Lu Ming

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In the end, trembling, confused, step by step, the bandit suppression warriors moved to the open gate of Yantou Village after pushing each other step by step, and then they saw corpses all over the ground.

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Standing on the square with a knife, Master Qianhu looked at his subordinates who were sitting next to the corpse and was eating chicken, and finally understood the meaning of Ding Liqiu's words before departure: "I told you to go to catch the leak."

They really came to pick up the loopholes: when 200 warriors rushed into Yantou Village, they experienced heaven and hell. no more.

By the time the dumbfounded insiders came to their senses, five or six people had already gulped down the wine in the altar.

The next moment, Li Qianhu, who was told the truth, jumped and chopped down a fool who was drinking... The scene was stopped, but those who had already drunk were like people who drank paraquat in later generations Same, they look alive and kicking, but they are actually hopeless... unless they can teleport to the hospital on Dayuan Island.

The funny and absurd bandit suppression operation started amidst the weird chewing sound.These soldiers, whose rank is only enough to be "joint defense team members", immediately transformed into robbers after they found out that they had become the masters of this place.

They not only stuffed ready-made things into their mouths, but also opened the grain storehouse of the bandit village, took out rice, salt, chicken and duck from it, and began to boil them in a large pot, without treating themselves as outsiders.

In addition, some people also tried to attack the public treasury - which contained silver and goods.

The group of five who watched coldly and the masked Nan Wang, apart from sending a report to the foot of the mountain, did not intend to stop these people at all: If Li Qianhu can't suppress the bullet, then he is incompetent. ledger.

Fortunately, Master Qianhu was also aware of the development of the situation, so he and his soldiers used machetes and bird guns to stop this brain-dead act of robbing the public treasury in time: "Grab a penny and kill everyone" to help everyone cool down. down.

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After eating and drinking, the spirits of the soldiers relaxed.Only then did Qianhu dare to arrange errands for these people.

As mentioned earlier, the Weisuo military system in the late Ming Dynasty had degenerated into a de facto semi-serf system, and generals at all levels oppressed the military households under them extremely cruelly.

Lack of food, naked clothes, and betrayal of wives and daughters has become the norm.Over the years, a large number of military households have fled, and the relationship between "cadres and the masses" has risen to the level of "hate".

What's funny is that most of the time, the guards still need military households to contribute.This kind of situation is not a big problem when defending the homeland. After all, if the robbers succeed, everyone will suffer.

However, in an active attack similar to today's, the generals' control is actually very weak: the team may collapse at any time, and the generals themselves are in a state of being "blacked out" at any time.

Therefore, Li Qianhu did not dare to push too much at this meeting. After guarding the most important bank, these people went to eat and drink. After the situation stabilized, he began to issue orders.

The first step, of course, is to clean up the body.

The heads of Ma Shixia and several leaders were chopped off and packed, and they were going to take them back to claim credit.

The other bandits weren't so lucky.The shabby military households laughed and stripped the man clean, then threw their corpses off the back cliff, leaving them in the wilderness.

Those who can come out to be bandits wear at least thick earthen cloth. These clothes are rare and good materials for poor military households.

After looting all the clothes and personal belongings from the bandits, it was already dark, and about 200 people camped in the stockade overnight.

Tonight, the lights in Yantou Village were brightly lit, and a large pile of firewood was taken out to burn the fire. If it wasn't enough, there were buildings—it couldn't be taken away anyway.

Early the next morning, when the military households were happily eating white rice and boiled bacon, the support team from the mountain came.

These people were sent by Ding Liqiu, a joint team composed of the guards of various merchants and activists among the migrant workers.A team of nearly 300 men brought pack horses and muskets, and once they arrived, military operations were of little importance.

Soon, Master Qianhu fulfilled his promise under the instigation of the supervising army: he gave each soldier 2 taels of silver in cash, and also allowed each of them to take away 20 catties of rice and a little salt.

As a result, the military households who came to pick up the big leak with big bags on their backs were happily sent home. Only Li Qianhu and a few soldiers were left on the scene.

Oh, by the way, the military households also carried away the corpses of their own people-they died before nightfall, sacrificed on the wine table, and suffered from work-related injuries.

Chapter 296 Longyan Battle ([-])

It is much more convenient for migrant worker activists to direct.They put all the goods in the silver vault into boxes, then sealed them, and tied them to the pack horses together with some valuable sundries.

