"These bastards, when our Qing Gang are easy to bully, why should we give them this convenience?" Jiang Zhiqing was still unwilling to give up. Although the other party had powerful artillery fire, he estimated that this small courtyard could not accommodate many soldiers, at most dozens of people. Compared to his more than 200 people, he was a terrifying witch, so he made up his mind again.

The Qing Gang people account for almost 60% or 70% of the workers in all walks of life in Shanghai. The reason why Chen Qimei was able to easily call them to make trouble was because of this. The Qing Gang members in the entire Shanghai industry were full of members of the Qing Gang. Without the permission of these people, they could not do it at all. They also rely on their large population and strong foundations and would never surrender to the Li family army easily.

"Brothers, attack the house for me and catch the people inside. Kill the people from the Li family army when they see them, and leave no one to live!" Jiang Zhiqing was brave and decisive in his work, and gave the order without hesitation.

"Roll!" Then some of the Qing Gang people began to gather at the entrance of the courtyard passage. Some people around them went to find ladders and tables, trying to climb over the surrounding courtyard walls. Some people went around to the back and shot into the windows on the second floor.

"Bang! Bang..." After a few sounds, Jiang Zhiqing's men used dense bullets to turn off the two searchlights, and the surrounding area suddenly became dark, leaving only a few faint lights of flashlights shaking around.

Then a dense and powerful sound rang out in the county yamen. The entire Huangpu District was filled with harsh gunshots. People nearby hid in their homes and did not dare to go out after hearing the sound.

"Platform leader, they have too many people and their vision is poor at night, so we can't aim!"

"Platform leader, their people are starting to gather and prepare to climb the wall."

"Everyone is lying in the window, don't show your head, put tear gas, smoke them away, hold on for a while and our reinforcements will arrive."

There were more than 200 people on the other side, all carrying guns and firing at the windows of the house. The soldiers did not dare to show their heads easily. Only a few people stretched out their guns and fired a few random shots outside. The effect was naturally very poor. Han Zhengjun did not want to fight Jiang Zhiqing hard. If the eighty-one automatic rifle with scope had an absolute advantage during the daylight during the day, they had no good choice but to choose to stick to their positions and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

"Swish! Swish!" The team members began to pull away the tear gas rings thrown by their hands and threw them out. More than fifty people put down their guns at this time. Some of them threw more than a dozen tear gas bombs first. Some of them were ready to continue to throw tear gas after the effect of the tear gas in the early stage was weakened. They brought two large boxes of tear gas and smoke bombs, 80% of which were tear gas, about one hundred, which was enough to hold for a while.

Tears gas dropped onto the surrounding ground one after another, thick white smoke began to emerge, and the smoke began to spread around the house. The people who shot the Qinggang suddenly decreased sharply because they all suddenly felt burning and painful eyes, and they began to shed tears. The snot and tears flowed down. Many people began to cough violently, as if they had swallowed a lot of pepper, and were in great pain. They began to give up climbing the wall and disperse everywhere.

"My mother, what's this thing? I can't even open my eyes." Jiang Zhiqing was commanding the battle in front. Some people from the Qing Gang rushed to the door of the yard and were about to kick the door. Then a large amount of smoke came out around him, and they immediately covered their faces in pain and retreated to the back. Jiang Zhiqing and Du Yuesheng also wiped their tears while retreating.

"How are you all brothers?" Jiang Zhiqing sat on the ground in a corner, constantly wiping tears from his face with his sleeves, and also asked the brothers passing by.

"Captain Jiang, the people of the Li family army sprayed out this strange smoke. The smoke was so spicy that the brothers couldn't open their eyes. How could they attack? I ordered them to retreat and find cover to hide." A team leader immediately ran over to report when he saw Jiang Zhiqing sitting under the corner of the wall.

"Didn't we hide a few steel cannons? Let's go back and take them over immediately. I don't believe that this small yard will not be destroyed." Jiang Zhiqing was still unwilling to accept it, and only regretted that he had only brought two steel cannons just now. He thought it would not take much effort to deal with Tian Baorong and the policemen. Unexpectedly, he encountered a stronger opponent, and the two steel cannons were scrapped after only one shot.

"Yes!" The team leader immediately turned around and called someone.

"No need to go, it's too late!" At this time, Du Yuesheng suddenly ran over. He took another team of people around the back and prepared to climb the ladder to the wall. He was forced back by pungent smoke.

"What's going on?" Jiang Zhiqing was stunned when he heard Du Yuesheng's words.

"Brothers, I saw someone surrounded the county government outside, and about one hundred people surrounded the county government government. They claimed to be from the Li family army and asked us to surrender." Du Yuesheng said angrily while wiping his tears.

