Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 39: Capture the Warship
"boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The explosions of dynamite canisters rang out one after another. Perhaps because they were too nervous, these guys had no idea of ​​saving firepower and threw out three rounds of dynamite canisters in a row at the first opportunity.

Thirty explosive cans were thrown randomly, many of which were thrown into empty space. Fortunately, when the enemy first rushed up, they probably didn't expect an ambush, so their formation was dense, which dealt a saturation blow to the imperial soldiers who were working hard to climb the hill.

"Stop, stop throwing it!"

Chen Gu no longer had time to aim and shoot, and he just hit each thrower with the butt of his gun.

"Look carefully before you throw, and throw at the person."

After three consecutive rounds of bombardment of gunpowder cans, more than thirty enemies fell. At this time, the number of people in the formation had become sparse, and throwing them randomly like this would definitely not have much effect.

Considering how well-equipped the enemy is, they don't need too many of them. If twenty of them rush up, it will probably turn into a tough battle.

As for the motley crowd on their side, they might be directly killed and collapsed by twenty elite soldiers. After all, these people on the other side have made up their minds to die, while their own people will run for their lives.

"Yuanbao attacks the person who is farthest away to block his escape route, and the rest of the people attack the person who is closest to them and try to kill and injure him."

After Chen Gu and the others calmed down, they reloaded their bullets and took aim, continuing to shoot at the tall man on the other side.

After just a short delay, the other side had already rushed forward fearlessly.

Liu Er had no choice but to lead his men to fight in close range. Even though Chen Gu provided fire support and his side still had the advantage in numbers, with four or five people fighting one, there were still casualties.

The enemy's equipment was so sophisticated that their armor was basically impenetrable, but their swords and guns could cut a person in half or kill him with one shot. There were also two unlucky guys who were hit by the enemy's muskets and lay on the ground wailing.

Chen Jue's eyes were red with anger. He reloaded and fired faster while shouting, "Push them down!"

It is really speechless that the battle turned out like this even though they were in a dominant position and had the advantage in numbers.

Fortunately, the enemy was short of resources and their numbers were reduced very quickly under the bombing of the explosive tanks. When there were less than ten people left, the remaining people finally got scared.

Seeing that the remaining people showed signs of escaping, Chen Gu hurriedly shouted: "Charge, charge, charge, everyone, press forward, charge, charge, seize the boat and grab the silver!"

When they heard about the silver, everyone's eyes turned bloodshot. There were still more than seventy people on their side, while there were less than ten soldiers left on the other side. With the support of Chen Gu's rifle, they immediately rushed out of the trenches howling and killed the remaining people.

Liu Er took the lead, the two straight swords in his hands flew up and down, killing one of the enemy soldiers and leaving him with no power to defend himself.

Zhang Haomin, with his two sons, and Scar and others led by Lao Nian, rushed straight towards the warship. Because the warship had begun to retreat, the boatmen who stayed on the warship obviously wanted to escape.

Chen Gu kept loading and aiming, assisting everyone in killing the remaining soldiers. Soon all the soldiers who had come ashore were cleared out.

"Finish the job, everyone, finish the job in the neck." Chen Gu yelled at everyone to finish the job while aiming at the boatmen on the boat and shooting. Seeing that Zhang Haomin and the others had already boarded the boat, Chen Gu frowned and thought for a moment, then shouted loudly: "Boatmen who surrender will not be killed, and those who kneel down and beg for mercy will not be killed!"

Liu Er had already put away his sword, so there was no need for him to personally do the finishing touches. Seeing Chen Gu coming down with his rifle on his back, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Didn't you say you would kill them all? Why don't you kill them all? What are you doing keeping these boatmen? Do you want this warship?"

"No!" Chen Gu shook his head and said, "I just won't kill them for now. I want you to lead your men to suppress these boatmen and continue to sail the boat upstream.

Our ambush point is still too close to Jiangjin. Even if the imperial court cannot find out about us, Jiangjin, as the place where the incident occurred, will certainly be carefully investigated, and it will be easy to bring about trouble.

The person who died was a high-ranking official. Maybe they don't need any evidence at all. They might just send troops to massacre the city. You don't want Suan Xiucai and his men to be implicated, do you? "

"It's not necessary to massacre the whole city, right?" Liu Er asked in surprise.

Chen Gu smiled bitterly and said, "Nothing is impossible. The sour scholar told me that there is nothing that the Qing Dynasty cannot do, such as the Yangzhou Ten Days, the Jiading Three Massacres, the Jiangyin Eighty-One Days, the Datong Massacre, the Guangzhou Massacre, the Maritime Ban, and the Literary Inquisition.

Therefore, we need to continue to sail the warships upstream, day and night, go wherever the ship ends up, and then come back, all the way down the river. It would be best if we could enter the Three Gorges and then get out. In this way, it would be difficult for the imperial court to locate the real location of the accident in Addis.

Even if they had suspicions, they would not have carried out such a large-scale massacre. After all, the areas involved were too wide, and it would also increase the difficulty of their investigation."

Liu Er nodded and said, "That makes sense. Then you stay here and take care of the aftermath. I'll go there myself."

"You can't. You have to stay and deal with the aftermath as soon as possible, and then come back to the county with me. We are both people of status, and leaving the county for too long will easily arouse suspicion, especially in the next few days.

Just send someone you trust to do this, and give them more money. By the way, let's go and see what we have harvested this time!" Chen Gu said.

Chen Jue was about to go over to board the boat when he saw Yuan Bao and others searching for bodies. He thought for a moment and reminded them loudly, "Take off their armor and clothes, carry the bodies to the trench and bury them, and clean up the scene."

"How do we clean up the scene?" Yuanbao asked stupidly.

The others also looked at Chen Gu. They were envious of the weapons and armor of these soldiers. They did not mind the clothes worn by these elite soldiers, and they were even more fond of the gold, silver and copper coins on them. Burying the bodies was normal, but cleaning the scene was something they had never done before.

After all, although these people are bandits, they are actually only responsible for blocking the road and collecting tolls. Even if they occasionally fight with others for the hilltops, they don't need to clean up the scene afterwards. Anyway, the government rarely cares about their fighting.

"Fill in the hole created by the explosion of the explosive can, and after the bodies are buried, fill in the trench as well, and then shovel some grass to cover it up.

Oh, send someone to call up the brothers who are lying in ambush on the beach, as well as the small fishing boats!" Chen Gu ordered.

Liu Er stood aside and nodded with a smile, saying: "You are born to do things like murder and arson!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Chen Gu smiled and was the first to board the warship.

(End of this chapter)