Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 350: Bombarding the Mountain Village
Mantianhong led people to participate in the Whip-beating Ceremony. Before leaving, he specifically instructed the people who stayed behind.

Ask them to close the stronghold, strengthen patrols, and not allow anyone to enter or leave at will to prevent the house from being robbed.

It was winter, and there was nothing to do in the village. They were not allowed to go down the mountain to have fun. What could the bearded men do? They just drank and played cards.

Everyone was drinking and playing finger-guessing games in the gathering hall, having a great time.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the whole village shook violently. The roof of the Juyi Hall was shaken so hard that mud and sand fell down.

Everyone was stunned, not knowing what was happening.

The deputy artillery commander stayed behind in the mountain stronghold. Upon seeing this situation, he immediately led his men to rush out to see what was happening outside.

But before they could run out of the Juyi Hall, another shell fell and hit the Juyi Hall directly.

A bunch of bearded men didn't even understand what was going on, and they went to see the King of Hell with their eyes wide open.

The bandits in other parts of the village were also dumbfounded when they heard the roars and hurried out to check.

Unexpectedly, shells fell on the mountain one after another, and the entire village was blown beyond recognition.

There were less than two hundred people on the mountain, and half of them were killed by the artillery fire.

Among the remaining ones, some were temporarily deafened by the sound of artillery fire, some were slightly injured by the explosions, and there were very few who were truly intact.

These people were all terrified. Looking at the dilapidated gate of the village and the crooked houses, they were stunned for a while.

What happened? What on earth was that thing that caused such great damage?

Fortunately, someone came to their senses and shouted to run quickly to the back mountain.

The shells were flying from the front, and if they ran to the back mountain, they might be able to escape.

It happened that at this moment, the artillery fire stopped, and the bandits rushed to the back mountain, fearing that if they ran too slowly, they would be blown to death on the mountain.

However, what they didn't know was that Qu Shaoyang had already deployed a large number of troops in the back mountain, and they were now ambushing halfway down the mountain.

These bearded men fled in panic, but before they reached halfway up the mountain, they heard a burst of gunfire and many of them fell to the ground after being shot.

The elite members of the village were all taken away by Mantianhong. Except for a few main leaders, most of the remaining ones were gang members who had joined the gang for one or two years.

These people have never been through many big situations, lack experience, and don't have the right equipment.

In the panic, the old-fashioned musket in his hand was not much better than a fire poker.

Faced with the fierce fire attack, these people were unable to cope with it at all, and many of them knelt down on the spot.

Therefore, Zhou Chuanzhi and others who were lying in ambush in the back mountain ate up the remaining beards without much effort.

At this time, Qu Shaoyang and his men also rushed into the mountain stronghold from the main gate.

Everyone searched everywhere for Hu Zi who was still alive. Those with minor injuries who could be saved were kept and their identities carefully questioned. Those with serious injuries were simply killed.

By interrogating the injured, they found out that Liangtai was still alive.

The legs of the grain platform were blown off.

Qu Shaoyang dealt with him briefly, tied him up with something to compare with, and then interrogated the grain official where the gang's vault was.

Now that we are here, we must take some things with us. Otherwise, what would be the point of mobilizing so many people?
All the gains made by Hu Zi were ill-gotten gains, so there is nothing wrong in taking them.

When the grain official learned that the boss was dead and the other pillars of the family had been arrested, he was immediately disheartened.

In order to save his life, Liangtai had no choice but to tell the location of the treasury. Then Qu Shaoyang took his men to the gang's treasury and searched it.

Compared with Zhan Dongshan, Mantianhongluanzi is not even a little bit inferior. His gold, silver, jewelry and other valuables are only worth about 50,000 or 60,000 taels.

Just at this time, Zhou Chuanzhi and others also rushed over from the back mountain with the prisoners.

The soldiers gathered together and quickly cleaned up the scene, taking away all the valuables and useful items. Then they immediately returned, escorting fifty or sixty slightly injured prisoners.

On the way back, he met up with Chen Yunhan who was leading his men to catch up with them.

Chen Yunhan told Qu Shaoyang that all the people who were left at the foot of the mountain by Mantianhong had been dealt with, and those who were still alive were locked up in the mountain village, waiting for Qu Shaoyang to return and decide their fate.

As for the other gangs, after going down the mountain, they each reunited with their subordinates and fled overnight. None of them dared to stay.

“Okay, well done, this one went pretty smoothly too.

Second brother, you didn’t see what that stronghold looked like when it was bombarded. I have to say, this heavy weapon is really good and very useful.

Later, I will ask my brother to buy more from the foreigners."

Qu Shaoyang happily described the situation at that time to Chen Yunhan. With these heavy weapons, the strength of both the militia and the patrol team would be greatly improved.

If anything really happens in the future, they will be more confident.

"Hey, how come we have so many talented people in the Qing Dynasty but can't create these magical weapons?
If we could make it, why would we be bullied so badly by the foreigners? "

After hearing what Qu Shaoyang said, Chen Yunhan couldn't help but sigh.

Qu Shaoyang couldn't respond to this.

The Qing Dynasty? The Qing Dynasty was rotten to the core. Even if they could produce advanced weapons, it would be useless.

As long as the Qing Dynasty exists and the old witch is still around, there will be plenty of days of being bullied in the future.

The old social system needs to be broken down before a new life can be ushered in.

On the evening of October 25th, Qu Shaoyang and his group rushed back to the mountain village and reunited with Chen Yunhan, Meng Lanxin and others.

"Big brother, second brother, you guys should take the team back to Maoer Mountain tomorrow. Lan Xin and I will stay in Dianzi Street for a few days."

The matter here has been settled. We have been out for quite some time and it is time to go back.

Especially the Chen brothers, they have to hurry back to Kuandian to prepare for their wedding and cannot delay.

Meng Lanxin has always been thinking about the people who escaped from Sandaomialing Village.

Qu Shaoyang also promised her that he would find a way to solve this matter after the Whipping Ceremony was over.

Therefore, Qu Shaoyang asked the Chen brothers to take their people back first. He would stay for two days to deal with the follow-up matters before going back.

The Chen brothers have also noticed something unusual about Qu Shaoyang and Meng Lanxin these days.

The two brothers were indeed not very happy about their brother-in-law looking for women outside.

How many years have they been married? Especially since Chen Xiuyun had just given birth to Qu Shaoyang's second son, and Qu Shaoyang was already looking for a woman outside?
But they also had to admit that Meng Lanxin's abilities made her more suitable than Chen Xiuyun to accompany Qu Shaoyang on business trips.

Women are naturally meticulous, and Meng Lanxin is also very good at martial arts and marksmanship.

Having her by Qu Shaoyang's side is much better than having her by his side with those rough old men.

So, after struggling for several days, the two brothers had no choice but to give up and stop interfering in their brother-in-law's backyard affairs.

Any man in this world who has a little ability will be surrounded by women.

Meng Lanxin has no one to rely on, so she won't pose much of a threat even if she joins the Qu family.

Chen Xiuyun gave birth to Qu Shaoyang's eldest son and second son in succession. Her position was stable, and she just had to be the first wife and take care of the entire harem.

For the rest, don’t interfere too much and affect the relationship between husband and wife.

(End of this chapter)