: Benefit one and the other

One late one night two days later, the cold spring in the south made the night very bad, and the stars and moon hid behind the faint dark clouds. In the north of the Xizhimen City in Guangzhou, more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared. They were wearing black clothes, as if they were going to blend with the night. The few people walking behind were still pushing a two-wheeled car with a vague tube on the car.

The man walking in front accelerated his pace, came behind a grass on the edge of the forest, and raised his eyes to look straight ahead.

There is a wilderness from the woodland to the middle of Xizhimen. At this time, there are lights on the city gate. It is obvious that soldiers on the night are patrolling. Since the success of the Guangzhou Uprising, Wu Shaoting has rectified the military discipline. The soldiers on duty at the city gate pass every day will not be as lazy as the old army before. It is necessary to ensure that there are patrolers twenty-four hours.

The person behind the grass turned around and whispered to the person behind him: "Sir, Xizhimen is ahead!"

"Are you looking for death? Who is the fucking adult? Call it the boss! We are bandits now." A majestic voice scolded.

"Yes, yes, big boss, humble job... I'm damn!" the man begged for mercy repeatedly.

"Hmph," the man who claimed to be a boss glared at his subordinates, then waved his hand and ordered the others, "Hurry up, put the cannon up...! Er Leopard, who did you ask you to put the ammunition box on the ground? I don't know that the dew in the forest is heavy. If the cannonball fuses are fused, I will twist your head off as a cannonball!"

The man in charge of guarding ammunition was frightened and quickly picked up the ammunition box that had just been placed on the ground.

"Wrap me with your clothes!" The boss gave another advice.

The second leopard had to do so, bent down and protected the surface of the ammunition box with his chest, as if he was holding a child.

The others pushed the two-wheeled car over. The barrel on the car was a small earth cannon. A gunner-shaped man set the position of the earth cannon, proofread the target of the Xizhimen, and slightly adjusted the angle of the earth cannon. The whole process seemed very professional. After everything was ready, the gunner nodded to the boss, indicating that the cannon could be fired at any time.

"Everyone is ready. As soon as the cannon sounds, we will shout together!" the boss said remindingly.

"I understand." Everyone responded in a low voice.

"Get on shells, two shots in the city gate, two shots in the city!" The boss gave the order.

After a while, the quiet night was broken by a violent sound of cannons. The first shell cut through the night sky, fell from the sky with a sharp chirping, and landed heavily on the roof of the Xizhimen City Tower. A huge explosion sounded, and a big hole was opened on the roof of the city tower, fragments were everywhere, and the flames suddenly started. Several soldiers resting in the city tower were killed on the spot. Two soldiers walking up the city wall were overturned to the ground, and the other was directly pushed off the city tower by the fire shock wave.

The soldiers in the barracks woke up and ran out to check what had happened.

The seriously injured and undead soldiers on the city tower immediately screamed. Later, the soldiers rushed to the city tower to rescue them. Some people ran back to the barracks and took out gongs and beat them hard, warning that Xizhimen was attacked.

However, not long after, there was a fire of cannons outside the city, and the second shell landed on the city tower again. Fortunately, there was some deviation this time, and it was only exploded on the unmanned wall section on one side of the city tower. However, the broken stones splashed everywhere, injuring many soldiers who came to rescue.

As the gong sounded, Guangzhou City seemed to have a dose of morphine and quickly woke up. For the people in the city, the sound of cannons may be fake, but the sound of the gong means that a war really happened. The people in Xicheng stood up one after another and ran outside the house with their jackets. After seeing the flames rising from Xizhimen, they all became frightened and wanted to pack up their things and run away. Some people even thought that the Qing army had fought in Guangzhou, and they did not forget to bring their fake braids when they ran away.

At the same time, the men in black in the agriculture and forestry outside the city started to scream at the top of their throats after firing two shots.

"Robbery, hand over all the valuable things, or you will chop your head!"

"I am the mountain king of Shangsilonghu Mountain. I heard that you are here to visit us in Guangzhou!"

