57 several times of wind and rain 8

The eager sound of horses' hoofs beat the earth like a drum, and a group of cavalry winds also crossed the forest path. The midday sun passed through the dead branches, and the yellow leaves in the forest danced with the wind like dead butterflies. The thick fallen leaves on the ground were raised by the flipped horseshoes. The yellow leaves on the forest path seemed to be rolled up by this team of galloping knights.

Zhao Youcheng rode in the front, and he has completely jumped on the horse to minimize the resistance of the wind. Zhao Youcheng's soldiers also pounced on the horse's back like him, running with the greatest horsepower. They have the courage to run horses in the forest, and they are also quite confident in their skills. The biggest obstacle for them to running here is the falling yellow leaves, which will hit them in the face from time to time, as if they were slapped.

It has reached the edge of the forest, and Zhao Youcheng immediately saw a wide field in front of him. Zhao Youcheng's task was to block all Zhang Xiyuan's sentries back to the city. For this reason, Li Xiang concentrated the cavalry battalions assigned to the two brigades to fight together. Li Shang's plan was to cut off Zhang Xiyuan's ears and eyes outside the city, and then cut Xiaogan's telegraph network cable, so that Zhang Xiyuan would become completely deaf and blind, and the initiative of the battlefield would be completely in his hands.

Most of Zhao Youcheng and others are native Hubei, and they know the mountains and rivers of Hubei well. The entrance of the key road near Xiaogan is much more familiar than the cavalry spies of Zhang Xiyuan in Henan Province. You don't have to guess where Zhang Xiyuan's spies will be arranged. Zhao Youcheng dispersed the two cavalry battalions and formed a team to act alone, which was more convenient to hide his whereabouts all the way and touch those important entrances.

Zhao Youcheng made up his mind to fight fiercely with Zhang Xiyuan's cavalry battalion. In the previous battles, infantry battalions and artillery battalions were majestic. Their so-called elite cavalry battalions ran errands behind them, and they were about to become a logistics brigade. Who is not depressed? At the military night banquet, I could only listen to others boast there. The bayonet wore a few clear dogs; he stripped his clothes and showed off everywhere, and there were several wounds hanging on his body. But they can only accompany them to drink, not because they have nothing to praise.

Zhao Youcheng took the lead in rushing out of the woods, and he suddenly felt enlightened in front of him. In front of Zhao Youcheng was a gentle slope. There were more than 20 Qing cavalry not far from the slope. They really swam at this intersection to put on guard. Zhao Youcheng roared and ran out of the forest in turn, and then pulled out the saber hanging around his waist. The blade was bright, and it was even more dazzling in the sun. He stepped on the spurs in the belly of the horse, sat down the handsome horse and rushed down the gentle slope like crazy, and rushed to the Qing soldiers. The soldiers behind Zhao Youcheng also roared and pulled out their sabers at their waists one after another. Rows of cold machetes reflected the dazzling sunlight and rushed after Zhao Youcheng's horse. They didn't know that they were so lucky. When they came out of the forest, they met the Qing soldiers. The prey sent up was even more happy to kill them. They would not return to the sheath if they didn't drink enough blood with the saber on their waist.

When Zhao Youcheng was the first to rush out of the woods, the Qing soldiers on the horse had heard the movement here and looked back. Without saying a word, Zhao Youcheng pulled out his saber and rushed over. Then more cavalrymen also suddenly rushed out of the woods and pulled out their sabers one after another. The sun reflected by the cold and snowy body of the knife body. Their eyes were dazzled, and everyone's hearts were blown by a cold wind, which was about to freeze.

The revolutionary army cavalry has let go of its horsepower and is coming to them with rapid oppression. It is only the soldiers and horses that have been riding for more than 20 or 30 years. However, the murderous atmosphere brought by the revolutionary army is like thousands of troops and horses sweeping around. The vigorousness of the oppression made these Qing soldiers unable to fight at all. These Qing soldiers did not want to waste a moment of time to stop the enemy with a shot. Judging from the experience of these Qing army veterans, they fired enough time for the wolf-like revolutionary army to rush to their eyes. As soon as they looked at the desperate posture of these revolutionary army, they knew that once they were entangled by them, it would be an endless situation. They just came to Hubei to get a ticket of oil and water, and Fan didn't have to work hard with the revolutionary army here.

