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Chapter 161 Ambush in the Valley

"Everyone be on guard." Just as Xiong Kewu said that, three or four mortar shells fell into the crowd.With the violent explosion, several soldiers were killed immediately, and the scattered flying stones wounded more than a dozen people, and the scene was in chaos.

Cannonballs hit one after another, and the rebel team was immediately shrouded in smoke, and the sound of the cannons was the signal. Immediately, dense gunshots came from the two cliffs, and the muzzles of the guns that spewed out flames were trembling crazily, one after another. The bullets were like life-threatening impermanence, attacking the insurgents who were unable to advance or retreat in the valley.

"There is an ambush." ​​The expressions of Xiong Kewu and Qin Zageng changed immediately, and it was too late to fight back.Well-armed joint defense militias quickly filled the magazines with bullets, and sent bullets into the enemy's body. These people usually have many opportunities to practice shooting, and their marksmanship is still passable. Coupled with the geographical advantage, the opponent can only be beaten But he couldn't fight back.

The joint defense militiamen who had never experienced battle formation became more and more excited. As the initial nervousness disappeared, their shooting level gradually improved.However, the insurgents in the valley had nowhere to hide. Some tried to jump into the Anning River to escape, but they were quickly washed away by the rushing water. Fortunately, the few people who were not washed away were also on the surface of the unsheltered water. was shot dead.

Seeing that there was no way to hide in the river, the rebels had to hide under the cliffs on both sides, hoping to avoid the opponent's shooting.However, the militiamen in ambush had people on both sides of the mountain, and there were not many shooting blind spots to avoid under the crossfire, which caused great losses to the rebel army. If it weren't for the small number of defense militiamen, they would have been wiped out at this time.

Seeing that it was difficult to win, Xiong Kewu had no choice but to order a retreat. He rushed forward with Qin Zageng, and fled towards the way he came with the remnants of the rebel army.Zhu Daizhen received the order to repel the insurgents rather than wipe them out. Therefore, after Xiong Kewu and Qin Zageng fled with thousands of remnants, he did not choose to pursue immediately, but led the soldiers to wipe out the remnants who were stubbornly resisting, and captured There were more than 300 captives, most of whom belonged to the Gelaohui.

While Zhu Daizhen left two squadrons to clean up the battlefield, he led a large force in pursuit, forcing Xiong Kewu not to stay for a while, and retreated towards the direction of Qianwei County.

Xiong Kewu didn't know that Wu Ziyu arrived here with the 34th Association a few hours after he left Qianwei County and headed south.Since the rebel army had already left, Wu Ziyu captured the county without much effort.After entering the city, Wu Ziyu ordered the army not to commit any crimes, and then he went out to calm the people and stabilize the place, and sent a large number of scouts to check the surrounding situation.

Xiong Kewu's defeated soldiers were quickly discovered by the scouts. The scouts on horseback reported the situation to Wu Ziyu as quickly as possible. A temporary infantry position was built nearby.

"Quick retreat, hurry up, no one is allowed to fall behind." Xiong Kewu waved his pistol and shouted loudly among the team.The pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, and the rebels were so anxious that they ran around.These insurgents who did not have much military training were simply not capable of such a fast march. Now their formation is in disarray, many people have become empty-handed, and some even lost their shoes.

"Brother Kewu can't do this. If we continue running like this, everyone will have to break up." Qin Zaigeng saw this and was anxious in his heart. Many of them were his brothers, and it was a pity to lose them.

"Those who ambushed us were equipped with excellent weapons, not only artillery but also machine guns. They must be Wu Ziyu's No. 30 Fourth Association New Army. If we want to stop them, we must rely on Qianwei County, otherwise we will die. Let Everyone hurry up, the county seat is not far away." Xiong Kewu's words left no room for negotiation.

Qin Zageng knew the strength in his hands, and he also knew that what Xiong Kewu said was the most feasible way, so he nodded and urged his subordinates to leave quickly, as for the farmers who joined temporarily, he could no longer take care of them.

Zhu Daizhen led a large group of soldiers to chase after him all the way. Every time he walked a certain distance, he had to divide a small group of soldiers to guard the captured prisoners. He didn't know how many prisoners he had gathered along the way.The tens of miles of mountain roads from the ambush circle to Qianwei County may not sound too far, but in the mountains, these tens of miles of mountain roads cannot be covered in a day.

It was getting dark, but the rebel army never dared to stay. Xiong Kewu ran with his men desperately, for fear of being caught.Zhu Daizhen knew that Wu Ziyu was in front of him, so he naturally wouldn't chase in such a hurry.The soldiers under Zhu Daizhen soon stopped their pursuit, lit a fire in the valley and began to eat and rest.

Xiong Kewu ran for a while and found that the pursuers had rested, so he quickly ordered the army to rest on the spot.After a day of running, the rebel army was completely exhausted, and they couldn't do without rest, but a real problem was before them.The army did not carry a lot of food. In order to run lightly and quickly during this section of the escape, they had already discarded all the food left. At this time, the people were tired and hungry, but they had nothing to eat.

