Chapter 388 Jump out of the Five Finger Mountain

Under the night, I don’t know how many people were waiting quietly in the valley. This place was a dead land, with cliffs on both sides, extremely steep slopes on one side, and deep canyons behind, only in front of you can enter, and that side was facing the road towards the mountain.

If the officers and soldiers enter here, as long as the troops are sufficient, the more than 10,000 people blocked in this valley will never be able to survive. The soldiers are on the verge of danger. Today, Zhao Sui has worked hard and exhausted his strength to deal with Yang Ling's army.

He wanted to break through, but he chose the defensive first and took the risk of hiding the men who were preparing to break through in this dense jungle of the valley. Then he led a small group of troops to use suspicious troops to break through to Jiangnan at the same time. His men and horses actually acted at the same time as Feng Lei. Feng Lei broke through. His men did not continue to move forward when they arrived in front of the mountain, but walked back through a secret passage that had been cut out long ago and led the men into the jungle.

After luring the officers and soldiers to attack on the initiative, wars ignited everywhere on the hills. This Jedi had no value to protect or seize. The officers and soldiers attacking the mountain just entered the forest for a brief reconnaissance, and then rushed straight to the key pass. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses hidden in the deep jungle as dense as the sea were always waiting there quietly.

Xing Laohu led a team of elite troops to attack Feilingdu, with a fierce attack. At the same time, Li Hua received 15,000 people he allocated. With ambitiousness, he resisted the death of the key passes in all mountains and rivers. No one could have thought that Zhao Sui had a third arrangement, not to mention that he placed his troops in this place, which was extremely dangerous to death even though he could hide.

Zhao Shu was extremely bold in using troops. The soldiers were holding a squad, and the horses took off their bridles, and kept waiting there quietly. Zhao Shu issued a death order, and those who dared to make a sound will not be killed. Although this was in the depths of the dense forest, even if there were some sounds, they might not be heard on the mountains where they were fighting desperately, but he still did not dare to take risks.

At this moment, he finally decided to act. Hearing the news from the scouts, Zhao Shui jumped up from under the tree, and the red lady was wearing a black uniform and a black squid. Seeing his movements, Zhao Shui looked at her deeply and said, "Deputy Coach Cui, I have left all my hope for survival in my family and the entire army."

Cui Ying'er raised her eyebrows and clasped her fists and said, "Don't worry, unless my Hongmao died in the battlefield, you will definitely keep your family safe and you will definitely seize the ferry."

Zhao Sui smiled and bowed, "I'm taking action now. Come and meet you as soon as possible. You can set off in half an hour, take care of yourself!"

He looked back at the more than ten generals and personal soldiers who were waiting anxiously not far away, took a long breath, and walked over quickly. Both of his brothers were taken by Xing Laohu, and they were not without the intention of taking hostages. At the same time, the more than ten generals sent to listen to him were all loyal to Xing Laohu. Although Xing Laohu followed his adventure plan, he still prepared for him, the main general who had the idea of ​​accepting revenge.

These people were waiting here quietly. They only heard the sound of fighting everywhere, and their hearts were extremely anxious. However, before the attack time was time, they could only wait. When they saw Zhao Sui coming, they immediately rushed forward. Zhao Sui gave a few words of instructions, and more than a dozen generals immediately took action.

Clusters of thorns were moved away, and the trees used to cover the road were pushed down. A road was quickly cleared out. Under the command of General Zu, the soldiers and horses in the valley began to move outward in an orderly manner along the passage. In the night, except for the chirping of birds that were alarmed in the mountains and the rustling footsteps on the grass, there was almost no other movement. Then who would pay attention to the flying and chirping of birds at this time?

Crazy Zhao walked out of the dense forest, looked back at the fire at the distant mountain, waved his hand, and walked quickly down the mountain.

There is a lake in Beiwu Village. Many lotus flowers grow in the shallow water beside the lake. In the late night, lotus leaves are like ink stains. The weak moonlight occasionally sways a layer of silver-shining wave marks on the waving water surface.

