Fuzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Yanshan Mountain Range stretches to the southwest, shaded by green trees, and the mountains are meandering.

At this time, on a bare hill in the southwest of Lichuan County, which the locals call Shanglongtou, more than a dozen riflemen were taking advantage of the mountain rock bunker to shoot at the red-haired bandits who were swarming at the foot of the mountain.

"Brothers, me! Killing one is enough, killing a pair to earn one! The scream was a hideous-looking one-eyed dragon with a grim face.

This is a sentry team of the Harwich Department, and Dahan is a team of pipes, nicknamed Zhao Blind.

came to the vicinity of Lichuan to pick up a scout from the Flying Tiger Battalion, but he accidentally bumped into the bandit brigade, and retreated while fighting, but was forced into a desperate situation.

At the foot of the mountain, hundreds of bandits with red scarves and heads shot at the mountain with shotguns, firearms, and foreign guns.

A hint of coldness flashed in Liu's blind man's eyes, "Damn, it's Li Sifu." ”

The British king Chen Yucheng retreated to Fuzhou, slashed the horse with tears, cut off the head of his cousin Zhang Chaojue, and then returned to the horse pistol to break the Hunan army, and the morale of the bandits was greatly boosted, and the Tianjing bandits saw the repeated setbacks in the military situation, so they increased their efforts to buy foreign guns, and their musket teams continued to go to the Jiangxi battlefield.

Li Sifu's musket brigade is one of the best, a few days ago a sneak attack on the Jianchang Mansion that had just been pacified, and the annihilation of the newly formed Jianchang patrol battalion, this was the first setback after Jing Shuai's second entry into Jiangxi, and Li Sifu immediately became famous, this Chen Yucheng's favorite general, but he had mastered guerrilla tactics, which caused headaches for the Jiangxi and Guangdong troops.

In the sound of gunshots, the red-scarfed bandits approached little by little, and they could even see the hideousness on their faces gradually.

"Ah" A soldier next to the blind man Liu burst into a bloody hole in his forehead and fell to the ground screaming.

Liu's blind eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he suddenly tore open the button on his chest, revealing his scarred black chest, and yelled: "Brothers! It's time to be loyal to your grandfather! Is there a bad seed here?! ”

"Nope!" The soldiers shouted loudly, their eyes beating with mad heat.

Blind Liu fell to his knees suddenly, kowtowed a few times to the south, and said loudly: "Grandpa, when Blind Liu arrives in the underworld, he is willing to be your Yin soldier and ghost soldier!" Then he got up and shouted, "Grenades! ”

Immediately, all the soldiers bravely threw out one after another grenades with wooden handles, "boom, boom, boom", the earth burst out, and the bandits who rushed to the front were blown up and fell to the ground screaming, and some were directly blown out of a few steps.

The bandits' momentum was a little slower, and they all looked for mountain and rock bunkers to shoot.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Sifu looked at his head from time to time, his face was gloomy, but more than a dozen foreign spearmen, and they did not have three heads and six arms, but it had taken a long time from the discovery of them to the pursuit and encirclement, and the counterattack momentum was still so fierce, Jing Xiang's descendants were really so brave?

He also looked at a small hill in the distance, where there were its own sentinels, and if they saw a brigade of officers and soldiers, they would light a fire and warn them.

There is no movement on the mountain, it seems that the main force of the Qing Demon is still far away from Lichuan, otherwise I am afraid that I will be attracted by the sound of guns and cannons.

Li Sifu's cold gaze looked at the dozen or so firepower points thrown at the stubborn resistance of the negative puppets on the dirt mountain in front of him, and fired cross-fired, nailing his stormtroopers firmly to the halfway slope.

Li Sifu burst out a few words from his teeth gloomily: "Catch me alive!" The little herald beside him was trembling in his heart, and he could imagine the cruel picture faced by the officers and soldiers on the mountain after being captured.

"Brothers! Get ready to smash the gun! When the blind man pulled the trigger, but the rifle did not roar, and reached out to touch the copper hat band, which was empty, he smiled, knowing that the last moment had come.

Seeing that the gunfire on the earth mountain was gradually slowing down, Li Sifu slowly narrowed his eyes, and the herald next to him also smiled: "Brigade commander, the Qing demon has no eggs!" ”

Li Sifu sneered, but no, the musket ammunition is the eggs of the Qing Demon, and the Qing Demon without eggs can see how to jump.

"Heavenly Father willing! The head of the demon is awarded! Li Sifu folded his hands in prayer.

Suddenly, in a forest under the dirt mountain, there was a loud gunshot, but when he saw countless red-tasseled hats coming out densely, Li Sifu was stunned, and looked at the hill where his sentry was, but there was still no movement on the mountain.