These Qing soldiers did not look back, and their horses ran wildly in the direction of Xiaogan City. These Qing soldiers have been raising their horses to wander around this place, with the idea of running away if there is a situation. At this moment, he no longer cares about the horsepower. He suddenly stepped on the spurs, and the whip slapped behind the horse desperately. He just wanted to get rid of these revolutionary army lunatics quickly.

Zhao Youcheng gritted his teeth. These Qing soldiers actually ran away without firing, urging the horse to catch up. The Qing cavalry had just started, but Zhao Youcheng's horse speed ran to the extreme along the gentle slope, and in an instant, they ran and bit the Qing cavalry who fell behind.

Zhao Youcheng's horse knife obliquely cut the back of the Qing soldier. The Qing soldier was also a horse veteran. He knew that it was dangerous only by listening to the strange wind, and he hid on the other side of the horse as soon as he slipped. When the Qing soldier thought he had escaped, another revolutionary army knight came out of his dodging horse side. With a flash of the knife, the head of the Qing soldier was thrown out. The blood sprayed on the neck of the Qing soldiers was scattered by the oncoming wind, and the revolutionary soldiers who followed them were full of faces, but the smell of blood stimulated their fierceness.

Immediately fight together. The Qing soldiers who fell behind also knew that they could not run away, so they shouted to the front, "Brothers cover, you go first, remember to help me take care of the old mother."

A few Qing soldiers are also bachelors. Since they are a dead end, they will fight with these revolutionaries. They pulled out their sabers and turned around and entangled with Zhao Youcheng and others. For these Qing soldiers who wanted to block their progress, the revolutionary army soldiers did not hesitate to wield a knife and hit it. The blades of the two sides intersect, and the knife light flashes in the sun, that is, the blood bursts out between the knife light. These Qing soldiers, who were not afraid of death, could not stop the revolutionary army soldiers who came with the momentum of wind and thunder.

In the short pursuit of Zhao Youcheng and others with red eyes, this team of Qing soldiers left half of the people and horses to distance themselves from them. Although Zhao Youcheng and others have the advantage of leading the initial speed, after all, the long-distance attack has limited horsepower. The Qing cavalry has been raising horsepower, and now they are unable to keep up after the horse runs.

As soon as the distance was pulled away, the Qing soldiers in front of him became bold and did not forget to turn around and shoot two shots. The soldiers of the revolutionary army did not show weakness. They put away their sabers and took off their rifles to fight back. In the continuous pursuit between the two sides, the gunfire kept ringing, but the distance was getting further and further.

Zhao Youcheng slowly slowed down, and it was impossible to catch up with these Qing soldiers. If you run like this, you can't support it even if you ride a sweaty BMW. The hair on the horse's neck was soaked with sweat, and the white foam was spit out at the corners of the horse's mouth, which was blown to his face by the fierce autumn wind, which was wet. If you run any further, the horse will run bad. These horses, Marshal Li, are precious. He finally transported them from Wuchang to the river. Marshal Li originally said that there were too few horses. If he damaged the horses because he was greedy for his work, he would definitely be scolded if he knew about it.

The cavalry of the revolutionary army who attacked from all directions successfully drove Zhang Xiyuan's sentries around Xiaogan back to the city. Half of the cavalry battalion worked hard by Zhang Xiyuan returned to the city. He finally collided with Li Xiang's revolutionary army, and also felt Li Xiang's fierce style.

The cavalry of the two battalions of the revolutionary army gathered outside the south gate of Xiaogan and show off their power to Zhang Xiyuan on the gate. Zhang Xiyuan's lungs were so angry that he couldn't take them, so he simply took his own soldiers down the tower.

