Lars went away with a thousand soldiers. Chase Li Zhen's army.

Gao Chuan and Jiang Hong exhaled a breath of turbidity, with happy expressions on their faces.

Before, they walked behind the mines, and they finally survived. It's just that the two of them looked at the team of less than three hundred people, and their hearts were sad and sad. It was less than twenty zhang away, but the defenders of the three towns were killed and wounded. The corpses that had accumulated layer by layer, the blood that was gushing, were all so dazzling.

In the eyes of the two of them, the crackling torches around them had turned blood-red, reflecting the bloody killing tonight. Jiang Mu entered the camp with his soldiers, cleaned the camp and stationed it. Yang Xiuqing stood in the camp and ordered: "Jiang Mu, immediately search for the weapons used by Li Zhen's soldiers. ”

"Yes!"

After Jiang Mu received the order, he immediately asked the soldiers to start searching.

After some searching, I found nothing. Not to mention a gun, not a single bullet was found that had not been used. Yang Xiuqing listened to Jiang Mu's report, her expression was gloomy, and she had the urge to scold her mother. Li Zhen was so cunning that he didn't even leave a gun or a bullet.

Yang Xiuqing was helpless to the extreme, looked at the sky, was silent for a long time, and ordered: "Go, the army continues to advance, follow Lars to catch up, and be sure to take Li Zhen." ”

The army left Li Zhen's camp and pursued in the direction of Longtan Town.

More than 10,000 troops, mighty.

It's just that the soldiers who were wounded and didn't die were miserable, and no one cared about them at all.

The speed of the army led by Yang Xiuqing was almost half slower than that of the foreign soldiers under Lars, and they were left far behind. Li Zhen hurried with his soldiers, and when he learned that the foreigners were chasing after him, he also ordered to advance at full speed.

The two sides are chasing after me, and the speed is extremely fast.

An hour later, the two armies left Yang Xiuqing far behind.

Li Zhen shouted: "Stop! ”

The army stopped, and Lu Shaochuan immediately said: "Be on guard, prepare to fight." ”

In the case that there were still chasing soldiers behind, Li Zhen asked the army to stop, obviously preparing to solve the chasing soldiers who were following behind the buttocks, so Lu Shaochuan asked the soldiers to prepare for battle. The same is true of the soldiers who ran wildly all the way before, and they were very disgusted with the enemy soldiers who followed behind their butts, but now that Lu Shaochuan gave an order, all the soldiers clenched their guns in their hands and prepared to fight.

Long Xi took the twelve brothers under his command to protect Li Zhen, with a serious expression.

Huang Qiang's Sharp Knife Battalion looked for favorable terrain and prepared to snipe the opposing generals.

Li Zhen looked at the generals under his command and began to prepare without receiving orders, crying and laughing, waving his hand and saying: "Lu Shaochuan, Long Xi, Huang Qiang, I didn't give an order, what are you anxious about?" ”

Lu Shaochuan said: "Dashuai, the enemy is coming, of course you have to prepare for battle." ”

Long Xi and Huang Qiang nodded, both agreeing with Lu Shaochuan's opinion.

Li Zhen said: "Who said that the foreigners who are chasing are the enemy, let the soldiers relax their guard, they must be so nervous." Huang Qiang sent the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion to spread it out to prevent the spies sent by Yang Xiuqing from approaching, and to ensure that the contact between me and Lars would not leak the news. ”

When Li Zhen said this, the three of them were extremely surprised.

Lu Shaochuan said deliciously: "Dashuai, you mean the army of foreigners......"

Halfway through the words, Li Zhen interjected: "Well, it's good to understand." ”

Huang Qiang said: "Dashuai, I'll prepare immediately." ”

Long Xi stood next to Li Zhen with the Daguan knife in his hand, as if he was Guan Gong, and exclaimed: "Your hand really killed Yang Xiuqing invisibly. As long as you want to kill Yang Xiuqing, you can do it at any time. ”

Li Zhen smiled faintly, and his face was also full of pride.

The mercenaries led by Lars were indeed prepared by Li Zhen in advance to inform Mas, in fact, Li Zhen thought that Mas would not necessarily agree, after all, Mas wanted to go to Guangzhou, but Li Zhen stayed in Shanghai to do business with the Taiping army. To Li Zhen's surprise, Maas agreed, and spent a huge amount of money to build such an army for Li Zhen, which was composed of all retired soldiers from Britain, France, Germany and other countries, and then used it by Yang Xiuqing according to Li Zhen's intentions.

In fact, Mas is so happy because he has made countless money from trading with the Taiping Army, so he trusts Li Zhen even more. Otherwise, Maas would not have been so cheerful.

It didn't take long for Lars to lead a large army to arrive, echoing Li Zhen's army from afar.

All the foreign soldiers made it clear at the beginning of recruitment, so they were not surprised.

Lars rode up to Li Zhen, turned over and dismounted, saluted Li Zhen, and said, "Lord Li, it's a pleasure to meet you. Although it is the first time we have met, I have admired your name for a long time. Today, seeing Lord Li with 2,000 soldiers and 14,000 Yang Xiuqing opened my eyes, you are worthy of being a legendary general in the East. ”

Lars can speak Chinese and articulate the words clearly, but he still has the unique taste of foreigners.

Li Zhen stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Lars, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Lars shook hands with Li Zhen flattered, shook it twice heavily, and then reluctantly left.

The young general in front of him is really approachable.

Li Zhen continued: "Mr. Lars has won the award, and I am just a little clever person. In the history of thousands of years in China, there have been countless brilliant and legendary generals. If Mr. Lars has leisure, he can look at the deeds of famous generals such as Li Mu, Lian Po, Bai Qi, and Wang Qian, these people are the real legends. From the Warring States Period, to the Qin and Han dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and other dynasties, there are countless outstanding generals, and that is the real legendary general. ”

"Definitely, definitely!"

When Lars heard this, he kept Li Mu, Lian Po and others in his heart, and made up his mind to go back to see it.

In the past, Lars heard that Napoleon, the king of France, had read the art of war written by a sage of the ancient Orient, and praised it greatly. Now that Lars has listened to Li Zhen's introduction, he feels that Li Zhen, a native, recommended it is of great value.

Immediately, Lars said, "Master Li, I have a question for you. ”

Li Zhen waved his hand and said, "It's okay to say it directly!" ”

Lars said: "If Lord Li wants to solve Yang Xiuqing, no matter when or where he is, he can send us an order. As long as the 1,000 elites led by me make a move, they will definitely be able to take down Yang Xiuqing. Especially now that Lord Li and Yang Xiuqing are at war, as long as we make a move, we will definitely be able to solve Yang Xiuqing by surprise, but why didn't Lord Li give the order? ”

Li Zhen laughed and said, "I want to kill Yang Xiuqing, I can do it myself without your help." It is actually not difficult to defeat Yang Xiuqing's army. It's just that I have my own arrangements and my own plans. This time, I stopped to meet you, firstly, I wanted to meet you, and secondly, I asked you something. ”

Lars wisely didn't ask again, and said, "Please show me!" ”

Li Zhen instructed: "You don't need to pass any news to me, you just need to gain a firm foothold under Yang Xiuqing." Even, you must let the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom see your strength, and let them all want to get you and take you for their own use. I have only one request for you, to be like a nail deeply rooted in the city of Nanjing, firmly nailed inside. ”

Lars listened and nodded heavily.

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