The hatred belongs to Li Ji, and his life belongs to him.
The servants' dedication to the Li family is only verbal. When their lives are in danger, they will instinctively choose to run away.
When I work at home, I only get free food and accommodation, and the copper coins I receive every month are not much.
What everyone likes is nothing more than the ease of doing errands and not having to work as hard as ordinary coolies.
If he wants to risk his life and fight against the officers and soldiers with this little treatment, then Li Jizhen thinks everyone is a fool.
Ten taels of silver?
If you can really hire someone at this price, you might as well go to the city and ask!
Haven't you seen it yet?
The officers and soldiers have explosive things in their hands, which can explode into a large area.
Who can bear this?
So what if we have more people on our side? Weren't they scattered in all directions after being blown up?
It would be okay if there were less than 10% casualties, but now there are 20% to 30% casualties, which is already beyond the endurance limit of a group of people.
This means that if the fighting continues, other people who are not injured will be killed or injured by the officers and soldiers.
Li Ji's servants are just like him, they bully the weak and fear the strong, and they are greedy for life and afraid of death.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not surrender, but instead used the firearms in their hands to severely injure his own men, Li Ji was shocked and gritted his teeth with hatred.
The bounty offered to his subordinates had no effect. This group of losers had been completely frightened by the officers and soldiers. Many of them ran away and now they were gone.
"Master, let's go quickly!"
"Yes! If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
When Li Ji's two confidants saw this, they immediately encouraged their master to attack the officers and soldiers to avoid harm to themselves. If they were captured by the officers and soldiers instead, it would be a dead end.
"You...oh! Let's go!"
Seeing that his success fell short, Li Ji hesitated for a moment, and finally had no choice but to run away. He also knew that if he continued to carry on, he would become a loner.
We couldn't stay in this village anymore. Li Ji hurriedly ordered his confidants to pack up and take his woman with him. He planned to go to Tianjin first, then take a boat south, and go to Jiangnan to avoid the limelight.
"Fuck! Are you defeated now?"
Liu Shuang was obviously very dissatisfied with his opponent's performance. He was defeated in one strike. With his fighting ability, he was probably not as good as even the most useless among the wandering bandits, right?
He also wanted to use his military service to hone his recruits, but now, the ignorant recruits won the battle before they could react, which really made Liu Shuang feel dumbfounded.
"Platoon commander! Are we going to cover him up?"
Liu Da next to him is still thinking about killing a thief so that he can make a contribution. Although he has received several months of training, he has not had any results so far because, like all the recruits in the platoon, he has never fought in actual combat.
If the grenade he just threw to kill and injure the thief was considered a victory, it would be just fine. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too embarrassing to fight an opponent who was like mud and still be empty-handed?
"...No rush! The whole platoon is here! No pursuit, just stay put to avoid falling into the trap!"
Liu Shuang thought for a moment and then rejected the young man's proposal. They were new arrivals and were completely unfamiliar with the village's terrain. Once they entered an unfamiliar area rashly, they could easily be ambushed by the retreating enemies.
If we pursue him now, we may turn defeat into victory for the enemy. What's more important is that once there are serious casualties, he, the platoon leader, will probably be finished.
Save your strength first, then wait for reinforcements to arrive, and then destroy the enemy depending on the situation. As long as the village minister identifies him, there is no way this big village can hide the thief.
The enemy has no cannons and has also lost a lot of bows and arrows. We are safer in the wild. After entering the village, we will be in a passive position of being beaten. It is better to stop quietly.
"Platoon commander! Our reinforcements have arrived!"
Before he finished speaking, a group of horse soldiers appeared in the distance, numbering about ten people. Although the number of soldiers was not large, it greatly boosted the morale of Liu Shuang's side.
"Liu Er! Aren't you doing well? Where are the enemies? Why didn't you see them?"
The leader rode his horse up to him and shouted loudly. He was obviously very familiar with Liu Shuang, otherwise he would not have called Liu Shuang by his previous name.
"Sun Heizi! Didn't you see the results of the battle here? When you come here slowly, I will beat the thieves until they pee!"
Liu Shuang was also unambiguous and directly called the opponent's nickname. At the same time, he said that he commanded well and his troops killed all directions, just like showing off his strength.
"What a big deal, a flare to serve a ball? I was enjoying my meal over there, and I saw the flare on your side. I thought you couldn't handle it here? In the end, you deceived me and took the money! Every time Two taels per person, total supply twenty taels!”
Sun Lei's platoon was in the same company as Liu Shuang, but Sun Lei was just the deputy platoon leader. After seeing the signal flare, he was entrusted by the platoon leader Ning Zhuang to lead his troops to rush for help.
