Volume 1 Chapter 17 Kill a horse pistol
The gunshots broke loudly, Wu Ming rushed down more than 100 meters in the rain of bullets, two bullets passed by his neck and the top of his head, the red-hot projectiles cut a string of bubbles on his neck, and the long hair that flew up was knocked down a clump, which was really dangerous and extremely lucky.
Running wildly on the slippery and steep mountain road for more than 100 meters in one breath, Wu Ming's breath was short of stamina, and the Mauser pistol in his hand fired five bullets in the charge, but because the distance was too far, it did not cause any casualties to the enemy blocking below, but it produced enough deterrent effect, at least none of the enemies shouting below dared to take the initiative to attack.
The people who were lying in ambush behind the rocks and trees below were obviously ill-prepared, and they obviously did not expect Wu Ming to rush down and shoot like crazy, and after a short period of confusion, they hurriedly launched a dense fire, and the sound of shouting and pulling the bolt of the gun resounded.
From the analysis of the impact point, the pursuers above were obviously much stronger, they shouted loudly to intercept people below, and at the same time shot at the front and back of the mountain road that Wu Ming rushed through, preventing Wu Ming from rushing down the mountain again.
Wu Ming suddenly turned around in a hurry, flew into a dense cuckoo bush on the inside of the bend, hit two in a row to stabilize his body, and relied on the mountain stone to gasp for breath and quickly load the bullet, the dense rain of bullets hit the bamboo and wood around his stealth and the whistling continued, judging from the density of gunshots and flying bullets, the enemy blocking below seemed to be suddenly strengthened, the number of no less than twenty people, and the long and short guns in his hands were never less than twenty, and it was even possible to reach thirty, otherwise he would not shoot such a dense rain of bullets.
In such a situation, breaking through is tantamount to a dead end, but Wu Ming is not allowed to hesitate any longer, the longer he stays here, the more dangerous it will be, Wu Ming can only let go of his hand, before the enemy has not formed a joint attack, use the cover of the dense forest to cross more than ten meters of rhododendron bushes, and risk death to climb over the small ridge that protrudes on the right, as long as he crosses the ridge, there is a dense bamboo forest behind him, and he can escape into the manglin in the north through the bamboo forest and cross the river.
Wu Ming made up his mind, quickly inserted the gun into his waist, arched up and rushed into the dense bushes in the messy gunshot, his hands randomly opened the horizontal branches and struggled forward, the long shirt on his body was quickly torn apart, and the rebounding branches left blood marks on his hands.
The violently shaking bushes aroused the vigilance of the pursuers on the mountain, and a high-pitched shout sounded, and several bullets flew with it, causing the bushes around Wu Ming to crackle and splash branches and leaves.
Wu Ming drilled out of the bushes without stopping, gritted his teeth and flew up with a muffled snort, jumped up on the protruding ridge like a wild wolf fleeing, climbed up with his hands and feet quickly, and the whole figure was also exposed to the field of vision of the enemy on both sides, the exclamation and warning sound immediately sounded, and the enemy who hit the joint attack hurriedly turned the muzzle to shoot, but Wu Ming's escape speed was too fast, and he climbed the ridge and struggled forward regardless of life or death, and disappeared on the raised ridge in a blink of an eye.
A few minutes later, dozens of people who were chasing up and down gathered together, and the leading steward Wang and the two leading company commanders climbed up the ridge breathlessly, looking around at the vast forest sea, how could there be any trace of Wu Ming.
Steward Wang beat his chest and stomped his feet in remorse, scolded and sighed bitterly, saying that there would be endless troubles after letting the tiger return to the mountain. The company commander who led the team saw that the three hundred oceans in his hand were flying, and he was even more angry, and scolded his subordinates for moving too slowly and with poor marksmanship.
The family and the officers and soldiers felt differently, they all marveled that the fugitive was too good, just like a leopard through the mountain, this time nearly a hundred people could not kill him, next time I don't know what Lu Dao said, such an outlaw is the most headache, if it is more dangerous to search in the mountains, I am afraid that I did not find him, but was killed by his cold gun, even if I saw him, I couldn't catch him, and it was even worse if the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and it was fortunate that no one was injured or injured this time.