Qin Zageng touched his already hungry stomach, and then he remembered that he hadn't eaten for a whole day.He didn't feel it when he was just running for his life, but now he relaxes, he only feels his stomach beating like a drum and his whole body is sore.

"Go find something to eat." Qin Zageng said to his subordinates.

"Helmsman, where can I find food in this barren mountain?" The stewards under him also had no food.

Qin Zageng looked at the river not far away: "Send some people to catch fish, and then send some people to search nearby. If there are villages and towns, grab some food."

"No." Xiong Kewu came over and quickly stopped him: "We are a revolutionary party, an army to save the people, and we must not plunder like the Houjin army."

"Wa Liuhazi, what time is this, and we still care about these things. Since we are the army to rescue the people, those people should contribute some food to feed us. This is a normal thing." Now it's like a bereaved dog The ordinary Qin Zageng doesn't care about these things, as long as he can get food, he can be a bandit.

After all, these people were Qin Zageng's subordinates, they didn't listen to Xiong Kewu's persuasion, they even gathered a group of people who still had weapons in their hands, and divided into several groups to go out to find food.

Shanatuo Village is an ancient village in the depths of Liangshan Mountain. It was built along the mountain, so there are only two walls.The Meng people have lived here for generations, and they have been living a paradise-like life by reclaiming hillsides and raising goats.

Chapter 162

After the time entered the second half of the nineteenth century, chaos began to appear in the land of Hualan, where foreigners ran rampant and bandits abounded. Although the Liangshan area was beyond the reach of foreigners, there were not many bandits at all.

With more and more bandits, the Meng tribe in Liangshan began to form a stronghold to protect themselves, but the bandits who came and went like the wind made them miserable. Until recently, after Zhao Shouhong took over the Jianchang Road, he began to make great efforts to suppress the bandits. In this way, the Liangshan area gradually settled down.After being recruited by Zhao Shouhong's various measures to benefit the people, the people of the Meng tribe became very fond of Zhao Shouhong and began to support his various policies, and they very much supported the strategy of establishing joint defense militias in various villages.

Now the militia training in the Liangshan area has just started, and the armed task force has only been stationed in the Shanatuo Village in the last month. The 50-odd Mengzu militiamen that have been mobilized have not even had time to deploy and issue guns.Originally, the Liangshan area was already a relatively stable place, but a day ago they began to receive a notice that a mob would pass through the Liangshan area, so the defense of the village has been significantly strengthened in the past two days.Even in the middle of the night, armed task forces and militiamen still patrolled the walls of the village in groups to prevent accidents.

Lao Chen is a bearded veteran. He is 35 years old this year and he is considered an old man in training. Although he was only a soldier in the training, he was promoted to squad leader after all the reserve players were filled into the team. , The armed task force this time was led by him.There are not many people in the armed task force, there are only twelve people in one squad, but each is equipped with Xiakou made rifles and grenades, and the combat effectiveness can still be guaranteed. In addition, more than 50 militiamen with big knives, spears, and steel forks in their hands. Attacks can resist for a while at least.

After receiving the alarm, Lao Chen took it very seriously. He was worried about those recruits standing guard, so he moved directly to the watchtower at the gate to sleep, and whenever he woke up at night, he would patrol the wall of the village.The soldiers and militiamen of the task force took turns to stand guard. On average, there were four militiamen and two soldiers deployed on each side of the wall.In the middle of the night, Lao Chen, who had taken a nap, put on his clothes and walked out of the watchtower, striding towards the wall of the village.

Walking around a corner, he saw a militiaman and a soldier lying on a crenel, pointing outside.Old Chen frowned. He strode up to the two of them and said, "What are you muttering about here? Stand guard for me. Be vigilant, and don't let the enemy take advantage of your loopholes."

"Yes, Captain. The two of us only came together to discuss something when we found some abnormalities. Captain, look, are those dark shadows outside a pack of wolves?" The soldier pointed to the outside of the wall.

Old Chen's attention was attracted, he raised his eyes and frowned immediately.A hundred meters away from the wall of the village, many black shadows were swaying. Their movements were very regular. Although they were moving very slowly, it could be seen that they were coming towards the village.

Is it a wolf?Lao Chen immediately denied this possibility, because wolves would not move so slowly, and there had never been such a large pack of wolves in the Liangshan area.Is it an enemy?It must be the enemy. Only the enemy who is planning to attack the village will be so careful.

"It's an enemy attack." Old Chen said in a low voice, "Don't scare the snakes. You split up and wake everyone up. All the work teams go up to the wall of the village, half of the militiamen will defend, and the remaining half will take the villagers to hurry up." Transfer to the back mountain."

Hearing that it was an enemy attack, the two sentries tensed up, and immediately followed Lao Chen's order, and went separately to gather people.Lao Chen was lying on the crenel, looking outside, and continued to monitor the enemy. At this time, he was also a little nervous, and his hand holding the rifle was even sweating slightly.

Taking a deep breath, Lao Chen tried hard to calm himself down. Although he only participated in the battle to exterminate the chieftain in Batang County, he is already the most experienced person in the village.Old Chen knew very well that now he was the backbone of the village, and if even he panicked, everyone here would not be able to survive.

