After thinking about this, the sand sculpture raised his hand and said, "Lead people to retreat to the other side of the cliff."
The cliff is not a real cliff, it is just a gap between Qiliping and Nandoujiao Village. Because the gap is relatively steep, from the mountain road below, it looks like a line of sky, so it is called a cliff.
Sha Diao thought very simply. No matter what the purpose of those peasant soldiers marching in the middle of the night, since they encountered it, it was right to give these thieves a lesson. I had prepared some fire starters and planned to burn down the cottage. Now,
They had no choice but to go back to the cliff. Sand Sculpture asked people to get ready at the top of both sides of the cliff mountain road and wait for the peasant army to come. He Lin and Yuan Ma did not expect that there would be people blocking the road in front of them, so they walked along the cliff.
No precautions were taken.
In the middle of the day, a large group of people came to the cliff mountain road. He Lin was no stranger to this cliff mountain road. He ran back and forth three times during the day yesterday, but unfortunately he didn't even touch the enemy's hair. Because he was too familiar with it, he lost it.
On alert, more than ten thousand peasant troops entered from the north entrance of the mountain road, intending to cross the ridge and enter the vicinity of Fairy Terrace.
Ding, ding, ding, a slight sound came into his ears. He Lin was startled. He looked up and suddenly had a bad feeling. Could it be that he had encountered the enemy? The mountain road here is long and narrow, with two sides.
There are many steep cliffs on the sides. If there is an ambush, it will be a threat to the sky and the earth. Sometimes he is afraid of what will happen. He Lin just opened his mouth and planned to urge the team to speed up. There was a fire on both sides of the mountain road, and then
Countless figures stood on the cliff, and a big man carrying a ghost-headed sword grinned and said, "I was planning to burn down the mountain stronghold, but I didn't expect someone to come to my door. Brothers, please help the brothers down the mountain."
Light up the fire and make it lively."
The sulfur, hay and logs that had been prepared long ago were thrown down at once, and the torches were thrown down. In an instant, the south side of the mountain road was blocked by fire. With the fire, the sand sculpture did not delay, and people threw down the artemisia that had been obtained in advance. This
Once the Artemisia annua is burned, it has an insect repellent effect, but it is often accompanied by thick smoke and a pungent smell. It is the northwest wind now, the mountain road is narrow, the sides are high, and the wind is blowing fiercely in the mountain road.
Thick smoke poured straight to the north of the mountain road. In just one stick of incense, the entire mountain road was shrouded in smoke, and a group of rogue soldiers were so smoked that they shed tears and kept coughing.
He Lin hated these officers and soldiers, especially that idiot, who was really wicked.
The sand sculpture had been living on the grassland for several years before, and what he was best at was adding insult to injury. At this time, the peasant army turned into a mess and ran out shouting. Although there was thick smoke, it was difficult to see what was going on below, but as long as they moved
Just hold on to the stone and close your eyes and go down. There will always be an unlucky person who will be hit by the stone. A burst of stones flew, and the peasant army was crying for their fathers and mothers. They were waiting for He Lin to lead the people to take out the cliff mountain road. After a few people,
Not many people died, but most of them were bruised and swollen.
Sha Diao didn't want to kill too many people, because the Superintendent had already told him that His Majesty had issued an imperial decree and that the main thing to deal with the peasant army was to intimidate them and recruit them to surrender.
He Lin and Yuan Ma fled back to Nandoujiao Village in embarrassment. Because there was too much noise when they returned, many people were awakened. Even the always sleepy leader Cao Da ran out with his coat on. When he saw He Lin
Regarding the situation of Lin's soldiers, he turned pale with fright and said, "Brother He, Brother Yuan, what's going on?"
The concern on Cao Sheng's face didn't seem to be fake. At this time, He Lin and Yuan Ma blushed, but their faces were so dark that others couldn't see the change in their expressions. Yuan Ma spat and said with an ominous look on his face.
, "Forget it, I got news before that officers and soldiers were hiding in the cliff area, so a certain family and Brother He led the troops forward. Unexpectedly, the other party actually set a fire in front and lit some smoking objects. The brothers were
It’s so smokey.”
Yuan Ma didn't dare to tell the truth. If he told the truth, with Cao's petty temperament, wouldn't he immediately fall out?
The battle on the cliff mountain road made the peasant soldiers panic, especially Cao Sheng. He was afraid that Sha Diao would lead people to burn the village again, so he sent more than a dozen patrols in a row. Those rogue soldiers who were lucky enough to rest did not sleep well.
Safe, because most people are afraid of dying in the fire without knowing it. These days, the rogue soldiers have psychological shadows in their hearts. Those officers and soldiers seem to be good at setting fires.
In early February of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the people sent by Zhou Dingshan to Qiliping finally found the sand sculpture sleeping in a corner of the east peak. When he heard that Zhou Dingshan and Chen Yaofeng had arrived with most of their troops, the sand sculpture immediately said happily, "How many people are here?"
