April 18th.

The imperial army led by Sun Guangde is about to enter the territory of Xinghua County.

During the march of more than 300 miles, passing through several prefectures and counties, dozens of villages and market towns, the generals and officers of this large army gradually discovered a pattern.

That is, the closer to Xinghua County, the more prosperous and prosperous the villages and towns along the way will be.

The number of houses with blue bricks and red tiles has increased.

People's faces grew more and more vibrant and red.

The road condition has improved.

There are fewer homeless beggars.

The number of caravans of cargo ships increased.

The soldiers also became more excited, and they were all discussing enthusiastically, how prosperous Xujiazhuang would be, and even the marching speed was much faster.

However, they traveled to a place called Xiawan Village.

As long as you cross the Luting River in front of you, you will officially enter the territory of Xinghua County.

But on the flat ground in front of the river, a gray-green straight line appeared, which was coming neatly towards this side, and the sound of almost identical steps became louder and clearer.

"Enemy troops, there are enemy troops!"

The night of the expedition did not close, and reported the military situation that was blocked by enemy troops.

Sun Guangde's face changed, and he saw that the strange army lined up about three miles ahead was coming towards them!

Judging by their strange outfits, straight queues, glittering helmets, club-like firearms in their hands.

"Xu Family Zhuang, they should be Xu Family Zhuangding!" Adjutant General Lai Yongsheng said on the side.

"I wanted to go to Xujiazhuang to exterminate them, but I didn't expect them to dare to go out of the fort to fight."

Sun Guangde's face was a little ugly, which was completely unexpected by him, Xu Jiazhuang seemed to know the actions of the imperial army in advance, and waited for work at ease, waiting in formation on the road that must be passed, which suddenly cast a shadow on his confidence in victory.

"General, what should I do?" Another Qian asked Mr. Qian.

"I look at the enemy army opposite, lined up in two columns, about 100 zhang long, about 800 people, and our elite soldiers are 5,000, the strength is at least four times that of them, but in one go, they can be annihilated, and then go straight to Xujiazhuang!"

Adjutant General Lai Yongsheng said.

"Three thousand five against eight hundred, the advantage is mine."

Sun Guangde thought for a while and said, "Pass the order!" The whole team was arranged, the whole army attacked, and destroyed this enemy army, since they chose to fight in the field, they saved a lot of trouble, and annihilated these enemy troops on the spot! ”

The battle order was conveyed.

After all, the elite of the imperial court is the elite, and it only took less than half an hour to change from the marching state to the combat state, and the elite of 3,500 people, with 4 rows by 50 people, lined up in fifteen thick phalanxes, and the officers and soldiers were all sarcastic and cruel, ready to crush the thin military formation in front of them into powder.

Even if they can't win the battle for a while, there are more than 200 cavalry and more than 10 artillery pieces in the rear of their military formation, which are all forces that can play a decisive role when the battlefield is deadlocked.

However, the opponent only has more than 800 people, and the number of people is seriously at a disadvantage.

Won, they're going to win!

So the two armies marched in the opposite direction and began to move closer and closer.

Thousands of meters.

Eight hundred meters.

Five hundred meters.

into range.

"Stop, listen to me, and shoot with fire." Shi Yong gave the order to prepare for the attack.

"Half squat in the front row!"

"Reload, raise your gun and aim, and go!"

"Bang bang bang!" A bean-popping sound sounded.

Puffs of white smoke rose.

More than 800 point-tipped projectiles, discharged at close to the speed of sound, went straight to the opposite military formation.

Puff puff puff!

This is the projectile burrowing into the human body.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"I've been shot!"

Screams and howls sounded, and in this round of shooting, about fifty people fell to the ground bleeding non-stop, and the killing effect was average.

But it was enough to cause panic in the ranks of these imperial troops, after all, the enemy was still a hundred feet away.

"Speed up and charge, their firecrackers can only hit a maximum of three rounds, as long as they rush close, they can kill them all!" Experienced officers began.

"Rush!"

"The fire gun is not terrible, rushing over it is victory!"

Nearly 3,000 people quickened their pace, even if it caused the formation to be scattered, they had to eliminate this passive beating distance.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

But in just one minute, the firecracker on the opposite side actually concentrated fire and fired five rounds in a row!

took the lives of more than 100 people, 200 people, 200 people, 300 people, and nearly 400 people, and a total of more than 1,200 people fell to the ground and bled profusely, and even died on the spot.

The imperial army array, which was originally very thick and brought a sense of security, suddenly became sparse, and the screams and wails were endless.

And in order to rush to the opposite side, there are still nearly 100 steps of death trenches to pass.

