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"People say that Cheng Yaojin has a quick three-axe, and I, Tang Liupao, have a quick-three knife!" Tang Liupao said to everyone, holding a wine bottle, "This is just the first knife, let them look up and see our momentum! ... We can also be regarded as a Qili alliance." "Master Tang, your second knife should also shine, how about we take a look first?" said a hut. He was wearing a black sheepskin hat, a gray-blue cloth jacket, and a silk sash tightly wrapped around his waist. , as if not here to start a fire, but it is as easy as hunting in a group in the winter slack season.

"Is this the second knife? Well, I want to form a team of big swords!" Tang Liupao said: "You all should know that the Beiyang Defense Army is a piece of tofu, and it is easier to use a gun with him than to use a knife. Nowadays, guns are expensive. Come on. It's not easy, with the Broadsword Team, there is no need to shoot at all, the tiger chases the sheep, Pofeng jumps out and pounces on it, and I guarantee that those cowards will hand in their guns without any trouble!" "Fresh!" the man said: "That brother will take my gun, and Master Tang and I will form a sword team and chop those turtle grandchildren."

"Okay!" Tang Liuchao shouted: "Those who are strong and not afraid of death, and who are willing to wield a knife, please come over here. Get rid of your clothes, and I will teach you how to chop and block, so that the defense army can try the quick three knives." taste." Can't help but Tang Liupao climbed up and shouted, the broadsword team was formed soon, more than a hundred big men, more than a hundred single swords of different styles gathered together, Tang Liupao divided them into ten groups, each of them was spared. With his coat off his upper body, and his chest and back bare, he practiced swordsmanship on both sides of the railway track on the top of the pile. That kind of swordsmanship was very primitive and simple, and it really consisted of three moves—vertical chopping, diagonal chopping, and horizontal blocking; Liu Sha only taught them to take a step forward, slash with a knife, followed by a tiger jump, and coordinated with every powerful movement, asking everyone to yell to kill as if they were chopping Beiyang soldiers. ... The weather is so cold, the top of the pile is high, and the north wind is sharp and fierce. Even though it's just practicing swords, everyone can't help but work hard!

"Shoot—cut!" Tang Liupao roared like thunder. The swordsmen took a big step forward according to the order, holding the handle of the knife with both hands, with the back of the knife facing the bridge of the nose, and slashed down violently, shouting in unison: "Hey!" After a tiger jumped over, Tang Liupao roared again: "Slant-slash!" Those swordsmen raised their single swords to the right, flashed a bright arc of light, and slashed towards them quickly. Due to the excessive force, they made their bodies spin slightly obliquely, and they still roared in unison: "Hey!"

Tang Liubao said hello, wiped the mouth of the wine bottle with his palm, took a sip of the wine, and then shouted: "Hold up!" This time, Dao Shou no longer just exhaled a short and powerful Hey character, but opened his throat, and spit out the earth-shattering "Kill" word like a fire. Hundreds of voices were tied together, and hundreds of voices came together. The suffering and angry hearts are bound together to form a torrent, turbulent and reverberating, crashing into the distance as if about to devour something or break through something.Tang Liu's roar was slow at first, and the sabermen moved slowly; gradually, Tang Liu's roar became faster and faster, and the sabermen's movements of swinging their knives also became faster.

"Cut vertically! Slash obliquely! Block horizontally" Tang Liugua kept yelling. The swordsmen frowned, opened their eyes round, danced a piece of knife light, and roared: "Hey, kill! Hey, kill!" When there was a commotion in the small street in front of the defense army camp, Tang Liusha He has already led the new knife team to practice for an hour, until everyone is sweating. "The knife team doesn't need to use any magic tricks, just rush fast, pounce fiercely, and kill loudly," Tang Liupao told everyone: "Facing the idiots of the Beiyang Army, you just need to do what I do." For these three points, there is no need to drip blood from the blade at all, and the momentum alone will scare them to the ground and throw their guns!"

"This is only the second cut," said the man in the black sheepskin hat, "Our Lord Tang still has a third magic weapon yet to sacrifice!" Tang Liupao picked up the torn coat that was covered with coal dust, dropped it off the soil, and draped it on his shoulders indiscriminately. After spitting, he looked at the slanting sun and said, "It's still early to offer sacrifices to the third treasure. I've got people ready to go. If the defense army doesn't come to attack, let's not rush to light it. I know best when the defense army fires. The thunder is loud and the rain is small. Sprinkle a few drops and it will disappear. Maybe I don't need it. What about the last treasure!"

Although a high pile was arranged by Tang Liugua and became an iron hoop on the outer ring of Yanshi, it was still very busy everywhere in Yanshi; In the surrounding swamps, mounds, and barren mounds, trenches were dug and sandbags were built, like a group of newly relocated ants busy building their nests. The shantytowns in Baxi were organized into two teams—those with guns formed into one team. , under the command of the former team leader, and those without guns were handed over to Zhang Erhua Xielace to practice sticks. Zhang Erhua Xie asked them to cut down a lot of tree trunks, remove the messy branches and leaves, and cut them into two ends. The cup mouth is thick and six feet long. in a clearing among the bushes, and taught them how to wield it. "Everyone, don't underestimate this wooden stick," said Zhang Erhua Xie, "Among all kinds of weapons in the past, the stick is the lightest and most convenient weapon. Generally, a round-headed wooden stick is specially used to hit people. The lethality is less, and this kind of wooden stick with two sharpened ends can be used not only as a stick, but also as a spear. Lifting, it is more or less used as a weapon for fighting, after all, it cannot stand the battle."

