Zhao Fan smiled and said to the scouts: "Go quickly and inform each group. After the battle lasts for twenty minutes, retreat towards Nanji Town. You must move quickly, and at the same time, you must not leave any brother behind."

Seeing Zhao Fan speaking truthfully, the scout felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He quickly stood up to attention and answered respectfully, "Yes!" Then he turned around and ran away quickly.

When Zhao Fan and others were ready, the officers and soldiers led by Wei Xianyi appeared in sight.

Zhao Fan stared at the blurry figure and observed carefully for a long time. He found that there were only about four to five hundred officers and soldiers. Suspicion suddenly arose in his heart. Could Wei Xianyi have any other conspiracy?

No, although the two sides had a brief confrontation, except for the help of the spirit snake, as far as it was concerned, the lethality to the officers and soldiers was far from the purpose of deterring them.

But why were they timid, advancing slowly, and dividing their forces to attack? It seems that Wei Xianyi is quite cautious, and his command is not safe.

But no matter what, as a regular army with more than 2,000 people, facing thirty people, or they think a hundred people, this situation should not happen.

Zhao Fan was puzzled, so he could only take one step at a time, and adapt to all changes by staying the same. No matter how many people they attacked, as long as they achieved the goal of delaying them, they would be good.

If they are frightened a little more and don't dare to continue pursuing, then the ideal situation will be achieved.

While Zhao Fan was daydreaming, Wei Xianyi's leading troops had already entered the ambush circle.

Zhao Fan threw five stones in his left hand and five stones in his right hand, giving the officers and soldiers who were in a hurry to give chase a heavy beating.

Following Zhao Fan's sudden attack, the four groups of ambushes also immediately started shooting. For a moment, there was loud gunfire and wails in the dense forest.

Twenty or thirty officers and soldiers fell in an instant, immediately disrupting Wei Xianyi's middle route army. When the officers and soldiers behind heard the loud gunshots, they fell to the sides one after another, looking everywhere for possible enemies.

Li Changsheng, who was in the middle position, heard gunshots that were far more violent than the previous ones. He initially judged that there were at least forty or fifty people on the other side.

Later, the messenger came to report that a large number of ambushed teams were found on both sides of the dense forest ahead. It was impossible to tell who the other party was? How many were there? But our own side was completely unprepared when it encountered a sudden attack and was beaten.

They were caught off guard and suffered direct losses of more than 40 people.

After listening to the report, Li Changsheng hurriedly issued an order: "Everyone will counterattack on the spot. We will wait to find out the opponent's strength, firepower, etc., and then attack forward with the approval of Lord Biaotong."

After the ordering soldiers left in a hurry, Li Changsheng turned around and ran towards Wei Xianyi.

Wei Xianyi naturally heard the gunshots. When the gunshots reached his ears, he was suddenly shocked. He was not frightened by Zhao Fan's dozens of guns, but he never expected that Zhao Fan would be at such a disadvantage.

, actually launched ambushes again and again, and each time the arrangements were more detailed, and the number of people, firepower and other aspects were increased.

From this, it can be judged that Zhao Fan and the others did not flee in a hurry, but took advantage of the favorable terrain to carry out the most effective counterattack.

Zhao Fan's method just made up for the lack of personnel and weapons, achieving the greatest victory with the smallest casualties.

Wei Xianyi naturally disdained to use this kind of tactics, but facing Zhao Fan and the others, there was no effective way to attack them.

Just when Wei Xianyi was thinking about how to break Zhao Fan's ambush, Li Changsheng ran over sweating profusely, "Sir Biaotong, my front team was attacked by unidentified personnel. From the density of attacks and the range of attacks, they are estimated to have the most

There won’t be more than a hundred people.”

"From the moment we entered the dense forest, we were controlled by Zhao Fan and the others at every turn. This method of fighting is very similar to Zhao Fan's previous attacks. I judge that the people who attacked us are none other than Zhao Fan and the others."

"I have ordered my officers and soldiers to launch a counterattack on the spot. As for when to charge, please let Master Da Biaotong make it clear!"

Wei Xianyi thought for a moment and then said: "You are right. It must be Zhao Fan and others who ambushed us. Our intelligence shows that Zhao Fan and his friends have less than 150 people in total."

"In the past few battles with us, to be honest, we suffered heavy losses, but Zhao Fan and the others did not suffer any casualties. This is enough to show that Zhao Fan is very good at using troops, and all of his men are very brave.

I dare not say that using one to block a hundred or one to block ten is the lowest estimate."

"Judging from the sound of gunfire, the number of troops Zhao Fan went out this time should be around fifty. So, where did the remaining one hundred men go?"

"If we launch an attack rashly and are ambushed by Zhao Fan's remaining men, our losses will be even more serious."

"Based on my judgment, it can be concluded that it is not suitable for a large-scale attack at this time. The left and right armies of Lei Liang and Wu Liang will arrive immediately."

"When the army arrives, we will attack from three sides. Even if all Zhao Fan's men leave, we are not afraid."

"You immediately choose a flat area, gather all the artillery we brought out, follow my orders, and fire together. I don't believe how capable Zhao Fan and the others are to withstand the fierce artillery fire."