"Hurry, keep money but not life, keep life but not money!"

While shouting, they fired several shots in the direction of Guangzhou City. Although the distance was very far, they were just intended to demonstrate.

After calling for a while, the gunner adjusted the angle of the mountain cannon and fired two more cannons. The two cannons landed directly in Guangzhou city, and one cannon hit a house. Fortunately, the people inside the house had escaped earlier, and the other cannon landed in the middle of the street, and the fragments injured several escaped pedestrians.

After the cannons, the people shouted for a while, then packed their things and ran away in a hurry. When passing through a small pond, the boss ordered the hillside to be thrown into the pond, and then came to the place where they hid in advance. Everyone changed their clothes and then continued to set off on the road openly.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky had just turned white. In the early spring morning, the cold and cold, and the damp dew filled the air.

Wu Shaoting stood on the city tower of Xizhimen, looking at the roof of the building that was smashed by cannons last night, and there were dry blood and some other messy things on the ground. More than a dozen soldiers from the security camp came and went, clearing the pieces of the ruins into the city little by little. Guards were added inside and outside Xizhimen, and the roads to enter and exit here were blocked since last night.

Wu Shaoting's face was very cold, just like the weather at this moment, and anger was brewing in his heart. He had already gotten up after the attack last night. At first he thought someone was attacking Guangzhou City outside the city. Of course, he would not think that it was a Qing army attack, or at most it was a mutiny. At that time, he mobilized the secret service camp and the artillery regiments in the city to prepare for battle, but the artillery fire soon stopped, and the movement outside the city also disappeared. He immediately realized that this was just a premeditated harassment.

Although he also came here to inspect the situation last night, because the scene was chaotic and there was no major injury, he simply handed it over to the city security camp to be responsible for the aftermath.

Deng Keng climbed the city tower from the bottom of the city, quickly came to Wu Shaoting, and whispered: "President, there is news in the hospital that one of the two soldiers seriously injured last night, one of whom was invalid in rescue and has been declared dead."

The chill on Wu Shaoting's face became even more intense, and he calmly said, "Please follow the fallen martyrs!"

"Yes." Deng Keng nodded.

"Is there any news about the spy company that was sent out of the city to investigate last night?" Wu Shaoting asked again. Last night, he had sent the spy company out of the city to investigate. It has been almost four hours since now, but he has not received any news yet.

"Last night, the spy company discovered the shelling location outside the city. Li Jishen sent someone back to report the matter. Apart from that, there was no news yet." Deng Keng said.

Wu Shaoting pondered for a moment and said nothing.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves galloping from the street in the distance came, and a group of people rushed from the city to Xizhimen. The group of people stopped near the barracks below the city tower, then turned over and fell off the horse. The leader asked about the situation of the soldiers here, and then rushed to the city tower. Liao Zhongkai came up, followed by Wang Jingwei and a few followers.

Liao Zhongkai first looked at the collapsed city tower. After coming to Wu Shaoting, he asked with some anxiety: "Zhenzhi, has the situation been investigated clearly? I heard that the shells last night were beaten by the bandits from Shangsi. The bandits were so rampant, what's wrong?"

Wu Shaoting smiled coldly and said, "Bandits? Prime Minister, when have you ever seen bandits with cannons? Even if there are, where are there gunners who are so accurate? Two shells hit the city tower at the same time, and the fragments of the shells were found. They were the Liusheng Five-type Flowering Firebombs in Guangxi Factory!"

Liao Zhongkai frowned and immediately said, "But last night I sent someone to the street to inquire, and all the citizens said that it was because of the bandits from Shangsi! Nowadays, all provinces are making revolutions. Perhaps the cannons brought out from the army after the disbandment of the civilian army in the past are not sure." He paused and then changed his words and said, "But no matter what, these are not problems. The problem now is that someone is so arrogantly bombarding Guangzhou, which is a complete provocation!"

When he said this, his emotions seemed very excited.

Wang Jingwei nodded and couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Yes, it's still at this time."
Chapter completed!