Chapter 25 American Iai
Chapter 25 American Iai
The two bodyguards were just strong farmers before joining the army. They had never killed anyone before, so their reactions were a little slow.
The four rebel leaders who came to petition the regiment commander actually ran towards him, raised their goose-feather swords and shouted, "Stop, or we'll kill you—"
But it was obvious that he could not catch up with the four burly thugs.
Zhang Siwen had followed out, and seeing that the situation was not good, he touched his back and suddenly found that because he changed into military uniform, the original iron rod was not tucked into his waist and was placed aside.
He had no choice but to rush towards the four thugs with his bare hands, but he was a few steps too late. He estimated that by the time he rushed there, the thugs had already controlled Shao Quanzhong and would be afraid to act rashly.
In a flash, Shao Quanzhong's right hand reached for the pistol at his waist like lightning. When he got the gun, the muzzle was still facing downward. He pulled the trigger directly, shooting out the bullet space left. At the same time, his left hand had already touched the hammer of the revolver.
He didn't even raise his arm to shoot. He leaned his body back, raised his hips, and raised the muzzle of the gun directly to his waist. Without letting go of the trigger with his right index finger, his left hand directly moved the hammer.
A puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle and the first shot was fired.
Shao Quanzhong maintained the posture of leaning back and tilting his hips, holding the gun with both hands on his right waist, his right index finger holding the trigger without releasing it, and his left hand constantly and rapidly flapping the hammer, causing the hammer to continuously hit the primer at the rear of the revolving cylinder.
The muzzle of the gun moved slightly from left to right. It was no longer based on aiming, but on the feel of playing with guns as a bearded man for many years in his previous life. Within two seconds, four shots were fired in succession, and white smoke suddenly billowed in front of him.
The four thugs just wanted to grab the regiment leader and ask for an explanation. They didn't even have any weapons with them. When they heard the gunshots, they all paused and felt their scalps go cold and then hot.
He subconsciously touched his hands and found them covered in blood. His scalp had been scratched by a bullet and his headscarf had fallen to the ground.
Seeing them stop, Shao Quanzhong released the trigger with his right index finger, moved the hammer with his left hand to load the last bullet, stood up, raised his right arm, and pointed the muzzle of the gun in the direction of the four people.
"Who else wants to come here and die?"
The four men looked at each other. All four of them were shot in the head at the same time, but they were not dead. It was obvious that the regiment leader had shown mercy.
Looking at the black muzzle of Shao Tuanzong's gun pointing at them, they suddenly lost their courage and knelt down together.
"Master, Master, we are not rebelling, we are just..."
During this gap, Zhang Siwen had already arrived at Shao Quanzhong's side. The two bodyguards finally reacted, grabbed the collars of the two men kneeling on the ground, and controlled them with knives.
Before Shao Quanzhong could say anything, a dark shadow came running from a distance.
He was tall, but his movements were extremely agile, and his speed was so fast that he left an afterimage, as if he was flying in the air. He was none other than Tian Xing, the Wudang swordsman nicknamed "Skywalker", who arrived as soon as he heard the gunshots.
In a blink of an eye, another person arrived from a closer training ground. Like Tian Xing, he had already changed into the new army uniform.
He started first and arrived later. Although his lightness skills were not as good as Tian Xing's, he was much faster than others. He was the third brother Haiqing.
The two men saw the situation from afar, arrived at the scene in a few seconds, and controlled the other two mutinous leaders.
By the time Song Laosan and a team of nearly a hundred people ran to the scene, the situation had been completely under control.
Shao Quanzhong didn't need to say anything. Two people served one and arrested all the more than 30 thugs from the Zuo camp who were standing there cheering.
Shao Quanzhong was calm and composed, not at all frightened. The fight between the bandits back then was much more dangerous than the current situation.
Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "Take him down first and have a look."
Tian Xing saw that the people who were causing the riot were those from Zuoying who were supposed to be on rotation at home, but he didn't know how they got together and came to the market to cause trouble.
He immediately knelt on one knee and stopped calling him "Second Brother". "Master, I failed to discipline my subordinates. Please punish me."
Shao Quanzhong put away his gun, walked forward to pull Tian Xing up, and patted Tian Xing on the back, "At the critical moment, it is still your brothers who come the fastest. There is no rush to punish you. Let's talk about it after we figure out the situation. Everyone, go to the playground and gather."
Shao Quanzhong pulled Tian Xing towards the training ground and said in a serious tone, "Have you told them that you are going to close the Zuoying Camp?"
Tian Xing shook his head, "No, no one has ever said that, they must have guessed it themselves.
However, in the past few days, I have selected sixty qualified people from the left camp and turned them into regular soldiers. I have asked Le Sen to pay them four taels and five cents of silver per month, but I haven't had time to report this to you.
The rest of them were sent home to rest and only trained seven days this month.
I guess they were feeling uneasy and jealous of the high salaries of the people I singled out, so they came together to seek justice and stir up trouble. "
Shao Quanzhong sneered, "Greed is insatiable. Originally Yang Yong only gave them 600 coins, and now I give them one or two taels of silver, more than twice as much, but they are still not satisfied.
They didn't know what an army was and thought it was just the same gang of bandits that Yang Yong was running.
Have they ever taken advantage of others in the past?"
Tian Xing nodded, "I heard from my subordinates that Yang Yong once owed military pay for two months.
Dozens of villagers gathered together and, under the leadership of the village head and the head of the village, went to find Yang Yong to cause trouble.
Yang Yong was not convinced by them, so he distributed the wages according to the number of people making trouble, and paid the wages to those who made trouble first. "
Shao Quanzhong nodded to show that he understood, but didn't say anything, just sneered.
On the training ground, Shao Quanzhong stood with his hands behind his back and a pistol on his waist.
Behind him stood ten personal soldiers headed by Zhang Siwen. Eight of them had already changed into new military uniforms. Except for Zhang Siwen, all of them held goose-feather knives in their hands, looking murderous.
On the playground, two hundred and fifty soldiers stood solemnly. The formation was quite neat, but only those above the rank of shed leader had changed into new uniforms. The ordinary soldiers were still dressed in a mess.
Shao Quanzhong put his hands behind his back and looked around, then suddenly shouted, "Bring the four leaders of the rebellion up to me!"
The four mighty leaders were pushed forward and fell to their knees.
Shao Quanzhong stared at them and said, "You gathered a crowd to mutiniate and threatened your superiors. According to the law, you should be executed. Do you accept this?"
Originally, Shao Quanzhong did not shoot them on the spot, and they thought they were fine. They still had the delusion of becoming regular employees and getting a military pay of 4 taels and 5 cents.
When I heard that I could be beheaded for such a small matter as talking to my superiors, I immediately quit.
"We don't accept it! Why can those sixty people get 4 taels and 5 cents of military pay, while we, who don't smoke opium and whose physiques are not inferior to theirs, should be eliminated?"
Shao Quanzhong looked at Tian Xing, who shouted angrily, "Who said we're going to eliminate you? You're just making groundless accusations.
I picked these sixty people because they have a talent for martial arts and they all took me as their master. I plan to build a special team that can react quickly.
You guys usually use too much brute force, your muscles and bones are rigid, and you have no chance of learning my speed running skills. What's the problem with not letting you join the speed running team?"
Shao Quanzhong sneered, "Originally, those of you in the left camp who don't smoke opium can stay if Deputy Commander Tian calls you to.
But gathering a crowd to riot is an unforgivable crime. Come, chop off these four people and display their heads on the city walls!"
(End of this chapter)