As soon as the order arrived, everyone did not dare to slack off, the man holding the order was forty miles away, black and red skinned, dressed as a boxer, and the one in his hand was a great order that could theoretically represent the intention of King Duan.

"King Duan has an order, the Flying Tiger Regiment responds to the people, helps the gold and extinguishes the foreign, but the righteous people and local officials should be supported and not harmed. From now on, Shandong ground, should set up an altar to spread the law, restore the boxing factory, if there is collusion with foreigners, slaughter the righteous people, will be killed! ”

After the senior brother who came to herald the order proudly announced the order, he looked at several officials in the room, "Among you people, who is the official who has the final say?" ”

Zhao Guanhou came out first, "I am, excuse me, what do you have to say?" ”

"Call you, naturally, there is something to say. Didn't you hear the prince's order, our divine fist now has a name, called the Flying Tiger Regiment, and the prince sent us a flag to help gold and extinguish the ocean. Do you know what that means? There is a regiment, which means that we are a group training, and Fujin is to protect the country, which is the righteous people. Whoever dares to harm the righteous is a traitor! Sooner or later, you will have to settle accounts for the things you did some time ago! Now that I have lost my way, I will make up for it, and I will still have time. Our Flying Tiger Regiment now has a big deal to do, which requires 3,000 pieces of cotton clothing, 200,000 catties of grain, and 500 big pigs, which must be prepared immediately. I'll tell you anything else when I ask for it. ”

"Big deal? But Liujiatai takes the train? Zhao Guanhou stared at the comer, who was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This is our fist's business, you are not a brother in the fist, I can't tell you." In short, hurry up and stock up, there are not so many questions. ”

"Listen, I'm asking you, what is the situation of Liujiatai's train now?" Zhao Guanhou's voice was indifferent, compared to the cold wind and snow outside the yamen, and the ice skates under the eaves, the cold was even stronger.

The senior brother holding the arrow shrunk his neck, and he always felt that the gaze of this court official was like a fierce beast in the mountains, which would pounce and bite his throat if he didn't pay attention. But thinking of the big order in his hand, this is a genuine royal order arrow, his courage is strong again, and he has a straight chest

"The matter of Liujiatai taking the train is the business of our Flying Tiger Regiment, and outsiders cannot interfere. Besides, Liujiatai is under the direct management, not under your control, you must prepare military supplies urgently, and then manage your soldiers well. Now some of your Shandong soldiers actually dare to go to the ground of Zhili to harm our business, is this not in the eyes of the prince? Hurry up and give the order, withdraw that team, and cut down the officer in charge, otherwise, the prince will have to march the law. ”

"Military law? Well, let's march the military law now, you are just a common man, and you dare to steal the arrows of the prince's order, this should be beheaded! ”

The boxer was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say that his great order was not stolen, but a reward from the prince, but Zhao Guanhou's hand, his hand had already been put on the handle of the waist knife, his fingers clicked the tension spring, and with a crisp long sound, the waist knife made of stainless steel was withdrawn, and a white light flashed in the hall.

The invincible boxer took a few steps back, and the big order fell to the ground, pointing at Zhao Guanhou with one hand, as if he wanted to say something, but his lips moved, and he didn't say anything. The other hand was on his throat, and the blood flowed down his fingers, and finally his body fell to the ground weakly, and the blood flowed more and more, scattering on the ground.

Lin Fu was shocked: "Lord Zhao, this ...... How is this good? How did you kill the one who gave the order to the prince? Duandi blames ......"

"A grass farmer who stole the prince's order and used it to deceive should naturally be killed." Zhao Guanhou raised his boots, rubbed the blood on the knife, and slowly pushed the single knife into the sheath

"The prince's order was passed on to the new team of Wu Sheng, how could it be passed on to the head of our Wuwei Right Army? The governor of Shandong was controlled by the governor of Beiyang, the governor of Zhili, and the order should come from the yamen of the governor, rather than the prince who could do it by saying a word casually. I don't even understand this rule, so it can be seen that it is impersonation, and killing it is just to maintain the dignity of the prince. This order arrow is sealed as it is and sent back to Duandi. What we have to do now is how to save people. ”

He pointed to the corpse with his hand, "Judging from this man's words, the train, they haven't come down yet, otherwise they wouldn't have asked for cotton clothes and food." Even the sentry sent by the eldest brother didn't move. Therefore, it is still too late to send troops. ”

"Wait. A few adults, you have a great deal to do when you send troops, but you can't act recklessly with the courage of a moment of blood and spirit, and ruin the overall situation. ”

Zhao Guanhou snorted, "Lord Lin, this is the matter of our Wuwei Right Army, you don't have to worry about it all when you are old." If something goes wrong in the future, I'll be responsible, and I won't blame you. Xiangyan, what do you say? My artillery is rushing to Texas, if you are afraid of responsibility, you can not go, I will just take my artillery on it. When the follow-up troops come, you can send someone to pick up some food and show them the way. ”

Duan Xiangyan shook his head, "Uncle, what are you talking about, this is to save my godmother, how can I be left behind." Whoever dares to stop us, I will play with him! As he spoke, he pulled out his revolver and slammed it on the table.

