Lu Lane is located at the turning point of Luoyu Road and Guanshan. The road is winding and narrow, like a fish swaying its tail. It is surrounded by a paddy field full of weeds that have been abandoned for a long time. You can't see people. Instead of calling it "Lu Lane", it is better to call it "Lu Zhi".

In the past ten days, the place was attacked by Changmao outside the city more than once. The most dangerous time, the inner trenches were captured by Changmao inside the city. Fortunately, the "Citi Army" in the east was not as fierce as the old thieves in Guangxi in the city. They had already attacked less than a mile from the outer trenches. Seeing that the artillery fire was very strong, they retreated after several shots. Only when Xiang Yong, who was guarding here, was able to repel Changmao who had come from the city based on the outer trenches.

Han Xiufeng did not think that more than 400 people from the firearms regiment of the Right Camp and Baojia Bureau could be defended. Last night, he agreed with Hu Linyi to transfer the left camp back. Hu Linyi originally thought that it would be more appropriate for whom to lead the troops, and yesterday asked the Sichuan East regiment to train the left camp to assist Jiang Yili. He originally wanted to boost the morale of Jiang Yili, but Han Xiufeng agreed without hesitation as soon as Hu Linyi proposed.

When Pan Er and Chen Zhankui led their brothers from Zuoying to Luxiang, Han Xiufeng had just finished breakfast and was standing on the hill with Liu Shanyang, Chen Tianru, Zhang Biao and others, observing the surrounding terrain from a high place, discussing how to defend.

"Changsheng, Zhankui, come up and take a look."

"Abide by the order!"

Pan Er and Chen Zhankui quickly asked their subordinates to enter the trench and then climbed up the mountain along the path.

Han Xiufeng looked at them and asked, "I heard that I won a battle yesterday afternoon?"

Pan Er was about to speak, but Chen Zhankui said proudly: "Mr. Han, I think this long hair is not much better than the bandits in Guizhou. He is incompetent in fighting. He is also afraid of death. When he sees us setting off guns and cannons, he runs away with his head and runs faster than rabbits. He doesn't dare to fight with us with real swords and guns."

"That's because you are lucky. You are meeting the Citi Army, which is similar to the mob, not the old Guangxi thief who has experienced many battles." Han Xiufeng smiled and said, "And it's a newly defeated Citi Army. They are just escaping and are naturally unwilling to fight with you."

"I said, it turned out that I had picked a bargain." Chen Tianru couldn't help but smile.

In front of Han Xiufeng, Chen Zhankui was not good at saying anything to him, pretending to be unheard and laughed: "Mr. Han, you have said before that sometimes marching and fighting wars also depends on luck. It is not a bad thing to meet a stray dog ​​who fled in a hurry. Otherwise, where would you cut so many long hairs? Otherwise, how could you win the first battle like this now?"

"Yes, after all, whether it is the Citi Army or the old thief in Guangxi, they will grow hair when rewarding merits and practice, but they will not be so clear." Han Xiufeng handed Liu Shanyang the "Qianliyan" and raised his arm to point at the direction of Wuchang City: "But this luck will always be exhausted. From now on, what we really have to deal with is no longer the Citi Army, but the old Guangxi thieves in the city!"

"There are nothing to be afraid of in Guangxi's old thieves. They are not invulnerable, nor are they three-headed and six-armed."

"But they have experienced many battles and are fearless. If they really attack in large numbers, they can't repel them by just the dozens of foreign guns from the firearms and the dozens of bird guns from the second battalions on both sides. They must be prepared to fight with their lives!"

"Don't worry, if my brother from Zuoying dares to take a step back, you will ask me!"

"Okay, from now on, you will guard the outer trench. Hurry up and take your brothers to get to know the lower trench."

"Affect the order."

"Tianru, Zhang Biao, you guys should hurry up and prepare."

...

Pan Ergang saw Chen Zhankui, Chen Tianru and others away. Han Xiufeng suddenly turned around and pointed to a camp in the southeast direction and asked: "Changsheng, do you still remember the Wu brothers of the Tea Gang?"

