Chapter 92: The Bells

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Liu Jianyun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, it was really thrilling just now, if he turned a little slower, then it would be all over when the bandits from the south rushed up. This is actually thanks to Li Jingming's recoil, if he hadn't rushed up and let Hu Bandit delay for a while, there would be no chance of this line. The bandits in the east and west gates have been killed, and there are almost 200 people on the two roads combined, and now there are at least 100 people in the south listening to the gunshots, how many bandits are there in the city tonight? Liu Jianyun was afraid that a few bandits would come out, so he hurriedly found Zhong Guanguan, "Sir, now that the bandit offensive is resting for a while, it would be better for Master Qiu upstairs to change places." ā€

Zhong Guanguan's brain is still confused from the beginning to the present, and he only shoots with the big guy in a panic, at this time, the gunfire is stopped by Liu Jianyun and there is no response, in fact, most of the people who have just entered the battlefield are like this, as soon as the gun sounds, their brains are wooden, and they don't know what they have done at all, Liu Jianyun did not rush to urge, only waited for a while before Zhong Guanguan came back to his senses, and then asked again, "Okay!" Good! Immediately bring someone to take Master Qiu and them next, next. Liu Jianyun hurriedly took the order and left.

When he entered the restaurant and was about to go upstairs, he saw a few shots from the "horn" upstairs, and he hurriedly shouted, "My own people, my own people, the Hu bandits have retreated, the Hu bandits have retreated, I am looking for Master Qiu, I am looking for Master Qiu." ā€

There was a disturbance upstairs, and after a while, the upstairs quieted down, and the voice of the county magistrate Qiu rang out, "Is it Inspector Li?" ā€

Liu Jianyun replied, "Master Huiqiu, I am Liu Zisheng, a subordinate of Master Zhong, and Inspector Li is still outside to resist the enemy." Now at this moment, he doesn't dare to say that Li Jingming has died in the line of duty, and all the patrols in the city have been killed.

Hearing that it was Zhong Guanguan's subordinate, Qiu Xianling immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to the gentry: "It's my own person, he is my nephew's subordinate, let him come up." More than a dozen villagers guarding the staircase immediately moved their guns.

After Liu Jianyun came up to greet him, he hurriedly said: "Master Qiu, my master is downstairs, and the Shicai bandit was repulsed." Now that the countryside has dispersed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend here only by relying on the dozens of people of my master. The lord still moved to the east of the city, and the church of Christ over there in Dongguan was very strong, so please wait for reinforcements over there. "After coming to Tonghua for more than a month, Liu Jianyun still knows that the church of Christ in Dongguan was destroyed in the Gengzi years, and after Tonghua was recovered by the Qing army last year, the church sent people to spend a huge amount of money to repair it. The stone used in this restoration, the house is very solid, and it was only Liu Jianyun who returned to build yƬ and withdrew there.

As soon as Liu Jianyun said this, everyone's hearts rose again. Originally, I thought that the bandits had really retreated, but who knew that they were only temporarily retreating, and maybe when they would attack again, so they tended to leave this place and go to Dongguan. But after all, the Qiu County Order is an official of the imperial court, and he is still very taboo against this foreigner, "That Christ Church is the property of foreigners, what if it is damaged?" ā€

Liu Jianyun has never been an official and does not understand the heart of the Qing officials, seeing that he hesitated, he had to say, "Master, whether you go to Christ Church or not, this place is not a place to stay for a long time, you just need a fire to stay here." Let's withdraw first. As soon as Liu Jianyun finished speaking, everyone responded loudly, and Qiu County Ling had no choice but to agree when he saw this, the restaurant was indeed unsafe.

Just as the gentry and old men upstairs were retreating from the back door, the dozen or so bandits who had fled from East Street finally went around most of the city from the east to the Dajiangdong team on South Street.

"What, Ding Lanqi is asleep, and his cubs are also asleep?" - In order to please auspiciousness, the Hu bandit never said the word dead, and only said that he was asleep when he died-Da Jiangdong's black face became darker, and he had guessed this news before, otherwise why didn't he see the movement of Ding Lanqi when he attacked just now. It's just that with his understanding of Ding Lanqi, it's hard to believe that this ghost-headed toad eye has been destroyed. He shook his hand and pointed a gun at the escaped cubs, and asked, "Are you telling the truth?" ā€

These little cubs immediately kowtowed and cursed, and Da Jiangdong saw that they didn't seem to be cheating, and he suddenly gasped in his heart. Seeing this, Master Ma next to him hurriedly comforted: "Big boss, it is the West Gate that entered this circle this time, which is very unlucky." I see ......"

