When the People's Army approached Wangjiazhai, Wang Zhanyuan had not yet gotten up. Although Wang Zhanyuan was still healthy, he was still a fifty-year-old after all, and his energy was obviously not as good as a young man. In addition, his son unfortunately died, he was busy handling funerals these days, so he was really tired. △Dingdian Novel,...

When the People's Army entered the market, the village heads on duty on the earthen wall discovered it. Naturally, they didn't know where the army came from, so they immediately rushed to the inner house to inform the public because Wang Zhanyuan's two children were not at home at this time. The eldest Wang Kexing rushed to the cemetery early in the morning, and the second Wang Kefu left Wang Jiazhai last night and rushed back to Jiaozhou County. Although there were two distant nephews of Wang Zhanyuan in the mourning hall, such important matters could only be decided by Wang Zhanyuan.

Wang Zhanyuan had seven wives and concubines in total, and they would spend the night in one of them every day. Fortunately, Wang Zhanyuan was not energetic these days, so he slept alone and did not sleep in the concubine's room. He also lost a lot of trouble when he called him. One of his distant nephews, Je Wang Kejie, kicked open the door and came to Wang Zhanyuan's bed a few steps and woke him up.

When he heard that an army came outside the south gate of the village, Wang Zhanyuan was so excited that he was completely sleepy. He had always remembered the Boxers' affairs in his heart. Now that he finally came, Wang Zhanyuan also let down his heart. Although he knew that this Boxers were different from the Boxers of the past, he was quite powerful, but Wang Zhanyuan was also a person who rolled over on the knife. He knew that it was a blessing or a disaster, but a disaster could not escape. If the Boxers came sooner or later, it would be better to come high, let alone have a wall to guard, and he might not be able to lose. Moreover, it is better to remember it all the time.

In fact, Wang Zhanyuan has always been on guard against the return of the Boxers. Not only did he arrange soldiers on duty on the earth wall, but he also used the name of guarding. More than 30 young village residents were installed on duty at night every night. In fact, it was to prevent Boxers from attacking at night, and there were enough people to guard the city. Now that the skylight has been bright, the village residents have also gotten up, so there is no need to be afraid.

Just as Wang Zhanyuan got up, he suddenly heard a series of violent explosions outside, and it was still loud. Not only did Wang Zhanyuan's face change drastically, he was a person who participated in the Sino-French War, so he could naturally hear that this was the sound of artillery bombing, and this group of boxers actually had cannons. And he never stopped listening to the sound. There were so many cannons there, and it was probably not much difference if there were no 20. So is this still a boxer? And can he still defend his Wangjia Village?

After Wang Zhanyuan put on his clothes, the sound of cannons finally stopped, and Wang Zhanyuan's heart hangs again. According to the experience of the battlefield that year, the enemy's artillery fire stopped, that is, when the charge was launched.

Sure enough, just as Wang Zhanyuan thought of this, his nephew Gao Peng stumbled in and said, "Master, master, it's not good. The wall of the village was blown away by the Boxers. Now the Boxers have already entered our village."

Wang Zhanyuan and Wang Kejie's faces changed drastically, but Wang Kejie said, "Master, what should I do?"

Wang Zhanyuan said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, the village wall has been lost, and we still have the courtyard wall? You two are going to recruit people and guard the courtyard wall now. I will send people to the county for rescue immediately. We must persevere until reinforcements come."

Wang Kejie and Gao Peng agreed and immediately turned around and left. Wang Zhanyuan also hurriedly took off the waist knife he used to fight back from the wall, turned around and left the house.

After entering Wangjia Village, the People's Army rushed straight to the Wangjia Mansion. Fortunately, it was early in the morning. There were not many villagers who got up. When they heard this situation, who dared to go out, they closed the doors and windows at home, put the bars on the latch, and some people pushed tables, chairs, cabinets, and beds to block the doors and windows. Therefore, the soldiers of the People's Army were not blocked and rushed to the courtyard wall of the Wangjia Mansion.

At this time, Wang Kejie and Gao Peng had already recruited more than a dozen camp soldiers and set up muskets on the wall to shoot. In the panic, two soldiers were shot and fell to the ground. When the other soldiers saw this, they searched for cover to avoid them, and then shot and fought back. The two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire.

However, although the village soldiers had the advantage of geographical advantages, the rifles used by both sides were one generation short of that, so the firepower on the courtyard wall was quickly suppressed by the People's Army, and 5 or 6 people were killed in a row, and the rest were beaten so hard that they could not raise their heads at all. However, the village soldiers had courtyard walls to guard, and not only were there any camp soldiers who had no muskets, but they also brought cold weapons such as swords, guns, bows and arrows to guard the wall.

But not long after, the artillery platoon pushed in a cannon and set up the cannon less than 100 meters outside the courtyard wall. The soldiers guarding the courtyard wall were panicked and no one dared to garrison on the wall, and they all scattered to avoid it.