"Remember."

"They are there. Wu Er not only became the Dusi, but also the battalion officer under Li Xubin. Wu San became the Qianzheng, and Wu Si was unlucky and died in battle."

"Fourth brother, how do you know?"

"I wrote a letter to Zhang Dejian. After receiving the letter, Zhang Dejian took it seriously and sent someone to work as a grain official in their camp. He has been staring at me quietly for the past two years."

Pan Er reacted and couldn't help asking: "Fourth Brother, do they know we are here?"

"Not only do I know, I also plan to take this opportunity to avenge my personal revenge." Han Xiufeng turned around and looked at him with a smile, "No matter what, it is an old friend, I have sent someone to invite them to reminisce about the past, but I don't know if their brothers dare to come."

"Fourth brother, you plan..."

"Where do I want to go? The enemy is in front of me, how could I do that thing that makes my relatives feel happy? Besides, there are injustice and debts, and the account that Wu Da was beaten to death could not be counted on me, Han Xiufeng."

"Fourth brother, do you want to reconcile with them, will they be willing?"

"Reconciliation is not that easy. After all, it is a life, but we can stabilize them first. As long as they don't cause trouble, we won't bother with them. Otherwise, it will be troublesome and it will be unpleasant if it spreads."

Liu Shanyang also felt that it was better to resolve the enemy than to make a comeback, so he couldn't help but say: "In the face of a great enemy, we have to take the overall situation into consideration, and they also have to take the overall situation into consideration. If they really fight with us, they may not be able to win, and even if they win, they will not be able to make a profit."

Thinking of the Wu brothers who even broke into Zhuzi's house in order to help Wu Da revenge, Pan Er smiled bitterly and said, "I don't think they are that easy to talk to."

Liu Shanyang smiled and said, "At one time and another, they were barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. They really dared to sacrifice their lives to help Wu Da avenge. But now they not only put on shoes, but also wear black hats. If they really fight with us, they will lose not only their lives, but also their wealth and glory that they have finally won."

"But what if they don't come?"

"If they dare not come, it would be even less worrying."

...

At the same time, Wu Zhongyi, who had just finished reading the book, was stunned.

Wu Zhong was even more shocked and sweated in a cold sweat. He looked into the direction of Luxiang and murmured: "Xu Jiugang was transferred, and Han Si knew that we were here. There was no such coincidence in the world. It must be Xu Jiu's secret report."

Cousin Zhang Hu muttered, "What's the matter just being transferred, he disappeared last night!"

"We treat him well, why do he ruin our affairs?"

"I must be crazy about getting promoted and getting rich. I want to take this opportunity to climb Han Si's high branch."

"Damn it, don't let me meet you if you have the ability. If you are met by me, I will see that I won't cut him off!"

"Let's talk about Xu Jiu's affairs first. Let's talk about the Hongmen Banquet of Han. Should we go or not?" Wu Zhongyi asked with a gloomy face.

"Brother, Han must not be kind to you, you can't go!" Zhang Hu asked anxiously.

"How come I don't know that he is not kind, but if he doesn't go, he will definitely be underestimated." Wu Zhongyi weighed the pros and cons, and picked up the knife: "Let's go and see what he sells in the gourd!"

"elder brother……"

"Don't worry, there will be no trouble, but you must not be careful." Wu Zhongyi said coldly as he walked: "Huzi, hurry up and report to Mr. Li, and say that your third brother and I will go to see Lord Han and discuss the garrison of the two armies with Lord Han."

Thinking of the defense zone of Luxiang Zuozui next to this side, Zhang Hu could only grit his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go now."

Fearing that Han Xiufeng was underestimated, Wu Zhongyi walked out of the camp and came back to change into the official uniform that he usually couldn't bear to wear, so that the accompanying soldiers would cheer up. Then, with his younger brother Wu Zhongli, he turned over and took more than 20 soldiers to Lu Lane.