Seeing a few warriors holding guns, Lin Fu didn't dare to say more, but kept wiping the sweat on his forehead, and the governor faced the prince, and sent troops across the provincial border.

Duan Xiangyan asked Cao Zhongkun again: "Zhongkun...... Uncle. Have we ever had all the people? ”

"Don't worry, my lord, as long as you give an order, Brother Benbiao can set off at any time."

"But...... But this standard is still a little less. Duan Xiangyan pouted his teeth and called Li Zongyun, the man who had just recognized Zhao Guanhou, "You go to the telegraph house and stare at it, the big handsome may call back in a while, and as soon as there is news, report it immediately." He said to Zhao Guanhou again: "If the adults can send troops, our manpower will be enough, or wait for your artillery mark." ”

"I don't have to wait for my artillery mark, they will come over soon, as for whether the troops are enough, since there is a railroad here in Texas, there is a road guard. Call the pipe belt of the road guard, and let them bring their own men and follow us, and if they refuse to go, they will be arrested and let the deputy lead the command. The handsome soldiers, it's too far away, I can't wait. ”

On the Shandong side, although the combat effectiveness of the second-line troops in the name of the road protection army and the line protection army is not as good as that of the first line, it is very numerous. Now it's a dish that is caught in the basket, no matter what the strength is, as long as it's a person, you can use it. As for Duan Xiangyan's proposal to wait for Yuan Weiting's telegram order, Zhao Guanhou only didn't hear it, "Now Liujiatai is still waiting for our soldiers, it's too late to wait for the telegram order, the whole army has it, set off immediately!" Xiangyan, you can stay here and wait for the telegram, I'm leaving. It's just your soldiers, I'm going to take them. ”

He and Sun Meiyao walked out of the house one after the other, Duan Xiangyan saw it, so he had to say to Cao Zhongkun: "You take everyone, hurry up and catch up, we have too few people, don't let the boxers make dumplings!" ”

"Standard, why don't you wait?"

"What are you waiting for? That's to save my godmother, if I fall here and wait for the army, my godfather will have to kill me in the future. Now I entrust it to you, call all the people, bring one and the other, and hurry up to rush to Liujiatai, whoever dares to stop it, will cut it for me! ”

Duan Xiangyan has a cavalry post directly under his hand, plus his own horse guards, there are also more than 100 horses, and Zhao Guanhou's 200 horsemen together, a team of more than 300 people, braving the wind and snow, rushed towards the direction of Liujiatai overnight. Slippery roads in the snow, coupled with night movements, some people fell off their horses and injured themselves, or their horses lost their hooves. Overall, there are about eighty percent of the people who can keep up with the team.

The road guards and line guards also began to assemble in a hurry, ready to go. But most of these troops were infantry, and they couldn't keep up with the speed of the cavalry, and they were quickly thrown off, like Yang Lashi, this piece, that piece is not large.

When I got out of the jurisdiction of Dezhou, I soon arrived at the junction of Shandong and Zhili provinces, which was no better than the national border, and there was no way to talk about the inventory. But when the east showed a trace of fish belly white, when this cavalry team entered the vicinity of Liujiatai, a hundred and ten officers and soldiers met the road.

It can be seen that the banner picked by the officers and soldiers is the green battalion stationed here, and the officers who lead the troops are extremely polite, and they are thousands from afar, and then ask: "How many adults, which way are you?" Where do you want to go? ”

Although there is still a certain distance from the station, you can already faintly hear the sound of gunfire and drums and trumpets shouting to kill. Musical instruments such as drums and huqins used by boxers boost morale, and the sound can travel far and wide. Zhao Guanhou's face sank, "Get out of the way, we have to go over." There are guns and guns fired here, do you want to tell me, you can't hear me? ”

The officer with the troops was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "My lord, this voice you said can be heard by the lowly position, but there is an order from the top, and we are not allowed to ask, so we will not have much to do." However, Shangfeng also has a strict order not to allow foreign soldiers to interfere with the actions of the righteous people without authorization, and now there is a group of foreign soldiers who are still trapped. We've been scolded, and if you go all the way, we won't be able to explain. Please be considerate and considerate, the difficulties of the people below us, and when there is business to come, we will naturally let you go. ”

Zhao Guanhou pointed with a whip, "Listen, my wife is on that train, so now I give you two choices, one, get out of the way, and two, fight!" ”

As he spoke, Sun Meiyao suddenly pulled out his revolver, and the cavalry team behind him picked up the carbine pistol in his hand and was ready to fire. When the officer saw that it was not the road, he hurriedly said: "My lord, you are angry, and the small one is also ......."

