The militia of this platoon brought by Xiao Liang from Guangzhou was only stationed in Guangzhou from Shengli Port in March, replacing the armed personnel originally sent to Guangzhou. What is different from the previous group of personnel is that this group of militia members are all "veterans" who have been on the battlefield of Annam and have been tested in actual combat, and they do not have too much nervousness when facing the enemy. Compared to the tens of thousands of South Vietnamese troops who had to deal with on the battlefield of Annam, these disgraced rogues were not taken seriously by the militia at all. Although there was a tenfold gap in the strength of the two sides, the militiamen did not feel much nervousness, and only mechanically followed Xiao Liang's whistle command, loading, aiming, and shooting...... Repeating the tactical moves they had done thousands of times in their daily training.

The stormtroopers sent by Liao Dabi were basically outlaws with bold hearts, but in their past experience of attacking various villages, they had never encountered such dense long-range firepower. The charge within 100 steps, after being knocked down by the invisible and untouchable lead bullets that knocked down the dozens of people in front, the people behind were a little stunned, and said that the good hand was captured, and there was no resistance when they said that they were good?

Finally, a few lucky guys rushed to the nearby barbed wire, but this fine and dense barbed wire was densely covered with sharp barbs and pieces of iron, and the slightest touch was a skin break and blood flowed, although the injury caused was not serious, but as long as the forward momentum was delayed because of this, it was immediately replenished by the militiamen more than a dozen paces away at close range, and at this distance, the militiamen could even omit the step of aiming, and the hit rate was much higher than the target in the shooting. So in front of this chest-high snake-bellied barbed wire, the bandits became live targets, and were shot down by lead bullets without resistance.

I have to say that these people under Liao Dabi are still very desperate, even in the face of a one-sided slaughter, the outlaws did not choose to retreat, but continued to rush up. Finally, someone stepped on the corpse of his companion, jumped over the barbed wire, brandished the machete in his hand and screamed and rushed to the breastwork. But it's a pity that what awaits him is not gold and silver treasures, but dense Zhang'er iron-tipped spears.

Before the unlucky ghost could decide whether to block the left or right attacks first, he was already stabbed in the body by seven or eight spears at the same time. These spearmen were all militiamen of the Li family's militia, and Xiao Liang did not rush to let them take muskets as long-range firepower, but sent spears to them as a covering force for close combat.

These bandits began to charge from two or three hundred paces away, and when they ran here, they were already out of breath, their hands and feet were sore, and they had no strength to fight, and they were fighting alone, and the spear formation that wanted to form a formation with the militia was completely a matter of delivering food, and almost knocking over one when they came. The Haihan militia, on the other hand, continued to shoot at a pace unhurriedly, striking at the bandits who were still trying to climb over the barbed wire.

When the number of losses of the bandit stormtroopers had exceeded two-thirds, the survivors who saw no hope of attacking Zhuangzi finally lost the courage to continue to die, and began to turn around and flee. Xiao Liang did not intend to pursue the fugitives, so the militiamen turned their guns around and aimed them at the few bandits who were still resisting. After a burst of gunshots, these stubborn bandits were also killed on the spot, and the first wave of attacks launched by the bandits on the west side of Lijiazhuang was completely defeated.

From the vicinity of the breastwork to a hundred paces away, the bodies of the bandits fell all the way, and many people who were not injured to the point fell to the ground or screamed or rolled over, and the situation was very miserable. However, Xiao Liang was unmoved by this, and immediately ordered the militia to be ready for action, and asked the people in the rear to come forward to clean up the battlefield and reinforce a damaged section of barbed wire.

The fighting situation in the north was similar, and the stormtroopers put together by several bandits were also suffering heavy casualties. The fourth company, which had a more abundant number of flintlock guns, lowered the opponent to a distance of about thirty meters before it began to concentrate fire, and the dense fire took the lives of hundreds of people in just a minute or two. The stormtroopers on this side didn't even have a chance to rush to the breastwork and make close contact with their opponents before being killed, as the vast majority of them fell in front of the barbed wire.