There is a team of officers and soldiers stationed here. This is not the focus of defense. In addition to the main force of attacking the mountain and the reserve team left by Yangling in Puzhou, the imperial army mainly blocked the ferry crossings along the river in the southern foothills and important passes connected to Taihang, Wangwu, Jishan, etc. If the Xiangma army does not break through the south by water, it must choose a mountain road to escape to other mountains, and there is no reason to go down the mountain to enter the hinterland.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers stationed here are defense forces that are prepared to intercept the defeated soldiers and defeated soldiers in the mountains. Their forces and combat power are very average. Due to the urgent need for heavy troops, there are insufficient troops here, and Ding Yong, who is inspecting nearby counties and towns, was even transferred.

They also know that their appearance is more effective. They are lucky enough to catch a few soldiers and shrimps who escaped from the mountain. If they are not lucky, they may still be a decoration until the end of the war.

Therefore, although Yangling ordered all troops to be on guard against strict guard that night, people were not allowed to sleep and horses were not allowed to unsad, although the camp could not sleep, the people were scattered and had no lineup. No one was watching the guards sent to patrol two or three miles away, but they were even more indifferent. After wandering around in the middle of the night, they were also stolen. The guards held swords and guns, searched for a tree or went to bed in the grass.

A rumble woke the spies who were sent out of the alert. They poked their heads out of the grass under the trees. Before they could scream, they covered their mouths and held them back.

God! Countless war horses were galloping by. The warriors held a sharp steel knife and without saying a word, rolling up clouds of dust in the rumbling sound. A panicked spy was sleeping on the side of the road. He got up in panic. Before he found the direction to escape, the sharp sabre of the war horse that passed by was easily cut off his head with the force of the horse.

Another spy shouted and ran into the depths of the grass, no one paid attention to him, and the running herd of horses rolled forward like a gust of wind, only eliminating everything blocking the road.

This is not a large army in the imperial court, and officers and soldiers are attacking the mountains. How could there be so many loud horses, and they are all cavalry?

The surviving officers and soldiers ran for a while without any brainstorm, and then saved two legs and could not run four legs. It was too late to go back to report the news, so they immediately turned toward Puzhou City.

Quietly, the lake water fluctuations became disordered in a regular manner. Someone in front ran back frantically, shouting loudly while running: "Come on guard quickly. The horse is stolen...ah!"

He shook for a moment and fell to the ground, with a bunch of feather arrows on his back, and shot him like a piercing. Then, countless horse hooves stepped over his back, and the corpse was soft and unresponsive. The horse kicked the camp, and the team that had suffered the consequences finally paid the price of the blood.

Shan Xiong, the leader of the army, ran out of the camp and hurriedly tied his robe. Although he did not allow the soldiers to sleep, he thought he had nothing to do, but he lay down.

"Hurry up and bow and arrow... Uh!" A feathered arrow was nailed under his feet, and the man was shot like a porcupine. A bluestone next to him was "swallowed" by a sharp arrow, and Shan Xiong fell on the ground, silently still.

The military disciplines in these local areas were scattered and their combat power was low, but Yang Ling did not have so many soldiers to use, so he had to transfer them all. In order to strictly enforce military discipline, his military orders repeatedly stated that he even brought the Shangfang sword, but these soldiers and generals were full of luck and left the military discipline behind them. In the end, they were still in vain to save Yang Ling's blood from his death.

Zhao Fengzi held his bow, held his sword, and rode his horse. He made his movements in one go, leading his personal soldiers to charge forward. He did not want to fight, nor did he care about the mob of more than 2,000 people. A knife in his hand shone with foggy light under the moonlight. Anyone who blocked him, whether he turned around and escaped or stood up to fight, was chopped into two pieces by him.

