Chapter 184: Action
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the wharf in Anqing was busy, with many porters unloading goods from some docked freighters, and some waiting for possible business.
At this time, although half of China had fallen into chaos, Anqing, as the provincial capital of Anhui, was still prosperous.
"6, 7, 8, 9, 10...", pulling out five cards from his poker, a porter with his back against the post smiled triumphantly.
The one across from him, however, smiled even more proudly. "Excuse me, 7, 8, 9, 10, J..." said as he drew five cards from his hand, pressing them right on top of the first five.
Seeing this, another worker glared at the first worker.
The other worker had already drawn 4 cards from the few cards left. "3 Qs plus a 3..."
That's right, what they play is fighting landlords.
About half a year ago, there were two new games popularized in Anhui, one was 'Three Kingdoms Killing', and the other was fighting landlords. And compared with the "Three Kingdoms Kill", the popularity of the landlord is obviously much higherββββββ after all, the "Three Kingdoms Kill" is to prepare another set of cards, and the landlord only needs a deck of poker, compared to the obvious simpler, the cost is relatively small, after all, not everyone is willing to pay 5 dimes to buy a set of game cards.
The three of them fought the landlord there, and there was a circle of people watching beside them.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted in the distance. "Boat, there's a ship coming!!"
Hear this. The three men who were playing there pouted. "What's all the fuss about the boat, there is no ship here on any day."
But when the three of them looked back, they understood why that person was shouting so loudly.
It's on the river. Dozens of ships with a tonnage that is definitely not small, are slowly heading in the direction of the dock.
After noticing this scene, the workers on the dock immediately gathered together.
For them, so many ships are equivalent to quite a lot of business, after all, dozens of ships are needed to load goods, and many workers are definitely needed to move and unload.
And not far from the pier. Some police officers also gathered nervously.
At the moment, the situation is unstable, and no one knows whether something bad will happen, so they have to be careful. But when they saw that the ship was emblazoned with the logo of the Rainstone Group. And the person relaxed.
"It turned out to be a ship of rain stones, so there should be nothing to worry about..."
"yes..."
Yan Shao's reputation in Anhui has been quite good over the years, and he has never been stingy when he should spend money, so after seeing that it was Yan Shao's ship. The police on the dock quickly relented. It's only because of his duties that he continues to stay on the dock, intending to ask about his intentions.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."After dispersing the workers who were waiting for work, several policemen stood in the front row, waiting for the head of the flotilla to come down.
Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people, the ships of the fleet docked on the dock one by one, and then the first ship saw Li Liang walking down from one of the ships.
"It turned out to be Deputy General Manager Li..."Although it has long been known that the person in charge of this fleet will not be an ordinary person. But after seeing Li Liang jump from the boat, the policemen were still taken aback. Even with a flattering smile, he came up.
Not to mention the identity gap between the two sides, the benefits that the group gives them every year alone are enough for these policemen to face Li Liang with this smile.
"I don't know what Manager Li is here this time..."
Pointing to the dozens of boats on the dock, a policeman led by him said with some caution.
As he spoke, most of the ships had docked, and only a small number had not yet come ashore.
"It's nothing..."Looking back at the other ships that were still docked, Li Liang said a little absent-mindedly. Just sending something over..."
"That's the case, I don't know what Lu Dao sent?" After speaking, the policeman led by him hurriedly slapped his mouth twice with his hand. "Look, Manager Li, how can there be a problem with the things you sent? It's all the ones that have been making trouble with the revolutionaries lately...", and then turned to the workers who were afraid to come forward because of them. "What do you see, why don't you go up and help Manager Li unload the goods..."
"No need..."After looking back and seeing that the last ship had also docked, Li Liang smiled slightly. Those goods will come down on their own..."
Standing on the deck at this time, after seeing that all the ships had been docked, Yan Shao waved his right arm lightly, and a black stream of people poured down from dozens of ships...
The policeman, who was still smiling flatteringly, saw a large number of soldiers in black uniforms rushing down from the boat, his face turned pale and his legs trembled. "Manager Li, you ...... You are..."
"Don't care..."Li Liang said with a smile. You're going to be fine..."
At least he wouldn't have any interest in these policemen, and he believed that Yan Shao would do the same.
At the same time, Fu Xiuming and Qin Zhen led the team and rushed quickly in the direction of the city gate.
Who knows if Lu Dao Lu Wencheng's side can really do things neatly, entrusting their fate to others, whether it is Yan Shao or Fu Xiuming, they are not willing to do it, so they must snatch the city gate in the shortest possible time...
"Hurry up for me..."After turning around and shouting, he loaded the bullet and Fu Xiuming rushed to the city gate first. Behind him, Qin Zhen and some other officers also followed.
On the other side, the policemen were tied up by more than a dozen soldiers, and the workers had already ducked aside after seeing such a scene.
"Anqing..."