When Da Jiangdong heard this, he immediately found some comfort, and hurriedly asked: "What do you think, master, is there still a play this time?" ā€

Master Ma actually didn't have a bottom in his heart, the three hundred people were killed two hundred, but the dogs in the city didn't know how many there were, and those who fled to catch up, because they didn't take advantage of the situation to catch up, and when they came back to their senses and united the gang of dogs just now, the number of people was a lot more than their own family, and if the city gate was sealed again, it would be miserable. Of course, you can't say anything about retreating, after all, you have to get something after sending so many lives in this city.

"The big boss, this battle has to start from ah, as soon as the ugly time passes, the rooster crows together, then we will be at a great disadvantage." Master Ma finally made up a nonsense. "When it's ugly? Rooster crowing? Da Jiangdong's face was confused, so he only worked at night. But I can't do anything at night except for the shiny. And the watchmen in the south of the west of the city that they occupy now also know that they are all poor ghosts, so what kind of oil and water can be squeezed out? The richest Dongguan in the city is far away. It seems that this restaurant still has to be brought down, Da Jiangdong made up his mind, so he coaxed out the few cubs who ran back, and immediately asked someone to start letting Liangzi go over.

Dozens of people in the restaurant withdrew in less than a quarter of an hour, not far from Dongguan, and the factory guard team had smashed open the door of Christ Church according to Liu Jianyun's previous arrangement, and everyone hurriedly got in. Although Master Qiu was very unhappy, but at this time, it was important to save his life, so he hurried in, and as for the affairs of the foreigners, he had to wait for the bandits to retreat and then report to the court. The people of the factory guard team also gradually withdrew from the street, ambushed on both sides of East Street, Liu Jianyun didn't know how many bandits there were, so he had to defend just in case, fortunately, there were not many attritions, plus the more than ten township warriors upstairs were estimated to be ** ten people left, these people can still defend with shotguns and terrain, but I don't know where the retreating township warriors ran before, if they are there, it is foolproof.

"Wang Lao Er, Wang Lao Er," Liu Jianyun shouted a name. After a while, a man came out, "You can bring a few people to see if you can catch a bandit, and ask how many bandits are coming tonight?" Although he killed the two bandits, he didn't know the specific number of the other party, which made Liu Jianyun very uneasy.

Wang Lao Er went down in response, he was originally a hunter of Tianmu Mountain, his movements were neat and his marksmanship was accurate, and he soon disappeared into the night with a few people. Just waiting, Liu Jianyun saw that the bandits on South Street each held a few torches and threw them far away from the Fusheng restaurant, this wooden building was originally destroyed in the Gengzi year, and it was newly built last year, but it was still built a wooden building, and it took a while to ignite a fire. For a while, there were screams in the neighboring shops next to the restaurant, and a few people ran to the bandits after going out, and they were immediately tied up by them.

In the firelight, Da Jiangdong didn't see the dogs just now, nor did he see the seedlings running out of the building, and immediately knew that these seedlings had withdrawn. hurriedly led people to chase after him on East Street, but as soon as he got out of the street, he was shot back by a shotgun. Because the guns were not far away, the factory guards let the bandits shoot from a distance and did not return fire, but as long as they were in the firing range, they opened fire with great force, and the bandits had no choice for a while, and the two sides faced each other at the intersection of East Street. Seeing that the shape was temporarily stabilized, Liu Jianyun immediately asked the remaining villagers to gather the people who had broken down before, otherwise he would really not be able to hold it if there were more bandits attacking him.

There is no good way to deal with the stalemate of the battle situation, the sound of the dog on the opposite side is too powerful, how many people rushed over were sprayed to the ground, and only a hundred people can fight on their side, and it is really unwise to divide the troops again. Because no one put out the fire, the three-story wooden building in the southeast corner burned Zhenghuan, like a huge torch, fortunately the wind was light at night, so it did not spread for a while.

At the moment when everyone was staring at the torches, Xiang Yong, who was sent to contain the rout, came back and brought back more than 40 people, and the head of the person in charge said to Liu Jianyun: "Master, only these are found, and the others have run out of the city, and they can't be collected for a while." "Liu Jianyun didn't care so much, someone just made it, although there are not many of these forty people, they can still be used at the top of the factory protection team, especially they make them all fast guns, and the shotguns of the factory protection team are just complementary. If it weren't for the streets and alleys, and it was night, once his shortcomings of not being able to attack from a distance were discovered by the bandits, it would be a catastrophe. After arranging more than 50 people into the position, he returned to Christ Church to discuss countermeasures with Zhong Guanguan.

