The arrangement stopped, Liu Lichuan, Zhou Lichun and others died down, extinguished the torches, and under the leadership of the Tangwan people who were familiar with the terrain, everyone touched the path out of the village in the north. It's just that the sound of more than 500 people on the road still can't be concealed, and when they reach the entrance of Beicun, the foreigner musket team who has been alert on the road finds that after a few whistles and incomprehensible foreign shouts, the musket team of the musket team fires indiscriminately in the direction where the sound came from, regardless of whether it can hit people or not, as if they just want to drive everyone back.

The foreigner's firearms are sharp, Liu Lichuan knows that only hand-to-hand combat, relying on the night can kill a bloody way, and at the moment the long knife in his hand waved loudly and shouted: "Let the foreigner taste our big knife!" Rush with me! At that moment, the cat bent on his waist and rushed forward like a leopard, and more than 500 people behind him also shouted and rushed towards the entrance of the village.

Get closer, the foreigner musket team piled up more than ten piles of firewood in front of the village entrance, after lighting the firewood stacks, under the light of the raging fire, the darkness at the entrance of the village disappeared at once, the foreigners' muskets began to be a little ruthless, round after round of guns passed, dozens of people who rushed in front were beaten to the ground, but the gangs behind did not stop at all, roaring loudly and straight forward.

The foreigner musket team in front of him was about one or two hundred people, and a few of them were wearing Qing court uniforms wielding long knives there, and from time to time they were talking to people who seemed to be the leaders of foreigners.

Perhaps it was because of the overwhelming number of people in the gangs, or because it was dark and the foreigners were not good at fighting at night, or perhaps because they were deterred by the momentum of the charging of the gangs and congregations, in short, after the foreigners musketeers released two rounds of guns, they began to retreat. Liu Lichuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and shouted: "The foreign devils are timid, everyone rush out!" ”

The congregations of the gangs shouted loudly and rushed forward with all their might, and the foreigner musketeers took turns to cover and quickly retreated north.

After the gang members lost more than 80 people, they finally rushed out of the village, and Liu Lichuan saw that some of the gangs still wanted to chase and kill, so he shouted: "This place is not suitable for a long time, everyone leave quickly." As soon as he finished speaking, a rain of muskets and lead bullets struck, and a large number of the gang fell in a pool of blood.

It turned out that the foreigner musket team in the north let go of the road at the entrance of the village and let Liu Lichuan and others rush out, but the foreigner musket team in the other two directions saw the fire in the north representing the siege signal lit up, so they rushed over to reinforce and lined up in musket teams on both wings and violently sprayed lead bullets at the entrance of the village. Hearing the gunshots, the foreigner musket team from the north, which had been retreating, turned over and lined up again, also lined up horizontally, and began to bombard the entrance of the village in turn.

Liu Lichuan couldn't help but shudder when he saw this, it turned out that these foreigners had already been prepared, no matter which direction they broke through, they had prepared a fire, once the fire was lit, the foreigners from the other sides would come to help.

The foreigners' muskets lined up in two rows, the front team fired, the rear team prepared, lead bullets rained, Liu Lichuan and others were squeezed at the entrance of the village, and brothers were constantly shot and fell. Seeing this, Liu Lichuan was about to beckon everyone to return to the village, but he didn't expect someone from the rear team to come to report urgently, saying that there were countless fires in the village, and the foreigners had invaded the village all the way.

Seeing that the back road was broken, Liu Lichuan shouted: "Brothers rush forward, don't stop!" Go, go! In the rain of bullets, the congregations of the gangs launched a desperate charge, but fortunately, the fire at the entrance of the village had been extinguished by them, and the accuracy of the muskets had dropped, otherwise it would have been almost impossible for Liu Lichuan and the others to break through the musket array that was attacked from three sides.

I finally rushed to the front, but I saw these foreigners holding up the muskets with bayonets, lined up in a phalanx, the first row squatted down in front of the formation, the second row of muskets held flat, and the third row kept firing in the formation, like a hedgehog. Liu Lichuan and the other congregants rushed forward and couldn't do anything at all, they were either stabbed to death with bayonets or killed by muskets in the array.

