The servant who was sent out returned to the store shivering and knelt at the door, kowtowing. He was really frightened, and several other servants sent by the Cai family also fell to their knees. Their families are all in Guangzhou. If something happens, it will definitely affect their families.
"What should I do?" Liu Zheng was also a little panicked. Except for the soldiers who were observing the movement outside at the window, everyone present looked at Zhao Xin.
"Let them all go! It's none of their business." Zhao Xin had already guessed that he must have had an accident while shopping during the day, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
In fact, from the moment he saw the Qing army surrounding the commercial building on three sides, Zhao Xin knew that it could not be defended. Not to mention anything else, if a fire really comes over, we have to evacuate even if we don't want to. The best way now is to cross the river. The guard platoon and the two correspondents get on the Zheng family's boat on the other side to go to Lei Yue Gate, and take Liu Zheng back from Haizhuang Temple.
It definitely has to be fought, but there is still a difference in how it is fought. After crossing the river and walking away, Zhao Xin felt really unwilling. Sun Shiyi's repeated provocations must be taught a lesson, otherwise the Manchus will think that Beihai Town is afraid of them.
Seeing the boss's words, the eight servants hurried back to the house to pack their belongings. When they were about to go out, Zhao Xin stopped them again.
"Is the throttle door closed at night?"
A servant shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter."
Zhao Xin nodded and signaled to the servants that they could leave. Several people hurriedly bowed and saluted, then hurriedly opened the door and left. The "oil gate" he asked about was actually the Orchid Gate where Liu Zheng boarded the flower boat. Outside the gate was the edible oil wholesale market in Guangzhou City.
After the eight servants left, Liu Zheng asked anxiously: "What should I do?"
Zhao Xin said calmly: "Of course we will fight."
"How can we fight with so many Qing soldiers?"
"How high a casualty rate do you think ancient soldiers could withstand?"
"Ten percent?" Liu Zheng couldn't remember where he had read it, but there was indeed such a saying.
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "No, it's all conjecture. Simply talking about casualty ratio is meaningless! Remember, casualties are only one factor that causes a rout. Commander's ability, soldier quality, morale, tactics and even fatigue are all influencing factors."
Liu Zheng was said to be confused: "Brother, what exactly do you want to say?"
Zhao Xin did not answer the question, but changed the subject and said: "You have never been on the battlefield. If a fire breaks out after the fighting starts, you and the correspondent will retreat to the riverside and wait for me. I will leave a shift for you. Others Follow me, people.”
Liu Zheng was stunned and said anxiously: "Brother, isn't it? I've only been here for half a year and now I'm giving up?"
Zhao Xin thought for a while and explained: "You have to understand that we are now in a hostile relationship with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Great Ainu Kingdom we created first did not submit credentials and secondly did not have Qianlong's imperial edict. The reason why we agreed to come in the first place The opening of a business store in Guangzhou was all done by Heshen alone. However, the officialdom of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially the southern officialdom, did not realize the power of Beihai Town. I guess civil servants like Sun Shiyi were eager to make a big mistake for Heshen. "
"What about when you shelled the former mountain stronghold?"
"Do you think they would care about a barracks with not many people? They care more about how to explain to the emperor and avoid losing their official title. For us right now, Guangdong is both important and unimportant. The importance is that we can get supplies from here ;The important thing is that this place is too far away from Beihai Town."
Liu Zheng said: "Then what if we mobilize our troops to occupy Guangzhou?"
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "You haven't understood yet. Once we occupy Guangzhou, goods from Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi cannot come in. What's the use of having a city of one million people? The living standards of the people here are much better than in the north. Our current strength cannot take care of both the south and the north."
He patted Liu Zheng on the shoulder and continued: "If you like being a trade representative so much, I will send you to Yokohama when you get back. Although it is not as good as Guangzhou, the potential is much greater than here! If anything happens, thousands of people will be there for two days You can kill it."
Liu Zheng sighed and said: "Okay, everything is up to you."
Zhao Xin saw that Liu Zheng had no objection, so he went to find an unoccupied room. Twenty minutes later, Zhao Xin, who was fully armed, walked out with his hk416a7 and said to the guard platoon leader: "Everyone, go in and change equipment immediately."
When the guard platoon leader and others entered the room and took a look, their jaws dropped. On the floor inside the house were more than twenty Beihai Town standard rifles (SKS), a dozen standard machine guns (NEGEV), and a pile of bullets. In addition, there are dozens of thick black vests and helmets.
"Everyone put on their stab vests, put on their helmets, get their weapons and get ready for battle."
Outside the business building, the deputy general of the Chinese Army, Zheng Biao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and his generals held a military meeting in a large house in the office. Thirteen businessmen headed by the Cai family were kneeling in the yard outside.
It is said that the reason why Sun Shiyi dared to surround Baixiongxing with great fanfare was because the foreign devils had all gone to Macau, and if they really wanted to fight, they didn't have to worry about accidental injury. As for what happens if the house is damaged, isn't it a business? A big man from the government doesn't have to pay for it!
