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Chapter 972 Release

After the one on the opposite side raised his gun and fired, a large cloud of thick black smoke immediately came out from the muzzle. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was a small chimney.

At the same time, a large number of projectiles came towards this direction.

It was a densely packed area with no blind spots at all.

Even after Han Jiang practiced the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu", his eyesight and reflexes had become much sharper, and there was no way to dodge for a while.

The only thing this guy could do at that time was to lower his head and raise his left arm to protect his head and face.

All that's left is to pray for luck and to dodge these bullets.

God knows! The young soldiers raised their guns, and a total of several rounds of gunpowder and projectiles were stuffed into the thick barrels of the guns with a caliber of over 40 mm.

Anyway, Hanjiang's prayers had no effect at all.

Almost the moment he raised his arm, he felt numerous projectiles flying around him. When they flew past, he felt pain in his arms, shoulders, chest and abdomen.

Not only was he shot, he was shot in multiple places on his body.

But a second later, after taking a look at the wound on his arm, Hanjiang, who was almost pissed just now, cursed in his mouth:

"That's it? Damn, that's it!"

Because in Hanjiang's sight, he was surprised to find that after the shot penetrated the military uniform of his arm, the projectile only sank into the flesh and did not damage the bones at all.

It hurts, of course it hurts.

But it seems that the bullet can be pulled out with just a pick of the fingers, and it does not affect the movements of the hand much afterwards.

After thinking for a moment, Hanjiang finally understood the true power of the gun-raising thing: in terms of scaring people, the power is first-rate, and a sudden shot can really scare people to the point of peeing.

This is also the reason why the Qing Army often achieves astonishing results with this device when facing the bandits in their mouths.

After all, for those peasant soldiers, they really couldn't bear the terrifying movement of this thing.

As for the power, it depends on luck. As long as it doesn't hit the eyeballs, throat and other fatal parts, it's really difficult to kill a target directly.

At this moment, Hanjiang's expression looked like he was dumbfounded, something he didn't know.

More than twenty years later, during the battle between General Feng and the French at Zhennanguan, a French soldier was shot dozens of times by the power of this thing.

I was almost scared to death at the time, but when I regained my composure, I discovered that not only would I not die, but I could continue fighting.

Of course, the actual power of the raised gun is not that important.

The important thing is that with the discipline of Tianshui Gouzi, Daqing's side used dozens of weapons like a killer and opened fire one after another.

Shengbao, who was commanding deep inside the Chinese army, did not see what he expected.

The opponent's mud-legged soldiers, under the volley of rifles carefully arranged by him, collapsed like bandits in the dense rain of bullets.

On the contrary, from the positions on the left and right sides of the center, bursts of exclamations were suddenly heard.

Instinctively, after turning his head back and forth to look around, the Daqing Minister of War could not help but become cold all over.

He was horrified to find that his side had an absolute advantage in military strength, and the elite left and right wings of the Eight Banners outside the Pass were the main force. It was supposed to be absolutely infallible.

At this moment, not only did they fail to defeat their opponent, but they also failed to support the Chinese army in the battle here, but they were defeated shamefully.

Because there was a Tianshuigouzi cavalry on both wings, charging towards the Chinese army.

There are not many of them, only about two hundred people.

But the situation that came over was like adding another straw that was enough to break the camel's back on the already shaky camel's back.

The green camp soldiers on both sides of the Chinese army showed obvious signs of collapse.

"No! Tepuqin mistaken me~" He cursed first.

However, even in this situation, Shengbao became tough and still did not give up his struggle and resistance.

Immediately, he thought of letting his personal guards, as well as the hundred elite Sauron soldiers who had deliberately stayed by his side as a reserve, attack the left and right wings of the Chinese army.

No matter what we plan to do, we can't let the Chinese army get into chaos here. But before he could open his mouth to issue the order, two more familiar loud noises came to his ears.

The reason why such a loud noise was familiar was because it was on their way here; every time such a noise sounded, a huge explosion would occur, killing and shocking many people.

It was also during this day that he finally saw clearly what it was and how terrifying it was.

It turned out to be a gunpowder packet that was smoking black and drew an arc in the air. After flying over a distance of more than a hundred meters, it exploded violently after landing.

In an instant, starting from the center of the explosion, all the people and horses dozens of steps around were swept away by an invisible broom, and they were all knocked to the ground.

Then, it seemed that he did not need to issue the order for his personal guards and Sauron soldiers to go forward.

Because after the explosion, the mob on the opposite side emptied the gun in their hands and never made any move to reload it.

Instead, after throwing away the shotgun that could not be equipped with a bayonet, he took out a waist knife from his waist. Under the leadership of those who seemed to be rebellious from the Xuan Ge camp, they shouted and killed them.

Faced with the fierce charge of these people, the Qing army on both sides of the Chinese army was not defeated.

The Qing Army in the middle, under the shock of the violent explosion, turned around and fled towards the rear, smashing into pieces the originally not very neat formation at the rear.

This caused more people to panic and join the escape process.

Shengbao, who has rich experience in defeats, didn't know what to do when he saw this battle. He was afraid that the gods would come and they would not be able to save their side from a tragic defeat.

Therefore, when the leader of the personal guard pulled his horse and called a hundred Sauron soldiers to protect him and evacuate.

Without saying a word, it was considered as acquiescence to his actions...

******

Two-quarters of an hour later, during the escape, because his men kept running away and being killed, Sheng Bao was now surrounded by only two or three kittens.

The hooves of the war horse under his crotch gave way, and the whole person was thrown out by the fallen war horse.

When his back landed on the ground, although he was hit hard, he didn't break any bones or cause any damage.

But before the last two guards around him helped him onto his horse, he continued to flee.

Two more gunshots rang out, and the last two guards around him were killed and fell off the horse like wooden stakes.

With a wry smile on his face, Shengbao knew that his time had come, even though his heart was full of reluctance.

For this reason, he simply didn't think about anything. He just stared at the cloudless sky, silently waiting for the arrival of death. It was as if he suddenly discovered that the sky, which he had always ignored, was so beautiful.

However, just when Shengbao gave up resistance and waited for death.

When the sound of horse hooves in his ears got closer and closer, until it stopped very close to him, what greeted him was not a gun, or a deadly sword.

But it was a small baggage, which fell beside him and scattered, revealing the steamed buns inside.

Then, a voice sounded:

"Listen, I am Staff Officer Yang of Xuange Camp. Under the command of your General Shengbao, all the rebels in Xuange Camp and Tianshuigouzi were killed in this battle.

The remaining women, children, old and young also refused to surrender and all burned themselves to death.

Unfortunately, the fighting strength of Xuange Camp was astonishing. Although it was all due to the wise command of His Majesty Xianfeng, the decisive command of the court princes, and the heroic fighting of all the soldiers, although the court army won, it was a tragic victory.

After the first battle, not a single one of the soldiers returned to the court after the victory; because they could not carry the corpses of the rebels, they simply burned them all.

Do you understand this statement? "

Under such a statement, Shengbao, who originally thought he was going to die, immediately struggled to sit up from the ground; then he saw a group of people from the Xuange camp looking at him with a sarcastic look.

However, under the instinct of survival, he ignored the huge sense of shame in his heart and made a big salute with his hands clasped in fists.

After grabbing the baggage on the ground, he climbed onto a war horse left behind by his dead bodyguard, then whipped the horse and left in a hurry.

After running for several miles and seeing that the people behind me were not chasing after them, I believed that I had finally survived; only then did I realize that my vest was soaked with cold sweat...

(End of this chapter)