readx; 74_74481 Gao Yingxiang offered such a high price, and Liu Zhe couldn't be moved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It turns out that Gao Yingxiang's so-called support for Zhu Changxun as the emperor is simply a temporary mutual use, his short-term goal is to occupy the entire territory of Shaanxi, the medium-term goal is to occupy Gansu, Shanxi, Sichuan, and the ultimate goal is to unify the whole country and change the dynasty.

Of course, he doesn't have such a strong strength now, but he just asked Zhu Changxun to crown himself as the "King of Han". This king is not like the prince of the Ming Dynasty, who has no soldiers and no power, but an independent kingdom that is divided into one side and not controlled by the imperial court. And Zhu Changxun may have agreed to Gao Yingxiang's request happily out of the same consideration. Gao Yingxiang was overjoyed, he had not yet occupied Shaanxi, and had already begun to assign official positions to his subordinates.

Now he promised to let Liu Zhe control the whole province of Shanxi, although it was to draw cakes to satisfy hunger, it still made Liu Zhe very excited. In the final analysis, the rebellion of the thieves is nothing more than their own interests, which is quite similar to the business of small traders and hawkers. If they think about something that they gain more than they lose, they will do it without hesitation and without scruples, even if it is a river of blood flowing in the head.

Liu Zhe immediately received the order and gathered his subordinates to attack the official army again. In order to motivate his subordinates to work hard, Liu Zhe also made a bloody investment, announcing that he would be cut down and rewarded with 100 taels of silver; cut five levels, reward 1,000 taels of silver; behead an officer, and reward a hundred taels of gold; Whoever can attack the highest point of the mountain road first will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver!

Sure enough, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and under the stimulation of real money, the outlaws who had just been baptized by grenades roared and rushed towards the official army again. And unlike last time, this time many people took the iron shield, although the climbing speed has dropped a lot, but with such an iron shield to protect the body, I always feel a lot more steady.

It's a pity that the thieves still don't know enough about the performance of grenades. As a firearm throwing weapon, the grenade has one of the most important characteristics, that is, the trajectory is not a straight line, but a parabola. As long as you throw accurately, you can bypass obstacles in front of you and deal damage to targets behind you. The shield can only protect the front, but not the side and back. Moreover, the shock wave generated by the grenade explosion is so powerful at close range that even a shield will not do much.

Sure enough, after the officers and soldiers found out that the thieves were attacking again, they waited unhurriedly for them to pour into the throwing range before launching a new round of grenade throws. A series of loud explosions rang out, and when the smoke and snow cleared, dozens of thieves fell in pools of blood.

Although the thieves want to get a big reward, they also have to have their lives to take it. Seeing that the shield had no effect on the "iron bump" at all, many people threw down their heavy shields and retreated in panic, and the second charge failed again.

folded twice in a row and lost troops, which made Liu Zhe's face a little unbearable. He usually always boasts that he is the first brave general under the command of King Chuang, but now he has let hundreds of officers and soldiers repel twice in a row, what do Gao Yingxiang and other generals who are watching the battle from behind think? You still have to look down on him, and even treat yourself as the object of infighting in the future, the fat meat that is about to be eaten?

Therefore, Liu Zhe was furious, and strictly ordered his subordinates to attack with all their might at all costs, and those who retreated without an order would be killed!

Under Liu Zhe's personal supervision, the thieves launched a third attack. Not to mention, I don't know if the officers and soldiers are afraid of the momentum of the thieves, or the grenades are almost consumed, in short, only a few grenades were thrown over, and a few people were blown down, and most of the thieves still quickly approached the officers and soldiers. The army did not seem to dare to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the thieves, and soon retreated.

Liu Zhe was overjoyed when he saw this, and roared: "Brothers, rush me, kill them all to avenge the brothers who died in battle!" ”

The thief was emboldened, and came up from behind with a cry. Unfortunately, the mountain road is really narrow and steep, no matter how many people there are, it is in vain, and the distance between them and the officers and soldiers has never been shortened. From time to time, the officers and soldiers also turned around and fired a few shots with bird guns, and there were almost no bullets. The thieves saw that the official army was not far ahead, but they could not catch up, and they lay down for a while, so they couldn't help but be even more anxious, and chased after them like crazy.

Before I knew it, a few hours had passed, and it was dark again. After chasing, the officers and soldiers in front turned a corner from the mountain road, and when the thieves caught up, they suddenly found that the officers and soldiers were gone!

The thieves couldn't help but be a little flustered, and quickly stopped to report to Liu Zhe behind. Liu Zhe hurried up, carefully observed the surrounding terrain, and found that in front of him was a majestic mountain range, shaped like a giant with outstretched arms, and the mountain road passed through the valley surrounded by two arms, and turned from a ridge on the mountain to the other side of the mountain.

Liu Zhe can also be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and at a glance, he knew that this terrain was conducive to enemy ambushes, so he quickly stopped the army from advancing. Not long after, Gao Yingxiang's Chinese army also caught up. Seeing that Liu Zhe was stagnant, Gao Yingxiang asked dissatisfiedly, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Zhe hurriedly dragged a thief over and said, "King Chuang, his house is near here, and he is very familiar with the terrain in this area." The mountain range in front is called Caolian Ridge, and it is also the main peak of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains. After the grass chain ridge, it is the road down the mountain, and then walk more than ten miles out of the mountain to the south of Tongguan. ”

"Then why not hurry up?" Gao Yingxiang said even more angrily, "We are already victorious, do you want tens of thousands of troops to spend the night on the mountain?" ”

"But King Chuang, the northern army just now suddenly disappeared..."Liu Zhe said worriedly, "The terrain here is steep, there shouldn't be any ambush, right?" ”

Gao Yingxiang also felt different when he heard it, so he asked Gu Junen. Gu Junen smiled indifferently and said: "King Chuang, now that it is dark, the northern army must have run away along the mountain road, probably because the soldiers in front of him didn't see it clearly." If there is really an ambush, let's go north this way, there are too many places to ambush, and a few thousand people can stop us for a while, so why wait until now? Tongguan is in sight, we only need to rush through the grass chain ridge in one go, and we can be done. Now you don't have to look ahead, just hurry. ”

These words were very true, dispelling the doubts of Gao Yingxiang and Liu Zhe. So Liu Zhe continued to urge the thieves forward, and the terrain of this valley was relatively flat, and the thieves finally came to a good road, and the speed of advance accelerated sharply, and after a while, thousands of people entered the valley.

But just as the thieves were about to rush up the Grass Chain Ridge, they suddenly saw a flash of fire on the opposite mountainside, followed by an earth-shattering loud bang. Before they could react, an iron bullet slammed down on the valley, and seven or eight people turned into meat sauce.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of killing on the top of the mountain on all sides was loud, and countless voices shouted in unison: "Capture Gao Yingxiang alive!" ”。