Chapter 30: Blocking every step of the way
Now let's get to know the real bangu in history.
Bangu is located in the center of today's Daigu landform, with an altitude of 665 meters, an area of about 1.2 square kilometers at the top of the valley, and a circumference of 1.3 kilometers at the root.
Bangu is an auspicious Gu, civilized Gu!
This is a saying that is commonly recognized by the local people.
In the old society where the war was raging and bandits were rampant, there were more than a dozen villages in the big river basin below Bangu, and people moved to Bangu to live in order to escape the soldiers and bandits. At its peak, there were more than 400 people living on it, and more than 100 houses were built on it. There are still several stone mills and a stone mill base on the top of the roof. This was the "mechanical" equipment that the common people lived on it at that time and used to process grain. To this day, you can still see the remnants of the walls of many old houses.
In the middle of the back of the Bangu along a steep mountain sheep intestine trail, you will arrive at the only stone ladder-like step road to climb the Bangu under the root of the Bangu, and these steps are slowly chiseled out by the common people with chisels at that time. Go up this stone step, and when you walk to the middle of the place, there is a narrow place, which is the place where the gate of the village was placed at that time. On both sides, the gate was placed and the round stone nests hewn out with chisels are still clearly visible. Even now, looking at the location of this walled gate, it is also "a husband should be closed, and ten thousand people are not open"!
Of course, the guards of Bangu are not just such a walled gate, in that era, many places set up self-defense forces for self-protection, and it seems that the island country later learned from us.
According to the old people, at that time, there were those who had money to buy guns and ammunition, and those who had no money to join the Self-Defense Forces to guard the Bangu. Even the big bandit Liu Hei, who was rampant in several provinces, had never attacked it. Every time Liu Heiqi's bandit troops attacked Bangu, they lost their troops and lost generals, and the angry Liu Heiqi couldn't do it, but he couldn't do anything. Hurry up!
At its peak, the Self-Defense Forces had more than 50 people, more than 30 guns, and even a lot of grenades and other weapons and ammunition bought at high prices.
There is a Jade Emperor Temple on Bangu Mountain, this temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, when the incense was very prosperous, the legend is that as long as you go up to kowtow to the Jade Emperor and burn incense and be pious, then the things you ask for will be more effective.
Later, because of the war was destroyed, until the Ming Dynasty was rebuilt, this process is now on the top of the Gu still half of the inscription has a detailed introduction.
It is said that Bangu is an auspicious Gu because no matter what time there is a war, there have been no casualties among the people stationed on Bangu.
According to the old people in the past, first of all, Liu Hei's seven bandit troops failed to capture dozens of attacks, and the common people's escort team on the Gu was condescending to defend according to the danger, and every time they beat the bandits, the ghosts cried wolves and hugged their heads.
Back to the book, let's go back to the incident of Liu Hei's seven bandits attacking Bangu mentioned in the previous section.
On this day, when Mu Dongqing, Xinglan's daughter-in-law, was working in the fields with a few self-defense team members to protect the common people, You Liudian, an underground party member in charge of vigilance, came to report that Liu Heiqi was coming here with bandits.
Holly didn't panic, and asked in a deep voice: How many people came, and where are they now?
You Liudian replied: I have already arrived in front of Zhangjiazhai Mountain, about 100 people. Now Ampibao and a member of the team are still closely observing the marching movements of the bandit troops in Liling.
Holly raised her eyes and looked at Zhangjiazhai, thinking that it would take at least more than an hour for the bandits to cross the mountain, well, there was plenty of time,
She then said to You Liudian: You rush back immediately, join up with An Pibao and others, and wait until Liu Hei's seven bandits cross Zhangjiazhai, and you will occupy the commanding heights of Liling, shoot cold, and delay the progress of the bandits entering the village. Just see the right time to evacuate to the double top beam ambush point convergence.
Be sure to pay attention to safety!
You Liudian agreed, and immediately ran away.
Holly turned to the field and called out to his uncle Xingchun and his cousin Bingbing, who were working. Tell them to quickly abandon the farm work in their hands, and call on all the villagers to quickly move to Bangu Mountain according to the usual drills.
He also called Huai Hansong, an underground party member with a formal rifle on his back, not far away, and asked him to take a small group of more than a dozen members to ambush at Shuangdingziliang, the only way for bandits to enter the village.
You Liudian and An Pibao and the other three will join you after putting the cold gun, remember, it is mainly in the form of cold guns, just slow down their progress, don't fall in love. When the bandits are about to attack you, you must evacuate immediately and join me at the stone monkey's nest, the only way to enter Bangu.
Attracting the bandits to the gourd ditch below the stone monkey's nest is a great achievement.
Another word of advice: be sure to pay attention to safety!
Huai Hansong agreed, and led the people of this team to go straight to the double top beam.
Holly's Self-Defense Force has a total of three squads, 40 people with more than 30 guns, and their guns are all brand.
There are old sleeves, made in Hanyang, medium formal, and even a few 38 big covers.
Bullets and grenades are also abundant, and these are all purchased by Xinglan and other lords.
There was more than one team left on the Bangu to guard the house, and a team of double-topped beams was lined up, and Holly gathered the remaining team members and followed the people who were transferred to the Bangu Mountain to the stone monkey nest.
The stone monkey nest is located on the west edge of the East Mountain, and the opposite mountain is called Xitai Mountain, and the stone monkey nest and the Xitai Mountain are shaded by green trees, all of which are dense acacia trees.
At the foot of the mountain between the east and west mountains is a deep canyon, which is locally called Hulugou.
At the bottom of the canyon there is a clear mountain stream, and the bottom of the stream is a large bluestone that is smooth and flat. It is very clean, and the source of this creek is a round hole at the top of the east and west mountains. It is standard mountain spring water.
Except for flash floods, although the water is not large, it flows continuously all year round.
The creek of this canyon is a good place for the people of Jingdi Village to go in summer, after a day of work, covered in stinky sweat, they came to this creek, took off the dirty clothes on their bodies, sat on the bluestone slab in the water, scrubbed to their heart's content, and enjoyed the coolness brought by the water.
When the group arrived at the stone monkey den, there were sporadic gunshots in the direction of Liling.
Holly knew that it was You Liudian and the three of them, and they were caught up with the bandits.
So let Xingchun and the soldiers hurry up to lead the people to Bangu.
She divided the remaining dozen or so people into two parts, half of the team members were in the stone monkey nest, and the other half of the team members went to the stage mountain opposite, preparing to attack from both sides, and waited for Liu Hei's seven bandits to get into this pocket and ambush them.
The gunfire in the distance was sparse from far to near, judging by the gunfire and time, Holly knew that at this time, there were a few You Liudian, and it should have converged with the Huaihan pine department that was ambushed in the double top beam.
As soon as I thought of this, suddenly, there was a dense burst of gunfire from near the double top. There was also the sound of grenade explosions.
At this time, the small team of personnel assigned to Xitai Mountain had already dug the trench in place at ordinary times, and then looked at the bottom of Bangu Mountain, and the transferred people had already arrived at a flat place called Saddle Dan under Bangu Mountain.
Holly's heart was completely relieved, and she knew that the people were completely safe.
The gunfire in the distance gradually thinned out, and the sporadic gunfire was getting closer and closer, and Holly knew that the comrades of Shuangding Ziliang had already attracted Liu Heiqi's bandits.
If you want to know if the escort team led by Holly can repel the bandits' attack this time, please see the next time.
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