The soldiers and generals under Zhao Fengzi also rushed forward and rushed forward happily. These powerful generals and warriors were not from regular army, especially the newly recruited tiger generals. The land was all the Qimen weapons of the people, twenty or thirty kilograms of iron machetes, long-handled battle axes, Guan Gong's machetes, danced like windmills, and they were just using their strength to smash people. They said that such an army was a regular frontier army soldier. They were afraid that they would not be able to withstand their fierce charges for the moment.

The shouts of killing were shocking. The officers and soldiers of the battalion were killed in a moment, and then Zhao's men and women were constantly stopped. The "Zhao" flag was flying in the wind and threw themselves into the vast night...

"Where is the one ahead?" From a distance, he saw the horse provoking a signal and returned. The Hongniang pressed the arrows in the hands of his own soldiers, and asked calmly when the man rushed to the front.

"The Deputy Marshal Qi Bian has arrived in Changli Village, and to the river is Emperor Shun Village."

"Okay! Speed ​​up the journey and don't go to the riverside. There are officers and soldiers stationed along the Yellow River. Pass around the village and move forward quickly!" After the Hongniang said that, he looked back at the dark Zhongtiao Mountain standing in the night. He shook the reins of the horse, and the war horses moved forward quickly. Three thousand people and horses accelerated and quietly touched the southwest.

There were less than two thousand real soldiers among her men. In addition to the elderly, weak, women and children of important generals, there were more than 800 bandits who knew how to make the boat. These people were not fighters, they were the key figures of Hongniang protecting them.

It was expected that the officers and soldiers would set up defenses along the river. Not only did they not approach the Yellow River, but they did not even enter villages and towns. Three thousand people quietly stopped and flew through the mountains and fields of the officers and soldiers. Zhouwu Village, Shangdou Village, Jiaocun, Zhuo Zhuo, Nanwu, and rushed all the way, passing Jiamakou, Wuwang Village, Nandun Temple, and several large and small ferries in the temple. They stopped until Guanghua Village in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and they stopped walking, rested for a while, and then rode out to the Luochi Ferry.

This is a small ferry, and it is more than 100 miles away from Feiling Ferry. It is in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The river surface is extremely wide. The Hongniang wants to take this small ferry. Two thousand light cavalry, led by her, the fourth uncle Zhen Yangge and the sixth uncle Xie Zhongcai, rushed to the ferry. When Zhao Crazy Zi led ten thousand cavalry to sweep the camp of Shan Qiang, her people also started a fierce battle with the officers and soldiers guarding the ferry.

When Yangling's troops arrived, the Xiangma army, who had been fighting to the death, had just broken through the last line of defense with a sense of morale. Jiang Bin's men also rushed into their hinterland. The river defense soldiers guarding the ferry and Jiang Bin's border troops were entangled with the Xiangma and fought endlessly. Yangling's army surrounded left and right, quickly gathered to the middle, and Xing Laohu's men were immediately dissatisfied. They were oppressed and began to move closer to the middle.

When Xing Laohu saw that the situation was not good, he immediately turned to the southeast, avoided Yangling's right army, and broke through to the left. Yangling commanded the army to attack forward and back, blocking the gap, and repelled Xing Laohu's desperate charge again and again, and both sides suffered tragic injuries.

The left line was surrounded by Xu Tai border troops and river defense soldiers, each occupying half of the position, forming a jaw to block Xing Laohu's whereabouts. However, river defense soldiers usually catch thieves and dig sand in the river and smuggle smuggling slanders and gangsters in the land of smuggling slanders, all of them are like wolves and tigers. At this time, when victory is in sight, how could they exchange their lives with the Xiangma thief?

Yang Ling stood at a high place and saw the attack on the river defense direction weakening, and the formation gradually shrank. It was obvious that he saw that friendly troops had arrived and became lazy. He deliberately handed over the heavy responsibility of gnawing bones to others. Yang Ling couldn't help but be furious and immediately asked Wu Hanchao to rush to supervise the battle with the Shangfang sword.

Despite this, it was finally one step late. Xing Laohu organized his troops to force a hole from the river defense army position. Xia Shou, who received Yang Ling's death order and led his troops back desperately, cut off the escaped horse crowd, but Xing Laohu still led more than 4,000 people to break through the siege and kill Hululing.

