Half-ringing, Xiang Shaoyun said excitedly: "My lord, is this true?" Is it really that amazing? ”

"Will there really be a train that can pull thousands of people in the future? Is there really a ship that doesn't need sails? ”

Looking at Xiang Shaoyun's excited and flushed faces, Zhou Xian said with a smile: "Of course it's true, the steam engine has just begun, and there will be more convenient means of transportation in the future, and the two of you will know in the future." ”

Then Zhou Xian took out two revolvers from the box next to him and handed them to Xiang Shaoyun and Sun Wu respectively, and the two took the revolvers and looked at them carefully.

Zhou Xian said: "This is the latest close-quarters weapon revolver developed by the arsenal. ”

Saying that, Zhou Xian took sixty rounds of ammunition for the two of them.

Xiang Shaoyun asked, "My lord, how do you use this revolver?" ”

Zhou Xian took Xiang Shaoyun's revolver, opened the revolver, put the bullet in, and closed the revolver.

He handed the gun to Xiang Shaoyun and said: "This gun can be loaded with six bullets at a time, and it is very fast to change bullets, it is a sharp weapon for our self-defense, but the bullet production process is complicated, and there are not many things produced now, so you have to save some use." ”

When the two heard Zhou Xian's words, they immediately smiled, and kept playing with the revolver, if they hadn't heard Zhou Xian say that the bullet was nervous, they would have wanted to go out and give it a try.

Next, Zhou Xian explained to the two of them some of the development trends of Monkey Mountain Village in the future, as well as some of the army's future combat weapons and combat parties.

The two of them nodded their heads in their eyes, and there was a look of anticipation in their eyes.

Just as Zhou Xian was talking energetically, a voice came from outside, "Report to the head of the regiment, a group of bandits, about eight or nine hundred people, were found outside a canyon five miles ahead, and they seemed to be ambushing passing merchants. ”

Zhou Xian was also shocked when he heard that there were bandits in ambush.

After walking for most of the day, I actually encountered bandits, which shows that there are so many bandits now.

Xiang Shaoyun said to Zhou Xian: "My lord, let me lead a group to exterminate this group of bandits." ”

Zhou Xian nodded and said: "I'll go too, take the people of the two regiments with me, remember, our soldiers are precious, try not to cause casualties." ”

Xiang Shaoyun and Sun Wu saluted Zhou Xian, replied "yes", and got off the carriage to make arrangements.

Soon the whole caravan took out flintlock pistols and was fully armed, and Zhou Xianhe, Xiang Shaoyun, and Sun Wu set off with 1,400 people.

Two hundred soldiers were left in place to protect the goods and stand on guard.

Zhou Xian, with 1,400 soldiers, came to the vicinity of the canyon in half an hour.

Zhou Xian picked up the latest binoculars and looked at the opposite side of the canyon, and sure enough, there were many people sitting on the right slope of the canyon, and roughly counted about nine hundred people.

Xiang Shaoyun asked Zhou Xian a little puzzled: "Are these bandits so powerful?" We had just come from Monkey Mountain Village, and they were ambushed here, and there were so many people. ”

Zhou Xian pondered for a while and said: "These bandits are trying to ambush other caravans, you see that the focus of their ambush is on the other side of the canyon, we just happened to encounter it." ”

Xiang Shaoyun also felt that it made sense, so he said: "What should we do now, should we attack like this or wait." ”

Zhou Xian said: "Let's observe again and see the situation before we talk." ”

When Zhou Xian was observing the bandits, Huang Tieniu, the second leader of the Niutou Mountain on the bandits' side, scolded and said to the people next to him: "Big brother, why hasn't the caravan come yet, I've been waiting for a long time, did you make a mistake by reporting to us about the kid." ”

Feng Chao, the master of Niutou Mountain, said lightly: "Second brother, don't worry, the intelligence won't be wrong, they said that the caravan should arrive here at noon, and now it should be fast to see the sky." ”

Huang Tieniu said: "Big brother, you haven't told the brothers who they are robbing this time, bringing so many brothers out, is there really so much good thing to rob?" ”

Feng Chao said: "I didn't tell you who to rob in the cottage before, because I was afraid that you would leak the news, and now I tell you that it's okay, what we want to rob this time is an official of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that his name is Chen Lufeng." ”

"Chen Lufeng? Is this official rich? Huang Tieniu asked.

Feng Chao said: "It doesn't matter if he has money or not, the people over there said that as long as we kill this Chen Lufeng, they will give us 10,000 taels of silver." ”

Huang Tieniu said with emotion: "This Chen Lufeng must have offended some big man, otherwise he wouldn't have spent 10,000 taels to buy his life." ”

Feng Chao said: "We don't care so much, we just need to kill all the people in this team." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a voice shouting: "Big boss, people are coming." ”

Feng Chao looked at the canyon and sure enough, he saw a team of about two hundred people in the canyon below, walking towards the canyon.

Feng Chao ordered, "Everyone prepare, wait for this group to walk to the middle of the canyon before moving." ”

Chen Lufeng is a seven-rank petty official in the capital, and he is forty years old this year.

I only like to specialize in ores and gunpowder, and I don't know how to be sophisticated.

Because he offended a big man, he took his family from the capital back to his hometown in Fengxin County, Jiangxi.

The reason for this was that he was going to Dengzhou to see where the saltpeter mines were, and he had recently been working on a gunpowder that required a large amount of saltpeter.

Chen Lufeng was talking to his eldest son Chen Wei next to him.

Suddenly, I heard a shout of killing coming from the nearby mountain.

Chen Wei was startled when he opened the curtain of the car, and hurriedly said, "Dad, it's not good, we have met a bandit." ”

Chen Lufeng said calmly: "Don't panic, let's get out of the car and see what's going on." ”

Chen Lufeng stepped down from the carriage and saw that they had been surrounded by a large group of bandits.

The leader on the opposite side is a strong man with five big faces and three thick, with a beard on his face.

I saw the strong man say loudly: "I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree." If you want to live from now on, leave behind to buy road money. ”

Chen Lufeng's housekeeper Chen Jie said: "Bold thief, do you know that my master is an official in the capital, if you dare to rob the court officials, are you not afraid that the court officers and soldiers will encircle and suppress you?" ”

Huang Tieniu laughed and said: "Court officials, we robbed you court officials, you bullied the people, provoked the anger of the people, brothers, don't talk nonsense with them, everyone, kill this dog official." ”

After speaking, he rushed forward with a group of bandits and fought with Chen Lufeng's family.

Because the canyon is relatively small, the front can only accommodate more than 20 people, so Chen Lufeng's family can still resist it.

Chen Lufeng's family weapons are better and are good steel knives, while the weapons of the bandits are relatively poor, and some people are holding wooden sticks, and they are also chess opponents for a while, and no one can help anyone.

Zhou Xian watched this scene in the telescope, and said to Xiang Shaoyun: "These bandits are really ambushing others, we can't see death without help, you organize soldiers and go up to exterminate this group of bandits." ”

Xiang Shaoyun and Sun Wu saluted Zhou Xian and then shouted to the soldiers, "All personnel have entered the combat state." ”

The soldiers immediately picked up their flintlock pistols and began to reload, and taking into account the situation in the canyon ahead, the soldiers were divided into three teams.

Four hundred men walked through the gorge, and five hundred soldiers on each of the left and right peaks attacked the bandits.