And with the frequency of the opponent's firearms, it can still shoot at least two rounds, and the closer the distance, the higher the hit rate, and even a single fire can take the lives of 500 people.

"Run!"

"Hurry up and run!"

"Their firecrackers are weird, and they are not normal firecrackers at all."

"With the speed of its shooting, even if we get close, we will be dead!"

"Run, we're no match for them!"

Crashed.

The huge casualties like harvesting wheat made the remaining more than 1,000 elite soldiers of the guard station turn around and run, and in order to speed up, they even threw away their blades and armor, just to be able to escape.

Shi Yong gave the order to shoot freely and pursue the pursuit, and he must annihilate this army!

……

Behind the battlefield.

Witnessing the scene of collapse and escape, Sun Guangde, who had been observing the battlefield, was stunned, and he couldn't even come back to his senses, what's the matter, how long has it been since the battle, his army was defeated and defeated by more than 800 people?

How is this possible?

"General Sun, our army has been defeated, the enemy uses strange firearms, we are not opponents, and they are chasing and killing us, it will be too late if we don't leave!" Adjutant General Lai Yongsheng ran over and said.

"This ...... Is this a failure? Sun Guangde was still in disbelief.

"Ahh With a scream, a Qian general manager next to him was suddenly shot and fell, with a big hole in his neck.

"Let's go, let's go!" Adjutant General Lai Yongsheng urged again, beating the horse and walking.

"Let's go." Sun Guangde had to turn the horse's head and whip him heavily, at this juncture, he couldn't think too much, he could only save his life.

Is it just that they can run away if they want to?

On the side of the Xujiazhuang army, there are five hundred reserve troops, divided into two teams, and they crossed the river and ambushed on both sides of the main army, one team led by Sun Lin, and the other team led by Ouyang Xing.

"Defeated, defeated, I have become a sinner in the court!"

Riding his horse all the way until the war horse was exhausted, but Sun Guangde, who was still being chased by the pursuers, pulled out his sword and wanted to kiss himself with a sword.

"Uncle Clan, slow down!"

At this time, Sun Lin rode over, shouted, took off his helmet, and said to him with a face exposed: "Xujiazhuang has no objections, why should Uncle Clan work for the insatiable salt merchants?" ”

"Sun Lin?"

Sun Guangde, who was full of embarrassment, recognized this nephew at a glance, and the sword in his hand suddenly loosened.

……

The other side.

Seven or eight miles southwest of Harbour City.

Another unsuspenseful battle has also come to an end.

The army of nearly 10,000 salt merchants was rushing to run for their lives, only hating their parents for missing two legs, and none of them dared to participate in the battle head-on, and the speed of collapse was much faster than that of the imperial army.

Because the people in Harbour City are so bad.

300 tractors were actually driven out, blades were tied to the edges of the wheels, and one or two guards with breech guns sat in the cockpit, and in the loading body, more than a dozen young men armed with spears, steel pipes, shovels and other weapons were loaded, and then at a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour, spitting black smoke, rumbling towards the army of salt merchants!

An armored charge of 300 steel monsters.

The salt patrol soldiers, salt lord thugs, strong men, and Haikou in the salt merchant army, where have you seen this kind of scene?

Not to mention that behind the armored cluster of 300 tractors, there were more than 10,000 young men, holding polished shiny shovels and steel picks in their hands, responsible for cleaning up the mess and cleaning up the fish that slipped through the net.

As a result, the battle did not even take place between the two armies head-on, and the army of salt merchants turned around and fled, being chased by tractors for dozens of miles, with countless casualties.

……

On the main road to the west.

Hearing the rumbling sound behind him getting quieter and quieter, Liu Papi and his subordinates realized that they were safe, and they could be regarded as escaping, and this little life was saved.

One by one, they lay on the ground panting, their calves cramped violently, and they had never been tired like this in their lives.

Take a break.

Only then did one of his subordinates say: "Boss Liu, if we hadn't gone further this time, we wouldn't have been able to escape the pursuit of Harbor City, and those who went ahead would have all died." ”

"yes, I don't know how many people were directly crushed to death by that kind of monster."

"I don't want to go against Xu Jiazhuang anymore, admit it, we are not opponents at all!"

"That's right, against Xu Jiazhuang, even if ten lives are not enough, we have no chance of winning."

"Boss Liu, I won't do it with you anymore, I want to change my face and go to work in Xujiazhuang." There is a little brother who openly rebels.

Hear the words of these little brothers for the rest of their lives.

