Not to mention that the Lianzhuang Association gathered more than 10,000 people in the village to raise the flag to rebel, and said that Zhao Dongyun heard that a mob rebelled against the Pingxiang church on the evening of the 22nd, and he frowned at that time. 、

In the late Qing Dynasty, almost every lesson plan would eventually trigger a huge political impact, ranging from local officials apologizing and paying reparations, to diplomatic disputes and even foreign powers sending troops to intervene, so whenever a lesson plan occurred, it would always attract great attention from local military and political dignitaries.

And this time, the rebellion between the Nanzhili Lianzhuang Society and the Boxers inherited part of the nature of the Gengzi period, that is, they were extremely hostile to foreigners, and they harmed foreigners on a large scale and even a person or thing related to foreigners. In this way, it has attracted the attention of many powers, and they want to send troops to 'help suppress'.

They did not come with good intentions to help China put down the rebellion, they came for the safety of their own citizens, and of course they had to use this as an excuse to claim huge indemnities and various unequal treaties after sending troops.

And today, Zhao Dongyun knows that he must not let those powers find excuses, which has nothing to do with his patriotism, but because if a foreigner is killed by a mob under his nose and triggers a large-scale intervention by the powers, not to mention the follow-up various indemnities and treaties or something, but for Zhao Dongyun, then his career will be almost immediately ended.

Because the Qing court needs someone to be blackened, someone needs to come out and take responsibility!

So although Zhao Dongyun didn't care about those foreigner priests, he had to hurriedly transfer troops to Pingxiang to rescue!

At this time, the sun had set, the sky was dark red with a little dark gray, Zhao Dongyun rode on his batch of white high-headed horses, wearing the usual officer's dress, with a command knife hanging from his waist and a revolver six-shot pistol.

In front of him and behind him were nearly a hundred horsemen, who, in a hurry, were galloping west at trotting speed, and although there were only a hundred horsemen, the rumbling of horses' hooves still resounded throughout the field.

In the middle of it, you can feel the huge momentum of the cavalry, and the momentum of the large number of cavalry running is definitely not comparable to those of the infantry.

"My lord, there is already news ahead, there are at least more than 300 mobs besieging the church, and I am afraid that the church will not last long!" The leader of this cavalry team, Wu Changlan, who, like most of the other officers of the Wuwei Right Army, was also from the Tianjin Wubei Academy and was several years older than Zhao Dongyun.

Strictly speaking, his cavalry team did not belong to Zhao Dongyun, but in this southward war to suppress bandits, Duan Qirui temporarily assigned his cavalry team to Zhao Dongyun to undertake reconnaissance, pursuit and other combat tasks under Zhao Dongyun's department.

However, although it was a temporary assignment, Wu Changlan still did his best, and the reason was actually quite simple, not that he admired Zhao Dongyun, let alone that Zhao Dongyun had any royal spirit that shocked him, but because Duan Qirui gave him an order, he just obeyed Duan Qirui's order.

Of course, there is another reason that Zhao Dongyun is now a rising political star in Beiyang, and he is in charge of an infantry battalion at a young age, and he also supervises a machine gun battalion, with more than 2,000 troops under his direct command, and this counterinsurgency has won Yuan Shikai's personal general, and has gained the opportunity to fight in tens of thousands of Beiyang Army.

In the face of such Zhao Dongyun, Wu Changlan also felt that it was necessary to be better with him, even if he didn't deliberately curry favor, but there was no need to offend him, so Wu Changlan's execution of Zhao Dongyun's orders for more than a month was relatively transparent.

This evening, he suddenly heard that Zhao Dongyun was going to urgently transfer troops to rescue the Pingxiang Church, and he also knew that the matter involved foreigners, so he did not dare to delay, and immediately urgently gathered and led nearly 100 cavalry to follow Zhao Dongyun westward.

Zhao Dongyun glanced at Wu Changlan: "It's almost time now, let your people be ready for battle!" ”

Wu Changlan said: "Don't worry, my lord, the men under the ministry are ready to fight at any time!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded, and did not doubt Wu Changlan's words, for more than a month, the cavalry team under Wu Changlan was quite good, not only able to detect the surrounding movements, but also effective when attacking the mob.

Zhao Dongyun and several other officers led Wu Changlan's cavalry team to gallop all the way, and soon arrived in Pingxiang, and at this time he could already feel the breath of the mob.

In a clearing, Zhao Dongyun once again saw the temporarily built altar, and there were still a lot of yellow papers, flags and the like scattered around, as the distance approached, traces of human figures slowly appeared in front of him, but the night had fallen, and it was not clear from afar.

After crossing a small Shantou, Zhao Dongyun saw a large area of fire in front of him, and there were bursts of shouts in the firelight.

Zhao Dongyun was expressionless at this time, and immediately stopped the war horse with the reins of the horse: "Brother Wu, disperse those mobs!" ”

Wu Changlan immediately said: "Take the order!" ”

Then he shouted: "Brothers, dismount and fight on foot!" ”

In order to avoid the casualties of his brothers as much as possible, Wu Changlan was not ready to lead his cavalry to charge on horseback, which looked very powerful, but the accident was too great, not to mention that it was not suitable for charging at night, and it was difficult to ensure that there were no hot weapons such as muskets on the opposite side, which was easy to be a target if he rushed up.

