In the mountainous area in the north of Runing Province, although there are many bandits, Shili is the biggest two bandits, Li Harrier and Lei Ying. Among them, Li Harrier's shili is stronger than Lei Ying's shili.

In the old days, because life was still passable, basically these two groups of bandits still did not interfere with the river water. However, now everyone's life is sad, and there is some friction between the two sides.

And in the process of friction, Shili's relatively small Lei Ying always suffered some losses. Moreover, Li Harrier, who had the upper hand, was even more aggressive. Therefore, this is also one of the reasons why Lei Ying wants to join Wu Shigong.

For these bandits, because of Wu Shigong's prestige, it turned out that they did not dare to provoke the caravan escorted by Wu Shigong's army. In addition, Wu Shigong's army is also relatively familiar, and on this trade route, he only escorts salt goods, and does not escort other goods. It also left a bite to eat for these bandits.

However, as the bandits' life became more and more difficult, they robbed caravans more and more frequently, and because of the more and more robberies, the caravans passing through this trade route became fewer and fewer, and a vicious circle was formed. The benefits of these bandits are getting less and less.

And as Li Harrier became bigger and bigger among these bandits, his ambition also swelled, and he set his sights on the caravan escorted by Wu Shigong's army, the only one who was still on this trade route, and was doing business normally.

In the current Li Harrier's heart, although Wu Shigong's prestige is still a little left, there is not much left. Because, in the end, it has been more than half a year since Wu Shigong slaughtered the Holy Spirit Society. This thing also has an expiration date. It also needs to be watered with blood constantly, and it is always fresh.

Li Harrier estimated: If his own strength is in direct confrontation with Wu Shigong's car-to-car and horse-to-horse, it will definitely not work. But as long as he is in the mountainous area of Runing Mansion, with this home advantage, Wu Shigong can't help himself.

Therefore, when the caravan escorted by Wu Shigong's army passed by this time, Li Harizi took more than 500 men and built an obstacle with tree trunks and stones to block the road and intercept the caravan escorted by Wu Shigong's army.

The leading officer of the escort caravan this time was Qian Qi. In the escort process, which has been going smoothly, he encountered bandits who robbed the road for the first time, which made Qian Qi a little nervous. So, he shouted loudly: "Which one is in charge of the road in front, we are Wu Qianhu's caravan here, is there any misunderstanding!" ”

Qian Qi's idea is: reported Wu Shigong's name, if Wu Shigong's name can be used to solve this trouble smoothly, it will be the most haode result.

Unexpectedly, Li Harrier, who was behind the obstacle, also shouted: "I also know that you are Lord Wu's caravan." But the mountain is really bitter, begging Lord Wu to eat and leave half of the salt, I, Li Harrier, have thanked Lord Wu here first! ”

Although Li Harrier came to rob the caravan escorted by Wu Shigong's army, he didn't want to do anything about it. So, I just thought about bargaining. If the caravan was finally willing to leave 30% of the salt goods, Li Harrier would be satisfied. Of course, he can also find out Wu Shigong's bottom line through this robbery, if Wu Shigong is soft this time, then the next robbery may also rob all the salt goods of the caravan escorted by Wu Shigong.

But after listening to Li Harrier's words, Qian Qi immediately became angry. It looks like these bandits know where they come from. They dare to swatt flies on the tiger's head, so let them see how the tiger is powerful. He stopped Lu Yunhuan, who wanted to bargain with Li Harrier. Immediately made a gesture to the officer behind him, ready to fight.

Now among the officers under Wu Shigong, Qian Qi's position can be firmly squeezed into the top ten. However, Qian Qi knew in his heart that among all the people Wu Shigong brought out of the capital, his friendship with Wu Shigong was the weakest.

At that time, in the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, Qian Qi was promoted to the position of Xiaoqi by Wu Shigong because of the relationship between his father and deputy commander Qian, and Qian Qi's performance in military training was relatively good.

But in the following more than a year, Qian Qi and Wu Shigong, the commander of the Soldiers and Horses Division at that time, did not even talk three sentences, and there was no contact. It's just that when Wu Shigong left the Terracotta Division, due to family reasons, Qian Qi couldn't get along with the Terracotta Division. Only then did he take refuge in Wu Shigong.

And after arriving in Qianhu, it was also because Wu Shigong's other guards were unwilling to train these recruits in the queue training, so Qian Qi obtained the position of deputy leader of training recruits.

By such a coincidence, when she arrived in Zuihou, Qian Qi sat in such a high position. Therefore, Qian Qi himself knew that many of the officers under his command who were born in Wu Shigong's escort were not very convinced of their qualifications and abilities.

Therefore, Qian Qi especially wanted to make a little contribution to silence those who questioned his ability. So, when Li Harizi and his gang of bandits made a demand for extortion, Qian Qi didn't talk nonsense to Li Harizi and them at all, and immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle.

When Qian Qi's order was issued, the soldiers began to line up, and the gunners began to load the gunpowder bullets. It will definitely take a while and a process. And the soldiers' appearance of preparing for battle was also seen by Li Harrier and these bandits.

At this time, Li Harrier was a little hesitant, after all, he didn't want to formally confront Wu Shigong, he just wanted to show his strength and ask for more benefits. If the two sides fight, then the contradiction will intensify. Once the two sides are angry, it will not die.