"Have you found out how many people are inside?"
"Back at the military gate, the Cai family members and the few servants who ran out have been interrogated, and their confessions have been correct. There are only about thirty people inside."
"Junmen, do you want the Cai family to persuade you to surrender first?"
"No need! Sun Zhitai told us that we must capture Zhao Ni, life or death." The deputy general of the Chinese army stood up, waved his whip, pointed at one of his subordinates and said: "I'll give you two hours, three hundred men, and fifty poles." Shotgun, can you shoot down that white bear?"
"Go back to the military gate and mark an hour!"
"Zhao Ni is extremely cunning. Once the fight is over, I'll ask the editor for your credit!"
The general responded and was about to get up and leave when he suddenly heard a "bang bang bang" sound coming from the distance, like a New Year firecracker, as dense as a rain shower.
"Where are the guns being fired?!" The deputy general of the Chinese army was furious, who the hell is this? They actually opened fire without waiting for the cannon to sound.
At this time, the sound of clattering footsteps was heard outside the house. A messenger ran in and shouted: "Report to the military gate! There is already fire ahead!"
"Who shot first?"
"It's the rebel bandits from the White Bear Line. The enemy's firepower is too fierce. The brothers can't resist it and are retreating."
"You fart! There are only about thirty of them in total, how can they get such fierce firepower?" At this time, the sound of gunfire became more and more intense, as if hundreds of people were shooting at the same time, and the momentum was astonishing.
On Tong Van Street, hundreds of Dubiao Qing soldiers had begun to retreat towards the government office desperately. Many people shouted: "Oh my god! The thieves' guns are too fierce. Brothers, run away!"
Behind them, Zhao Xin led more than 20 guard platoons of soldiers, rushing and stopping, hiding in alleys or under the eaves of shops, and fired continuously at the fleeing Qing troops.
When the Qing army fled, they dropped torches on the ground. Some of them rolled to the side of the road and lit a house on fire. Not long after, thick smoke began to billow on Tong Van Street, and clusters of sparks erupted from the stone pavement where bullets hit the ground.
Amidst the gunfire, some of the fleeing Qing troops were shot and fell from time to time, but no one could care about it at the moment. The more than 20 invulnerable guys who had just rushed out of the White Bear row had scared these Qing troops. Lost my nerve.
At the beginning, there were a dozen warriors who were not afraid of death. They went into battle shirtless and rushed forward with swords and spears. Who would have thought that they didn't even reach twenty steps. After a dense rain of gunfire from the opposite side, the dozen or so warriors who were not afraid of death rushed forward. All those who have died can no longer die.
The black armor those people wore was not even afraid of bows and arrows. The arrows clanked when they landed on their heads. It sounded like they were wearing iron helmets. How could they fight!
"Escape~~" The crowd was like headless flies. No one paid any attention to the military attachés in the office. They passed through the gate all the way north and ran towards the west gate of Guangzhou City.
"Junmen, what should we do? Let's retreat quickly!"
"Get out of here, mother! A thousand men beat thirty thieves like this. Sun Zhitai will have to chop off my head when I get back!" The deputy general of the Chinese army showed a ferocious look on his face, and with a clang, he pulled out his sword and charged. Several generals and soldiers around shouted: "Brothers, kill me!"
At this time, Zhao Xin had already rushed outside the office with a squad. Just as he was about to send someone to climb up the wall to see what was going on inside, he heard a cry of "Kill~~!" coming from the office door.
Several Qing soldiers emerged from the top of the wall, and arrows shot down towards the bottom of the wall. Stop talking nonsense and fight!
"One group will guard the gate, and the rest will follow me to kill the archers!"
At this time, the door of the government office suddenly opened, and dozens of Qing soldiers rushed out holding shields.
"Bang, bang, bang!" "Ta-ta-ta!"
Under the dense rain of bullets, the Qing troops who were about to rush out were immediately covered with corpses. Some of the dozen Qing troops who were shooting arrows on the wall were shot and fell, and some were hiding behind the wall, not even daring to raise their heads. But the problem is that the rifles in Beihai Town use 7.62mm bullets. It is not easy to penetrate a brick wall with just a few shots.
A few minutes later, there were only eight people left alive around the deputy general of the Chinese army, Yi Yian, who luckily escaped back to the office. At this moment, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't even say a single word.
"It's over, it's all fucking over now! What kind of monsters are these!"
At this time, a soldier ran in from outside the door and said loudly: "Sir, there is a hole on the west wall, let's run away!"
"Ah? Is there a hole?" When the deputy general heard this, he didn't care if it was a dog hole or a cat hole, as long as he could escape with his life. The two men held up the deputy general of the Chinese army and jumped out of the back window in a panic. They ran to the west wall and took a look. It turned out to be a dog hole.
It's okay, I can get through it. A thin soldier tried to get through first, and found that nothing was wrong. Then he shouted into the dog hole and asked the deputy general to leave first. The lieutenant-general may have eaten too much recently, and his belly, which was so full of flamboyance, actually got stuck.