Fortunately, the number of foreigner musket team was small, and the phalanx lined up could not completely block the way, Liu Lichuan broke through to the northwest corner under the guidance of Zhou Lichun.

Everyone finally got out, at this time a bright moon came out of the clouds, Zhou Lichun ordered someone to count the manpower, after a while, the men were all handed, but there were less than two hundred people left, Zhou Lichun scolded hatefully: "Qinggou, this revenge must be avenged." ”

Zhou Xiuying hurriedly walked over with a knife and said, "Daddy, it's not good, there are foreigners killing you later." Sure enough, on the path behind, the torches were like ants, shouting to kill the sky, and they were killing this way.

Liu Lichuan shouted: "Gentlemen of the Little Knife Club, let's turn around and break off!" Zhou Lichun grabbed Liu Lichuan and shouted: "Chief Helmsman Liu, we people in Tangwan are familiar with the road, let's come to the back of the palace." ”

Liu Lichuan hahadaxiao said: "Old hero Zhou, don't fight, in order to avenge the dead brothers, let's turn around and kill together, it's a big deal, let's all confess here tonight, but everyone has to pull a cushion when they die!" Everyone applauded, and followed Liu Lichuan to turn around and rush over.

The foreigner musket team didn't seem to expect that this gang of bandits would dare to turn around and rush to kill, and in the darkness, they were not in time to line up, and they had already been rushed and killed by the Little Knife Society, the Heaven and Earth Society and others, and the two sides started a scuffle. The bayonets of the foreigners stabbed fiercely, but the Little Knife Society, the Heaven and Earth Society and others were also accustomed to big knives, and the two sides fought in the dark, and the chaos was extreme.

After fighting in the middle of the night, Zhou Xiuying only felt that the brothers around her were fighting less and less, and pulled Zhou Lichun forward desperately to get out of the encirclement, and only a few gangs were followed behind him, and the others didn't know if they were separated.

After walking for a while, Zhou Lichun knelt down suddenly, so frightened that Zhou Xiuying hurriedly supported him, and asked anxiously, "Daddy, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhou Lichun snorted and said, "It's okay, I don't know which bastard stabbed me in the leg, I didn't feel it when I was in a hurry just now, and now I feel wet." ”

By the moonlight, I saw that Zhou Lichun's calves were really dripping with blood, Zhou Xiuying hurriedly took out her hand towel, bandaged him hastily, and asked eagerly: "Daddy, can you do it?" ”

Zhou Lichun snorted and said, "Your father is not a three-year-old child, what is this pain?" Let's go, the foreign devils are catching up again, and I don't know what happened to Mr. Liu. ”

After the words fell, the shouting and killing gradually covered out, Zhou Lichun stood up with a knife and shouted: "Hurry up, the foreign devil is chasing again." ”

Zhou Xiuying stood up with a knife and looked back, vaguely saw dozens of people rushing over, and when she got closer, she saw Liu Lichuan, Xu Yao, Pan Qiliang and others, she was overjoyed, and greeted her and said, "Chief Helmsman Liu, you also rushed out?" What about the other brothers? ”

Liu Lichuan took a few breaths, and the long shirt on his body was also stained with blood, thinking that it was stained with the blood of a lot of foreigners, seeing that he wiped his sweat, he smiled bitterly: "These foreign devils don't know why they can't get along with us, and they rush over desperately, as if they have a deep hatred with us." Let's go, the foreign devils behind are about to catch up. ”

In a night of scuffle, more than 500 gangs were scattered by the Qing army in the dark, most of them were captured or killed by the foreigner musket team, only Liu Lichuan and others rushed out with less than dozens of people, and they were lucky, the leaders of the gangs were still there, and they were not separated. Feeling dark through the poplar forest in the north of the village, Liu Lichuan led the crowd to the Baihe River, which was the darkest hour before dawn, and everyone planned to find a boat along the river to cross the Baihe River, so that they could get rid of the pursuit of foreign devils.

