Maybe the Taiping Army was waiting for the fairy temple, or maybe there was still some preparation. Dozens of civilian ships from the Taiping Army on the other side were moored on the shore after leaving the estuary, and there was no rush to cross the river.

They were not in a hurry, and Han Xiufeng would not be in a hurry. He asked Gushi to make a fire and cook, so that the chefs could cook dinner together so that they would not have to worry about making it after the war started.

Just after noon, Zhou Xingyuan sent the last spy sent to the south came back and brought back the news that Xu Ying was defeated by the bandits in the sixteenth place east of the Fairy Temple. More than a thousand young men collapsed without fighting and fled in all directions when they saw the bandits.

The spy didn't dare to get too close, and didn't know whether Xu Ying was alive or not. Han Xiufeng didn't care about these things, because the bandits who came from the Fairy Temple had already appeared in sight and were busy burying pots and cooking two miles south of the camp. Not only was they too arrogant to set up camp, but they even sent bandits to persuade the surrender with flags.

"The heavenly soldiers are coming, and if you resist stubbornly, you will surely burn your mind..."

"Master Han, you can shoot foreign guns, you've already aimed at them. Do you want to give them some color?" Lu Daming asked in a low voice.

There are a lot of lead, but not much gunpowder. Han Xiufeng didn't want to waste precious gunpowder on these two bandits, so he pretended to be relaxed: "The two armies are fighting and not killing them. They don't understand the rules, so we must understand that there is no need to fire guns."

"Master Han, they are bandits, who are the ones to come!" a village hero muttered.

"What do you know?" Han Xiufeng glared at him, then turned around and smiled, "They have a long mouth, but you have no long mouth. They persuaded surrender, and you also advised them. If they scolded, you would scold them back."

Li Changjing knew that there was not much gunpowder and immediately said, "Yes, yes, yell at them, and see who can scold whom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Daming cursed the first time: "Please advise us to surrender. You are a ill mind. We are officers and soldiers. You bandits. How can you be a bandit in the world be the reason for officers and soldiers to surrender bandits!"

"Do you two damn people don't want to live anymore? You have the ability to come. Let's see how I deal with you!"

"If you commit a rebellion, you will confiscate your family and destroy your clan, and even your ancestral tomb will be dug..."

Lu Daming started to start, and the village warriors on the south wall immediately started to curse. Some even took off their pants and peed under the wall. As they cursed, the village warriors were not as nervous and scared as before. Han Xiufeng wanted this morale, and encouraged them to scold while patrolling.

As he was cursing, there was movement on the other side. I saw dozens of boats covered with bandits and flags slowly rowing from the other side, heading straight for the bandits who were burying pots and cooking in the south.

"Here, finally!" Zhang Guangcheng said nervously.

Han Xiufeng raised his "Qianli Eye" and observed for a while, and said solemnly: "The bandits have cannons and are placed on the bow of the ship. It seems that we are going to be attacked from all sides."

"ah!"

"Where are there any cannons?"

"Look at it." Han Xiufeng handed over the "Qianliyan".

Zhang Guangcheng looked at it for a while and handed over the "Qianliyan" to Li Changjing. After reading it, Li Changjing handed over the "Qianliyan" to Zhang Yiguo... Everyone didn't know that they didn't know it. When they saw it, they were shocked. The bandits converted several cannons into warships, put small cannons on the bow, and aimed at sandbags on the boat. The boats were rowed to the center of the river and divided into two groups, heading south, and heading straight to the camp.

According to the previous division of labor, Zhang Guangcheng and Li Zhiyong were responsible for guarding the Western Wall. He did not dare to delay his work anymore, so he immediately turned around and said, "Zhiyong, let's go over."

Li Zhiyong reacted, held the knife tightly and said, "Go to the Western Wall!"

The gunners on the west wall also realized that the warships were coming to them, and they rushed to fill gunpowder and projectiles without waiting for Zhang Guangcheng and Li Zhiyong to order. The village yen guarding the west wall was not so nervous. They knew that there were thieves on the river that could not come, and there would only be artillery battles here later.

As the thieves' ship was getting closer and closer, Zhou Xingyuan couldn't help but remind: "Brother Han, there are too many people on the Western Wall. The thieves can fight with one shot, why don't you withdraw some people first?"

"Well, there are not so many people in the west," Han Xiufeng recovered and ordered: "Bigou, hurry up and send orders. Only gunners are left on the western wall. The others go down and standby first."

"Abide by the order!"

As soon as Datou left, Lu Daming couldn't help asking: "Master Han, do you want to transfer the gun lifting team?"

A gun can hit two hundred steps. If the bandits' warships are close enough, they can hit the bandits on the boat. But Han Xiufeng said without hesitation: "The bandits on the river are not worth worrying about, and you don't need to worry about the West Wall."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Han Xiufeng patted Lu Daming's arm and then turned around and said, "Brother Li, go do the thing I said yesterday to cheer up the brothers."

Li Changjing was stunned and immediately reacted: "Abide by the order!"