There were officers and soldiers guarding Hululing. Although the number of people may not be as strong as Xing Laoshu's troops, he defended the dangers. Even if he couldn't win, he could not easily break through. Yang Ling weighed the pros and cons, and decided to let him go for the time being and eliminate all the surrounding horses.

After a series of fighting, Xing Laohu brought out 15,000 people. In addition to the ones who were taken out of the siege and those who had already lost their combat power by him, there were still 6,000 people left. The number of people was weaker than Yang Ling's soldiers and horses, and they were surrounded and lost their leader. According to Yang Ling's estimate that it would be easy to destroy them, but he underestimated the will and combat power of these bandits.

They are different from the officers and soldiers. Those officers and soldiers in the garrison either flee or surrender when they are defeated. For the horses, when they are defeated and have nowhere to escape, the only choice is to fight to the death. Their slogan is: Kill one is enough, kill two is profitable.

Faced with such a group of desperate desperadoes who were defeated and kept fighting spirits and shouted horns, although the number of officials and soldiers in the court was far greater than that of them, their determination to change one by one was obviously far from their determination. Although Yang Ling and Miao Kui personally pressed the formation, powerful generals like Xu Tai and Jiang Bin took the lead in rushing and annihilation of them was also very difficult.

The battle continued until the sky showed white blood, and the bandits who had made enough money were completely wiped out.

There were corpses and survivors screaming and moaning everywhere on the battlefield. Some of them were entangled. The fire beside them ignited the clothes on their bodies, burning them to pieces. Some were holding the spear tightly, and their eyes were still wide open. The broken arm holding only the knife, and the corpses with half of their heads were everywhere.

The smoke of gunpowders filled the war, and the victors did not cheer. The whole night of fighting and the disappearing lives made their expressions become numb.

Zhang Yin's army arrived halfway through the fierce battle. Although it was delayed for a long time and the soldiers who rushed to the road were exhausted, when they saw the battlefield situation, Zhang Yin immediately ordered his troops to join the battle, which played a great role in quickly destroying the bandit army that had been surrounded.

At this time, Zhang Yin came to see Yang Ling with his sword. Zhang Yin's helmet was crooked and his armor was tilted, and he was sweating profusely. He obviously participated in the war in person. When he saw Yang Ling, he immediately bowed and said, "Report to the Duke of the State, the general will immediately re-deploy defense after receiving the military order and lead the two guards to help. Unexpectedly, it was still too late. Please ask the Duke of the State to sue him."

Yang Ling waved his hand tiredly and said, "Most of your army is mobilized, and most of them are infantry. It is rare to be able to arrive so quickly. Let's go to the whole team to rest first. Xing Laohu led thousands of troops to escape. He must catch up as soon as possible. He can't bury the pot and rebel. Prepare some dry food for the soldiers."

"What? Xing Laohu escaped?" When Zhang Yin came, Xing Laohu had already broken through. He thought that all Xing Laohu's troops had been eliminated. At this time, when he heard Yang Ling's words, a glimmer flashed in his eyes.

He immediately lowered his head, covered the abnormality on his face and bowed, "I will obey the order!"

At this time, Jiang Bin staggered with an official, followed by Wu Hanchao, who looked helpless. Jiang Bin's cheeks were covered in blood. If it weren't for the figure and a pair of seemingly dazed but always with a bit of cunning eyes, Yang Ling wouldn't recognize him. He was shocked when he saw it.

Yang Ling said in shock: "Jiang Bin? Why are you... so injured? Where are you injured? Come and take a break."

Jiang Bin grinned, grinning in pain, as if he was in his mouth, and his words leaked: "It's okay. There are two holes on his face."

He pulled hard, and the general who was pulled by his neck staggered and almost fell down: "Duke, this is a coward, it should be military law. I led my troops to help, but he did not pull all the reserves up to respond internally and externally, but instead had to withdraw his troops to defend, he defended. I'm still fart? Isn't this a fool?