When I rushed to the scene of the incident in a hurry, I saw this scene. Everyone had finished beating, and except for the injured and immobile thief, there seemed to be no valuable living things in sight.
Therefore, Sun Lei came up with a big surprise. The cost of sending troops has delayed his own meals and ruined his good mood. In addition, the horse power has been damaged. It should be very reasonable to compensate each person with two taels of silver.
"What? Two taels? Blackmail? You fool, you didn't even move your hands, but you can make me pay? I just repelled the attack of hundreds of people!"
Liu Shuang definitely didn't want to agree to the other party's conditions. He accepted the kindness, but as for the money... that was another matter!
"You're a white-eyed wolf, you don't want to give me money, do you? Brothers! Go over and touch the corpse! Whatever you touch will belong to us!"
Sun Lei also has a way to deal with this scoundrel who refuses to pay. Since the living are unwilling to pay, let the dead pay.
"Stop it! That's all my fault!"
Liu Shuang immediately refused. He planned to wait until there was no danger and let his men touch the corpse. However, a group of "hungry wolves" came and wanted to eat the "fat sheep".
"Touching corpses" is a rule that has existed in the "King's Division" since its establishment. All troops, including the East Palace Guards, are no exception. This is a good way to motivate soldiers to fight the enemy bravely.
The prince also recognized this point. If you kill a dog Tatar, you will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver. In addition, if you can touch the corpse, the soldier's benefit will exceed the two hundred taels of silver.
For example, Bagala, who has a stronger combat power, even though one of them is worth four hundred taels of silver, regardless of the quantity, he will die sooner or later due to the "Ming Dynasty corpse touching"...
Just when Liu Shuang and Sun Lei were arguing, another group of people came from a distance. There were ten horses, fourteen people, and four horses were ridden by two people.
"Hey~! Liu Er! What happened here?"
The leader of the team was platoon leader Wei Lai. He asked his deputy platoon leader to stay in the village and led his troops there. When they got close, they circled half a circle around the village and found that there was no movement from the guns and artillery. It seemed that the battle was over.
But I saw two fools seeming to be arguing. If we don't ask clearly, this trip will be in vain. Wei Lai was really unwilling to bring nearly half of the platoon's manpower, but it was all in vain.
"I just finished the fight, and you two came over to eat ready-made food. Didn't you see any armed young men fleeing here on the way here?"
Another person came to compete with him for food. Liu Shuang also lamented his bad luck. If he had known that the opponent was so careless, there would be no need to send flares. Isn't this a way to attract flies?
"I saw it, who cares about it? I chopped down a few people who didn't care about life and death, and then I hurriedly came to save you. Look at your behavior, you don't seem to appreciate it!"
Wei Lai led his troops. When they arrived near the village, they did meet scattered young men. When they saw the officers and soldiers, they ran away. Some wanted to resist, so Wei Lai ordered his men to kill a few.
Ordinary people hold hoes or sickles, but these people hold waist knives in their hands, and their expressions are either panicked or fierce, and some even scream directly. Naturally, they don't need to worry about manslaughter.
"That's right. This guy is Li He. You two must have met each other. Just now, my brother was besieged by his nephew Li Ji and his troops. We defeated Li Ji's men, and you two came one after the other. .”
Liu Shuang felt that it was necessary to explain the cause and effect of these two idiots. There was no need to go to too much trouble, just describe it briefly and concisely.
"Li He! My general has already bypassed you once before. Do you still dare to disobey and rebel?"
After hearing this, Sun Lei immediately became furious, strode over, grabbed the other party's collar, and began to question him sternly.
"Master Jun! Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!"
Li He didn't dare to talk back, otherwise he would have to be beaten into a pig's head by the strong man in front of him.
"Okay! He has been accompanying me to eat and drink before, so he doesn't dislike me much. This incident probably happened because his nephew Li Ji resented what happened before."
When Liu Shuang saw that Li He was already trembling with fear from Sun Heizi, he did not want to embarrass this man too much. Compared with his nephew, Li He was more cooperative with the officers and soldiers.
"That guy is still jumping out to seek death? Where are the others?"
Sun Lei immediately let go of Li He and asked about Li Ji's whereabouts. There was a rebellion in Lijiacun attacking the government troops, so he had to catch the culprit.
"This place was in chaos just now, and I was afraid of being ambushed when I was chasing him, so I didn't dare to chase him. I guess if that guy was with his family, he wouldn't be able to run far!"
Liu Shuang just stated his speculation, and then he thought, it would be great if these two fools could be sent out to arrest them.
"Lend me your horse for now!"
Wei Lai brought a lot of people, so he couldn't continue chasing people with two people and one horse. He had to borrow at least four horses, so that no one would be left behind.
