Ji Guangen, who was trapped in the chain, spent the day in panic. This time, he sent troops to suppress bandits, which gave him a lot of stimulation, and he used to feel that he was in command of the official residence, and he was majestic in the local area, and he could crush a qiē. I didn't want to call a bunch of bandits to make a fuss.

After thinking about it, Ji Guangen still realized that something was wrong, where did ordinary bandits get such fierce firepower? Thousands of fast guns, not to mention guns, bullets are a lot of silver.

Even if the bandits have money, they may not have a place to buy guns and ammunition. felt that this was a suspicious point, so he hurriedly sent someone to report it before dark.

As soon as the night tomb fell, there was a sudden fire outside Jiongyang Town, and gunfire rang out. Ji Guangen hurriedly came out with his own soldiers and supervised the battle everywhere. I don't want the bandits not to attack, it's just a bluff. In the faint light of the fire, in the first volume of the first song, chapter 78 of the Xinhai year (6), there were indeed figures shaking.

Ji Guangen ordered to be on guard, and the bandits were quiet after a while. After a while, he began to make a fuss again, and even used the cover of Hei Lou to break through to the defense line outside the town about 200 meters, and there was a random shooting, and the sparks were shot indiscriminately.

The patrol battalion hurriedly returned fire, and after a pair of shots, there were no injuries to a few, and the bandits turned around and ran. Seeing that there was nothing to lose, Ji Guangen was relieved. I don't want to wait a while, the bandits come again. After another round of tossing, back and forth a few times, Ji Guangen understood that the bandits were a tired tactic, could it be that the bandits still wanted to eat their more than 1,000 people?

It's not impossible! Ji Guangen beat the drum in his heart, cheered up and walked around to encourage morale. At the same time, let the brothers take turns to rest, and change every hour.

Tossed until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, and finally quieted for a while. Seeing the dead silence outside the town in the dark, it seemed that there were countless bandits hiding among them, and Zhengzun was ready to start a fierce attack. Ji Guangen's heart was extremely uneasy!

Just as this sense of unease was at its peak, suddenly there was a rumbling sound of cannon outside the town. Ji Guangen subconsciously leaned on a wall, and looked out with wide eyes. Knock knock! The intensity of the cannon beating of Sanqi is like the raindrops of the first volume of the first song of the seventy-eighth chapter of the Xinhai year (six). In the dark, you can see the artillery fire, but you can't see the specific battle situation clearly.

But the naked eye could see that the heavy artillery fire had fallen on a hillside about six or seven miles outside the town. This hillside Ji Guangen has too deep a memory, and the Hefei patrol battalion was ambushed there, it turns out that this bandit also understands the art of war, and wants to surround the point to send reinforcements, was he recognized by Fang Jianxiong?

It's a pity that the Zeiss six-fold telescope was lost in the chaos, and Ji Guangen secretly regretted that he couldn't witness the battle with his own eyes. Thinking about leading the troops to attack, but he didn't know the specific situation outside, and then thinking about Fang Jianxiong winning all the way, but he suffered a defeat, he couldn't help but hope that Fang Jianxiong would also lose a game.

The brothers under his hands were quite excited, and they came over to ask for battle. Ji Guangen strictly ordered: "Hold the town tightly and send someone out to find out." "The shelling lasted for about half an hour, and a dense burst of gunfire rang out, and shouts of killing could be faintly heard six or seven miles away. Ji Guangen couldn't help but be secretly anxious, worried that Fang Jianxiong would be defeated and that he would have no reinforcements, and that Fang Jianxiong would win and that he would not be able to deal with him.

When there were gains and losses, Ji Guangen never sent troops until it was light, and the brothers who went out to investigate came back and said that there were many bandits, and they seemed to be fleeing to Hexian County, thinking that they were defeated.

Looking at the expectant eyes of a bunch of subordinates, Ji Guangen gritted his teeth and ordered an attack.

Ji Guang was careful, sent dozens of sharp soldiers, and also opened the distance, a team of five minutes. I didn't encounter bandits along the way, and finally came to the bottom of the hill where I was ambushed before.

Looking at this hillside, the smell of gunpowder smoke is very strong, there are blood stains along the way, and there are some abandoned corpses, all of which have been blown beyond recognition.

The front soldiers came back to report the news, and encountered the sentry of the Wuhu patrol battalion, and the commander of Fang Jianxiong on the opposite side learned that the commander of the Hefei patrol battalion Ji had led troops to help in the battle, and was doing it.

Ji Guangen didn't expect Fang Jianxiong to take the initiative to come, and wanted to clean up immediately, but after thinking about it, what face do you need for the defeated general? A team of fast horses came galloping on the road, and the first one was dressed in military uniform, and there was no difference from a distance. After more than ten years of riding a five-step horse, Ji Guangen strode forward.

"Ji Guangen is here, who is here?"

"Wuhu Fang Jianxiong, I've seen Brother Ji!" The first one gave up his hand and answered loudly.

Ji Guangen saw a young man, the smoke on his face had never obliterated the slightest trace of his handsome demeanor, and it seemed that he stepped forward quickly with a gust of wind between actions. There are more than ten tigers behind him, and everyone is hanging with two guns, all of them are murderous. Surprisingly, these more than ten people almost all had the same rhythm from dismounting to walking. The neat image has been practiced for a long time.

When I got closer, I saw a young officer. He was dressed in a military uniform with speckled spots and strange colors, an armed belt around his waist, a short gun hung up, leggings, and earthy yellow scalp boots under his feet.

"Ji, thank you Lord Fang for coming to the rescue!" Although Ji Guangen was unwilling, he still gave his hand. At this time, he saw it in his heart, defeat is defeat, and the same strategy of the bandits will not work when used on Fang Jianxiong, which shows that people are stronger than themselves.