Even if you are here, you are not working hard, and you are fucking trying to defend. Xing Hu is really a tiger. I, Jiang Bin, are not afraid, just afraid that there will be colleagues like him like pigs. If the Duke didn’t arrive in time to rescue the siege, Jiang Bin, alone would break into the siege. I would die there, and I would not close my eyes if I die..."

His angry speech, his cheeks tugged and his muscles turned outward, and the wounds that had been stuck were already bleeding. Yang Ling was so excited that he hurriedly said, "Come on, bandage Lord Jiang quickly. Jiang Bin, you don't have to say anything. This man retreated timidly, and his Duke saw it."

He glanced at the trembling Xia Shoujie and sneered, "Are you afraid of? I see that you are afraid of Xing Laohu, which is far more afraid of military discipline and national laws. Now that Xing Laohu has left, why are you still so afraid?"

Xia Shoujie softened his knees and knelt on the ground, arguing: "Duke forgive me. The Duke ordered the Duke to defend Feilingdu to the death. The Duke did his best and never slacked off. The Duke..."

"Bastard!" Yang Ling was annoyed and said in a sequel: "Xia Guardian, you are a general, not a small man who just obeys orders. As the governor of Feilingdu, it is your responsibility to judge the situation and decide on offense and defense. Jiang guerrillas reinforce Feilingdu, you can use the excuse of the strong horse power of the horse. In order to avoid mistakes, you can withdraw troops and return to defense. Your country's Duke led his troops to arrive, and he sieges all over the world to annihilate the horse thieves. All soldiers from all walks of life will be killed. Only yours will shrink and avoid danger, causing Xing Laohu to escape. Do you know your crime?"

Xia Shoufang Teeth Princess fought and said tremblingly: "The last general knows his crime, and the last general will definitely lose his merits. Please ask the Duke of the State to give him a chance."

Yang Ling said sternly: "I have to ask my Duke to ask for Shang Fangjian to fight the enemy with all my strength. You have lost the opportunity yourself. I want my Duke to spare you? Yes! Unless time goes back and Xing Laohu has never escaped! Otherwise, you will die with your crime! Han Chao, kill him for me!"

Xia Shoubei was so shocked that he kowtowed repeatedly and begged. Zhang Yin saw it, his eyes rolled and immediately came to Yang Ling to plead with him. He whispered: "Duke off your anger, Xia Shoubei is still hard to fight. Besides... his sister is His Highness the Prince of Jin. If you don't look at the monks and Buddha's face, the Prince of Guo might as well give him a chance..."

He murmured there, Jiang Bin looked big and thick, but he was not short of his mind. He was so angry that this timid and fearful Guaner of He. When he saw the white-faced and bearded official running to the Duke and muttering, he knew that he was pleading for Xia Shouge.

He was afraid that Yang Ling would change his mind, so he stretched his arm and pulled out the Shangfang sword from Wu Hanchao's hand with a "choke", holding it high in the air, shouting: "How can time go back? How can a tiger return? General Wu, don't taint your hand, I will do it for you!"

"Oh, Lord Jiang..." Wu Hanchao shouted hurriedly, but it was too late. Although Jiang Bin was not as good as him, he was not weak. In addition, he was not prepared at all. The sword was pulled away by Jiang Bin and brushed the ground. The cold light passed through Xia Guard's neck and a loud head fell to the ground. Jiang Bin praised loudly: "What a sharp sword!"

Yang Ling couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it. Zhang Yin opened his mouth and was stunned for a moment before closing his mouth. His head fell off. What else would he say?

Xia Shoujie did not flee before the battle, and he could fight to the death when attacking his position. However, he was too selfish and repeatedly missed the military opportunity. Otherwise, how could Xing Laohu take more than 4,000 people out of the heavy siege? But now he already knows that Xia Shoujie has something to do with the King of Jin, so he can't annoy the King of Jin.

