The thieves were exterminated twice, and both times they received unexpected gains. The difference was that the first time only Black Tiger led a dozen people to pursue them. This time, all the soldiers were dispatched, and they wanted to kill all the thieves. .
The morale of the soldiers was high.
"Don't chase the poor bandits, come back!" Li Zhao stood up, waved his hand, and shouted the order to stop chasing.
The soldiers had to stop and looked at Li Zhao in confusion.
Li Zhao didn't explain, but just asked: "See how many hidden weapons you have?"
"Thirty!"
"Fifteen!"
"Twenty!"
"Eleven!"
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After everyone finished counting, Li Zhao asked again: "How many bandits are there?"
Someone looked around and stood up to answer: "I estimate that five thousand thieves were annihilated and one thousand escaped. There must be some more in the camp down the mountain. It is estimated that there are more than three thousand."
"That's right. Can the remaining bullets you have annihilate them all? If not, chasing them will be a dead end."
After hearing this, everyone was sweating.
yes! I just got up and forgot about this. Their hidden weapons are limited, and there are still so many thieves. If all the hidden weapons are used up, how can they kill the thieves? It should be noted that the only hidden weapons they have left are not enough to wipe out all the thieves.
Also, if they really don't have hidden weapons, they will be the most useless soldiers. They can't compete with the thieves holding fire guns at all, let alone kill them.
Although he still has a sword on him, can the sword be used? cannot.
"Boss, what should we do?" All the soldiers looked at Li Zhao.
Li Zhao glanced at the corpses on the ground, the firecrackers scattered around, and the bronze containers hanging on the corpses. Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes and he smiled knowingly.
"Our concealed weapons are not enough, but what if we add theirs?" Li Zhao pointed to something on the ground. In the faint night light, he could see a black object that looked like half a bamboo stick, somewhat similar to a machine gun. .
The soldiers' eyes lit up and they all nodded. They understood what Li Zhao meant.
In other words, since you have used up all your weapons, you can use the spoils to fight again.
Although this trophy is not as good as the sharp weapons in their hands, at least they can still fight.
In fact, these fire blunderbuss are about as powerful as the sand guns made by Li Zhao. All they need is to load gunpowder. The disadvantage is that they need to be loaded once to fire, which greatly reduces the buffering process.
In order to solve the loading problem, the thieves adopted a three-stage attack. However, Li Zhao led too few people, making it almost impossible to use a three-stage attack.
Thinking of this, Li Zhao's smile froze.
When the soldiers saw Li Zhao's stiff expression, they couldn't help but wonder. After asking, they found out that the mysterious weapon that wiped out three thousand troops had such a drawback.
"Or report it to Your Majesty and ask Him to send a large army to cooperate?" a soldier suggested.
Yes, when we killed the thieves just now, they fled in a panic and didn't care about cleaning up the battlefield. There were more than 4,000 weapons left behind. More than 4,000 weapons were enough for the 3,000 troops on the top of the mountain.
Li Zhao shook his head and walked slowly in the dark night.
"No, the ovary is a mastermind of evil. The emperor must be surrounded by guards. I, Li Zhao, do not want to become a sinner in the world."
"What should we do?" The soldiers had no clue.
Finally, Li Zhao's eyes fell on the bronze container, his eyes rolled, and he clenched his fists, "Well, let's do it like this!"
When the soldiers saw that Li Zhao had an idea, they couldn't help asking: "Boss, what should we do?"
Li Zhao pursed his lips and smiled, but did not say anything. This was very showy, "You will know later. Pack up the loot first."
The soldier scratched his head and packed up without asking any more questions.
Not long after, Black Tiger came back with his soldiers. There were no casualties. He also annihilated hundreds of bandits who escaped and confiscated hundreds of firecrackers. It was a great victory. Unfortunately, all the hidden weapons were used.
"Tou, I'm sorry, I was impulsive." Heihu apologized.
He was not apologizing for impulsively leading his men to hunt down the thief, but for using the concealed weapon.
"We can no longer kill thieves."
Their main means of killing thieves is a hidden weapon. Without bullets, they can no longer kill thieves. When facing a situation where the number of thieves is dozens of times greater than our own, if one person cannot kill the thieves, it is a big loss.
Li Zhao patted him on the shoulder and smiled strangely, "How do you know you can't kill the thief? There are no hidden weapons. What else are there?"
"What is it?" Hei Hu's eyes lit up, his bright eyes staring at Li Zhao.
"You will know later, but" Li Zhao paused deliberately, "if you have finished shooting the bullets, you are irresponsible to us, so we will punish you to lead the brothers to cut down bamboo."
Cutting down bamboo? Black Tiger was stunned and didn't know what he wanted to do, but he still led dozens of people there.
There are many natural bamboos in Kuaiji Mountain.
"Remember, the older the better, the bamboo joints should be shorter and dry and solid is best." Li Zhao then reminded.
"promise!"
After dozens of people left, only a few people were left, and the work slowed down a lot.
Seeing thousands of firecrackers and bronze containers in front of him, Li Zhao could only ask the remaining soldiers to move the firecrackers aside, leaving an empty space where he wanted to create another killing weapon.
Although the power of this weapon is not as powerful as a machine gun, and it is not as powerful as an explosive pack, it is more portable and is the best thing for sneak attacks. However,
Thinking of this, Li Zhao was in a dilemma, how to get the lead?
After thinking for a while, he looked at his clothes and made a decision, "This is the only way!"
