It was already dawn, and Bai Zhengming carried the iron pickaxe and went down to the construction site to continue working. What he thought in his mind was to build the military fort as soon as possible. At present, such a sandbag fortress and earthen city looked very unstable, which made people feel worried.

Good days are coming soon. If the military thief is captured by the left thief at this time, the food is stolen, the woman is captured, and he is also arrested as cannon fodder, then he will fall from heaven and back to hell.

"The thief army is here!" At this moment, someone shouted.

"Get money, grab food, grab women!"

"Brothers, you'll break into the military office and make a fortune!"

The military households only heard cheers from the east, thundering and thundering sounds. Lin Miao stood on the high ground and looked around. He saw that in the wilderness to the east, there were dense black heads, and a large area of ​​blackness was continuous, connecting to the horizon. When the crowd was approaching, you could see the red "left" flag.

Seeing the dark Zuo family army coming, the military households sighed and were at a loss. The women hugged the children and cried, and the military office was in chaos.

"Don't mess around, get weapons!" Lin Miao shouted.

The veteran Tao Kairan was the first to react. He dropped his tools, turned around and ran back to his tent, and took out bows, arrows and sword cards. Bai Zhengming also reacted and rushed home, and took out bird guns and ammunition. All the military households ran back to their homes, and received long spears, bird guns and shields.

"Sir, we only have more than 300 people, and tens of thousands of thieves, can we stop it?" Bai Zhengming asked worriedly.

Lin Miao hummed calmly: "What can't stop it? Although there are tens of thousands of thieves, we are on the lake side, and the military household station is only a little big. Although the thieves have tens of thousands of troops, they cannot be used at all. Why fear?"

The officers of each small flag commanded the soldiers under their command in an orderly manner and quickly arranged defenses. Huang Lei, a officer from a hundred households, brought more than a dozen veterans back to the military office.

Seeing Lin Miao still yelling, Huang Lei shouted: "Hurry up, light the beacon tower!"

"No!" Lin Miao responded and immediately ran into the commanding heights in the village. This commanding heights were built with dismantled ruins, and were filled with firewood.

Lin Miao opened the fire pot hanging on his chest, lit the torch, and then extended the torch to light the beacon tower. The rolling smoke rose, and the number and shape of the firewood made the beacon tower emit different shapes of wolf smoke. The wolf smoke contained information such as the number of enemy troops and the location of our own.

The military households not far away saw the wolf smoke signal and lit the beacon tower. Rolling wolf smoke filled the air, and the beacon tower along the way sent signals. Soon, the wolf smoke was seen in Wuchang City.

This place is still more than forty miles away from Wuchang. When Li Guodong saw the wolf smoke, it would take at least half a day to arrive, so what Huang Lei and the others had to do was to block Zuo Liangyu for at least half a day. As long as they persisted to Li Guodong's reinforcements, they would be considered victorious.

"Master General, Li Zhe's military households have lit the beacon smoke. I'm afraid that Li Zhe will come soon." Lu Guangzu said, pointing to the rising beacon smoke.

Zuo Liangyu snorted coldly: "Our army has tens of thousands of people, but I am afraid that it will not be able to take a small military office? It will take at least half a day for Li Ergou to come. Moreover, our army set up an ambush halfway. It will take time for Li Ergou to break through our interception, right? In half a day, can't we break through the military office? They don't have a solid city wall, only a simple Sha Lei."

"Master, we cannot take it lightly. We will know that the sand baskets are piled up by sandbags. It is said that Jiannu and the thief have bombarded the sand baskets with cannons, but the effect is very poor." Li Guoying said.

Zuo Liangyu laughed: "Why waste gunpowder to bombard the sand lane? The sand lane is not like a city wall. As long as people rush up, they will climb up."

With Zuo Liangyu's order, the Zuo family army launched an attack. The one placed in front was naturally the cannon fodder team that Zuo Liangyu pieced together. Since there was no need to climb the city wall, the Zuo family army did not even carry a simple ladder. The chaotic refugees carried simple trench bridges and pushed shields filled with sandbags, and the tide rushed to the military households like a tide.