Han Xiufeng didn't expect that they would come like this before, and put down his eyes and smiled: "It's really a hero that is the times. If they had been put three or five years ago, they wouldn't dare to come."

"Well, it looks a bit powerful." Liu Shanyang smiled, then turned around and said, "Zhixing, you and Changsheng reminisce about the past with them. I'm not suitable for me here, why don't I go down first?"

"Okay, you go down first."

Liu Shanyang followed the path to the foot of the mountain and asked Zhang Biao to call all the brothers of the firearm group to the intersection. After waiting for half a stick of incense, Wu Zhongyi and Wu Zhonggan appeared in front of him.

"Who dares to ask who is Wu Dusi?" Liu Shanyang bowed and looked at them with a smile.

"I am!"

"Who are you? What is your official position? What position are you? Why don't you kneel down when you see my elder brother?"

"If you guess correctly, you are Wu Dusi's younger brother Wu Zhongren," Liu Shanyang smiled and looked at Wu Zhongren riding on the horse, and said meaningfully: "My surname is Liu, and his name is Shanyang. He was a juren in the 20th year of Daoguang. Because he worked hard to suppress the thieves, he was awarded the seventh rank top belt and was given the title of magistrate. Now, he is following Lord Han Xiufeng and the Sichuan East Coach Training. You asked me to kneel down and worship your second brother. Have you ever thought that your second brother can bear it?"

Wu Zhongyi not only offended scholars, but also the person in front of him was still a juren.

Thinking that if a juren kneels down, it would be a disgrace. At that time, there is no need for Han Si to attack, Mr. Li Xubin, Li and even Hu Zhongcheng would not spare their brothers easily, so he hurriedly bowed: "Zhongyi has met Mr. Liu."

"Brother Wu, don't be polite," Liu Shanyang bowed and replied, then looked at the mountain and smiled: "Mr. Han is waiting for the two of you above. Please get off the horse and walk up the mountain. The accompanying personal soldiers are waiting here."

Wu Zhongyi looked up at the mountain, then looked at the dozens of troupe brave men holding foreign guns around him, turned over and dismounted, stared at Liu Shanyang and asked: "Master Liu, do you want to search Wu's body and let Wu leave his weapons behind?"

"You don't need to search your body, you can carry your body with weapons."

"Okay, you guys are waiting here, I'll come down in a while."

Wu Zhongyi snorted coldly and climbed up the mountain with Wu Zhong.

I thought there should be many soldiers and soldiers ambushing the mountain, but when I came up, I found that there were only two people, Han Xiufeng and Pan Er, and they were not wearing official uniforms like Liu Shanyang at the foot of the mountain.

Just as he didn't know how to speak, Han Xiufeng turned around and said, "Two, you two, you have been separated for five or six years. I didn't expect that we could meet again, and I didn't expect that we became colleagues, and we must work together and fight side by side."

"Han Si, what do you want?" Wu Zhongyi asked in a scammer.

Pan Er was originally worried that the Wu brothers were particularly jealous when they saw the enemy, and they might take action. Unexpectedly, Wu Er asked this, and his heart finally fell down. Han Xiufeng did not expect Wu Er to ask this, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's not what I, Han Xiufeng, want it, but what you brothers want it."

Wu Zhongyi realized that he had said the wrong thing, and seemed to be afraid of him. He hurriedly changed the topic and stared at Han Xiufeng with a murderous look and asked, "Where is Han Si, where is Xu Jiu?"

Han Xiufeng said lightly: "His original errand has been finished, and I gave him a new errand."

Although he had guessed that it was Xu Jiu's secret report, Wu Zhongyi was still secretly frightened and asked gritted his teeth: "Xu Jiu is your person, did he send him to my camp to be a grain official?"

