After the arrangement was stopped, Liu Lichuan, Zhou Lichun and others stopped and put out the torches. Under the leadership of Tangwan people who were familiar with the terrain, everyone touched the path northward to the village. However, the sounds of more than 500 people on the road could not be covered. They almost arrived at the entrance of Beicun. The alert foreign musket team on the road discovered that after a few whistles and the foreign language shouts that they could not understand, the musket team fired randomly in the direction of the sound, regardless of whether they could hit the people or not, as if they just wanted to drive everyone back.

The foreigners' firearms were sharp. Liu Lichuan knew that only by fighting in close combat and leaning against the nightfall could he fight a bloody path. He waved the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Let the foreigners taste our big sword! Follow me!" He immediately raised his waist and rushed forward like a leopard. More than 500 people behind him were also shouting, raising their weapons to rush towards the entrance of the village.

Getting closer, the foreigners' musket team piled up more than ten piles of firewood before the entrance of the village. After lit the firewood, under the illumination of the raging fire, the darkness at the entrance of the village suddenly disappeared. The foreigners' muskets began to become a little fierce. A round of guns passed by, and dozens of people rushing in front were immediately hit to the ground, but the gang members behind did not stop at all, shouting loudly and moving forward.

There were about one or two hundred foreign musket teams in front of me, and a few of them were wearing Qing court uniforms waving long swords there, and from time to time they said something to people who seemed to be foreign leaders.

Perhaps it was because they saw that there were many people and others in the gangs, or it was dark and foreigners were not good at night fighting, or perhaps they were shocked by the charge of the gangs, but after the foreign musket team set off two rounds of gunfire, they began to retreat. Liu Lichuan was overjoyed when he saw this and shouted: "The foreign devils are already timid, everyone rushed out!"

The gang members shouted loudly and rushed forward even harder. The foreign musket team took turns to cover and quickly retreated northward.

After losing more than 80 people, the gang members finally rushed out of the village entrance. Seeing that some gang members wanted to chase them, Liu Lichuan shouted loudly: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, everyone should leave quickly." As soon as he finished speaking, a rainy musket lead bullet attacked, and a large number of gang members fell into a pool of blood.

It turned out that the foreigners' musket team in the north opened the village entrance road, allowing Liu Lichuan and others to rush out. However, the foreigners' musket team in the other two directions saw the fire representing the siege signal in the north light up, so they rushed over to reinforce and lined up on the two wings and sprayed lead bullets into the village entrance. Hearing the gunshots, the foreigners' musket team in the north, which had originally retreated, turned over and lined up in line, and began to take turns to hit the village entrance.

Seeing this, Liu Lichuan couldn't help but feel jealous. It turned out that these foreigners had already prepared a long time ago. No matter which direction they broke through, they had prepared a fire. Once the fire was lit, foreigners from other sides would come to support him.

The foreigners were lined up in two rows, the front team shot, the back team prepared, and the lead bullets were like rain. Liu Lichuan and others were squeezed at the entrance of the village, and brothers were constantly shot and fell. Seeing this, Liu Lichuan was about to call everyone back to the village, but unexpectedly, someone from the back team came to report urgently, saying that countless fires appeared in the village, and the last foreigners had already attacked the village.

Seeing that the retreat was broken, Liu Lichuan shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't stop! Go quickly, go quickly!" In the rain of bullets, the gang congregations launched a desperate charge. Fortunately, the fire at the entrance of the village had been put out by them, and the correct head of the musket was lowered. Otherwise, Liu Lichuan and others would almost never be able to break through the musket array attacked on three sides.

After finally rushing to the front, these foreigners lined up with bayonets, lined up in a square formation. The first row in front of the formation squatted down, the second row of muskets raised flat, and the third row kept firing in the formation, like a hedgehog. Liu Lichuan and other congregations rushed forward and could not start at all. They were either stabbed to death by bayonets or killed by muskets in the formation.

Fortunately, the foreign musket team was not large, and the square formation was not completely blocked. Liu Lichuan broke out towards the northwest corner under the guidance of Zhou Lichun.

Everyone finally got out of it. At this time, a bright moon emerged from the clouds. Zhou Lichun ordered people to count the people. After a while, his subordinates ordered all their hands, but there were only less than two hundred people left. Zhou Lichun cursed hatefully: "Qing Dog, this revenge must be avenged."

Zhou Xiuying quickly walked over with her sword and said, "Dad, it's not good, there are foreigners coming here." Then, on the small road, the torches were like ants, and the sound of killing sounds shook the sky, and they came here to kill.

Liu Lichuan shouted: "Men of Xiaodao Club, let's turn around and break the rear!" Zhou Lichun grabbed Liu Lichuan and shouted: "Master Liu, our people in Tangwan are familiar with the roads, so let's come to the palace behind."

Liu Lichuan laughed and said, "Old hero Zhou, don't fight. In order to avenge the dead brothers, let's turn around and kill together. At worst, we will all tell you tonight, but we will take a cushion before we die!" Everyone applauded and turned around and rushed over with Liu Lichuan.

The foreigners' musket team seemed to have not expected that this group of bandits would dare to turn around and rush. They were not even in line in the dark, and they were already rushed closer by Xiaodao Society, Tiandihui and others. The two sides started a melee. The foreigners' bayonets stabbed fiercely, but Xiaodao Society, Tiandihui and others were also used to using big swords. The two sides fought in the dark, and they were extremely chaotic.

After fighting in the middle of the night, Zhou Xiuying felt that the fewer and fewer brothers around her were fighting. She pulled Zhou Lichun to fight to the death and finally broke through the siege. Only a few gang members followed behind her, and no one else knew whether they had been separated.