When they were ready, the caravan guards began to surround the packhorse team down the mountain.There are not only riches in this team, but the mysterious figure Nan Wang also returned to the county seat with the team on a sliding pole.

After the nearly 200 people left behind searched the bandit village carefully, 150 of them also carried all the rough goods down the mountain one after another—food, knives and guns, pots and pans, all were taken away.

Among the remaining 50 people, the core consisted of two technical backbones specially sent by Ding Liqiu from the coal mining site, as well as some coal miners.

These two were the first Hangzhou immigrants to go to Dayuan.Today, the first batch of literate immigrants, as well as those who were originally skilled and then worked hard to learn language and numeracy, have become the backbone of all walks of life.They have borrowed houses and wives, and they are all successful people.

Today these two are blasting experts.When the packhorse team went up the mountain, they brought mine explosives.

After dividing the remaining 50 people into two teams, the blasting expert ordered his subordinates to start planting explosives.

There are two explosion spots: one is the ridge in front of the village gate, and the other is a line of sky.

The miners first made a row of blastholes on the ridge with tools such as steel drills and pickaxes produced in the kiln area, and then the technicians buried some diatomaceous earth explosives in the blastholes with their own hands.

This kind of explosive was invented by Nobel, and it is very suitable for mine use: nitroglycerin is absorbed with diatomaceous earth, and the efficiency is 5 times that of black powder.Although it is not as powerful as pure nitroglycerin, the main disadvantages of nitroglycerin, such as sensitivity to vibration and temperature, and difficulty in transportation, have also been effectively eliminated.

After burying the explosives and detonators, people retreated to the Tianshan Pass. The next moment, the explosives were detonated.

A series of loud bangs reverberated in the endless mountains, smoke and dust rose into the sky from the ridge, and piles of rocks rolled down like waterfalls, and a huge gap of more than 30 meters was soon exposed on the spot.

Feeling the slight tremor under his feet, the technician who counted the holes silently said: "The last shot didn't go off", and then called everyone to retreat into the sky.

If this is in a mine, then someone needs to go to troubleshoot now...the trouble with a high mortality rate, often someone takes a dirt plane.However, this squib is no longer used today, and from now on, no one will come here again.

When the first group of people retreated into the first line of sky, they found that the second group was also ready.So everyone continued to retreat along the road, and when they reached a safe distance, they detonated the first line of sky according to the cat and the tiger.

The road down the mountain was long, but it was Li Qianhu who turned back frequently at the end of the line.

Looking at the first-line skyline that had been blown up, someone couldn't help but sigh with emotion.The vicious reputation spread far and wide, and the gangsters in Yantou Village that he never dared to provoke were all poisoned to death by the short-haired spies.

What shocked him even more was the blasting action.In the future, even if someone wants to go to the mountain to become a bandit, it is impossible to use the natural danger here to make a comeback... This way of cutting grass and roots is too weird and too...extravagant, which makes Li Qianhu sigh.

The matter of Yantou Village was actually over the moment the bandits picked up the wine bowl, and everything after that was a mop-up operation.

In fact, as a secondary direction in the entire bandit suppression strategy, the "resources" allocated to Yantouzhai were not many, at best it was Nanwang and some "joint defense team members".

As for the Red Spear Battalion, the main force to suppress the bandits, the focus has always been on the Lin Shiwan gang in Tsushima Ridge, and the rest of the resources have to be spent on intelligence collection, so there is not much energy left to pay attention to the Yantouzhai. side.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong. Comrade "Chemist" was very helpful. The Yantouzhai side collectively raised their braids, which relieved a lot of burden for the main force.

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Rewind time to yesterday morning, the moment when Li Qianhu led the joint defense team to set off.

After Wei Yuan hastily received Li Qianhu outside Tianhou Palace, he handed him over to Ding Liqiu, and then Wei Yuan hurried back to the headquarters.

The headquarters is busy today: Soldiers with swords, spears and guns are everywhere, and staff officers walk back and forth, abruptly creating a pre-war atmosphere of chilling.

After Wei Yuan entered the door, he took a long stride to the desk with the map on it.He first nodded left and right to express his apology, and then said loudly: "Master Li from the Thousand Households Office has already taken his troops to Yantou Village. If you don't intend to seek victory, it will not be difficult to hold the horse for a few days."

"In this way, the time has come. The Red Spear Battalion will set off early tomorrow morning, and attack Tsushima Ridge early the next morning. This time, we will definitely wipe out the gangsters and return Longyan's father and elders to a peaceful and prosperous life!"

