Lu Ming

Following Ding Liqiu's loud shout, the soft-footed headband on Wang Zhubo's head was knocked off by the majestic Jin Yiwei, and then his knee was stepped on, and a certain father and son were very swift. Wang Yuanzai, who was kneeling on the ground, was tied up.

Looking at Wang Zhubo who was speechless in horror, Ding Liqiu smiled and finally said to him: "I'm afraid you don't know that there is a word called background check. Well, by the way, your nephew who was killed by bandits , In fact, because of the uneven distribution of spoils, he died in an antagonism with his own family...Am I right?"

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When Ding Liqiu, who stayed behind, was cleaning up the ghosts and monsters in the county, Wei Yuan had already taken the main force of the Red Spear Battalion to have breakfast in the forest 50 miles away.

The term "Red Spear Camp" was actually named temporarily after coming to Longyan.This force is a regiment, a battalion, and a company of the Imperial Army.

Counting the defenders of the fort, the regular imperial army, which is less than a regiment in later generations, is the most important mobile force.

To apply the description of later generations: This is an army with a long history, born in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the same age as the Empire.

This is a meritorious company with outstanding military exploits. It has gone through a series of wars such as the Tainan Public Security War, the Zheng Zheng War, and the Taipei Colonial War. It is the minion of the empire's external expansion.

This is a sharp knife company with excellent military skills.All soldiers have undergone more than a year of hard training and participated in many actual battles.A large number of top soldiers with excellent qualities and political qualifications have emerged in the team one after another—these people have now been promoted to officers one after another, and have become the seeds and backbone of the new army.

We have no doubt that this army of heroes will become the cradle of generals in the future.

... Wei Yuan set off with his troops at exactly 12 o'clock last night.Since it was a long-distance raid, the soldiers all carried individual luggage and dry food.

As the core of tactics, the equipment is naturally the best.

The all-green "jungle style" military uniform with a cotton mechanism is similar in shape to the camouflage uniforms of later generations, but the color is a bit rough... There is no way, even migrant workers wear camouflage in later generations, but it is also a digital camouflage programmed by computers , The fabrics with chemical fiber blends are not produced by a certain cottage force in the 17th century.

The dry food carried by the soldiers is compressed biscuits brought from the officers.This kind of high-calorie compressed biscuit wrapped in oiled paper, mixed with beef, sugar, oil, and nuts, is doped with precious sodium nitrite, which is a special supplement that can only be used during wartime.

As for the weapons, needless to say, Erba Big Cover + Explosive Pack, this combination can probably be used until the end of the world.

Guided by flashlights, fluorescent vests, infrared night vision goggles, and nearby special forces, the well-trained soldiers, wearing cowhide boots, walked silently and quickly on the official road, just like the ghost soldiers in the story.

Anyone who has seen old photos of the late Qing Dynasty knows that the so-called "official road" in ancient times is actually a muddy ditch below the road after leaving the city.

Both sides of this kind of mud ditch are messy and pressed out ruts.On a main road like Beijing and Tianjin, the width of the road surface can only allow two horse-drawn carriages to cross each other.

Therefore, when the emperor travels, the loess padded road is not just for pretending: to pass through the deep ruts on both sides, if one is not careful, the wooden wheel will be misplaced or sunk. Wouldn't it be bad to throw it out and eat dirt?

... The official road of Longyan in the 17th century was not so particular: the road outside the county town has few ruts, and there are narrow, undulating, and dilapidated dirt roads everywhere: this is a mountainous area, where pack horses and donkeys are popular, There are very few carriages.

Even so, official roads are still very important compared to those forest trails—troops must use official roads to travel more distances before dawn, otherwise it will be more troublesome during the day.

Fortunately, the soldiers in the company are all elite, and they often conduct night march training, so the march that night was very fast.After two short breaks on the road, by dawn, the troops had traveled more than 60 miles northeast of Longyan and arrived in Ningyang County, about 30 miles away from Tsushima Ridge on the mountain road.

At this time, the soldiers can take a good rest in a col on the roadside.

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The plan of the whole campaign is as follows: yesterday morning, the cross-travelers have conveyed the false news of today's departure to the gangsters through the traitors.

After sending out the false news, the troops will march in a hurry that night, with the goal of arriving at the ambush site not far from Tsushima Ridge as early as possible during the next day.

As for the gangsters, because the information they got was wrong: the officers and soldiers would bring cannons and kill them slowly, so they would be dispatched very late.

According to the normal marching logic of the Ming Dynasty's army, the army would have to walk nearly 100 miles of mountain roads to reach the county town at the earliest that night. As for launching an attack, it would have to spend the night first.

So Wei Yuan is not in a hurry now, just arrive at the preset location before noon.