"Old Wei, you go after Li Ji, and Liu Er and I will clear out the village! Then send someone to inform us over there. Once any suspicious person is found entering the village, they must be interrogated."
Sun Lei didn't intend to compete with Wei Lai for credit. Even Li Ji, a loser like mud, couldn't escape the pursuit of more than a dozen officers and soldiers with fifty people.
"Okay! Then do it like this!"
Liu Shuang also felt that this matter could not wait until dark, and at least the village must be cleaned up before sunset. It was a big joke that a platoon of East Palace Guards soldiers was so scared that they stayed overnight in the open air.
Since a group of soldiers who drank Menghan wine were still awake, Liu Shuang could only arrange for six people to defend in place and take care of these fools. He took the remaining nineteen people, plus ten people brought by Sun Lei, in Cun Min. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the encirclement and suppression was carried out in three groups.
Lijiacun is to the west of the Yu River, to the east of the Yu River is the Bai River, and to the south is the canal. No matter whether Li Ji runs from the east or the south, he has to cross two rivers.
Considering that the canal in the Tongzhou section was wide and difficult to cross without ships, and fearing that Li Chengdong's warships would patrol, Li Ji planned to head east first, and after crossing the Baihe River, he would lead his people south to Tianjin.
But it will take time to realize this plan, because at this time he is not even close to the edge of the Yu River. Since he still needs to take his wife with him, the running time is greatly delayed.
Women are troublesome, but Li Ji is reluctant to leave them behind. Although these two women are not Yangzhou thin horses, they are more graceful in figure and good in appearance, making Li Ji feel comfortable every night.
Li Ji would be absolutely reluctant to leave them to those wolf-like and tiger-like officers and soldiers. I reluctantly gave up my love and just chopped it off with a knife, so there was no need to think about it.
The two women had to carry a lot of jewelry, makeup, and clothes, and they couldn't ride a horse. They had to take a car, which gave Li Ji a headache.
Fortunately, the dog officers and soldiers outside the village seemed to be frightened and did not dare to enter the village rashly for a while, which gave Li Ji and his group time to pack their bags.
Li Ji also knew where most of Li He's belongings were kept, so he made a prompt decision and asked his men to break the door lock and move the boxes containing gold, silver and jewelry into the car.
As long as everyone follows him, they can naturally enjoy the good things here, otherwise don't blame him for being ruthless. Only in this way can the servants continue to follow him to Tianjin and even to the south of the Yangtze River.
"Right there! Chase me! Don't let the thief run away with the money!"
The area around Tongzhou is full of plains. Standing on a higher hill, you can see for miles at a glance. Wei Lai's group responded promptly, and their movement speed far exceeded that of Li Ji's group.
Wei Lai set up a pergola and took a look, and concluded that the smoke and dust rising in the distance was his prey.
It was the hottest time of the day, so why would anyone run around like crazy without any hesitation?
They were only one mile away from them, and they were dragged down by carriages. They were determined to not be able to outrun the cavalry team in a competition of speed.
"okay!"
Hearing that the other party ran away with the money, Wei Lai's men immediately became excited. They came out without asking for any money, but the thief took the initiative to hit his gun, so there was no need to be polite.
"Speed up! Don't delay!"
Seeing more than ten officers and soldiers chasing after Li Ji, Li Ji was very frightened. The only ones who could chase him at this time were the officers and soldiers. If they caught him, he would have no way out. .
"ah……"
However, no matter how fast the carriage is, it cannot be faster than the horse pawns, not to mention that the bearing capacity of the axle is limited. Once the torque suddenly exceeds this range, the axle and even the wheel will break, and a car accident will occur.
This was the case at this time. A woman's scream came from the carriage. Li Ji was so frightened that he hurriedly looked back and saw that the carriage had overturned on the side of the road. Fortunately, the box containing the silver had not been knocked open.
If it really doesn't work, we can only throw away these burdens and hit the road with only money. When you get to Jiangnan, you can still buy a "skinny horse" to play with.
Just when Li Ji ordered his men to pack up the boxes and get back on the road, the officers and soldiers behind him had already caught up to within a hundred steps, and were almost ready to shoot their bows and arrows.
However, Wei Lai and his men were not equipped with bows and arrows. They were musketeers, or "armored musketry infantry" to be precise. Horseback riding was only one of the military skills to be mastered.
The ten best equestrians in each platoon will be equipped with war horses when performing long-distance assault missions, and will be upgraded to "mounted infantry" at that time.
For example, in order to quickly support each other when they came to harvest crops, Zhou Yuji equipped them with a certain number of war horses or pack horses.
If the cavalry from the real cavalry brigade were responsible for this pursuit, they would be able to kill and wound the opponent and gain something.
