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Chapter 24 The Great Hero

Chongzhen did not expect that he was running for life, but he was impulsive to do a life-saving act. He felt that he was too noble. Or human beings themselves are noble animals, but the more society evolved, the less noble it became. Primitive society had the awareness of communism, and the old lady in the 21st century was rescued and framed her benefactor. Alas! I always off topic when I thought about the problem! Now people have saved it, the problem is that both of them fainted, so I can't leave it alone! I had to bandage Uncle Liu again.

Horses are good things. Two of the bandits' horses died, and there are still five left. They have to gather the horses. If two people are paired with five horses, whether they ride along the way or camels, it will save a lot of effort. I don't know how fast it will be. But this way, the goal is too big, and the risks along the way will also increase.

Because of his status as a "hiker" in the exploration, Gong Daming had some skills in riding horses and horse racing. In addition, his agility in his previous life, and Chongzhen also practiced martial arts, so four of the five horses gathered together and only one horse ran away.

It is very risky to run away a horse. If the bandits follow him, even if they have four Type 44 pistols, they will die in a group fight. Looking at the two unconscious men underground, I regretted being too reckless for a moment.

Chongzhen and Wang Chengen carried the two uphill, hid in the bushes, and led the six horses to a remote place on the mountain and tied them to the trees. After throwing the corpse of the bandits to the stone hill, the two sat down to discuss the actions below.

Wang Chengen said:

"The emperor is really a heroic demeanor, and he is so brave!"

"You are not bad! That shot was very accurate. But your "Du version" pistol was silent at the critical moment, and almost made the scar face run away. Hey, if this pistol is silent, it is not as good as a crossbow." Chongzhen was a little scared. He remembered that if the scar face ran away, he would have to hide at this moment. If he could not hide, he would be lucky. If this type 44 pistol was like Duan Yu's yang finger, it was sometimes effective and sometimes not effective, then his reputation as a hero would fall on the gun sooner or later.

"I said to the emperor, there are two disadvantages of this type 44 pistol, one is dull fire, one or two guns, and the other is high recoil. In addition to these two disadvantages, your "Brother Zhu" crossbow can't catch up. In terms of range, it is more than three times longer, and in terms of power, this pistol can kill a horse. In terms of firing rate, even loading bullets can fire at the fastest of 15 to 20 guns in a minute, which is about the same rate of firing rate as the crossbow. The problem is that your crossbow is a waste from 30 meters away. So, cherish it! The reason why one person is equipped with two pistols is to prevent dull fire. Besides, it will take three or four seconds to withdraw from dull fire bullets and then load them. My emperor, it's time to be satisfied! With your skills, with this outfit, you are more than enough to be a hero in the world of war."

Just as he was talking, the man named Uncle Liu woke up. Chongzhen hurried over and asked clearly the whole story.

It turned out that Uncle Liu was the guardhouse of Liujiabao. A bandit called the "Flying Wolf Gang" heard that Liujiabao had food, so he sent a "Flying Wolf Post" to collect grain. Liujiabao's own grain storage was also limited, and the landlord's family had no surplus grain! Originally, as soon as the "Flying Wolf Post" was released, no one dared to refuse to follow this area. But without food, he could not survive, so Liujiabao could only resist. Feilang brought his troops and surrounded the village. After breaking the fort, he had to follow the rules of Feilang - slaughtering the fort.

Liu Xiaoyuan of Liujiabao was a juren and also learned a lot of kung fu. He led the young and strong Liujiabao to guard the fort for a day. The bandit leader "Flying Wolf" came to his ruthlessness and continued to attack the fort. Until today, Liu Xiaoyuan saw that if he continued to defend like this, Liujiabao would undoubtedly be destroyed. So he sent Uncle Liu to bring people to send a letter and asked the head of Zhao, thirty miles away, to help with the enemy. Chongzhen asked Ming how many bandits there were, but there were only more than 200 bandits, but Liujiabao only had 200 people, including the young and old. If Liu Xiaoyuan had not been able to organize the organization, the fort would have been destroyed long ago.

"I wonder how many reinforcements can be sent by Zhaojiabao?" Chongzhen considered that if the reinforcements did not arrive, he had to run away as soon as possible, otherwise he would be entangled here and would be unable to escape.

"The Liu and Zhao families have always had good friends and have always helped each other when they have something to do. Reinforcements must be sent. Zhaojiabao is large and there are more than 100 militias, so there is no problem sending seventy or eighty people."

While he was talking, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from afar, but he didn't know if it was a bandit or reinforcements. When Uncle Liu heard this, he was surprised and said: "It must be the reinforcements."

Chongzhen thought that if there were seventy or eighty people, he would have been able to do this messy waters, so he would do his best to help them fight off the pursuers, and then ask for a guide to help him escape. Helping others is also helping himself!