Surrounded by the guards and the special affairs department, he walked down from the ship, looking at the city wall in the distance, Yan Shao shook his head slightly. "It seems that I can't be in 'Anqing' here today..."After speaking, Yan Shao turned his head to look at Katarina, the black military uniform was not only convenient for movement, but also outlined her almost perfect curves. You've got it set up over there, right? β
"Don't worry..."There was a hint of ruthlessness and coldness on the face of the demon, and Caterina said flatly. If you can't even do this little thing. They're useless..."
"That's fine...", he still believed in Katarina.
That is, while he was talking, suddenly there was a rain of gunshots and explosions in the direction of the city gate...
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Inside the city gates. Lu Wencheng and the other officers who had already defected to the Reform Society looked at the watches on their wrists and pretended to be bored, chatting with the officers of the patrol battalion who were guarding the city gates.
There are many patrol battalions responsible for guarding Anqing this time, not only Lu Wencheng's Wuhu patrol battalion, if it weren't for this, Lu Wencheng wouldn't feel troublesome.
"Hell, why haven't you come yet. I guess it's canceled..."
Looking up at the sun that had begun to set, Lu Wencheng scolded in his heart while trying to chat with those officers.
It's just that as time passes, there are fewer and fewer topics to talk about. What's more, as the commander of the patrol battalion, it is impossible for Lu Wencheng to stay at the city gate all day, which can easily arouse suspicion.
So after noticing that the officers were already a little vigilant, they made a joke. Lu Wencheng was already thinking about whether to find an excuse to leave firstββββββ although he had already promised the people of the Special Affairs Department. He was going to help them take down the gates, but he wasn't going to put himself in them.
But just as Lu Wencheng was about to withdraw from the city, there was a sudden commotion at the city gate.
Attracted by the commotion, the officers who were originally a little wary of Lu Wencheng and them all turned their heads to see what was going on outside. At this time, Lu Wencheng knew that this was the main master!
"Do it!" Whispering to his subordinates, Lu Wencheng pulled out his pistol and struck the trigger at several officers with their backs to him.
In the midst of gunfire. The officers lay in a pool of blood after being countered by the other patrol battalion soldiers. Lu Wencheng also had a few injured among them.
Although his arm was grazed by a bullet, Lu Wencheng was also relieved after noticing that the senior officers on the opposite side had been killed.
Now that the dragons are leaderless, those soldiers will undoubtedly have to pack up a bit. And with their containment, they don't want to close the city gates, which can be regarded as completing the task.
Thinking of this, Lu Wencheng shouted at his companion. "Quick, tie up the orange scarf..."
Although he didn't know how many people came outside this time, he didn't want to die under the guns of 'his own people'.
Hearing Lu Wencheng's words, the officers and soldiers who were still suppressing them with pistols hurriedly took out orange scarves from their pockets and tied them to their arms.
It was at this time that there was a sudden burst of gunfire and even a few explosions from the side of the city gate.
Hearing the explosion, Lu Wencheng hurriedly got up from his hidden place and fired a few shots in the direction of the city gate to prevent those people from closing the city gate.
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After hearing the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of the city gate, Fu Xiuming and Qin Zhen immediately sped up. And the pedestrians on the road also retreated to the side in fear.
After running to a place not far from the city gate, Fu Xiuming heard the gunfire on the other side of the city gate much more clearly.
On the other side, after seeing a large number of people in black military uniforms rushing towards the city gate, although almost all the officers had been killed by Lu Wencheng and them, the remaining soldiers of the patrol battalion were still under the command of some low-level officers, and some of them were shooting outside the city gate, trying to stop Fu Xiuming and them.
Just looking at the black people outside, whether it was the only remaining officers or soldiers, they didn't know if they could stop it.
"Quick, go and close the gates with a few people!!"
It was clear that they would not survive at all if the city gates were not closed, and the remaining officers hurriedly ordered the men under them.
Hearing the order, several soldiers also ran towards the city gate, but just after running to the edge of the city gate, a person fell to the ground with a scream, this person was hit by Lu Wencheng from behind. Later, a few more shots were fired at the city gate, which startled the rest of the people, and now no one dared to go up and close the city gate, even if the officer shouted so loudly.
It was at this time that Fu Xiuming and the others finally rushed to the city gate.
After making sure that there was still a fight inside, Fu Xiuming hurriedly ordered the people under his opponent.
"1 company, grenade!"
Receiving the order, the men of the 1st Company quickly stood up more than 40 people.
After a raindrop. The sound of dense explosions was heard, and not only the soldiers who were hiding behind the city gate were killed on the spot, but even many soldiers who were standing relatively close were seriously injured.
After clearing the enemy inside the city gate with a grenade. Fu Xiuming waved his hand. Soon the 1st Company, which had just thrown a grenade, rushed forward, but the bravest of them were a few machine gunners with light machine guns.
Madsen's superior firepower, coupled with 100 rounds of drums, almost crushed the patrol battalion inside the city gate and couldn't raise its head.
You must know that there are only more than 60 people in this city gate, and Lu Wencheng killed 6 officers, killed a few more later, and killed more than 10 by grenades. Now there were at most more than forty people left at the city gate, and such a few people couldn't stop Fu Xiuming from their footsteps, and those soldiers obviously knew this matter very well.