"Absolutely." Han Xiufeng paused and continued: "Actually, what you should have thought of long ago is that other camps are trusted by the battalion officials as grain officials, but your camp is an outsider as grain officials. In terms of relationships with Mr. Luo who has died in his country, your brothers are neither Mr. Luo's fellow countrymen nor Master Luo's students, and they are not the most effective in fighting. Why have you almost never owed the food and pay for others when you were in Hunan and Guangxi, but others' food and pay for them often owed the food and pay for them."

Wu Zhongyi suddenly reacted, clenched his waist and asked, "So, I should thank you?"

"No need to thank you for your help."

Han Xiufeng walked to them and sighed: "The ancients said that enemies should be resolved rather than made up. I don't want to be enemies from the bottom of my heart. After all, there is a head of injustice and a debt to the master. Your elder brother cannot blame me, Han Xiufeng, nor can you blame the big head who is not good at brains, or even Jiang Liu. In the end, I can only blame the local fight for hundreds of years. But it is your elder brother who dies. Life is at stake, and you must not let go."

"I thought you didn't know!"

"So I don't blame you, and I won't make things difficult for you. It's just that the enemy is in front of you. Now it's not a time to revenge. If you brothers can take the overall situation into consideration, then let's put aside this grudge first. After the Changmao is wiped out, if we are lucky, we will still be alive. Then we will make an appointment to find a place to end this grudge."

Looking at the thoughtful look of the Wu brothers, Han Xiufeng said again: "We have become officials now, standing higher than others, and naturally seeing farther than others. So I think the grudges between us are best between us, so don't implicate our descendants, otherwise when will the revenge be repaid!"

"What if I don't agree?" Wu San couldn't help asking.

Before Han Xiufeng could speak, Pan Er said coldly: "If you don't agree, let's come over. Who is afraid of who? My fourth brother invites you to come and tell you all the hearts and minds. This is for you to give you face and not shameless! Don't think that if you become a camp officer and lead hundreds of township brave men, you will think that you are so great. Don't believe it. If my fourth brother really wants to kill you, it will be so easy to step on an ant!"

"Believe it or not, I will kill you now!"

"I want to draw my sword, right? Pull it out, you can try pulling it out!"

"Zhongli, put down the knife first," Wu Zhongyi grabbed Wu Zhongli and stared at Han Xiufeng and said, "Han Si, I have recorded your words, and I will do as you can. If you dare to speak without trust, don't blame me for going to Ba County to find you!"

"I, Han Xiufeng, are the ones who want shame, so how can I speak without trust?"

"Okay, that's it!"

Wu Zhongyi turned around and left, but Wu Zhong was stunned and hurried to chase him.

Looking at their departure backs, Pan Er couldn't help asking: "Fourth Brother, do you really plan to wait until the Changmao is wiped out and make an appointment with them so that they can get revenge and get revenge?"

"Is Changmao so easy to suppress?" Han Xiufeng asked back, looked back at the direction of Wuchang City and pondered: "Who are they not good with? They have to go with Li Xubin. Since they follow Li Xubin, they have to fight this battle. God knows whether they can live until the day Changmao is wiped out."

"Yes, one has died, only two are left."

"Actually, they also knew that I was delaying the military strategy, but I was revealed to have no courage to act rashly. Once this person becomes an official, his life will follow Jin Gui. After all, he still can't let go of his life or wealth." Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and thought about it and said, "Not only can I not let go of my life or life, I can't lose my face. Therefore, this matter can only be turned into a big thing, otherwise it will be really unpleasant if it spreads."

"I'm afraid they will agree happily, so I will regret it after I go back."

"There is nothing to be afraid of when we regret it. Let's pay attention." Han Xiufeng didn't want to say this anymore, and suddenly changed his tone: "Did Changmao see us coming to support and dare not attack? Why haven't he made any noise yet?"

When Pan Er heard Han Xiufeng say this, he also found it strange. He looked at the direction of Wuchang City and murmured: "Didn't there be too many casualties yesterday? Those who were not dead or injured were scared to death. How many days should I rest and attack?"

"You can't take it lightly. Let Chen Zhankui and Chen Tianru send more scouts later."
Chapter completed!