But that's not going to be a long time coming.

Shi Chen strolled outside the town, secretly noting down all the defenses along the way.

Although the defense line also covers Yizhuang, it is not in the town after all, and Yizhuang is extremely easy to occupy as soon as the militia bandits are attacked.

Shi Chen only hoped that those bandits wouldn't be much interested in Yizhuang, where the corpses were stored...

And he also had two captured box gun pistols, as well as some ammunition, enough to go into battle.

Even Shi Chen has already thought of a way out, if Taiping Town falls and Yizhuang is also captured, and Uncle Four-Eyed still doesn't make a move, then he will run away with Uncle Four-Eyed and Qiusheng.

Hunan Province is mountainous.

Just dig into the woods, and don't even try to catch them.

While thinking, Shi Chen walked into the town.

The shops on both sides of the main road have been sealed off with nail boards, and the second-floor windows have townspeople with various firearms.

During the Republic of China, civilian guns were rampant.

In addition, in order to curb foreign invading forces at the end of the previous dynasty, local militias were encouraged to develop militia groups, set up military industries, and a large number of suitable light firearms were imported from abroad.

Therefore, the proliferation of civilian firearms and the variety of types are simply innumerable.

From rear-loading arquebuses, to iron-sand guns.

and then to the 1888 Commission rifle copied from the German Mauser, commonly known as "made in Hanyang" and "old sleeve".

There is also a batch of Mauser M1904 rifles that were introduced in the previous dynasty.

All kinds of firearms, all kinds of firearms.

Even Shi Chen saw two black front-loading cast iron cannons at the entrance of the town that I don't know how many years old...

In the back were neatly stacked solid shot put balls and packets of gunpowder wrapped in oiled paper.

The whole Taiping town can be called a military museum.

After a busy night, Mayor Zong had just gone home to rest for a while.

Every one or two kilometers along the way to Taiping Town in the direction of Shicheng County, he set up a secret sentry to be responsible for guarding and even monitoring the nearby mountains and forests

There are hundreds of militia bandits, and they need to carry firearms, so it is impossible to approach Taiping Town quietly, once the outpost discovers the movement of the militia bandits, they can pass it on step by step, and the news can be transmitted back to the town soon.

Shi Chen had a clear goal and walked straight to the door of Zong Shen's house.

"Knock knock!"

Knock on the door.

Soon Zong Shen's wife came out and opened the door.

Her face was a little haggard, and she was obviously not resting well.

"Little brother Wencai, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Shi Chen took out the two box cannons that had been captured before from his arms.

"I'm here to see Mayor Zong to see if there's anything I can help, these two box cannons were captured by me from the two vigilante doglegs yesterday."

The mayor's wife looked embarrassed, Zong Shen had just rested for a while after not sleeping all night, and it was obviously not suitable to wake him up, but Shi Chen specially said that he wanted to help the battle, and he was embarrassed to brush off his kindness.

"Lao Zong didn't sleep all night, he just fell asleep..."

Shi Chen nodded understandingly, Taiping Town had encountered such a major event, Zong Shen, as the head of a town, was also a person with a strong sense of responsibility, you can imagine how great the pressure on his shoulders was.

Seeing that he couldn't intervene if he wanted to help, Shi Chen could only wave his hand, preparing to return to Yizhuang and make plans again.

"That's good... I'll go back to Yizhuang first."

The mayor's wife knew Shi Chen's thoughts, and then added.

"If the little brother Wencai wants to help, you can go to the outpost outside the town and find that meat Tu Zheng, he is the personal soldier of the former governor of Xiang Province, he has fought and seen blood, and was appointed by Lao Zong as the armed captain of Taiping Town, he should have arrangements."

Shi Chen nodded again when he heard this, so it seems that his side may really have the strength to fight.

Governor Naoli, what a scenery it is.

The governor of the previous dynasty could not only rule one province, but also four major provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, and Jiangxi.

Governor of Zhili, whose official title is Governor Zhili and other places, is one of the nine highest-ranking feudal ministers of the previous dynasty.

Although the end of the previous dynasty was extremely weak, as the governor's personal soldiers, he still had two brushes.

"Okay, I'll go out of town."

With that, Shi Chen walked out of the town quickly.

On the way, I met many familiar townspeople.

They were all holding pickaxes and spears, with a solemnity on their faces.

Cold weapons, unlike firearms, can kill people from a distance.

But it can stimulate the primitive human instinct of hunting and fighting.

In ancient times, the ancestors of human beings learned to make tools and weapons, and then began to fight against nature and all kinds of fierce beasts, and after all, they were destined to be the hegemon of today.

Therefore, the emergence of cold weapons has a killing momentum that cannot be matched by hot weapons.

This also adds to the tension in the town.

Shi Chen was infected by this atmosphere, and couldn't help but tighten the Mauser pistol pinned to his waist and hidden in the inside of his clothes.

War is terrible, but it is also full of charm.

It inspires a fighting spirit in everyone's heart!

Walking briskly, Shi Chen soon came to a defensive point outside the town.

It is located at the crossing of the main road outside the town, and it is also the only place to enter the town.

Several rejects are intertwined, completely blocking the road.

In the exposed gaps, there were also digging pits full of thorns, covered with straw, and covered with floating soil, and the houses on both sides of the crossing were opened one by one, and the edges were piled up with sacks full of earth, and the muzzles of black holes in the windows pointed straight to the way.

And in the middle of the crossing, a sturdy man with a big belly and a boning knife pinned to his waist was commanding several patrol members and laborers, constantly adjusting the position of the horse rejection, but also quite a commander's posture.

This person is the meat butcher Zheng mentioned by the mayor's wife, the meat butcher who has slaughtered pigs and sold meat for many years in Taiping Town, because of his superb pig killing skills, the meat sold on weekdays is also Tong Suo without bullying, and he has earned the nickname of Meat Tu Zheng.

Shi Chen stepped forward and quickly attracted the attention of Meat Tu Zheng, as a meat household in the town, he naturally recognized the person as one of the disciples of the Ninth Uncle, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Wencai, what's wrong with you?"

Shi Chen clenched his fists slightly and said with a straight face.

"Captain Zheng, I want to help you."

Who knew that Meat Tu Zheng was pale, as a butcher who had been slaughtered for many years, his body was very murderous, and a hundred ghosts did not invade, so he naturally didn't believe in the Taoist priest's set, at this time Shi Chen took the initiative to help in the battle, and Meat Tu Zheng thought he was joking.

"This is a war, it is going to die, those militia soldiers and bandits can't just sprinkle some glutinous rice and pour some rooster blood..."

Hearing the contempt in Meat Tu Zheng's words, Shi Chen didn't answer, and no words were more convincing than actions.

He took out a box gun pistol from his waist, raised it, and pointed at the bird's nest in a tree a hundred meters away.

"Captain Zheng, if I shoot the bird's nest, does it prove that I can kill the enemy?"