At this time, Xing Ziheng, the pastor of the church of Christ, was already shocked - Tonghua was originally a remote place, but there were churches in remote places, especially the money paid to the church in the Gengzi indemnity, and for a time there were churches in more than 1,100 counties in more than 1,300 counties in China, and these churches were not badly repaired, and some were even better than those built by the yamen - the church only sent a Chinese believer to take care of a qiē here, and the gunfire caused a qiē lamp in the city to go out, because of Gengzi's memory, When the church door was smashed open, Xing Ziheng hid himself tightly. It wasn't until someone entered the church and heard the voice of the county magistrate Qiu that he came out, and after talking, he realized that it was the bandit who was at ease. Everyone was talking in whispers, and more gentry prayed to the Bodhisattva in the church of Christ, promising to come back after this sorrow and wish to make a golden body. Suddenly, a small crack opened in the door, and it was Liu Jianyun who came in.

"Sir, sir." In the dark, Liu Jianyun couldn't see the situation inside clearly, so he had to shout quietly.

Zhong Guanguan heard Liu Jianyun's voice and hurriedly called him over. Qiu County Ling hurriedly asked: "How is it outside, have the bandits ever retreated?" Where is Mr. Li? After the battle, Zhong Guan realized that he was completely chaotic in the team, so he stayed in the church of Christ with Chen Quai. Through the crack in the door, I could only see the silence outside, except for the fire in the Fusheng restaurant, the cold guns and constant shouting from time to time, I couldn't see any movement of the bandits.

"Master, I haven't retreated yet. We waited at the intersection of Dongjie Street, and the bandits couldn't come for a while. Liu Jianyun briefly talked about the situation outside, and when he saw Li Jingming, he no longer concealed it like he did in the restaurant just now, and only said in a low voice: "Master, Master Li, he died in his post." ā€

Qiu Xian Ling let out a small sigh when he heard this, but after all, he had been cultivating his qi for decades and did not scream. After a little relief, he said to Liu Jianyun: "The Hu bandit offensive has been dull, you can send someone to ring the bell on the tower of the East Gate City. ā€

Liu Jianyun couldn't refute it, so he had to say that the bandits had been in the city for a long time, and everyone was probably frightened, how dare they leave the house. But he didn't dare to go against Master Qiu's wishes, so he had to send a few people over to knock it. After a while, the bell of "Dangdang" rang again in the city, and in the dead of night, the bell spread far away. The people outside this pass are really strong, I saw the bandits into the city and the gunfire was loud, they all avoided at home and did not dare to come out, at this time I heard someone knocking on the east gate of the alarm bell, knowing that the patrol was still resisting, and ran out a lot of blood.

Under the moonlight, I saw some figures in the darkness 66 continuously, either holding sticks or forks, and at first there was a little groping and shrinking, and only after seeing that the people standing under the bell tower were not bandits, they ran over, and everyone was sorted according to A, and after a while, more than 100 people gathered. Except for a few of these people, who were patrol officers who lived in the house earlier, the others were all guys from shops near Dongguan - these were all brave men in the original armor. Although they did not have guns, they were armed with sticks, knives and forks, which greatly boosted the morale of the defenders.

Liu Jianyun was about to go up to make arrangements, but Wang Laoer, who had gone to arrest people before, came back, and he caught a bandit and came back, but the person who went was also injured. "Report to the team officer, there are more than 300 Hu bandits in total, and there are more than 30 people in the cavalry, and the leader is called Da Jiangdong."

It's good to understand the situation, the eyes are dark at night, and it is impossible to tell how many people there are, and now it seems that there are only about 100 people left in the bandits, and there are 130 or 40 people on their side without adding armor, and they can still fight a dozen on a one-on-one. Liu Jianyun had a plan in his heart, and hurriedly beckoned a patrol policeman, asking him to find a few people who were familiar with Nanjie to come over, planning to ask Ming on the way to bypass and copy the back road of the bandits.

When the bell at the east gate struck for the first time, Master Ma's heart beat wildly, and he immediately found Da Jiangdong, who was directing the cubs to search hard, and said in a low voice, "The big boss, the time has come, the stars are displaced, and you can't stay here for a long time!" ā€

Dajiangdong is in the middle of the fire, it is really inconvenient to rob with torches at night, those seedlings are hiding in the corner, it is difficult to search out and ask for money, and they can't find the door for a long time, dozens of people have not caught fifty taels for half a day, and there is no response for half a day after listening to the master's words.