The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 454

In the west of Anhui, at the eastern foot of the Dabie Mountains, there is an official road not far from Zhao Erhu's camp.

It is said to be an official road, but it is not a good road, after all, it is in a mountainous area.

For example, a few miles away, there is a stretch of sky.

The so-called one-line sky, of course, is two cliffs sandwiched together, and when you look up, you can only see the sky that is connected in a line.

This is an area where it is easy to lay an ambush, so the grain guard walked very slowly and carefully.

Because these batches of grain detaining teams haven't had a good night's sleep in the past few days.

Because during this period of time, the imperial court's grain transportation team has been robbed by bandits several times in this area, so the Qing army who escorted the grain and grass were all concerned.During the food transportation this time, the number of escort teams increased to more than 500, and their vigilance was also greatly improved. There were always some musketeers ready to fire at all times.

But starting yesterday, a group of bandits appeared near the official road.The grain transport team soon discovered the traces of the bandits and immediately fought with the bandits.After all, the bandits were bandits. Without strong generals like Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng to lead the team, they could not fight the Qing army head-on, so they were quickly driven away under the fierce musketry fire of the grain transport team.

But the food security officer didn't dare to be careless. According to his boss's explanation before departure, these gangsters are quite brave and must not be underestimated.

As expected, the bandits did not give up after being beaten away, but followed the food transport team lingeringly.There is a great intention to launch a sneak attack when the grain transportation team is careless.

Last night, the grain security officer took strict precautions on the official road and fired several times with muskets to repel the bandit's attack.By the end of the night, everyone was exhausted.

At this time, the grain guard had no idea of ​​doing meritorious service, and he was full of hope to quickly transport such a batch of rewards to the front line.

"My lord, after passing the first line of sky ahead, it is the territory of Kuiziying. Shall we speed up the march?"

The subordinate asked the grain guard.

He hadn't slept all night, not only the grain officer's eyes were red, but also the subordinates who were transporting grain looked tired.The bandits harassed them several times, and the troops shot all night. More than a dozen brothers were injured due to the explosion of muskets. The morale of the troops has now fallen to the bottom.

"What? You still think about the sky? Aren't you afraid of an ambush?" The food security officer scolded his subordinates.

Thinking with his heels, he also knew that there must be bandits ambushing there.

Because there, the deterrent effect of the muskets in the hands of the grain transport team was greatly reduced, and the bandits could jump directly from the cliff to fight hand-to-hand.

And the brothers were harassed all night, and everyone was exhausted. Once they were ambushed, it would be over.

"I have already sent someone to contact Kuiziying, and they will send a team to meet them soon. By then, we will not be afraid of bandits!"

"Your Excellency is wise!" His subordinates quickly flattered him.

At this moment, I suddenly heard shouts of killing coming from the distance of the official road ahead, and there were also gunshots, and the sounds were quite dense.

Sure enough, Yixiantian ambushed the bandits!
Wait, since Yixiantian ambushed the bandits, who fought with the bandits?Is it the reinforcements sent by Kuiziying?
"My lord! My lord... what should we do? Maybe the brothers from Kuizi Battalion are in front!" The voice of the little officer who spoke trembled a little.

"What are you panicking about?" the grain escort shouted, "Line up and stick to your spot."

"But... I heard that Kuiziying is Jiang Gong's confidant in the Military Aircraft Department..." said the subordinate.

Jiang Gong is a big boss in the imperial court, he was born as a Jinshi, and he set up the No. When it flares up, crushing them to death is like crushing an ant.

But the food security officer knew that if he wanted to face Jiang Gong's anger in the future, he had to survive, so he made up his mind not to take the initiative to attack no matter what.

The gunshots stopped and stopped several times, and the entire food transportation team tensed up. Suddenly, seven or eight guys with long guns in their hands came running along the official road.

"Get ready to fire the gun!" The grain escort ordered immediately,

Seeing the densely packed muskets in front of them, these seven or eight people immediately fled to the woods on both sides.

Dozens of officers and soldiers came chasing after them, armed with long guns, and stabbed the group of bandits fiercely, killing them quickly.

