Luo Yue put down the telescope, nodded, and said, "The artillery is fighting well, come again."

Then the only artillery of the People's Army opened fire continuously. After more than a dozen rounds of artillery bombardment, it hit three houses, killing all the bandits in the house to death and wounding. When the bandits who were hiding in other houses saw it, they could not stand it, so they had to come out of the house one after another. In fact, even when they came to the yard, the same was true. After the shells fell, they still couldn't stand it. But from the perspective of people's psychology, of course they were unwilling to hide in the house and wait for death. At least they ran to the yard and had a much greater room for circumvention.

The artillery just now hit, and two cannons were shot in the Main Hall, and even the Buddha's mud statue was blown down halfway. Another tiger and a puppet were buried in the artillery fire. Zheng Yihu was so quick to see the opportunity, hiding behind a large pillar, with only a few scratches on his body.

But hiding in the house like this is not a solution, it must be changed as soon as possible. Zheng Yihu was not unwilling to think about running away, but Zheng Yihu knew very well the nature of the bandits under his command, so they could hold on for a while. Once they retreat, they would inevitably be defeated. When the People's Army pursued them later, there would definitely be heavy casualties. Therefore, they would not retreat easily unless they were absolutely certain.

In addition, up to now, the number of bandits is still above 3oo, far more than the enemy, so he retreated like this. Zheng Yihu was still a little unwilling to accept it. If the distance between the opponent was able to be closer and the two sides launched a hand-to-hand combat, Zheng Yihu thought that his side was still very sure of winning.

Looking at the enemy's array, it is only about 50 meters away from the temple wall. It can be said that it is just about to raise its legs. So Zheng Yihu gritted his teeth, pulled out his nine-ring sword, rushed out of the main hall in a few steps, waved the sword in his hand, and said, "Brothers, guarding in this temple is just a dead end. Let's rush out and fight to the death with them. You see, there are few people in them, and when you fight the knife, you will definitely not be our opponents. Rush out and kill them without leaving any armor." As he said that, he took the lead to rush out of the temple.

The other bandits were not very energetic when they heard this because they had such combat experience when fighting with the Qing army before. As long as they fought for a little casualties and reached the Qing army's formation, they could easily defeat the Qing army. So they all raised their weapons and killed them from the broken courtyard wall. In fact, when Zheng Yihu rushed to the courtyard wall, he stopped, just waved his sword and shouted, but did not rush out. Many bandits were so angry that they stepped out of the courtyard wall and rushed towards the People's Army's array.

Luo Yue looked at the back formation very carefully, nodded, and said, "Stop the shelling and order the German army to attack."

Although the number of people in front of the formation was small, they were not panicked when they saw the bandits coming out of the yard. After all, they had seen foreigners with real swords and guns for several times. How could they put these bandits in front of them? Therefore, they all used bayonets to prepare to fight with the bandits in hand-to-hand combat.

Although the number of bandits is greater than that of the People's Army, the teams are uneven, and not everyone dares to charge in the rain of bullets. Some people hid in the house and did not hear Zheng Yihu's orders. Therefore, some bandits had already rushed to the People's Army's array, while some bandits came out of the house. In fact, there were not many bandits in the first batch of bandits who fought hand-to-hand combat with the People's Army.

The two sides met in close combat, fell to the ground, and died almost all of them. In fact, since the People's Army was established, it has been conducting strict bayonet training, even after shooting training. Therefore, the People's Army's melee ability is not bad at all. Moreover, the People's Army's discipline and morale are far above the bandits. When fighting in hand and hand, the bandits are no match at all.

However, after all, the bandits are numerous, and there are also many outlaws. Moreover, after the two sides launched hand-to-hand combat, the artillery and rifles stopped shooting, so the bandits became more courageous and all rushed out of the temple to join the battle group.

At this moment, the German army also rushed to the battlefield and joined the battle group. The German soldiers were all professional soldiers. In terms of military quality, they were still above the soldiers of the People's Army. Moreover, after the German army, the People's Army was not inferior to the bandits in terms of number, so the two sides set up a formation, and the bandits were no match for them at all, and were killed by the People's Army and killed countless wounded and killed.

The hand-to-hand combat lasted only a dozen minutes, and there were more than 100 injured bandits, and the remaining bandits were all out of their fighting spirit and had no intention of fighting anymore, so they all fled. However, the People's Army adopted a semi-arc encirclement formation, so it was almost impossible for the bandits to find a way to escape in the three directions of left, middle and right.

Fortunately, the People's Army was only surrounded by three sides, and the bandits still had a way out to retreat. There was no People's Army in the back door of Ciming Temple, so the remaining bandits fled to the backyard of Ciming Temple. However, the back door of Ciming Temple was narrow, and the bandits fought and pushed each other, causing chaos. The People's Army then rushed into Ciming Temple and chased the bandits. As a result, the bandits were even more able to fight, pushing and trampling on each other, and blocking the back door.

