Chapter 335: The Second Batch of Reinforcements Arrives

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In this 'wave' offensive in the afternoon, although more bandits rushed through the barbed wire fence to reach the defense line of the 'chest' wall, they did not achieve any substantial 'sex' gains, and behind the 'chest' wall they were waiting for them in addition to the iron spear array in the morning, and the density of fire far exceeded that of the musket array in the morning. Even the lucky ones who avoided all the bullets during the charge had no luck after rushing to this position, and they were all beaten into a sieve by the dense lead.

Although the number of the bandits in this 'wave' was more than double that of the morning, after the vanguard that rushed to the front of the 'chest' wall was killed, the crowd in the rear immediately blew up and began to flee back, and the bandit leaders who were so angry that they were supervising the battle in the rear jumped to their feet and cursed. But if they want to take the lead and rush up, it is unlikely, this musket array in Lijiazhuang is not a joke, hundreds of people have been killed and wounded in a day, and the high casualty rate has made most people feel a little frightened.

Li Jifeng, who hid on the roof of his house and watched the entire battle, now has no nervous appearance from the previous two days, twisting his beard and shaking his head and praised: "This Haihan militia is really a tiger and wolf army, with such combat power, even if the rogues are doubled, they can't take my Li Jiazhuang!"

Li Nai added softly beside him: "The Haihan militia has not yet used artillery, if the artillery is used, I am afraid that these rogues will already be scared away." I heard that today's Haihan warship did not fire a single shot in the Shawan waterway, so they drove away the water bandits from Xinhui County and captured more than a dozen people. โ€

Li Jifeng couldn't help but sigh: "If my Ming official army had this combat power, these rogue bandits would not be rampant so much, it's a pity!"

Seeing that the sky was slowly starting to darken, the rogues also collected their troops and returned to the camp, not planning to attack again. The people of Lijiazhuang hurried up and began to clean up the battlefield outside the village, and there were hundreds of corpses to deal with, which was also a big test for the people who had not experienced this kind of scene much. After Xiao Liang and Chen Yixin arranged the sentries on their respective positions, they led their subordinates back to the station to rest.

"Reinforcements are coming. After contacting the second batch of reinforcements who were hurrying over, Xiao Liang announced to the Li family father and son the good news that made them completely reassured: "The fleet has passed the waters of Hu'men, and it will be able to reach Lijiazhuang tonight." The Executive Committee has sent two more companies over this time, and even if these bandits grow three heads and six arms, they will definitely fold here!"

"The executive committee's kindness to Li Jiazhuang this time is firmly in my heart! I wonder which chief led the team this time?" asked Li Jifeng cautiously.

Although the news of the arrival of the second 'wave' reinforcements of the Haihan is exciting, Li Jifeng began to worry a little, as the saying goes, bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, to talk about the ability to loot places, this soldier is much more ruthless than bandits, the Haihan people sent so many troops in one breath, it is more than enough to beat away the bandits outside Lijiazhuang, Li Jifeng is a little worried that if these people can't think about it, they directly aim their guns at Lijiazhuang, then it is really a big trouble With the combat ability of the Haihan militia group, there is no suspense to take Lijiazhuang.

Although the soldiers trained by the Haihan people still carry the banner of the militia group, after Li Jifeng saw it, he knew that these people did not have the consciousness of treating themselves as ordinary militia groups, and the standards of military uniforms, weapons and command system far exceeded those of ordinary militia groups. Although the Li family has a very close cooperative relationship with the Haihan people, some people in the army of Bao Buqi saw the money and knew that there was silver in the Li family village, so they had other crooked ideas. Of course, if there were famous and well-known high-ranking officials on Haihan's side, maybe there would not be such a 'chaos'.

