Li Zhen was hiding alone in the mountains and forests, staring at the official road at the foot of the mountain.
In half an hour, Huang Shihai and Huang Hu led 928 soldiers out of the mountain forest and stood on the official road that had already been designated. Huang Shihai's position was about a hundred meters to the left of Li Zhen. Li Yongbao led the soldiers
Came from the right side of Li Zhen. When the two armies met, Li Yongbao had to step forward to call for formation, and he must be within a hundred meters of Huang Shihai.
In this way, Li Zhen was between Huang Shihai and Li Yongbao. As long as the distance between Li Zhen and Li Yongbao was within 100 meters, even if there was a slight deviation in the distance, Li Zhen was confident enough to shoot Li Yongbao.
Li Zhen hid in the forest and waited patiently.
As time passed, a black line appeared on the official road in the distance, running quickly towards the hillside.
Li Yongbao is here!
Li Zhen took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, picked up a straw hat woven from weeds and put it on his head, and then quickly entered the chosen position. It was summer, the mountains and forests were lush, and Li Zhen was wearing a hat woven from fresh weeds.
The straw hat is hard to find when hidden in the forest. In addition, there is Huang Shihai on the official road that attracts Li Yongbao's attention, and Li Zhen is even harder to find.
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Li Yongbao led his troops forward and received news that the Qing army was blocking the official road.
After confirmation, he learned that the Qing army only had 800 people, and Li Yongbao didn't take it to heart at all. He led his soldiers to a stop a hundred meters away from Huang Shihai, which was almost the same distance as Li Zhen estimated. Li Yongbao rode his horse and walked there
In front of the military formation, his eyes were like lightning, staring at Huang Shihai who was holding a big gun with a white wax pole in front of him, and shouted: "Who is coming? I will not kill unknown soldiers!"
Li Yongbao murmured. He couldn't find Huang Shihai's information in his mind. He immediately showed a look of contempt on his face and said loudly: "This is a nobody. I have no interest in taking action."
After a pause, Li Yongbao shouted: "Where is Jiang Ping?"
Jiang Ping cupped his fists and said, "The end will be here!"
Li Yongbao pointed at Huang Shihai and ordered: "Take Huang Shihai's dog head!"
"The general will obey your orders!"
Jiang Ping responded with clasped fists, holding a broadsword and riding his horse towards Huang Shihai.
Li Zhen hid beside the trunk of a towering tree, leaning the butt of his gun under his armpit, with his eyes close to the scope, aiming at Li Yongbao's temple. At this moment, all of Li Zhen's attention was focused on Li Yongbao.
"boom!"
Li Zhen pulled the trigger, a gunshot sounded and bullets shot out.
"puff!"
The bullet accurately hit Li Yongbao's temple and penetrated into his skull.
Li Yongbao didn't even have time to scream. He felt a pain in his head. His eyes suddenly darkened and he fell directly to the ground without a trace of breath. Li Yongbao suddenly came to the bottom. The surrounding soldiers were frightened and confused. They didn't understand what Li Yongbao was doing.
He would suddenly fall off his horse. Several lieutenants dismounted to check Li Yongbao's condition, only to find that there was a bloody hole in Li Yongbao's head.
Dark red blood gurgled out from his temples, quickly forming a pool of blood.
Li Yongbao's deputy general Wang Zhong saw this and knew that the situation was not good.
He made a decisive decision and shouted: "Qing Yao plotted against General Li, kill all Qing Yao to avenge General Li."
"puff!"
As soon as Wang Zhong finished speaking, another bullet flew out and hit Wang Zhong in the head, killing him with one shot. The two leading bandits were shot dead in the blink of an eye, and they were even more panicked. Li Zhen didn't react.
Satisfied, he quickly aimed at the generals of the Taiping Army and shot three more generals in succession, causing the Taiping Army to completely fall into chaos.
"General Lee has been killed!"
"General Wang has been killed!"
"Qingyao knows sorcery. They used sorcery to kill several generals. Run away!"
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Countless Taiping soldiers were in disarray, shouting in panic, their voices full of endless uneasiness. They ran away and ran back instead of rushing forward. In fact, these soldiers were just about to rush forward and kill
The enemy, but the successive fallen generals made the Taiping soldiers frightened and did not dare to rush forward.
Li Zhen put away the sniper rifle, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
This is what a sniper does!
Huang Hu looked at Li Yongbao who fell to the ground, and then at the other bandit generals who fell on the ground. He opened his mouth wide with a look of surprise, and glanced at Li Zhen's position. It took a while before Huang Hu realized what he was doing.
He murmured to himself: "Master Li can shoot the enemy general, is it necessary to kill the enemy with all his strength?"
Such methods are too cruel.
Huang Shihai also discovered that Li Zhen had shot Li Yongbao and killed several bandit generals, and he became anxious. He roared, and the big gun in his hand suddenly exerted force, and the tip of the gun shook rapidly, like pear blossoms appearing.
The five gun flowers seemed real and illusory, making Jiang Ping dizzy and unable to tell the difference between real and fake.