The food security officer let out a long sigh, and ordered: "Send someone to invite the brothers on the opposite side."

When the food transportation team saw the friendly army, their hearts were also put in their stomachs.

After a while, those Qing soldiers arrived in front of them, and the leader saluted quickly, got up and said: "My lord, my brother met the bandits on the first line of the sky, and it was hard to get rid of them. Master He behind is cleaning up those bandits A few of us chased after them. We happened to meet an adult for help, so we killed these bandits."

This flattery made the food security officer very happy.

"It turned out that Master He went out in person, no wonder this batch of bandits was vulnerable." The grain escort said.

"My lord, please send a few brothers with knives to cut off the heads of these gangsters. We only need two or three."

The leader said, his attitude was very respectful.

"Haha!" The food security officer was exhausted all night, and seeing the other party's interest, he immediately relaxed. He ordered his men to put away their muskets and sent a few single-handed men to help.As soon as the formation of the grain detaining team opened, a few lone swordsmen came out.

At this moment, the Qing army of the Kuizi Battalion suddenly burst up and grabbed a single knife like lightning. With a flash of the knife, the head of the grain escort officer shot up into the sky.

At the same time, the dense forests on both sides of the road shouted, and hundreds of bandits swarmed out with swords and spears, smashed into the food transportation team and slashed wantonly, and the Qing army's food transportation team fell into chaos in an instant.

There is a saying in the art of war, shoot a man first and shoot a horse, capture a thief first and capture the king first.

To rob a food transport team with a musket team, in addition to first closing the distance between the enemy and ourselves, it is also necessary to kill the highest official of the opponent immediately.

In this way, the enemy will fall into a state of command failure for a short time, and it will be easy for one's own side to kill and kill.

That's why Chen Zhao used tricks to kill the grain guard.

After he finished killing the food security officer, he kept his body moving quickly, swung the steel knife in his hand, and killed a Qing army officer. In a short while, he beheaded the Qing army officer to death.

In the end, more than 100 people abandoned their armor and knelt down to beg for mercy.

All the grain, grass and equipment escorted by the whole team fell into the hands of Chen Zhao and the others.

"Brother, what should we do with these prisoners? Kill them or not?" Jiang Wuyang asked, holding a big knife and pointing at the prisoners kneeling on the ground.

"Master, if the Qing army can get anything good, they will definitely file a lawsuit against us when they go back. We can't let them leave alive!" Shi Jinbiao said at the side.

He and the Qing court had a deep hatred, and wished to kill all the Qing troops.

Chen Zhao pondered for a moment.

If the other party is Zeng Shatou or Li Hefei, then kill him.

But the other party is just a group of soldiers who are serving as soldiers and eating food, killing the disciples and killing the evil ones.

Once the murderous intentions are on the line, it will be difficult to lead the team. Chen Zhao still wants to turn the [-] strong men in his hand into a powerful army.

Then he looked at Shi Jinbiao: "Although we are bandits, we are still spitting and nailing. Since they surrendered, we can't kill them. But we can't make it easier for them. We took their weapons, stripped their clothes, and let them go." Walk."

"The head of the family! Raising tigers is a problem!" Shi Jinbiao was puzzled.

"We have confiscated a large number of muskets. Next, we will grow stronger. As long as we are strong enough, no matter whether it is the Qing army or the Taiping army, they will not dare to deal with us lightly." Chen Zhao patted Shi Jinbiao on the shoulder: "Today we can snatch With a grain transportation team, we can also rob Jinling and the capital in the future. Look farther away."

Shi Jinbiao was not an upright and reckless man. He only felt that everything the master said was reasonable, and he nodded involuntarily: "Master, I listen to you!"

Chen Zhao smiled with satisfaction, turned back to Jiang Wuyang and said: "Wuyang, tell us to go down, we will clean up, take these rice noodles, pigs, sheep, and muskets, and go home!"

"Oh... go home!"

The cottage brothers cheered in unison, and the sound spread for miles.

(End of this chapter)