Although there were many casualties in the first wave of confrontations, it was only a short moment in terms of time, and such a casualty rate was really too heavy for a rabble of bandits and gangsters who were only a few thousand. Liao Dabi didn't wait for the surviving subordinates to flee back into the formation, and he was already furious: "What about Li Maozai, this guy who eats inside and out, quickly catch this dog thing!"

After a while, Li Maozai, who was depressed, was escorted by his subordinates, but before Liao Da's nose flared, Li Maozai knelt directly on the ground with a "poof": "Boss Liao, the little one doesn't know how things will turn out like this!

"With so many dead and injured brothers, do you still dare to beg for mercy? If Lao Tzu gives you a chance, who will be convinced?" Liao Da Nose hated and angry, pointed at Li Maozai and scolded: "What do you say that Li Jiazhuang does not have a strong man, and it can be easily taken, did so many musketeers fall from the sky or jump out of the stones? Are you this guy conspiring with the government to deliberately bring Lao Tzu here, so that the officers and soldiers can set up an ambush to kill our brothers?"

As soon as Li Maozai heard that this hat was buttoned up, he quickly shook his head and argued: "There is absolutely no such thing! Boss Liao, the little one is willing to guarantee with his life, and he will never conspire with anyone, let alone calculate Boss Liao and his brothers!"

"Life guarantee? good! Very good!" Liao Dabi paced back and forth a few steps, and made a decision: "You will lead people to attack in the next round! If you can't beat it, you don't have to come back!"

When Liao Dabi's side was in chaos, a messenger also came from the north, asking why Liao Dabi encountered such strong resistance. Liao Dabi could only deduce that this was Lijiazhuang's militia group, and after everyone rested, they would launch an offensive together, and press the power in their hands to conquer Lijiazhuang. In order to keep the allies from giving up, Liao Dabi also gave a very well-sounding reason This Zhuang militia is so desperate, and it is also equipped with sharp weapons such as muskets, doesn't it just prove that there is a lot of wealth in the village?

However, the allies were not so easy to deal with, and immediately proposed to renegotiate the proportion of spoils. Therefore, under the condition that the wounded soldiers who had returned from the previous round of rout had not been treated in time, several leaders had put aside the battle situation in front of them for the time being, and the messengers of Tongguò went back and forth to start bargaining. And the people who were killed and wounded in the charge just now have been left behind by the heroes of all families at this moment, and have become complete cannon fodder.

However, at this time, it is not only Liao Dabi and his friends who are unlucky, Zeng Aniu, who is trying to make some extra money on the Shawan waterway, is now in a state of wanting to cry without tears. After withstanding the two back-and-forth killings of the "Exploration", Zeng Aniu's hard-fought pull out of the old nest in Xinhui County is basically only half of the fleet, which still includes the ships that were damaged but did not fall apart. Looking at the brazen monster ship again, except for a few scratches on the waterline on both sides of the bow, there were no obvious external injuries at all.

"Lao Tzu, who is this recruiting to provoke someone!" Zeng Aniu looked indignant, forgetting that half an hour ago, it was he himself who ordered the "Discovery" to be taken. Looking at the "Exploration" slowly turning around at the fork of the river in the distance, Zeng Aniu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Withdraw!

The deputy next to him asked, "Boss, don't you wait for Liao Dabi on the shore?"

"Still waiting for a fart! A boat locks the waterway, will Zhuang Shang be a little unguarded? Liao Dabi has mostly kicked the iron plate this time, if he wants to die, let him go, Lao Tzu's life is expensive, he will not accompany him! Greet brothers, quickly withdraw!" Zeng Aniu's mind is obviously much more sober than Liao Dabi's, although he still has the strength to fight, he still decisively chooses to give up. Although there is no good way for these small boats to take the "Discovery", it is actually quite easy to escape the pursuit of the big ships in the dense water network in this vicinity, after all, in terms of the flexibility of inland waterways, this sea ship is far from being comparable to small boats.