"Surrender, no way, we have more than 270 people, and there are only more than 100 people in total. Keep the exits of the county government and don't let the Li family army rush in." Jiang Zhiqing had no intention of giving in at all. Although the other party was carrying some mysterious weapons and equipment, he could spray such smoke that was even spicy than chili water, and he would never give up.

At this time, the 100 people who sneaked into Nanshi had surrounded the county government, but they did not dare to rush inside. After all, the other party was crowded with people, and the Qing Gang was more than two hundred. They would send a large number of reinforcements at any time. They were waiting for the four battalions of the First Brigade to enter the city of Shanghai and form an encirclement, so that the county government would naturally break itself without attacking.

After nearly half an hour of rapid march, the four battalions of the First Brigade had already run over five kilometers and arrived at the suburbs of the three sides of the Nanshi City and headed into the city. Two other cavalry companies had entered the city on horseback, but they were blocked by a team of more than 200 people in the south. The two sides fought fiercely and had not yet entered the city center.

Fierce battles have started near the halls of some associations in the Tongmenghui. More than 100 soldiers from the Li family army and dozens of Qing Gang people guarding the mansion had a gun battle. Moreover, the Qing Gang people elsewhere began to reinforce the mansion, and the situation became increasingly chaotic.

Soon Han Zhengjun saw four familiar shadows appearing in the sky. It was the four helicopters who returned. The people on the helicopter saw that the yamen had been occupied by the Qing Gang people. They did not dare to land easily inside the yamen. Then they landed behind the wall in the north of the yamen. More than 20 soldiers in civilian uniforms were controlled by the Li family soldiers. When they saw the helicopters began to land slowly, they all held a meeting to guard the surroundings to prevent the Qing Gang people in the yamen from climbing the wall and attacking them.

Soon, more than fifty fully armed soldiers landed on the ground and began to spread around, surrounding the yamen more tightly. The order they received was to try to control the battle with the revolutionaries to a certain scale. After all, the revolutionaries were the force Li Tiancheng wanted to win over. At least for now, he still needed the support of domestic forces, otherwise he would not be able to gain a foothold in Shanghai or elsewhere.

The four helicopters began to take off and return. During the subsequent battle, the helicopters transported a group of soldiers near the Tongmenghui mansion. Finally, they received an order to return to the base for rest and repair, and set off for more than half an hour to avoid any accidents.

Although there were many people from the Qing Gang, their weapons were limited. At first, more than 200 people led by Jiang Zhiqing and more than 100 people from other blocking cavalry companies were equipped with rifles and guns made in Hanyang. The others were all equipped with primitive weapons such as earth guns and machetes, and their combat effectiveness was low. Moreover, they were all civilians and had not undergone professional military training. Naturally, they were not well-trained opponents of the Li family army. The Li family army troops did not choose to fight against them. After entering the city, they encountered blocking, but instead defended on the spot and stopped moving forward, waiting for the large troops behind to enter the city to control the situation to reduce casualties.

The men led by Jiang Zhiqing slowly recovered from the pain of tear gas, and then attempted to attack the house, but they then found that the gate of the county government had been broken by soldiers surrounded outside. These people knew that Han Zhengjun's people were struggling to deal with more than 200 people inside, and they would definitely not be able to hold on if they continued for a long time, so they immediately began to attack the county government. However, after they attacked the county government, they looked for favorable terrain to form a defensive echelon, slowly advanced for dozens of meters, and stopped attacking, forcing Jiang Zhiqing's people to retreat to the back of the house, which was only a dozen meters away from the back wall of the county government.

Seeing that the opponent's reinforcements had entered the yamen, Jiang Zhiqing was no longer as arrogant as before, so he began to order the team to lurk around and not to show his head. The Qing Gang then hid behind a row of warehousing rooms behind. Since neither side took the initiative to attack, the gunshots in the county yamen temporarily stopped, but a few gunshots were heard sporadically.

The same is true for the situation near the mansion. Li Family Army relied on the cover of buildings near the street to surround the mansion. People from Tongmenghui tried to rush out of the door of the mansion several times, but were forced to retreat. Some people wanted to climb over the wall, and gunfire suddenly rang out and could not escape at all.

After nearly an hour of stalemate between the two sides, the first brigade, two regiments and four battalions, divided into three routes, entered the city area one after another. Then, relying on powerful arms, the mobs of the Qing Gang into the narrow space. They all retreated to an area within about one square kilometer near the north of the mansion. Finally, they were forced to put down their weapons under the encirclement on all sides.
Chapter completed!