Carefully unscrewing the caps of the four grenades in his arms one by one and putting them in a convenient place, and checking the loaded rifle in his hand again, Lao Chen finally felt calm.Weapons are the second life of a soldier, as long as he has a weapon in hand, he has the confidence to win.Slowly extend the muzzle of the gun out of the wall and aim at one of the shadows. At this time, the enemy must not get too close.At the same time, Lao Chen knew in his heart that he had to stand on his own until the brigade arrived.

With a crisp bang, an insurgent who was advancing on the cat's waist fell to the ground with a raised hand. "Damn it, there is an ambush, let's go together. Break through the stockade to grab food and women." A man shouted loudly outside, and soon the more than 200 people who came with him shouted. They either bowed their heads and rushed, or He raised the rifle in his hand and fired randomly at the wall of the village, and the battle started immediately.

"A mob." Lao Chen spat, and stretched out the muzzle of the gun again, and the gun rang out.These brave veterans fed by bullets all have good marksmanship, and they are sure to hit those fixed targets with random guns.

Seeing that a dozen people were about to rush under the wall of the village, Lao Chen picked up a grenade, put the fire ring in his index finger, and threw it out with a wave.With a loud bang, seven or eight enemies who were too densely formed fell down, startling those who charged.

"Run, there are guns in the stockade." Someone shouted, and many people ran back in a panic.

The steward who commanded these people shouted: "A group of cowards, don't run away, that's not a cannon, that's a bomb." He waved his rifle and killed a deserter, saying: "It's just a bomb, there are not many people on the other side, everyone All rush forward to me. If anyone escapes again, this guy is your role model."

Looking at the deserter whose head was shot at close range, the rebels had no choice but to turn back and continue to charge towards the wall.

"Captain, here we come." Three or four soldiers rushed over with a dozen militiamen, and the firepower on the wall was immediately strengthened.

"Captain, the villagers have begun to retreat, but it will take a certain amount of time. The village chief said that we have to hold out for at least half an hour. The rest of the soldiers are searching for the enemy nearby. If they are sure that only this side is being attacked, they will I will come." A soldier reported the situation.

"Cheer up, everyone, this time there are a lot of enemies, and there are some rifles." Lao Chen said to the people nearby: "No one is allowed to retreat. Behind us are all the folks. They betrayed to the enemy."

"Captain, don't worry, even if I die, I will die on the wall of the village." Several Mengzu militiamen expressed their opinions one after another.

Chapter 163 Fighting Against a Strong Enemy Alone

"Very good. When you are timid, think about the folks behind you. They can only rely on us." Lao Chen waved his hand: "There are guns to shoot, and the others are ready to fight."

As soon as Lao Chen issued the order, the few rifles that were left began to shoot one after another, and the not-intensive gunshots exploded on the wall of the village, accurately killing the rebels who were shooting.Taking advantage of the opportunity when the rifles of the two sides fired at each other, those rebels with swords and spears finally succeeded in approaching the wall of the village.

The walls of a small place like Shanatuo Village are not high, only about three meters, and two people can easily climb up by stacking arhats.Nowadays, the insurgents without ladders are most suitable to attack this kind of small stockade. After they approach the wall of the stockade, they immediately climb up in the way of stacking arhats.

A rebel army grabbed hold of the wall of the village and struggled to climb up, while the militia fighters who had been waiting for a long time swung their swords and chopped them off fiercely.The rebel soldier wanted to use the strength of his hands to prop himself up, but unexpectedly, ten fingers were chopped off by the militia soldier, and the man screamed and fell to the wall.

The militiamen guarding the wall forgot their fear, and they bravely rushed out to fight the enemies who were climbing the city. However, many people were injured by the opponent's rifles because they leaned out and exposed their targets.Hearing the gunshots, the rebels who were searching nearby gathered a lot of people, and their number quickly rose to nearly [-]. Although the people on the wall were supplemented by other militiamen, after this period of fighting, A dozen people were also lost, and the comparison between the numbers of the two sides was too great.

There were too few people defending, and the rebels finally climbed the wall.Seeing the opponent climbing up, the militiamen rushed out one after another, and the soldiers of the armed task force stopped shooting. They threw two grenades down the city to prevent the opponent's rear from supporting, and then they all pointed out their bayonet-mounted rifles. rushed up.

The hand-to-hand combat on the wall of the wall began quickly. The soldiers threw two grenades down the wall from time to time to prevent more enemies from entering the city. However, there were too many enemies and it was impossible to stop them. The grenades are almost exhausted.

More and more enemies ascended the city, but the soldiers and militiamen of the task force kept falling, and their defense situation was precarious.

"Captain, it's almost time, let's withdraw." A soldier approached Old Chen and said.At this time, the two sides were locked in a stalemate on the wall of the stronghold, and it was really difficult to separate.

Old Chen made a false shot and pierced a rebel's chest with a standard jab, then he half-turned and said to the soldier: "Let everyone retreat, take all the wounded, and the first team will follow me to cover. "