"Ambassador, go to Mangdang Mountain, go to Mangdang Mountain!" roared hysterically, and the scouts rushed to Zhang Xutuo's handsome flag before dismounting, and then almost rolled and crawled in front of Zhang Xutuo, before he could salute.

He yelled: "Ambassador Zhang Mang Dangshan found traces of Meng Rang's rebel army, and the rebel army was in chaos and stagnant. The front army seems to have been attacked."

Zhang Xutuo's bloodshot eyes suddenly shot out with light. Qin Qiong, He Tingyu and others next to him were also extremely surprised and couldn't wait to ask: "Are you sure it's Meng Rang's team? What kind of attack did they suffer? Is it our team?"

Is it possible for friendly forces to take action?"

"It's confirmed to be Meng Rang's team." The scout replied with a heavy breath: "The mountain road is too narrow and I can't detect the specific battle situation. I only saw his team's rear troops were in chaos, and heard them shouting to kill and charge. They seemed to want to break through.

intercept

"Breakthrough and interception? What team will come to intercept them?" Qin Qiong, He Yanyu and other generals were even more surprised. They quickly turned to Zhang Xutuo and rushed to say: "Commander, this is a good opportunity. You can't miss it. We should attack immediately.

"Advance troops"

Zhang Xutuo did not rush to give the order to send out troops. He closed his eyes for a moment and made some calculations, then opened his eyes angrily and shouted: "Send the order, Tang Wanche led a thousand troops to guard the food, grass and baggage. The remaining troops marched to Mangdang Mountain with all their strength.

"Destroy the enemy"

In the neat voice of "Nuo", the Sui army from Qijun, who had been preparing to rest on the spot, restarted the pursuit. Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong, He Lanyi and Mulan were riding in the lead, and the four teams under their command also lined up.

formed four columns and followed behind them,

They galloped towards the Mangdang Mountain battlefield and rushed to the battlefield. Zhang Xutuo personally led the main force and followed behind. The army of ten thousand people marched in line, fast but not chaotic, fast but not scattered. Only Tang Wanche, whose name was called by Zhang Xutuo, led the army.

He stayed behind and guarded the food, grass and baggage with a look of displeasure on his face.

Joy and excitement hung on the faces of every Sui army officer, making them forget the hard work and exhaustion of chasing for thousands of miles, and also filled them with excitement and fighting spirit. Luo Shixin, who was rushing to the front, even joked with Mulan, saying

It is a competition to see who can kill the most enemies on the battlefield. The loser must

Treating guests with the military merits of this battle, Qin Qiong and He Yanyu, although they did not take advantage of their bet, could not wait to check the weapons and equipment, and stared in front of them silently, wishing they could grow wings and fly to Mangdang Mountain immediately.

Kill the enemy and chop off the head of his old rival Meng Rang with one knife

Zhang Xutuo didn't have much excitement on his face. Judging from the geographical location, Zhang Xutuo had already guessed that it was the Qiaojun army who was intercepting Meng Rang's rebel army at Mangdang Mountain. However, Zhang Xutuo had already guessed from Mulan's introduction and

Chen Yingliang knew about the situation of the Qiaojun army in his letters and knew that Chen Yingliang currently only had twelve regiments in combat strength, which was far inferior to Meng Rang's troops.

, it has not been established for a long time, and its experience is even less than that of Meng Rang's thief army. However, his old rival Meng Rang has been trained in actual combat for more than a year, burning, killing, looting and capturing battlefields like locusts crossing the border. He has already armed an army with equipment that is definitely not in the regular army.

The combat effectiveness of the elite team under them cannot be underestimated. It is extremely difficult for the Qiaojun team that has not been established for a long time to stop them for a long time.

"Chen Yingliang, I heard that you are not only a fierce general, but also a wise general." Zhang Xutuo said in his heart: "I hope you use your brain to fight and take advantage of the narrow and long mountain roads. I don't want you to be able to defeat the enemy, as long as you can

Hold on until our army reaches the battlefield, and I will give you the first credit."

After leaving behind the baggage and galloping at full speed, it only took more than half an hour for the rolling peaks of Mangdang Mountain to appear in front of the Sui Army of Qi County. The result made the officers and soldiers of the Sui Army of Qi County ecstatic.

Not only did they immediately see the flag of their old rival Meng Rang's bandit army,

, and also saw that the enemy's rear team was in complete chaos and seemed to have lost command and control. Overjoyed, everyone in the Sui army cheered and charged more fiercely and swiftly. Luo Shixin and Mulan fought to let whose team enter the narrow area first.

Shandao, even got into a quarrel on the spot.

"Invite Luo Shixin to be the vanguard and take the lead on the mountain road." Zhang Xutuo, who knew that the mountain road was difficult to walk, decisively ordered, "Qin Qiong followed, followed by He Yanyu and Hua Mulan, and the rest of the team assembled in the open area. Wait for orders to come and capture some prisoners."

, I want to interrogate the confession.”

