Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 42: Traitors always betray, shoot you
Yizhou is mountainous, and there are often towering mountains on both sides of the river. If you want to go ashore, you have to climb the cliff directly.

The locations of these large and small ferry crossings near Yuannan City were all determined in history, so they are not that exaggerated.

However, the shore is more than ten feet higher than the water surface.

Those small ferry crossings are often built on slopes, or even have steps dug out, to facilitate picking up boats near the water. The coolies don't have much work to do picking up people, so they can just climb up the steps.

As for Dadukou, which was used to welcome and send off large ships, the cargo was heavy and large in quantity, so they simply drove piles and pillars along the shore and laid thick wooden planks to create a wharf.

In the past, these large docks were very busy. Coolies worked here, and naturally there were people doing business around them. They set up bamboo sheds on the docks for them to sleep and rest, and sold them food and water.

But recently, those small ferry crossings have been closed, and the bamboo sheds near the large dock have been destroyed and demolished, turning into low ruins.

The coolies were driven away to other places, and were only allowed to approach when large quantities of goods arrived from Captain Xu's side across the open road.

In the early morning, the only fortifications on the dock were wire barricades and piles of sand sacks.

There are about two hundred soldiers who take turns guarding there.

The city wall of Yuannan City is about four or five miles away from this pier.

In the woods two or three miles away from the pier, Chu Tianshu was using a monocular telescope to carefully observe the situation over there.

"Everyone who's awake seems quite energetic. They've arranged their shift schedule quite well."

Chu Tianshu said, "The bamboo scaffolding near the dock used to have a complex structure, which was very suitable for Tibetans to sneak through, but now it has all been demolished."

"If anyone else wants to get close to the dock, they'll be spotted within about 300 meters."

"If you insist on getting close and discover something is wrong during questioning, then your only option is to charge forward."

"Because if we retreat, there's hundreds of meters of open ground, which is within their firing range. There's no good cover to hide in."

Xiao Huo took the telescope and took a look.

“The risks of rushing forward are also very high.”

Xiao Huo said, "Those people not only had guns, but also turtle grenades. They were flat grenades made by foreigners, with fuses extending from the edges, like the head and limbs of a turtle."

"After you pull the safety and throw it, if even one of the grenade fuses is activated during a collision, it will explode immediately. On hard ground like the one near the dock, this type of grenade is far more dangerous than a delayed-explosion grenade."

Xiao Huo moved the telescope and suddenly fixed his gaze.

"Wow, these guys actually have a Danish-made Madsen machine gun!"

"Almost all the people in Dadukou we passed by in the past few days have equipment of this level. How come their group is so rich?"

Recently, they have been protecting donkey carts and walking around Yuannan City.

There were some furs given by Wujiazhai on the donkey cart, and the men looked like fur dealers.

Cai Shanjun sat on the donkey cart, his eyes closed, resting. He said in a deep voice, "Back then, many of the battalions and regiments in Yizhou were actually understaffed. When I left, the Yuannan City regiment only had about 700 people."

"But judging by the number of soldiers we've seen at the large and small ferry crossings over the past few days, plus the number of soldiers who must still be left in the city, this regiment is probably already full of fifteen hundred men, or even more."

Shopkeeper Ma said, "I've heard that these men weren't trained soldiers selected from the common people, but bandits recruited by Captain Xu."

"Those small groups of poor peasant bandits were weak, so some were shot, and the rest were sent to do hard labor. Those with good equipment and a tough style were recruited."

Xiao Huo looked at the machine gunner and realized that he should be the highest-ranking soldier stationed at the dock.

He looked to be in his forties, with a white left eye, probably blind, fleshy cheeks and a scar on his chin. His military cap was thrown aside, and there was a plate of beef next to the machine gun. He would grab a piece from time to time and put it in his mouth.

Xiao Huo chuckled, "No wonder he behaves like this!"

Chu Tianshu asked, "Including this, we've already checked all the nearby ferry crossings. Should we continue to wait for an opportunity, or should we take action today?"

Cai Shanjun pondered and said, "It's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's do it today, but wait a little longer."

They were waiting for the car.

These days they have discovered that Adjutant Zhou and his men patrol the surrounding area by car every day.

Sure enough, after waiting for more than an hour, the black car that had been seen several times appeared in the field of view of the telescope.

There were several fine horses following on both sides and behind the sedan, and they were all the confidants of Xu and Zhou.

I saw the carriage turning from the road over there and starting to drive towards the pier, which was about a kilometer away from the pier.

Cai Shanjun pulled out the jade flute from his sleeve, brought it to his lips, and his cheeks puffed up slightly, obviously blowing out some air.

But the people around did not hear any flute sound.

Even Chu Tianshu, who practiced both magic and boxing, only vaguely sensed something was amiss, but couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

It may also be because he was not Cai Shanjun's target, so the effects of crisis sensing were not triggered.

On the dock over there, Wu Bao, who was guarding the machine gun, threw another piece of beef into his mouth.