As the sonorous words fell, Wei Yuan's fist also hit the map on the table, and a strong breath of anti-Japanese drama emerged from him.

After Wei Yuan gave the order, several squad leaders around the table also gave the order at the same time, making the whole script look very professional, including the maps on the table and on the wall - without contour lines and various marks of ancient maps.

Wei Yuan was also very satisfied to see his subordinates fighting in high spirits, so he nodded and waved his hand to signal the end of the meeting.After everyone dispersed, Wei Yuan summoned the only government figure present at the meeting: Wang Yuanzai and Wang Zhubo.

After going out with Wang Zhubo, Wei Yuan took him to the playground while expressing his grand thanks to Wang Zhubo—for this period of time, Lao Wang has become a model for the county government to support the army. kind of strong support.

And Wang Yuanzai was naturally humble at the moment.

While talking, the two walked to the side of the playground: there are two 8-pound bronze cannons here.

"Old Wang, these two cannons were smuggled in after dark, just to give Lin Shiwan a surprise when he attacked the bandit village." Wei Yuan patted the shiny bronze cannon barrels twice. : "You can't lose the chain tomorrow, the recruited civilian husband must work hard!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuanzai replied with a smile: "My lord, please don't worry, all the masters in the world will not work hard if they pay enough money!"

"Hahaha." The two laughed together.

After discussing the artillery, they went to an inconspicuous side room in the side courtyard: Erwuzi Cycas Tieqiang was waiting in the room.

After seeing the Cycas Tiegun, Wei Yuan first seriously informed him of the news that the troops would leave tomorrow, and then ordered him to return to the bandit village to find out the news. When the big troops arrived tomorrow night, he would find a way to connect with the troops and report to the bandits latest news from .

Su Tieqiang immediately agreed without hesitation.

Wei Yuan, who was very satisfied with Erwuzi's attitude, immediately took out a gold ingot weighing 10 taels to reward him; then, in front of Wang Zhubo, Wei Yuan promised a large reward of silver again, so that Come, the host and guest are happy.

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After dismissing Wang Zhubo and Su Tieqiang, Wei Yuan returned to the headquarters again.At this time, Lin Dajin, a simple and honest chicken seller, was already waiting for him in a neat homemade short gown.

After Wei Yuan saw Lin Dajin, he said to him gently: "Dajin, have you considered that you will go to Tuomaling tomorrow, are you willing to lead the way for the army?"

Lin Dajin said in a tone that had already made up his mind: "The villain's success today depends entirely on the general. Tomorrow Dajin will definitely serve the general, there is no doubt about it!"

Hearing this, Wei Yuan patted Lin Dajin's short shoulder with emotion: "Oh, I'm still reliable. Dajin, don't worry, I will guarantee you a large reward when things are done!"

"Thank you, General." Lin Dajin knelt down on the spot and kowtowed three times to Wei Yuan.

"Get up." Wei Yuan bent down to help Lin Dajin up, and then said to him: "Go back and get ready, you will spend the night in the camp tonight, and leave with the team tomorrow."

Pausing for a while, Wei Yuan laughed again and said, "Come early, I'm here to let you watch movies."

Lin Dajin nodded excitedly: He knew that this group of short-haired people had a glass plate in their hands, and inside it were some lifelike small figures, sometimes singing operas, sometimes fighting, Lin Dajin could take a few glances every time ...he is no stranger to ipads.

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After everything was ready, the show started.

At exactly 12 o'clock that night, Lin Dajin, who had just watched "Wulongshan Bandit Suppression" on his iPad for a while, was woken up from the bed, and then he was taken to the headquarters.

The headquarters was already brightly lit.

And when Lin Dajin walked into the headquarters, he keenly noticed some abnormalities: all the short-haired soldiers had been replaced with a kind of strange red wood blunderbuss. The guns have all disappeared.

After seeing Lin Dajin, Wei Yuan, who was sitting on the main seat, suddenly let out a long laugh, and then asked, "Brother Dajin, is everything settled at home?"

"Master General, everything has settled down."

"Well, it seems that the brothers have also coordinated." Wei Yuan nodded after saying something strange, and then motioned for his subordinates to hold an iPad in front of Lin Dajin: "I'm about to leave soon, I can't sleep, please brother Watch a movie."

