When he went out on business this time, County Magistrate Bai was also afraid that Xu Shisheng would make a mistake, so he ordered Li Hu, the leader of the county government's Minzhuang, to lead thirty Minzhuang to escort him along the way.

Li Hu was a ruthless man who dared to go out to fight even when the Japanese pirates besieged the city. The bandits and small groups of Japanese pirates along the way were no match for Li Hu, so Xu Shisheng took out the money he had saved over the years and extorted money from other hereditary military households in Nanping City.

With the money, he purchased three carts of goods worth two hundred taels of silver and prepared to take them to Fuzhou City for sale.

Xu Shisheng brought only two helpers and pushed three full carts of goods to the gate of the county town.

In order to save money, Xu Shisheng was reluctant to hire mules and horses, and directly asked Minzhuang to help him push the cart.

Li Hu is a tall, dark man with curly black hair, somewhat resembling the image of Zhang Fei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Li Hu also took Zhang Fei as his idol and worked hard to practice a snake spear since he was a child. Because he was stronger than ordinary people and wielded the spear with amazing power, he was also famous around Nanping County.

Li Hu had a fierce personality, but Xu Shisheng offered him a favor, saying that this time he was assisting the imperial censor in the Qing army, and if his military post was vacant, he could help Li Hu run a business to build a hundred or a thousand households.

Li Hu is the leader of Minzhuang. Minzhuang is just a servant, one level lower than the officials of the county government. They are completely temporary workers hired by the county government, and they are not paid at all.

Although the status of a hereditary military position is not high, it will be much better than a temporary worker like Li Hu in the county government.

Li Hu's family was poor and had no money to study and read, so he was raised by his old mother. He had been working hard in the county since he was a child, and he had also been a bandit. He would definitely not be able to take the martial arts examination.

Later, when County Magistrate Bai arrived in the county, he was ordered to stay in order to maintain stability and made him the leader of the people. Finally, he no longer needed to live in a drafty village with his old mother.

If he can get a hereditary military position, it will be regarded as a glorious ancestor, and Li Hu's old mother will definitely be very happy.

Therefore, Li Hu turned a blind eye to Xu Shisheng's driving of Minzhuang under his command. Anyway, Minzhuang in the county town often did the task of pulling carts and transporting goods.

Without Li Hu to support him, Xu Shisheng intensified his efforts and asked his two assistants to serve as supervisors, constantly urging the people to move forward faster.

These two assistants were also the same kind of bullies as Xu Shisheng. When they saw these people who usually ran rampant in the county town being driven around by Xu Shisheng, they even tormented the people with fake power.

The people were complaining, but Li Hu didn't say anything, and they didn't dare to contradict Xu Shisheng.

After walking stumblingly for half a day, they were only thirty miles out of the county. The people were exhausted. Xu Shisheng and the two assistants thought they were walking too slowly. They rested by the river for half a moment and urged Li Hu.

Hit the road.

For the sake of the fame promised by Xu Shisheng, Li Hu had no choice but to order the repairs to be stopped and the cart to continue on the road.

At this time, Su Ze, who was ambushing in the woods ahead, said to Yu Qingzhuang, the Changning Guard beside him: "Have you remembered the key?"

The remaining young men in the army all had their faces covered, and the gunners were divided into two rows. The first row was led by Su Ze, and the second row was commanded by Lin Xianyang.

Su Ze looked at the sparse team of county government officials preparing to set off in the distance. A lean middle-aged man wearing a soap-colored clerk's uniform, while being served by two assistants, cursed and urged the people to pull the cart. Su Ze

He pointed and asked, "Is that Xu Shisheng?"

Lin Xianyang nodded, and Su Ze gave final instructions:

"Do you remember how to fight?"

Lin Xianyang nodded and said: "Remember, the first row should aim and fire when it is a hundred steps away. Our second row must wait until the enemy is within seventy steps before firing."

"If the people in the county run away, don't continue to pursue them. If anyone rushes within fifty steps, they must be shot dead. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

Lin Mojun was also covered with black cloth. She was squatting in the bushes with a spear across her side. After Su Ze finished explaining to Lin Xianyang, Su Ze walked over and said to Lin Mojun:

"Remember what we once said in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu? 'Use the right combination to win with the unexpected'."

Lin Mojun said: "Remember."

"Very good, this time brother Xianyang and I are leading the regular army, and you are the strange army. This time, the assassination of Xu Shisheng will depend on you alone."

Lin Mojun immediately nodded and said: "Understood!"

"Everyone takes a final rest and then attacks when they are about to enter the woods."

Xu Shisheng finally finished packing up the convoy, and Minzhuang pushed the truck and finally started to move forward. When he arrived in front of the woods, Li Hu frowned and said, "There are usually many animals in this forest, why is it so quiet today?"

Xu Shisheng said nonchalantly: "We have only left the county less than thirty miles away. How could there be any bandits ambushing us here? Mr. Hu, you are too cautious."

Li Hu relaxed his brows slightly and said, "That's right. I hope I'm worrying too much."

But when the motorcade was about to enter the woods, suddenly a group of people rushed out of the woods.

Minzhuang, who was on Li Hu's side, was pushing the cart. When he saw someone suddenly rushing out, he panicked.