"After the artillery fire stops, you three groups will attack again. In this way, our casualties will definitely be greatly reduced, and we can successfully achieve our goal of annihilating Zhao Fan this time."

After Li Changsheng listened carefully to Wei Xianyi's offensive deployment, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said excitedly: "There happens to be a flat open space about three hundred meters away from Zhao Fan and the others, which is enough for our artillery to deploy."

"You are truly worthy of Lord Biaotong. You are indeed a master in using troops. I have never thought that artillery fire can be used in this way."

"We have a total of more than a dozen cannons. If we fire a salvo, not to mention three or five rounds, just two rounds, even if Zhao Fan and others are made of steel, they will be blown to pieces and not even a hair will be left."

Wei Xianyi showed a sneer and said: "In today's world, whoever dares to be an enemy of the governor is not seeking death?"

Just when they were sure of victory, Lei Liang and Wu Liang ran over quickly after receiving the order from the messenger.

Wei Xianyi had no time to care about anything else, so he called the three people closer and said in a serious tone: "This time we have caught Zhao Fan's tail, and we cannot let him escape again no matter what."

"If something goes wrong, just wash your necks and wait for the warlord's butcher's knife!"

Lei Liang, Li Changsheng, and Wu Liang, who did not dare to neglect, immediately returned to their respective teams, mobilized all the artillery, and handed it over to Wei Xianyi for unified command.

Wei Xianyi and the others were busy preparing for artillery fire, while Zhao Fan and the others had been blocking the attack for more than 20 minutes.

If we continue to block the attack, we will not be able to achieve the purpose of weakening the opponent. There are two reasons. First, the officers and soldiers in front are lying down in the dense forest. Under the cover of trees and branches, the effect of attacking the opponent is obviously reduced; second, the officers and soldiers are lying down in the dense forest.

They were constantly fighting back. Although they only fired forward, Zhao Fan and the others were smaller in number, so the shooting front became narrower. On Wei Xianyi's side, the confused shooting of hundreds of spears also had a great impact on Chaofan and the others.

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At the same time, the purpose of blocking the officers and soldiers has been achieved. Now, the only way to protect the brothers is to withdraw from the battle as soon as possible. If the officers and soldiers wake up, it will be difficult to withdraw again.

After Zhao Fan pondered for a moment, he immediately called the scouts and whispered: "Go and inform each group to evacuate quickly. No fighting is allowed."

The scouts watched the battle in the dense forest. Although Zhao Fan was smaller in number, his lethality against the officers and soldiers was not weak at all. If one were to judge the situation on the battlefield, a discerning person would know at a glance that Zhao Fan and the others had the absolute initiative.

The scout could not understand this situation, so he muttered in a low voice out of instinct.

Zhao Fan smiled and said: "Time is tight, I don't have time to explain, they will understand what I mean, go quickly!"

The scout nodded "Yes!" and left quickly.

After Zhao Fan fired a round of stones, he quietly waved his hand and began to retreat.

After the people ambushing in the dense forest received Zhao Fan's order, in less than twenty minutes, the four groups responsible for the ambush were out of the range of Wei Xianyi's artillery fire.

Just as Zhao Fan and the others left the dense forest, bursts of roaring sounds were heard from the place where they originally ambush. The sound was earth-shaking, and the entire dense forest seemed to be covered by artillery fire.

Those soldiers who had seen such a scene just now were stunned. When they reacted, they unconsciously raised their thumbs and said, "Commander, the commander is well-informed and resourceful. Otherwise, everyone will go to the Palace of Hell."

Report.”

After Zhao Fan and the others left the dense forest, they called a scout and said, "Go to the fifth group ambush area and tell Wang Xiaowu that if no officers and soldiers are found pursuing you in about forty minutes, immediately withdraw to Nanji Town."

"If officers and soldiers are chasing us, after five minutes of shooting, we should immediately withdraw from the battle, go to the left side of Nanji Town, and take a detour to Nanji Town."

This time the scout didn't hesitate at all, his face was full of admiration. After answering "yes", he rushed all the way to the five groups of ambush areas.

In Nanji Town, after Lu Huacheng was ordered to withdraw, no officers and soldiers came to the town again. After Wang Shi, the owner of Yumanlou, learned that Zhao Fan and the others had left the dense forest, he had prepared two private houses for everyone to rest temporarily. At the same time, he arranged

I asked the chef Yumanlou to cook the most sumptuous meal.

After Zhao Fan and the others met with Wang Shi, everyone took a short rest according to his arrangement.

In the dense forest, Wei Xianyi commanded the artillery to fire five rounds in a row, destroying almost all the ammunition, and then ordered the artillery to cease fire.

Afterwards, three groups of officers and soldiers, Lei Liang, Li Changsheng and Wu Liang, shouted and rushed into the position where Zhao Fan and the others had just ambushed.

What Wei Xianyi and his men never expected was that Zhao Fan and the others had already escaped, and no body was found on the ground except broken branches and fallen leaves.

Wei Xianyi looked at the messy dense forest and felt extremely upset. He had made so many preparations and made every step of the way, but he didn't expect that Zhao Fan and the others would still run away.

At this moment, his lungs were almost bursting with anger. He looked at Lei Liang, Li Changsheng, Wu Liangyi and other subordinates fiercely, his face turned blue and purple, and he shouted angrily:
Chapter completed!