"General, there is someone!"

As soon as someone showed his head behind the hill in the south, he was immediately spotted by the sharp-eyed officers and soldiers, and the soldier immediately shouted. Jiang Jie heard the sound and looked over, and saw more than 300 people emerging. He quickly ordered: "Line up to greet them."

enemy."

Jiang Jie's two hundred men, fifty of whom were shield bearers, one hundred spearmen, and fifty archers. Upon Jiang Jie's order, the two hundred men immediately opened up their formation and faced the enemy in the south. The archers drew their bows.

Just wait for the enemy to come forward and then release the arrow.

To be honest, the current distance is quite far. It can be a hundred steps away, which is not within the range of the archers. The enemy on the opposite side does not seem to attack directly, but spreads out and looks at the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

If the enemy doesn't move, Jiang Jie will naturally not take the initiative to attack. Firstly, the opponent has a numerical advantage, and secondly, his purpose is only to guard the mouth of the valley and wait for Master Yue to return in triumph.

The two sides were in a stalemate for about a quarter of an hour. Suddenly, the sound of arrows piercing the sky was heard from behind the officers and soldiers.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Arrows like raindrops were "shot" from behind. Jiang Jie never expected that there were enemies behind him. When he heard the sound and turned around to resist, he was too late.

"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"...

More than 20 officers and soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and the arrows that hit them all had fire. After the officers and soldiers were hit by the arrows, their clothes immediately burned, and those who were shot to death were better off. Those who were shot were better.

Those who were shot were burned by the fire and rolled back and forth on the ground in pain.

Jiang Jie could see clearly behind him now. At a distance of more than 80 steps, nearly 300 people appeared out of nowhere. Among these people, there were more than 50 archers, and they were setting their bows and arrows.

Beside the archers, there were more than fifty men holding torches, lighting their bows and arrows.

The bows and arrows were lit, and they were shot out again, heading straight for the officers and soldiers. "Swish, swish, swish..."

This time, another *** officers and soldiers were hit by arrows and fell.

The rebels from the south also took the opportunity to rush over, forming a pincer attack from both front and rear.

"Retreat to the mouth of the valley! Form a formation in the valley." Being attacked from the front and rear is a taboo for military strategists. Jiang Jie shouted and ordered his troops to enter the narrow valley and form an formation.

The actions of the officers and soldiers seemed to have been anticipated by the rebels. The rebels were not in a hurry to attack. They only joined forces twice and deployed a position a hundred steps away from the valley entrance. Then they continued to light rockets and "shoot" at the officers and soldiers.

go.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

There was another row of arrows, but this time the officers and soldiers were prepared. The shield bearer in front raised his shield and blocked all the arrows.

The rocket fell to the ground, and there was a little withered grass on the ground, which immediately burst into flames. Even if it ignited such a small amount of grass, it would be nothing, but for some reason, the ignition was out of control, and the flames were flying around randomly.

It is still spreading inwards.

"There is kerosene on the ground! Get out!" The shield hand at the front reacted immediately when he saw this sign, but it was too late. Because the distance was too close, the people in the first four rows were instantly ignited by the sudden fire, and their lower bodies were trapped.

The sea of ​​fire rolled back and forth on the ground in pain, screaming in agony.

The officers and soldiers behind them turned around and fled. Fortunately, there were not many places where there was kerosene, and only a dozen steps away from the mouth of the valley were set ablaze.

"Put the prepared firewood in and seal the entrance of the valley!" shouted one of the rebels.

This person was none other than Xing Ming'an. When Ye Husband was attacking the camp, he never showed his head. It turned out that he was hiding here. When he and Ye Husband led the troops to ambush, they didn't agree.

Seeing this place, Xing Ming'an had traveled around the terrain in this area before and knew that it was very dangerous, so he came up with a strategy to lure the enemy and lead Yue Su into the narrow valley. However, what he and Husband Ye said

They were attacking from both front and back, fighting to the death with Yue Su here. But just in case, after Ye Husband set out, he poured kerosene on the mouth of the valley and covered it with weeds. Once he could no longer resist, he set fire to trap Yue Su.

Seriously. Because, at the other end of the narrow valley, there is no way out, only an abyss.

The fire sealed the mouth of the valley, and Xing Ming'an gave the order to throw in firewood. There was a deputy helmsman beside him, who whispered: "Master, Husband Ye and Master Gao are still inside. Let's send someone to add firewood, right...

…Something is wrong…”

"Didn't you see the combat power of Yue Su's troops and horses? With just us people, if we had a head-on confrontation with the few troops guarding the valley entrance, we would probably lose more than half of them. Moreover, Yue Su was unprepared and attacked from both front and rear. He was

There are people stationed outside. If we start a fight here, Yue Su inside will naturally know it. Look at the formation of his army. As long as the formation is set up, no matter how many of our people there are, it will be difficult to win. Now Yue Su has been introduced

Jedi, how can we let the tiger go back to the mountains again? I think I can only feel sorry for husband Ye and Master Gao. For the master's great plan, sacrifice is inevitable."

After Xing Ming'an finished speaking, he continued: "Do you think it's easy for us? Yue Su will not starve to death immediately if he is trapped inside. His men and horses will definitely look around when they see that he is not there. We are here,

We have to defend it for at least ten days. Now take some people to Niujiao Peak and transport some food, and I will lead the people to set up defenses to block Yue Su's reinforcements."

