Lu Ming

At this time, the Baldy Ditch was completely in chaos.Most people turned around and ran back and forth, the scene was chaotic, the stampede had already begun, and some people had already drawn their knives, ready to cut down those who stood in front of them.

Fortunately, Lin Shiwan is clear-headed.The speed of this group of officers and soldiers was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and Su Tieqiang's death made him completely understand the truth in an instant: Today, Maling gangsters are completely indifferent.

So, looking forward to maintaining a bit of gangster vigor, he bent down and ran while shouting: "Disband, disband, run for your own life!" After hearing his shout, several relatives who surrounded him closely Sui also shouted at the same time.

In this way, those people who followed behind the team and only knew how to run were suddenly woken up—yes, why did they run back and forth?They've already broken up, they should scatter and run for their lives!

When the first round of gunfire was fired, the vanguard of the bandits had already almost reached the exit of Bald Zigou.However, when the big change happened suddenly, everyone turned around and ran back and forth, so these people followed the trend.

Now when they heard the shout, they suddenly realized: there is an exit behind them, so it is not too late to run out first, and then go back to the village afterward?

As a result, those who were closer to the exit began to turn around and run outside.In this way, the gangsters break out at both ends, and the situation of pushing and trampling each other is much less.

The gangster's convenience is the ambusher's inconvenience.The soldier's hit rate had already dropped sharply due to the thick white smoke in the ditch, and now they had to allocate their strength to block the other end, which was suddenly stretched.

Fortunately, some people still have big killers.

The next moment, two packages that were smoking and whistling were thrown down.The parcel landed at the intersection of both ends of Tuzigou, and a large number of bandits who avoided bullets by rocks, corpses and gunpowder smoke were passing through the valley at this time.

Then the package exploded.

With the explosion point as the center, the huge shock wave enveloped the gravel, and knocked down a large area of ​​bandits at the entrance of the valley in an instant.

Next came the musketeer rounds.

...Lin Shiwan hid under a huge boulder, shaking his head stunned by the shock wave, and took a look with his head out.

In just a few minutes, the bald ditch was already a mess.Corpses were everywhere in the ditch, and there were pools of blood everywhere.Remnants of limbs and broken feet were everywhere, and the injured bandits howled miserably while still struggling to crawl towards the mouth of the valley.

After spitting out the blood froth that was blown out of his mouth, Lin Shiwan stretched out his hand to stop several of his subordinates from charging out of the valley: "Don't worry, we'll talk about it after the rush is over."

Taniguchi, which symbolizes freedom and survival, is 50 meters away.Just now, Lin Shiwan and the others rushed over to take the explosive package when they were so hung up—a large number of bandits crowded in front took the thunder for them.

Realizing that the officers and soldiers overhead had such a powerful weapon, Lin Shiwan immediately lay down under a boulder with a few of his followers.

Not long after, under the reminder of the dense rain of bullets overhead, a large number of staggering, deaf and dazzled bandits gathered again. Amidst the shouts of Lin Shiwan's followers, another wave of customs clearance operations began up.

Then, as expected, another Qingyun went straight up and threw a big gift bag from the top of his head.

As soon as the shock wave of the explosion passed, seven or eight people with Lin Shiwan as the core rushed out from hiding behind the rock.

They lowered their heads, bowed their backs, their minds were dazed, and their feet staggered. Regardless of the gums and internal organs damaged by the shock wave, they just stepped forward on the corpses under their feet. If you don't rush now, you won't have a chance to rush.

In the end, after the large team suffered more than 400 casualties, and his core team paid the price of 3 more people, Lin Shiwan and the others finally braved the dense bullet rain, and together with a group of scattered bandits, rushed through the Taniguchi who became the gate of hell.

... The level is not so easy to rush after all.The soldiers above their heads were not dead. After discovering that their vision was completely blocked by gunpowder smoke and dust, Wei Yuan not only ordered all guns to be aimed at Taniguchi to fire blindly, but also made a decision to divide the troops.

To be honest, today is not a good day for ambushes.The wind in the nearby forest was very low, and the thick smoke that filled the ravine had not dissipated for a long time, which undoubtedly greatly reduced the efficiency of the ambush.

So Wei Yuan decisively divided his troops.

After leaving some people to block and shoot at the two valley entrances, Wei Yuan personally led the rest of the people to chase the bandits at the valley entrance in the direction of Tsushima Ridge. Just run to the lair.