Jiang Ping waved his knife one after another, trying to protect his own safety.
"puff!"
After all, Jiang Ping lost to Huang Shihai and was stabbed in the chest by Huang Shihai. The moment the spear tip penetrated the heart, Huang Shihai stirred hard and crushed Jiang Ping's heart.
Huang Shihai challenged Jiang Ping to death and shouted: "Li Yongbao is dead, kill him!"
"kill!"
More than 900 soldiers roared in unison, unsheathed their steel swords, and faced the fleeing Taiping Army. Under the scorching sun, the light reflected from the blade was so dazzling that the Taiping soldiers were frightened and fled quickly for their lives.
"Run away!"
There were roars one after another among the Taiping soldiers, and the army had completely collapsed. The generals were dead and wounded, and no one was in charge of the overall situation. The soldiers all wanted to get rid of the pursuit and escape back to Yangzhou.
"Da da!"
The sound of horse hoofbeats sounded, and Li Zhen rode his horse out of the forest and quickly joined Huang Shihai and others.
With the sniper rifle on his back, Li Zhen held a steel knife and shouted: "Kill!"
Li Zhen took the lead, and more than a hundred soldiers from the Jiandao Battalion rushed forward excitedly. When Huang Shihai saw Li Zhen coming out, he also charged hard, feeling extremely happy. Fighting with Li Zhen was fun, and he won instantly.
They chased and killed them all the way, killing all the Taiping soldiers, and they were completely defeated.
Within a quarter of an hour, another six thousand troops came out from the front of the official road, blocking the Taiping Army's road.
The leader of the army was none other than General Wu Qigong. When Li Zhen saw Wu Qigong coming out, he knew it was time to make an emergency landing with the Taiping Army, and shouted: "Put down your weapons. Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The soldiers roared one after another, and their voices echoed on the battlefield.
Upon seeing this, Wu Qigong also sent an order to recruit the Taiping Army to surrender.
The Taiping soldiers had no way forward, no way back, and no way to escape. After hearing the cry of "Those who surrender will not be killed," all the soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered. Wu Qigong waved his hand and bravely ordered the soldiers to collect
Taiping Army weapons, and then surrounded the Taiping Army soldiers and detained them all together.
Wu Qigong had a smile on his face, already looking forward to what would happen after returning to the camp.
Li Zhen came to Wu Qigong's side, cupped his fists and said, "Congratulations, sir, on your great achievement in wiping out the bandits."
Wu Qigong smiled and said: "Li Zhen, you have also made great achievements!"
Li Zhen immediately said: "It all depends on your trust, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat the bandits easily." Listening to Li Zhen's compliments, Wu Qigong felt lightheaded and very excited. He ordered the battlefield to be cleared and prepared to withdraw his troops.
In this battle, the Qing army's losses were minimal.
On the other hand, the Taiping Army suffered more than 1,000 casualties and more than 8,000 others were captured.
Wu Qigong used to think that fighting was very difficult, but now he found that it was so simple. He took Li Yongbao, Wang Zhong, and Jiang Ping to steal the heads of the bandit generals, and escorted more than 10,000 captured Taiping troops back to the camp.
Wu Qigong and Li Zhen returned victorious, and all the soldiers were extremely excited.
The army returned to the camp, and Qi Shan personally welcomed the two men into the camp.
In the Chinese army's tent, Qi Shan said with a smile on his face: "This time we defeated the bandits and captured more than 8,000 bandits, which greatly boosted the prestige of our Jiangbei camp. Good, very good!" After a pause,
Qi Shan said: "Li Zhen, if you kill Li Yongbao and other thieves, I will promote you to the rank of staff general and lead the army alone."
"Thank you so much, sir. I will definitely keep up the good work and live up to your high expectations."
Li Zhen was happy in his heart, but his expression was calm, and he did not show any complacency. This expression fell in Qi Shan's eyes, and Qi Shan was even more satisfied, thinking that Li Zhen was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and worthy of training. Qi Shan looked at Wu Qigong and said
: "Wu Qigong, you led the army to defeat the bandits. I will promote you to deputy commander-in-chief. I hope you will work hard."
"Thank you, sir!"
Wu Qigong thanked him repeatedly and looked at the generals in the army with pride.
Qi Shan saw Wu Qigong getting carried away with himself and secretly shook his head, but did not criticize him too much.
Changing the topic, Qi Shan said again: "This time we defeated the invading bandits, killed more than a thousand people, and captured more than 8,000 bandits. What do you think we should do with the surrendered bandits?"
He Ming was unhappy and said: "My lord, I will kill all the bandits as a warning to others."
After Qi Shan heard this, he also felt a little moved.
Killing all the bandits was a warning to the Taiping Army, so that they would not dare to act rashly.
Li Zhen observed the words, pondered in his mind for a while, stood up, saluted Qishan, and said: "Sir, the general thinks that the captured bandits cannot be killed. He Ming's suggestion sounds good, but if he really kills the bandits,
It will definitely put you in danger, which will be detrimental to you and Jiangbei Camp."