After eating dry food, drinking the water in the iron kettle, and resting for an hour, the troops set off again.At this time, although it was already bright, in order to avoid pedestrians, the speed of the troops was slower than at night: the mountain trails were in poor condition, and in order to reduce the rate of non-combat attrition, the marching speed had to be reduced.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the troops passed through the gangster's preset ambush point: Huluyu.

As its name suggests, Huluyudi is composed of two connected circular basins.These two basins are large and small, with narrow mouths in the front, back and middle, surrounded by smooth cliffs, dense forests and rocks on top, and are most suitable for ambushes, where the weak can defeat the strong.The bandit only needs to push down the rock from the top of his head to block the narrow opening at the moment of activation, and then continue to push the stone.

Huluyu is not only dangerous in terrain, but also the only way to Tsushima Ridge.They were also very cautious before crossing Huluyu. The large forces entered one after another under the observation and command of the special forces who went around to the commanding heights in advance.

After passing through the Hulu Valley, the troops walked another seven or eight miles on the mountain road. At this time, the ambush point belonging to the crossing people finally came in front of them: Tuzigou.

Travelers have very low requirements for ambushes: as long as there are no gullies, dark passages, and stone forests that can help prey escape... Bald Ditch is very suitable.

A long stone ditch with smooth cliffs as high as more than 20 meters on both sides. Except that the front and rear intersections are relatively wide, which is not suitable for closing the door and beating dogs, everything else is good.

The bandit brigade starting from the direction of Tsumaling also had to go to Tuzigou first if they wanted to go to Huluyu to ambush the officers and soldiers.At that time, there will be no special forces above the bandits' heads to help find the enemy with binoculars and infrared search devices. Let's wait and see.

After the troops arrived near Tuzigou, they were divided into two. Led by the special forces who had scouted the terrain in advance, they walked along the stone path on the cliff to the woods above Tuzigou.

From this moment on, the 200 soldiers who were divided into two by Tuzigou officially entered a state of ambush.

According to the deduction, if the gangsters think that the officers and soldiers can only spend the night near Ningyang County in the evening, then the best time for them to go to Huluyu, more than 20 miles away, is the early morning of tomorrow.

So the troops need to lie in ambush from noon until tomorrow morning. Of course, the deduction is only on paper after all, and the gangsters may move ahead or postpone their actions, so the troops must always remain vigilant.

Chapter 298 Longyan Battle (Twenty)

The days of ambush are very boring.You can't make noise, you can't make a fire to cook hot food, you can only use the nearby mountain spring with bleach powder to fill your hunger with compressed dry food.

Fortunately, the soldiers all brought their personal luggage, and the logistics also prepared the insect exterminator: DDT, so the troops could get a full rest in the simple camp.

DDT, an organochlorine compound, is a great killer against all kinds of insects and malaria.However, this emulsion-type insecticide will spread and accumulate along the biological chain from the bottom to the top. The preparation originally used to kill insects eventually led to the extinction of the bald eagle in North America... Due to its high pollution, It was once banned in later generations.

A small amount of DDT synthesized in the laboratory of Kiln District Chemical Factory was originally only used for samples and teaching purposes.However, considering that this mission was the first time for the imperial troops to fight in the hinterland of the Ming continent, it was of great symbolic significance, so the military still applied for a little DDT for the first company.

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The ambush that started at noon continued into the evening.During this period, Wei Yuan has been keeping in touch with various people through the antenna set up on the top of the tree.

Knowing that the county seat had already collected the nets, Wei Yuan ordered the formation of the "Aftermath Team" to start early tomorrow morning.If all goes well, the battle should be over here before noon tomorrow, and the aftermath team with pack horses will be able to rush to the bandit village the day after tomorrow at the latest to carry out the family plan: ransacking the house + blasting.

And Wei Yuan's most important communication partner is the special warfare unit responsible for monitoring the bandits in Tsushima Ridge.Du Dewei personally leads people to monitor the front of the bandit village, and will send a contact signal every hour, and report any special situation at any time.

However, except for the scattered bandits who came in and out of the village in twos and threes, Wei Yuan did not receive any news of the bandits leaving the village on a large scale until night fell.In this way, Wei Yuan went to rest after arranging the sentries——replenish his energy and talk about it tomorrow.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Wei Yuan stood by the telegraph early.As he was pacing back and forth, he was undoubtedly anxious at the moment: the reason why the troops marched here in a hurry overnight was because they expected the enemy to be lenient.

But what if the bandits don't cooperate?

If the bandits have no compulsion at all about the marching speed of the Red Gun Battalion, then this situation may arise: the bandits think that the tired officers and soldiers dragging the cannons can only walk thirty or fifty miles a day, so the bandit brigade remains on hold today and will have to wait until tomorrow I just went down the mountain.