However, Li Hu usually has great authority in the minzhuang team. He calmed the team with a loud shout, and the minzhuang people drew their swords one after another.

At this moment, Su Ze had already lit the match and ordered: "First row, shoot!"

The remaining young men of the Changning Guard had not been trained for long, and they had just mastered the shooting action. The guns were not fired neatly at all. Scattered gunfire sounded, and smoke from the burning powder came out.

There was chaos on the battlefield.

However, Changningwei's side was in chaos, and Xu Shisheng's side collapsed.

Minzhuang from Nanping City had fought against Japanese pirates, so of course they had seen blunderbuss, and they also knew the power of this weapon.

So many muskets! They must not be ordinary bandits! They must be Japanese pirates!

Just after the first round of gunfire, all the people were unsteady on their feet, and some even dropped their weapons and prepared to run away.

Xu Shisheng and the two helpers were even more miserable. One of the helpers was holding his head and shaking. They didn't have the arrogance they had when they just oppressed Minzhuang.

The other one has already hid at the end of the team, ready to turn around and run away at any time.

At this moment, Li Hu stood up with a spear in his hand. He shouted: "It's impossible to hit with a cannon at such a distance! They fired once and couldn't fire a second shot in a short time. Follow up quickly."

I can still survive if I charge!"

After saying this, Li Hu rushed forward immediately.

Seeing Li Hu charging, five courageous minzhuangs also rushed forward.

The young soldier on Su Ze's side was also a little panicked when he saw Li Hu rushing up with his men.

However, Su Ze remained calm. He shouted to Lin Xianyang in the back row: "Reload! Wait until within seventy steps before shooting!"

"First row loading!"

After saying this, Su Ze began to clean the powder chamber and gun chamber, then reload the powder according to the steps, and then reload the powder and lead bullets.

Li Hu's speed was very fast. He had already rushed within eighty steps, and finally someone couldn't help but shoot.

The accuracy of the cannon was impressive. These young soldiers had not been trained for a long time, so they naturally failed to hit Li Hu who was moving at high speed.

Li Hu even shouted loudly, like a tiger descending from the mountain and rushing towards Su Ze in the front row.

The five men who followed Li Hu in the charge were not so lucky. When they rushed within 70 steps, the second row of gunmen began to fire intensively. Although the accuracy of the gunfire was not high, within 70 steps

The hit rate on the humanoid target aimed at inside was quite impressive, and the five Zhuang people who followed Li Hu in the charge were all shot.

Although they failed to hit their vital points, the severe pain caused by the bullets caused them to fall to the ground and let out pitiful wails.

Now the people behind them no longer have the will to fight.

Seeing the lethality of the cannons on the opposite side, I knew that these were no ordinary Japanese pirates, but maybe the famous iron artillery team under King Lu!

The last time I fought to defend Nanping City, it was to protect my homeland, and the county government also offered a generous bounty.

So what was the purpose of protecting Xu Shisheng this time? Originally, they were bullied by Xu Shisheng and Bang Shu along the way, and there was no reward for protecting Xu Shisheng, so they didn't want to risk their lives at all.

The people put down their weapons one after another and were ready to escape at any time, but Xu Shisheng's two assistants had already fled.

As for Xu Shisheng, he originally wanted to escape, but he was reluctant to part with the goods he had purchased with a lot of money. He looked at Li Hu who was charging alone, hoping that Li Hu could drive away the Japanese pirates with bravery like the last time the Japanese invaded Nanping City.

At that time, you can return to the county seat and ask the Yanping Guards to send troops to escort you.

Sixty steps, fifty steps!

Li Hu had already seen the black hole of the bird's gun. He raised the spear in his hand with a grin, and was about to throw the spear at the leader-looking Su Ze.

This is Li Hu's famous stunt. Within thirty steps, he can hit the enemy with a hundred hits and nail the enemy with a spear!

Li Hu smiled grimly. According to his last experience, as long as one Japanese pirate is nailed, the other Japanese pirates will run away in fear, and the Japanese pirate can be defeated.

Forty steps!

Li Hu calculated the distance, we will be there soon!

At this time, Su Ze had already finished loading and took the lead!

A lead bullet wrapped in oil paper was pushed out of the gun chamber by the expanding air and shot straight towards the moving Li Hu!

The "shooting" skills of Level 3 are much better than those of Chang Ningwei, a bird gunner who has just been trained recently.

It was less than fifty steps away from Li Hu, which was already a fairly close range.

The airtightness of lead bullets wrapped with oil paper is better than that of ordinary lead bullets, but they need to be wrapped with oil paper for loading. Except for Su Ze, the other gunners only use ordinary lead bullets.

Su Ze's lead bullet flew a beautiful trajectory and hit Li Hu on the shoulder!

It's a pity that this is not Li Hu's hand holding the spear. Being shot did not make Li Hu give up the charge, but stimulated his ferocity even more!

At this time, he was shot in the left shoulder and could no longer throw the spear with all his strength.

Li Hu simply came over with a spear and wanted to fight Su Ze in the front row!

The distance between Li Hu and Li Hu was getting closer and closer. At this time, it was too late to reload. Su Ze also decisively put down the blunderbuss and drew out the sword from his waist.

Li Hu endured the severe pain in his shoulder and thrust out the spear with all his strength. At this moment, he just wanted to kill Su Ze in front of him!
To be continued...