Two hours later, Black Tiger ordered his people to bring back a large amount of bamboo. To be precise, it was bamboo poles. Following Li Zhao's instructions, he specially found some dry and solid ones, which were very strong and durable.
"Boss, what should we do next?" After working hard for so long, Heihu asked quickly, not wanting his efforts to be in vain.
Li Zhao pointed to the Qin swords everyone wore, "Draw the sword and chop the bamboo pole into sections. The two ends must be sealed, leaving a hole in each section. The hole must not be dug too big."
Yes, what Li Zhao wants to make is exactly the grenade, but it is a copycat version. Of course, its power cannot be compared with the iron grenade known in his previous life, but it is enough to kill thieves.
As for the raw materials, of course they are the bronze containers in the trophies, which contain gunpowder and bullets. If the bullets are broken into pieces, they can become shrapnel.
Black Tiger and other soldiers were puzzled, but they didn't ask too many questions.
"At the same time, take off all your clothes and accessories, cut them into strips, and everyone must take them off." Li Zhao ordered with a cruel heart.
Autumn was approaching, the wind was howling, and the weather was getting colder. It was really difficult for them to be naked, but there was nothing they could do to get rid of the thieves. At most, they could wait until this happened, and he would buy some good cloth for everyone. Better clothing.
"What?" Heihu was stunned. Everyone looked at Li Zhao with strange eyes, big eyes and small eyes.
Li Zhao was so embarrassed that he could only respond perfunctorily, "This is, this is the way to win, you need to follow it."
The way to win?
Everyone looked at each other and screamed in their hearts: If they can win even if they take off their clothes, then why can't they win after they have been soldiers for so many years and have taken off their clothes countless times?
Tou's brain circuits are too prominent for them to keep up, but Tou said that obeying orders is a soldier's bounden duty, and they can only do it.
Suddenly, each one of them, naked except for a fig leaf in the slightly cold wind, began to work according to Li Zhao's method, enduring the cold.
On the top of the mountain, a temporary palace.
Ying Zheng is anxiously waiting for the news.
Suddenly the scouts came to report again.
"Report, report, great victory, great victory." This time the scout changed the term to 'great victory'. Great victory means a great victory.
"A great victory?" Wang Ben endured his drowsiness outside and never left his post. Hearing this voice for the first time, his sleepiness immediately subsided and his face was filled with shock.
A great victory means another victory. With one hundred men, Li Zhao won twice, which was beyond his expectation.
The first time we killed 500 thieves, I don't know how many we can kill this time. It should be several hundred, and it will probably not exceed 500.
One hundred people killed a thousand thieves twice, which is already a lot. The emperor will be greatly shocked when he hears this.
"Quick, follow me to the palace." Wang Ben couldn't wait to shout to the scouts. He wanted to let the emperor know this news, this shocking news, as soon as possible.
"Report, great victory, great victory!" Wang Ben couldn't help but report loudly on behalf of the scouts.
Killing a thousand thieves is just a drop in the bucket compared to the real battlefield, but the situation is different, and the natural meaning is also different. It should be noted that before this, his fierce general led a thousand troops to lead the battle, but in the end the entire army was annihilated. Li Xiang even led two thousand troops, but almost all of them were wiped out.
As for Li Zhao, he led a mere 100 men and was still a guard, but he was able to kill a thousand thieves. He is still persisting today. This is a miracle! He is far inferior.
"A great victory?" Huang Guo was really excited, and stood up from his seat in an instant. Half of his face, which had been haggard all night, immediately regained its vitality.
The others also looked happy and stood up, looking at Wang Ben with burning eyes.
"How many thieves will be killed?"
Wang Ben smoothed his thin beard on his chin, bowed his hands and said, "I estimate that I have killed five hundred thieves." He didn't know how many thieves he had killed, so he could only estimate.
Of course, he also blamed himself for rushing in to report without asking questions clearly. He was too anxious and excited, so that he missed the real data.
The scout looked at Wang Ben strangely, but did not dare to interrupt, and stood alone. After the great victory, he should have been the most noticed person, but instead he became a bystander.
However, Marquis Tongwu is probably a bit
"Five hundred? Still five hundred? It's not easy to kill one hundred people and five hundred again, and still be exhausted!"
Yes, according to common sense, if you have been fighting for so long, you must be getting tired every moment.
"These hundred troops are so brave!" Ying Zheng raised his head to the sky with an extremely arrogant expression. "These are my warriors of Great Qin. If one can block ten, they will be invincible!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. This is the result of Your Majesty's hard work. With such a record, Your Majesty deserves the greatest credit." The ministers and guards all knelt down and congratulated.
It was a naked flattery, but it was very useful to Ying Zheng who was in the midst of joy.
"Haha! You have been praised too much. This is Li Zhao's contribution, Li Zhao's great achievement." Ying Zheng did not take the credit.
"He is worthy of the great Qin Dynasty." Ying Zheng originally wanted to say 'general', but suddenly he remembered that Li Zhao was still a general with a thousand men, and the words were forced into his throat.
"Thousands of generals for my great Qin!" This 'thousands of generals' is as awkward as it sounds.
The ministers also felt strange, and they all held back and did not dare to show any movement.
The scout next to him listened and felt panicked. He glanced at Wang Ben strangely and with some resentment. Yes, it is resentment.
This guy is so hateful that he actually called five thousand thieves five hundred thieves. Isn't this disrespectful?
Too deceiving.
(End of chapter)