Zheng Yihu was much smarter than other bandits. When he saw that the situation on the battlefield was not good for him, he knew that the situation was hopeless, so he took the lead in escaping from the back door of Ciming Temple. Zheng Yihu had long been optimistic about the retreat, which was to escape from the back door of Ciming Temple and enter the mountains.

After leaving the back door of Ciming Temple, Zheng Yihu breathed a sigh of relief. Looking around him, there were only one tiger and four pigs left, and there were only fifty or sixty other small bandits. The gunshots behind him were endless, and Zheng Yihu did not dare to delay any more, so he had to take such people into the mountain on a small road.

While walking, Zheng Yihu was in a very depressed mood. When he sent troops from the mountain village, he brought out more than 40 people, which were arrogant. Now there are only fifty or sixty people left, which can be said to be a serious injury to his vitality.

It was only then that Zheng Yihu knew what kind of opponent he had encountered. Not only the Qing army could not compare, but even the foreign army was inferior. In this battle, the People's Army actually dispatched an army composed of foreigners. The Wang brothers had never told him the strength of the People's Army. If he knew, he would never send troops again. Therefore, even if the Wang brothers did not betray him, they were definitely intending to deceive themselves. After they escaped this time, they would definitely be lucky to have the Wang brothers, and of course they would have to escape first.

At this moment, a burst of "slap" gunshots suddenly came from the front. The bandits were urged not to be on guard, and seven or eight people were shot and fell to the ground. It turned out that the People's Army guarding the back door of Ciming Temple finally attacked.

Only then did Zheng Yihu realize that the other party did not miss the back door of Ciming Temple, but just set up the army guarding the back door waiting for him in the mountains, which was completely not giving him a way out.

In fact, there is only one squad of the People's Army guarding the back door of Ciming Temple. If the bandits resist hard, they will not be able to fight. However, now the bandits have become frightened birds, and they still have fighting spirits there and flee in all directions. Some return from the same way, and some occupy the bushes. Zheng Yihu is only left by his side, and a few small bandits have penetrated into the bushes and fled in the desert.

The entire battle ended in less than an hour. The People's Army achieved comprehensive benefits. After inspection, a total of 233 bandits were killed and 159 bandits were captured. At the same time, after the arrests, there were indeed Zheng Yihu's right-hand man, four tigers and six pirates among the five tigers and eight pirates, a total of ten bandit leaders. In addition, more than 20 swords, guns and weapons were seized, as well as 32 old single rifles, more than 8 bullets, and a small amount of money and food. The People's Army itself, including German prisoners, was not killed, and only 21 were injured.

In addition, when searching the temple, 16 monks appeared in the backyard, originally monks from Ciming Temple. After Luo Yue asked about the situation, he ordered all these monks to be released and all the seized bandits' property were given to the monks, which was to make up for the losses of the temple. The monks naturally thanked Luo Yue for his gratitude and chanted the Buddha's name.

Luo Yue comforted the monks again, ordered the heads of the four tigers and six puppets to be chopped off and taken away, and took the prisoners back to Wangjiazhai Village.

At this time, Yang Rui and Qian Guoyu had returned to the village. Although they were unable to kill the Wang brothers, they had gained something after saving Wang Qing. Moreover, the bandits were almost wiped out in this battle. Even if the Wang brothers escaped their lives, they would not be able to make a big fuss.

Luo Yue immediately ordered to recruit all the villagers in the village, including the arrested Wang Gui's family, to gather in the village, to publicly announce the causes and consequences of the whole matter. He also told the villagers that after the hard battle of the People's Army, Wang Qing was rescued from the Wang brothers, and to wipe out the bandits. He also showed the heads of the four tigers and six bandit leaders who were shot in public, and of course, he also showed the poison that Wang brothers gave Wang Gui to poison the whole village.

After saying that, the villagers couldn't help but talk. Although Wang Qinjiu had already explained to the whole village that Wang Gui had colluded with the Wang brothers and wanted to drug the food and poison the whole village, so the village committee arrested Wang Gui's family. However, many villagers were half-believing and half-doubted about this. Wang Gui is a famous honest man in the village. How could he collude with the Wang brothers and poison the whole village? Could it be that overseas Chinese intend to punish Wang Gui?

But some people don’t understand, why are overseas Chinese doing something to mess with Wang Gui? Wang Gui’s family has no power, no power, no wealth, and his wife and daughter are average. Is overseas Chinese so hard to be full? Therefore, the whole village is also talking about it and there are many people. Now the whole village understands that it turns out that the Wang brothers caught Wang Qing and threatened Wang Gui to help them do things. This is reasonable.

Among the villagers, some sympathized with Wang Gui. After all, it was no easy task for such a thing; some people were gritting their teeth at Wang Gui because Wang Gui planned to poison him to death. Is this a big deal? If the overseas Chinese had not seen through the Wang brothers' plans, they would have died now.
Chapter completed!