In the regiment headquarters of the Rural Protection Regiment, the new regiment leader is even more busy, and he has to mobilize the gun team to strangle the places where the defense troops may attack. He has to keep sending people out to spy on the movements of the Henan defense troops and Hebei bandits. He had to meet with the gentry to raise wages and war expenses, and he had to meet gun dealers from everywhere.Fang Sheng, who was the vice-commander's sweetheart, didn't have time to spare. He went east and west to inspect the guards and dig trenches, and then the battalion commander of the defense army bought the guns he brought over, while listening carefully to the trumpets from the south.Although he knew that the defense forces left behind were not strong, he was a steady person and never made any wishful thinking. While checking the guns he had bought, he thought, what should they do if they are overwhelmed with soup? How to help?The guns brought by the third battalion of the left-behind defense army were all high-quality goods. It can be seen that Sun Chuanfang's general troops are well-equipped, but they are not fancy--he is notorious for not being tough.

"I really don't understand, brother." Fang Sheng said to the battalion commander who sold the guns, "Why are you willing to sell the guns to Yanshi?" "This, brother has already figured it out." The third battalion commander who sold guns said: "Our duck-headed regiment commander is a kind-hearted and poisonous guy. He won the battle and he deserves the credit. We lost the battle, but it is ours. The two battalion commanders have backers, Yadantou dare not mess with them, brothers can't do it. This time the commander sent an order to attack Yanshi. Brother, I expected to be defeated. Instead of letting you hand over these guns for nothing, you might as well get a few pennies. The people under me want to go back to their hometown on a business trip. Brother also understands that it’s okay to pay them some severance pay. Alright. As for me, brother, to tell you the truth, I am planning to go to Hubei and join Wu Peifu instead!"

Fang Sheng stared in confusion, the battalion commander of the defense army is very young, at most in his thirties, he looks fair and gentle, not only talks well, but also treats his subordinates with love, I can't imagine How could he shrink back and sell dozens of guns to the other party?It's really impossible to look at people... When Fang Sheng looked at the defense battalion commander with a soft-hearted leg, the defense battalion commander also looked at Fang Sheng with piercing eyes. "I said, Master Fang, have I guessed what's on your mind?" He smiled and said, "You despise me, don't you?" "That's right!" Fang Sheng said, "But I still don't understand it." "Hehehe, it's easy to understand." The other party still smiled, took out a black wallet from his pocket, and took out a yellow ticket from the wallet, and put it gently in front of Fang Sheng: "This You should understand, right? When I studied the army in Japan, I joined the club. I was the commander of the battalion delivering guns here once, and when I went to Wu Peifu’s side, I recruited troops in the same way. , there is no need to take credit for it,...most of my brothers also received tickets." "Oh! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Fang Sheng slapped his hands and said, "This is really wonderful...!" Having said that, there was no longer any doubts separating them, and the two chatted very speculatively. The battalion commander of the Beiyang Defense Army, who has the status of a revolutionary party, analyzed the situation in Yanshi very clearly, and also expressed the truth. His admiration for Guan Baye, a wealthy man in the wild. "It's a pity that I don't have the opportunity to pay homage to this chivalrous man. However, I have two matters that I want to report directly to you, Master Fang," he said. Bandits, of course, can't shake Yanshi. However, Sun Chuanfang has a large army in his command, and it's not enough to deal with the revolutionary army. The speed of the Northern Expedition, if the opportunity is not met, even with the support of the militiamen in the Great Lakes, it will be unavoidable... In short, Master Fang, just take care of yourself!" "I didn't plan for the best." Fang Sheng sighed and said, "Where righteousness comes, even if we die, we will follow the public's will to carry this burden, and we will go as far as we want." "There is one more thing to remind Lord Fang," he said: "Nowadays in the Beiyang Army, there are a lot of voters. If someone votes, or on the battlefield, don't kill randomly. This may have a great impact on Yanshi. benefit." Fang Sheng nodded and said, "This brother knows." "I don't want to delay you any longer, Lord Fang." The battalion commander said, "Listen, the assembly call on the south bank of the river has sounded! The old man of Yadantou doesn't fight in the early morning and dusk, because his regiment has too many people. It doesn’t matter how little. In addition to the more than 70 guns brought by his brother, he has less than 300 guns in his hand. He is so dark at dusk that the other party can’t figure out his details.” "I really can't stay with you for long," Fang Sheng said, "I have to go to Gaodui and see how Tang Liusha shaves that duck head?" By the time Fang Sheng rushed to Gaodui, the two sides were already on fire... The dusk on both sides of the old Yellow River opened the battle for both sides.