camped outside the city and rested for one night, and the next morning, Li Zhi asked Qin Liu to lead the way to Yanshan to suppress the bandits. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Along the way, Qin Liu cried with a sad face and kept nagging:

"Master of the team, the leader of the bandits is called Guoshan Kong, who is good at using a big knife, and I don't know how many heroes I have killed! Where are you recruits? ”

"Lord Guan, there are more than 20 good players among the bandits, and all of them are one in a hundred. Last time, the county patrol led 500 people to suppress, and was completely collapsed by the more than 20 bandits, and the inspection was killed by a knife on the spot. ”

"Lord Guan, those bandits have been killed outside the county twice in half a year, and the county master has no other way than to close the city gate, so why do you bother to touch it?"

"My lord, how can you recruits withstand the rush of those bandits? Otherwise, we will turn back and beg the governor to send heavy troops to suppress it!" Master of the team, no matter how heavy your reputation is, your life matters! ”

Li Zhizhi, the guide, was annoyed and said, "Don't be afraid, when you get there, you show the way, and I'll let you go back!" ”

Qin Liu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Is this true, my lord?" ”

Li Zhi scolded impatiently: "What am I lying to you for? ”

That Qin Liu's face suddenly turned happy, as if he had picked up a life, and then he stopped nagging.

Under the leadership of Qin Liu, the army of more than 200 people went all the way to the east, and gradually walked out of the plain and into a mountainous area. The mountain was uninhabited, undulating, full of trees and boulders. Li Zhi led his troops back and forth on the narrow mountain road, secretly saying that this was really a suitable place for hiding thieves.

After Qin Liu was told that he could leave early, he was in a much better mood, and said attentively: "My lord, this is the salt mountain!" After walking ten miles further, you will reach the thief's den and cloud peak! ”

In order to prevent being ambushed by bandits, Li Zhi put all the infantry on alert. He placed three squads of twenty-four scouts to reconnoiter in front and on both sides, while the large army followed the scouts behind.

After walking for a few more miles, Li Zhi suddenly heard the crackling gunshots from the scout in front of him, Li Zhi felt a pang in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Everyone occupies a high place, ready to meet the enemy!" ”

A hundred infantrymen climbed to the large rocks on either side of the road, loaded their rifles with ammunition and prepared for battle.

In the middle of the ring, a squad of scouts turned back. The scouts were beaming, and two of them carried a bandit who had been shot in the leg until they walked up to Li Zhi and threw the bandit on the ground.

The bandit's wounds were ripped and he moaned loudly on the ground.

"My lord, I met three bandit scouts, caught one alive, and ran away with two!"

Li Zhi looked at the bandit with an injured leg, drew his knife and slashed at the other leg of the bandit, and the bandit immediately let out a miserable scream.

"How many bandits are there in the cottage?"

Seeing that Li Zhi was so ruthless, the injured thief didn't dare to lie, and said in a panic: "Official! There are more than 340 bandits, and more than 100 women and miscellaneous servants! ”

Li Zhi asked again, "What kind of weapon do you use?" ”

The thief replied, "Most of them use broadswords, and there are more than sixty archers, and there are more than twenty horses!" More than thirty people have armor! And also... And two useless Tiger Squat Cannons! ”

Li Zhi was stunned: "And the cannon?" Where did it come from? ”

The thief hurriedly replied, "Official! It was cast by the gunsmith of the cottage, but there was no gunpowder in the cottage, and the tiger squatting cannon couldn't be fired! ”

"And the gunsmith in the cottage?"

Only then did Li Zhi put his mind at ease, and asked people to tie the thief to a tree and ignore him, and continue to advance with his troops.

After walking four miles forward, and when there were still three or four miles away from Jiyun Peak, Li Zhi heard "Bang!" With a sound, the scout squad who was exploring the path in front of him suddenly fired another shot. This shot was obviously the reconnaissance squad calling the police, and Li Zhi hurriedly let the troops occupy the favorable terrain with a wide field of vision and spread them on the hillside to prepare for battle.

In the middle of the ring, Li Zhi saw the scout squad in front of him running back, and shouted loudly as he ran: "My lord! The bandits are here! ”

Li Zhi was stunned, he didn't expect these bandits to be so arrogant and come out of the cottage so far. Quickly asked, "How many people?" How far? ”

"About three hundred! It's only two miles away! ”

Li Zhi stabilized his mind and secretly said that the first battle after his crossing was about to start, and he shouted loudly: "Call the other two reconnaissance squads back!" Everyone rushes to the top of the hill to occupy the favorable terrain! ”

After thinking about it, Li Zhi said to Qin Liu: "Qin Liu, get out, you don't need to lead the way!" ”

Qin Liuru was amnestied, kowtowed to Li Zhi, and fled on the road at a trot.