In a blink of an eye, reinforcements really came. Uncle Liu and Zhao Yijun, the young owner of Zhaojiabao, met with him and grandly introduced the two heroes: Gong Daxia and Du Daxia. Zhao Yijun had heard Ergang talk about helping him when he met a knight on the road, and was also very kind to Gong Du. Seeing that the two heroes were willing to go to the support together, he even felt great respect.

I galloped all the way to a forest, and I could see the situation of Fangjiabao from afar.

From a distance, there were only about 200 bandits, but the flags and equipment were arranged in a row, and the momentum was amazing. Liujia Fort was very broken. Although the fort was still stubbornly defending, it was already quite difficult. The bandits also fell down more than twenty corpses outside the fort. At this moment, they were organizing a new round of attacks. The archers bent their bows and arrows, and shot sharp arrows at the fort. Dozens of bandits held shields and armor, shouting and rushing upwards.

When Chongzhen saw this situation, his group of people rushed forward, and at most they would only have a draw and guarded in the fort. After all, there is the advantage of the fortress. If he fights the bandits in the field, these eighty people will probably not be able to beat the bandits who licked blood on the edge of the knife in Zhenri. He had an idea in his mind, and caught up with the young owner of the Zhao family and Uncle Liu, and bowed and said:

"Young Master Zhao, Uncle Liu, two of you, I wonder how you want to save Liujiabao?"

Zhao Yijun said with a high voice: "Since we are here to rescue, the rescue will be like putting out a fire. Just kill us. We are working inside and outside, but we are afraid that these bandits will not succeed!" The militia in Zhaojiabao has always been brave and is not afraid of ordinary bandits.

When Chongzhen heard this, he said that if this guy wants to do it recklessly, he will definitely fight for both sides and lose. He may not be able to defeat these bandits. I hope that if he is not afraid of being a bandit?

So he suggested: "In my opinion, I would rather send half of the people to rush to the formation first, and the other half ambush here. After rushing to the formation, pretend to be defeated and lead the bandits into the woods and beat him an ambush. If we can attract the bandits here, with our skills, we can help you kill ten or eight of them. After setting up an ambush and killing the bandits who came to chase, we will rush out with one rush. The bandits do not know the reality of our army, so I think they will definitely escape."

Zhao Yijun was also a child. He was impulsive just now. At this time, he heard what Gong Daxia said. After all, he was not here to exchange his life for the bandits, so he happily followed suit and picked more than 30 people and rushed towards the bandits. Zhao Yijun rushed forward and shouted: "Uncle Liu, my nephew is here. When I kill the bandits, I will enter the camp." "Kill!"

The flying wolf saw reinforcements coming, but there were less than forty people in total, with disorganized armor and scattered lineups. What could it be for? He raised his eyelids and said to the bandits next to him: "Second leader, take eighty brothers to get rid of those blind people."

Zhao Yijun rushed to the front of the horse, and shot a bandit with an arrow. The young man had good skills and had crazy capital. The more than thirty people he led were the most brave. He let the horse run and rushed to the bandits immediately. The archer who was originally shooting arrows in the village quickly turned his head and shot a rain of arrows, but he could not stop Zhao Yijun's men. At this time, the elite bandits were all attacking the city in front, with many old and weak on the side, and they were left with horses. They were immediately chopped over by more than a dozen, and their formation was in chaos. The second leader of the bandit leader was very quick to respond and ordered the eighty cavalry to come up instantly. Zhao Yijun's horse team was suffocated, and in a blink of an eye the offense and defense changed positions, and he resisted several moves. Zhao Yijun saw that he was defeated and shouted: "Hold on, hold on."

Hearing "holding", he did not hold back, and fled back in a panic. Only Zhao Yijun fell behind, and saw him blocking a knife, avoiding another knife, and then slamming out two darts with his left hand. When the opponent avoided, he ran away. The second leader saw that more than a dozen brothers died, and he was not willing to let go, so he chased him. More than 80 riders chased Zhao Yijun's team and rushed towards him. Wang Chengen looked at the four-hoofed horse team, and heard the rumbling sound of hoofs, and felt murderous intent, and his palms began to sweat without composure, and his hands and feet became weak. Zhao Yijun ran while running, and shot arrows from time to time, which made the bandits even more angry and kept chasing them.

When most of the bandits entered the woods, Zhao Yijun whistled and shouted: "Brothers, kill them! Kill all these bastards."

So the ambush rose up, and a rain of arrows flew out of the woods on both sides, and instantly shot more than a dozen. Chongzhen poked his head out from behind the tree, and instantly shot out ten arrows, hitting seven. He reached out and took Wang Chengen's other crossbow, and shot out ten arrows. The bandits were blocked in the forest, with enemies in front and left and right. He couldn't retreat for a moment, so he could only get arrows. Chongzhen's crossbow shot eight bandits in the ten arrows.

