The main force of Pei Xiaoer led the army to reach the foot of Shaoqiuling Mountain in half a night, and at this time the battle between Wang Daozhi's brave army and Deng Qi's Sichuan army had already deteriorated.

The suicide squad that climbed to the top of the mountain from the small road, took advantage of the fact that all the Sichuan Army were attracted by the main force of Wang Daozhi attacking at the foot of the mountain and suddenly came out from behind, actually caught Deng Qi and others off guard. When the Sichuan Army was shocked, the suicide squad seized the opportunity, bullied him in front of him, and killed dozens of Sichuan Army soldiers in a row.

Immediately afterwards, Deng Qi also reacted. Although he didn't expect that the Pei family army would touch the top of the mountain without knowing it, his good psychological quality still allowed him to make the right choice at the first time. "Cao Yingqiu, you lead a thousand people to guard the mountain road, don't let the main force of the thieves attack the top of the mountain. The rest of them followed me to kill the group of thieves who climbed to the top of the mountain."

"kill!!!"

The two sides fought, but they didn't care about the formation, so they rushed together and fought.

The Pei family army climbed up from the vines and reached the top of the mountain, and one of them was not allowed to reach the top of the mountain. On the other hand, although the Sichuan Army was in a mess, the armor they had been wearing was also lost on the way to escape. They were dressed in tattered clothes, and the only thing they could rely on was the sword that they had always been reluctant to throw away in their hands.

However, the Sichuan Army had one of the biggest advantages, that is, the army was 6,000 people on the top of the mountain, and the number was nearly twenty times that of the sneak attack. The difference was so great that even if the Pei family's suicide squads fought against ten, they could not organize the battle situation to slide to the Sichuan Army little by little.

"Why has General Wang's main force not attacked yet?" During the battle, a soldier was covered in four swords, bleeding continuously, and his increasingly weak body could not resist. The long swords that were chopped from all directions asked in despair.

However, no one answered his question. Almost every robes need to face five to six enemy troops at the same time. At this tense moment, even breathing is almost forgotten. How can I still have time to think about this question?

The war continued, and the soldier who had just asked the question had been killed at this time. On the road up the mountain, the Pei family army led by Wang Daozhi himself also killed the last enemy on the steep slope and finally attacked the deadly steep slope that blocked them all day long.

However, before the soldiers who had just attacked the steep slope took a breath, a bang was heard, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had cracked, shocking the fields. On the steep slope, the place where the Pei family army stood was standing like a balloon hammer, stones, soil, wood, and the broken bodies of the Pei family soldiers mixed in between, evaporated with a thick smoke.

"Why does Deng Yan have gunpowder?" Pei Xiaoer, who had just arrived, was pulling Hu Shi'an to discuss the battle situation. Suddenly, he heard the sound of explosive explosion. He looked in the sound and was stunned when he saw this heroic scene. An uncontrollable anger filled his heart. "What is Wang Daozhi doing? He dares to attack rashly without even investigating such important information?"

Hu Shi'an remained silent. He could not answer, and told him that they didn't know that the Sichuan Army had so much gunpowder despite such a mess. Wang Dao made a mistake in command and attacked rashly. These were not good, and the only thing he could do was silence.

Seeing Hu Shian silent, Pei Xiaoer could only suppress his anger and asked: "Hu Shian, why did Wang Daozhi attack rashly? Just because he wanted to take down the Sichuan Army before me, fortunately, the Pei family army would seek credit and reward?"

Hu Shi'an had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "General, General Wang, I heard that General Wang caught a mountain citizen and learned from the mountain people that a small road up the mountain was a little road. He might feel that he was attacking from the front and back, but he could take down the Sichuan Army on the top of the mountain in the shortest time, so he would attack rashly."

A mountain citizen in the mountain? Pei Xiaoer frowned, and he had a bad premonition. He ordered: "Where is the mountain citizen? Take him to see me."

"Yes." Hu Shian nodded, came to the side, and ordered a subordinate to bring the mountain citizen over.

Wang Daozhi did not fully believe what the mountain people said. Even after the mountain people pointed out a small path to him, he did not relax. Then he had to give him the opportunity to give him the remaining silver and sent someone to take care of the mountain people and wait until Pei Xiaoer's interrogation.