"Brother Ji, how could he have been defeated? How could he have been saved? It should be that you and I joined forces to break the bandits, but there were tens of thousands of bandits, and the coalition army won after a hard battle. Fang Jianxiong stepped forward to speak with a smile, Ji Guangen was stunned for a moment, and then understood what he meant, and a sense of shame swelled up in his heart, and he arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Brother Fang!" ”

Fang Jianxiong said with a smile: "You're welcome, this is not the place to talk, the brothers in Hefei are tired to help clean up the battlefield." Then you and I will win the class. ”

"Good!" Ji Guangen is not polite, just write down a favor. They are all with soldiers, and there are not so many twists and turns. If you have the opportunity in the future, you can repay this favor.

Only six or seven hundred people from the more than 1,000 Hefei patrol battalions came out, and the rest were wounded and recuperating in the town. Fang Jianxiong accompanied Ji Guangen all the way up the hillside. As he walked, he scolded Jianxiong and sighed: "This bandit is very cunning, and Fang has fallen into a suspicious plan. Otherwise, it would have arrived a long time ago, and it would not have allowed the main force of the bandits to flee. ”

"Oh?" Ji Guangen was also curious, and hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Fang Jianxiong pointed to a foreign iron bucket hanging on a tree, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Ji will know at a glance!" ”

Ji Guangen stepped forward to take a look, and immediately felt ashamed in his heart, it turned out that this foreign iron bucket was full of firecracker confetti. The doubts in my heart suddenly disappeared, I couldn't help but be ashamed and indignant, my blood went up, I raised my hand and patted my head fiercely: "Hey, it's a shame!" ”

"Brother Ji doesn't have to be like this, the alliance of you and me has won a great victory, no matter how cunning a branch is, it will be defeated by you and me together." Fang Jianxiong stepped forward and said, Ji Guangen turned around and said with a smile: "I was suspicious of Brother Fang before, but at this moment, I know that I have fallen for the bandits' scheme. ”

Fang Jianxiong was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I also suspected that the bandits got so many bullets. Brother Ji's suspicion is also human nature. Don't talk about this, a telegram has been prepared below, which can be sent to Hefei to send a report, Brother Ji will take a look first, and if there is no objection, he will sign the report. ”

As he spoke, Fang Jianxiong handed over a piece of paper, and Ji Guangen took it and looked at it. Fang Jianxiong wrote like this: Master Futai Junjian! Tens of thousands of bandits besieged Tongyang Town, and Jianxiong and Ji Commander sent personnel to encounter, and agreed to cooperate inside and outside. That night, after our army launched a fierce artillery bombardment, Commander Ji led the team to attack, and the front and rear broke the bandits. Now the remnants of the bandits are fleeing in the direction of the county, and the county is expected to be in a hurry. This telegram: Fang Jianxiong!

Ji Guangen looked at it, and sighed in his heart, Fang Jianxiong is giving himself credit, this person is very favorable.

Just thinking about what to say, Fang Jianxiong had already handed over a pen with a smile and said, "You and I colleagues, take care of me in the future!" ”

After this battle, Fang Jianxiong and Ji Guangen formed a deep relationship, uh, friendship! Comradeship!

The battlefield was cleaned up for an hour, and the bandits left behind some unrecognizable corpses. Remembering that he saw a thigh hanging from a tree on the road, Ji Guangen judged that the artillery fire in Wuhu was very fierce.

Soon this verdict was verified, and an artillery unit with sixteen three-seven guns appeared after dismantling and transporting it by pack horses. A closer look showed that Fang Jianxiong's Wuhu patrol battalion was actually the head of a large battalion, with more than 500 people in each battalion, and he also saw a machine gun company, pulling eight Makqin heavy machine guns in a carriage. And this Makqin has a strange shape, and it actually has a baffle and wheels. It's not that Ji Guangen hasn't seen Makqin before, but it's the first time he's seen this.

"With this firepower, it is stronger than the new army of Nyima and Anhui, no wonder it can sweep away the bandits." Secretly thinking in his heart, Ji Guangen was very interested in this kind of Makqin, and stepped forward to observe.

"The German-made Makqin is too heavy and inconvenient to carry. Under the order of the manufacturing bureau to make an improvement plan, add baffles and wheels. First, it can protect the machine gun shooters who are hit by the key blows, and it is also convenient to move on the battlefield. Fang Jianxiong gave an explanation in time, Ji Guangen swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in his heart, how much this thing is a waste of silver. Even if you do, you can't afford it! Legend has it that the Chinese sword is rich and wealthy, and seeing that this means true, the two infantry battalions are equipped with eight.

Then Ji Guangen saw a strange weapon, a soldier carrying a round pipe, a soldier carrying a bracket, and a few soldiers carrying wooden shelves on their backs.

"It's a mortar, for close fire support. This thing is lightweight, you can walk on your shoulder, the caliber is sixty, and one gun accompanies the four main and deputy gunners. Each company has one door, and the company is required to bring 60 shells from one base. Fang Jianxiong introduced it in time again, and Ji Guangen's mouth was a little closed.

Fang Jianxiong is still saying: "There are only four battalions in Wuhu, two steps, one horse and one artillery, and the industrial zone is a big business. If there are fewer soldiers, I can't worry about it, so I can only make a fuss about firepower. By the way, you see the soldier is carrying on his shoulder, it's called the Bren light machine gun. The latest German products, each class is equipped with one piece. These are all good things, but they cost too much money. ”

Well, Ji Guangen's throbbing heart is dead!!!