According to Li Zhi's order, one hundred and twenty-five soldiers ran to the top of the mountain with rifles, grabbed the top of the mountain, occupied the highest point of the mountain road, and raised their rifles to the foot of the mountain.

Li Zhi walked to the top of the hill and observed the terrain: his troops were at the top of the hill, and the top of the mountain was about 400 meters away from the foot of the mountain. If the bandits want to rush over, they can only rush up from the mountain road at the foot of the mountain, and the bandits can't run fast in this kind of terrain. Moreover, this mountain slope is steep, and there are several cliffs where there is no road that is impassable, and the bandits can only take the mountain road if they want to rush up, and Li Zhi's riflemen can easily block the bandits on the mountain road.

Li Zhi secretly said that the terrain is good, which is conducive to the deployment of his troops' firepower. Of course, if you use a three-stage shot on flat ground, the firepower is more fierce, but if you go into the mountains to suppress bandits, the chances of encountering bandits on flat ground are not very high.

Even if the war starts on the mountain road, Li Zhi is confident that these bandits will not return!

Li Zhi raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Everyone check again whether the ignition powder is loaded and the bullets are loaded!" ”

The soldiers checked the gunpowder and bullets again before re-pointing their guns at the foot of the mountain.

Everyone waited with bated breath, and after waiting for half an hour, they saw the bandits who had rushed over.

Under the leadership of more than 20 horseback backbones, about 300 bandits walked to the foot of the mountain. Those bandits are all very strong, and they obviously eat well! At first, a big thief was very tall under his crotch, riding a red high-headed horse wearing brand-new cotton armor, holding a five-ring machete in his hand, and the momentum was violent, thinking that the leader of the bandits had crossed the mountain.

The bandits saw the officers and soldiers on the hill, rode to the mountainside more than 200 meters from the top of the mountain, stopped their horses, and jumped off their horses one by one, not knowing that they had entered the range of Minnie's rifles on the mountain.

Li Zhi saw that the bandits were stupid, and shouted loudly: "The four platoon commanders listen, and after I shout to open fire, the four platoons will take turns to shoot, and the platoon commanders will take turns directing a salvo!" Five seconds in between! Do you understand? ”

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

The bandits jumped off their horses and shouted at the foot of the mountain. Those in armor straighten their armor, and those who don't have armor simply take off their shirts and hold their weapons bare. The leader of the bandits stood at the front, shouting loudly with a large sword, as if to boost morale.

The bandits looked very strong, which made the soldiers on the mountain a little nervous. However, after a month of training, Li Zhi's soldiers were well disciplined. Moreover, the soldiers knew how powerful their rifles were, and they were confident in defeating these bandits.

However, there was still a soldier who deserted, was too nervous and opened fire without permission.

Only a "snap" was heard, and a soldier squatting to the right of Zhong Feng pressed the trigger. The bullet didn't have a long eye, and I didn't know where it went.

The bandits were startled by the shot at first, but when they realized that the bullet had not hit any target at all, the bandits laughed. The laughter of more than 300 people converged at the foot of the mountain.

Zhong Feng was so angry by the soldier who shot without permission that he went up and kicked him twice.

"Don't listen to the command! Lao Tzu kicked you to death! ”

The soldier blushed as the others watched, and quickly crouched back into the distance to reload.

After shouting for a long time, the bandits finally ran up the mountain. It is more than 200 meters away from the top of the mountain, which is less than the distance to charge with all your strength. The bandits didn't run at full speed at first, the bandits' forward walked briskly on the mountain road, and it took a minute to get to a hundred and fifty meters away from the Minnie gun.

Li Zhi was waiting for this moment, and shouted loudly: "Fire!" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's order, the first platoon commander waved his long knife and shouted: "The first platoon shoots!" ”

Before his voice could fall, the thirty-one mini rifles spat out tongues of fire, spewing out a cloud of smoke and raining bullets at the bandits at the foot of the mountain.

The distance of 150 meters is too close, and in normal training, the Minnie rifle hits a humanoid target almost every 100 times. Although the soldiers were nervous in actual combat, they also had a seventy percent hit rate. In just one moment, more than twenty bandits on the mountainside were hit by Minnie's rifle and fell in a pool of blood amid screams.