After Lin Youmin saw Wang Tiehammer in Guandu, he immediately rushed back. Although it was going upstream, the boat went fast with the help of the northeast wind. In less than half an hour, the boat arrived at the wharf by the Dadaocheng River.

After going ashore, Lin Youmin couldn't take a breath and hurried into a big mansion.

"Zhuangzheng!" Seeing Lin Youzao, Lin Youmin gasped, "In the afternoon, there will be a war in the afternoon, then what the Metropolitan Governor Iron Hammer said, the war will start outside our village." ”

"You didn't mention the ransom fee." Lin Youzao's heart was pinched, and as soon as the war was ignited, Dadaocheng might be razed to the ground, and it would be another disaster for the suburbs.

"It's useless, they resolutely don't want us to provide food and salary, and they don't want any ransom money, saying that 'the Ming army eats imperial grain and gets official salary, and this food should be raised by the imperial court.'" , what do you say that as long as Dadaocheng 'closes the village and protects itself' and does not confront the Ming army, the Ming army has not committed any crimes since the autumn. Lin Youmin shook his head and told the story of the meeting.

"Shut up and protect yourself?!" Lin Youzao pondered for a long time, and suddenly stood up from the Taishi's chair, "Quick, immediately convene all the deacons in the suburbs and discuss the hall." ”

Crossing the Keelung River from Guan, it is a long and narrow delta, only three miles at its widest point and less than 400 meters at its narrowest point. The north of the delta is the Keelung River, the south is the Danshui River, and the boundary is suddenly opened up in the Dadaocheng area.

In order to prevent thieves and thieves, and to defend against the invasion of the top suburbs, the lower suburbs have built a square earthen enclosure around Dadaocheng, with only two entrances and exits, one is the wharf, and the other is the north pass gate. The official road from Guandu to Monga passes in front of the north pass of Dadaocheng.

When the sun was about to sink in the west, Huang Pengfei's company lined up in two columns and slowly approached Dadaocheng.

Dadaocheng is a small village that the lower suburbs retreated from Monga last year and built vigorously. Zhuangzi is not big, only more than 1,000 meters around, a long earthen enclosure envelops Zhuangzi, and the outside of the earthen enclosure is surrounded by dense bamboo.

"Knock knock!"

The big iron bell on the watchtower of the north pass gate of Dadaocheng was struck, and there was a solemn atmosphere in the Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi's only land passage north pass gate is also tightly closed, the north pass gate has been blocked by mud and sand boulders, the north wall is only about 300 meters, it is full of brave people guarding the pass gate, birds, earth cannons, black holes and holes rushing outside the wall, big swords, spears are shining cold.

Standing on the high watchtower, Chen Zhenpeng watched the Ming army getting closer and closer, "Zhuang Master, the Ming bandits have come!" ”

Chen Zhenpeng is also a native of Tong'an, he is the leader of Dadaocheng Minzhuang, and he is responsible for all the Zhuangzi guards.

"It's okay, the imperial court soldiers and horses are about to arrive, and they don't dare to attack us!" Lin Youzao had just observed it with a clairvoyant mirror, and vaguely saw the shadow of the sail in the direction of Guandu.

In addition to the hundreds of people on the road, the Ming army had four galleons on the water, and there were men and horses behind them. Lin Youzao shook his head, this Ming army is very confident, and the whole army has not pressed it!

He turned his head again and pointed his head at the direction of Monga with a clairglass, and on the official road, three Qing army detectives and horses came to Pegasus, and they were already approaching Dadaocheng. A little farther away, the flag was flying, it was a large group of people and horses of the imperial court, and it was even more dusty on the other side of Monga.

Lin Youzao couldn't understand, there were 8,000 soldiers and horses on the side of Monga, how could the Ming bandits deal with such a small number of people? He still shook his head, Dadaocheng just sat back and watched the changes.

The sharp knife squad of the Ming army came to the bottom of the Dadaocheng soil fence, and a soldier with a loud voice stepped forward and shouted, "We are the army of the Ming Dynasty, and we are the king of the king~~" Before he finished speaking, he saw seven or eight random arrows shot from the soil fence.

The bow and arrow were not powerful at all, and fell to the ground at a great distance from the warrior. ，

The warrior looked at his bow and arrows contemptuously, and fired three shots at Tuweizi, "Bang bang! ”

The bricks and rubble flew everywhere, and the people on the earthen fence were suddenly stopped, and all the heads on the wall shrank down. Lin Youzao and others also ran down from the watchtower.