So when Lin Shiwan and the others ran out of the valley, the ladder reserved above their heads was also thrown down, and a group of soldiers with rifles on their backs were quickly climbing down the cliff.

Wei Yuan was not in a hurry to go down.

Holding the binoculars, he took a closer look at the scattered bandits fleeing in a fan shape at his feet, then handed the binoculars to Yang Er beside him: "Look at those people."

Following the direction of Wei Yuan's finger, Yang Er picked up the binoculars and found the clue.There is a small team that is very eye-catching: 3 people firmly cover the man in the middle.

The formation was completely different from the scattered bandits nearby, and Yang Er immediately found out the truth: "The one in the middle wearing black is probably Lin Shiwan."

"That's right, young people have eyesight!" Wei Yuan smiled and praised his tired orderly.

Then Wei Yuan turned his face.

After hearing the sound of "choking", Wei Yuan pulled out the black crocodile from his lower back.

With a wave of his hand, he threw the sword to Yang Er: "Go and bring back Lin Shiwan's head."

"Ah!?" The young man was shocked.

"If you can't bring Lin Shiwan's head, you can go back to Hangzhou and be a thief. Let's get together and hang out. I don't raise waste here."

After confirming that Wei Yuan, who was looking at the scenery from a distance with a POSS, was not joking, Yang Er first had a look of incredulity, then his expression turned into aggrieved, and finally, the little thief's face finally became fierce, and his eyes were also blurred. Congestion starts.

The next moment, he held a knife in one hand and the ladder in the other, and slid down like a monkey.

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After Lin Shiwan and the others rushed out of the valley, they quickly parted ways with the rest of the bandits.

Most of the escaped people ran in the direction of Tsushima Ridge, but Lin Shiwan's team sneaked into a forest, and then ran in another direction.

"Master, take a rest, it will be easy to go into the woods, the officers and soldiers won't be able to catch up."

After all, Lin Shiwan's internal organs were injured by the explosives, so he ran slower and slower, and kept spitting blood along the way.

Seeing that he couldn't run anymore, one of his confidantes called Heilu supported him on a tree stump in the forest and sat down.

At this moment, Lin Shiwan clutched his chest and said out of breath, "Take a break... just rest for half a stick of incense, and leave when you're done."

"Master, why don't we go back to the village?" While Lin Shiwan was resting, another thin and dark man spoke.

"Go back, do you want to die?" Lin Shiwan said bitterly after coughing twice: "This group of officers and soldiers are so weak, before we go back, the village will be taken away!"

"Ah, what should I do?"

"Go back to the Lin family village." Lin Shiwan had already prepared: "Go back to the Lin family village to take shelter from the wind and recuperate. I have saved money in the village, and your benefits are indispensable."

Hearing what the big master said, smiles appeared on the faces of his cronies.

Then they saw Yang Er.

In the sun-dappled woods, a young man with a large purple-red birthmark on his face, wearing a green short coat, and carrying a strange gray long blade walked over from a distance.

"You two take the uncle first!"

When the tall and strong black donkey saw the pursuers, he immediately drew out his waist knife and went up to him.After rushing a few steps forward, the black donkey let out a loud shout, took a step forward and breathed out, and the waist knife slashed diagonally towards the opponent.This knife was swept out, it seemed ordinary, but it was powerful, imposing, and extremely fierce.

However, the black donkey's slash was in vain - the painted-faced opponent jumped out of his blade somehow deftly, and then the black donkey felt a chill in his waist.

When he stopped and turned his head to look, he found that his opponent had already passed him, and went straight to Lin Shiwan without looking back.

The black donkey was in a hurry, and just as he was about to turn around to block the enemy, a large stream of blood and minced meat spewed out from his waist, and a deep hole in his gut was only now exposed.

Seeing that the black donkey was dealt with in one round, Lin Shiwan, who was running desperately in front of him, stopped immediately and made the most favorable decision: the three of them stood shoulder to shoulder and took care of the powerful enemy Let's talk... Otherwise, no one can escape.

However, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny: this is the woods, and the black and thin bandit has not been able to outflank it, and his accomplice was cut off half of his head by Yang Er who was circling around a big tree.

Soon, the thin man followed in the footsteps of his brothers: the dagger in his hand was cut off by Yang Erlian with a knife.

As for Lin Shiwan, who was leaning on the knife and coughing while spitting blood, he no longer had the ability to resist.

The next moment, the head flew up.

Chapter 300 The Battle of Longyan (22)

The pursuit team led by Wei Yuan quickly left the fleeing bandits behind.