Anyway, no matter how you fight, it is a victory, so Wu Changlan adopted the safest method: dismount and fight on foot, and try to maintain zero casualties!

As a large number of horsemen dismounted, they took Manlisia's spears in their hands, left their sabers in their saddles, and handed their horses to their comrades behind them.

Soon, nearly a hundred cavalry had already dismounted, and then quickly advanced in the dim night under the leadership of Wu Changlan, and at this time, at the firelight at the foot of the mountain, there was a sudden commotion, and the shouts of the people seemed to have reached Zhao Dongyun's ears through the night sky.

At a certain moment, suddenly there was a dense burst of gunfire in the night, and the crisp gunfire of nearly a hundred Manly summer steps resounded throughout the night sky.

Zhao Dongyun was still riding a horse, and used a telescope to observe the firelight hundreds of meters away, and figures appeared in the firelight from time to time, and the figures were running, falling to the ground from time to time, and those who fell down may wonder in a pool of blood: "Aren't you invulnerable?" How can you still be knocked down by bullets! ”

I'm afraid no one will answer him.

As the first modern army in China, as Yuan Shikai's descendant army, and the most powerful army in China today, there were no accidents in the battle of the Wuwei Right Army against the mob boxers, nor did there be any process worthy of special mention.

If there is anything, that is, when Zhao Dongyun rode a horse and approached the small church at the foot of the mountain accompanied by Wu Changlan and others, the ground was soaked, well, it didn't rain tonight, and it was not rain but blood that soaked the ground.

Looking at the corpses remaining on the ground, Zhao Dongyun didn't have much feeling in his heart, it was not the first time he had commanded the troops to encircle and suppress the mob in the past month or so, and what was a little different from usual was that there were a lot of people who died today.

"The mob was unorganized, and we broke up after a few shots!" Wu Changlan said: "We have two brothers who were injured, but they were all minor injuries and did not get in the way!" ”

Zhao Dongyun nodded, he didn't care about the deaths and injuries of these mobs, but he was still very concerned about the casualties of his troops, he didn't want to let his troops have casualties by beating a small mob, at this time he looked up at the church in front of him and said, "What's going on in this church?" Were there any deaths or injuries? ”

Wu Changlan said: "The situation is not very good, before we came, there were more than 30 people in this church, of which more than 20 were sent by Guangzong County to protect the church, and there were also more than 10 parishioners and priests and nuns in the church!" ”

Wu Changlan secretly glanced at Zhao Dongyun when he said this, and then said, "We only found six people, and the others are dead!" Sure enough, as he expected, Zhao Dongyun immediately frowned when he heard it: "Dead?" ”

Wu Changlan can also be regarded as a person in the officialdom, so he naturally understands the point of Zhao Dongyun's words, Zhao Dongyun does not care about the lives of other people, only about the lives of those priests and nuns in the church.

"Father Henry of the church is no longer dead!" Wu Changlan said: "Several other nuns and monks also died, and there are less than ten people left in the church who survive!" ”

When Zhao Dongyun heard this, he finally couldn't help cursing: "Damn, I didn't die before, I won't die in the future, but I'm dead now, damn!" ”

Zhao Dongyun had a headache, how should he report it, did he say that he couldn't rescue the priest named Henry who was divided into corpses? Or should it be said that Henry was already dead, and he was a starry night galloping to the rescue, and finally saved a full six lives in the bloody jaws of the mob?

It was a little difficult for him to decide on this matter for a while, and he had to discuss it with a few bookstores in the camp to see how to use words to decorate the past.

Zhao Dongyun, who was in a bad mood, didn't want to stay here longer, so he immediately prepared to turn around and leave the blood-soaked church, but before he turned around, there were several quarrels inside, accompanied by the screams of women.

Without Zhao Dongyun's orders, Wu Changlan just took the initiative to go over, and there were a few shouts during the period, Zhao Dongyun frowned, and then he also raised his long military boots and stepped on the bloodstains.

After turning a corridor, Zhao Dongyun saw Wu Changlan and a few other people, with several torches burning inside, illuminating everyone.

Between the lights, Zhao Dongyun saw a woman wearing a gray robe and a headscarf, Zhao Dongyun was no stranger to this kind of dress, this was the dress of a nun.

And it is not surprising to see a nun in a church, even a nun with yellow skin and black eyes is not too strange.

But the reason why Zhao Dongyun saw her at first sight after entering, and the reason why his eyes didn't leave her for a long time was because of her face.

There are many words to describe a woman's beauty, such as sinking fish and geese, shy flowers and closing the moon, etc., but today Zhao Dongyun feels that these words are not enough to describe the feeling brought by the nun in front of him.

Her face was as pure as an angel in the glow of the fire, and her robe was broken incompletely, and the hem of her skirt was infested with a large piece of her calf, not to mention that the neckline was torn open, so that a large area of snow-white skin was exposed on her chest, and there were obvious traces of towering on her chest, which could not be concealed even by a loose monk's robe.

When Zhao Dongyun walked in the two steps and took a closer look, he found that there was a trace of anxiety on her face, and there was pleading between her eyebrows, and at this time, Zhao Dongyun did not feel any pity, but gave birth to a very strange thought: If I completely shredded her clothes, what would she look like when she pleaded? Will it still look like an angel?