In the territory of Zhili Hejian Prefecture, surrounded by mountains, a village called Liujiatai, which is located at the junction of Shandong and Zhili provinces, is not very far from Dezhou, and is close to the station, which has also gained a lot of convenience. In the village, you can pick up some local goods to sell at the station, and your livelihood is slightly better. Because its administration is assigned to Beizhili, it is not under the jurisdiction of Shandong, and it is the killing of boxers in full swing on the Shandong side, but it has no impact here. And the name of this mountain is not good, it is said that it was an ancient battlefield back then, killed countless people, cloudy and rainy and even had the sound of ghosts crying, it is called in the name of the mountain: Senluo Temple.

Liu Guizong, the richest man in the village, had a grudge with the parishioners because of the lantern festival in the past, and the government protected the parishioners, causing him to fold a sum of money and lose face. Therefore, at the beginning of Kanli's second fist, he set up an altar at home, and the whole family practiced boxing and became a teacher.

It didn't take long for the few members who had opposed him to disappear without a trace. It is said that it was his mentor who made miraculous powers, invited Liuding Liujia, and arrested all the people, and since then Liu Guizong has become the backbone of the boxers.

In the past few days, in the courtyard of the Liu family, the cooking smoke has been continuous, and a big banner with the word Zhao has been raised high in his yard. The delicate work of the banner is no different from the flag used by the generalissimo, and it is particularly eye-catching.

At this time, Liujiatai has become a sea of red, and more and more people with red turbans are gathering here. Among them, of course, there were those who came here to meet and obey the dispatch on the orders of the chief leader Zhao Laozhu. There are also those who were forced by Yuan Weiting's subordinates to have nowhere to gain a foothold in Shandong and came to defect.

There are also people who are not boxers, but they have long admired Zhao Laozhu's chivalrous name, and they have been bullied by foreigners or religious people, and they have no livelihood or have suffered great shame, and they come to ask Zhao Laozhu to help them seek justice. With various purposes, more and more boxers filled the streets and alleys of the village.

Among these people, not all of them are poor, but some of them are gentry and landlords in the village, who have practiced boxing by themselves, or have no choice but to be bullied by foreigners, so they ask for help. They did not come with bare hands, and each time they carried more food and non-staple food, although the number of boxers was large, they would not be out of cooking for the time being.

Zhao Lao Zhu is a general, and the good and bad are uneven among the boxers, and there are all kinds of characters, but with his Zhao Ziqi, no one dares to be a traitor, and the people have no bad feelings towards this army. Looking at the way they practiced the Fa, and some of the descendants took the initiative to join, almost no one in the entire village did not practice boxing, and no one did not practice martial arts.

In the courtyard, some young students were holding straw forks and sticks in their hands, and a group of children who had not yet reached adulthood, wearing patched torn jackets, wiped their noses with their sleeves from time to time in the cold wind. They also have a red cloth on their heads, and they hold wooden knives or guns in their hands. Obviously, his little face was red and dry, but he still desperately picked up the wooden knife in his hand, shouting, "Kill foreign devils, kill foreign devils!" ”

Outside Liu Guizong's courtyard, several fast horses flew in, led by a forty miles away, as powerful as King Kong, with a bearded face, a face like coals, and a broad-bladed single knife behind his back. As soon as he arrived at the door, he flew off his horse and handed his mount to the Kanziquan disciple at the head of the door, and then asked, "Is Lao Zhu at home?" ”

"The chief leader is in the upper room, and Leader Liu is going to see him."

The man with the knife on his back nodded, strode to the door of the upper room, and did not knock on the door, but pushed the door straight in. Snowflakes have fallen outside, and there is a lot of snow on the head and body of the big man with the knife on his back, but the room is hung with a heavy blue cloth cotton curtain, and a huge copper brazier is lit in the room, and the charcoal fire inside is vigorous.

In the room, in the middle of the seat, sat a thin old man in his sixties, with a goatee, and his two eyes were shining, without the slightest sense of old age. He was wearing a fiery red arrow sleeve with a sword hanging from his waist.

His appearance is not amazing, but his demeanor is very chivalrous, and at a glance, he knows that he has walked through the rivers and lakes, and he has real kung fu. In his first position, it is the sincere monk who escaped from Zaozhuang's death, and the next position is Ding Jianming, who is a young man who has become the master of Hengzitan.

In turn, it is the master or senior brother of each altar in the boxing, Liu Guizong, the owner of the house, because of his low status, he can only take a seat near the head of the door, but he does not even have the right to speak.