Since being recruited by Captain Xu, those who used to be bosses have also been re-arranged.

Wu Bao is now the sixth in line. He can call the regiment commander "big brother" and adjutant Zhou "second brother".

Regardless of whether there is brotherhood or not, Wu Bao sincerely feels that he is living quite happily under their leadership.

This time, defenses were deployed at the dock to intercept and kill the wanted criminal.

Captain Xu had also explained to them the interests involved, and the special envoy named Meng had also made a guarantee.

In Wu Bao's heart, it felt like there was a ball of fire burning with black smoke and thick oil.

Of course there are risks, but if it really works, you will have so much wealth and glory in the second half of your life. It will definitely be a pleasure that you never even thought about in the first half of your life!

He really put all his energy into it these days, as if he was back to when he was twenty years old, breaking into the young widow's house for the first time and sleeping with the widow and her daughter.

Come! Come! Come! Urgent! Urgent! Urgent!
Come out now, and let me shoot you with all my bullets! He also saw the car and several horses coming from that direction, but he didn't pay any attention to them.

These days, the regiment commander, adjutant, and special envoy have been coming here to inspect.

Wu Bao could see that they were also very anxious.

But when the car drove to a distance of three or four hundred meters, Wu Bao couldn't help but squint his good eyes.

Although both are painted black and have big headlights, this car doesn't seem to be the same as the one the leader has.

Those who were riding horses were basically all strangers and could not be recognized.

Wu Bao was afraid that he had seen it wrong, so he called over a few brothers who were famous for their good eyesight.

"Is that the captain's car?"

"No, and I've never seen the two people sitting in the front seat of the car before."

When the brother replied, he also revealed a sense of excitement and tightened the gun in his hand.

Wu Bao couldn't help but feel ecstatic and took out a photo from his arms.

"Look, is this the person?"

This is the photo given to them by Special Envoy Meng. The handsome man in the photo is their target.

After reading it, several brothers nodded with excitement on their faces.

Suddenly, a brother in the distance shouted, "Why did that car suddenly speed up?"

Wu Bao suddenly turned his head to look.

The car really sped up, it must have been because the accelerator was stepped on hard.

It was quite far away a second ago, but suddenly it moved closer, and the front of the car, painted black, was approaching at a very fast speed.

The horses were also galloping and neighing, getting faster and faster and closer.

The roar of cars and the sound of horse hooves seem to hit people's hearts.

There was a lot of discussion around, and the two hundred people in charge of this area all realized that it was not the captain's carriage.

None of the faces in the car were people they knew, and such rapid acceleration, with the momentum of crashing directly into the dock, was definitely not something the leader and his men would do.

Wu Bao's heart beat faster and faster, and he roared.

"That's a traitor, a serious criminal. Brothers, open fire!"

As he shouted this, his finger was already on the trigger.

The carriage was only forty or fifty meters away from here.

Captain Xu's nephew, the driver of this special car, was driving as usual when he suddenly heard a shout from the front.

He was startled and thought that a traitor had jumped out from somewhere. Just as he was about to turn his head to look, he suddenly felt the car shake.

boom! ! !
Three car doors shot out.

Except for the driver, three figures, all like ghosts, flew out from the car door.

They didn't kick the car door open before moving. Instead, they burst out at the fastest speed and knocked the car door away, so the car door was pressed against their bodies for a while.

The chassis of the car was also deformed and dented due to the force exerted by the three people.

Just as they left the car, fire flashed from the muzzle of the machine gun.

The elegant black sedan had its windows shattered, its window frames punched through, and its hood shot through.

The bullet struck metal, and a brief spark flickered.

The driver's body was shaking in the car. The bullet went in through a hole and came out as a hole as big as a bowl, and blood spurted out.

Before the machine guns stopped firing, the rifles also started firing, and the cavalrymen near the car were killed on the spot, along with their horses.

Wu Bao pointed his gun at the car, and was a beat late to react. Three people had just escaped from the car.

Just as he was about to move the muzzle of his gun, he saw a black shadow flash several times among the rifle fire and the hail of bullets.

The terrifying momentum and airflow came crashing down like a huge rock thrown from a catapult.

Wu Bao was terrified, his eyelids contracted, his eye sockets appeared bigger, his pupils trembled, and his potential was stimulated, making his vision clearer.

A large, dark blue hand like an iron plate came down.

The magazine of the Madsen machine gun was installed on top, like a horn, raised high towards the sky.

The big hand slapped the magazine, causing it to bend and break, and fall onto the gun body.

Before the muzzle could turn around, the machine gun body was bent sharply in the middle by a palm strike, breaking through the sandbag and sinking deeply.

A flying part hit Wu Bao's forehead.

But before he could cry out in pain, another hand grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

He was a strange man, and his voice was also strange, but the anger he expressed was as terrifying as Captain Xu's anger.

It's as terrifying as locking a person in the same dark room with dozens of bombs with their fuses pulled out.

"Wu Laoliu, how dare you betray me?!"

(End of this chapter)