So he saw that the guys of unknown origin outside had killed all the brothers at the city gate with 'bombs'. Soon some people turned around and ran away, and some people simply threw down the guns in their hands and shouted directly about their avatars.
Seeing this scene, the remaining officers sighed. It is also clear that there is no point in resisting. And he didn't intend to die for the Qing court, and the most important thing is that even if he did, 40 alone would not be able to stop thousands of people...
"Forget it, all surrender," he said, with a long sigh, and after saying this to the men below him, the officer threw away the pistol in his hand, and shouted at the soldiers outside the city gate who were about to rush inside. Don't shoot. We surrendered! β
After making sure that the patrol battalion responsible for guarding the city gates had indeed surrendered, a company of soldiers rushed in. Disarmed and tied them aside. At this time, seeing that the situation had been controlled, Lu Wencheng and the others also walked out of the hidden place.
"Where's your command?"
Glancing at the orange scarf on Lu Wencheng's right arm, the soldiers dissipated their hostility, but they ignored them.
They had heard of a group of 'allies' with orange scarves on their right arms, but that was all.
The soldiers' ignorant attitude made Lu Wencheng secretly angry in his heart, but looking at the revolutionary soldiers who were constantly entering the city gate, he didn't dare to say anything, but planned to wait for the commanders of these revolutionary troops to come out.
As a result, the more Lu Wencheng looked at it, the more surprised he became, because in just a while, thousands of people had already walked in from outside the city gate, and there seemed to be many more in the back.
"What the hell are these people..."Just when Lu Wencheng began to doubt the origin of these people in his heart, Fu Xiuming and Qin Zhen walked in surrounded by more than a dozen people. Commander Lou? β
Hearing someone call his name, Lu Wencheng raised his head, and happened to see Fu Xiuming and Qin Zhen. "Captain Fu, Captain Qin..."Seeing that it was actually them, Lu Wencheng was a little surprised.
When the patrol team was first trained, Yan Shao had taken over several officers from the Wuhu patrol battalion, and there was a lot of communication between them later. Moreover, as the commander of the armed forces of the Yushi Group, although Fu Xiuming is not as famous as Li Liang and them, he is also a figure with a head and a face on the ground in Wuhu, and Lu Wencheng naturally recognizes Fu Xiuming and Qin Zhen.
It is precisely because of this that he is so surprised.
"It's you, could it be..."
"That's right," he said with a slight smile. In Anhui, who else has such great ability besides us..."When he said this, Fu Xiuming had a posture of giving up on me.
Hearing Fu Xiuming's admission, Lu Wencheng finally understood why so many soldiers suddenly appeared in Wei Lu, and why Wei Lu was in his patrol camp, there were so many people, including his cronies, who had defected...
Indeed, in Anhui, only Yan Shao can do this...
But...
"But, for what..."Looking at the still non-stop flow of people, Lu Wencheng's eyes were full of puzzlement. He didn't understand that Yan Shao was just a businessman, why should he get involved in this kind of thing.
After seeing Lu Wencheng's puzzlement, Fu Xiuming just disdainful. "Our ideals, how can you figure it out..."What Lu Wencheng's son and two nephews have done, Fu Xiuming naturally knows the way clearly, and even looks down on Lu Wencheng a little.
Seeing that the troops had almost come in, Fu Xiuming just said a word to Lu Wencheng. "Let's wait here...", he and Qin Zhen and the others led the troops to continue forward.
Now that the city gates have been breached, the next thing they have to do is to take the lead in seizing the various gates and important organs and ...... of the provincial capital Zhu Jiabao's governor Yamen.
As long as Zhu Jiabao can be caught, this operation can be called perfect...
Fu Xiuming's disdain was very obvious, but after knowing that all the things in Lu Dao this time were led by Yan Shao, Lu Wencheng didn't even dare to show a little anger.
No one knows better than him how powerful the Yushi Group is in Wuhu and other places.
Now this time, taking advantage of the east wind of the Wuchang Uprising to capture Anqing first, needless to say, the position of Anhui Overseer will definitely not escape Yan Shao's palm. At that time, Yan Shao was like the emperor of Anhui, and it was definitely not a good idea to offend Yan Shao's cronies at this time.
What's more, he has been an official for so many years, and he also knows very well that he is completely useless to Yan Shao now, and he has no use value at all. If you don't behave well-behaved now, in case Yan Shao regrets it later...
Thinking of this, Lu Wencheng felt that staying in Anqing did not seem to be a good idea.
And in all fairness, if Lu Wencheng were Yan Shao, he wouldn't like to have a subordinate with an unclean foundation under his hands...
"Anyway, now I have 100,000 yuan, plus the family funds accumulated over the years, even if I leave now, it will be enough to spend my old age in peace..."
It was at this time, surrounded by a large group of people, Yan Shao, Elano and others also walked into the city gate...
At the moment he saw Yan Shao, Lu Wencheng no longer had the slightest doubt... (To be continued......)