Xiao Liang didn't expect Li Jifeng to have so many twists and turns in his heart, and when he asked, he replied: "This time, we will lead the team with Captain Tom, the commander-in-chief of our militia navy, and he will also take over the supreme command of the local combat troops. โ€

Wang Tom has carried out escort missions to Guangzhou many times, Li Jifeng has also met with him, knowing that the officer surnamed Wang has a very high status in the Haihan Army, so he immediately responded: "When the old man met with Chief Wang last time, he felt that he was 'fine' and would become a great talent, and he didn't expect that he had been promoted to the position of commander-in-chief of the navy so quickly. โ€

Xiao Liang then said: "In order not to disturb the enemy army, our fleet will enter the Shawan Waterway after dark, Boss Li, you arrange the manpower and go to the east bank to meet in advance." โ€

"I'm going to arrange this here. Li Lu didn't wait for Li Jifeng to speak, and immediately took over the task.

Li Jifeng said: "I have prepared a few tables of water and wine tonight to comfort all the chiefs, since Captain Wang is also about to arrive, then take the wind and wash the dust for him by the way!"

The fleet led by Wang Tom had reached the confluence of the Pearl River and the Shawan Waterway before dark, and then, under the leadership of the Li family, the army of the two companies quietly entered Lijiazhuang.

"Hurry up, hurry up, or miss this good show!" After listening to Xiao Liang and Chen Yixin's combat reports, Wang Tom couldn't help but sigh: "This time, I specially brought all these trainee officers over, just to let them accumulate a little more experience in actual combat, I didn't expect you to start so quickly!"

In addition to the two companies of the Haihan Army and the trainee sailors on two "exploratory" warships, the team brought by Wang Tom this time also included dozens of officers from the recently enrolled officer training course, including Zheng Ting, a North Vietnamese student. The military believed that the strength of the targets of the battle this time was relatively weak, and it was a good opportunity for these officers to test the combat methods of the Haihan people on the spot, so they set off with the team and came to Guangzhou to observe the operations of the Haihan militia. However, the progress of the battle was obviously much faster than expected by the base camp, and after listening to their battle report, Wang Tom could basically determine that these bandits who attacked Lijiazhuang had been injured in today's battle, but it was not sure whether they would give up their goal and choose to retreat overnight.

"It's not that we're fast, it's that the other party is rushing to die. We have been in a passive defensive state throughout the whole process, and we have not taken the initiative to attack, which everyone in the Li family can testify. Xiao Liang immediately defended himself.

"They may not retreat, after all, we are not without any hope. Chen Yixin also answered with a smile: "Brother Xiao specially told him not to use cannons, just for fear of scaring them away." After all, every attack can hit the location of our defensive wall, and it seems that it is almost a little bit of strength to attack Zhuangzi. If they give up now, they will lose so many dead and wounded. โ€

"I don't want to take a few days on a boat to come here in vain. "Tom didn't have much hope for this, maybe he would wake up tomorrow morning and find that these rogues had been completely evacuated.

Everyone was talking about the military situation, and a Haihan militiaman came in and saluted and said: "Report, one of the live mouths we caught was recognized by the militia in Zhuangshang, who used to be here, and this person said that there is important military information to report!"

Tom Wang looked at the banquet in front of him, and really couldn't say the words "Don't eat and go to the prisoner first", he coughed dryly and said, "Then bring people over! Anyway, there are no outsiders here, so let's listen to it together." โ€

Soon, the captives who were tied up by the five 'flowers' were pushed and escorted to the banquet hall by the militiamen, but before the militiamen could kick them, the prisoner knelt down on his own very well: "Ladies and gentlemen, the little ones are good people, they are good people!"

"Li 'Mao' boy, is that you?" Li Nai's sharp eyes immediately recognized the identity of the person kneeling on the ground, and he couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "You thief, you were expelled from my Li Jiazhuang, and you actually joined the bandits! You say, this gang that attacked Li Jiazhuang was attracted by you?"