Li Sifu's heart sank, and he shouted: "Withdraw!" Retreat east! "The sentry was silently removed, then he and the others are likely to have fallen into the ambush of the Qing army, there is a stream in the east, the terrain is open, and there is a willow and dark path, I think the Qing army will not know.

The bandits are accustomed to fighting guerrillas, so they give an order, and immediately retreat in an orderly manner, never in love with war. It was really impossible to fight and leave, plus each of them was accustomed to walking on mountain roads, trekking through mountains and rivers as if walking on flat ground, leaving a team to shoot and cover for half an hour, and quickly evacuated the battlefield.

Liu Blind and others rushed down the mountain in a desperate situation, but saw dozens of riflemen at the foot of the mountain holding a purple Luo umbrella, and under the cover, the thin general who squinted at the bandits in the distance was Harwich.

"Damn it!" After walking a few steps, Liu Blind knelt down on one knee with a face full of shame.

Harwich said yesterday that he was suffering from the cold, and his head was scorching, but he wore a fluffy mink scarf around his neck, and his small eyes were squinted, but he did not speak.

On the white horse beside Harich, Ding Qimei laughed secretly in her belly, and said in her heart that this old Ha was also full of official authority, but she really couldn't see it, looking at the one-eyed dragon's ashamed appearance, she said: "Get up, you are not careful, it's also a good thing, the Flying Tiger Battalion has also looked for this Li Sifu for a long time, and he can't escape today." ”

Liu Blind looked at this beautiful girl in confusion, not knowing who she was.

Harwich's face softened, and he said, "Get up, haven't you thanked the commander?" This is the Ding Commander of the Flying Tiger Battalion! ”

Liu Blind was taken aback, this Flying Tiger Battalion often heard its name, it was the grandfather's own army, but he didn't want to be in charge of it was a heroine, kowtowed and said, "Thank you for your lord, thank you for taking your lord!" Standing up and retreating to the side, I still couldn't help but look at Ding Qimei curiously and secretly, and said in my heart that under the command of my grandfather, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a woman who touches his old man's fairy spirit is a woman, I don't know if I can get a good spot?

In the northeast, suddenly there was a loud gunshot, interrupting Liu's blind thoughts.

Before the creek, Li Sifu fell into the siege of the Harwich Department and the Flying Tiger Battalion, and in the fierce gunfire, the bandits who were wading through the water fell to the ground one after another, and the blood quickly stained the creek red.

Ahead is the hidden path, but in the lush short grass, I don't know how many rifles spray flames, what I thought was the road of darkness and flowers, but it became the road to hell.

Leaning against a boulder, listening to the sound of gunfire and screams like fried beans, Li Sifu's face was blank, and in the rear, the gunshots of the pursuers gradually rang out.

"Brigade Marshal, you, you can escape in my clothes." The herald was a young child, with tears in his eyes and his shirt quickly peeling off.

Li Sifu shook his head blankly, and said with a miserable smile: "Run, where can you escape?" It's not the world of demons yet? Clasped his hands in front of his chest and whispered a prayer, and said lightly: "I hope that after I die, I can enter the gate of heaven, ask the heavenly father, ask the heavenly father to have mercy, and send down the heavenly soldiers to eliminate the demon ......" As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes...... The herald's eyes were drenched in tears, and he stood dumbfounded.

In August 1857, Guangzhou General Jing Xiang issued a "Confession for Thieves", the full text of which was sprinkled with more than 10,000 words, and even appeared in the Guangdong newspaper, saying that he would "mention the king's division and clear the world", and then entered Jiangxi for the second time, and set up Yuanzhou and Jianchang two mansions. In September 1857, Jingxiang Harwich's troops surrounded and annihilated the bandit Li Sifu Brigade in Lichuan, and the bandit leader Li Sifu committed suicide by drinking bullets.

At the beginning of October, Jing Xiang led more than 10,000 soldiers from the Harwich Division, Han Jinchun Division, and various Cantonese soldiers to the city of Fuzhou, and trapped the bandit King Chen Yucheng in Fuzhou.

…… Under the city of Fuzhou, the flags are displayed, and the large camps of the Guangdong army are one after another, stretching endlessly.

In the conference hall of the British King's Mansion in Fuzhou, the British king sits on the main seat, and the two sides are full of generals, all of whom are handsome subordinates of the British king.

The first old man on the left twisted his beard and smiled: "The grain and grass support for more than a year, Jingxiang is extremely vicious, but he is still juvenile, more than brave, he is cautious, and he is in a hurry. ”

Some generals smiled and agreed, although the Qing army was overwhelmed, but these generals were full of lightheartedness.

But no, the Taiping Army of Fuzhou has been operating for many years, the city is high and the moats are deep, the reserves of grain, grass and ammunition are extremely sufficient, and the elite of the British King gathered, more than 20,000 soldiers, and it is easy to defend the city for a year and a half.

