Silent all night, the Mongol bandits guarded the captives and rested for the night in the cold of early spring.

The ability of the Xiangma team to sleep in the open was obviously stronger than that of the officers and soldiers, and when Long Qian patrolled in the middle of the night, he found that most of his soldiers were curled up in the leeward and fell asleep, but the prisoners were basically not asleep.

"Mr. Long, huh?"

The sound of the door of the Tsu Gate made Long Qian immediately recognize that it was the Liang team officer who spoke.

"Something?" Long Qian took a few steps closer.

"Mr. Long, are you really holding calves?"

Long Qian laughed silently, this kind of trick can only fool people with low IQs, "So what does Mr. Liang think?" ”

"Man is a sword, what can I think? is just worried about the safety of the robe, and hopes that Mr. Long will not break his word and get fat. ”

"What a sentence for man-made swordsmen! I, Long Qian, think that the first person to say this sentence is an idiot! Since you have become a fish, you must have the consciousness of being a fish, and you really shouldn't complain about anything. If you want to complain, you should ask how it became fish. Do you think I'm right? Officer Liang? ”

"I can't imagine that there is such a person as Mr. Long among the bandits, what do you mean by idiot just now?"

"Oh, that's what a fool means. And it's the kind of stupid fool who is particularly stupid. ”

"Mr. Long, have you thought about it, Lord Yuan will never swallow this breath! Most of my baggage team has come out of childhood! Can the little Mengshan withstand the wrath of Lord Yuan? ”

"Is this a threat?" Long Qian squatted down in front of Liang Huada, and saw that the hands of the captives were tied with strings, connected to each other, "Seriously, I really want to meet your Lord Yuan, I don't know if Lu Dao has this opportunity." As for what you said, I don't think about it at all, in the future, I will become the fish and meat on your Lord Yuan's desk, and the contemptible people must have the consciousness of fish and meat. ”

"Captain, what are you talking about him!" Cheng Erhu came over, "What kind of Lord Yuan is to scare us, be careful that Lao Tzu will shoot you." ”

"Erhu, don't go wild. Remember, you can't really conquer people by force, and these so-called elites who have been strictly trained in Tianjin certainly look down on us bandits. Officer Liang is not convinced that we have been captured by our cunning. As long as they don't run away or make trouble, don't beat or scold them. After speaking, Long Qian got up and left.

Liang Huada was indeed annoyed by the events of the day. He never thought that it would be folded in the hands of a group of bandits, and what these people said came from holding calves, he didn't believe it at all, and it was estimated that they were the fish that slipped through the net of the thieves. Because, Liang Huada recognized the grenade in the hand of the bandit leader as the standard weapon of the new army. Immediately, he guessed that it must have been taken from Li Fu in the night attack of Zhangjiazhai, what the hell is going on? Li Fu died innocently, but he also put his good future into it.

Liang Huada could have stayed with Wang Shizhen, who had always been in charge of the new army's engineer baggage, but he knew that if he did not have the experience of serving at the grassroots level in the new army, it would be difficult to be promoted, so he politely refused Lord Wang's respect, but he didn't expect to capsize at the foot of Mengshan Mountain.

But it was this one hundred and ten, no, in fact, it was a dozen or so outlaws, and they captured their own baggage team and half of Li Fu's infantry team! Whether it is a fluke or a fluke, or carelessness, the shame in Liang Huada's heart has always lingered, what have he learned after more than three years of training in the new army?

At the beginning, he followed Lord Cao Kun to Caozhou and was ordered to exterminate the Mengshan bandits "by the way". He didn't take it seriously at all. First, there is no need to fight a war with heavy soldiers to fight on the front line, and second, the elite who think that Master Yuan trained with the help of German instructors dare not say that they are invincible in the world, at least invincible in China. Who knew that Lu Dao himself was planted on this group of bandits who slipped through the net?

Liang Huada decided that Long Qian's subordinates must be the fish that slipped through the net, and thought that the future of the new army came to an abrupt end with his capture, not only that, but because of his and Li Fu's unconspiracy, more than 100 subordinates suffered from it, Liang Huada was extremely disappointed, and even felt that life was worse than death! But recalling that he was blocked in the house by the big man surnamed Long with a grenade, Li Fu died tragically on the spot after a little struggle, and extreme fear occupied his heart again. He had no doubt that the big man would pull the grenade and die with everyone when the situation was unfavorable. After all, bandits are bandits, a group of outlaws, but the anger at the beginning is replaced by frustration at the moment, and he admits that in terms of scheming, bandits are absolutely above him, and in terms of courage, he is even more out of reach. And then I talked with the bandit leader surnamed Long a few times, and I felt that he was by no means an illiterate reckless person. Thinking of this, Liang Huada's frustration was even stronger.

……

After dawn, Long Qian did not see the appearance of Pingyi Village clearly, the village was hidden in a cloud of morning fog, more than a mile away, Long Qian only saw the red spire of a building, which should be a church.