After a few shots, the courtyard wall was also blown up with a big gap. The soldiers of the People's Army rushed into the Wang family's inner house through the gap. At this time, the People's Army of the other three gates also broke through the village wall. Of course, they did not blow up the village wall, but climbed up with ropes. Anyway, the village heads guarding the village wall were all back to the inner courtyard to reinforce, and no one guarded the village wall. Several soldiers climbed up the village wall, opened the village wall, and rushed into the Wang family village.

After breaking into the Wang family's inner house, the overall situation of this battle was basically decided. Although there were some sporadic resistance, it would not have a big impact. Luo Yue looked at his watch and it took only 27 minutes from the beginning of the battle.

However, the sporadic resistance in the Wang family mansion took about 40 minutes, which was much longer than the battle, but it only took more than an hour to add up. The resistance in the Wang family mansion had completely ended. The resistance in the Wang family mansion was either killed or arrested, and only a few people escaped from the Wang family village.

Li Zhuangyong and other members of the Boxer Army followed the artillery platoon, and they pushed an artillery into the village together, and the wall was blown open. Of course, the artillery did not have to enter the Wang family mansion, so Li Zhuangyong and others sat on the side of the road while observing the surrounding situation. Of course, not all the soldiers entered the inner house, and many of them stayed outside.

However, at least in Li Zhuangyong's vision, these soldiers were indeed very abiding by the rules. No one entered the houses on both sides of the road. Moreover, Li Zhuangyong also saw a scene where a village chief hid in a resident's house, and several soldiers chasing him did not dare to go in and could only guard outside the house. Then they called an overseas Chinese officer, and rushed into the house under the command of the officer, and grabbed the village chief. It was only a few minutes before and after, there was no movement. At most, just a few sounds of wrestling, they all retreated. Li Zhuangyong observed carefully that there seemed to be nothing else in the soldiers except holding rifles. Moreover, when the officer came out, he bowed to the door and helped the family close the door.

Li Zhuangyong secretly expressed his amazement in his heart. It seemed that the military discipline of the People's Army was true. If it were replaced by the Boxer Rebellion, no matter which company it rushed to, he would always get something away. He turned his attention to the Wang family mansion, not knowing what the soldiers inside did. After all, these ordinary people could not collect any valuable things from their homes, so overseas Chinese might not look down on these small profits, but instead targeted them in the Wang family mansion.

But Li Zhuangyong felt that this possibility was not great, because there seemed to be no movement in the Wang family mansion. There were many people coming in and out, but they didn't see them bringing anything, except for the bodies of the village officials who were beaten to death. Li Zhuangyong did a lot of house scouts when he was raiding the Boxer Rebellion. That time it was earth-shaking and messing around, and adults cried and made trouble. It was common for rats to move in the knife nest due to uneven distribution of dirt and it would never be so quiet. From this point of view, this group of overseas Chinese troops really strictly respected and abide by military discipline, and it was not a joke.

Thinking of this, Li Zhuangyong looked at the dozen brothers around him, all of whom were red in their eyes, looking around, as if they were trying more and more, but they were afraid of being afraid of being afraid. Several people also signaled Li Zhuangyong with their eyes, as if they wanted to make him start. In the past, they were all good opportunities for the Boxers to make a fortune. This Wangjia Village is a big village. If you can let go, you can make a fortune. Seeing Li Zhuangyong's gaze, someone came over awkwardly and said, "Brother Li, this village also has our contribution. Are we here now sitting here to watch?"

Li Zhuangyong glared at him fiercely and said, "Don't even think about it, just sit there honestly. Who dares to move around? See if I don't break his legs." The man shivered in fear and immediately shrank back. Although he was muttering, he really didn't dare to move around.

At this time, Luo Yue came over with more than a dozen guard soldiers. The artillery members stood up and saluted, saying, "Battery Commander."

Luo Yue also gave the gifts one by one, and even Li Zhuangyong and the others greeted him and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Li Zhuangyong has seen many such scenes in the past few days. Not only does he not kneel down and bow down in the People's Army, but his subordinates salute him, and his superiors must also return the salute. According to Jiang Haidong, this is the value of equality of officers and soldiers in the People's Army. At the beginning, Li Zhuangyong could not understand, can this officer and soldiers be equal? ​​This is a reversal of the superiors and inferiors, so is there anyone who listens to the commander of the officer? Now it seems that it is really good. Although Li Zhuangyong can't figure out the truth, his method to judge right and wrong is very simple, just to look at the result.

At this time, Luo Yue said to the captain of the cannon: "The battle in the village has ended. You can withdraw from the village first and line up in the market. The platoon leader of the sixth squad has ordered two restaurants to cook for us at the market. You can see if there is any place to help. It is not easy to do so many of us."

The artillery captain said, "Yes." He immediately waved his hand and said, "The whole team got up and left the village."
Chapter completed!