The boxers are a rabble, and they don't have the awareness of sentinel vigilance on weekdays, not to mention that after the defeat, they only think about running for their lives, or going to the village to warm up and eat, and they will not leave the guard sentry. Therefore, when the two standard officials and soldiers appeared around Liujiatai, the boxers in the village were still unaware of it, and they did not know until they were hit by a shrapnel that the officers and soldiers were.

On an unnamed high slope outside the village, Zhao Guanhou rode on a horse, looked at the situation in the village with a telescope in his hand, and nodded, "These shells are good, continue." We bought these 300 rounds of shrapnel for the fighters, but before they could catch up with the twelve-pounder gun, they all ran away. This time this is a rare opportunity, don't spare the shells, first bombarded with twenty grenade shotguns, and then continued to fire with two-pounder guns, I want them to die before they leave the village. ”

Since the formation of this artillery unit, although it has undergone training, it has not experienced actual combat with artillery fire, and this time it was regarded as training. From the speed of the cannon to the accuracy, as well as the officers' mastery of the ruler, you can do an investigation. The infantry formed a formation, and when the boxers fought out of the village, they found that the village was already surrounded by yellow dragon banners and officers and soldiers with rifles.

"If you dare to rob my wife's train, don't even want to live!" Zhao Guanhou stood on the horse, his face was as gloomy as iron, "It doesn't matter if you rob my train, you can divide life and death according to your ability." If you move my wife's car, then don't blame me for being out of the house. Today, I'm going to let you know what true cruelty is. ”

The artillery of the officers and soldiers was well prepared, and the shells seemed to have eyes, and the more accurate they were, most of the houses in the village were already on fire, and the flames were wrapped in thick smoke and soared into the sky. Shrapnel in Daikin, commonly known as steel blossom, a shot down, is a piece of casualties. They couldn't stay in the house, and when they got outside, they were still being shelled, like being driven out of sheep, so the boxers had to rush in the direction where there were no shells.

Zhao Guanhou was originally prepared that the boxers would take his cannon under fire, but he didn't think that in fact, they were not as brave as he expected, and the pre-envisaged battle to protect the artillery team did not happen, and the boxers in the village directly crashed into the other three sides, and the well-arranged infantry team.

The flags waved, the drums became fast and dense, and the captains shouted "Everyone, shoot quickly!" Accompanied by the drumbeat and orders urging for life, a dense row of guns poured bullets into the fleeing crowd. More and more boxers fell on the way to the charge, but the successors still ran forward at the fastest speed. There was no formation, no discipline, they were just running for their lives, not charging.

In the distance, a broken team of more than 600 people finally completed the assembly, one foot deep and one foot shallow, walking hard in the snow. Some people walk barefoot in the snow, and the frostbite on their feet is already very serious, but in the case of life and death, these are not important.

Walking at the forefront of the team was Ding Jianming, who was covered in blood, he did not follow Zhao Laozhu to withdraw to Liujiatai, but gathered the remnants outside, and finally caught such a force. With this amount of manpower, if they encounter the officers and soldiers, they are afraid that they will not be able to withstand the rush at all, so they think that they should go to Liujiatai to join the large army.

Ding Jianming was shocked by a cannonball when he attacked the train, and now although he has woken up, there is still a fire in his lungs, his throat is itchy and uncomfortable, and as soon as he breathes, he feels like a knife in his chest, filing back and forth. He knew that it was a wave of qi that had injured his internal organs, but there was no medical treatment around him, so he could only grab a few handfuls of snow and swallow it.

As soon as the cold snow water was swallowed, he was smart, and his spirit was slightly better, and a boxer next to him suddenly said: "Senior Brother Ding, look, there is fire there!" Looking at the direction, it seems to be Liu Jiatai, I don't know if Lao Zhu is doing it? ”

As soon as they heard the practice, other people also became interested, and they all came over to watch, nodding their heads incessantly, confirming that it was smoke from the direction of Liujiatai. Someone laughed and said: "I also said, why did I suffer such a big loss, I didn't see Lao Zhu exert his magical powers, it turned out to be waiting for now." ”

Ding Jianming looked at it carefully for a while with a solemn face, listened with bated breath, and then waved his hand, "The whole team has changed direction, we won't go to Liujiatai." ”

"Not going? Why? ”

"If you listen carefully, you will hear the cannons. The officers and soldiers have touched the place, and Lao Zhu is afraid to ...... It's dangerous. We people, there is no need to rush to death, I will take you to a living way. Let's go in the direction of Beijing, as long as we enter Beijing, I will let everyone live a personal life! ”

In his team, people and horses from several altars were gathered, and the second senior brother at the entrance of another altar asked, "What about Lao Zhu?" Why don't we save him? ”

Ding Jianming thought about Zhao Laozhu, his ancestor, he cultivated himself, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have such great prestige, he could gather hundreds of people under his hands, and he owed him. But at this time, if you go back to save people, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out. He couldn't help but think of Zhao Guanhou's unpredictable marksmanship and the cannons of the official army.

