Chapter 1136 Nowhere to Escape

However, in a village with thirty or forty households, even a house-to-house search would not take too long. This is actually a desperate situation for the escapees. Gan Qiang and his group would never have chosen to flee if they were not exhausted.

They stopped and went into the village to escape, and now they could only hope that all the Haihan people would become blind at some point and unable to see their existence. However, this delusion did not come true. Just a moment after they entered the village,

The Haihan Army arrived immediately and blocked several major intersections in the village, basically cutting off the possibility of the bandits continuing to escape.

Gao Qiaonan has already interrogated the bandit prisoners captured on the way and confirmed that the bandit leader Gan Qiang is among the fleeing team in front. Naturally, he will be blocked in the village. Unless he can go to heaven and earth, otherwise

Don't even think about having another chance to escape.

What happened next was relatively simple for Takahashi Minami's soldiers. The soldiers shouted the slogan "surrender without death, disarm without killing", opened the way with rattan shields covered with cowhide, kicked in the door, and encountered

When they reached the corner of the resistance, they directly opened fire. Some people tried to resist at first, but after the Haihan Army shot and killed several people, more and more bandits chose to surrender. After all, running away was to save their lives. Since at the moment

There is no way to escape, so naturally we can only choose the second-rate means of saving our lives.

There are also some bandits who are unwilling to be captured and choose to try to break out of the village. However, the blow caused by such an action is very fatal. The instructions given to the Haihan soldiers guarding the entrance of the village are to kill any escapees without mercy. Naturally, they will not show mercy. Of course, among them

It was inevitable that some panicked villagers also tried to escape the war in this way, but when they saw the hordes of Haihan soldiers outside the village, most of them shrank back and did not dare to rush out with their heads raised. Especially

After a group of bandits who were rushing in front were shot down by random gunshots, a group of people who wanted to flee from the village were frightened and began to run back in a chaotic manner.

Gan Qiang was also in a dilemma at the entrance of the village in the south. He specially asked a few of his men to rush out first among the people to see how the Haihan Army would react. Unexpectedly, the Haihan Army blocking the road just fired two missiles into the air.

He fired his gun as a warning, and the unseen people were so frightened that they ran back, leaving a few of his men in the open space at the entrance of the village not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

"These people are carrying guys in their hands. They are definitely not good people. They are shooting!" The officer commanding here was also very decisive and did not leave these bandits a chance to escape back to the village again. Of course, this kind of

Even if there was a miscarriage of justice and a manslaughter, Takahashi Minami would definitely not blame his subordinates. After all, capturing Gan Qiang was the top priority, and he had finally been able to block him here. He would rather kill him by mistake than let him escape.

After a round of gunfire, only one of the bandits was left standing. Seeing that his companions had fallen into a pool of blood and groaned in pain, he screamed in fright, dropped the knife in his hand, and stumbled away.

Return to the village.

When Gan Qiang saw this situation, he knew that if he delayed any longer, this small village would soon be cleared out by the Haihan Army. By then, he would have nowhere to hide, so he immediately attacked the more than 20 people who were still following him.

The best friends encouraged: "If we don't escape at this time, the Haihan people will definitely torture us until we die! They only have about ten or twenty people deployed outside the village entrance. If we try our best, we may not be able to escape."

There is no chance to escape, just rush out with me and return to the southern mountain stronghold, and each person will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!"

Gan Qiang's encouragement had some effect. His men were all desperadoes, and they didn't have any luck. When they heard that there would be a reward after breaking through, they all decided to take the risk.

.It's a pity that they don't know the amount of reward that Haihan is offering to Gan Qiang. Otherwise, before the Haihan people take action, some of them may try to capture Gan Qiang to claim the reward.

After a simple preparation, a group of people rushed out of the village together, trying to attack the Haihan Army's defense line at the entrance of the village as quickly as possible, but unfortunately, no matter how fast they ran, they could not outrun the bullets, and they were eaten twice in a row.

After the shooting, only half of the more than 20 people who rushed out of the village were left. But the good news is that the Haihan soldiers on the opposite side obviously had no time to reload their ammunition. This greatly increased Gan Qiang's confidence. He believed that the opponent's past record was nothing more than

With their powerful weapons, they may not be able to defeat our own group in close combat. The musket in the opponent's hand becomes a fire stick after firing the bullets. Logically speaking, it should not be able to withstand the attack of the sword and gun from our side. As long as we can quickly knock down the people in front of us,

It is not impossible for these black and thin Haihan soldiers to escape.

