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The Tang army was as powerful as a mad tiger. The Lingnan army was killed and retreated step by step. Finally, when Qin Kuan slashed a Lingnan officer from his shoulder to hip with a knife, his internal organs sprayed all over the ground, and Qin Kuan, who was covered in bloody bodies of his opponents, opened his mouth wide, revealing two rows of bloody teeth and shouting for a fierce battle, they collapsed.

More than a thousand Tang troops chased the Lingnan army, which was almost twice their size, and rolled the pearl curtain from Tiaoziling and returned.

"Why didn't Ji Zhijiang rescue? I watched his subordinates be driven back, and this would hit the original formation." Ding Hao from behind looked at the battle situation and changed his color.

"Major General, Ji Zhijiang is very experienced. This is exactly where he is old!" Behind him, an old general whispered: "Although the Tang army is fierce, there are only more than a thousand people. The Lingnan army was just stunned for a moment. When retreating to the bottom of the ridge, the formation can stabilize as long as the formation is pressed with a crossbow. Have you seen that the cavalry on the left and right wings of the Ji army are already preparing. If the Tang army really goes down the ridge, before the defeated soldiers can collide, the Lingnan cavalry will attack on both sides, cut off the retreat of the Tang army, and swallow them in one go."

Ding Hao nodded repeatedly.

"I see!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the veteran behind him sighed again: "What a pity, what a pity!"

Of course, he was very sorry, because the Tang army suddenly stopped the formation amid the sound of war horns, and then returned to the ridge without hesitation.

For Qin Kuan, he naturally knew the opponent's abacus. He had fought for half his life, so how could he be plotted against by such a trick?

Seeing that the opponent's formation was still motionless, the cavalry on both wings were ready to attack, he made a quick decision and retreated.

For the Tang army on Tiaoziling, survival is the first priority, delaying time is the first priority, killing the enemy is the second priority, and taking a chance can take a bite. Seeing that something is wrong, of course they will run away.

Whether it was Ren Xiaonian or Qin Kuan, they all firmly believed that the Tang Dynasty would not let them go, and would definitely have a backup plan and would come to rescue them. So what they have to do now is to survive and attract more enemies to arrive here.

This was also Ren Xiaonian's first thought after knowing that he had fallen into the other party's trap.

That is why Qin Kuan immediately seized Tiaoziling, the only place where they could quickly take over and temporarily settle down.

Seeing Tang Jun shrinking rapidly, Ji Zhijiang waved his fist in annoyance, and his opponents had reached this point, and he still maintained such a clear mind.

"Blow the trumpet, gather again, prepare for an attack." He said angrily.

Qin Kuan, who retreated to the ridge, looked at the stone fort whose fire had gradually faded, poked the knife in his hand, and with a clamor, the wall of the stone fort in front of him collapsed.

The fire burned the stones to a crispy one.

"I can't defend here anymore, retreat!" Looking at the remaining companions, Qin Kuan said: "In the past two days, General Ren has set up a new defensive position before the military subway. Where can we deal with the enemy?"

The so-called second line of defense is actually a trenches that were crisscrossing and connected to each other, like a maze, were dug on the large open area before the military camp.

Looking up from below, you can't see how big the change is in this area, but when you really stand in front of you, you will find that such trenches like spider webs will cause considerable trouble to the attacker.

The digging of soil was built into half a man-high walls. These walls were definitely not good at defensive effects, but they could effectively block the opponent's observation, making it completely unclear how the opponent's troops were mobilized.

You can't see your opponent's troops mobilization, but your opponent can observe you clearly with your condescending advantage, which is annoying.

Of course, it is not difficult for attackers to have more abundant manpower advantages, that is, to use human sea tactics to fill all the trenches and crush them flat.

But it is unknown how much the price it will cost to play like this, and it is still a different story to say whether they are willing to pay such a price.

Killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of them is acceptable.

But if you want to kill a thousand enemies and lose two thousand of yourself, anyone has to think about whether it is worth it or not.

Ren Xiaonian's troops now have at least 5,000 troops. With the resolute attitude of the Tang army, how many people will the coalition forces lose?

After crossing the basically destroyed stone fort, Ding Hao and Ji Zhijiang both gasped. It turns out that when Qin Kuan fought to the death in the stone fort these two days, Ren Xiaonian's main force did such a thing behind him, that is, digging a pit.

"Burn with fire again!" Ding Hao suggested.

