Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Huguang, Anluzhou.

Due to the death of Li Hu, a member of the Huguang Governor's bodyguard, Wang Zhi, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, was ordered to lead a thousand soldiers from the Shenji Battalion to Huguang to suppress the rebels.

But as soon as the team arrived in Huguang, the incident that shocked the court was declared broken.

Local officials in Huguang confirmed that the incident was carried out by a group of bandits named Guoshanlong. Now they have been completely wiped out by the troops led by the Huguang General Soldier, and the leader of the thief, Guoshanlong, was killed on the spot by the officers and soldiers.

Wang Zhi knew that this was definitely not the whole truth, but he also knew that things should not be rushed. After all, those who dared to attack the Governor's Guard were definitely not ordinary people.

Now Huguang insists that it was the dead mountain dragon. Even if the court has doubts about this conclusion, he or Liu Zhong, the governor of Huguang, must verify the matter.

It is undoubtedly torture for a team of a thousand people to march in such hot weather.

Since Wang Zhi came here as an imperial envoy, the prefectures and counties he passed through needed to provide supplies so that they would not have to suffer from hunger. It's just that Huguang is not the prosperous southeast after all, so the distance between prefectures and counties is too far, so it is often necessary to have meals and overnight stays.

"Everyone, hurry up! After crossing this bridge, the front is the Anlu border. When we reach Anlu City, we can have a good rest!" Shenji Guard Qianhu Li Wei looked at the map and drew to the soldiers. Cake Road.

The team has been camping in the wild for several days, and now they know that they will be able to go to the city to rest soon. Especially many young soldiers have that hobby, so the marching speed has increased significantly.

The suspension bridge in front seems to have been newly built recently. Although it looks very strong, the bridge deck is more than ten meters away from the river below, so it is very scary.

Wang Zhi rode behind the team. At this time, he took out his pen and wrote on the paper fan: "I have led my troops into Anlu. The scenery along the way is very beautiful, but it is a pity that there is no ink in my belly. The world is known as Wang Yue's poetry. It’s a masterpiece. He must have written a lot of poems during his exile in Anlu. Your Majesty will collect Wang Yue’s old works for you. If you find any good verses, I will borrow flowers and present them to your Majesty!”

Just as I finished writing the last stroke, the suspension bridge in front suddenly burst into flames, crackling with oil stains.

"Someone is setting fire to the bridge, get off the bridge quickly!"

"There must be a scam here, everyone, please be on guard!"

"The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, protect the guard!"

…

This team did not expect to be attacked at all. Faced with this sudden situation, especially a large number of arrows flying from the hillside, the team behind them suddenly became chaotic.

Due to the fire on the bridge deck, as the ropes of the suspension bridge were burned by the fire, the soldiers and horses who had no time to leave the bridge roared, and then fell like dumplings into the river below.

The rolling river would probably be in danger if it fell from here.

The soldiers of the Thousand Shenji Battalion were divided into two parts by the broken bridge. In the front were 700 elite troops led by Shenji Guard Qianhu Li Wei, and in the back were 300 troops led by Wang Zhi.

This was undoubtedly a premeditated action. They used the broken bridge to divide the soldiers of the Thousand God Machine Battalion into two groups that could not take care of each other. Now it was Wang Zhi's small force that was attacked.

"Damn it? Where did the bandits come from?"

Shenji Guard Qianhu Li Wei saw Wang Zhi being attacked across the broken bridge. Although he was anxious, he could not return help at all now and could only watch his men fall angrily.

call out! call out! call out!

A large group of masked men appeared on the hillside. They immediately shot and killed the three hundred divine machine warriors trapped here. Arrows fell from the sky like raindrops.

puff! puff! puff!

The team of Shenji Battalion has been in chaos, and most of the people left here are fire gunners. Since it had just rained last night, they had not loaded their ammunition at all, and they became a living target at this moment.

ah!

A young leader of the Shenji Battalion couldn't avoid it and was hit by an arrow in the thigh. Just as he shouted, an arrow pierced his heart from behind and he fell to the ground.

Wang Zhi's reaction was quite astute. When an arrow scratched his cheek, he dropped the paper fan and pen in his hand, immediately turned over on his horse and ran away.

Fortunately, he escaped faster. His imperial envoy was taken care of by the archers. A large number of arrows flew from the position just now, and his mount fell into a pool of blood within a few steps.

However, there were dozens of Shenji Battalion soldiers who did not shoot in time, but before they could counterattack, they were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Many people lay on the ground groaning in pain.