And the main force of Jingxiang's Yue army is contained in Fuzhou, Ji'an and other prefectures must be weakly defended, and Li Xiucheng, the loyal king, can take advantage of the situation to attack it, Jingxiang does not retreat, and sooner or later becomes the lone army in northern Jiangxi.

This is the secret policy of the British king and the king, the two kings have been at odds for a long time, and this time the enemy is at present, but it is the first time that they really join hands to fight the enemy.

It was a general who smiled unconvinced: "It's a pity that this time the loyal king's greed for heaven has fulfilled him." ”

The hall was filled with optimism, but the king remained silent, just slowly sipping tea.

The 35th Women's Pavilion in Fuzhou, on both sides of the red lacquer door of the stone steps, is hung with high red lanterns.

When the Taiping army just occupied Nanjing, the Taiping army drove all the women in Nanjing into the women's hall, and did not allow husband and wife to see each other, even if they were senior generals of the Taiping army, they were not allowed to meet their wives, otherwise they would have committed the silver evil ring in the dogma of the Heavenly Father, and the sin was great. On the contrary, the kings were full of wives and concubines, which inevitably made the Taiping soldiers complain. And it makes the army strong and strong, and the wind of Longyang is prosperous, and almost every general will be accompanied by a beautiful boy. In the end, the bandit leader saw that it was not a way, and the king of Edom asked his heavenly father to go down to earth, and the heavenly father told him, "Xiuqing, you can arrange a group of younger brothers and sisters to reunite and form a family, and the arrangement is fixed, and my heavenly father has his own arrangement." Only then was the women's hall system abolished.

However, in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, the British king was deeply worried about the gradual deterioration of military discipline, and the urgent need for manpower to prepare for military affairs required these women to engage in labor services such as cutting bamboo sticks, rubbing hemp ropes, digging trenches, and stockpiling grain.

The women's hall is a hall of twenty or thirty people, and the thirty-fifth hall is a green house compound where more than 30 women live.

At this moment, in the east wing, a woman with a good posture was wiping her tears, and Li's was inadvertently bumped into by Zhao Lvshuai, and she was taken to the house by Zhao Shuai almost every once in a while to enjoy herself.

"Sister-in-law, don't cry!" A girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes shook her body, paced back and forth, and said: "I don't believe it, Zhao Haozi hurts heaven and reason, the king of England doesn't care about him, I will sue him tomorrow with the history of the female classics." ”

Li shook his head with red eyes and said, "He, he said, the official army is besieging the city, and the king of England is busy with military affairs, so he won't pay attention to his business." ”

The eldest girl was stunned and said hurriedly: "The officers and soldiers are here?" This, what can I do? I'll tell the history tomorrow to help defend the city! ”

Li secretly looked out the window, as if he was afraid that someone would hear her words, and lowered his voice and said, "Don't go, I heard, I heard that the officers and soldiers besieging the city don't hurt people, and they won't do anything to us." ”

The eldest girl sneered all over her face: "Do you believe this?" Forgot what the sister-in-law of the Liu family said? She crawled out of the pile of dead people in Wuchang, but she saw it with her own eyes, what is the name of that big official? The eldest girl frowned and thought for a while, and said, "By the way, it is called Zeng Shaved Head, and the official has this flower name, and his subordinates are so good?" ”

Li Shi hesitated and said: "The besieging people seem to be soldiers from Guangdong. ”

The eldest girl sneered, "So what? The world is as black as a crow. ”

As they were talking, footsteps sounded at the door, and the two hurriedly shut up.

The door creaked, and a woman who had saved gold and silver came in, panicked, as if she had a piece of paper in her hand, and saw that there were still people who had not slept, so she hurriedly stuffed the paper into her arms.

The eldest girl walked over and grabbed her wrist, "What bad things are you doing again?" "The woman with the gold jewelry was the wife of a wealthy man in the city, and the eldest girl always looked at her unpleasantly.

"Nope." Wang immediately snorted in pain, his face turned pale, his hand was loose, and the eldest girl snatched the paper.

"Sister-in-law, look at it, what is written?" The eldest girl couldn't read big words, so she had to give the paper to Li, but Li only knew a few words, how could she understand it?

Seeing that her sister-in-law shook her head, the eldest girl immediately said, "I'll go to the classics." ”

"Don't! Xiaohua, sister, please don't show it to the thief. The noble lady Wang was frightened and pleaded in front of the door.

