When Chen Zikun and a group of people rushed to the south gate, they saw 100 bandits resting in the open space outside the city gate, sitting or squatting, smoking and drinking, or bowing their heads and napping, leisurely as if they were in their own yard.

The drawbridge had already been pulled up, and the regiment guarding the city was huddled behind the battlement, and Chen Zikun was furious: "What are you afraid of, the bandits are still outside!" ”

Tuan Ding said: "My lord, the bandits have good marksmanship, we don't dare to take the lead, and we will be shot as soon as we appear." ”

"Fart, so evil?" Chen Zikun sneered and stood in front of the battlement.

Just listening to the sound of "pop", Chen Zikun's military hat flew, and then looked below, a young man wearing a hat held a Mauser rifle in one hand, his face was full of proud smiles, and the bandits made noise and cheered.

This young bandit is an old acquaintance, it is Liang Maocai who is killing the tiger's mouth and robbing the road, I didn't expect this kid's marksmanship to be so good!

The faces of a group of people at the head of the city turned pale, and Yan Su hurriedly said, "Protector envoy, hurry up and avoid it." ”

Chen Zikun didn't laugh angrily: "Okay, give me a dismount and get a gun." ”

Wang Degui handed over a very new rifle, Chen Zikun took it and pulled the bolt, checked the chamber, nodded, took a row of sharp-tipped 79 bullets and pressed them into the chamber, pushed the bullet to load, aimed downward, and slammed the shot.

The bullet hit the open space, splashing a small cloud of smoke and dust, the bandits were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter, Liang Maocai laughed even more openly, exposing his bronzed chest and solid abdominal muscles, and did not take the muzzle of the black hole in the city seriously at all.

Before they finished laughing, the second shot came, and the hat on Liang Maocai's head was in the middle, which was a hat made of sorghum slivers, brushed with a layer of tung oil, shading the sun and rain, and the bandits liked to wear it, almost one of the standard equipment of the Nantai Green Forest.

The hat was lifted by the bullet, rolled a few times in the air, and was blown into the moat by the wind, Liang Maocai was furious, raised his gun and fired back, he was still pulling the bolt, the third shot on the head of the city rang out, and it hit the rifle in Liang Maocai's hand, and the huge force made the rifle come out of his hand and fly to the ground more than ten meters away.

All the bandits stopped talking, and there were people in the officers and soldiers who were so accurate in marksmanship, which they never expected.

"!" Liang Maocai scolded, his tiger's mouth was cracked, and it hurt, but he was still not afraid, and walked straight to his rifle.

Just as he leaned over to pick up the rifle, the fourth shot rang out, sending the rifle flying a few meters more, the receiver was also shattered, the springs flew around, and the gun was unusable.

Liang Maocai spat and gave a thumbs up to the city: "It's really accurate!" ”

Chen Zikun appeared, the rifle in his hand was smoking, and he replied loudly: "Liang Maocai, aren't you a dog doing business in the mouth of a tiger, why did you receive the insurance premium from my Nantai County?" ”

Liang Maocai replied loudly: "My lord, we are too poor to eat, so we have to come to the county seat to fight the autumn breeze, please send some of them." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Put your mother's bullshit, you are domineering to kill the tiger's mouth, you are making money every day, and you can't eat, get out of me as soon as possible, you annoyed me, and you broke your turtle son with one shot." ”

Liang Maocai was not annoyed, and said, "Don't give it, let's see." After saying that, they swaggered away, and the bandits also got on their horses and walked around the county town of Nantai, making sharp whistles as they walked.

One hundred and ten bandits, forty or fifty mules and horses rolled up smoke and dust ten zhang high, and the whistle reached the city, and the people were all frightened, and Chen Zikun was even more furious, and ordered to open artillery bombardment.

No one responded, and no one would operate the three breech guns.

"Damn, I'll do it." Chen Zikun rolled up his sleeves and went into battle himself, but found the shells, but the gunpowder box was missing.

"Where's gunpowder?"

"In the past few days, the gunpowder box has been taken away by Commander Qiu."

"Qiu Fuzhao, where is the death, call him!"

Tuan Ding went upside down, and came to report in the middle of the night: "Captain Qiu took leave, saying that he had dysentery and was playing tricks, and he couldn't come." ”

"What about the others, the bandits are besieging the city, why don't the security groups see anyone one by one?" Chen Zikun has realized that something is wrong, those captains and vice presidents usually pat their chests and scream when they drink, what to go to the soup and fire, a word in the water and fire, all of them are sparse at the critical moment, but they can't complain about others, they are new to the city, and they can only subdue others for a few meals of wine and dinner.

"All sick...... the group said with a little weakness, the security group of more than 100 people, now there are more than a dozen old, weak, sick and disabled people standing on the city wall, these people are not Qiu Fuzhao's cronies, nor Chen Zikun's people, they belong to the forgotten corner.

When is the illness bad, this juncture is all sick, the security team under the leadership of Qiu Fuzhao collectively picks the son, this is to give himself eye medicine, Chen Zikun ordered these regiments to close the city gate, as soon as there is news, immediately come to report, go down to the city and go back to the office.

A large group of people gathered at the entrance of the Protector Envoy's Office, led by the gentry of the county, who saw Chen Zikun coming, they asked about the progress of the situation, Chen Zikun pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's just a little bit of a thief, you don't have to worry." ”

The gentry didn't believe his words, in the past, bandits harassed the county, and the security regiment fired guns and opened fire, and it didn't take much effort to drive the bandits away, how is it not the case at all today, the gunfire outside the city is endless, and the sound of horses' hooves is like thunder, who can rest assured.