The more anxious everyone became, the more panicked they became, pulling outside and pushing inside. In the end, there was no other way, so everyone had to take the knives and guns in their hands and start chipping away at the wall...
Outside the office door, a squad leader from the security platoon asked Zhao Xin: "Sir, do you want to rush in?"
"We don't have that time! Leave five people standing nearby, while the others check the ammunition and follow me!" Zhao Xin said as he took out a magazine and replaced it, then got up and walked along the street towards the gas door. direction forward.
His sudden attack this time was to catch the Qing army off guard. If he waited for the Qing army to attack, the opponent would definitely attack with fire. Then he would be in trouble if he tried to rush into Guangzhou City.
The army in Beihai Town is a "quasi-modern army" trained with modern methods. The characteristic of the modern army is that it emphasizes the subjective initiative of individual soldiers and requires a large amount of physical training to improve combat effectiveness. Let such a force with high fighting spirit only passively defend, which is not what Zhao Xin wants at all. Moreover, the structure of the houses in White Bear Row is not suitable for being a fortress at all.
Therefore, Zhao Xin could only launch an attack without warning and catch the Qing army by surprise, so as to achieve the purpose of leading the enemy by the nose.
By the way, the loud ping-ping-pong-pong noise at night had already woken up the residents near Tongwen Street. The dogs in the yard couldn't stop barking, many people lit oil lamps, and some brave ones even climbed to the roof to watch the fun.
When Zhao Xin and the sixteen others slipped under the eaves of the street to the oil gate, someone actually shouted on the roof.
"There is a thief! Catch the thief!"
The reason why these people dare to shout is because the city of Guangzhou has been peaceful for many years. The last time there was a war was the San Francisco Rebellion. Although the siege at that time was extremely brutal, that was a hundred years ago, and the common people today have no idea what war is.
At the moment, Zhao Xin and the others have no time to care about these people. His purpose is to take down the gas pedal as soon as possible. The city wall of Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty was almost seven meters high and very thick. All the city gates were covered with iron sheets from top to bottom. If someone closes the city gate and blows it open with explosives, the city will be completely in chaos. This is not what Zhao Xin wants.
But when a stupid and bold watchman rang the gong in his hand, Zhao Xin became anxious.
"Quick! Speed up!"
When a group of people passed through the city gate, all the Nanhai County soldiers guarding the gate had already fled. These people are not Green Camp soldiers and have no will to fight. Zhao Xin ran out of the city gate and looked to the right. The tall wall was glowing gray and black under the night. This was the Yamen of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
"Leave five people to guard the city gate. The rest turn right and move quickly!" Zhao Xin saw this wall while shopping on Gao Di Street in the afternoon. At that time, he asked Guanshi Yu and found out that this was the Yamen of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the main entrance was on Maima Street in the south.
Eleven people walked quickly along Maima Street. A minute later, Zhao Xin saw the brightly lit Governor's Office at the door.
The main facade of the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty had five rooms, and a wide white marble stone staircase led directly to the door. As soon as everyone ran to the stone steps, they heard someone on the stage shout loudly: "Who!"
Zhao Xin's gun was equipped with a silencer, so he ignored it, rushed up the steps, knelt down on one knee, and fired several shots at the two people at the gate. The Beihai Town soldiers behind him rushed out of the darkness and rushed into the wide open side door before the people in the concierge could react. Zhao Xin followed quickly, shooting randomly into the concierge without even looking through the window paper.
By the way, why is the side door of the Governor's Palace still open at night? Sun Shiyi and other men are reporting the news!
From the time when the Superintendent of the Chinese Army set out to the present, a group of bureaucrats including Tusab, the governor of Guangdong, the inspector general of Guangdong, and the chief envoy of Guangdong were waiting for news in the flower hall of the second hall, while Sun Shiyi and his staff were drafting a memorial in the signing room. !
There is good news for the Emperor, we...
By the way, they had heard the gunshots in the Thirteenth Commercial Building District a long time ago, and they all thought it was Zhao Shu who was stubbornly resisting and struggling to his death.
We can't defeat the big iron ships, so forget it. Now on land, a thousand people can defeat more than thirty people, and one person can drown the rebels with just a spitting breath.
But after listening to the ping-ping-pong-pong for a long time, it was like exploding beans when it was violent. Now that the gunshots have stopped, why haven't they sent someone to report back?
(The deputy general who is stuck in the dog hole: Wait a moment, my lord, your subordinate will be here soon!)
People sitting anxiously in the flower hall were smoking and drinking tea. While they were talking, they heard someone outside the flower hall shouting: "Who is it!"
boom! boom! boom!
The crisp sound of gunfire finally broke the tranquility in the Governor's Mansion, and people were shot and fell to the ground one after another.
Just when all the officials in the room were looking at each other, a loud shout finally came from outside the flower hall: "The thieves are coming in!"