He shook his head, "Lao Zhu has great magical powers, you don't need us to save it, when it is really a dangerous moment, you can use spells to escape." Besides, if he can't stand it, we will be sent to death. Listen to me, hurry up, in case an official or military officer searches for us, we can't leave if we want to. ”

These remnants of the army were defeated, and some of them had even discarded their weapons, and after glancing at each other, they were silent, silently following Ding Jianming, trying to move in another direction. At this moment, the only words that can comfort himself are: Lao Zhu has a way, he can definitely escape.

The battle outside the mountain village was nearing its end, and the whole battle lasted no more than an hour, and it was more of a one-sided killing than a battle. The soldiers began to wipe the blood stains from their bayonets, and some went to check the battlefield and found that there were wounded who were not dead, so they used bayonets to make up for them.

Some of the boxers couldn't resist and voluntarily surrendered, and then they were ordered by the officers and soldiers to dig a pit in the snow and bury the bodies of their comrades. Duan Xiangyan came to Zhao Guanhou's side and said with a smile:

"Uncle, this battle was fought beautifully, the casualties were small, and the achievements were great, when you got in front of my godfather, you have to say a few more good words for me. Although my contribution is not as great as yours, but you see, on this cold day, I am also starving and freezing outside, and my face is almost frozen, you have to be sympathetic, don't you? ”

As he spoke, he approached Zhao Guanhou and stuffed a small paper bag over, which was hard to the touch, and he knew that it was a hard item. In the middle of a hasty march, he can still remember to bring this, but he is also a talent. Zhao Guanhou knew that Duan Xiangyan was playing mahjong in Texas and delayed the telegram, and if he played this matter back to the truth, his standard system would basically be the end, and he couldn't help but ignore it. Weighing the weight of the thing, he smiled slightly:

"Well, in front of my brother-in-law, I will try my best to fill the seams for you, but I also have a request, I want two of you."

"Two people? Who is it? Which garden it is, I'll go and redeem it for my uncle at once......"

"I didn't say those women, I'm talking about two officers, one is Ma Ben Li Zongyun next to you, and the other is the infantry sentry commander Long Yangjian, I want these two people, are you willing to let them go?"

When Duan Xiangyan heard that he wanted two officers, he hurriedly nodded and said: "I didn't say this, my uncle took a fancy to them, it was their creation, I will go through the formalities when I go back, and let them go to my uncle to listen to the errand." ”

Long Yangjian has been dealing with boxers for so long with just an infantry outpost, and he is definitely a personal masterpiece in commanding a small unit. And Ma Ben Li Zongyun was an extremely brave officer, in the battle, he actually led one of his own troops to take the lead in launching a bayonet counter-charge, and his courage made Zhao Guanhou appreciate it very much, and he wanted to take it for his own use.

Li Zongyun graduated from the Martial Arts Academy, and he also wanted to lead the troops, especially when he saw the military appearance and equipment of the artillery mark today, he actually had the idea of changing places in his heart. Hearing that Zhao Guanhou was going to transfer himself to the cannon mark, he changed the door and stood behind Zhao Guanhou.

Seeing that Liujiatai had become a ruined wall, Duan Xiangyan smiled, "Uncle, this broken ship also has 3,000 nails, and the fire can burn the dead, but gold and silver, at most, it is turned into water, and after the fire is extinguished, some can be fished out." Let's go into the village and find some extra money. ”

"Well, I also want to go into the village to have a look, Zhao Laozhu still has a monk, but I haven't seen it. Both of them are leaders, and the monk's kung fu is still very good. Keeping them outside, I don't worry, as long as they haven't broken through, they have to turn people out. ”

Duan Xiangyan laughed, "Uncle, you also think too much, the two of them, most of them have called your steel blossoms to be blown away, where to find someone." You see, there are a few corpses in this place, and it's too difficult to recognize them. ”

The walls of the village to protect against thieves have been blown down by shells, and the gates have long since been blown away. As soon as people enter the village, they can smell the pungent smell of burning. Corpses could be seen everywhere in the village, and the fire was burning on the corpses, and most of the corpses were unrecognizable. But Zhao Guanhou still has an intuition, among these corpses, there is no Zhao Laozhu, and there is no sincere monk.

Although the scene was very miserable, and many recruits were even disgusted, but for Zhao Guanhou, this was nothing. In his previous life, he had experienced more disgusting scenes than this, and even created the same disgusting scenes, and he had long been accustomed to them. His face did not change and he lowered his head, as if he was doing scientific research, and carefully observed that Duan Xiangyan's face changed color, and he unconsciously moved away from him.