The person in the middle is Zhao Laozhu, the general leader of Kanli's two fists, he is not only strong in martial arts, but also has a good character, and has a very high reputation in the rivers and lakes, and among the boxers, he is like the embodiment of the sacred. Seeing that the person who came was coughing, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Dadao, hurry up and sit down, come here, prepare a bowl of water for him, and press it with water." ”

Liu Guizong didn't need to command, he got up, poured a bowl of hot tea for the person who came, and handed it over, the person who carried the knife was not polite, raised his head and drank the water, and finally stopped coughing. He hugged his fist at Zhao Laozhu and said: "Lao Zhu, this time I almost heard and understood, whether our hundreds of thousands of children can gain a foothold in Shandong depends on this experience." ”

The sincere monk said: "That dog official Yuan Weiting, who ruined so many of our halls and killed so many of our siblings, is a complete Ermaozi." The poor monk can't wait to take his head and pay tribute to Brother Hongdeng's soul, so why talk to him? Didn't a great nobleman say that he wanted us to set up an altar in Beijing? According to the poor monks, it is better to bring all the brothers to the capital and Zhili, there are many foreigners here, I think the gentry and merchants from all over the country will eat pot pulp, in order to reward the heavenly soldiers. Whether it is art transmission or food, it is very convenient. ”

Zhao Laozhu shook his head, "Great monk, you can only be half right." There are many foreigners in Zhili, and there are people in the court who are willing to help us, if we say that we move to Zhili, it is a good idea. But to divide the situation, we have more than 100,000 people, and we have been driven out of Shandong, and our reputation is always not very good. If you want to talk about Yuan Weiting's Ermaozi, I also want to get rid of him. But whoever made him a court servant and killed him, it was difficult for the government to explain it, and he couldn't embarrass his good friends. I haven't forgotten Hongdeng's hatred, and neither will my friends here, and one day, he will be repaid with blood. But this time, it's better not to kill him. We are coming to Zhili, and we are also going to enter Beijing, but Shandong is our foundation and cannot be lost. This is like punching, if you go out, you have to take it back, if you lose your foundation, it will always make everyone feel uneasy. ”

He looked at the man with the knife on his back again, "Brother Deguang, you have suffered a lot this time, and this first merit is yours." ”

The man with the knife on his back was the one who killed two foreign priests in Juye, which eventually led to Prussia sending troops and occupying Liu Deguang, the leader of the Dadao Society in the entire Jiaozhou region. Because of the good knife in his hand, he can be separated from the big sword king in the capital

The resistance is also called Liu Dadao on the rivers and lakes.

He put down the tea bowl and hugged his fist again, "Lao Zhu, if you say that, I can't afford it." I, Liu Deguang, have a big enmity with foreigners and the government, which is something that everyone knows. Kill foreigners, beat Ermaozi, I don't have a word, I don't give up, I don't give up, where do I still use to say thank you or not. This time to inquire about the news, in fact, my contribution is limited, mainly relying on the second master Zhang Decheng Zhang from Jinmen. He had friends on the railroad and found out very well about the train. I remember when the train will depart, when it will arrive at us, and how many soldiers there are on the bus. ”

Zhao Laozhu laughed, "Brother Deguang, there are words in the book of war, knowing yourself and knowing that you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." We have a clear grasp of the situation of this train, and there is no reason why it can't be beaten. As long as you catch Yuan Weiting's aunt in this car, you are not afraid that he will not bow his head! ”

Ding Jianming has suffered the loss of taking the train, and he still has some worries in his heart, although he is young and his class is young, he still hugs his fists, "Uncle Shi, Jianming always mutters a little in his heart." The last time we took a train, we suffered a big loss. It's hard for us to rush up to that iron guy, and even if we use a gun to bombard, we may not be able to blast it away with a single shot. This time, we are going to arrest Yuan's concubine, and we can't attack it with fire, and there are guards and horses on the car, which doesn't seem to be easy to fight. ”

"Jianming, you are careful, why, after suffering one or two losses, you have lost your guts? This is not like my Senior Brother Jiang's disciple and grandson. The big husband not only wants to win, but also loses, let's go to the rivers and lakes, do we only win battles in our lives, and don't defeat battles? If you lose the battle, you will have no courage, then what kind of man is standing up to the sky? Although we lost last time, but this time the situation is different from that time, we are doing it in Zhili this time, no matter how long his hand Yuan Weiting's hand is, it can't reach the territory of Zhili, let's fight under his nose, but he is helpless, first angry with him half dead. The local garrison is also the brother in our fist, and they will definitely not harm us when the time comes, and they will help us. This is the right place and people, and moreover, we occupy the time. ”

He pointed outside, "The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, in this kind of weather, the officers and soldiers can't stand it, they go to bed early, we rush up, they are defenseless." I had hundreds of sheepskin jackets prepared for our brothers to wear backwards, and hid them on both sides of the railway line, so that they could not see it, and they were not afraid that they would not be able to take the train. In this car, there are not only Yuan Weiting's women, but also the wife of your enemy, Zhao Guanhou. When the time comes, you will arrest her, and I will be in charge, and let the two of you become husband and wife, which can be regarded as revenge for holding calves and taking your wife. ”

Yuan Weiting was very anxious to suppress the fist in Shandong, and he couldn't parry the second fist, and this time it could be regarded as a way to break the kettle. They inquired that Yuan Weiting was obedient to Shen Jinying's words, as long as Shen Jinying was caught and threatened with his life, he was not afraid that he would not comply. As long as the Divine Fist can be spread in Shandong, it will not be easy for the imperial court to suppress it.