The sharp knife squad roared together: "Dadaocheng is so bold, dare to fight against the Ming Dynasty and work hard for the Manchu Tartars!" Do you want to burn all the jade? ”

The sharp knife squad roared three times in a row, but Dadaocheng Village ignored it at all, and Xiang Yong did not show his head, so he just used bird guns and earth cannons to put them in the air.

At this time, on the Tamsui River, four galleons were already approaching the Dadaocheng Wharf. In order to prevent foreign ships from docking, Dadaocheng sank all the empty ships on the pier into the water.

Seeing the galleons of the Ming army coming, Dadaocheng Wharf immediately set up bird guns and arrows in the air.

Chen Yu stood on the slipway of the Coast Guard 2001 ship and was happy, and he dared to go wild in front of the Coast Guard at this level. She took out her binoculars and looked into the distance, there were sails in the direction of Shangshui, and there were a large number of bamboo rafts on the river, and the bamboo rafts seemed to be firewood and grass.

The lookout on the mast reported to Chen Yu, "Twelve enemy ships, 8 chains away, approaching." ”

From Dadaocheng to Monga, the section of the Tamsui River is less than two nautical miles. The movement in the direction of Monga is clearly visible on the boat here.

Chen Yu glanced at Dadaocheng and sneered, "Forget it, this broken Zhuangzi has nothing to worry about, let them go first!" ”

"Bang bang bang!" The coast guard ship fired indiscriminately into the air, and the ships all retreated to the center of the river.

Li Da and Huang Pengfei also rushed to the outside of Dadaocheng Village with a large team of people.

Hearing the fierce gunfire in the direction of the wharf, the platoon commander Bao Desheng ran over to ask for instructions, "The coast guard team is fighting, what should we do?" Attack the earth enclosure too?! ”

"Do what you planned, shake the earth fence first!" Li Da put down the binoculars in his hand, "The Qing army is about to arrive, we can't let them have a support point!" ”

Huang Pengfei wore a steel helmet on his head, a bulletproof vest under his camouflage uniform, a large revolver inserted in his waist, and an M1891 on his back. Looking at the swaying head on the watchtower, he held up Mosin-Nagant, "I'll shoot him first!" ”

The west wall of Dadaocheng is more than 300 meters in total.

Chen Zhenpeng watched someone standing on the official road in the west and aiming at his side, "It's three hundred steps, that Ming bandit actually raised a gun to scare us!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a gunshot and looked at the iron bell on the tower, "Dang!" Suddenly, he shook from side to side.

The people in the enclosure were all taken aback, "The owner of the village, the owner of the village is still on it!" ”

Seeing Chen Zhenpeng helping Lin Youzao down the watchtower, Lin Youmin and others surrounded him, "Owner, it's okay!" ”

Before Lin Youzao could speak, the gunshots outside the wall began to "bang bang bang".

Bullets flew over the wall with a "shudder", and everyone's faces turned white. Chen Zhenpeng was a little anxious, "Owner, the Ming army is attacking us, quickly organize a counterattack on the wall!" ”

Lin Youzao shook his head, very calm, "It's okay, the Ming army is just a warning, warning us not to do much." The officers and men of the brigade were to the east, and it was impossible for them to besiege Zizi. ”

Lin Youzao asked Chen Zhenpeng to send a few more people to hide in the watchtower to observe, and report anything to the public.

On the official road to the west of Zhuangwai, Huang Pengfei directly commanded a platoon and lined up in a horizontal line. They raised the muzzle of their guns and set up a platoon of guns in the direction of the Dadaocheng soil fence.

The ammunition of the M1873 rifle was filled with black powder. Several rows of guns were fired, and a puff of white smoke suddenly rose from the ranks.

Under the cover of gunsmoke, Bao Desheng took the second platoon, bent down, and quietly drilled into the riverbank grassland of the Keelung River. Li Da, with three platoons and a machine gun team, seized the time to dig trenches on the official road west of Dadaocheng.

Hearing bursts of gunfire, the Qing army scouted and hurried to the outside of Dadaocheng Village.