"Listen to my orders and rush over!" Zhao Guanhou showed his saber, pointed in the air, took the lead, and rushed straight towards the officer, and then it was the horse team, which had been training for many days to charge against the wall, although it was only a beginner level, but in the eyes of the green battalion, it was already like a galloping horse, like a rushing wave. He didn't even need to be instructed by his superiors to throw away his gun and flee to both sides of the road.

It wasn't until the last horse ran over that the officer, who was hiding in the woods by the roadside, came out boldly, and saw that there was no cavalry in sight on the road, and then ordered: "Come out, don't hide, those ancestors have finally passed." These people, who are simply desperate, dare to attack our comrades. Hurry up and inform Mr. Zhao, I'm afraid it's a hard idea. ”

Liujiatai, on the high slope near the railway, in a temporary reed shed, there are several braziers, and people who can't stand the cold can come here to bake the fire and warm their bodies. Although the snow had stopped, the sky was getting colder, and the bitter north wind was like a knife, cutting at people's faces and bodies.

Zhao Laozhu, who was wearing a mink coat and a scarlet cloak on his back, held a thousand miles in his hand, stared at the side of the train, and kept shaking his head. After all, it is not a regular army, a rabble, or a rabble, with such a military appearance, how can it drive foreigners from the outside and Tartars from within?

He had a good idea, launching a surprise attack with 300 men and horses, and taking down the train directly. But the ambushers in sheepskin jackets were not well-trained warriors, and they could sacrifice their lives for the sake of their faith, but they were not disciplined.

In the wind and snow, either because of the snow on my body, or because of itching, I unconsciously moved a few times and moved my body gently. This kind of action that he thought would not be detected was discovered by Li Xiushan, who was observing in the car, and this surprise attack lost its meaning.

Although there were only 100 guards he led, there were 20 Minnie guns, and the others were rifled guns. First, the guns were platooned, and then the bullets left in their hands were smashed down, and this surprise attack team suffered heavy casualties, so they had no choice but to retreat. The attack on the train eventually became the most primitive form of hand-to-hand combat.

The attackers attacked from several directions, including windows and doors, while the defenders abandoned their long lines of defense and concentrated their families in the first car, which was also defended by the guards. Platoon guns, hand retention, white-knuckle combat, cycle back and forth, and fight to the death. At the entrance of the carriage, corpses were already piled up, and the wounded were simply bandaged a little farther away, and then rushed up again.

The expensive hardwood furniture on the float was used as a barricade and piled up to form a simple line of defense. At the door, there were several tables horizontally, and the pace of the Flying Tigers rushing up was slow. The people finally rushed into the car, and they had to push the table away with great effort before they could fight.

Some chose to attack from the windows of their cars, but they were greeted with pistols and daggers. The whole carriage, which was not safe in any way, was fighting all the time, and almost all of them, directly or indirectly, took up arms and joined the ranks of self-defense. The workers on the carriage were also armed and participated in the escort with great rewards.

"Kill you two-haired sons!" In the midst of a loud shout, a red-faced man came through a window with a single knife in his hand, but as soon as he came up, a stick slammed down.

Feng Xi From yesterday to now, she doesn't remember how many people she has fought with, how many people's heads have been smashed with a stick, how many people are her own villagers, and how many people are poor people who are suffering like herself, and she doesn't care anymore. She only knows one thing now, what she owes her wife, she needs to repay her, this is the opportunity.

The person who came was extremely skillful, this stick was smashed into the air, the knife technique of the person who came was sharp, and several knives in succession, Feng Xi could only parry and could not fight back. In the past, the big stick that was moving freely became unusually heavy, and the two arms were far more sour than before.

One round after another, in the splash of sparks, she was cut back a few steps, the big man who made the knife did not pity the jade, held the knife high, and waited for the knife to result Feng Xi, but at this moment, the gunshot rang out.

Dahan's body shook, subconsciously took a step back, looked down at his left shoulder, and at this moment, several bayonets stabbed from different directions, and he could only parry with a single knife and swing the bayonet. But after being wounded, his arms were not as flexible as usual, and as soon as he swung his bayonet, the second row arrived, and then the third.

These new troops who made bayonets did not have strong martial arts, but they had excellent physical fitness, and they were proficient in several movements of repeated bayonet training, and the stabbing was fast and powerful, but they were the means carefully taught by the masters of the big guns. The big man had been freezing outside for too long, his hands and feet were a little stiff, and he was injured first, so he couldn't parry, so he had to retreat under the car. With his retreat, it represented that this round of offensive was disintegrated.

Li Xiushan seized the time, filled the revolver with ammunition, and inspected his troops, and more than half of them were killed or wounded. If it weren't for the discipline and salaries of the new army, plus the reward from the wife, I am afraid it would have collapsed long ago. It's just that this kind of attack, how many rounds he can hold out, he doesn't know in his heart, and the only thing he can hope for now is reinforcements. (To be continued.) )