For this plan, most of the remnants of boxers from all over the country this time were concentrated in Liujiatai and the surrounding villages, with tens of thousands of subordinates. There are more than 8,000 strong men in the inner single, and there are no more than 100 guards in the special train. Ding Jianming was also stunned when he heard Su Hanzhi in the car.

For this woman, he didn't use any brains, but when he thought of his junior sister, he remembered the competition between hugging the calf and grabbing the kiss, and the hatred of the sword several times, so he didn't say anything anymore. Zhao Laozhu said to the other leaders:

"You must make it clear to your brothers that those women are to be taken alive and not to hurt their lives. Anyway, we want to talk to Yuan Weiting about a deal, if the goods are injured, then how can we talk? Let me tell you another news, our way in Beijing has been passed. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was happy, and Zhao Laozhu looked at Liu Deguang, "Brother Deguang, tell everyone, where are you coming from this time?" ”

"I'm from Duanwang's Mansion, and Duanwang said, when the New Year is over, let us go to Beijing to set up an altar to teach the Fa." At the mention of this layer, Liu Deguang was also excited

"Duan Wang Ye met me in person, chatted with me for a long time, and asked me to perform a few more methods. My spells are not as good as Lao Zhu's, but Rao is so, and King Duan also watched it with relish, saying that he wanted us to set up an altar in the Forbidden City to practice spells. I also want us to destroy the foreign hairs in the capital. He also gave us a name, called the Flying Tiger Group, saying that the tiger could swallow the sheep, and the tiger swept away the beast with wings. He also asked people to make a flag to help Jin and extinguish the ocean, and it is estimated that it will be delivered in a few days. Wait until we set up this banner and see which government will dare to move us? ”

As soon as he heard that Duan Wang was willing to come out to endorse and send a flag to give his name, he obviously made his identity an official family, and he was able to enter Beijing to kill foreigners, and this leader came to the spirit. They all echoed, "That's right, but with Dajin Country, there are the most foreign hairies and two hairs in Beijing, and when you enter Beijing, kill all those foreigners, two foreigners, and our Dajin Kingdom will be saved, and your fathers and fellow villagers don't have to be angry with foreign devils anymore." ”

Zhao Laozhu saw the high mood of the crowd, and knew that these people were complex, including the villagers who had really received foreign popularity, and the green forest thieves who were born recklessly and robbed homes and were arrested by the government. Their interest in beating foreigners is secondary, and their interest in robbing foreigners and the so-called foreigners is even greater.

is so excited because with this tiger skin, there is no need to be afraid of the official army. It's just that these people either have martial arts or marksmanship, and they can't do without them, so it's not easy to debunk.

Fortunately, relying on their own prestige and means, they are enough to deter these cadres, so that they will not dare to act too recklessly, and with their blood and bravery, they can achieve great things. When you enter Beijing, after all, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, where the king's law is, the Taoist demon disappears, and the traitors get there, so they must first reduce their sharpness by three points. And Duanwang held the new team of Wusheng, and he cooperated with it at that time to eradicate the black sheep in the team one by one, and there would be no disaster.

He knew that his supernatural powers were just a fool's trick, but with his flesh and blood against guns and bullets, without the fool's tricks, there was no way to boost morale and move forward.

He looked in the direction of the capital and thought to himself: I heard that there are a lot of foreign guns and cannons in the capital. When you enter Beijing, ask Duanwang for some guns, use gas instead of skills, and then rectify discipline, these boxers' children, why not be the master of tigers and wolves. In short, now it is to eat Yuan Weiting's train, as long as he subdues him, his whole game of chess will be alive.

He is not confused, and he doesn't think that he can kill all foreigners by relying on boxers. But after all, there are not many foreigners who stay in Jinguo, and when these evil-doing foreigners are destroyed, the foreign devils from all over the world will come again, and they will learn to let go of the rules, and they will not dare to be as lawless as they are now. Moreover, at present, everyone in the world has hated foreigners for a long time, as long as they kill foreigners, they will have popularity, and this team will also be driven by themselves when the time comes, let them kill anyone, they can do it.

Helping the gold to extinguish the ocean? A sneer appeared on his lips, this Duan's knowledge of the king seems to be not much better than his own old man. Since ancient times, if you can help you, you can tilt it, and use the name of helping gold to extinguish the ocean, isn't it clear that the country of Jin is actually in your own control? If you want to help you want to lean out, it's all in one thought. A person surnamed Zhao, why should he help him finish the Yan family? After destroying the foreigner, let him know whether his fist is to support gold or pour gold.

He picked up the order flag placed in front of him and began to give orders according to the plan, and the leaders did not slack off, and took the orders one by one. Although the wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, there is a fire burning in everyone's hearts, and no matter how cold the wind is, the snowflakes can't shake it in the slightest. A sea of red, surging in the direction of the railway line. Soon the local garrison got the news and joined Kan Li's second fist.

Dozens of tall and healthy boxers armed with big axes slashed the telegraph poles on both sides of the railway with axes, and one by one the telephone poles fell, and the telegraph from Zhili to Shandong was all interrupted. And the special car carrying the families of the senior generals of the right army, not knowing what was happening, rushed straight into the ambush circle of the boxers. (To be continued.) )