Seeing the Qing army Tanma appear on the official road, Huang Pengfei raised the M1891 Mosin-Nagant in his hand, "Forward!" ”

Under the leadership of Huang Pengfei, a platoon of soldiers marched neatly while firing a row of guns, until they reached the bottom of the north pass of Dadaocheng, and directly scared the Qing army away from the horses.

The Qing army brigade is moving forward along the official road. Suddenly, there was a "crackling" gunfire in front, and Chen Guanghui, who was riding on horseback, chuckled in his heart, the Ming army and Dadaocheng were dry?

As soon as he stretched out his hand, his soldiers handed over the clairvoyant mirror. Chen Guanghui raised the clairvoyant mirror and saw from a distance that the direction of Dadaocheng was filled with gunsmoke, and there seemed to be many people in the smoke.

Tanma soon came back to report that dozens of Ming bandits were attacking Dadaocheng, and Tuweizi released bird guns and earth cannons to resist desperately.

"Strange, the big war is imminent, and thousands of troops and horses in the imperial court are coming, how can these dozens of Ming bandits have the leisure to attack any soil siege?"

Chen Guanghui was very uneasy, he looked around with a clairvoyant mirror, and to the north was the Keelung River, a green crop field; On the Tamsui River to the south, the Qing fleet had overtaken his ranks; To the east, not far behind their ranks, was the courage of one battalion leader after another.

Nothing out of the ordinary! Could it be that these dozens of bandits are beyond their own strength, and they actually want to resist the thousands of troops of the imperial court.

One of his subordinates, Mr. Qian, said: "Lord Garrison, maybe the Ming bandits want to seize Dadaocheng and use the earth fence as a trench to resist the imperial court soldiers." ”

"That explains it." Chen Guanghui nodded slowly, "The Ming bandits are attacking Dadaocheng, if we take advantage of the situation, the bandits will be defeated by the enemy, and they will be finished." ”

So, Chen Guanghui immediately ordered that the thousand generals should bring a hundred people to rush over first. He led a large group of men and horses to arrive.

More than 100 Qing troops, carrying shotguns and various cold weapons, soon appeared on the official road east of Dadaocheng.

At this time, Huang Pengfei took a row and pressed directly under the North Pass Gate. As if they didn't see the Qing army, they just crackled their guns at the earthen fence.

Mr. Qian suddenly became excited, the left is the Dadaocheng Tuwei, the right is the river beach wasteland, and there is no obstacle on the middle thoroughfare. At a distance of one mile, more than a hundred people rushed over and crushed them to death.

"Brothers, rush, the head of a Ming bandit is fifty taels of silver!"

Silver, so much silver. Huang Longan issued a reward order, and the green battalion soldiers kept it in mind.

The Qing soldiers roared and rushed towards the Ming army. The Ming army was confronting Dadaocheng, and the Qing soldiers thought that they were rushing like this, and the Ming bandits would suffer from the enemy on their backs, so they could only flee in defeat.

Seeing the Qing soldiers rushing towards this side, Huang Pengfei subconsciously touched his steel helmet and bulletproof vest, and roared boldly, "Line up!" ”

The Ming army quickly formed two horizontal formations, and pointed their guns at the Qing soldiers who rushed over.

This group of Qing soldiers rushed over, and there were still about a hundred meters left from the North Pass Gate.

"Shoot!"

"Bang bang bang!" More than thirty M1873 rifles fired in unison. The M1873 is a rifled gun with a long range and strong penetration. More than 30 bullets flew over, and the Qing soldiers who were still rushing on the opposite side were knocked down more than 20 at once.

"Bang bang bang!" After two more rounds of shooting, more than half of the more than 100 Qing soldiers fell, and the surviving soldiers stopped one after another, preparing to turn around and escape.

"Get on the bayonet!" Huang Pengfei personally led the team to rush forward, "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

This Qian always thought that the Ming army was a rabbit and could be easily cleaned up, but he didn't expect it to be a group of tigers, and when he saw the Ming army rushing over, he didn't understand what was going on, so he was defeated and retreated by the fleeing soldiers.

After chasing the Ming army for more than 200 meters, they saw that all these Qing soldiers jumped off the official road, and a large group of Qing soldiers flashed out on the opposite side.

Although the Ming army was still far away from the firing range, the Qing army ignored it, and directly fired guns and cannons, and the bullets of bird guns, lifting guns, and mountain splitting guns flew over screaming, and the momentum was very terrifying.

Huang Pengfei immediately ordered a retreat.