The order was conveyed, Mulan roared in disappointment, Luo Shixin, who was only fifteen years old, laughed wildly and led his team to rush into the mountain road first. Qin Qiong calmly led his troops to follow, followed by He Yanyu and Zhang Xu who looked reluctant and stern.

Tuo Ze asked the Chinese army to stay in the open area outside the mountain road. While letting the soldiers rest for a while, he waited for news about the enemy's situation. He prayed silently in his heart that his old rival Meng Rang would not have time to break through Chen Yingliang's interception.

The noisy shouts and cries came quickly, and became louder and more chaotic. Judging from the distance of the sound, Zhang Xutuo found that Luo Shixin's team was advancing very fast, and did not encounter any decent interception. It was completely

With overwhelming force, they rushed into the dense area of ​​Meng Rang's team. As a result, Zhang Xutuo was very surprised and said secretly: "Isn't that right? How come Meng Rang's team is in such a mess? There is not even one person leading the army to the rear?"

Zhang Xutuo's question was soon answered. The prisoners sent by Qin Qiong were all shabby and thin, and when they met, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, crying and praying for their lives.

Knowing that it was Meng Rang who had been recruited to serve as cannon fodder for the scapegoat, they suddenly understood why Luo Shixin advanced so quickly, and Zhang Xutuo also had a look on his face.

Something had changed, and he guessed that his old rival Meng Rang had deliberately sent these refugees to the rear, using their huge numbers to block the narrow mountain road and slow down his army's pursuit. His elite team then tried its best to attack the Qiaojun army's defense line, but his army was still

There is still a high chance that Meng Rang, his old enemy, will slip away from his eyes again

Worried, Zhang Xutuo hurriedly asked several prisoners for confessions, but the confessions given by several prisoners made Zhang Xutuo dumbfounded - these prisoners confessed that they had never seen it from beginning to end.

The half shadow of Qiaojun’s officers and soldiers was not even known at all

What happened in front of the road? I just heard the sudden sound of gongs, drums and horns in the mountain forest, and then heard that the mountain road was cut off. Leader Cao organized people to go forward to clear the mountain road, and then Zhang Xutuo's team came to kill them.

They were caught here for interrogation.

"The mountain road is broken?" Zhang Xutuo asked in shock: "Where is it broken?"

Several prisoners shook their heads and couldn't explain clearly. Only one prisoner timidly said that it seemed that it was broken at the location of the baggage train. Someone pushed down rocks and fell trees from the mountain. There were a large number of baggage cars blocking the mountain road, so it was difficult to clear it. Zhang Xu

Tuo was even more shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Then how did your family march? Where did Meng Rang and your cavalry walk?"

"Return to the officer, Sir, King Meng and the others are walking in the front." Several prisoners rushed to answer: "King Meng is leading the cavalry and armored soldiers in the front, the baggage team is walking in the middle, and we new soldiers are walking in the middle."

"Ah bastard——"

Zhang Xutuo suddenly roared and threw the riding whip in his hand to the ground, frightening several prisoners to the point of crying and howling. They quickly kowtowed and begged for their lives. The generals such as Fan Hu and Zhang Zhizhi beside him were surprised and asked the reason. Zhang Xutuo

He was furious and roared at the top of his lungs, "Does this boy Chen Yingliang want to intercept Meng Rang?

Want to give Meng Rang a chance to escape? Meng Rang put all his elite troops in front, and he actually cut off the connection between Meng Rang's front army and the middle and rear armies. What on earth did he want to do? He wanted to let these miscellaneous soldiers, baggage carts, and rolling stones fall.

Block our pursuit and allow Meng Rang's elite to take the opportunity to escape? What's the point of killing more of these miscellaneous soldiers?"

"Commander, Chen Yingliang may want to cut off the communication between Meng Rang's front army and the middle and rear armies, so that he can take the opportunity to deal with Meng Rang's elite troops with all his strength, so that the pressure on him can be reduced." Zhang Zhizhi quickly analyzed.

"He's dreaming," Zhang Xutuo roared with a livid face: "The rabble under his command can also stop Meng Rang's main elite force? No matter whether Meng Rang sends Wang Xin'e or Li Chou, he can do it with a single charge.

It’s not like you haven’t seen the elite group under Meng Rang’s men who overcame his interception. They can barely withstand even the frontal impact of our Bafeng Battalion, not to mention the more than two thousand recruits under Chen Yingliang?”

No matter how angry he was, it was useless. In order to fight for the last chance, Zhang Xutuo immediately sent someone to pass the order, ordering Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong and others to charge forward with all their strength, without worrying about how many enemies were killed, and without paying attention to those who took small paths to escape.

of stragglers,

Go forward with all your strength at any cost, as long as you can catch Meng Rang's elite troops. At the same time, in order to make Luo Shixin, Qin Qiong and other generals understand the importance of time, Zhang Xutuo must not let the messenger tell the important situation that Meng Rang's elite troops are in the front team.

To Qin Qiong and others.

After finally catching up with their old enemy Meng Rang, the friendly team took the wrong medicine and blocked the pursuit path. After hearing this news, Qin Qiong and He Yanyu, who have better tempers, inevitably roared with anger, let alone their personalities.