The eldest girl snorted coldly: "Isn't it unsightly? Then he raised his eyebrows, "Who are you sister?" Who is a thief? ”

Wang knew that he had said the wrong thing, his face turned pale, and he stammered: "I, I picked it up in the yard, the leaflets of the officers and soldiers, and, it has nothing to do with me, really, Xiaohua, a neighbor, do you want to see me being lit a sky lantern?" Can you bear it? ”

Li sighed, pulled the eldest girl, and said, "Forget it, folks, don't be embarrassed for her." ”

"Leaflets for officers and soldiers? What is written on it? The eldest girl asked curiously.

Wang didn't dare not answer, and whispered: "Yes, it is said that it is Jingxiang, the grandfather of the country, who loves the people like a son, and wants the people of the city not to panic, except for the bandits, the rest are not to blame." ”

The eldest girl sneered: "Do you believe this? ”

Wang retorted in a low voice, "It seems to be true, haven't you heard the name of Grandpa Guo?" The grandfather who beat the British and the French away. ”

The eldest girl really hasn't heard of it, and she doesn't know much about the things in Fuzhou City, let alone the things outside Jiangxi. But he became curious and asked, "What Englishman Frenchman?" ”

If before, where did the Wang family bother with this country girl who had never seen the world? But now I am afraid that she will be the first, so I have to patiently whisper to the eldest girl about the story of Grandpa Guo's fight against barbarians in Guangdong. She didn't know much, but she listened to the merchant's husband talk about a scale, and at this time she couldn't help exaggerating, and said that the grandfather of the country was wise and martial, as if the British and French were scared away by blowing a breath.

Listening to this, the eldest girl didn't believe it, and said, "Is he so powerful that he can beat the king of England?" ”

Wang pouted in his heart, and said in his heart that you treat the thief as a hero, but I don't know that this thief was chased all over the world by the grandfather of the country, and in the blink of an eye, Fuzhou can't hold it.

He didn't dare to say that, and said, "It seems that I fought a few battles with the king of England a few days ago, and I won them all." Otherwise, how could the officers and soldiers come to besiege Fuzhou. ”

The eldest girl wanted to refute, but after listening to Wang's last sentence, she was stunned for a while, only to feel that it was indeed such a reason, and she couldn't help but be deflated for a while, and slowly sat back on the edge of the kang.

…… At the head of Fuzhou City, the bamboo pole was tall and bloody with three heads, and the flesh and blood of two heads had gradually decayed, and it was obvious that they had been cut off for a while.

The king of England stood on the city tower, staring at the three heads silently, with the lesson of Ji'an Mansion, Fuzhou City was very strict with the people entering and exiting, regardless of men and women, they had to search their bodies, and these three people were the officers and soldiers who were arrested and arrested.

Under severe torture, the second person who was arrested a month ago couldn't be beaten, and finally recruited, it was the Flying Tiger Battalion Scout Yong, but how many people there were in the Flying Tiger Battalion, and he didn't know what they were doing. Although it was obvious that he was not lying, he ended up beheading him.

But the investigation is so strict, and last night I still found that many demagogic flyers were scattered by the Qing Demon, which is really unguardable.

Looking at the official army camp not far away, the king of England was silent, Jing Xiang was a person with many tricks and was unguardable, but he blatantly besieged Fuzhou, was he really carried away by the victory and made a big streak move?

In the shade of a small forest under the city, Han Jinchun put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and said, "The puppet king is in the city." ”

Ye Zhaowen, who was playing with Harwich and killing Harwich to the point of sweating profusely, stood up when he heard this, took the clairvoyant mirror given by the guard, and looked at the city tower.

His eyes were fixed on the three heads hanging high, and he looked at it quietly for a while, threw the clairvoyant mirror to the guard, and then turned around and sat back on the soft pier.

Han Jinchun signaled, and the little soldier behind him pushed his wheelchair to Ye Zhao's side, Han Jinchun sighed and said, "Grandpa, the three of them know that Grandpa cares, and they are dumbfounded when they think about it." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and dropped a son.

Harwich saw that there was a little dragon being calculated by the grandfather, and said helplessly: "The slave boldly said that the master is not so merciful on the chessboard." ”

Obviously, it is impossible to take advantage of the situation to force the bandits into Fujian, and Harwich deeply regrets it.

Han Jinchun said sincerely: "Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, but the grandfather is invincible!" ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and motioned for Harwich to fall.

Harwich said cautiously: "Is it okay for the minion to admit defeat?" ”

Ye Zhao was amused by him and said, "No." ”

Harwich had no choice but to think there with a sad face. Han Jin Chunwaner, Lao Ha is more like a courtier in front of his grandfather, he can always make his grandfather happy, but the name of fox hunting has actually resounded in the southeast.

"Master, here!" A guard saw the flag in the distance through the clairvoyant mirror, and hurriedly took a few steps forward to say goodbye.

Ye Zhao's eyes were solemn, and he pushed up, "Okay, let's go meet the King of England!" ”

(To be continued)