Bai Zhengming hid in a castle made of sandbags. He held the bird gun in his hand and stared at the Zuo Jun who was pushing closer step by step. The fuse had been lit, just aim at the target and pull the trigger. Behind him, there were many military households holding bird guns. Because the bird guns were loading slowly, the bird gunmen took turns shooting. After the people in front shot a gun, they immediately left the shooting hole. The people behind stepped forward to make up, and then stepped back to load them.

Every military household has a desperate determination. Their family is in the military office behind them. As long as the military office is broken, their family will be in trouble. These poor military men who have been bachelors for a long time have finally started their family with the support of his uncle. Now someone is coming to destroy the happy life they just got, how can they agree?

There were only more than 300 young and middle-aged men in the military office, and there was obviously insufficient manpower. Some strong women also picked up weapons, either picked up bird guns, or assisted the Folang machine gunners to load the sub-guns. Women holding bird guns can still kill people. The Folang machine guns that women help the gunners load are no different from the men's loading. Moreover, Li Guodong's Folang machine guns also adopted the method of fixed-loading gunpowder. The gunpowder was placed in the bamboo tube. When loading, the gunpowder was poured into the sub-guns. Then compact the gunpowder and finally put the projectiles in it.

There are also some strong and strong women who are also used, and there are two catapults in the military office. Since there is no advantage of the city wall, tens of thousands of enemies use catapults to shoot.

Seeing that the Zuojun shield car was still 100 steps away, Huang Lei yelled: "The Flang machine started fire!"

The gunners standing on the Tucheng ignited the Flang aircraft one after another, and fire was emitted from the muzzle. Five-two projectiles flew out of the muzzle and smashed on the advancing shield truck. Only a row of wooden boards were heard. At least six shield trucks were broken. The refugees pushing the cart behind were hit by shrapnel-like wooden boards, making heart-wrenching screams.

The shield cars of the Zuojun are shoddy shield cars, which are not as good as the well-made shield cars of the Qing army. The shield cars of the Qing army can even withstand the bombardment of three-pound cannons over a hundred steps. The light-weight Folang machine and the turtledoubled gun can only break through the shield car protection when they are almost all-pursed. These shield cars of Zuo Liangyu were bombarded by the light-weight Folang machine, which is almost as muddy as paper.

Although the Ferang machine is not powerful, its firing rate is very fast. Just after one round, the gunners quickly pulled the gun with an iron hook, stuffed the new gun into the belly of the cannon, inserted a cross bolt at the tail, and then ignited the cannon again.

There was another row of roar, and several moving shields were beaten to pieces, and the refugees pushing the cart behind fell down.

A refugee fell to the ground with his face covered with broken wooden boards, and he lay on the ground wailing. A refugee turned around and was about to run when he saw his partner's miserable situation. A soldier who was supervising the battle ruthlessly cut the refugee to death with a knife, waving his sword and shouting: "Go! Keep going!"

After all, there are too few people in the military households, so there are naturally fewer Folang cannons. Just six light Folang cannons cannot block the left military shield formation from advancing.

The left army's shield car quickly advanced to only thirty steps away from the Shaluo. At this time, the ten nine-headed bird-heavy muskets in the military office started to fire, and a roar sounded in the shooting hole. The white smoke rose from the sand pit. The four-two bullets shot out quickly with the white smoke, hitting the shield car and immediately pierced a small hole in the shield. The projectile, which had not diminished its remaining momentum, hit the refugees who were pushing the cart behind. The refugees who were shot were immediately crushed to pieces.

"Let me go!" Huang Lei yelled.

Lin Miao and other officers of the small flags of the general flags pulled their bows and arrows one after another, and a feather arrow flew into the sky, landed behind the shield cart, and plunged into the thief soldiers.
Chapter completed!