But this time Gan Qiang made a serious mistake in his judgment. He saw the soldier on the opposite side calmly take out a one-and-a-half-foot-long sharp-edged dagger from his waist and put it on the head of his musket.

The fire stick instantly turned into a seven-foot-long dual-wielding weapon that could be stabbed or slashed. It looked like it had been prepared for a long time. But at this time, there was no regret medicine for Gan Qiang and his men, even if they discovered the other party.

Even if you are prepared, you can only bite the bullet and rush up.

The bayonet has been one of the standard weapons for soldiers since the Haihan Army was officially established. One subject that every soldier who joins the Haihan Army, regardless of the army or navy, must practice bayonet skills. And the Haihan Army

The stabbing technique is derived from the military standard stabbing technique of three defenses and one stab brought by veterans from another era. It is a practical fighting technique that has been honed through countless actual combats. The recruits

You must pass the assessment of this subject to truly obtain the identity of a Haihan soldier. The special operations battalion, which focuses on actual combat, has always regarded this as a key training content. Each soldier has considerable experience in stabbing combat and teamwork.

Their abilities are far beyond the comparison of the rabble opposite them.

As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, two bandits were knocked to the ground as soon as they met, and they screamed loudly. Gan Qiang's sidearm had long been thrown away on the way to carry it on his shoulders, and he was using the weapon he had just received from his subordinates.

He brought a waist knife, knowing that there was no chance of success, so he struck hard at his opponent, hoping that if he cut down one, he would save his money, and if he cut down two, he would make a profit.

But his opponent obviously knew the distance of the fight very accurately, and didn't pay attention to his movements at all. He stabbed Gan Qiang's chest with a spear, trying to take advantage of the length of the weapon to kill him. Gan Qiang's knife was at most

It could cut his arm, but this straight thrust would definitely penetrate Gan Qiang's heart.

Gan Qiang was also experienced in fighting. When he realized that the momentum was not right, he quickly changed his moves and used his knife to deflect the opponent's direct stab. But before he could calmly launch a counterattack, the opponent's second and third stabs came one after another.

Coming over, he could only struggle to parry, and kept retreating to keep distance in order to block the opponent's continuous attacks.

In fact, Gan Qiang soon discovered that his opponent's offensive moves were extremely simple. They basically consisted of stabbing left, stabbing right, and stabbing down. However, his movements were extremely fast and steady. Even if there was a possibility of losing both sides, he would not flinch. It can be seen that

It took a long period of dedicated practice to achieve such results. Even if Gan Qiang could judge the next attack target through the opponent's eyes, he could still only defend passively, and it was difficult to take advantage of the opponent's slightest movement.

There was no opportunity left to launch a counterattack. Gan Qiang only regretted that he did not have a spear in his hand at the moment, otherwise he would have been able to subdue his opponent in two or three rounds at most.

Gan Qiang was still thinking about how to defeat this difficult opponent, but his men could no longer withstand the spear-thrusting attacks of the Haihan soldiers. They were already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and were extremely unsuited to the opponent's fighting skills.

When he came up, he was exposed and was shot over by his opponent. After the gap in numbers widened, two or three Haihan soldiers were able to deal with one person, and the solution was faster. In just a moment, the soldiers who followed Gan Qiang rushed out from Gujia Village.

The entire gang was knocked down, but only two people on Haihan's side were injured, and the battle damage ratio was also astonishingly high.

The gunfire and fighting here quickly attracted more Haihan soldiers. Even if Gan Qiang knocked down his opponent, he was determined not to escape from the encirclement. The opponent he was fighting with took the initiative to retreat and left the battlefield.

Gan Qiang did not dare to pursue him, because there were seven or eight other bayonets waiting for him on the opposite side. He panted heavily and looked around. There were already thirty or forty Haihan soldiers slowly surrounding him.

He came over and shouted unwillingly: "Who is leading the troops? Do you dare to fight against Gan?"

Gao Qiaonan walked out slowly, looked at the hysterical Gan Qiang with a mocking look on his face and said: "Are you stupid? What qualifications do you have to challenge me? Hurry up and surrender, I can leave you a way to survive for the time being! If you continue to resist

, then I can only order you to be executed on the spot!"

Gan Qiang escaped all the way from Cishan here and refused to be captured. Gao Qiaonan knew that this man still had a strong desire to survive, so he had to try to persuade him to surrender first. Of course, if Gan Qiang wanted to fight to the end, then

Gao Qiaonan wouldn't mind killing the bandit leader. After all, Gao Qiaonan's main purpose in wanting to capture him alive was to capture Pu Xueguang, another big leader of the Wanjia Army. However, there were a lot of people captured alive this time. It's not difficult to start from these.