As the village warriors on and under the wall watched, Li Changjing ran to a row of stand cages on the west wall, pulled out his waist knife and shouted with a ferocious look: "Brothers, the bandits have no three heads and six arms, nor are they invulnerable to swords and guns. Not only are there nothing to be afraid of, but they will not end up in rebellion! Now that the war is imminent, keep them in the way, so just take them to sacrifice the flags. Master, I will cut one first, and leave the rest for you. Those who dare to kill will raise their hands quickly. If you are too late, you can only cut off those outside the camp!"

Killing is simple, but if you really do it, you may not be able to do it, especially for those rural heroes who have never killed anyone before.

However, Li Changjing had already prepared and agreed with Lu Daming last night.

As soon as he finished speaking, a village man who had been told to recruit from Taiba, who had been admitted, shouted: "Isn't it just a murder? Mr. Li, the younger one."

"Okay, come up, leave this thief to you, and you will send him on your way!"

"Mr. Li, he is also a younger one!"

...

The villagers were talking and rushing to the forefront. Not only did more than a dozen executioners get together quickly, but there were also many villagers who wanted to kill the murderer without death row prisoners, so they could only watch others execute the execution.

Li Chang took the knife and fell. A bandit's head rolled onto the wall. He kicked it under the wall. His body was covered with blood and even his face was stained. As the village warriors cheered, he not only did not feel nervous and afraid, but instead smirked.

Han Xiufeng didn't like this scene. He didn't even go to the Caishikou to watch the executioner perform. But today he looked gloomy with a gloomy face from the end. It was not until the gunners on the west wall pushed the station cage down and were busy using straw curtains to placate the footsteps before turning back and observing the movements of the bandits on the river and the south.

"Isn't it just killing people? I've killed them when I was in Ba County." Datou not only looked excited, but also felt itchy, and even muttered to himself.

Ji Da couldn't help but say, "Brother Big Head, I not only know that you have killed someone, but also that if it weren't for Mr. Han's rescue, you would have been cut off by the government and paid for your life."

"How do you know?"

"What Brother Pan said."

"This Pan Er, why do you tell me everything?"

Just as they were whispering, two boats had already reached the east coast, and they could clearly see two bandits gathering together and pointing at this side.

The bandits came one after another, Zhou Xingyuan silently calculated how many soldiers there were, and Han Xiufeng was also considering how many bandits came and how long this camp could last.

"Report to Mr. Han, the gunship has come down and stopped in the middle of the river!"

Han Xiufeng looked back and said coldly: "They are planning to attack together later."

Zhang Guangsheng, who came from the western wall, said anxiously: "Master Han, my cousin asked the gunner, and the gunner said that our gun should be able to be fired."

The bandits on the river were not worth worrying about, and the dozen guns pulled from Taizhou were useless because they were not skilled gunners. Now the bandits' warships have anchored in the middle of the river and turned into targets that remained there. Han Xiufeng felt that instead of letting the gunners stay idle, they would let them practice their hands first and pondered: "Since you can do it, just shoot it! Tell those gunners, I will shoot it right for me. If I can kill one, I will reward you with a heavy reward!"

"Abide by the order!"

The cannon was not a gun. Zhang Guangcheng took the torch that lit the powder and shouted nervously and excitedly: "Brothers, all aim at the largest one. Zhang Si, look at it carefully, look at it on the first round, and report it to the side of the way, how far it is, quickly."

"I know, I will look carefully." Zhang Si stood on the arrow tower and returned.

The gunners were very busy. After aiming the best old gunner, they ran to help adjust the angle after aiming this one, until all the guns were almost done, then they turned around and said, "Report to the second young master, you have all aimed!"

"Let me!" Zhang Guangcheng roared, and the torch in his hand had already been delivered to the medicine mouth.

There was only a loud "bang" sound, and the cannon body suddenly shrank back, and then other cannons also went alleys. The sound of cannons was deafening, and white gunpowder smoke filled the western wall.

The people on the wall couldn't see clearly whether there was any punch or not.

Zhang Si, who was guarding the arrow tower, saw clearly because he was not blocked by the smoke. He saw that water columns splashed on the six rivers seven or eight feet away from the bandits, and hurriedly shouted: "Second Young Master, I've shot far away, and I've missed it, and I haven't shot at a single shot!"

The sound of cannons was too loud just now, and the village heroes in the camp could not hear clearly. The village heroes on the south wall, east wall and north wall were even more unaware of the cannons themselves, and they all knew that they were shooting or not, and they cheered again like chicken blood.

Zhang Guangcheng could hear it clearly and hurriedly ran to the arrow tower and raised his head and asked, "Speak carefully, how much did you hit farther and how much did you hit miss?"

"I hit four or five feet away, but I hit seven or eight feet away!"

"Which side did you go?"

“It’s going south.”

"I know, let's watch."

Zhang Guangcheng didn't need to send orders from his subordinates, and hurriedly ran over to tell the old gunner that the old gunner had figured out how far he had gone and quickly proofreaded one by one. The Taiping Army in the south was stunned by this round of cannons. They never expected that the officers and soldiers who were in the camp would dare to fire the cannon first. They didn't bother to observe the terrain and even pulled out the formation to meet them.
Chapter completed!