Taking advantage of the large number of people, Haningga lit the torches again. This time he was extra cautious and lit a dozen or so torches.

A dozen torches illuminated the village like daylight, but except for the corpses of our own men, no trace of the enemy was found.

The deputy general quietly pulled Han Ning and whispered: "Could it be that Zhang Xianzhong really thought you shot him? General, I suggest you leave this ghost place as soon as possible, go back and report to Prince Su, and let him bring the army."

Haninga was frightened out of his wits and thought so. A group of people followed each other, followed each other, and withdrew from the village.

The frost had fallen, and the soldiers crouched on their horses, fearing that the mysterious arrow would hit them. Even so, they still did not escape the disaster. Suddenly, in the dense forest on the roadside, another cold arrow was fired, and the arrow hit him.

The Qing soldier who had not been hit by the arrow cried like a wolf and ran down the mountain without caring about his companions. Haningga raised his blunderbuss and fired randomly while running. As soon as he started, other soldiers also fired.

Deep in the valley, there was a loud sound of gunfire. Even so, they could not be saved. The cold arrows chased them from one hilltop to another.

Finally, Haninga ran out with only four or five people.

At dawn, Prince Heshuosu Hauge was awakened by the shouting outside the camp. He put on his clothes and came out, shouting: "Who is making the noise? Take him out and kill him!"

Haning Ga came in shouting, "My lord, you have to make the decision for me! I shot Zhang Xianzhong, and he turned into a ghost and came to see me!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Where did this ghost come from? Speak politely, I asked you to seize the copycat, why are you back again?"

"We went there. More than a thousand people were shot dead. Only a few of us ran out desperately!"

Hauge didn't wait for him to finish and kicked him over. "The whole army has been wiped out. Do you still have the nerve to come back?"

Haninga lay on the ground and argued: "Don't blame me, Your Majesty, I can shoot Zhang Xianzhong to death, but I can't defeat Zhang Xianzhong's ghost!"

He talked about what happened before and after, and Hauge also fell into deep thought. Liu Jinzhong, who was standing aside, asked: "You didn't see the enemy. Is there anyone in the stronghold?"

Haningga said: "Where is there anyone? We searched everywhere, but there was no one around for dozens of miles."

Liu Jinzhong had just come over and was eager to make a contribution. He took the initiative to invite the battle and said: "Your Majesty, General Ha is not familiar with the terrain, so he fell into the enemy's plot. Regardless of whether there are humans or ghosts in the village, let me lead the troops to capture it for you!"

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Hauge was curious, but the two didn't want to waste any more time, so they ordered: "Assemble the troops, I will lead one hundred thousand soldiers and horses to the Fenghuang Mountain stronghold. No matter whether he is a human or a ghost, he will be wiped out!"

As the army set out, its speed slowed down. By the time they arrived at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, it was already the third day.

Hauge took a quick look and saw where the desolate people were. Flags were flying all over the mountains and fields, smoke was lingering, and horses neighed and people screamed everywhere in Phoenix Mountain. He called Haninga to him, beat him severely, and cursed: "Open your dog eyes and see

Look, are those running all over the mountain humans or ghosts?"

Haning was stunned, unable to figure out what was going on.

In the past two days, Luo Weiji led the villagers back to the village early, cleaned up the battlefield, and restored the village's vitality. Li Zhiyong also arrived with the Fuhu Army. A group of monks and Taoist priests were looking in the east and west of the village. They liked

Very.

Before the Qing army, Shuai Yuanhong also brought 50,000 horses from Chengdu, but Dabanya did not follow. Yang Zhan asked with concern: "What happened to Dabanya?"

Yuanhong said: "Monk Miaofeng had other arrangements to recall it." Yang Zhan didn't have time to ask further questions, so he asked Yuanhong to divide the men and horses into 20,000 people, and give them to Luo Weiji along with the food and ammunition. Then he gave the other three to Luo Weijian.

Thousands of people were arranged to Qiping Village in the direction of Shunqing, and the Fuhu Army was deployed in Dafo Nao Village in the direction of Baonyeong. These two villages formed an angle with Sifang Village.

Hauge had won many battles and had seen Baizhang Pass, Jianmen Pass, Chaotian Pass and other dangerous passes. He did not take Phoenix Mountain into consideration at all and directed the Qing army to rush forward.

Seeing that there was no movement when they rushed to the first mountain village, Haug thought to himself, the people living in the mountain village must be either mountain people or bandits. Otherwise, how could there be no artillery shells?

As soon as he had this idea, the cannonball fell, and it landed right in the Qing army's formation. For a moment, everyone was on their backs. Hauge just pretended not to see it, picked up the reins, clapped his horse, and advanced bravely.

After walking a few steps, artillery shells were also flying from the other direction. Obai proposed to divide the troops into two groups, and he went around from the other side. Unexpectedly, the artillery fire from the other side was more intense, and the Qing soldiers were suppressed and beaten.

Yang Zhan made full use of the fortifications left by Zhang Xianzhong, and all the gun mounts that Zhang Kewang had not had time to move were put to use.

Hauge was not surprised and continued to charge forward with his troops. After fighting like this for a while, the Qing army was divided into several places. Those within reach of the cannonballs kept rumbling. Thousands of those beyond the reach of the cannonballs.

Tens of thousands of monks, Taoists, and mountain people came out and killed them.

Hauge habitually charged and killed one after another. Gradually, he could no longer tell where he was, as if he was trapped in a trance.

The most incredible thing happened. Three Taoist priests in blue robes, each holding a sword in their hands, flew to his side and surrounded him.

Hauge had heard long ago that monks and Taoists in Shu were practicing martial arts or magic, and today he encountered them.

He braced himself, raised his gun to fight, and fought with them with all his strength. Fortunately, Qing generals came to support them from time to time, which saved his life.

Look at these monks and Taoists all over the mountains and plains, and look at this dangerous mountain stronghold and complex terrain. If we continue to fight like this today, the Qing soldiers will die either from artillery fire and bows and arrows, or from the swords of these martial arts masters.

Hauge decisively gave the order to retreat. The Qing soldiers supported him and fought and retreated. Yang Zhan organized people to chase him for a while and then let him go.

Returning to Baoning, Hauge asked Liu Jinzhong: "How many mountain barriers are there in Sichuan like Fenghuang Mountain?"

"It's everywhere. Even after Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan, he couldn't stay. It's precisely because of this special terrain and unruly people." Liu Jinzhong said this to make Hauge feel that he couldn't live without him.

"Do monks and Taoists in Sichuan know martial arts?"

"Metropolis, Yang Zhan relied on them to defeat Zhang Xianzhong."

Hauge felt a chill in his heart and waved his hand, "Please step back first and let Obai come in."

When Obai came in, Hauge sighed: "When we entered Sichuan, I thought that the biggest enemy was Zhang Xianzhong. Killing him would be victory. Who knew there was a more powerful enemy than him!"

Ao Bai comforted him and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. We lost today because we are not familiar with the terrain and the situation is unclear. I will find a few reliable Han Chinese in the army, pretend to be common people, and investigate along the way.
Chapter completed!