Seeing that the matter was irreversible, Yang Ling scolded: "Reckless! Who allowed you to execute the execution on your behalf? However... this person died for more than 100% of his life. He should have been rectified before the army. He came and raised his head, warned the river defense officers and soldiers, and ordered the deputy garrison to take his post for the time being."

Wu Hanchao smiled bitterly and said, "Duke, the deputy garrison has been killed in battle. There is still a thousand general in the river defense ferry."

Yang Ling waved his hand and said, "Then let him take his post for a while, the army will take a break and encircle and suppress Xing Laohu."

At this time, a horse flew to the distance, with a small triangular red flag on his shoulder, which seemed to be an urgent report from the military post. Yang Ling looked up and saw the man coming from the horse. He jumped off his horse and rushed forward. He knelt down and clasped his fists more than three meters away, and said loudly: "Report! Duke, urgent military information, Zhao Crazy suddenly led a team of troops to break through the defense line in the Beiwu Village area and headed towards Linyi and Wenxi."

Yang Ling's heart sank, and fierce battles continued, but Zhao Sui was never seen where he was. He could not think of where this person had gone. He even suspected that if Zhao Crazy Zi was not staying in the mountains to attract the main force of officers and soldiers, it would be Xiangma's internal strife. Xing Laohu killed Zhao Crazy Zi. That was why he went wrong and led the army to fight in person while he was sick. Unexpectedly, Zhao Crazy Zi emerged at this time.

He asked anxiously: "How many people are there in Crazy Zhao?"

The explorer said, "The number of people cannot be determined. It is estimated that there are at least 10,000 people, and they are all cavalry. They have passed through the barriers and captured the camps without stopping at all, and went straight to the north."

Zhang Yinqi said: "What does Zhao Fengzi want to do? Are you trying to die when you go inland? He cannot break the gate of Madam, so he goes north to Juyong Pass? There are also heavy troops gathering..."

At this time, a provocateur rushed from a distance, rolled off his saddle and shouted far away, "Report! Zhao Crazy led his light cavalry to the Houma, and he did not fight with the officers and soldiers along the way. It is still unclear where he is."

Yang Ling gasped: "More than 10,000 cavalry, these should be all the cavalry retained after Xiangma thieves entered the mountain. This is the real strength of Xiangma thieves. The real landlord, what is unexpected is that they actually took the head coach Xing Laohu as bait and took such a big risk. What exactly do they intend to do?"

Jiang Bin sat next to the ground, and was just coated with a thick layer of golden sore medicine on his face by the doctor. He was wrapped in a cloth like a mummy. After hearing the urgent report from Jun, he smiled foolishly: "Wenxi, Houma, then move forward is Linfen and Hongdong. Isn't that crazy man so out of the way, he wants to go to Taiyuan, right?"

"Taiyuan!" Yang Ling and Zhang Yin screamed at the same time.

This idea is probably only a madman who thought of it. He did not cross the river and went south but went north and plunged into the hinterland of Shanxi to seize Taiyuan?

Zhang Yin suddenly said: "If the surprise troops attack and take advantage of the delay in sending the message to capture Taiyuan..., Taiyuan City has abundant food and grass, the city is strong and the walls are thick, and then he takes the Prince of Jin as a hostage, then..."

At that time, the transmission of information was really extremely slow compared to the action. Now the news came that they had arrived at Houma. When the officers and soldiers chased Houma, they might have arrived at Hongdong. The cavalry was so powerful that they did not charge on the battlefield, but that they could fully grasp the initiative on the battlefield. Battle is by me, and walk by me; when to fight, and where to fight is by me, this is the magic weapon of cavalry without any advantage.

The news was reported a little late. If it were earlier, I would probably be hit by the bolt from the blue when the Xinghu was surrounded. The Taiyuan Prefecture now has a guard. Although it is more than enough to defend the city, I am afraid that the Crazy Zhao will be caught off guard. He ran to Shanxi to suppress the bandits, but the bandits raided the Taiyuan Prefecture. Isn't that a big joke?
To be continued...