I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

Du Chenyu led Peng Huiyu to retreat to the outskirts of Heitugou. According to the report of the two guards who escorted Lao San back to report the news, Xiang Huaian decided to take a gamble after discussion, so he gathered more than 20 militiamen who could move in the fort, issued 3 silver dollars to each of them, and set out to attack the Stone Wall Fort with all his strength. He immediately ordered Peng Huiyu to find a suitable ambush site to annihilate Xiang Huaian.

When they arrived at the outskirts of Shiqiangbao, it turned out that Xiang Huaian had already arrived there and was already exchanging fire with the members who surrounded Shiqiangbao. The plan could not keep up with the changes, and they could not ambush and annihilate the enemy, so they could only take it by force.

"Leave 10 people to pretend to block the pursuers sent by my father, and the rest of you should annihilate Xiang Huaian's troops and try to kill Xiang Huaian by sniping him," he ordered.

The snipers here fired all their guns into the sky. When Xiang Huaian heard the gunshots, he also increased the intensity of his attack, causing them to lose several team members in succession.

Du Chenyu watched from the ridge as Peng Huiyu led his team to attack Huaian's left wing. He dispersed the light machine guns and fired at full force to suppress the enemy, then asked the snipers to move forward and find the best sniping point. With each round of machine gun volleys, the enemy dared not raise their heads. The commandos took the opportunity to move forward and the snipers looked for targets that were missing. However, the enemy used a large number of stones to block the attack. In the first round of attack, the enemy only lost 5 or 6 members, and the overall strength was still there.

After two rounds of attack, the opponent began to retreat. "Seize the opportunity, attack with all hands, and capture the leader first," Peng Huiyu shouted.

"Bang...bang", the sniper seized the opportunity and shot Huaian with several consecutive shots when he staggered and fell. Then the guards around him also fell down one after another.

"Xiang Huaian is dead, the rest of you just surrender your guns and you won't be killed," the pursuers shouted, and only 10 people were left. They almost lost their resistance and all surrendered.

"Send a message to Peng Huiyu, leave two teams to take the prisoners and retreat to Heitugou, and the rest of the people surrender to father's troops to increase the strength of his team." As the war on their side ended, the first 10 people who stayed behind to block the enemy "surrendered" to my father's team. Later in the pursuit, everyone including him became "prisoners", took off their red lantern uniforms, and transformed into the regular team.

He followed in the middle of the large group, while the people in front carried Xiang Huaian's body back to Liziba Fort. After the two groups joined together, more than 200 people were fully armed and marched in a mighty force.

As the personnel who had reported the incident in advance passed on the news that Xiang Huaian had died in battle, when the team was about to reach the street corner, a group of women and children with white hair were kneeling on the side of the road in front, crying and shouting all day long. When Xiang Huaian's body was carried on a stretcher, his wife and daughter rushed forward crying.

"Master, why did you leave? What should we do as an orphan and a widow?" "Daddy, Daddy..." The scene was tear-jerking. Everyone smelled sad and it was chaotic.

Of course, my father just needed to come forward to appease them. They paused for a while, walked along the side of the hillside and continued to advance quickly into the fort. After entering the fort, they immediately dispatched more people to control the original checkpoints and outposts. Of course, they also encountered obstacles from the guards in the fort, but all resistance was in vain. Those who successfully handed over the checkpoints were given two dollars and left, and their guns were taken back. Those who resisted were directly suppressed. Most of those left in the fort were old, weak and sick. Dozens of men were killed in the battle, leaving the whole street in mourning, with white hair swaying and crying. It was extremely miserable.

My father sent several guards to ask the deputy regiment commander Xiang Shicheng, "Commander Xiang, brother Huai'an's misfortune is their fault. They did not arrive at the battlefield in time. Now I ask you to act as the regiment commander, come forward to appease the people, stabilize the situation, and we will overcome the difficulties together." My father stood up in the reception room of the township office, clasped his fists, welcomed him to sit down, and said sincerely.

Seeing that all the sentries on the street were his men, the guards at various checkpoints had been replaced, and they were forbidden to go out at will, Xiang Shiben was originally timid, and now he was even more frightened. He was just timid, not stupid. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that these hundreds of people were planning to occupy the magpie's nest. Originally, our reputation was in the Beishan area, and that was known to everyone. Many people called Wuyinzui the "Hungry Wolf Valley".

"Captain Du, my abilities are limited. Now I just want to stay at home safely. As long as I can keep my life, everything will be fine. I really don't want to be a captain. You also know that my father forced me to be the deputy captain. My second uncle is in charge of all affairs, and I just live a muddled life," Xiang Shicheng replied, rubbing his hands.

"Brother Shicheng, there is no need to worry about your safety. We currently have a team of more than 200 people. The religious bandits are like grasshoppers after autumn and will be wiped out soon. As long as you serve as the acting head of the group, we will be fully responsible for your safety. But if you don't serve as the head of the group, we really can't guarantee your safety. The Red Guards are omnipresent," said the father calmly.

"Then what should I do?" Xiang Shicheng asked. His attitude changed instantly when he heard his father's threat.

"Actually, it's the same as before. There's nothing to do. You just need to visit each household and convey the new policy, which requires that people who died in the battle must be buried within two days and receive a five-dollar pension. Otherwise, they will be punished. Now the main thing is to stabilize society and restore grain planting with all our strength. Other things will be arranged one by one later." said my father.

"Okay, then I'll do it for a few days. But I know nothing about fighting, so don't let me participate," Xiang Shicheng agreed reluctantly.

"Okay, brother Shicheng understands the righteousness of the cause. I wish us a pleasant cooperation, to wipe out the Red Light Bandits as soon as possible and bring peace to the people," said my father, standing up and bowing.

My father called Huang Kunyang and asked him to prepare to take over the administrative management of the Liziba area, mainly to restore immediate grain production and protection, to reclaim the land of the landlords whose homes had been confiscated by the Red Light Cult, to continue to implement the policy of exchanging land for military resources, to restore and build schools and hospitals, and to gradually consolidate management.

On the same day, my father and Xiang Shicheng jointly wrote a letter to the county, reporting that Xiang Huaiyu had died in the fight against bandits, and nominated Xiang Shicheng to be the head of the Liziba area group, reporting that the county had made great achievements in fighting bandits, and the collected taxes were escorted to Baizhang.

After two days of stabilizing the people's hearts and providing pensions to the families of the deceased militiamen, each family had completed their burial and the grief of each household began to subside. As the nearby Red Lantern Sects retreated, people's lives gradually returned to normal.

On the fourth day, Du Chenyu decided to continue to suppress the Red Lantern Cult with He Chaowu and Peng Huiyu. Together with the local militiamen, he left 40 people to guard the area and the remaining 200 people headed towards the northern part of Yanjing River to recover Fu'an and Yanjing areas.