Now, Long Qian and the others are located in the northeast of Pingyi Village, and an official road that winds from the northwest to the southeast is a few dozen steps outside the woods where they live. It is said to be an official road, but it is a potholed dirt road where it is difficult to walk two large cars side by side, and all the snow that fell the night before has melted, revealing a black road surface. Looking out along the road, there are large areas of woods, probably ownerless.

"The environment is really good." Long Qian muttered.

"What did you say, Captain?" Feng Guozhu asked.

"Nothing. Guozhu, remember you said that your family is from this generation, over there, have you ever been there? ”

"I've been in. It's bigger than Maoyang Town, and the road is almost ......" Feng Guozhu thought, Captain Long is going to level the Yi Village, this time it's time to go out by himself, after all, he is a person from this area. His hometown is in a small village in the south of Pingyi Zhai, but he doesn't miss home much, his parents have died, his sister has long been married, and an older brother who treats him very badly doesn't want to see him so much......

"When you went there, was there a defense camp stationed in it?"

"No, only Xiang Yong. At that time, Mengshanzhai was fierce, and Pingyi formed a township and bought foreign guns. ”

"Oh, is that a church?" Long Qian asked, pointing to the red spire.

"Yes, there's a Catholic church in there."

"Are there many religious people in the town?"

"I don't know much about that." Feng Guozhu asked Zhan Dao, "Captain, why don't I go in and have a look?" ”

"No, it's no fun to hit it. You all have to remember that you must fight with a purpose, not when you see the enemy. The materials seized in Maoyang Town are enough for us to be busy for a while, and the capture of Pingyi will not make us much stronger, but will attract the attention of the government. What we have to do is to let the people of Pingyi Village know that we have been here and left," Long Qian looked at the backbone around him, "We have to wait for Jiang Yun and the others to come back before we can take further action." ”

Everyone knows that the next action Long Qian said is to return to Mengshan. Almost everyone has no objection to this decision.

"Have you ever heard of the Boxers?" Long Qian looked at the spire of the church and asked the pillar.

"I've heard of it. When I went up the mountain, it wasn't yet a climate. However, there is a boxing scene in Pingyi, and there are many young people who practice boxing in the altar. I don't know what happened to me. ”

"The government doesn't dare to take care of the trouble over there." It was Wang Mingyuan who interjected.

"Really? Did you make a lot of noise before you went up the mountain? So, is there anyone in the family who is religious? ”

"I have a relative, and the whole family is in the church. came to persuade my father, but my father and mother didn't believe it, saying that foreign devils were born to harm people, how could they help people? Wang Mingyuan grinned.

"Foreign devils are not all harmful, they are not necessarily ......worse than the government," Long Qian muttered, and then ordered, "We can't stop here, let everyone eat something, feed the horses, and get ready to pull." ”

He didn't say where to go.

Just as Long Qian was swallowing dry food with cold water, gunshots rang out in the town! Long Qian dropped the bowl and stood up, "Ye Yanbing!" ”

"Yes."

"Your squad is in charge of keeping an eye on supplies and prisoners. For the rest, collection. ”

About eighty of the Mongol bandits lined up in a haphazard manner.

Long Qian observed the movement of the town, and judged that the gunfire was because someone informed the armed forces in the town that he had brought so many prisoner supplies, it would definitely not be possible to run, and the best defense was to counterattack, and he made a decision in an instant, "Lu Shan, Guozhu, you two count all the way, Lu Shan commanded, see that woods, ambush there." If the officers and soldiers come out and hit them closely, don't pity the bullets. Mingyuan, Feng Lun, you two and me, go around to the south and copy the back road of the dog day. ”

Long Qian's judgment was wrong, when he led about forty people from the south gate into the town, he found that there was no defense camp at all, before he judged that it was a defense camp and not a regular official army, because Cao Kun's remaining troops were all in Maoyang Town, and it was impossible for him to separate the already small number of troops in two places.

Only now did it become clear that there was no regular official armed force, but the townspeople were attacking the church!

"It's the Boxers!" Long Qian shouted, "Don't shoot." They were all ordinary farmers. ”

Relieved that the worst fears had not happened, Long Qian led the team to rush towards the church under the surprised eyes of the residents, "Go home." We are heroes who came from holding calves, and we robbed Maoyang Town yesterday, and we don't want to embarrass you, so go home! As he spoke, Long Qian fired a shot into the sky.

The residents who stood on the street and watched the bustle were startled by the rush in, and when they heard the gunshots, they realized that the robbers had entered the village. shouted, and they all ran home in a hurry.

Turning a street, I saw a church shrouded in smoke, flames coming out of a window, and gunshots rang out from time to time.

"What should I do?" Wang Mingyuan asked Long Qian.

Long Qian's heart moved, "Since you have come in, the rule that thieves are not empty-handed cannot be broken by us." There are good things in the church, disperse them, kill them, but don't kill foreigners, don't kill any of them! Catch it alive! I worked. Long Qian quickly made a decision.