In the afternoon offensive, he was forcibly used as a vanguard by Liao Dabi to charge the battle, and after stepping on the wooden plank and rushing through the barbed wire, he finally saw a group of militiamen waiting for him with muskets behind the "chest" wall, and even saw a few "doors" of artillery. At that moment, Li 'Mao' knew that Liao Dabi and his boys were going to die this time, and Li Jiazhuang was clearly a big trap, waiting for these people to run and jump into the pit by themselves. However, although Liao Dabi was dead, Li 'Mao' thought that he could still be saved, so he wisely chose to fall to the ground and pretend to be dead before the gunshots rang out.

However, Li 'Mao' Zai fell down and had no chance to stand up again, and the few people who followed him were not so good, they were all hit by the bullets that flew later, and after falling, they directly pressed on his body, making him unable to move. In the end, when the people were cleaning the battlefield, they removed the six or seven corpses on it, and dragged out the half-dead Li 'Mao' boy. Although his face was covered in blood at that time, he was still recognized by the people of Zhuang Shang, and he was quickly reported to the officer.

Li 'Mao' denied it repeatedly: "The third young master must not wronged a good person, the villain can use his 'sex' life as a guarantee, and he has never done anything to lead a thief! Although the villain made a mistake because he was confused for a while and was expelled from Lijiazhuang, he never held a grudge. Recently, I heard that there are out-of-town rogues preparing to attack Lijiazhuang, the villain risked his life to move into the rogue camp, and wanted to find out the news and rushed back to warn, who knew that these thieves were very strict, and the villain couldn't get out for a while, and today he was 'forced' to participate in the attack, but the villain didn't have this intention!"

"You are so skillful, who will believe you!" Li Nai obviously did not take Li Mao's words lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this person used to steal 'chickens' and 'touch' dogs, and was expelled from Lijiazhuang a few months ago for stealing clan property. This man has always lied, and you must not believe what he says!"

Before Li 'Mao' was about to cry out, Li Jifeng picked up the wine glass and smashed it on his head: "You dog thief, you dare to quibble! Someone, drag him out of Shenjiang!"

"Wait!" Wang Tom spoke up to stop Li Jifeng's disposition: "Even if this person is really the culprit, then it doesn't matter, I want to hear what information he has that can save his own life." โ€

Seeing that the ability to steer the rudder by the wind had undoubtedly been perfected, Li 'Mao' Zai immediately continued: "This military master, the villain has been lurking in the thief camp for many days, and he has already discovered the leaders of the various thieves, and he will wait for the villain to come together. This time, the rogue gathered a crowd to attack Lijiazhuang, led by Liao Dabi, the bandit leader in the Conghua and Qingyuan areas, in addition to him, there were also bandit leaders Lai Dingji, Zhang Weichong, Zeng Aniu and others participated. There are more than 2,000 men and horses led by Liao Dabi, who are responsible for the main attack on the western ......"

At this time, in order to save his life, Li 'Mao' Zai directly poured beans into a bamboo tube and sold all the bandits led by Liao Dabi, and even recruited where these bandits came from, how to divide labor and cooperate, how to liaison, and even how to distribute the seizures after the war. Tom Wang didn't interrupt him, and let him go on and on.

Judging from what Li 'Mao' said, there may be nearly 5,000 rogue bandits besieging Lijiazhuang this time, if it weren't for the Haihan militia to rush to reinforcements, relying on the Li family's own ability, it is really hard to say whether they can hold Lijiazhuang. Although the results of today's battle look good, there are still as many as three or four thousand bandits outside the village, and they are still careless, of course, now that a new batch of reinforcements has entered the village, the possibility of accidents in the next battle has basically been eliminated.

"Let me ask you, based on your understanding of these bandits, do you think they will withdraw overnight?" Wang Tom's concern is not how many bandits are strong, but whether he has a chance to come in hand with his team across the sea.

"This ......" Li 'Mao' couldn't figure out what the other party's intention was when he asked him, and he was a little hesitant for a while.

"I just asked such a question, and you can't answer, so what's the use of leaving you?" Wang Tom sneered and intimidated Li 'Mao' Zai.

