Jiang Jingli didn't dare to follow him to the backyard. He was powerless and couldn't do anything. Someone could kill him with just one kick.

Normally in this city, even the governor would treat me a little bit poorly when he saw me.

But at this time, his knowledge was not as good as a knife in his hand.

In troubled times, people's lives are like grass and grass. The ancients sincerely do not deceive me.

While Jiang Jingli was there sighing and hissing, another group of people rushed in from outside the courtyard gate. This group of people looked obviously different. They were wearing blue military uniforms instead of Qing army uniforms.

Jiang Jingli thought to himself, these two groups were fighting in his own home, so why not tear it down? When they decide the winner, the home will still be ransacked.

But he didn't give up. He wanted to give it a try. Bandits will be bandits, and officers and soldiers will have the same virtues.

"I am Jiang Jingli, the master of Aofeng Academy. There is a group of rebels in the backyard. Who is your leader?"

"Captain, who is this mountain chief? Is there also a mountain king in the city?" asked a young soldier next to Tong Pin.

They belong to Xu Shu's West Route Army and have no detachment structure. They are temporarily called the Minjiang Column. Except for officers above the squadron leader, almost all the people below are militiamen recruited along the way.

These children in the mountains of western Fujian live in poverty and have never seen the world. To them, the promise of the escort is simply a gift from God.

The local people all wanted to put their children into the Minjiang column.

"Lin Wazi, this is a scholar, and we Chinese respect scholars."

"Mr. Jiang, we are a bodyguard, a team that protects Chinese people. You take us there," Tong Pin said.

These speech skills are learned in advance. If the guards meet the common people, they will be taught how to introduce themselves.

Otherwise, these mud-legged people wouldn't even be able to speak clearly.

Jiang Jingli was startled, thinking that this military master was so polite.

Normally, he would not have looked directly at these people, but at this time, he felt a little respect for the soldiers in front of him.

The sound of chickens and dogs jumping could be heard in the backyard.

Jiang Jingli led the way, and when he heard the woman's cry, he quickened his pace.

As I get older, I get out of breath when I walk a little hastily.

Tong Pin also heard the sound. He did not continue to follow Jiang Jingli and winked at the team captains behind him. They led their men and rushed towards the source of the sound.

At this time, a Qing army carrying property came out of the room and happened to bump into the escort.

Lin Wazi raised the spear in his hand and was about to stab him. Ordinary soldiers like them were rarely equipped with muskets, and Dong Liang's arsenal, even at full capacity, could not meet the needs of each detachment.

However, these mountain people living in Wuyi Mountain are born with a strong physique.

They have accumulated a wealth of practical experience through their daily fighting with weapons. The fighting between people in the mountains is different from the fighting between villages on the plains. They are really fighting for each other's lives.

The people here don't go to the authorities when they encounter conflicts, they just resolve them themselves. The worst they can do is kill someone and then hide in the mountains.

Before Lin Wazi's spear hit him, there was a gunshot, and the Qing soldier fell down, still holding the flower cloth package in his arms.

Lian Yu was startled by the gunfire. He was unbuckling his belt when the woman in front of him had already taken off her clothes, revealing a bright red silk tube top on her chest.

The atmosphere was already brewing. At this time, gunfire rang out, which instantly released his tense emotions, and a fishy smell wafted out.

He didn't care about this and quickly picked up his Yan Ling Dao and lay down at the door to check.

The woman took the opportunity to tidy up her clothes.

A group of people came to the woman's room. Jiang Jingli was worried about his wife and begged Tong Pin to lead someone to rescue her.

Tong Pin had more troops than this group of Qing troops, so he led his men and followed Jiang Jingli to the bedroom without saying a word.

Lian Yu felt extremely anxious, and suddenly his eyes turned to the woman who was arranging her clothes.

His good deeds failed and he lost face in front of the woman. Now he looked at that charming and mature woman with disgust in his eyes.

He walked to the woman with the knife in hand, and the woman backed up on the bed, but he grabbed her by the skirt of her clothes.

With a bang, the door was kicked open from the outside, and Tong Pin raised his gun and locked onto Lian Yu.

However, there was a woman standing in front of Lian Yu.

"lady……"

"Master...save the slave family quickly."

When the old couple saw each other, they sighed.

"Captain Tong, please save my wife, she is still pregnant."

In the past, a great scholar like Jiang Jingli would never ask for a big-headed soldier.

"Let go of the hostages, I'll let you go..." Tong Pin had never seen such a scene, but he was a member of the teaching team and had received training in rescuing hostages.

"You guys should get out first. Don't leave my sight, otherwise I will take this bitch with you and bury her with you." Lian Yu was also a smart man. He slowly moved forward, while Tong Pin held the gun with one hand.

A hand was waved back, and the soldiers around him retreated at the command.

Jiang Jingli's eyes were full of gratitude. No bandit army had ever cared about the lives of ordinary people. These people actually compromised with the enemy army for the sake of a woman.

Lian Yu was also shocked. He just kidnapped this woman just to treat her as a living horse. If it were him, he wouldn't care about the person the other party held hostage, unless the person being held hostage was his own family member.

He strangled the lower part of the woman's neck with one hand, and held a knife with the other hand. The sharp blade was pressed against the woman's neck. With just a slight pull, he could cut the snow-white skin on the woman's neck and cut off her throat.

Just like that, everyone retreated into the courtyard.

Everyone around Tong Pin is within Lian Yu's field of vision.

At this time, the courtyard gradually became quiet, and the Qing troops who invaded and robbed the house were either eliminated or subdued. Lian Yu also felt that the surrounding atmosphere was a bit strange, but he had no other way. The only bargaining chip was the woman in his arms.

Tong Pin's eyes were looking at a large stone with a unique shape on the side, which was a small scene in the yard.

Lin Wazi held a steel crossbow in his hand, which was also produced by the Chinese arsenal. Although the Chinese pig iron production is insufficient, the steelmaking technology is very mature. Small blast furnaces have long been outdated. The Chinese steel plants now use open-hearth furnaces.

Steel, this steel-making process invented by Wilhelm Siemens a few years later, officially launched Germany's industrial tank.

The raw materials include imported iron ore and directly imported pig iron.

If the expansion speed of the musket production line cannot meet the demand, then crossbows are used. Steel crossbows are mainly composed of steel bars. After casting, they can be hammered into shape with an air hammer. The production efficiency is very high.

The rest of the process can be done manually by the workers. It does not require any superb skills.

Therefore, in the new army, there are many crossbows, and the crossbow arrows are also made of fine steel, which are powerful and heavy.

"Whoosh..." There was a sound, and a crossbow arrow was inserted right into Lian Yu's temple, entering from one side and coming out from the other side.

His brain instantly lost the ability to control his body.

Everyone rushed forward and rescued the woman.

"Madam, are you okay?" Jiang Jingli quickly supported his wife. He didn't want others to touch his wife's body. This woman studied Neo-Confucianism and was very conservative.
Chapter completed!