Liao Dabi didn't know that some of his allies had already retreated, and he wouldn't have made the decision to retreat as quickly as Zeng Aniu. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Liao Dabi's men and horses had to withdraw to the old nest in the north, and it would take at least about five days to travel on the road, and the troops of about 2,000 people ate and chewed on horses, and the food and grass supplies needed were not small.

And the situation in the Zhuangzi of Lijiazhuang is much easier than when he was preparing for the war in the first two days, no matter how much Li Nai boasted in advance that the combat power of the Haihan militia was outstanding, but the local people still had to see the actual appearance to be relieved. However, the Haihan militia group did live up to expectations, easily solving the opponent's first round of charge, killing and wounding more than 200 people, but not even a single wounded on their own side appeared. What kind of combat effectiveness? This is living combat effectiveness!

Li Jifeng had also regained his former calm appearance at this time, and commanded his subordinates to bring hot tea to the position for the militia soldiers to quench their thirst.

"Your army is really outstanding, this bandit is really like a chicken, a dog, and he is simply vulnerable in front of your army!" Li Jifeng took advantage of Xiao Liang's retreat from the front line to rest, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a high hat.

"Boss Li has won the award. Xiao Liang smiled slightly, but he didn't mean to be modest. In Xiao Liang's eyes, the opponent is indeed similar to Li Jifeng's description, not to mention the Haihan Militia Group, even if the Li Family Militia wants to deal with this kind of opponent, it will not be too difficult. This time he sent troops, but he easily reaped a great favor from the Li family.

"This dead and wounded bandit, I don't know what your army plans to deal with?" Li Jifeng continued to listen to Xiao Liang's tone. So many people have died, even if it is a very troublesome thing to report to the official afterwards, the Panyu County Ya is also located in Guangzhou City, if you want to report to the official, it will take two or three days to go and come, and so many corpses may have begun to rot.

"Catch what should be caught, bury what should be buried. Xiao Liang replied succinctly. For the first batch of bandits who came up to rush and kill, he did not have the slightest pity in his heart. At first glance, these people are outlaws who regard human life as a mustard, and it is best to die, and those who are not dead cannot stay in society to harm others. As for whether Li Jiazhuang will report to the officials for this matter, what kind of Cheng Dù and results will be reported, he doesn't care if the Guangzhou Mansion can manage these things, and the people will not be in such a mess.

"Then do these injured people need to be treated?" Li Jifeng continued to ask.

Xiao Liang glanced up at Li Jifeng, instantly understood what he meant, shook his head and said, "If you are seriously injured, you don't need to treat it, let's have a destiny!"

Treating these injured bandits would definitely require a lot of medicine and someone to take care of them, and Li Jiazhuang would obviously not be happy to take on this responsibility. Xiao Liang also felt that there was no need to waste too many resources on these scumbags, so he simply complied with Li Jifeng's wishes.

The old man understood, so he went to deal with it. Li Jifeng made a gesture and retreated. If Xiao Liang said "rule", then Li Jifeng would have to grit his teeth and pay for it, but it is obvious that Xiao Liang has no sympathy for these bandits, and Li Jifeng is also happy to save an unnecessary expense because of this.

The interval between the bandits' attacks was much longer than the defenders of Lijiazhuang had expected, and by lunchtime, the opponents still did not move, but they saw that there were constantly people coming and going in and out of the rogue camps in the west and north.

"Don't wait, let's eat first!" Xiao Liang put down the binoculars stupidly and gave an order.

Although the first round of attacks was directly wiped out, his side did not show all his strength, and he still gave the other party a little hope of turning the tables. He originally thought that the other party would launch the next wave of attacks after a short rest, but he didn't expect that these bandits would neither retreat nor attack, so they were frozen in place.

Of course, Xiao Liang wished that the other party's brain would be open and adopt the strategy of encirclement against Lijiazhuang, anyway, the southern waterway had been cleared, and materials and personnel could continue to arrive from the southern Shawan waterway, so there was no need to worry about whether the opponent would adopt siege tactics.