"Yes, Hall Master!"

After the deputy helmsman led the people away, Xing Ming'an continued to throw firewood into the fire, and at the same time sent people to set up an ambush on the only way to get here.

Let's talk about Tieqiu's side. At this moment, he was leading nearly two thousand troops to chase down the rebels. Along the way, he killed hundreds of enemies. But Taihang Mountain is not an ordinary road. It is surrounded by roads in all directions and there are many small roads. The rebels saw how powerful the officers and soldiers were.

He still dared to run along the main road, and began to spread out and flee along the small road. Once the enemy dispersed, it was difficult for the officers and soldiers to pursue him. Tie Qiu focused on killing the enemy, so he ordered his subordinates to lead their own men and pursue them separately.

It fell well and the officers and soldiers were dispersed.

After chasing for more than an hour, Tie Qiu had less than 200 people left. He led these people to a high hill and killed the fleeing rebels before planning to look for other rebels. Zheng Si

When I went down to look out, I accidentally spotted the flames soaring into the sky in the distance.

"Huh? Where is that place and why is there a fire?" Tie Qiu said curiously.

There were two generals beside him. They didn't know where it was, but they just said: "General, there may be the rebels' lair there. It may be that our people attacked and set fire to it.

Otherwise, let's go over and take a look, maybe we can still help."

Tie Qiu nodded and said, "That's right, otherwise why would there be a fire? Let's go and have a look." After saying that, Tie Qiu led the people and ran down the high hill towards the fire.

There are many officers and soldiers who have the same idea as him. You must know that the rebels have robbed the imperial court of one million taels of military pay. If they go to the rebel lair and rob the military pay, all the officers and soldiers present will have made a great contribution.

You will get some profit sharing to some extent.

The officers and soldiers rushed towards the fire in unison. Among the fleeing rebels, there were still some of Xing Ming'an's best friends, including one of Xing Ming'an's helmsmen. He also knew the plan of the hall master, and when he saw the fire

He thought that it was the hall master who was fighting a decisive battle with Yue Su, so he quickly worried about the rebels around him and rushed to reinforce him. However, there were not many people following him now, only dozens of backbones and a hundred or so rabble-rousers.

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With this few people, he hurried to the place where the fire was burning. The rebels were familiar with the terrain, so they naturally had to arrive before the army. Xing Ming'an was very happy to see nearly 200 helpers coming, and immediately stepped up preparations.

Not long after they left, more than a hundred officers and soldiers came to this place along the road. If you want to narrow the valley, you must pass a not too wide road between two hills. When Xing Mingan saw the officers and soldiers arriving, he did not attack immediately.

Instead, they put the officers and soldiers in, and then ended the attack, killing all the more than a hundred officers and soldiers without letting go of any of them.

Relying on this method, Xing Ming'an killed three groups of officers and soldiers in succession, three hundred strong, but because they were alone and were suddenly attacked, they lost their lives.

Tie Qiu led 200 people and rushed towards the land filled with flames. However, he was very lucky. Along the way, he met four groups of officers and soldiers. The total number of people was more than 600.

With so many people, everyone became more courageous and headed straight for the trail ahead.

Xing Ming'an led his men to lie down on the hill. Seeing that there were more soldiers and horses returning this time than before, he did not dare to let them in. Instead, he immediately ordered arrows to be fired, and he used the prepared rolling logs and rocks to smash them down.

When they went there, they were suddenly attacked, and the officers and soldiers were immediately in chaos. Xing Ming'an ordered the ambush troops to rush out and fight with the officers and soldiers, fighting together.

The members of the Zhanlong Gang who followed Xing Ming'an were all the most elite, and with the sneak attack first and disrupting the formation of the officers and soldiers, they had the upper hand. Tie Qiu was a rough man after all, and if he was allowed to attack on the ground,

, but he was still the handler, but when he encountered this situation, he immediately panicked and could only shout loudly to tell the soldiers not to panic and fight the enemy.

Without an effective organization, the combat effectiveness of the stragglers was much lower than that of the rebels, and there were many good friends among the rebels. For a time, the officers and soldiers were beaten to the point of running away, and they were completely defeated.

In the narrow valley, the rebels and the officers and soldiers were engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat. The only way to set up a formation was to rely on martial arts. There were good fighters among the rebels, and there were similar ones among the officers and soldiers. They fought together and fought in one group. This was

Until death.

In this battle, the rebels were fighting with their last resort. There was a cliff behind them and they had no way to retreat. A fire broke out on the opposite side. They knew that it might be Hall Master Xing who came to reinforce them, so their morale was high and they all fought hard. Even the mob, under Ye Husband,

With the encouragement of others, he also moved forward bravely.

But the officers and soldiers under Yue Su's command are elite after all, and they still have an advantage in numbers, so they will naturally be afraid. When Nai found out that the valley entrance was on fire, they were all confused. He thought about it, but his confidence was a little weaker. Fortunately,

Yue Su calmed people's hearts and prevented chaos. Yue Su sent people to the mouth of the valley to find out what happened.

After the soldiers set off, they turned back in less than two quarters of an hour. It turned out that they met a messenger sent by Jiang Jie halfway to deliver everything at the mouth of the valley.
Chapter completed!