"These bandits are so cruel! They even kill their own people!"
"If he wasn't ruthless, he could still be a bandit, but Shitou had the foresight to let us follow the army."
Outside the gate of the iron yard, the police officers behind the officers and soldiers were talking a lot.
As soon as they arrived, they saw that all ten people in the iron yard had their heads chopped off, and blood was spilled on the floor. Even the police officers like them had never seen so many heads chopped off at one time.
Shi Baotou took a breath, suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and said: "No one is allowed to rush to the iron field for a while, let those Qiu Ba fight with the bandits inside the iron field."
"Don't worry, Shitou. We're not stupid. We don't want to risk our lives." The policeman next to him replied.
Among the officers and soldiers who came to the iron field, the leader was a man from a hundred families.
As soon as he arrived, he saw the scene of bandits killing people in the iron yard, and his heart suddenly sank, thinking that the bandits in the iron yard were trying to intimidate him.
"General Xu Qi, take your people and rush into the iron field. Take down all the Hutou Village bandits in the iron field. If there is any resistance, kill them on the spot." The hundred households said to a general flag officer next to them. Ordered.
"Yes." Mr. Xu turned and left.
"General Banner Chen." The hundred households looked at the other general flag officer and said, "After General Xu Banner's men and horses rushed into the iron yard, you lead people to block the gate of the iron yard. You must not let the people in the iron yard take advantage of the chaos. escape."
"It's an order." Mr. Chen Qi turned around to make arrangements.
The actions of the officers and soldiers outside the iron yard attracted the attention of Jia Liu and others inside the iron yard.
Zhang Sancha said with a sarcastic look on his face: "You only sent a hundred or so people to try to take over our iron field. You look down on us so much."
Although the two squadrons of bandits from Hutou Village retreated to Hutou Village, the remaining squadron of Jia Liu had more than a hundred people. Facing an army of about a hundred people, Zhang Sancha was not worried at all.
In his eyes, the soldiers of the Lingqiu garrison camp were no match for the bandits of Hutou Village. The thousands of soldiers of the Tiancheng Guard were defeated by them, not to mention the hundred or so soldiers in front of them. People.
Zhang Hong reminded on the side: "Don't forget, there are also more than a hundred police officers."
Zhang Sancha curled his lips disdainfully and said, "Just wait and see, once the army is defeated, I can guarantee that the police officers in these yamen will run faster than anyone else."
He didn't take these police officers seriously at all. He had been there on the day the iron yard was opened, and they all ran away before he could take action.
Jia Liu on the side saw that only one hundred troops came outside the iron field, and there were no archers. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Zhang Hong, bring a team of firecrackers to block the gate of the iron field." , the officers and soldiers entered within fifty steps and launched three rounds of fire."
"yes."
Zhang Hong came to the gate of the iron field and said: "The spearmen retreated and formed a formation, and the fire gunmen were the first in line to prepare."
Normally, the fire gunners are trained according to the three-stage shooting. At this time, the teams were organized into three rows. The fire gunmen in the first row knelt on the ground with one knee, holding the fire gun and aiming at the officers and soldiers outside the iron field. Soldiers.
The match rope on the fire gun has been lit, and it can be fired just waiting for the order.
"What are you doing!"
An iron yard guard hiding aside grabbed Pan Yi who was about to move forward.
Pan Yi turned around and said with a serious expression: "The iron farm is delicious and delicious, and there is money to support us every month. Now that the iron farm is in trouble, as a guard of the iron farm, I can't just watch and ignore it."
"Are you stupid? Those outside are government soldiers, not thugs from other iron fields. If you dare to fight against the government soldiers, you will die." The iron field guard who held Pan Yi advised.
Pan Yi turned back to look at the man and said: "Do you think those officers and soldiers will let us go if we don't help the iron field? No, we are different from ordinary miners. We people will only be regarded as bandits by the government , instead of waiting for the officers and soldiers to come in and kill us too, it is better to deal with the officers and soldiers together with the captain."
"Crazy, really crazy." The iron field guard who held Pan Yi loosened his hand and gave up trying to persuade Pan Yi.
Pan Yi ignored him, but turned back to look at the gunmen of his team and said: "Third team, come with me to help the captain."
After saying that, he was the first to walk towards Jia Liu.
The gunmen of his team looked at each other, then someone followed, and finally the entire team followed Pan Yi.
"Crazy, everyone is crazy." The iron yard guard who persuaded Pan Yi before muttered to himself.
Zhang Sancha, standing next to Jia Liu, whispered: "Captain, that Pan Yi is here, and his team."
Jia Liu turned his head and took a look and said, "Not bad. I'll leave these people in your care. Don't let them rush into our queue."
"Understood." Zhang Sancha nodded.
Outside the iron field, a group of flag-bearers slowly approached the iron field.
"Sir, these bandits have muskets. We don't have archers to assist us, so I'm afraid there will be casualties." The speaker was a small flag.
Mr. Xu said: "You don't know the virtues of gunfire? They are all fake. After a round of shooting, they will burn fire sticks. Tell the brothers below that a bandit's head is worth one tael of silver. If you want to make a fortune, hurry up and capture the iron field." .”
The little flag nodded and passed on the message.
I don't know if they were stimulated by the money, but the originally slow-moving officers and soldiers suddenly accelerated towards the iron field. The chaotic footsteps were mixed with Xiaoqi's shouting to kill.
Eighty paces... The fastest soldiers in the army were less than eighty paces from the gate of the iron field.
The fire gunmen on the other side of the gate of the iron field were all former bandits in Hutou Village. Unlike the miners' guards, they had no way out. They had only a life-and-death way out with the army. Even if they were afraid, they still held fire guns and aimed at them. Soldiers approaching from outside the iron yard.
Seventy steps... sixty steps... fifty steps...
"put!"
The person who shouted this word was the captain of the first line of gunmen.
I saw him waving his arm, and the gunmen kneeling in the first row all squeezed the machines in their hands.
Bang...bang...
The sound of firecrackers sounded one after another, followed by a puff of white smoke and the pungent smell of gunpowder.
"Clean the medicine pool, load the gunpowder, and load the lead bullets." After firing the first gun, the team leader directly gave the order to the other gunmen in the team without looking at the results.
In fact, he didn't need to say anything. After firing the gun, the gunman had already consciously cleaned the medicine tank and loaded the gunpowder and lead bullets.
At this moment, the firecrackers in the second row also fired their firecrackers.
After the first row of soldiers in the front sounded the sound of firecrackers, six or seven soldiers fell to the ground. The second row of soldiers heard the sound of firecrackers, and another six or seven soldiers fell to the ground.
The momentum of the attack by the officers and soldiers was blocked, and the small flag soldier rushing at the front was all knocked down, leaving the small flag soldier rushing in second with nothing to see. He appeared at the front of the team, facing the gate of the iron field and the people behind it. Fire gunman.
At this time, another row of firecrackers sounded, and another soldier fell in the sound of firecrackers.
The strong and pungent smell of blood filled the outside of the gate of the iron field, and the soldiers who were hit by the fire blunderbuss and survived, let out painful wails.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly." A small flag officer reacted and shouted to retreat.
