The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 105: Hot pursuit
More than twenty minutes later, about two hundred defeated coalition soldiers fled in a panic, leaving their weapons and armor unarmored.

The second brother looked at the more than 200 defeated soldiers who were exhausted and panting, and whispered excitedly, "Big Brother, if we kill them, I guarantee that none of these foreign devils will be able to escape, and they will all become ghosts under our swords."

Liu Nineteen did not say anything, still staring at the remnants of the Allied Forces who were fleeing in front of the sorghum field where they were. Only when a large group of Allied Forces had passed in front of them, with only a dozen or so people left behind, did Liu Nineteen speak.

"Don't worry about those foreign devils behind us, brothers, just follow me and kill them."

After saying that, Liu Shijiu raised his sword and shouted like thunder, "Brothers, kill the foreign devils!"

Before he could finish his words, the man had already rushed out of the sorghum field and pounced on the fleeing remnants of the Allied Forces from the side.

Wu Peifu, who rushed out of the sorghum field right behind Liu Shijiu, also held a big knife in one hand and a revolver in the other, and shouted, "Brothers, kill!"

The exhausted coalition forces were almost at the Baihe River and not far from the pontoon bridge. They just wanted to take a breath, but they encountered an ambush. Although their number was no less than that of the suicide squad, they were so tired that their bones were weak and their muscles were numb and they were out of breath. Many of them even dropped their rifles in order to escape faster. At this time, they dared not fight with the suicide squad who were well-rested and had to grit their teeth and run away again as if they were risking their lives.

A dozen weak or injured remnants of the Allied Forces who fell behind were suddenly frightened out of their wits when they saw another ambush coming out of the sorghum field. Some of them collapsed to the ground with their legs going weak, while the brave ones hurriedly ran to hide in the sorghum fields on the side of the road. However, the death squad ignored them and chased after the fleeing Allied Forces closely.

The vanguard army's suicide squad, which was well-rested, had only run more than 200 meters and were already closely following the fleeing coalition forces for about 20 meters. Seeing that Liu Shijiu was intentionally slowing down his pace, Wu Peifu quickly ran a few steps to Liu Shijiu and said.

"Uncle Master, this distance is good enough. Don't get any closer to prevent the foreign devils from struggling to death and counterattacking."

Liu Nineteen complained, "Damn it, these foreign devils run too slowly. I can't even move my legs."

"This is easy to handle."

As he spoke, Wu Peifu raised his hand and fired a shot at the rear of the fleeing Allied Forces in front of him.

As Wu Peifu fired his gun, a coalition soldier wearing a turban suddenly howled miserably, and then rushed out like crazy. As the injured coalition soldier howled, the speed of the fleeing coalition soldiers suddenly increased a lot, just like a dog whose tail was suddenly stepped on.

"Good boy, you are herding sheep. If they walk slowly, just whip them." Liu Shijiu said with a laugh while running.

Before Liu Shijiu finished his words, a blinding white light suddenly flashed in the sky ahead. Against the backdrop of the white light, not only were the backs of the fleeing coalition forces very clear, but everyone's vision also instantly became bright and clear, and the road under their feet could be seen clearly. They no longer had to run in the dark with one foot deep and one foot shallow, which made the fleeing coalition forces move faster.

As the first white light came on, the sky ahead continued to burst out with dazzling white light that made people's eyes sore. Moreover, the height of the dazzling white light was still very low to the ground, only about a hundred meters above. Wu Peifu knew that the artillery had begun to fire flares over the floating bridge. Under the stimulation of the increasingly bright white light of the flares, many people's eyes felt a little sore.

Just as Wu Peifu kept blinking his eyes, trying to relieve the soreness in his eyes, his mind suddenly lit up. He understood his teacher's intention of setting off flares to illuminate the escape route for the fleeing coalition forces.

Wu Peifu turned around and shouted, and everyone heard it clearly, "Follow closely, the closer the better, no one should look at the flares in the air, everyone should keep their eyes on the back of the person in front of them, when we get close to the bridge, the flares will suddenly stop, and there will be a short period of blinding, then everyone should not panic, follow the person in front of you, and rush across the bridge as quickly as possible, even if it is in the dark."

Liu Shijiu understood what Wu Peifu meant and shouted, "Fuck you, do as Deputy Captain Wu says. If anyone falls into the river because they can't see the road, they won't have any food tomorrow."

After shouting, Liu Shijiu said to Wu Peifu, "Zi Yu, we have to follow closely too."

As he spoke, Liu Shijiu had already chased after the fleeing coalition forces at great speed, wielding his ghost-head broadsword and chopping down a panicked coalition soldier who wanted to look back to see what was happening. The sword should have hit the artery of the fleeing coalition soldier, and most likely also cut his throat. The coalition soldier fell to the side of the road without a sound, and the splattered blood was so bright red in the increasingly bright white light that Wu Peifu's heart trembled.

The place where the death squad was ambushed was less than two miles away from the floating bridge leading to the concession. After this burst of running, the coalition forces in front were about to approach the bridgehead. Wu Peifu did not dare to neglect it. He raised the revolver in his hand and fired two more shots. These two shots made a coalition soldier who was hit in the thigh fall to the ground with a scream.

"The other coalition soldier who was shot was probably only slightly injured. He threw away his rifle, howled in fear in an incomprehensible language, avoided the fleeing coalition soldiers blocking the road ahead, and madly rushed towards the green tent on the side of the road."

After firing two shots, Wu Peifu ran a few steps to catch up with Liu Shijiu, who was almost within reach of the rear of the fleeing coalition forces, and shouted, "There is a pontoon bridge ahead, get ready."

At this time, the floating bridge connecting the concession and Tianjin City, as well as the bridgeheads on both sides of the floating bridge, were illuminated by the flares that were constantly lit above the Baihe River, less than a hundred meters away from the bridge deck. The weeds and other debris on the ground were clearly visible. Wu Peifu quickly glanced at the floating bridge and the situation on the opposite bank while running.

The floating bridge was already crowded with fleeing coalition forces, and the ones in the front were almost reaching the other side. He and Liu Shijiu were only a dozen meters away from the floating bridge in front.

About ten meters to the left and right of the bridgehead on the opposite bank, there is a defensive fortification made of sandbags. Behind the fortification are coalition soldiers holding rifles and ready to shoot at any time. As soon as the pursuing vanguard army suicide squad gets on the bridge, they will be subjected to their intensive shooting. At this time, they have not opened fire, probably because they are worried about hurting their own people.

However, although there were two defensive fortifications, only the one on the left side of the bridgehead was equipped with a Maxim heavy machine gun, which made Wu Peifu secretly feel fortunate.

Liu Shijiu shouted, "Brothers, there is a floating bridge ahead. Even if I have to stab you, you must follow me and charge over."

"kill!"

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