Zhou Xiuying walked with Zhou Lichun in her arms, and asked from time to time, "Daddy, are you better?" Don't take a break first. Zhou Lichun gritted his teeth and said, "No, let's talk about it when it's in danger." ”

After walking by the Shuojiang River for a while, dozens of people suddenly rushed out of the reeds, all dressed in ordinary green clothes, wearing masks and holding knives and guns. Liu Lichuan and the others were shocked, not knowing whether the person who came was a friend or an enemy.

I saw one of the people in Tsing Yi walk out, pull down his mask, clasp his fists and say, "Fortunately, everyone rushed out, I prepared a boat, and I will take you out of danger later." ”

At this time, the sky was already white, and with the faint light, Zhou Xiuying said in surprise: "It turned out to be you!" ”

Zhou Lichun, who was beside her, said: "Ying'er, do you know him?" ”

Zhou Xiuying saw that the man in Tsing Yi was the one who reminded him in the kitchen before, and knew that he must have come to save everyone, so she said happily: "Yes, Daddy, he was the one who reminded me in the kitchen that the foreign devils attacked him earlier." ”

Zhou Lichun asked in surprise, "Who is Your Excellency?" Why do you want to save me? ”

The man in Tsing Yi clasped his fists and said: "Below is Tong Qiangsheng, under the command of the Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and I have seen all the heroes." This is not the place to talk, foreign devils will rush to hear the movement, so let's go to a safe place first and then talk. ”

Everyone followed this group of Tsing Yi people to the riverside, only to see that on the misty river, several merchant ships sailed over, everyone got on the boat, and the boat went down the river and headed for the Yangtze River.

In the cabin, there were already doctors treating Zhou Lichun and other injured leaders, and all the leaders sat around the cabin, quietly watching Tong Qiangsheng, waiting for him to speak.

Tong Qiangsheng was not in a hurry, and ordered his subordinates to treat the injured people on the ship, and then asked people to serve refreshments and beckoned the leaders to take the lead with some snacks and tea.

After a night of fierce fighting, everyone was already hungry, and they were not polite at the moment, so they shook off their cheeks and ate a lot. Tong Qiangsheng took a bowl of delicate dumplings, sent them to Zhou Xiuying, and laughed in a low voice: "Thank you Miss Zhou for the pumpkin soup, please eat dumplings below." ”

Fortunately, everyone was eating their own, and they didn't notice Tong Qiangsheng and Zhou Xiuying. Zhou Xiuying's face turned red, she couldn't imagine that this person was so bold, but she couldn't disobey him, so she had to take it and whispered: "Xiexie you." And he slipped aside.

Tong Qiangsheng sat down with a smile, looked at everyone, and said: "Everyone, I infiltrated Shanghai to contact the local rebels on the order of the King of the West, and recently I heard that the Qing Demon sent several groups of Ouchi guards to Shanghai. I felt strange that the Qing Demon Sect had come south to find out what was going on with these people coming south, and after finally killing six brothers, I found out that these eagle dogs were all here to deal with you. The eagle dog at the head is called Rong Lu, he paid the foreigners, hired the foreigners' musket team to come to encircle and suppress, it is said that for each time he obtained a rebel party leader, the head of the silver reward is one or two, and the leader is worth more. Hearing the news, I rushed to report the news, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late, the Qing demon and the foreign devil had surrounded the village, so I had to bring someone back to rescue me, but fortunately, God was not blind, and finally let me rescue you. ”

Liu Lichuan clasped his fists and said: "Brother Tong is polite, Brother Tong was also from the Heaven and Earth Society in the past?" ”

Tong Qiangsheng nodded and said: "In the next is the Xiangdi Heaven and Earth Society, when the West King attacked Changsha, he was thrown under his command, all the way to Nanjing, and now the West King is attacking Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I heard that there are many heroes in Shanghai and other places, so let us go to Shanghai to contact you." ”

Several leaders were overjoyed when they heard this, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is now in full swing, and it is great to be able to join his command, but I don't know what Liu Lichuan thinks, everyone is looking at Liu Lichuan at the moment.