The second headman was in chaos and shouted, "Get back quickly, retreat quickly!" while fleeing. The second headman shouted, and immediately received a death talisman. Chongzhen picked up his pistol and aimed slightly. With a ping-bang, he saw a blood hole in the back of the second headman's headman's head in the distance. The brain marrow splashed out from the front of his head, red and white, flying in the air, with indescribable blood. It is said that it is more certain to hit the bandit's back, but Chongzhen insisted on fighting like this in order to establish his authority, which made Wang Chengen's legs and feet weak and he collapsed to the ground after seeing this scene.

The bandits have been in the world for a long time, but they rarely see such a terrifying scene where they are beaten to the distance and become a splash of brains. They don’t know what kind of magic weapon this brutal killer is. They are galloping one by one, fearing that they will not run fast enough. If the killer falls on their heads, they will die miserably. Zhao Yijun saw that the bandits were only concerned about escaping their lives and had no resistance, and shouted:

"Catch up and kill!"

A group of people rushed out to chase the bandits, and only Dagang and Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were left in the woods. Dagang was still very weak and could not exert force. Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen's appearance and was a little amused. If he wanted to say that Du Daxia could not stand the bloody scene, it would be a big joke if this was spread.

Eighty bandits ran back only a dozen. When the flying wolf saw it, he didn't know how many ambushers were hidden in the woods. There were almost 100 people who rushed out to chase after him. He had been injured more than a hundred times. If he didn't run away, he would probably explain it here. As soon as he thought of this, he shouted:

"Arrower, shoot arrows here and shoot the ground." Feilang ordered to stop attacking the camp, and asked his subordinates to get on the horse to fight the enemy. After all, there were still about 150 remaining bandits. Feilang waved his big sword and a group of desperate bandits rushed up. Another archer kept firing arrows. Zhao Yijun saw that he should not be reckless. The bandits seemed to be about to withdraw their troops, so they waved their hands to stop the horse team and confronted them from afar.

Seeing that he couldn't get any advantage, the bandits said "touching" and suddenly ran away cleanly.

In the woods, Wang Chengen wiped his sweat and said softly to Chongzhen: "I finally understood why Liu Zongmin could chase 30 million taels of silver in two days. If he was not used to blood, he would not be able to stand it just by looking at this bloody scene, let alone bear it personally!"

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Just get used to it, I am also the courage to hunt wild boars."

At noon, a celebration wine was held in the Liujiabao compound. One was to celebrate the meritorious service, and the other was to thank the two heroes and the Zhaojiabao reinforcements.

Gong Daxia and Du Daxia sat in the chief, and were regarded as the most honorable guests today. The two heroes killed bandits and saved Uncle Liu, and then made plans to ambush them, and killed seventeen or eighteen people with their hands. Especially the scene of shooting the second-ranked bandits was replayed from different angles by many witnesses, which shocked the crowd.

Liu Xiaoyuan whispered a hero and a benefactor, which made Chongzhen a little embarrassed. However, Wang Chengen was free to revolt, as if he was a hero. After three glasses of wine, everyone began to get familiar with each other and spoke.

When Chongzhen asked why more than 200 bandits could rush to the local area, Liu Xiaoyuan sighed and talked about it one by one. Before, as long as he received the "Flying Wolf Post", the local village fort would obediently send food to the bandits. Unfortunately, the food in the fort is not enough for a village, so he refused to pay the food. Therefore, the bandits came to surround the fort.

Chongzhen asked again why he didn't join forces to suppress the more than 200 bandits. He replied that the government did not care, and each village and fort had its own plans. Two or three village and forts were willing to join forces but were not sure. So he has raised the bandits so far, and the bandits have become more and more fatter. The disaster of "raising bandits and leaving troubles" is far more than "raising tigers and leaving troubles."

Chongzhen remembered a keyword in later generations: a plate of loose sand! This is a living example. Under a plate of loose sand, even a small group of bandits would have no choice but to resist the Qing Dynasty. If it weren't for his chance to get it, a Liujiabao might have been erased like this.

After the wine was over, Chongzhen claimed that he had a secret mission. He wanted to go to Tianjin secretly, and hoped that Master Liu would send a guide who was familiar with the path. Master Liu had another scheming. Seeing that these two heroes were both civil and military, Gong Daxia was even more superb, he wanted to send his second son Liu Jiyun to learn some skills with Gong Daxia. Because Gong Daxia saved his elder brother, Ergang could also accompany him. Therefore, he called his son and Liu Ergang and asked them to kowtow directly to become disciples. Chongzhen did not expect that he would really treat himself as a hero! Okay! Just take a disciple, he can teach them a lot, and Wang Chengen could teach them a lot. So Gong Du and the two heroes took two disciples like this.
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