Luo Shixin and Hua Mulan were in a hurry, especially Luo Shixin, who was at the front. He took the lead and completely slaughtered innocent people, who died on his spear.

Although there are many enemies below, they are almost all miscellaneous soldiers, women and children who are not strong enough to resist. Killing them is not only useless but also offends their conscience. However, it is impossible not to kill them. Luo Shixin can only kill these miscellaneous soldiers, women and children with spears and knives.

Stepping on their corpses, they advanced in pursuit, rushed towards the denser crowd of soldiers in front, continued to kill innocent people, and walked on with difficulty, stepping on their corpses and blood.

It wasn't until he reached a road blocked by trees and rolling stones that Luo Shixin encountered some groups of bandits who could barely fight. As a result, he scattered the bandits who were escorting grain, grass and baggage with three strikes, five by five, and two by two.

Luo Shixin, who was covered in blood, had to organize soldiers to clear the road.

But not only had the troops from Qiaojun pushed down the place and it was blocked by rolling stones and fallen trees, but it was also blocked by Meng Rang's army's heavy grain trucks. How could it be possible to evacuate in such a hurry? Luo Shixin was so angry that he cried out in anger.

I screamed, but there was nothing I could do.

Qin Qiong, Mulan and others also led their troops to this place one after another to help clear the road for Luo Shixin. However, the mountain road was too narrow for the army to deploy, and the cleanup work was still slow to show results. Finally, Zhang Xutuo also led a team to the scene and saw

Zhang Xutuo was a little helpless with the mountains of rocks and trees piled up in front of him, so he had to ask Luo Shixin: "Have you heard any shouts of killing in front of you?"

"The cry of killing from the front?" Luo Shixin was stunned, then listened carefully, and then exclaimed: "There is no cry of killing"

"Oops, maybe Meng Rang has escaped." Zhang Xutuo complained loudly, and then yelled: "No more moving, just pile the things up and make a ramp across here. You don't need all the baggage and food. It's more important to chase Meng Rang."

"

After receiving Zhang Xutuo's order, Luo Shixin and others realized that they had got into trouble. In their anxiety, they forgot that since it was difficult to clean up the debris in a short time, it was better to just step on the debris and pat their foreheads. After being annoyed, the Qijun soldiers hurriedly took action.

They piled up ramps with eight feet, threw all the military grain bags on the debris, and piled up obstacle ramps. In order to get over the obstacles as quickly as possible, Qijun soldiers Yu Jian even used the enemy's corpses.

After wasting a lot of time, the Qijun soldiers finally paved a ramp to cross the roadblock. The impatient Luo Shixin was the first to cross the roadblock, and Zhang Xutuo followed him to the top and looked down the mountain road.

As a result, not even a single person was seen, only numerous ox carts and donkey carts loaded with baggage were left on the mountain road.

, many of the oxen and donkeys on the carts didn't even have time to untie them and take them away. It was obvious that the people driving the carts were walking in a hurry. Seeing this scene, Zhang Xutuo inevitably had a glimmer of hope and said: "The enemy even has the donkeys."

There was no time to take him away. He must have hurriedly retreated after realizing that we were approaching. Meng Rang might not have gone far yet, so hurry up and give chase."

The great pursuit with hope of survival started again, and this time Zhang Xutuo was still at the forefront on foot - the war horse had no way to cross the roadblock. Hua Mulan and Qin Qiong hurriedly protected him, while Luo Shixin couldn't wait to get in front again.

Arriving in front of Zhang Xutuo, the Qijun soldiers

They followed closely on foot. However, Zhang Xutuo and others had not walked forward for three miles when they suddenly heard the noise of singing coming from the front. When they listened carefully, they were even more surprised to hear that these songs turned out to be obscene.

Incomparably lewd songs and lyrics - such as Shibamo and the like.

Moving forward quickly, after turning around a small hill, Zhang Xutuo and others were dumbfounded to see, under the setting sun, on an open field in the mountains, countless Sui army soldiers who had been killed until their bodies were stained with blood were resting on the spot.

, next to the open space are piles of human heads and ordnance, as well as countless horses that are more expensive than gold.

In addition to the precious war horses, there were many soldiers who were fishing for something in a pond. A Sui general wearing Mingguang armor yelled beside the pond, "Are you fucking blind? Just step on that stone and fish it up quickly."

We will use such expensive things in the future, so don’t waste a piece of them.”

It is not that no Sui army officers and soldiers in this area saw the friendly troops arriving, but what kind of people led what kind of soldiers? When these soldiers saw Zhang Xutuo and others appearing, not only did they not stand up to greet the warning, but they all laughed loudly.

, laughed very happily, and some people whistled frivolously. At the same time, Mulan finally recognized the Sui general by the pond, and exclaimed: "Ma Sanbao, why is it you?"

"General Hua, why are you here just now?" Ma Sanbao had actually noticed the arrival of Hua Mulan and others, but deliberately pretended to be surprised. While coming over to salute, he said with a playful smile: "General Hua, I'm sorry.
To be continued...