"Let's go right away? Didn't you say that you will start tomorrow?" Lin Dajin, who felt something was wrong, was puzzled at this moment, but because his personality was simple and honest, he could only grin at this moment, and then looked up. A glass panel.

After this glance, Lin Dajin's face was terrified and incredulous at first, and then he reacted immediately, and his face immediately became stable.After completing this set of difficult face-changing skills, Lin Dajin looked up at Wei Yuan as if nothing had happened.

At this time, Wei Yuan leaned on the chair and asked jokingly: "Xiao Wu, Master Wu, seeing that the master is here, why don't you say hello?"

What was shown on the screen was the digital photo of Yantouzhai's headed horse.

Lin Dajin's face was full of question marks at this time, as if he didn't understand what Wei Yuan was saying.

Wei Yuan smiled and shook his head, then snapped his fingers.The next moment, Lin Dajin's voice came from the ipad when he was having a meeting with the gangsters in Yantouzhai.

"This, this, this" Hearing his own voice coming from the movie box, Lin Dajin, who was already incoherent, finally lost his composure at this moment.

"Lan Da is the spy I sent, Lord Wu, you have been fooled by the spy." Wei Yuan continued to smile and said: "Well, let me tell you one more thing, everyone in Yantou Village has been poisoned by Mr. Lan Da." Died, this afternoon."

"Ah!" Lin Dajin, who knew that he was no longer lucky, wanted to pounce at this moment, but he was knocked unconscious by the short stick thrown from behind him.

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Early the next morning, when Wang Zhubo came to the gate of Tianhou Palace with 30 strong porters, he also felt something was wrong.

However, Wang Zhubo was a civil servant. He only noticed the decrease in the number of sentries at the gate and the silence in the courtyard, but he didn't notice that the sentries had changed their guns.

Ding Liqiu, who heard the news, welcomed Wang Zhubo into the Tianhou Palace with a fan.

At this moment, the Tianhou Temple changed from the noisy and passionate military camp style to the quiet and peaceful temple style of the past.

Wang Yuanzai, who was walking behind Ding Liqiu, couldn't bear it any longer, and asked with his mouth open, "Mr. Ding, where is the army?"

"Hehe, I left at midnight last night."

"Ah!?" Wang Yuanzai paused when he heard the footsteps here, and then he chased after him: "But those two cannons haven't joined the army yet?"

"It's used to confuse the bandits. What kind of cannon do you need to break up a broken village?"

"Oh..." Wang Zhubo's face changed several times, and then he twitched his beard and chuckled again: "So that's how it is. Sure enough, soldiers never tire of cheating, Mr. Gaoming!"

"Smart or not, that's all." The two of them reached the entrance of the command department after speaking, Ding Liqiu turned around at this moment, pointed to the prisoners who were kneeling on the ground at the door and tied up with ropes, and said: "These few My dear friend, Mr. Wang must be familiar with it, right?"

"Huh?" Wang Zhubo lowered his head when he heard the sound, and the soldier standing behind the prisoner also grabbed the prisoner's hair at this time, and tilted their heads back to expose their faces.

After seeing the faces of these people clearly, someone couldn't help taking a step back.

Before he could perform again, Ding Liqiu pointed at the prisoners one by one while waving his fan and said, "These are all stalkers who have been guarding in the woods outside the gate for ten months. They were arrested last night before the troops left. Well...well, there are Lao Wang's subordinates here, right?"

Wang Yuanzai laughed dryly at this moment: "Sir, you are joking, this kind of thief Wang doesn't recognize him."

"What about this one? Lord Wu of Yantou Village, you should know him by now, right? Didn't you guys have a private meeting yesterday?"

"Sir, don't talk nonsense!" Wang Yuanzai was already a little incoherent at this moment, looking at Lin Dajin who was in a state of embarrassment and had fierce eyes.

"Have a bad memory, you? Forget it, when you go to the Zhangzhou Prison, you will naturally remember it."

Seeing Ding Liqiu's cold eyes, Wang Yuanzai knew that the matter had been revealed, he couldn't help but took another step back in panic.However, his figure stopped suddenly: two hands came out from his shoulders, holding him in place.

Wang Yuanzai turned around abruptly, and found that at some point, there were already two more people behind him.These two people, one old and one young, had vaguely similar faces. They were wearing flying fish suits, with spring knives embroidered on their waists and hips.

"I won it, and I will take it to Zhangzhou and hand it over to the judicial office!"