The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 85 I'll Give You a Maxim
A member of Liu Shijiu's Qianzi Regiment suddenly laughed and shouted, "Captain Li, aren't you afraid that we will spend your food money and let your soldiers go hungry?"

This member of the group's words caused everyone in the Qian group to burst into laughter.

Li Xianze laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of this. Your leader Liu is the ally of the president of our Vanguard Army. The Qianzi Group and our Vanguard Army are one family. I will treat you wholeheartedly. He will be even happier than you. Not only will he make up for my expenses, he might even praise me for doing a good job!"

Li Xianze's answer once again aroused cheers from the Qian group.

Even Liu Nineteen's face lit up, and he shouted to the Qianzi Regiment with a smile, "Brothers, you all heard what Captain Li said. Our Qianzi Regiment and the Vanguard Army are as close as brothers. Tonight we will fight the foreign devils, so cheer up. After this battle, if you make contributions, I will reward each of you with three bowls of celebratory wine."

"it is good!"

"Yes!"

"I will follow the orders of my senior brother!"

The members of the Qian Group responded loudly to Liu Shijiu's orders one after another. Although their responses were a bit disorganized, everyone in the Qian Group was in high spirits and it was obvious that they were very happy.

Teng Yuzhao really appreciated Li Xiance's approach. Li Xiance was smart and quick to react. He obviously understood Teng Yuzhao's little thoughts, which were helping him to get closer to Liu Shijiu and the Qian Group.

In this regard, Li Xianze is much better than the calm and meticulous Liu Yuzhi. It should be said that these two absolute confidants have their own strengths and advantages in character.

Teng Yuzao reached out and held Liu Shijiu's rough hand, "Brother, let's go too. Let's have a cup of tea and a piece of watermelon to cool down, and then have a good rest."

Teng Yuzao suddenly saw that there were more than a dozen people in Liu Shijiu's Qianzi Group carrying many bottles of white wine. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, but he still smiled and said, "Brother, are you worried that we will win the battle and I won't have any wine? Why did you bring your own wine?"

When Liu Shijiu mentioned the wine brought by the Qian group, he became furious and said angrily.

"Don't mention it. I get so angry when I mention it."

Liu Shijiu said with a sullen face, "Early this morning, the foreign devils went crazy for some reason. Not only did the foreign devils at the Laolongtou Railway Station start firing artillery at Cao Futian and his men who were besieging the railway station, they also sent troops to attack the positions of Cao Futian and the Wuwei Left Army. Even the foreign devils in the concessions attacked everywhere and rushed out of the concessions one after another."

"Yu Zhongtang urgently ordered us to attack and fight. He assigned me the mission of the Qianzi Group to beat back the foreign devils coming out from the floating bridge connecting the concession to the Laolongtou Railway Station. There was originally a sentry of Ma Yukun's left army there, and it was a little weak. As soon as I led my men to the outside of Nanguan, I met a group of Boxers affiliated with Zhang Decheng who used the excuse of entertaining the troops, but in fact they were robbing openly. Not only did they rob all the wine in a wine shop, they also injured the shopkeeper."

"In a rage, I beat up those guys who had ruined the reputation of the Boxers, returned all the stolen wine to the owner of the wine shop, and told them that the owner was my relative, and if anyone dared to take advantage of him again, I would break his legs." "Because of this, the owner insisted on giving me ten boxes of good wine, which I could not accept, but he refused to let me leave, and the military situation outside the city was urgent, so I had to take only ten bottles of each good and bad wine from his wine shop."

The quality of a unit's military discipline is a reflection of the temperament and even the quality of its top leader. The reason why Liu Shijiu's Qianzi Group has always had a good reputation is that it is a reflection of Liu Shijiu's temperament. He not only wants to keep Liu Shijiu's Qianzi Group, but also wants to find a way to keep Liu Shijiu as a person. Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but make up his mind secretly.

On the way to Li Xianze's regiment headquarters, Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but ask about the situation of the Allied Forces at Laolongtou Railway Station and the concession.

Regarding the battle at Laolongtou Railway Station, Liu Shijiu spoke excitedly, "Brother, the Russians must have been anxious. They set up their two cannons on the overpass in the station and aimed them directly at Cao Futian and his position. At the same time, they sent troops to attack the railway station. It seemed that the remaining soldiers of Cao Futian and Ma Yukun's battalions could not resist, so Yu Zhongtang sent Hu Dianjia, who also pulled his cannons out of the city and fired at the overpass of the railway station."

"Guess what? After only a dozen shots, one of them hit the overpass and collapsed it. Not only did the two cannons fall off the overpass, but dozens of Russian soldiers on it also fell down, with broken bones and tendons scattered all over the ground. Hu Dianjia's battalion took advantage of the situation and attacked. In order to protect their cannons, hundreds of Russian soldiers rushed out of the train station. The two sides fought for almost half an hour before the Russians finally blew up the two cannons and rescued their people."

"However, the brothers I sent over to watch the battle came back and said that at least 200 Russians were killed in this battle, and the two cannons that were damaged by the Russians were also dragged back by Hu Dianjia."

Knowing clearly that the other side also had cannons and that the overpass was vulnerable, they still dared to drag the cannons onto the overpass and fire directly at the besieging Boxers. Except for the fighting nation of the Russians, no other Western powers would have the courage to do such a thing. For this courage and groundbreaking thinking, Teng Yuzhao secretly admired the Russian commander in the train station.

If the cannons were pulled down after firing a few shots, and firing on and off like this, it would really cause great trouble to the besieging Boxers and Ma Yukun's Wuwei Left Army.

Liu Shijiu continued, "We also blocked the several groups of foreign devils that broke out of the concession. Except for one group led by He Yongsheng's training troops, the rest were led by Zhang Decheng's men. Although these groups drove back the foreign devils in the concession, they suffered heavy casualties. It is said that the total number of casualties was 300 to 400."

Liu Shijiu sighed and said, "I was responsible for the foreign devils who rushed over from the pontoon bridge. There were about a hundred of them. At first, it was okay. My brothers shot and killed 21 of them. The foreign devils fled back from the pontoon bridge. But when I and my brothers were ready to take advantage of the situation to chase them and kill them in the concession, I didn't expect that the foreign devils had set up a Maxim heavy machine gun on the pontoon bridge, and I lost more than 40 brothers..."

The Maxim gun was now a real killer. Teng Yuzao thought for a while and said, "Brother, I'll give you a Maxim gun."

When Liu Shijiu heard that Teng Yuzhao was going to give him a Maxim heavy machine gun, his face lit up with joy, but then it quickly became gloomy and he sighed.

"Hey! Good brother, I won't say anything. I can't afford this Maxim. I heard that once this thing is used, the bullets will be very expensive. Now ten bullets cost one tael of silver. How can I afford it?"

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