"Is this crazy? Is this still the Ming Dynasty?"

"Damn it, these people should all be cut to pieces!"

"We are the Imperial Guards. Do you want to confiscate your home and exterminate your clan?"

…

Facing the arrows flying all over the sky, the soldiers of the Nanjing Shenji Battalion couldn't believe their eyes. They hid behind trees or climbed onto the grass. One general couldn't help shouting towards the hillside.

There are imperial envoys here, and they are dignified imperial guards. As a result, this group of masked men dared to attack them, and the world seemed to have gone crazy.

The arrows were merciless, still falling like raindrops, but they did not stop because they revealed their identity as imperial envoys.

puff! puff! puff!

Since the ground here is relatively flat and the surrounding villagers are diligent in gathering firewood, there are not many obstacles here at all. As a result, the exposed soldiers of the Shenji Battalion fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.

Wang Zhi hid behind a big rock. Looking at his subordinates who fell one after another, Wang Zhi gritted his teeth with hatred. He couldn't help but wonder if this was still Huguang in the Ming Dynasty?

In fact, he was still careless. After all, Huguang was the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if there are many unjust judges and gentry who dare to attack the governor's team with only a hundred people, Liu Zhong's death will bring an abrupt end to the court's plan to clear the land, so this group of people does have reason to take this risk.

But he never expected that when he came with a thousand divine machine battalions, this group of people would dare to ambush him. This group of people simply ignored the imperial court.

"kill!"

There were at least a thousand people in ambush on the hillside. Under the cover of arrows, hundreds of masked men with knives suddenly rushed down, shouting for killing.

puff! puff! puff!

Wang Zhi was unable to react in time to the sudden killing of the masked man. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion hiding in the trees in front were killed first, and the killing methods of this group appeared to be very sophisticated.

boom! boom! boom!

The Nanjing Shenji Battalion led by Wang Zhi noticed that this group of people was rushing towards them, but they had already loaded their ammunition, so they all raised their guns and pulled the triggers to fight back.

puff! puff! puff!

The masked men who rushed down were unable to avoid him, and the stormtroopers in the front row were shot and fell one after another.

ah!

A masked man's face was smashed by a lead bullet, and he immediately covered his face and rolled on the ground.

The Nanjing Shenji Battalion actually has very strong combat power. If it had not fallen into a trap and been cut into two pieces, if the elites led by Li Wei, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, were here, they would definitely be able to counterattack this group of masked men. .

It's just that there are no ifs in the world. Although they now have an improved version of the three-eyed gun, they are still at a disadvantage in numbers, and now the enemy has killed them.

"Kill this dead eunuch, I... I will be the leader of the family with a hundred taels of silver and a top brothel!" A burly man held a long knife and offered a reward.

boom!

As soon as he finished speaking, a gunshot suddenly sounded from the tree.

At some point, a young man as thin as a monkey was already hiding in the canopy of the tree. When the leader issued a reward, he gently pulled the trigger.

puff!

The leader fell to the ground in response, with a bullet hole between his eyebrows.

"thousand……"

"The boss!"

"Qian... the boss!"

…

The surrounding masked men saw the leader being shot and fell to the ground, and immediately gathered around in panic.

"Retreat!" Wang Zhi realized that the people who had just been shot by the little monkey were not bandits. This group of masked men with sophisticated weapons and combat effectiveness were clearly guards, so he immediately chose to retreat through the tunnel.

While escaping, he suddenly noticed an arrow stuck in the grass and took the arrow away with him.

"Brothers, don't let them escape, we want to avenge the boss!" When the masked men over there saw Wang Zhi about to evacuate, a leader immediately stood up and gave instructions.

call out! call out! call out!

The archers at the rear appeared to be well-trained. After seeing that the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion had been exposed, they immediately shot and killed these people.

puff! puff! puff!

Due to the sweltering weather and the fact that they were performing a mission in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were unwilling to wear armor. However, they fell to the ground one after another as if they were targets.

boom! boom! boom!

When the Shenji Battalion was escaping, they did not forget to fight back against the deserters.

Wang Zhi had never fought such an embarrassing battle. When he saw that the remaining two hundred men had lost more than half, he immediately gritted his teeth with hatred.

puff! puff! puff!

It was not all the soldiers from the Shenji Battalion who fell. As the soldiers from the Shenji Battalion continued to shoot from behind, many of the masked men who were chasing them fell to the ground and groaned in pain.

It's just that the masked man has the upper hand in numbers after all, and the number of people in the Shenji Camp is too small, so the lethality of the improved three-eyed fire gun in his hand is greatly reduced.