When he turned around, he happened to see Sun Meiyao who was following Zhao Guanhou, he had a joy in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "...... Sun Guandao, you have been fighting for a long time, and you are tired enough, find a place to rest? Uncle is looking for the corpse, I guess I have to look for it for a while, so don't accompany me here. ”

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Sun Meiyao scolded impatiently, and then came to Zhao Guanhou's side and squatted down together, "What are you looking for?" I'll look for it with you. ”

"Xincheng is a monk, and the iron Zen staff is relatively obvious. Zhao Laozhu has a Longquan sword in his hand, which is also more obvious, I am looking to see if I can see their corpses. If you're disgusted, just take a break, it's fine. I can do it myself. ”

"Is it disgusting to occupy the mountain? Originally, I thought that you were a person who could speak well and had kung fu, but I didn't expect that you would be ruthless, more ruthless than us, okay, I didn't marry the wrong person. It's a gentleman's look, I like it. She followed the search as she spoke, with the same seriousness.

Duan Xiangyan looked at the couple, only feeling a chill down his spine, and he didn't know where to fly to the slightest thought he had about Sun Meiyao. He hurriedly instructed his subordinates: "Go to the courtyards of those big families and take a look, some of the landlords' houses are building cellars, and there are either grain or silver hidden in them. Find out, and everyone gets rich. ”

His men carried their guns and went straight to the largest compound in the village, where only a shelf was burned down and most of the houses collapsed. They tossed through the rubble, broken beams, and searched for any clues. Zhao Guanhou looked at the corpses in the courtyard, which were the dead bodies of women and children, and it was the knives that killed them, not the cannonballs.

"This is the master himself who killed his own family and prevented them from falling into the hands of the government, which is also conceivable. It's just ......" Zhao Guanhou looked at the scene, and suddenly his heart moved, a kind of vigilance cultivated when he was a killer in his previous life came into play again at this time. Almost instinctively, he pushed Sun Meiyao to the side and shouted "Be careful"

In the next moment, with a roar, a ruin suddenly burst open, and several figures rushed out like tigers descending from the mountain. The leader was dressed in rags, a bald head shimmered in the daylight, and the iron Zen staff in his hand swept out, and several pro-soldiers were beaten and pounced out before they had time to release their guns.

Behind the monk was an old man with a sword, a big man with a broad-faced sword, and the last one with a double sword in his hand. All four of them had not been lightly wounded, half of their bodies were covered in blood, hidden in the rubble, and probably burned by the fire. But at this time, the enemy met and the thought of revenge made them forget their pain, and they only thought about one thing: to kill the enemy in front of them.

Duan Xiangyan saw that things were not good, so he rolled on the spot, rolled towards the corner, and shouted, "Someone, someone!" ”

And the monk's Zen staff has been out of his hand at this time, straight to Zhao Guanhou, this iron Zen staff is quite heavy, the monk threw it with all his strength, the momentum is amazing. Sun Meiyao flew up, volleyed one leg in the air, kicked heavily on the Zen staff, changed the direction of the Zen staff kick in the air, and rolled down in the air, next to Duan Xiangyan's head, inserted into the snow, and the shovel was next to his face. Seeing such an iron guy fall beside him, feeling the cold breath on the shovel surface, Duan Xiangyan rolled his eyes and fainted without saying a word.

The monk had already had the intention of dying, and did not pay attention to the bayonet stabbing his body, but pounced with open arms, and threw several guards to the ground, holding them down.

Among the remaining three, the man with the big knife faced Sun Meiyao, and the knife danced fast and fast, not giving Sun Meiyao a chance to draw a gun. The man with the double knife staggered and wanted to help, but Li Zongyun had already rushed up, slashing at the double knife with a command knife, one after another.

Most of the beard of the old man who made the sword had been burned off by the fire, and his face was full of clotted blood except for blood. But there was no trace of pain in his expression, and the human sword was one, and he went straight to Zhao Guanhou. Zhao Guanhou retreated slightly, raised his leg and kicked a puddle of snow, and covered the old man's head.

"You're Zhao Laozhu, right? People say that you are a living immortal, and sure enough, it is not ambiguous, so many cannons actually didn't kill you. But I see that you can't even stand on your feet now, this immortal, I'm afraid that his color is limited, what are you going to do to kill me! ”

Zhao Laozhu had cleared the snow blocking his eyes at this time, he knew that he was seriously injured, and he was outnumbered, so he could only fight quickly, and he didn't talk, and in a loud shout, the sword body shook, like a spiritual snake, and pounced on this opponent with teeth and claws. This sword is also the condensation of what he has learned all his life, even if he is a famous martial artist in the rivers and lakes, he may not be able to retreat under this blow. Just as he was expecting the sword to pierce his throat, drink the blood of his enemies, and avenge the countless disciples of the Divine Fist, two gunshots rang out in his ears. (To be continued.) )