Chapter 186: Battle (I)

It's over! They are really officers! Hearing this worst news, County Magistrate Liu slumped in his armchair, not knowing what to do.

"I should have thought of it earlier. Who else but the government army could have such sophisticated weapons and equipment!"

On the contrary, Master Kong, who was accompanying him, was quite calm. "This, this military master, I wonder what caused the Jintian Incident?"

Weizhou snorted coldly and took a look at the master who looked like a bad man.

That day, after receiving the military intelligence sent by Tian Shengyuan, Weizhou knew something was wrong, so he sent messengers to shout and pass orders along the marching team that was more than ten miles long.

"Speed ​​up! We must reach the seaside to camp before sunset today!"

The Keelung soldiers who accompanied Weizhou to the north were naturally easy to say, just take a step and walk.

However, at this time, the team was not only composed of soldiers, but also those refugees who had just returned, so they had some difficulty in marching. Even if they tried to move forward, they couldn't increase their speed much, and the team still moved forward slowly.

After a lot of effort, they finally crossed the Shawan River. They could reach the seaside in a few dozen miles. However, the situation here made all the Keelung troops dare not slack off.

Along the main road, the surrounding villages were all suspended bridges, the village gates were closed, and the walls were full of young and strong men with weapons, staring at the group of people passing by.

From time to time, some people waved their weapons at the people walking on the road and made threatening sounds.

"Mom, I want to drink water!"

A little girl was sweating all over her face and kept looking up to her mother for water.

The mother looked around in some embarrassment. Not only did she not have the iron kettle made of Keelung Army to hold water, she didn't even have a slightly neater earthenware jar.

Both mother and daughter were exchanged from a group of rioters by the Keelung Army with a green steel knife. There was nothing else except clothes that could barely cover their bodies.

"Mom, there's a pond over there!" The thirsty little girl found the pond outside Kam Tin Wai.

"Someone is polluting our pond in Kam Tin Wai!"

Someone saw a group of refugees led by the mother and daughter greedily drinking the water in the pond beside the pond, and making loud noises on the wall of the village.

Although the ponds beside the village houses are mostly used to prevent drought or fire, it is not a big deal if passers-by occasionally drink a few sips.

But in the current tense atmosphere, it immediately became a spark that ignited the gunpowder barrel!

"Drive out the outsiders! Jinping is Jinping for Jinping people!"

"Kill! Kill all the outsiders!"

"Yes! Drive them away! Shanpu is ours!"

Someone lit the copper cannon placed on the wall of the village.

With a loud noise, more than a dozen pieces of mud splashed beside the pond. The frightened people who were drinking water by the water screamed and ran around.

"Stand still! Don't panic!" The Keelung Jiazhangs who were responsible for organizing and suppressing the refugees intercepted the people who were somewhat confused.

As if it was a signal, with the first cannon shot of Jintianwei, the surrounding Huangshiwei, Qianyewei, Yaqianwei, Shanxiawei, Jicunwei, Laowei, Mahuwei, Yongningwei, Lingjiaowei, Jinlongwei, and Dujiaowei either fired cannons in response or opened the gates. A large number of young and strong men waving various iron weapons or farm tools rushed out of the enclosures with shouts of killing, and directly rushed into the marching team to kill.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

The cries of crying were endless.

The screams shook the whole field!

"Grandpa! Good news!"

On the wall of Jintianwei, a young man of the Deng family excitedly reported the situation to Deng Wentian, who was sitting on a recliner made of bamboo and rattan and basking in the sun.

"The gunfire has stopped over at Huangshiwei, but the shouts and screams are still going on. All the eight villages and twelve villages of my Deng family have rushed out, and my uncles are killing people vigorously!"

"That's right! Grandpa, when will we be able to go out and kill for a while? We just saw that this group of people has a lot of vehicles and supplies. I think they are all ill-gotten gains from robbery. It's a pity to let them go!"