Although Steward Wang was angry, he was extremely worried after listening to everyone's discussions, and realized that he had led people out of the nest and the home was empty, so he immediately said goodbye to the leading company commander in a hurry, and led more than 20 family members to rush back to Huanggu Town.
The officers and men were so tired that they didn't get anything, they scolded and scolded one by one and went down the mountain weakly, sighing as they walked, and more than 200 people were dispatched to round up and intercept them in the middle of the night, and even let the fugitives disappear from under their noses, and it was almost impossible to catch the fugitives in the future.
After he rushed into the bamboo forest, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the grudge that had been put down in his heart surged again, and under the annoyance, he turned to run towards the mountain, got out of the bamboo forest and quickly climbed halfway up the mountain, crawling behind the boulder protruding from the mountainside to observe up and down, and the officers and soldiers who collected the troops back to the camp were only more than 300 meters away in a straight line, and the scolding of the company commander and the noisy voices of the officers and soldiers clearly reached his ears.
The officers and soldiers had already walked away, Wu Ming put down his gun, and lay on his back on the boulder weakly, looking at the white clouds and leisurely sky, and his heart was extremely bitter.
Wu Mingsi looked forward and backwards, his brain was spinning rapidly, he recognized the officers and soldiers of the county security regiment who touched his nest from the enemy's dress and speaking accent, although the group of people who blocked him at the intersection of the mountain could not see clearly, but from the analysis of the officers and soldiers' incessant complaints and the various clothes of the group of people, it was undoubtedly the militia of the surrounding towns, throughout the whole process, the two parts of the people had a clear division of labor and strict arrangement, they must have colluded with each other and premeditated, and they came suddenly, they came viciously, and they clearly wanted their own lives, and it was impossible to do this without deep hatred!
So, who has such a great hatred for himself? Do you really think of yourself as a **? If so, who told the secret? If so, what is the reason?
Wu Ming pondered for a long time and couldn't understand it, but one thing he knew very well was that his situation was very dangerous, from the analysis of the whole process just now, the officers and soldiers and the militia must have blocked all the intersections around Taijin Mountain, and the dense gunfire must have also alarmed the Qizhen Temple, alarmed the Tianjia Village under the mountain, it seems that he is cornered, in this situation, how to save his life has become the first big problem, and every step will be dangerous.
I thought that Chengzong would come tomorrow, and he would be able to fly away if he got his identity certificate, try his luck outside, and change his fate through hard work, but now, all the good ideas have come to naught, and even whether he can escape alive has become a problem.
Wu Ming collapsed on the rock, looking at the mountains from afar, his face was full of grief, the more he thought about it, the more sad and indignant he became, and a bold idea gradually took shape in his mind: Since someone wants my life, how can I cowardly escape like this? Even if you escape from danger and survive, you have to figure out what is going on.
After pondering, Wu Ming put away his pistol and slid down the rock, looked around for a moment and disappeared into the dense forest again, walked more than 100 meters eastward on the rotten leaves, came to a small stream, turned north, and quickly went up the mountain along the winding stream.
The sun is rising, Tianjia Village under Taijin Mountain has no former tranquility, the fierce gunfire in the early morning frightened many people, the villagers are frightened and inexplicably inexplicable, no one dares to work in the field. The men gathered at the village chief's house to inquire about the situation, the women watched their children and did not let them go out, but a few bold young men ran to the entrance of the village to see the direction from which the gunshots were coming from.
Tian Zhenggang, who had been standing on the ridge for a long time, was in a particularly complicated mood, seeing that the officers and soldiers who blocked the mountain pass as if they were facing a great enemy had not left, he had a premonition that something had happened to Wu Ming, and then remembered that the steward Wang of Huanggu Town led more than 20 families down the mountain in a panic, and hurriedly talked with the officers and soldiers guarding the crossing, and then rode on a horse and led people to run in the direction of Huanggu Town, Tian Zhenggang was even more shocked.