Li 'Mao' immediately woke up from his hesitation, gritted his teeth and responded: "As far as the villain can see, these thieves do not hit the south wall and do not look back, although the battle situation is unfavorable today, they will definitely come out of the nest tomorrow and attack Lijiazhuang!"

"Why, is there a reason for them to continue to come and die?" asked King Tom.

Li 'Mao' swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "It is said that ...... These bandit leaders heard about it...... There are countless treasures in Lijiazhuang, and after defeating Lijiazhuang, everyone can get 1,800 taels of silver. With so much silver in front of them, if they don't take Lijiazhuang, how can these thieves be willing to retreat?"

"Sounds reasonable!" Tom nodded, but what he agreed with was not the reason for Li Maozai, but the fact that the other party would choose to continue the attack.

"Captain Wang, this person's 'nature' is cunning, and he has a lot of lies, so don't believe it all!" Li Jifeng was taken aback by Li's 'Mao' words, and hurriedly persuaded Wang Tom. Originally, he was a little worried that the Haihan soldiers would have a different mind after they came, and this Li 'Mao' boy actually deliberately claimed that Li Jiazhuang's silver was the target of attracting thieves, wouldn't this be deliberately causing trouble for Li Jiazhuang? If the Hai Han people asked the Li family to 'hand' over the silver to them for safekeeping in the name of protection, would they cooperate or not cooperate at that time?

Tom Wang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Boss Li, I have my own measure." People are taken down and locked up first, but don't pull them to Shenjiang, and this labor force should not be wasted in vain. It just so happens that we have a construction site under construction at the mouth of the Pearl River, which requires a lot of labor, and all the rogues captured this time will be 'handed over' to us for processing, what does Boss Li think?"

Li Jifeng said in his heart that he didn't know how to deal with these caught thieves, and he was afraid that he would cause unnecessary trouble in the future, and he felt that he was 'wasting' food when he was locked up.

Li Jifeng immediately responded: "This time to protect Lijiazhuang, your militia has made great contributions, this matter of disposing of prisoners, Captain Wang said yes, the old man is respectful and it is better to obey his fate." โ€

Li 'Mao' boy, who was kneeling on the ground, also breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, and after tossing back and forth a few times, he finally saved his 'life' temporarily. Although it seemed that the officer was going to be dragged to a construction site to do hard labor, it was better than losing his 'life' in vain.

After the militia escorted Li 'Mao' Zai, Wang Tom put away his smile and said to Li Jifeng: "Boss Li, I just listened to what this prisoner said, and there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. โ€

Li Jifeng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly responded: "Captain Wang, but it doesn't hurt to say it. โ€

"Then I'll get straight to the point. Wang Tom responded: "Your Li family's business is big, and it is also a little famous in Guangdong, and many of the bandits who came to attack Lijiazhuang this time are from hundreds of miles away. Why did they travel a long way to Panyu County to attack you, what this captive said just now is actually very representative, that is, for the wealth of your Lijiazhuang, in order to rob your silver......"

Li Jifeng "chuckled" in his heart, secretly screaming that it was not good, listening to Wang Tom's tone, it seemed that he had already hit Li Jiazhuang's idea. He originally thought that he had 'dealing' with Wang Tom, and the other party would not wipe his face and eat Li Jiazhuang, but he didn't expect that in the end it was just wishful thinking. Now that the other party has opened his mouth, Li Jiazhuang may not be able to pass this level without some blood.

Li Jifeng forced himself to calm down and said: "This Li 'Mao' is a traitor to Li Jiazhuang, and what he said is inevitably untrue, and Captain Wang doesn't have to take it seriously." As for the silver, how could it be so exaggerated as he said......"

"No, your Li family has a big business, and you have made so much money, you have to find a place to store it. Guangzhou City must have put some of it, but Lijiazhuang is the root of your Li family, and there must be a silver vault and other settings here, I guessed correctly, right?" Tom Wang responded with a smile.

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