Liu Papi, who would definitely whip hard in the past, was silent this time, and did not break out in anger, because the facts were in front of him, Xu Jiazhuang was invincible, and it was impossible to be the opponent of that kind of smoking monster.

The wisest thing to do is not to go against Xu Jiazhuang, no matter how much damage is done to interests, we must choose to swallow our anger and never confront it by force.

However, after lying down and resting for a while, most of his physical mobility has recovered.

But the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

If he doesn't do the right thing with Xu Jiazhuang, he won't be in the business of collecting and selling salt in the future, what will he eat, drink, and use?

What do you feed a wife and five concubines and seven or eight children in the house?

It is impossible for him to go to work and carry the work, and it is impossible to do those, what other industries are dedicated to bullying the poor and weak, suitable for him to play, will the thugs in other industries be willing to give up their livelihood to him, instead of fighting with him for life and death?

It's too hard.

If he had to leave the salt collection and selling industry, what would he do in the future?

Unwillingness, only endless unwillingness.

Suddenly.

In the midst of the clattering sound, a bicycle came this way along the official road from a distance.

"Boss Liu, it's the family of Xujiazhuang who has caught up, let's run!" Seeing the gray-green clothes and iconic helmet of the man on the bicycle, one of his subordinates changed his face and was about to run.

"We split up, and only one caught up, and it was impossible to catch up with so many of us." Another junior brother said.

"Can't run, let's kill this Xu family dealer!"

Liu Papi turned his brain, roughly counted the number of subordinates beside him, and said: "We have more than 30 people, only one of the Xu family Zhuangding, if you kill him, the head will be brought to Yangzhou to receive the reward, and the reward of a thousand taels of silver is indispensable, as well as the bicycle he rides, the strange armor on his body, are all valuable things, worth tens of thousands of taels, as long as he is done!" I'll have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life! ”

Hearing Liu Papi's bewitchment, and looking at his own numerical advantage, all his subordinates were suddenly moved, after all, there is only one Ding of the Xu family, they will rush up, how can they lose?

As long as this vote is done, and he returns to his hometown in the future, no matter how strong Xujiazhuang is, it is impossible to find them.

"Boss Liu, I did it with you!"

"I made this Xu family Zhuang Ding! We'll just stop and do it. ”

"It's coming, he saw that we didn't run, and he stopped the car and killed him together!"

All the junior brothers are going to do this vote, they are more than 30 people, and the advantage here is too great.

……

Zhang Fugui, a member of the Zhuang guard, naturally noticed the group of rout soldiers on the side of the road, he rode back to Xujiazhuang on a bicycle this time, in order to report in detail the good news that the guard force of the harbor city had defeated the salt merchant army, he had fast legs and feet, and he rode faster, and the task of conveying the news was handed over to him, but he didn't expect to encounter the rout halfway.

What made him even more unhappy was that these dozens of routs not only did not run away when they saw him, but gathered over and made a posture of resistance, completely ignoring him.

He immediately got out of the car, parked the car aside, pulled out the alloy dagger at his waist (the breech gun was not belted, so as to avoid distraction), and bent down slightly, gathering strength, in a state of exploding at any time.

"Give it to me!" Liu Papi also gave an order, and let all his subordinates attack in groups.

However, the ensuing battle was unexpected.

"Whew!"

Zhang Fugui took the lead in attacking, and according to the essence of the mad dog knife method, he roared, first snatched people, and then slashed the alloy dagger through the throat of a person.

Blood spurted wildly, and the rout collapsed clutching his throat.

"Roar! Roar! ”

He rolled to the ground again, dodging multiple attacks, and with a roar, he plunged the dagger into the artery of the thighs of the two men.

Then it pierced the heart, eye sockets, kidneys and other vital positions, and the speed of the attack was extremely fast, the attack was extremely vicious, and there was no regular order, making all kinds of strange screams and roars.

After a while, more than a dozen corpses lay on the ground, and Liu Papi's men lost one-third.

"Ahh

"Monster, it's a monster too!"

"Run, we're no match for him!"

"The most capable Scar King is dead, Zheng Lai's first move is gone, and Xiao Guan Gong has also fallen, this is a top master!"

Under Zhang Fugui's crazy attack with a dagger in his hand, this group of routs completely collapsed again, including Liu Papi, who also turned around and fled in fright, but was caught up by Zhang Fugui in two steps, and stabbed him in the heart from behind, the light in his eyes quickly dissipated, and his life of crime ended.

When Zhang Fugui got on the bicycle and continued to go towards Xujiazhuang, there were more than 20 corpses lying on this road, and only a few people escaped, but the spirit of fighting spirit basically collapsed.