C68 (2/2)

”On the second row, the first row is filled with ammunition …” ”Fire!”

”On the third row, the second row is filled with ammunition …” ”Fire!”

”First row, third row, back loading …” ”Fire!”

Luo Huo already had a bit of the bearing of a commander now. He did not use the fire spear on his back at all, and only used the whip in his hand to command the three groups of Musketeers to take turns shooting. As long as there was any panic, he would whip anyone who went up. This was something that he had learnt from Xiao Letian.

When the gun sound had passed the first round, Green Battalion who was charging at the front seemed to have been hit by an invisible door board, the charge was scattered by a huge force, and seven or eight soldiers who were shouting strangely were hit by the iron sand seed, sent spinning three rounds before falling.

After the second round of shooting, another ten soldiers lay on the ground, as if they had been struck by lightning. The thick smell of smoke and blood permeated the air.

By the time the third round of gunfire ended, there were no longer any sounds of shouting and charging from the north and south ends of the street. All the soldiers were stunned, they could not believe that a smelly merchant actually possessed a private army, and also a musket team.

In the Letian Firm, there was no one left who could sit still. All the merchants huddled together as if they were staring at demons, staring at Xiao Letian who was commanding the battle. After every round of gunshots, there were cries of fear.

”Run, quick …” After three rounds of shooting, the Green Battalion finally woke up from their stuffiness. The greedy looks in their eyes were finally replaced with fear, and when they realized that they were going to trade their lives for four hundred thousand silver coins, they immediately chose to escape.

The janissaries picked up their horses and carried Ma Bao as they fled backwards. Everyone was escaping from the fire lance's range at a speed that was double the speed of a charge, as fast as the ebbing tides of the ocean. It was hard for anyone to imagine what they were seeing.

”We can't retreat! No one can withdraw!” ”If this matter were to spread to the imperial government, your father would definitely lose his head. You can't retreat …” Ma Bao limped on the street and jumped around.

”Lord of the stage, transfer the cavalry, don't we still have 200 some cavalry in our camp? With just one charge, this group of musketeers will be done for immediately …”

”Lord, move the men from the Bird Spear Camp up here. We will definitely win if we shoot them when we block the long street.”

Ma Bao was also much more clear-headed now. He knew that if he became a deserter and the imperial government found out, they would never forgive him. They couldn't even deal with the private troops of more than a hundred merchants. What was even more frightening was that once the matter got out of hand, the foreigners would come ashore with guns. That would be the end of the story.

”Transfer troops, immediately transfer troops. Send all of the Musketeers in the army up here. I won't believe that I can't kill this group of smelly merchants with just three hundred shots …” Ma Bao and the rest had already escaped from the fire gun's range, and were starting to dismantle the shops on both sides. Tables, chairs, bricks and tiles were piled up on the street, forming a temporary defensive position.

At this time, knowing that Zhou Mingkui had finally arrived, he rushed over with more than one bailiff, asking, ”What's going on? Why did the Gun sound like it was fine? ”What exactly is going on with Confederate Platform …”

”Don't ask anymore, Xiao Letian is just a bullsh * t scholar, and he's even f * cking writing a book. This is killing Gods and bandits … He had actually secretly hidden the musketeers, this Second Demon was about to rebel … ”I am truly unlucky!” Ma Bao scolded while saying heh.

Zhou Mingkui was after all, a civil servant from a different background, and his brain was much sharper than Ma Bao's. He analyzed the situation, ”Brother Ma, don't look at the problem like that, this is a golden opportunity! Didn't Xiao Letian only have a hundred people? ”We're going to eliminate him. This is a great contribution from the rebellion. Furthermore, he is the main reason for the civil revolution this time around. How could the imperial government not reward us when the time comes?”

Ma Bao immediately thought of something and slapped his thigh. ”Aiyo …” ”It hurts!” He pointed at the soldier and said, ”Go and transfer the troops. Bring all our brothers here. I have a great reward for this!”

Zhou Mingkui also stood up, ”I will immediately send out the yamen runners to encourage the citizens to attack the ocean. I don't believe that they can kill that many with their dozens of guns, we will drown it to death even if they lose our lives …”

From this moment onwards, the storm instigated by Huang Juren and the Xiao Pi Sun had begun to move towards the government officials. The two high ranking officials of Tanggu Realm, one civil and one warrior had officially received the baton, and the great chaos began to turn into chaos.

Although there was only a single word of difference between chaos and rioting, the smell of blood was a hundred to a thousand times greater. However, in the eyes of an official, it wasn't that big of a deal for a commoner to die.