Under the wall of the village, a group of 500 Deng clan members lined up in the shade with various swords and guns in their hands. Among their weapons, there are some Miao swords and Japanese swords.

"Be careful, don't be careless!" Seeing that the situation is good, Deng Wentian also plans to let his children go out for training.

"You can leave the siege, but remember, a bachelor can chop bamboo without damaging the bamboo shoots, so don't do anything to wipe out the whole family. You can rob the baggage, and you can kill the refugees, but try not to kill the Keelung soldiers, so as not to bring trouble to yourself." Deng Wentian is an old man who has been in the world for decades and knows what is more important.

"Okay!" With the permission of grandpa, the Deng family members on the siege could no longer suppress their desire and rushed down.

"Kill!"

With a whistle, more than 500 Deng family militias broke out of the Jintian siege and headed straight for the main road.

On the main road at this time, Weizhou's marching team was like a long snake, besieged and bitten by dozens of ants, and bursts of shouting and crying were heard from time to time along the way.

Most of them were the last wails of groups of refugees when they were besieged and slaughtered. As for the Keelung soldiers, they were surrounded by several people. There was no danger for the time being, but in this way, they could not protect the refugees.

"Sir! This won't work! If we stay here for too long, I'm afraid more than half of us will be killed or injured!"

The battalion officer Zhou Di was a veteran soldier and had much more battlefield experience than Weizhou. He rushed to Weizhou on horseback, with red eyes, and shouted suggestions to him.

"What do you say?!" Weizhou was also anxious, and this sudden situation made him worried.

"Gather our team together, use fire cannons to suppress this group of dog thieves, and keep bombarding them. Let the spearmen be in front, and the sword and shield soldiers guard on both sides. As many as we can rush out first! Otherwise, we will put them on the road. , sooner or later they will be exhausted!"

"Okay, let's do this!" In just a moment, Weizhou agreed to this method.

The shrill sound of the brass horn sounded very clearly on the chaotic and noisy battlefield.

"gather!"

The officers of the Keelung team called to their armor commanders and the young men among the refugees with thunderous voices, "The sword and shield soldiers are on the two wings, and the spearmen are in front. Young men, leave all your rags to me. I don't want you and my wife." If the child dies, just hold a stick and someone will rush in, so I’ll beat him to death.”

Even so, many refugees still dispersed.

But it was so good that many refugees calmed down. Soon, groups of chaotic teams who were attacked, organized by the Keelung Army who were responsible for their respective guards and leaders, began to fight back. Long spears were thrust out, and green swords were like mountains. Swing up.

Soon, another pile of corpses fell on the road, and people were screaming and wailing in a pool of blood.

One soldier is raging, and the general is raging in a nest.

Under the leadership of the Keelung Army, these refugees who had been fed for a few days showed extraordinary abilities.

More than 500 gunmen controlled by Weizhou were on both sides of the road to respond to conflicts, bombarding groups of rioters who tried to rush onto the road from the siege with gunpowder and projectiles.

With the sound of gunshots, villagers one after another were knocked to the ground by bullets and rolled into the paddy fields.

"My lord! My lord!"

Tian Shengyuan's body was immediately spattered with blood, and he didn't know whether it was his own or someone else's. The horse's nostrils were panting, and it rushed in front of Weizhou before taking the reins.

"It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Please speed up the march, or go to Dawan Walled City first. The navy brothers have arrived at the seaside, and there are ships there to meet us!"

As soon as the news of the survivors spread, the morale of the refugee group was further boosted to fight forward. They rushed towards the south, towards Dawan Walled City, like a furious wave bursting from a dike.

At this time, the elites of the five major families, a group of about a thousand people, rushed up from the side, trying to cut the team heading south into two!

Seeing the flags flying in the opponent's queue, Weizhou's heart calmed down.

If you want to fight, fight!

The Keelung Army has never been afraid of fighting in formation!