After leaving for a while, Zhou Lichun suddenly knelt down, scared Zhou Xiuying so much that she hurriedly supported her and asked anxiously: "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Lichun yelled and said, "It's okay. I don't know which bastard stabbed him in his leg. I didn't feel that I left anxiously just now, but now I feel wet."

With the moonlight, Zhou Lichun's calves were indeed covered in blood. Zhou Xiuying quickly took out her hand towel and bandaged him in a hurry. She asked anxiously, "Dad, can it work?"

Zhou Lichun snorted, "Your father is not a three-year-old child, what's the pain? Let's go quickly, the foreign devils are going to catch up again, and I don't know how the leader Liu and the others are doing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shouts of killing came gradually overwhelmed. Zhou Lichun stood up with a knife and shouted, "Go away quickly, the foreign devils are chasing me again."

Zhou Xiuying stood up with her sword and looked back. She saw dozens of people rushing towards her. When she saw it a little closer, she saw Liu Lichuan, Xu Yao, Pan Qiliang and others. She was happy and went up to her and said, "Master Liu, are you rushing out too? Where are the other brothers?"

Liu Lichuan gasped for a few breaths, and his long gown was covered in blood. It seemed that it was stained with the blood of many foreigners. Seeing him wiped his sweat, he smiled bitterly: "I don't know why these foreigners can't get along with us, and rushed over desperately, as if they had a deep hatred with us. Let's go quickly, the foreigners behind will soon catch up."

After a night of melee, more than 500 gang members of various gangs were dispersed by the Qing army in the dark, and most of them were captured or killed by foreign musket teams. Only Liu Lichuan and others rushed out with less than dozens of people. Fortunately, the leaders of various gangs were still there and were not separated. They walked through Yangshulin in the north of the village in the dark, and Liu Lichuan led the members to the Baihe River. This was the darkest moment before dawn. Everyone planned to find a boat along the river to cross the Baihe River and get rid of the pursuit of foreign devils.

Zhou Xiuying helped Zhou Lichun walk, asking from time to time: "Dad, are you getting better? Don't take a break for a while." Zhou Lichun gritted her teeth and said: "No, wait until the danger is out."

After walking by the Shuo River for a while, dozens of people suddenly rushed out of a reed marsh, all dressed in blue, wearing masks, and holding swords and guns. Liu Lichuan and others were shocked and wondered whether the person coming was a friend or an enemy.

One of the men in blue walked out, pulled down his mask, clasped his fists and said, "Fortunately, everyone rushed out. I prepared the boat and took you out of the danger later."

At this time, the sky had turned white. With the glimmer of light, Zhou Xiuying said in surprise: "It's you!"

Zhou Lichunqi beside her said, "Ying'er, do you know him?"

When Zhou Xiuying saw that the man in green was the one who reminded him in the kitchen before, knowing that he must have come to save everyone, she said happily: "Yes, Dad, he was the one who reminded me in the kitchen that foreign devils were sneak attacking him."

Zhou Lichun asked in surprise: "Who is your lord? Why should I save me?"

The man in green clasped his fists and said, "Below is Tong Qiangsheng under the command of the Western King of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I have seen all heroes. This is not a place to speak. Foreigners will come when they hear the movement. Let's go to a safe place before talking."

Everyone followed the group of men in green to the riverside, and saw several merchant ships coming from the misty river. Everyone got on the boat, and the boats went down the river and headed towards the Yangtze River.

In the cabin, a doctor had already healed Zhou Lichun and other injured leaders. The leaders sat around the cabin, quietly watching Tong Qiangsheng and waiting for him to speak.

Tong Qiangsheng was not in a hurry and ordered his subordinates to treat the injured gang members on the boat, and then brought some tea and greeted the leaders to use some snacks and tea.

After a night of fierce fighting, everyone was already hungry. They were not polite at the moment, so they threw their cheeks and started eating. Tong Qiangsheng brought a bowl of exquisite dumplings and delivered them to Zhou Xiuying, and laughed in a low voice: "Thank you for Miss Zhou's pumpkin soup, I'll invite you to eat dumplings."

Fortunately, everyone was taking care of eating their own things, but they didn't notice that Tong Qiangsheng and Zhou Xiuying turned red. They didn't expect that this person was so bold, but they didn't want to go against him with kindness, so they had to take it, and said softly, "Thank you." Then they slipped aside.

Tong Qiangsheng sat down with a smile, looked at everyone, and said seriously: "Everyone, I am in the West, who sneaked into Shanghai and contacted the local rebel army. Recently, I learned that the Qing Yao sent several groups of large inner guards to Shanghai. I felt strange. Why did these people come to the south? Finally, I tried to die six brothers and found out that these hawks were all here to deal with you. The hawks led by the head of the foreigners were called Ronglu, and he paid for foreigners and hired a musket team of foreigners to encircle and suppress them. It is said that every time a rebellion party's head reward of one tael of silver, the leader's value was higher. He heard this news, and he rushed to report the news. Unexpectedly, it was too late. Qing Yao and foreign devils had surrounded the village, so he had to bring people back to save them. Fortunately, God was not blind and finally let me rescue you."

Liu Lichuan clasped his fists and said, "Brother Tong, are you polite, Brother Tong used to be from the Tiandihui?"

Tong Qiangsheng nodded and said, "I was originally from the Xiangdi Tiandi Association. When the Western King attacked Changsha, he was defeated by his command and fought all the way to Nanjing. Now the Western King is conquering Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I heard that there are many heroes in Shanghai and other places, so I asked us to contact you in Shanghai."

The leaders were filled with joy after hearing this. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is now in full swing, and it would be better to be able to join the army. But I don’t know what Liu Lichuan thought, everyone looked at Liu Lichuan at the moment.
Chapter completed!