Although this situation is unlikely: Lin Shiwan has been able to rule the world for so many years, theoretically, he should not be so arrogant and treat a strong enemy as a weak chicken.But now Wei Yuan has no idea. If such a bad situation happens, he will have to lead his troops to lurk for one more day, and Longyan's backup will also be suspended, so he is quite anxious now.

Time passed minute by minute while waiting anxiously. At 7 o'clock in the morning, when the sun was rising, Wei Yuan did not wait for the news from the front, but waited for the news from the lookout nearby: someone passed by the bald ditch at the foot.

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Crouching on the edge of the cliff, watching the two disappearing figures with binoculars, Wei Yuan keenly felt that there was a high probability that the two pedestrians who hurried to the direction of the bandit village early in the morning were planted by the bandits. A spy from Ningyang County.

"Notify the front to observe closely and not obstruct."

About an hour after Wei Yuan issued the order, as expected, the two men entered the bandit village.Now the voyeurs are all in high spirits, Wei Yuan has a premonition that the gangsters will definitely make moves next!

The action appeared quickly: at around 8 o'clock in the morning, a person hurried out of the bandit village, Su Tieqiang... An hour later, Su Tieqiang stood in the woods above the bald ditch, looking at Wei Yuan and him in surprise. A large number of soldiers behind.

"Old Su, are you here to meet the troops?" Wei Yuan leaned on his chin and asked playfully.

"Yes, yes!" Su Tieqiang's face was full of surprise in the next moment: "I was going to go to Huluyu to meet the army, but I didn't want to meet the general here. It's really fast!"

"Hehe, we came here yesterday, didn't you expect that?"

"Awesome!" Su Tieqiang stretched out his thumb at this moment.The next moment, he said excitedly: "Since that's the case, I'll go back to the village and help the general find out when I'm young."

After Su Tieqiang said this, he turned around and planned to leave.

However, there was a huge palm on his shoulder.After holding down the cycad gun, Wei Yuan smiled and said to him: "You should rest here, 10 minutes ago, Lin Shiwan's brigade came out."

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Lin Shiwan was dressed in black homemade cloth and short brown, holding a sharp knife. He was standing on the dangerous stone in front of the Tsushima Ridge Gate, looking at the bandits rolling out from under his feet, his eyes were fierce.

After receiving the news sent overnight from Longyan yesterday, Lin Shiwan began to prepare for today's battle.

Not only did he send an order to recall all the local bandits who could fight nearby to the cottage, but he also urgently transported a large amount of supplies from his own home, the Lin Family Tulou.

Although all kinds of intelligence have proved that the officers and soldiers are capable of attacking fortified areas this time, Lin Shiwan, as the leader of the all-powerful bandits, was not scared out of his wits after all.

His plan was: first, ambush the officer in Huluyu, and if the officer still has the ability to attack the stronghold afterwards, they should be able to defend for a period of time by virtue of the natural danger.Even if he lost, then he, Lin Shiwan, had fought against the officers and soldiers, he didn't embarrass the green forest, and it would not be too late to run away.

If you don't even dare to fight, how will you lead the team in the future?

Lin Shiwan has his trump card: the karst caves and stone forests under the bandit village in Tsushima Ridge are the confidence to support his entire strategic decision-making.If the gangsters finally lose their hold and want to run away, no one can stop them.

So today he came out in full force as planned—when the spies from Ningyang County came to report early in the morning that they had not seen the officers and soldiers, Lin Shiwan knew he had to go out.

... No matter whether this group of officers and soldiers deliberately avoided Ningyang County by taking a narrow path, or they were procrastinating and still tens of miles away, Lin Shiwan did not intend to take any risks.He also had to expect the enemy to be wide, and lead people to ambush in Huluyu in advance to take the initiative.

So shortly after the cycad gun was released to seduce the officers and soldiers, Lin Shiwan led 500 elites selected from all the gangsters down the mountain.

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The marching speed of the army is still very fast.Being a bandit in the mountainous area of ​​northwestern Fujian is like being a young and Dangerous boy in Causeway Bay.

All the bandits wore neat short clothes, and some of the old ones wore cloth leggings.These men walked like flying, as if they were walking on the rough ground; at the same time, they maintained good marching discipline: no one made a lot of noise.

Bandits are not born with the ability to drive quietly, they are forced out.On weekdays, no matter whether it is going down the mountain to rob or ambush caravans, noise is a big taboo: human voices will spread far in the silent mountains, and once the cavalry and villages are prepared, bandits who lack the ability to attack fortifications will suffer.

However, today things are not going well.