Zhang Xiyuan kept thinking that he did not know anything about the movement of the revolutionary army outside the city. He calculated the distance from the three bridges to Xiaogan in his mind. These revolutionary cavalry must have set out at noon. If the infantry and the cavalry set out at the same time, the revolutionary infantry will also arrive at Xiaogan before dark at the latest. Looking at the fierce momentum of the revolutionary army and the consistent style of Li Xiang, he will never just want to seize a city and a place in Xiaogan. The obvious purpose is to swallow his whole mixed association with Zhang Xiyuan. Zhang Xiyuan didn't care whether Li Xiang had such a good appetite or not. He had such a terrible intuition in his heart that kept reminding him that being in Xiaogan City made him feel like falling into an ice cellar.

In broad daylight, Xiaogan City has been under martial law by Zhang Xiyuan, and now it is more convenient for him to take advantage of the fire. Under the city, the people are not in a hurry to avoid it. At this moment, even if there is no martial law, no one will dare to go shopping. On the empty street, Zhang Xiyuan hurried by with a team of soldiers. Zhang Xiyuan suddenly stopped, and his own soldiers also stopped immediately.

Zhang Xiyuan suddenly figured it out. Li Xiang had forced him to do this, so it must not be safe for him to go back by train. If Li wants to send someone to install a bomb on a railway bridge in northbound Xinyang, Zhang Xiyuan will feed the bastards in the river. Zhang Xiyuan called a personal soldier and asked him to inform a group of subordinates at the East Gate that there was no need to rob the railway station. It was safer to grab some mules and horses in the city to transport goods, or to walk home.

Zhang Xiyuan was relieved after he decided to walk and retreat, but the feeling of being stared at by the wolf was still there. As long as he did not leave Hubei, it was not the time for him to relax. Zhang Xiyuan finally decided to go to the north gate of Xiaogan's Fuzhai District to urge the brothers who are fishing for oil and water. If you leave Xiaogan early, you will be close to safety.

Zhang Xiyuan took his own soldiers to Beimen Street. He just took a look at the snow-white high walls on both sides of the street and the corner of the flowers leaking from the wall, and he could feel the wealth of people on the street. The Qing soldiers were rushing to make it lively. They carried boxes of money out of the Gaomen compound, put on a mule carriage and rushed to the gate to gather.

Zhang Xiyuan glanced over, and the door of the long street house was basically pried open. Only the tallest courtyard door was left unpried open, and the stone lion squatted at the gate, showing the dignity and glory of this family. Everyone knows that as long as you knock on the door of this house, it is worth looting half of the street.

The owner of this house is surnamed Lin, and he lives a retired Hanlin, the first gentry in Xiaogan. Because of the feeling of the destruction of the government, the villain was in power and did not want to be with it, so he retired to the countryside and became a Tao Yuanming. At the beginning, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, passed by Xiaogan and had to visit him. The illustriity of this door is imaginable.

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard is tangled and the ear door is blocked. A row of familymen stood under the steps, and the weapons of knives, guns and sticks were miscellaneous. An old man with a gray beard stood behind the family, standing straight on the rocker, holding a Bo Langning revolver in his right hand. The door was knocked, and the family member standing in front of him was a little panicked. If it hadn't been for their grandfather standing in the back, they might have left the guy and run away. The eyes of Mr. Lin standing behind were as calm as the lake, listening to the movement outside the wall. The movement outside the wall, anyone can hear that the soldiers are robbing.

"Master, has the revolutionary army entered the city? Isn't the uncle also a member of the revolutionary army? I saw his name in the newspaper yesterday, and he was still a regimental commander. If the revolutionary army wants to raid our house, can't it? Why don't we talk to the revolutionary army outside? Maybe they don't know their regimental commander's home. Lao Yang, the outer door stewer in the house, carefully mentioned the past behind Mr. Lin.

In the house, the old man participated in the revolution party, and the old man has never been allowed to mention it. At the beginning, the uncle escaped on the wedding night, and he almost pissed the old man to death. Later, I learned that I participated in the revolutionary party. The revolution was a rebellion. It was a serious crime of raiding the family and extermination of the clan. After the master issued the silence, no one dared to mention it again. But now, it is the moment of life and death in the Lin Mansion, and Lao Yang also boldly mentions it.

