinzhou, and I was transferred to Master Ma Zikai's subordinates to suppress the bandits.
If you want me to say, this bandit should be beaten hard, I heard the old man in the village say that the bandits outside this pass are all murderous characters, not only robbing your property but also your life.
So we don't have a good impression of the bandits, and since we have the opportunity to teach these bandits a good lesson today, I will definitely not be merciful.
The bandit crackdown soon began, and after we found a bandit's camp, Master Ma Zikai asked us to spread out to surround the bandits' camp.
Master Ma Zikai said that this bandit leader relied on his own guns, and some people went down the mountain to rob people and money, and the merchants and surrounding villages that passed under the mountain have been persecuted by these bandits for a long time.
Today is the time for these evil bandits to be punished.
So we first took a few of our men to hide and prepare to listen to the order of Lord Ma Zikai's attack.
We squatted in the grass for half an hour, and after not seeing Master Ma Zikai's order to attack, I couldn't help but be a little anxious, could it be just like this and wait?
Just when I couldn't wait, the gate of the group of bandits suddenly opened, and a group of procrastinating people walked out of it.
As soon as I saw this scene, I was anxious, and the bandits began to come out and prepare to go down and rob Master Ma Zikai did not have the order to attack.
So I wondered if to shoot first, and at this time, the "pop" gunshots rang out continuously, and the bandits who had just come out of the cottage suddenly fell, and then began to hurriedly look at the cottage and retreat.
I began to realize that Master Ma Zikai had attacked, and that the bandits had begun to rout.
Although they are still relying on the defense of this gate to fight back, in my opinion, this bandit will not be able to defend for long.
In Yuan Yixiang's opinion, his side had already gathered an army of three or four hundred people, and this group of bandits had survived about a hundred people.
Moreover, the bandits' cottage has been surrounded, and it is a matter of time before they are annihilated, not to mention that these people have been professionally trained and their weapons are better than those bandits, I don't know how many times.
The bandits had already retreated into the cottage at the beginning of this crackdown, and the bandits' firepower was also suppressed to death.
In the face of the firefight between the two sides, it is impossible to say that Yuan Yixiang is not nervous, even if Yuan Yixiang and they have undergone strict training, but this is the first time Yuan Yixiang has fought with others with real knives and guns, feeling the constant whistling sound of bullets, Yuan Yixiang constantly took deep breaths to calm the tension in his heart.
It's perfectly normal to think that you're not a battle-hardened veteran after all, so the first thing you do now is to calm down and go into battle as soon as possible.
After Yuan Yixiang calmed down, he began to pick up the gun that was put aside and began to recall the "three points and one line" repeatedly emphasized by the instructor during the training, and after aiming, Yuan Yixiang aimed at a bandit who was shooting behind the cottage.
Yuan Yixiang then found that he didn't hit, so Yuan Yixiang then fired two more shots and hit the bull's-eye. "Haha, I finally hit." Yuan Yixiang was very happy in his heart for the first bandit he had hit.
When Yuan Yixiang was thinking about the next time to fight the bandit, Yuan Yixiang suddenly found that although the bandit was still resisting desperately, their firepower had begun to decline, and the density of their firepower had decreased from before.
At this time, Yuan Yixiang wondered in his heart whether this bandit leader was ready to escape.
So Yuan Yixiang said to the soldiers on the side: "Mazi, how do I feel that this bandit has the feeling of escaping?" ”
This soldier named pockmarked has pockmarks on his face, although there are not too many, but it is still quite scary.
After hearing Yuan Yixiang's words, Mazi first glanced at the scene of the bandits' cottage, and then said: "Ah Xiang, it's really a little possible, Ah Xiang, let's run behind the cottage and block the back road of that group of bandits?" ”
"Alas, Mazi, why did you think of going with me, then I just called a few to go together."
After finishing speaking, Yuan Yixiang and Mazi shouted seven or eight soldiers and ran to the back of the bandits' cottage together.
Yuan Yixiang, Mazi and the others went around to the bandits' cottage, found a relatively high place, hid behind the grass and stones, and lay in ambush there, looking at the path below.
As soon as Yuan Yixiang and Mazi were ambushed, they saw a group of sneaky people coming from the distance of the path.
Yuan Yixiang took a closer look, and about a dozen of these people were carrying guns, especially the leader who had a box cannon in his hand, and at first glance he was the leader.
Yuan Yixiang said to Mazi excitedly: "Mazi, it seems that we have picked up a big fish." Then he told the soldiers behind him not to shoot, and waited for them to enter before fighting.
After a while, this group of people arrived at a place of more than 100 meters away from Yuan Yixiang and others, Yuan Yixiang aimed at the leader one, and then the rest of the soldiers began to shoot with a "snap" gunshot.
At this time, Yuan Yixiang looked at the leader and found that he was still alive, and Yuan Yixiang realized that his shot was missed.
But he didn't lose heart, and he stopped these bandits anyway.
"Ah Xiang, it's not a way to fight a stalemate on both sides like this, I'll take two people to the side and surround it." At this time, Asako proposed
"That's a good idea, I'll cover you up." As soon as Yuan Yixiang's words fell, Mazi brought two soldiers over
Yuan Yixiang watched Mazi take two soldiers and touch it, constantly approaching the bandit leader
After Mazi touched the vicinity of the bandit leader, he immediately opened fire, and was immediately caught off guard.
Yuan Yixiang only heard the bandit shouting from a distance, hurry up and kill the sneak attacker for Lao Tzu
Yuan Yixiang saw that Mazi was in danger, and immediately ran towards the bandit with the rest of the soldiers, shouting as he ran: "Mazi, I'll help you." Saying that, Yuan Yixiang aimed at the bandit leader and shot.
At this time, the bandit leader also saw Yuan Yixiang running, and took advantage of the situation to pick up the box cannon and shoot at Yuan Yixiang.
"Bang" two gunshots, Yuan Yixiang and the bandit leader fell at the same time.
Yuan Yixiang thought a moment before he fell, I pulled a bandit leader before I died in this life, it's worth it!
Then there was a blur in front of me, and I vaguely saw an officer running here with a group of soldiers, and finally fell into darkness.