"Lord Chen, quickly send troops out of the city to suppress bandits."

"Lord Chen, the lives of our family are all saved by you."

"Lord Chen, help us."

The adult's cry and the child's cry were mixed, Chen Zikun's face was hot, Xia Dalong's trick was too poisonous, he slapped himself with the bandit's hand, but he didn't have any way at all, the security team was in the hands of others, and he had no soldiers under his hands, so he couldn't fight the bandits alone.

Finally sent the people away, Chen Zikun went straight to the headquarters of the security regiment, pushed the door and saw that Qiu Fuzhao was playing mahjong with the three team leaders, and there was a paper cigarette on his ear, how could he have diarrhea.

Seeing Chen Zikun come in, the three squad leaders were a little embarrassed, and put down the cards in their hands in a daze, but Qiu Fuzhao looked indifferent: "Lord Chen, you are here, sit down, who is it, don't move the stool yet." ”

Chen Zikun was not angry, dusted off his hat and put it on the table, this is a gray and blue general's hat, the wall of the hat is a circle of gold hoops, there is a bullet hole in the brim, the edge is burnt, and it is black.

"Head Qiu, I heard that you have dysentery, I don't like it." Chen Zikun and Yan Yue said.

Qiu Fuzhao stood up and said straight to the point: "Protector envoy, we celebrities don't talk in secret, you donate public security, we can't eat, this errand can't be done, you can ask for another master." ”

As he spoke, he gave the three squad leaders a look, and the three of them nodded busily: "Yes, we can't do it." ”

Chen Zikun nodded: "Okay, if you don't do it, you won't do it, continue to play cards." After that, he picked up his hat and went out.

How could Qiu Fuzhao continue to play cards, he hurriedly ran to the Xia family's mansion and reported the situation to Xia Dalong, he described Chen Zikun's reaction vividly, and said: "Master, I see that the surname Chen is no longer singing, I will face him, he has no temper at all." ”

Xia Dalong said: "I don't even have soldiers under my hands, so I dare to call out to me, and cancel the security donation, this time I want to let the people in the whole county see who is holding up to the sky in this Nantai County." ”

Qiu Fuzhao said: "The bandits are outside the city, there is no way to do it surnamed Chen, if you want me to see, within two days, he will have to come to beg the master to come forward." ”

Xia Dalong was triumphant: "That is, as long as he lowers his head, his sharp spirit will be broken, and in the future, Nantai County will still have the final say." ”

Qiu Fuzhao said: "Master, what are you doing with Fei, anyway, he doesn't have any soldiers in his hands now, why don't I take a few brothers and kill him directly." ”

Xia Dalong said: "You know a fart, the surname Chen is Wu Peifu's person, I moved him, it was against the Beiyang government, and even Sun Dujun couldn't protect it at that time, I, Xia Dalong, am not so stupid, hum, I will cut him with a soft knife and let him get out of here." ”

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Nantai county town has high walls and thick walls, and there is a wide moat, the bandits do not know the situation in the city, do not dare to rashly attack the city, just circle around, but this has scared the people in the city enough, the bandits are swaying outside, the four gates of the county are closed, the vegetable sellers dare not enter the city, and the dung can not go out of the city.

The Protector Embassy Office, Chen Zikun convened a meeting, although he still maintained a calm expression, but his heart was already turbulent, this soldierless bare-bones commander was really too aggrieved, and it was just a matter of being ridden on the head by a hundred and ten bandits, and even Qiu Ba of the security regiment dared not to put himself in his eyes, and he was so suffocated that his internal injuries were about to come out.

If it had been before, Chen Zikun would have sneaked into the Xia family's mansion and shot Xia Dalong down, and allowed him to make these cats, but now in front of the dignified Jiangbei Protector Army, there are two wives at home, and there are a group of brothers who have dinner with him, and the courage of the husband is no longer useful.

"Now that the matter has come to this, I am afraid that I can only give in temporarily, and ask Xia Dalong to come forward." Yan Su sighed and said, the situation is stronger than people, and it is not good not to bow your head at this time.

"That's not good, if you ask Xia Dalong to come forward, you will inevitably restore public security, it will be equivalent to slapping yourself, how will I Chen Zikun mix outside in the future!" Chan categorically rejected the proposal.

"If you want me to say, please ask Marshal Wu to send troops, not too many, the third division will send a company of soldiers, and you can sweep away this rabble!" Zhao Yufeng proposed.

"If the mountains and rivers are exhausted, I don't want to ask the marshal to make a move, besides, the current situation, far water does not quench the thirst of the near, and when Luoyang sends troops over, it will be at least ten days and half a month later." Chen Zikun still shook his head.

Gong Zijun spoke: "Why do we have to rely on Xia Dalong's security group? The Protector Office has guns and ammunition, so why don't we pull the team ourselves? ”

Yan Su smiled bitterly: "It's not that I haven't thought about recruiting soldiers, but we don't have any money, and I won't tell you that there are only one hundred and ten yuan in the account of the Protector Embassy Office." ”

Gong Zijun opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then hung his head, if you don't have money, you can't raise soldiers, and if you don't have soldiers, you can't get money, this is a dead end.

Chen Zikun was pacing around the room, and suddenly stared at Liu Youjin with blazing eyes.

County Magistrate Liu said: "Protector Envoy, you can't make money when you look at me, I, the county magistrate, am the same as you, I am the commander of the light pole." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I have a way, didn't Xia Dalong borrow bandits to suppress me, he can borrow strength, why can't I borrow it." ”