But Li Harrier did not give an order, and some of the bandits under him could not sit still. Seeing that the soldiers were about to get ready, some of the bandits struck first. They stayed behind the tree trunks and stone barriers and began to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

The first man shot an arrow, and the others shot arrows as well. And these soldiers of Qian Qi, because they want to protect the caravan, these soldiers of the whole team did not retreat very far. The soldiers in the first few rows of the queue were right at the edge of the range of the arrows.

However, the bows and arrows used by Li Harrier's bandits are also hunting bows, not military standard bows and arrows, so the range is relatively short and the power is relatively small. In addition, the bandits' desire to fight is also half-hearted, and some bandits with bows and arrows have not joined the bandits who shoot arrows.

Therefore, the dozens of arrows shot by this sparse Lala also wounded four or five soldiers. And because these soldiers are wearing beggar's uniforms and are protected by this earthen armor, no soldiers have been shot.

However, it was such an archery that also caused a wave of confusion among the soldiers. It was only under the severe reprimand of Qian Qi and other officers that the soldiers retreated out of the range of bows and arrows in an orderly manner according to the content of the training.

By this time, the musketeers had also loaded their gunpowder bullets, and they stepped forward to the front of the queue and, at the orders of the officers, fired a volley.

Thanks to the protection of the tree trunk and the stone barrier, this volley killed and wounded five or six bandits. But again, it caused a bit of confusion among the bandits. And Li Harrier saw that there was already a battle, so he made up his mind to start a confrontation.

At this time, the situation between the two sides of the battle is a little delicate. Li Harrier has many bandits, and has the protection of obstacles, and also occupies an advantage in the terrain.

Qian Qi's soldiers are small in number, but they have the weapon of firearms, and their soldiers have received good military training. However, Qian Qi's soldiers wanted to protect the caravan, and they didn't know if there were bandits in ambush on the mountains on both sides of the road, so they had to send some soldiers to guard the sides and rear flanks of the caravan. Therefore, the fight is shrunk.

In addition, if the caravan is going to move forward, it must remove this obstacle, but under the threat of bandits' bows and arrows, sending soldiers to rush forward like this will definitely cause great casualties. Therefore, Qian Qi did not give an order to let the soldiers charge forward. Just arrange the firing of the fiery guns.

And because of the threat of Qian Qi's soldiers, Li Harrier's bandits did not dare to break out of the obstacle and directly faced Qian Qi's soldiers. Therefore, the two sides are in a stalemate with a bow and arrow, and I am in a fiery stalemate.

It wasn't until Zuihou, after the artillery of Qian Qibing's team was ready, that he fired several shots at the obstacle in a row, and after making a gap in the obstacle, Li Harrier and the bandits scattered as birds and beasts.

In the subsequent stalemate confrontation, Qian Qi's soldiers did not suffer any casualties, but Li Harizi's bandits were killed and wounded at most, and they did not suffer fatal losses.

By this time, it was almost dark. Even if they can move away from the obstacles, Qian Qi and the others are afraid that they will encounter an ambush by bandits in this dark night. After discussing with Lu Yunhuan, Qian Qi and the others decided to return to the fortress of Qianhusuo first, and after reporting Wu Shigong's situation, they would make the next step.

After Wu Shigong understood the whole process in detail, he praised Qian Qi's actions. Wu Shigong mainly praised Qian Qi for these two points: the first point is that Qian Qi dared to fight under the threat of bandits like Li Harrier; The second point is that under the unclear situation, Qian Qi had no impulsiveness in his mind, and withdrew his army and caravan to the fortress of Qianhusuo, saving his life.

As for how to exterminate Li Harizi's gang of bandits, you can make a good plan with confidence and discuss a good plan, and you don't need to worry about anything. The bandit stockade of Li Harrier will not grow wings and fly away on their own.

After arranging for the wounded soldiers to be treated and recuperate, Wu Shigong first sent someone to Lei Ying, asking him to send some people who were familiar with the road to Li Harrier's village, as well as those who knew about the structure and strength of Li Harrier's village.

Unexpectedly, Lei Ying personally brought some subordinates who were familiar with the situation to the fortress of Qianhusuo. Knowing that Wu Shigong wanted to exterminate Li Harrier, Lei Ying raised his hands to welcome. If Li Harrier's gang of bandits is exterminated, then in the entire mountainous area, it will be Lei Ying's family that dominates, which is completely in the interests of Lei Ying.

After Lei Ying and his subordinates gave a detailed introduction to the situation, Wu Shigong quickly formulated an action to exterminate Li Harrier's village after discussing with Xue Yongli and other leaders.

Then Wu Shigong asked Lu Yunhuan to go to the county government and his own thousand households to report the case respectively. To achieve the legitimacy of his own anti-bandit operation.

Although Wu Shigong received an official letter from his superiors asking him to jointly suppress the bandits. However, Wu Shigong's anti-bandit operation this time was, after all, out of his own defense area, but went to Runing Mansion to suppress bandits. It's vulnerable if there's no legitimate reason to do so. Especially in the current county order, it is still Wu Shigong's rival - Yu Zilian.

Wu Shigong's reason for suppressing bandits was that the merchants of this county encountered bandits and robberies on the trade routes, so Wu Shigong helped the merchants of this county to cross the border to suppress the bandits.

After doing all this, Wu Shigong brought five hundred soldiers and one hundred cavalry, and these soldiers carried more than a hundred firearms. He also brought all his five cannons, and under the guidance of Lei Ying, he killed Li Harrier's stockade.