The panic-stricken fleeers will exhaust their energy in the process of fleeing, and will be killed by the seemingly slow-moving pursuers.

So shortly after these scattered bandits escaped from Taniguchi, they were chased by soldiers.After some were killed by musket fire, the rest had to leave the trail and burrow into the surrounding woods.

In doing so, they were left behind by their pursuers.Wei Yuan led 100 soldiers and had already resumed the marching ranks at this time, and went straight to the old nest in Tsushima Ridge along the trail.

At this moment, there are only dozens of old, weak, sick and disabled left in the bandit village in Tsushima Ridge—Lin Shiwan has already taken all the elite out.So when the special forces climbed up from the bottom of the watchtower and used short crossbows and throwing knives to deal with the sentry, it didn't cause any trouble.

Soon after, a large force of 100 people rushed along the narrow ridge.At this time, the unresponsive left-behind staff realized that something was wrong.However, the time left for them by the enemy was too short. When the troops rushed halfway to the ridge, the special forces team members who had been leisurely rang the small explosive package in front of the gate of the village, and the gate was blown open.

The smarter people have already escaped from the cave below the stockade, and the stupid ones are still running around in the stockade like headless chickens, and then they were shot to death by the soldiers who rushed in.In fact, there are still a few brain-dead ones: they are still robbing the silver taels in the public treasury at such a race against time... Needless to say, what will happen to this generation.

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In the evening of that day, the 100 soldiers who stayed in Tuzigou to clean up the battlefield escorted a group of prisoners back to Tsushima Ridge.The so-called "cleaning the battlefield" is actually just going down to catch prisoners and replenish guns. As for the corpses, there are naturally aftermath teams to take care of them.

The Red Spear Battalion was stationed at Tsushima Ridge that day.It was not until the evening of the next day that the "aftermath brigade" with as many as 500 people rushed from Longyan County to Tuzigou.

Originally, the first batch of manpower could not be used so much.But when Li Qianhu and the soldiers under him returned to the guard post with "Zai Yu", they became staunch revolutionary fighters overnight, vowing to be incompatible with the gangsters who killed the people.

So after inquiring that reinforcements were being organized here again, Li Qianhu, who was heartbroken for the country, came uninvited with 300 beggars in tattered clothes...

Considering that the social situation in Ningyang County is more complicated, and the mass base is not as solid as that of Longyan, Ding Liqiu took advantage of the situation and agreed to Li Qianhu's request—these people are still his own people, and they can be used in future suppression actions. get on.

After the 500 people came to Tuzigou, it only took half a day to clean up all the corpses and throw them off the cliff.

After that, the large army lingered in the bandit village for two days.After all the belongings were cleared away, the coalition army went down the mountain in mighty force and headed straight for Ningyang County... Behind them came the rumbling sound of explosions from the bandit village.

After a large number of people came to Ningyang County, the originally remote small county suddenly became as lively as a pot.

Ningyang County was originally just a guard city, a "township-level county" specially used to guard against bandits. In the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty, it was a standard poor country and a good place to send officials.

So as soon as Wei Yuan arrived in Ningyang County, he brandished official documents and took over all the authority of this palm-sized town—there is no county magistrate here, only a messy magistrate, so the takeover went smoothly.

Some beggars and third-class yamen servants in the county guards were also mobilized.At this time, the 300 "elites" brought by Li Qianhu played the role of maintaining discipline and "teaching by example".

When the local armed forces in Ningyang County got their "colleagues" to testify, knowing that following the boss would not only improve their lives and provide them with food, but also get rewards for money and opportunities to pick up junk, all of them immediately became eager to fight and bowed their heads.

Then Ding Liqiu came.

With 200 reinforcements from Xiamen, Ding Liqiu and Wei Yuan joined forces in Ningyang County.It was already the end of October, and after completing the last mission, Yilian had to rush back to the senior officers to attend the founding ceremony, so these 10 soldiers actually came to change defense.

What is the last task?Linjiazhai.

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Lin Sanmen supported the stone edge with both hands, looking out with fear in his eyes.

The outer walls of Hakka earth buildings are closed, and in order to prevent bandits, only narrow portholes are opened on the high parts of the walls.

Lin Sanmen is standing at the top of the Tulou gate.There is a reserved enemy platform here, and a large number of clan elites are guarding here with crossbows, gray bottles, and long hooks, and there is a rolling oil pan beside them.