When the mountain people were pressed over, they still struggled to make a fuss and said: "I have brought your people to the top of the mountain, why don't you let me go?"

Pei Xiaoer looked at the so-called mountain citizen who was making a name for himself and asked: "You only have one chance to tell me who you are and why do you want to deceive us."

"Mr. Jun. Why don't I understand what you said? The villain is just a mountaineering man here. The general said that if I take his soldiers to the top of the mountain, I will reward me with silver. I have sent his people to the top of the mountain as agreed, but he will not give me silver, not say anything, and have to detain me. I wonder what mistake I have made?"

As the mountain man spoke, his expression was a little unnatural and he avoided Pei Xiaoer's glasses. His whole body trembled unconsciously. He swept his right hand inadvertently several times around his waist.

"Dare you still dare to argue?" Pei Xiaoer laughed in anger, "Your eyes are erratic, which means you are lying. There are thick calluses on your right palm, which means you are used to using weapons."

"This general, what you said is wrong. I am a herbal man in the mountains, so I naturally have to carry weapons with you to defend myself, otherwise the jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains will not eat me." The mountain citizen argued.

"Hmph, I think I'm smart, so your right hand swept across your waist. I guess it's because you're used to hiding the knife around your waist? Ordinary herb collectors use self-defense objects, but none of them miss you." Pei Xiaoer snorted coldly.

"You..." The mountain man looked at Pei Xiaoer in disbelief. You had been talking for a long time but didn't say a word.

"Come on, drag down and torture and interrogate everything he knows." Pei Xiaoer said impatiently.

The personal guard pulled the mountain people aside. Soon, the crackling sound of whips and screams mixed with these unlike voices came. Just listening to them made people shudder. You can imagine the intensity of the personal guard's interrogation.

Pei Xiaoer specially prepared several Jinyiwei who escaped from the Jinyiwei in order to quickly learn about the true nature of some things in this way with the professional interrogation methods of Jinyiwei.

In front of such professional interrogators, almost no one could withstand half an hour, and this mountain citizen was no exception. In less than two quarters of an hour, a personal guard ran over and reported to Pei Xiaoer: "General, if that person is recruited, they are not mountain citizens on the mountain at all."

Speaking of this, the guards hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "To be precise, they are mountain people on weekdays. When there are passers-by, they will do whatever they can rob money and extortion."

"Oh? Let's talk about it in detail."

"yes"

According to the explanation of the people of the mountain, the terrain of Shaoqiuling was not very steep. Only Beishan was a cliff. Most of the other three sides of the east and west were smooth, especially the east, which was the best place to go. In these hundreds of mountains, it was only the higher one among the small hills in the center.

But I don’t know when it started. Some people outside the mountain either fled taxes, service, military disasters, or simply wanted criminals from the government. They gradually hid deep in the Baizhong Mountains and gradually developed into a small mountain village.

The mountain villages often fail to eat, so in order to survive, the mountain people had no choice but to do business that was not enough. Over time, they survived under such a difficult condition as Baichong Mountain.

But if you do too much robbery, you will always become suspicious in your heart, fearing that when you wake up, the villages on the mountain will be surrounded by the government. Later, in order to avoid the pursuit of the court, the mountain people began to break ground on both sides of the east and west, dig up the mountain roads and set up roadblocks. Over time, they actually dug the inconspicuous Shaoqiu Ridge into a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the mountains left on the south are accessible, they also have a large number of rolling wood stones.

However, no matter how good the defense is, it requires excellent defense from the defenders, otherwise these are just a bunch of dead objects. These mountain people have plundered too much, but they have not faced the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers at once. Over time, the mountain people's vigilance will inevitably be a little relaxed. In addition, the leisurely environment in the mountains has long lost the vigilance of the mountain people, so they were easily attacked by the Sichuan army to the top of the mountain.

The accumulation results of the past century have been all cheaper than Deng Yan and his Sichuan Army. Otherwise, the Sichuan Army who suddenly went up the mountain would not have set up the defense so tightly in a short period of time.

This so-called mountain citizen became the second in command of the mountain village with his first-hand medical skills and had a certain status in the village. If he had not left the mountain village for the sake of herb collection this time, he would have been taken over by Deng Yan.
Chapter completed!