In order to reward the Haihan militia that fought bravely, Li Jifeng had two more pigs killed in the morning to add food to the militia. Li Jifeng's instructions to logistics are very clear, that is, to ensure that the Haihan militia "has rice for every meal, meat for meals, and everyone has **" during the Lijiazhuang operation. Compared with the safety of Li Jiazhuang, this amount of money is not a painful amount for Li Jifeng, but he has heard Li Nai mention that in order to invite the Haihan militia to help in the war, the Annan people are simply smashing pots and selling iron, and even the population and land are paid to the Haihan Executive Committee as compensation, and since he can choose to solve this matter with silver, it saves a lot of trouble.

The rogues and bandits stationed in the wilderness are not so good, not to mention meat, and even the staple food is already very tight now. There are thousands of acres of rice fields belonging to Lijiazhuang nearby, but at this time, there is still more than a month before the maturity of rice, and there is no possibility of eating it at all. The vast majority of people can only get a small bowl of wild vegetable porridge, the ingredients of which are similar to the morning meal, which can only be said to be better than nothing.

As the leader of the bandits, Liao Dabi naturally has a separate meal, but he doesn't have to drink the astringent and bitter wild vegetable porridge. But he was not in the mood to eat at all now, because there was a report from his subordinates just now, and Zeng Aniu's gang on the Shawan Waterway in the south had disappeared.

Remembering that Zeng Aniu had sworn to himself two days ago to agree on the post-war material transportation plan, Liao Dabi was so angry that he wanted to flip the table. According to what Li Maozai said, there are hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, illegal salt, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and all kinds of valuable things on this Li Jiazhuang.

At this time, Liao Dabi was still thinking about how to deal with the spoils after the war, but he was completely unaware of what the sudden disappearance of Zeng Aniu's gang meant. In the end, because Liao Dabi agreed to give another 20% of the proceeds to everyone equally, they decided to stay and continue to attack Lijiazhuang. Of course, for them, the criterion for measuring the pros and cons is actually very simple, and if they choose to give up now and withdraw their troops and leave, then this time it will be a 100% loss-making transaction, and they will lose a number of manpower, grain, grass and materials in vain; and staying to continue attacking Lijiazhuang, although there is a risk of casualties, if they can be defeated, they will definitely do this big deal that can be eaten lying down for a few years, and it is still worth taking this risk.

In the afternoon of the same day, the bandit coalition army organized another wave of offensives, still attacking from the north and west, and the number of troops sent exceeded that of the morning, and the two sides combined with nearly 1,000 men. The defenders also continued to follow the defensive mode of the morning, still using the rotating gun formation as the defensive firepower output, and carried out long-range strikes against the bandit teams in the clash formation.

In view of the increase in the strength of the opponent, the defenders in both positions did not dare to be too aggressive, and began firing as soon as the enemy came into range. Xiao Liang was in charge of this direction, and two platoons of Li Jiamin's regiment musketeers were added as a firepower supplement to ensure that they had sufficient firepower and lethality within the firing range. But the artillery that had been deployed to the position remained silent and was not put into service.

This is because Xiao Liang insisted that the other party would inevitably make a desperate bet in the end, betting all the troops at hand to win or lose. If you use artillery now, it will inevitably undermine the confidence of your opponent, and you may choose to leave the field without even finishing this one. As for the artillery weapon, Xiao Liang decided to save it for the last critical moment to use it, as much as possible to eliminate these potential hostile forces within the controllable battlefield range, lest they become a hidden danger after fleeing from this place.

The offensive launched by the bandit coalition in the afternoon still did not make substantial progress, and if there was anything to be gained, it was that they had learned the lessons of the morning, carried a number of door panels and ladders in the charge, and skillfully subdued the barbed wire that stood in the way. Of course, such small details were not enough to affect the outcome of the battle, and in the face of dense firepower, those who rushed through the barbed wire still became the live targets of the militia without suspense