Tian Zhenggang didn't know what kind of major events had happened in Ludao, which would make the officers and soldiers and the Chen family in Huanggu Town dispatch so many people, and he had the impression that such a thing had never happened, even if the two Nanchang officers were killed a few years ago, it was only the county security regiment that came to shout and shouted everywhere.
At noon, dozens of officers and men who had come down from the mountain left the foot of the mountain and returned to the county seat, but the more than 10 officers and men who blocked the entrance to the mountain still did not withdraw, and from time to time one or two officers and men rode back and forth along the trail around the mountain, apparently passing news to each other.
After a while, two officers and soldiers on horseback ran towards the village, Tian Zhenggang was frightened and immediately slipped away, he was worried that the rifle he had quietly taken home and hid would be discovered, so he did not dare to go home in panic, and immediately walked quickly to the village chief's house, hiding behind a group of frightened old and young masters.
The officers and men of the two garrisons dismounted in front of the village chief's house, and the village chief, who heard the shouting, hurriedly put away his long pipes and went out to greet them, and a group of men also followed out of the house.
The two officers and soldiers were sweating and had black faces to convey the arrest order of the county magistrate Wang Daohan to the village chief, and pasted a wanted notice on the wall at the door, loudly announcing to the villagers who gathered around:
"Wu Shan Lingzi, who hid on Taijin Mountain as a pseudo-Taoist priest, is a heinous red bandit, the criminal not only attacked the county town with the red bandits in August last year, killed and wounded dozens of officers and soldiers, robbed the government and the rich gentry of a large amount of property, and burned down more than a dozen houses, but also brazenly killed two ** officers who went to the countryside to recruit before the Spring Festival, snatched two guns, one long and one short, is an extremely dangerous outlaw, those who know their whereabouts must report to the officers and soldiers of the county garrison and the town militia as soon as possible, and the meritorious person will be rewarded with 50 oceans, Those who capture or kill the son of the Red Bandit Wu Shan are to be rewarded with a heavy reward of 100 oceans, and their families are exempted from forced labor and taxes for three years. ”
When the news came out, the whole village was in an uproar, and the villagers couldn't believe their ears, until the two officers and soldiers beat their horses and went away, and the crowd gathered at the door of the village chief's house was in an uproar.
The respected village chief had no idea, and turned around in the confusion and worry of everyone's inquiry, and looked for Tian Zhenggang, who had the best relationship with Wu Daochang, and everyone then woke up and ran out of the city to look for calls, but Tian Zhenggang, who was still in the crowd just now, was nowhere to be found.
Tian Zhenggang had already left the village and came to the foot of Taijin Mountain, he carried a flat burden on his shoulder, approached the mountain pass leading to the gate of Qizhenguan Mountain in a hurry, and boldly said to the officers and soldiers who set up the card that he would go to Qizhenguan to help with the work.
The two guards knew the reputation of the Taoist Prayer Truth Temple and the habit of nearby villagers going up the mountain to help, questioned and found nothing abnormal, and warned Tian Zhenggang to let him go after a few words.
Tian Zhenggang couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, went up the mountain unhurriedly, carefully observed along the way, and did not dare to be careless, and when he arrived at the Qizhen Temple, he pretended to look for the Taoist leader of Chengzong and stepped forward to knock on the door, and the door opened after a while, and the young Taoist priest said that the senior brother of Chengzong would come tomorrow, and persuaded Tian Zhenggang not to stay for a long time and go down the mountain as soon as possible, and closed the door and never opened it after speaking.
Tian Zhenggang hesitated for a moment, strode to Wu Wei's hut, came to the front of the house and didn't see any movement, put down his shoulder and walked to the open hut door, saw the messy house quietly, hurriedly walked through the hut out the back door, looked around and walked quickly across the stream, along the side of the stream to the cave under the stone wall.
When he came to the entrance of the cave, Tian Zhenggang immediately noticed that something was wrong, and was about to turn around and leave, when the muzzle of the black hole had already reached his head.