Ji Zhijiang spread his hands: "Major General, we have a lot of irritating oil bombs. We have used a lot of them. For positions like this, we can't see clearly where the enemy is. What can the use of irritating fire bombs play? Even if it burns, they can retreat to the main camp. You also see that these trenches are simply connected to the main camp. With the fire, the enemy cannot stay, but we cannot get through. Once the fire is extinguished, we start attacking, and they come out. It's not that they have returned to the origin, and the camp has consumed our weapons and equipment."

"Then I can only fight hard?" Ding Hao said.

"You can only fight hard!" Ji Zhijiang nodded: "Let's just come here today, let's talk about it tomorrow. Let's go back to discuss it."

Ren Xiaonian stood on the main camp's post and watched the coalition troops slowly retreat. Qin Kuan, covered in blood, also retreated back to the main camp with his subordinates.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Ren Xiaonian met Qin Kuan.

"I'm afraid I can't hold it for two days." Qin Kuan said while unloading his armor: "If the enemy is determined to fight hard, we can't hold on. They have at least 50,000."

"But they have three camps, the Jiangxi army, the Hunan army, and the Lingnan army!" Ren Xiaonian said: "Everyone knows that if the troops take the lead, they will inevitably suffer the most losses. They may be killed by us. So they still need to weigh and discuss, otherwise, they will fight now."

"But they will definitely decide to come up with a result." Qin Kuan sighed: "And we can only wait passively. Once the war begins, it will be a life-and-death battle. For us, we are afraid there will be death or no life."

"It's one day to be able to guard for one day, and two days to be able to guard for two days." Ren Xiaonian took a deep breath: "It's been almost half a month since we were surrounded. I think the court should have responded, and Yu Xiaowen should have arrived in Yichun at this moment."

"I can't count on him." Qin Kuan said: "Yichun and Zhuzhou have all fallen into the hands of the enemy."

"I didn't expect him, I was General Shi Zhuangda!" Ren Xiaonian whispered: "Before the action, I wrote a letter to General Shi Zhuangda. He should have been mobilizing the army from that time on. Now he must have known the news that we are surrounded. If he was bold enough, he would take Deng Wenchang's naval army as the vanguard and cross the Xiangjiang River from Dongting Lake, in half a month, he could almost reach Changsha, Xiangtan and other places. If this is the case, we still have a glimmer of life."

"Is it necessary to rescue the enemy?" Qin Kuan's face flashed with joy, but immediately said sadly: "Yiyang, or General Shi will take Yiyang first. A few days ago, didn't our scouts discover Lu Yuan's cavalry? That was Yiyang's army. Now Yiyang is empty and there is a leak in the defense line. If it were me, he would definitely take Yiyang first. This is the safest way. It is too dangerous to go deep alone. Once something goes wrong, he will end up with us."

"General Shi's military use is not something I can match." Ren Xiaonian said: "Maybe there will be a miracle. What else can we expect besides this?"

"Tonight, I'll go to the camp. If I can succeed, I can drag it for another day." Qin Kuan took the water handed over by a soldier and poured his breath on the sky.

"It's a good rest, don't go to the night. A general like Ji Zhijiang will not be afraid of this. He will go to the camp until it is dawn. At that time, the opponent waited for a night and was almost slackened, but don't be fond of fighting. Be careful that the opponent's cavalry will make a breakthrough."

"I understand, just leave after a vote. I will never be in love with the battle!" Qin Kuan nodded.

The matter was just as Ren Xiaonian said. After discussing the three sides, the battle finally fell on the Jiangxi soldiers. As soon as the Hunan soldiers had fought for a few days, the Lingnan army also took action today, and only the Jiangxi soldiers were left before they started. Moreover, there was no one who could make a decision here, and Qian Shouyi handed over all the power to Ji Zhijiang when they left. Even if the Jiangxi soldiers were unwilling, they could only obey this collective resolution.

Preventing night attacks is naturally done well.

However, no one expected that the Tang army's night attack was launched when the sky was about to brighten.

At this time, the coalition forces that had been guarding all night were in a state of terror, thinking that their opponents would not come. The resting army had just gotten up and prepared to have breakfast one by one with sleepy eyes. When the handover between the two hatchbacks was so small, the Tang army on the mountain suddenly launched an attack.

What made the mountain depressed the most was that the other party just chopped and slashed the edge, and then ran back again. When the troops were mobilized below, the opponent would have been nowhere to be seen.

The person did not lose much, and the sentry touched by the opponent only lost more than a hundred people, but it was enough to make everyone depressed.
Chapter completed!