The large group of gangsters had just set out and walked three or four miles, when a shrill cry resounded through the mountains and forests.Shocked by the sound, Lin Shiwan hurriedly ordered the team to suspend, and then rushed to the end of the team with his entourage, and found the bandit who made the scream: Chen Jinfu.

Chen Jinfu is not very old, he is a standard second generation bandit.His father has long since retired, and this Chen Jinfu is here to take up the post, and today is the first time he goes on a mission with everyone.

Seeing the young Chen Jinfu with a pale face, Master Lin rushed over without asking the reason, and slapped his face several times: "Holding grass, your mother is mourning? Didn't your father teach you the rules of walking?"

"There are strange insects, there are strange insects!" Chen Jinfu, who had been slapped several times, was trembling at this moment, but he still told what he had just glimpsed: "There is a strange insect the size of a kale on the treetop. , red eye worm!"

When Chen Jinfu said this, he stretched out his hands and drew a circle the size of a washbasin.

"Oh, there is no one in the old Chen's house. I think it scares this kid." Hearing this, Lin Shiwan shook his head sadly, and a group of old gangsters beside him also laughed at the same time. stand up.

Patting the shoulder of the second-generation bandit who was pale with fright and suffered from pre-war hallucinations, Lin Shiwan said viciously to him: "Follow me honestly, if you dare to speak again, I will slash you with a knife!"

The team went on.

In the marching team this time, there was a little more relaxed atmosphere: the strange hallucinations of rookie bandits brought pleasure to everyone.

However, today is indeed an evil door. When the main force was still three miles away from Tuzigou, a strange thing happened again: a long-standing bandit also screamed.

Lin Shiwan, who was furious, immediately pulled out his waist knife, and rushed to the old bandit, ready to slash.

The old bandit knelt down with a "plop": "The boss is an iron spider the size of a basin. The little one dare not lie to you."

Lin Shiwan rushed over with flying legs: "Tie your mother, have you all been scared out of your wits by the officers and soldiers? If you dare to act recklessly, just speak according to my knife!"

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Half an hour later, under the command of the furious Da Dangjia, the team silently entered the Bald Valley.

The overall length of Tuzigou is not long, about one mile.The terrain in the ditch, including the intersections at both ends, is very spacious, and there are many huge boulders on the ground. To be honest, this is not an ambush point in the traditional sense-even if you are in ambush, the ambushed can easily retreat.

So the brigade of gangsters hurried in: the target Huluyu was not far ahead, just across the ditch.

The next moment, Lin Shiwan, who was walking in the middle of the team, stopped again.This time, there was no need for someone to scream anymore. A large number of people, including Lin Shiwan, could clearly see the big "iron spider" above their heads.

This "iron spider" is black all over, and the four black iron feet reflect white light.It was making a small buzzing sound at the moment, hovering in the air about ten meters above Lin Shiwan's head.Even at noon when the sun was shining, the pair of glass-like compound eyes on the iron spider still emitted a strange red light.

Lin Shiwan, who has excellent eyesight, even saw the two conspicuous white words "DJI" on Iron Spider's body.

Although Lin Shiwan was illiterate, is he still needing to be able to read at this time?He just needs to be sure that it is a word-it is a word, it means man-made, and if it is man-made, this iron spider must have an owner.

Immediately, Lin Shiwan thought of those short-haired manipulators who manipulated various organs and irons to build infrastructure.The next moment, he yelled out with chills all over his body: "No, there is an ambush, retreat quickly!"

Before the words were finished, the first person who responded to the head of the family appeared: he uttered a long and tragic cry, and flew down from the sky above the cliff.

Chapter 299 The Battle of Longyan (21)

The human body that fell from the sky made a difficult movement of turning more than 1000 degrees in the air.What is rare is that the contestants maintained a standard posture throughout the whole process, and their hands and feet did not spread out.Even after he hit the rocks and landed, it was the same.

At the same time as the sound of the broken waist was heard, the long screams came to an abrupt end.

Lin Shiwan trembled and took a step forward - the flying man landed a few steps ahead of him.

Take a closer look, who is it if it's not a cycad gun?

At this moment, the cycad gun was tied up with ropes, its body had been bent into a strange angle, and it was spitting out blood one after another, and it seemed that it was about to die.

And when Lin Shiwan and the group of people around him looked up, what they saw was a row of gun barrels protruding from both sides of the cliff.

"Run!" Lin Shiwan turned around, bent over, and shouted.

"Fire!" Wei Yuan gave the order with his electric horn.

There was a loud "bang", and two rows of thick white smoke rose from both sides of the cliff at the same time. Nearly 100 bandits were knocked to the ground in the first round of firing with the highest visibility.

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Amidst the huge echo, the second round of volleys started quickly, and dozens of bandits fell in response.