My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

But how could things go as they wished? The fire had been burning for less than an hour when the wood was almost burned out. The faint light at the end was of little help in broadening the vision.

When the light from the campfire grew dim, Sun Yousheng succeeded in another sneak attack. Han Jinlong had no choice but to ask people to add more firewood, but those who left the tent were ambushed again and many were killed or injured.

There was no other way, so Han Jinlong discussed with Liu Zhen and finally decided to ignore the enemy's sneak attack and let the patrol soldiers disperse to reduce the losses from each attack.

After all, judging from the number of gunshots during the sneak attacks, there were only a hundred enemies, and there was no way they could break in.

The result was just as they expected. Sun Yousheng and his men launched two more sneak attacks, but only killed three people. The enemy was no longer panicked and it didn't hurt them at all.

Seeing that the situation was almost ready, Sun Yousheng immediately called on the soldiers to prepare fire starters and launch another sneak attack.

But this time he did not fire a few shots and then turn around and run away. Instead, he approached the enemy camp, killed two patrolmen, and then threw a large number of Molotov cocktails and gasoline at the enemy.

Then he set it on fire, threw a few grenades, and then left.

They originally thought that the enemy would run away after fighting like before, so Han Jinlong and Liu Zhen didn't take it too seriously.

But as several explosions sounded, they immediately realized that something was wrong, and the words of the soldiers who came up to report in panic further confirmed their thoughts.

"Report to the commander, the tent to the south is on fire, and the fire is very large and burning very fast. Please organize people to put out the fire!"

Upon hearing this, the two men immediately ordered people to put out the fire. It took a long time to finally put out the flames. However, after a final count, they found that twenty or thirty people were burned to death or injured.

The soldiers under Liu Zhen's command fled in panic again because of the explosion of the grenade, and hundreds of people were trampled to death or injured.

They worked like this all night long, and then Sun Yousheng sent twenty or thirty people to launch a small attack every half an hour, not allowing them to rest all night long.

The next day, when the sky was bright, the two of them got up, rubbing their sleepy eyes.

There was no other way. They didn't sleep at all last night. They finally slept for a few hours after it got a little brighter and the view was farther.

After waking up, Han Jinlong and Liu Zhen took inventory and found that they had suffered heavy losses last night.

Since Han Jinlong was worried about Liu Zhen's soldiers, he sent out his own men for patrol. As a result, there were more than a dozen sneak attacks last night, and 18 people were killed and 12 were burned.

As for Liu Zhen, his situation was even more miserable. Although not many people were beaten to death, twenty-one of his own people were trampled to death and more than one hundred and thirty were injured.

In addition, the two of them had not had much rest all night, and they were now very angry. They really wanted to catch those rats last night and skin them alive.

But they could only think about it, because they had no way of catching them, and they didn't even know what the enemy looked like.

But even if they were angry at the moment, there was nothing they could do. They still had to eat and continue on their journey, and they had to hurry.

Otherwise, if it happens again tonight, morale will probably drop to freezing point.

So the two of them quickly ordered people to light a fire and cook. After eating, they quickly packed up and continued marching.

But all kinds of accidents happened as soon as they set out on the road. Either there were fallen trees on the road, or there were some stones blocking the road. When the stones were moved away, several grenades exploded.

Everyone was in a panic, and at this moment, they unexpectedly discovered that someone was setting up a grenade trap on the road a few hundred meters ahead.

Liu Zhen was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered the soldiers to open fire, but the distance was too far and his soldiers had not practiced shooting much, so they didn't hit a single target.

Seeing that he couldn't hit them, he angrily ordered his men to speed up, catch up with them and kill them, so as to vent his fear of the night.

Han Jinlong suspected there might be a trick, and wanted to stop Liu Zhen when he saw him chasing after him. But when he thought about the character of this guy and his soldiers, he realized that if he didn't speed up, they might have to camp in the wild again tonight.

Now it would be a good opportunity for him to catch up and explore the way, using him as a target to lure out the enemy, so that he can reap the benefits.

So he didn't stop them at all, but followed slowly with his army.

When the people in the front heard the gunshots from behind and saw the crowd chasing them, they ran away immediately, even abandoning the grenades that had not yet been deployed.

Seeing this, Liu Zhen became more certain of his judgment that this was a group of enemies fleeing in panic, so he led his men to chase after them regardless of everything.

Seeing that the enemy had taken the bait, Sun Yousheng immediately ordered his men to act according to the plan. One group of people fled on foot to attract pursuit, while the other group rode horses a little further ahead to prepare for support. If they could not run anymore, they would immediately dismount and take over the escape.

In order to make it look realistic, they would stop from time to time to rest, stretch their legs, and catch their breath, waiting for the enemy to catch up so that they could escape again.

As the two chased and fled, Liu Zhen's troops unknowingly deviated from the original road and were led to Qingqiu Slope, where Jiang Li had been preparing for a long time.

Jiang Li saw that Sun Yousheng successfully completed the task and lured the enemy over, so he wanted to praise him.

But he rode straight over, and only stopped when he got close to us to report, "Mr. County Governor, something is wrong. The people chasing us are Liu Zhen's men, and Han Jinlong has been following behind us. He doesn't seem to be pursuing us at all!"

Jiang Li frowned slightly when he heard this, and his heart was full of doubts, but he didn't show it on his face. He just smiled and said to him, "It's okay, it's okay. As long as you are here, it doesn't matter how you came!"

"You take the cavalry company to rest, and leave the rest to us!"

Sun Yousheng finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. After all, they had been busy all night and ran for half a day, and they were very tired. It would be too difficult for them to participate in the battle again.

Hearing Jiang Li say this, he immediately led his men to the back to rest.

As for Jiang Li, he began to think. According to the intelligence, Liu Zhen and his men were vulnerable, but Han Jinlong's men seemed to be capable.

If he hadn't attacked Han Jinlong first, it would have been a shame for all the days of digging and ambushing, but there was nothing he could do now that Liu Zhen was chasing him.

The only thing I can do is to give him a bargain and a surprise that doesn't belong to him.

Having made up his mind, he ordered his men to hide well. Since their fortifications were built on a slope, they were carefully concealed.

So from a distance, it was difficult to detect their ambush.

It was not until Liu Zhen and his men reached about 300 meters that they realized something was wrong. It seemed as if someone was ambushing on the slope ahead.

This frightened him so much that he wanted to turn around and run back immediately, but Jiang Li was not willing to let him go and immediately ordered an all-out fire.

The field gun was still the first to fire, and was completely regarded as a signal gun, but the caliber of this signal gun was a bit large.

Then, within just two minutes, 20,000 to 30,000 bullets were quickly fired, and hundreds of grenade launchers quickly fired a round of rapid fire.