The whereabouts of Pu Xueguang were found from the prisoners' confessions.

Gan Qiang didn't expect that his opponent would mock him so harshly, and he was shaking with anger, but he really didn't have the courage to fight to the death with the Haihan people, and there was no chance of winning at the moment. If he wanted to survive, he could only choose to surrender.

After Lu Ganqiang hesitated for a moment, he finally threw the sword in his hand to the ground angrily.

After a while, the Haihan Army temporarily requisitioned a private house in the village as a place for Gaoqiao Nan to interrogate Gan Qiang. Each company took the time to rest and recuperate. The battle was not intense, but the physical exertion was really high.

Xiao, from the time the soldiers entered the mountains early in the morning until they chased them all the way to Gujia Village, most of them had no time to rest, and they didn't even have time to eat lunch. Only then were they finally able to replenish their energy.

"I need to know three things now. First, the whereabouts of Pu Xueguang. Second, all the strongholds that the Wanjia Army still controls. Third, how many soldiers the Wanjia Army still has to fight." Takahashi Nan stared.

He looked at Gan Qiang's eyes and said word by word: "You don't want to play any tricks. As long as we discover anything that is not true, you will still be executed."

Gao Qiaonan knew that although he had won this battle, the bandits may not have successfully escaped from the battlefield. Maybe Pu Xueguang would soon get the news of Gan Qiang's defeat. If he fled deep into the mountains and hid,

, it would be difficult for the Haihan Army to find him out. Takahashi Nan hoped to lead his troops to knock on the door before the news spread, so as not to leave him a chance to escape.

Gan Qiang felt relieved after admitting his defeat. He did not need to go to Takahashi Nan to torture him to extract a confession, but he did it one by one. After saying this in one breath, he asked for food from Takahashi Nan, and Takahashi Nan saw that he was willing to cooperate.

, so he didn’t embarrass him too much, and ordered his subordinates to bring him a bowl of rice.

The news quickly obtained from other prisoners also confirmed that what Gan Qiang said was basically true. Gao Qiaonan immediately ordered to assemble the troops and prepare to capture Pu Xueguang in a mountain stronghold in the south. However, due to the capture of a large number of bandits in the previous battle, Gao Qiaonan

A platoon of troops must be left behind in Qiaonan to escort the bandits to the seaside more than twenty miles away, and then transport them back to Zhifu Island by sea ship.

According to the information confessed by Gan Qiang, the Qizhai and Twelve Forts originally controlled by the Wanjia Army had been severely reduced after the defeat in Fushan County. Due to lack of manpower and the fact that several strongholds were too close to Fushan County where the Haihan Army was stationed,

So they have chosen to give up voluntarily and shrink their territory. Currently, only three forts and four villages are left with armed personnel garrisoned. For this operation in Cishan, manpower from three nearby strongholds were mobilized to participate.

Gan Qiang himself also joined in. According to Gan Qiang's estimation, the mountain stronghold where Pu Xueguang is currently cannot even muster a hundred armed men, nor can it be said to have strong defensive capabilities.

Gao Qiao Nan selected two other prisoners who were willing to cooperate, plus Gan Qiang, and asked them to lead the way to Pu Xueguang's hiding place. On the evening of the 25th, Gao Qiao Nan arrived at Dongshan Village, twenty miles south of Cishan.

This village is not located on the mountain, but at the foot of the mountain. In the past, this place was called Dongshan Village. After the Wanjia Army took control of this place, it was slowly converted into a military stronghold and renamed Dongshan Village. However, the so-called fortifications of this place

It was just a wooden wall and trench. Originally there were two native cannons, but when the Wanjia Army fought in Fushan County last time, Wanmeng ordered the cannons to be transferred to join the battle. Now those two cast iron cannons are probably on Zhifu Island.

It was reheated and turned into agricultural tools such as rakes, hoes, and sickles.

Except for the dozens of men stationed at Dongshan Village who were loyal to Pu Xueguang, the rest were basically old, weak, sick and disabled. All the young and capable warriors were lost in the battle of Fushan County.

It is a pity that the special operations battalion did not carry heavy weapons such as field guns in order to ensure mobility this time. Otherwise, it would only need to fire a few shots at the gate of Dongshan Village to break through naturally. This would not count.

A solid line of defense.
Chapter completed!