Although Linjiazhai is a complex of earthen buildings, once something happens, the clansmen will automatically gather in the largest "ancestral building" of the Lin family.This ancestral building is not only solid and solid, but also has sufficient money and food, and there are moats and suspension bridges around it. It is the core building of the Lin family.

However, today Lin Sanmen stood on the earthen building that had sheltered the Lin family for many years, his eyes were full of despair.

... Lin Sanmen knew the news on the day that Lin Shiwan's gang ambushed in Tuzigou.After the scattered bandits ran away, some members of the Lin family naturally thought of going home just like Lin Shiwan.

After Lin Sanmen heard the news, he was shocked immediately.He then not only ordered the clansmen to gather their wealth, money and food in the ancestral building, but also sent spies to inquire about the news.

As the spies returned one after another, bad news continued to come.

Bald Valley is littered with corpses... Tsushima Ridge has been breached... Green-coated officers and guards have occupied the county town... Officials and troops are coming to attack Linjiazhai...

The bad news was approaching step by step, but Lin Sanmen had nothing to do.The biggest reliance of the toubob: the bandits have been wiped out.And the so-called intertwined local relations disappeared after Wei Yuan took control of the county.

By this time, the extermination of Linjiazhai has become politically correct, and no one who is not open-minded dares to talk about it: the crime of banditry is to beheaded and ransacked.The biggest official in Ningyang County is just a county magistrate like a chicken, and the rest of the earth sticks are desperately carrying rice and grain to work in the army, and there is really no one who is mentally retarded.

In fact, Lin Sanmen also sent an envoy, intending to hide from the wave in front of him first.

However, Wei Yuan's conditions were unacceptable to him: [-] men, women, old and young from the Lin family would all surrender, leave the house clean, and wait for the officers and soldiers to be dispatched.

What's the difference between that and letting them kill themselves?Everyone knows the brutality and greed of the officers and soldiers. If they surrendered unconditionally, it would be worse than committing suicide—at least suicide can be clean, and they don’t have to watch the officers and soldiers rob their homes and bully women and children.

Therefore, the Lin family, who shared the same hatred with the enemy, decided to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers.

The members of the Lin family who became a vulnerable group overnight will never remember those innocent people who were killed and robbed by bandits over the years.

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After three days of reorganization in the county, the coalition brigade with strong morale set off early this morning... The Lin family members were already ready for battle at this time.

However, as the head of the clan, Lin Sanmen knew that his family was about to face a catastrophe.

The information channel Lin Sanmen possesses is not accessible to ordinary clansmen.He knew that the officers and soldiers who came this time were no small matter, they were not officers and soldiers in the general sense, and if Linjiazhai relied on perseverance, it would probably be unstoppable.

If it is according to his own opinion, he might as well offer gold and silver and surrender voluntarily... No matter what the outcome is, it is better than being broken into the stockade and all the clansmen become prisoners of war.

However, his opinion is nothing compared to the internal political correctness of the Lin family where the clan elders "resisted to the last moment".

So when he stood at the gate of the village today and saw the strange but orderly troops on the other side of the trench, he was filled with fear.

The composition of the coalition forces is as follows: 400 regular troops, 500 laborers from Longyan County + cavalry troops, and 500 local cavalry troops + 500 civilian husbands provided by large local households.

The tasks of the latter two are mainly encirclement and blockade.As for attacking and breaking down the stronghold, including taking care of the spoils afterward, the regular troops from Longyan and Li Qianhu and the others will be in charge—they are veterans and know the rules of the crossing crowd.

Lin Sanmen was going to leave after looking at the opponent's military appearance for a while.He doesn't know how to fight, and he wasn't in charge here.

However, the next moment, the chubby Mr. Liu, the Prime Minister of Ningyang County, came out of the queue.Master Liu had a little friendship with Lin Sanmen at first, but today, under the gaze of thousands of eyes from both sides, no one cares about that friendship anymore.

I saw the county magistrate in an official robe, trembling to the front of the trench, took out a call to action from his sleeve, and read it aloud.

The call-to-action is very short, and there are only a few words in total, and the content is even more cliché: urge the members of the Lin clan not to make mistakes again and again, to fight against the government, and to open the door early to surrender, so as not to add a "resisting heavenly soldiers" to the crime of "collaborating with bandits". "The charge of treason and so on.

After Liu Xiancheng finished reading the proclamation, the official papers of both sides were also finished. Five minutes later, seeing Wei Yuan who was unresponsive in the Lin Family Tulou, he waved his hand and gave the order to attack.