There was a sudden fluctuation in Mr. Lin's eyes, and he immediately calmed down and said faintly, "If only it were really a revolutionary army, but they are not a revolutionary army. The wall of Xiaogan is intact. If the revolutionary army wants to break the city, it will not be able to do it in a moment. Now most of them are still outside the city. Zhang Xiyuan, who robbed soldiers outside the door, wanted to take advantage of the fire before leaving.

Lao Yang's heart trembling. In fact, he also thought of it, but he didn't dare to admit it. Zhang Xiyuan is a court official, and it's enough to rob a private house. This is a Jinshi's mansion! Zhang Xiyuan's courage is also too bold.

Zhang Xiyuan's subordinates tried their best to climb up the courtyard wall with more than a dozen ladders on the shelf. Several Qing soldiers climbed up the high wall and just came out of the wall. There was a string of gunfire in the courtyard. These Qing soldiers rolled down from the wall without saying a word, all of which were shot in the forehead.

If you can't climb the wall, someone immediately came with a bomb. A Qing soldier quickly shoveled a hole in the wall with a bayonet, stuffed the bomb in and lit it. Everyone covered their ears and ran far away. Bang! With a loud noise, earth and stone fragments flew, blowing up a big gap in the high wall.

In it, Mr. Lin and the Zhong family were suddenly unprevented. They were overturned by the strong air wave of the bomb, and a group of people rolled together. Waiting outside for the Qing soldiers to cheer, he rushed in through the gap with a rifle with a bayonet. With a sense of excitement, I don't know what kind of glory and wealth will be in such a big mansion? Today, you can grab his mother's pleasure in it.

As soon as these Qing soldiers rushed into the yard, they first rolled into a ball. Old Master Lin, who was still struggling, and a group of family buckets died, and then they entered the house to grab it. A pool of blood in front of the steps was flowing, and Mr. Lin's open eyes finally dimmed at this moment. The last idea in his mind was that a minister like Zhang Xiyuan in the Qing Dynasty had to die. Now he realized that his son's choice was right at the beginning.

Zhang Xiyuan saw that he finally rushed into the largest mansion, as if he had seen the silver of snowflakes. He finally felt a little relieved and roared at the top of his voice, "Damn it, hurry up!" That baby wants money and doesn't want to die. Just linger for me here.

Zhang Xiyuan was also interested in walking into this high-door mansion and took advantage of the time of the Qing soldiers to enjoy the broken famous family. Those precious porcelain antiques, which were difficult to carry, were randomly thrown away by those big soldiers. Zhang Xiyuan was distressed and couldn't bear to look at them again, but kept urging him to hurry up.

When Zhang Xiyuan walked out of the noisy warehouse, he heard the screams of women and the laughter of several soldiers. Zhang Xiyuan cursed secretly and knew that this kind of thing would happen. When a soldier was in a robbery, he would definitely play with the strong tip. But these guys are too in no place. Now Zhang Xiyuan is killing time to make a sum of money and run for his life, followed by the murder demon king. These guys are actually wasting his time here.

Zhang Xiyuan pulled out the revolver hanging on the ring and went for a sound. Under a clump of Xiangfei bamboo, a Qing soldier pressed a woman's hands, a Qing soldier was holding a woman's feet and a gun fiercely. There were two Qing soldiers who had already untied their belts and waited in line with guns. Zhang Xiyuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva. The woman's buttocks were really white and tender. The woman just screamed desperately, and the Qing soldiers did have a proud laugh.

The Qing soldier who pressed the woman's hands first noticed Zhang Xiyuan's arrival and exclaimed, "Marshal!"

Zhang Xiyuan was too lazy to talk, and he didn't have the time to talk. He raised his hand and shot six revolvers empty, and his head did not look back.

Zhang Xiyuan gathered with guns in the street and went to the north gate with a full-loaded mule carriage. The rich mansion area on the street behind him wore a heavy black smoke. The thicker the black smoke burned, and finally it turned into a burning open fire. As soon as the autumn wind blows, the whole street is connected into a sea of fire, and the flames rise and rise to the sky.