"Wang Gong, I humbly hope to serve you again in my next life!" Li Hao, a member of the Shenji Guards family, decided to take advantage of the terrain to cut off the rear, and he said his sincere words to Wang Zhiyan.

Wang Zhi got on his horse and saw that his subordinates who were loyal to him were about to die here. He secretly swore in his heart that all those who were chasing him and those behind the scenes would go to hell.

Not far away, the sound of Li Hao's tragic death was heard. The pursuers were moving much faster than expected. This group of masked men were definitely not bandits.

It can be said that Wang Zhi is immortal. When he was escaping to the hilltop in front, an abandoned old bridge appeared in front of the road, and the old bridge was covered with wooden planks by the stickman to pass through.

Wang Zhi led the remaining troops to abandon their horses and cross the bridge, destroying the bridge before the pursuers arrived.

Although he escaped from death, he did not feel the slightest joy. Only the last few dozen remnants of the three hundred soldiers of the Shenji Battalion he led were left.

Wang Zhi began to officially lead the army at the age of sixteen, and took control of the West Factory at a young age. However, he was ambushed by his own people in the Ming Dynasty, and his subordinates who were loyal to him died in battle. This was a coward he had never experienced before. Things.

"An Luwei, you will not be a human being until I destroy you!" Wang Zhi clutched the arrow he picked up from the battlefield tightly, but he gritted his teeth with hatred.

It was originally a day and a half journey, but Wang Zhi and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion hurried on full of anger, and arrived at Anlu City early the next morning.

"What? You were attacked?" Liu Zhong was very angry when he learned that the soldiers of the Thousand Shenji Battalion led by Wang Zhi were attacked on the border of Anlu Prefecture.

In fact, the situation he encountered last time was even more dangerous than Liu Zhong's. At that time, Li Hu, a member of the Jinyi Hundred Family, risked his life to lead him out of the siege. He only narrowly escaped pursuit by relying on a river crossing boat.

However, the scale he encountered at that time was also much smaller. At that time, he led more than a hundred guards, but the number of people he encountered was only about three hundred.

Of course, he actually couldn't tell how many people came to the other party at that time. In short, he felt very panic at that time, and even suspected that he was going to die there.

"Although you are a garrison in Nanjing, you have no control over the boundaries of Huguang and have no right to count our Anlu Guard soldiers! Your Majesty is getting married soon, and I heard that Xishan Jinfeng, my commander has assigned all the Anlu Guard soldiers to arrest him. Jinfeng, can you shoulder this responsibility?" Wang Zhi approached the Anlu Guard commander Sun Long and wanted to thoroughly investigate the Anlu Guard soldiers, but was sternly rejected by the commander Sun Long.

The commander of Anlu Guards, Sun Long, was a fat, middle-aged man with small single-lidded eyes and a ruffian air. He did not look like a general leading troops at all.

It's just that this is what happened in the Ming Dynasty's army. Like many hereditary military honors, the local guards also have many hereditary commanders, Tongzhi, Qianhu and Baihu.

Just relying on their bloodline, plus a few more years of experience and luck, these people can legitimately become high-ranking guards commanders.

Liu Zhong faintly smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air. Now in this name, it was hard for Sun Long to force Sun Long to recall Anlu Guards. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi knew that this attack was closely related to the Anlu Guards. Now he had to quickly find out the shortage of their soldiers. Only in this way could he use this as a breakthrough to find out who was behind the attack. He could pay for the lives of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who died in the battle, and also save the lives of His Majesty. Uncover the cancer in Huguang.

Faced with the commander's obstruction, Wang Zhi said coldly: "Didn't I discuss this with you and immediately follow the Zajia's orders? Otherwise, you won't be able to bear the consequences?"

"Don't use your identity to pressure me! I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. I have someone in the court who dares to stop me from capturing Jinfeng for Your Majesty. You can wait until you go back to be your servant..." Sun Long snorted coldly, but he threatened Wang Zhi without taking Wang Zhi seriously at all.

boom!

A young man who looked like a little monkey had raised his gun without knowing it, and with a violent sound, a puff of green smoke immediately came out of the muzzle.

puff!

Sun Long, the commander of Anlu Guards who was still arrogant just now, opened his eyes and looked at the lead bullets that suddenly flew in disbelief, but he felt that his head suddenly exploded.

ah?

When Liu Zhong saw Sun Long lying on his back in a pool of blood after being shot, he couldn't help but swallow secretly, but looked at this ruthless man from the Ming Dynasty in shock.