Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 107 Trapped
Although the situation was critical, Chen Gu did not panic. He hid behind a water tank and kept shooting with the rifle in his hand at a unique frequency, taking away an enemy soldier every three seconds.

When more people from the other side gathered, he would immediately throw an explosive over there, which would make several of them incapable of movement, thus creating a short period of time for Chen Gu to catch his breath.

In the next bedroom, Lao Piao also kept firing, while Wang Wu threw a detonator from time to time, causing the other party to wail.

For a moment, although the other side blew down the wall, they still could not gain any advantage, and instead suffered continuous casualties.

After a while, the other side lost forty or fifty people and had to retreat again, leaving behind a mess.

Dozens of people were lying in the small yard, half of them were dead, and the other half were still wailing. Some of them stopped wailing and stopped moving, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the other side.

It can only be said that in the age of hot weapons, the way of fighting wars has changed. In a cramped place like this, you can't win by relying on numbers and charging fiercely. Although the Jianrui Battalion was fierce, they didn't even know how to disperse and attack, or pay attention to dodge, and they just rushed in, becoming sitting ducks.

After the other party retreated, Chen Gu did not pursue him, but waited quietly. Delaying time was beneficial to Chen Gu.

Although Chen Gu didn't know when Yunhua and the others would enter the city, they would definitely come in today. This was Liu Er's residence. Even if Yunhua didn't know, Sanlang and Luluhu would tell him that the war had already started here, and Yunhua would definitely come to support as soon as he entered the city.

So Chen Gu was not in a hurry at all.

After a few minutes, the other side organized another round of strong attack. This time they were smarter and did not rush in all at once. Instead, they rushed in quickly in groups of three or two and ran around to avoid the attacks. However, the yard was only that big, and with the cooperation of Lao Piao and Chen Gu, they finally threw away twenty or thirty corpses and retreated again.

High-intensity combat consumes a lot of ammunition. The ammunition that Chen Gu and his men brought can only last for one round at most. After that, they may only be able to engage in hand-to-hand combat. However, there are so many people on the other side. If they engage in hand-to-hand combat, Chen Gu and his two men will surely die.

But the other side didn't know the specific ammunition situation of Chen Gu and his men. After two rounds of attacks failed, they actually stopped and started to persuade them to surrender. Of course, they might also be thinking of countermeasures.

However, Chen Gui was happy to see the other party stop.

"Chen Jue, you can't escape anymore. Surrender. The governor will give you a chance to live. If you continue to be stubborn, you will die without a burial place!"

"I wonder which general it is?" Chen Gu asked loudly, with hesitation in his voice, as if he really intended to surrender.

"Of course it's the Lord Commander of the Bordered Blue Banner, Delentai. Chen Jue, a man who knows the times is a hero. Now is the time for the court to recruit people. As long as you surrender, the Lord is willing to give you a chance to serve the court.

With your ability, as long as you are willing to work for the court, you will have the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune. How can you be a thief when you are such a beautiful woman?!"

Chen Gu almost laughed out loud, this rhetoric of inducement to surrender was too fake. Chen Gu was 100% sure that if he really surrendered, his fate would not be much better than Yinghui's. However, in order to delay time, Chen Gu had to continue to negotiate.

"But you killed my master!"

"The imperial court has its own laws. Liu Er was in cahoots with the White Lotus rebels and was one of the main culprits, so he deserves death. As for you, Chen Jue, you are young and ignorant, so the imperial court can give you a break. Don't make the mistake!
"Chen, Liu Er has ulterior motives in making you the executioner. He just wants to use you. Why should you be filial to such an ambitious person? Surrender quickly. The court will treat you well. A bright future is waiting for you!"

After arguing for more than ten minutes, the other party's voice of persuasion was drowned out by the sound of cannons. Upon hearing the sound of cannons, Chen Gu rolled over and hid behind the stove. A stone water tank might not be able to withstand the solid shells of this era, but an entire stove would definitely be able to withstand it. "Boom!"

A shell flew straight from the collapsed courtyard wall to the wall of the kitchen, instantly making a big hole in the blue brick wall. It then smashed the firewood in front of the stove door, causing it to fly everywhere, and finally stopped after smashing the stone of the stove door.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the second shell flew over, this time it rushed in directly from the kitchen door, and then smashed the water tank into pieces before stopping.

Wow, they delayed time just to go back and fetch the cannons, and they even fetched two cannons at once. Although the shells were only the size of a fist, they were quite powerful.

What made Chen Gu very upset was that the other party actually aimed both cannons at the kitchen where he was.

Chen Gu frowned and thought about it, feeling that it would not do to let the other side continue bombing like this. After all, the kitchen was so small that it could not withstand such continuous bombing.

So while the other side was loading ammunition, Chen Gu came out and aimed his rifle at several people next to the cannon. Chen Gu did not target the subordinates who were loading ammunition, but aimed at the guy who was giving orders on the side.

One shot killed one person, but unfortunately there was no second chance. The rest of the people quickly hid and even pulled the two cannons to the sides to load ammunition.

The two cannons were not big, with the barrels only about one meter long, and were pulled by a two-wheeled cart.

After a while, the two cannons were pushed out again. Chen Gu took the opportunity to kill two more gunners, and then quickly moved behind the stove.

Two more rounds of artillery fire came, and the kitchen collapsed even more severely. If this continued, there would be at most two more rounds, and then the entire kitchen would surely collapse.

As a last resort, after the cannon sounded, Chen Gu pretended to scream a few times, which caused the other side to cheer. The third artillery shell was indeed aimed at the bedroom where Lao Piao was.

The bedroom clearly leads to the house behind, so Lao Piao should not be afraid of the bombardment. However, after two rounds of four shells, Lao Piao also screamed, and Chen Gu was so angry that he wanted to curse.

The people outside cheered again and started charging again. However, the result was predictable. They were beaten back by Chen Gu and Lao Piao within thirty seconds. However, this time only a dozen corpses and a few wounded were left on the ground.

In fact, Chen Gu and Lao Piao were running out of ammunition at this time. If the enemy insisted on charging, they could definitely rush in at one go. However, they were already scared, and when they saw that the two were just pretending to be injured, they immediately retreated.

After retreating, there was no more sound of artillery shells, but instead there was a dense sound of rifle fire, followed by bursts of screams.

Yunhua finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)