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"General Hui Sha, there are about 7,000 people. General Zhou hopes that General Zheng can lead the peasant army to Baichi Gorge on the east peak of Qiliping. General Zhou and General Chen will wait there with their men!"
"Okay, you go back and tell General Zhou that before noon, we will lead the rogue soldiers to Baichi Gorge!" Sha Diao has already guessed what Zhou Dingshan wants to do. In fact, he has had this idea before, but he doesn't have enough troops to do it.
Just implement it.
When Zhuang goes to the gorge and comes back, the natural danger cannot be instantaneous. Although Baichi Gorge is said to be a thousand feet tall, Baichi Gorge, also known as Baizhang Cliff, is known as the second most dangerous place in Qiliping, and in front of Baichi Gorge is the most dangerous place, Thousand Feet.
The Qianchi Building and the Baichi Gorge are connected like a long snake connected to its head. The road is rugged. If you are not familiar with the journey, you will probably be unlucky. As long as the rogue soldiers enter the Qianchi Building and the Baichi Gorge, they only need to
If the exit of Baichi Gorge is heavily guarded, and if someone seals the exit of Qianchi Building on the other side with huge rocks, no matter how many soldiers there are, they will not be able to cause any trouble.
Unless each of the rogue soldiers is a master of martial arts and can use Qinggong to fly down from the Baichi Gorge.
Sha Diao's tactic to lure the enemy is actually very simple. He only needs to send people to shout a few words and fire a few hidden arrows. Chief Cao immediately leads his people to rush over in anger. This time, even He Lin and Yuan Ma
He also bit the sand sculpture. The accident in Chou Shi was really embarrassing. He had to catch the sand sculpture to restore the situation. The rogue soldiers were not familiar with the terrain on the mountain.
The bandit soldiers led the bandits into the Qianchi Building and walked along the Tianshan Road. The bandit soldiers couldn't stop even if they wanted to. This was also due to the unique topography of the Thousand Feet Building. The mountain roads here are extremely steep, especially from the top up.
Going down is like riding a slide.
The terrain of Thousand Feet Building was so similar to the cliff mountain road that He Lin broke out in cold sweat and kept shouting to stop, but it was in vain. Leader Cao Da from behind kept shouting to capture the sand sculpture alive, along with a bunch of his men.
They rushed forward as if they were desperate. At noon, after the sand sculptures met Zhou Dingshan, Chen Yaofeng ordered people to fire arrows, while the soldiers of the Northern Shanxi Army waiting on the other side pushed down the prepared stones with a roar.
The sound filled the mountain path and instantly blocked the northern entrance of the narrow Thousand-foot Building. Some rocks even rolled down the steep mountain path. In the blink of an eye, several unlucky people were crushed under the huge rocks.
Cao Sheng was so frightened that his white hair stood up. At this moment, he also knew that he had been tricked by Sha Diaozi. In a place like this, if the officers and soldiers found a few round stones, the soldiers would not suffer heavy casualties? The leader
People rushed towards the Baichi Gorge. Although the Baichi Gorge was much wider than the Thousand Foot Tower, they were blocked by a hail of arrows halfway through.
He Lin's face turned black and white, white and black again. Those who didn't know thought he was worried or scared. But in fact, He Lin was angry with himself. When he was ugly, he was blocked by sand sculptures on the cliff mountain road and beat him wildly.
Once, I didn't expect that a day after this incident, I fell into the same trap again. Did he have a pig's brain?
The road back was blocked, archers and musketeers were waiting in front, and they had to be careful of stones that might be thrown down from both sides at any time. Now the 20,000 soldiers were really in trouble.
After blocking so many people at once, the sand sculpture was extremely happy. He lay on the top of the mountain holding a small stone and threw it towards Cao Sheng. "Cao Sheng, haven't you been quite majestic in the past two days? I have been chasing you all over the mountain.
How is it now?"
Cao Sheng's angry old face turned red, he slammed his ghost-headed sword on the ground, glared and said angrily, "Sha Diao, what on earth do you want to do?"
"What are you doing? I'll kill you." The sand sculpture was also on fire. Seeing that Cao Sheng was still showing off his power, he immediately took out a musket and wanted to kill Cao Sheng with one shot. Zhou Dingshan frowned and quickly reached out to stop him, "General Sha, please
Calm down, the Superintendent has orders to capture these people alive, especially this Cao Sheng, the Superintendent is still of great use!"
Sha Diao was not an unreasonable person, and Zhou Dingshan had spoken in person, so he had to give this face. He could only snort at Cao Sheng gloomily, "Cao, I'm taking advantage of you. If it weren't for the Superintendent, I would still be able to use you.
Sha will let you die without a burial now."
After waiting for the sand sculpture to retreat, Zhou Dingshan took an iron trumpet and shouted loudly, "People in the valley listen up, a certain Zhou Dingshan in northern Shanxi. Everyone must be aware of the current situation. As long as I give the order, there will be no more living things in the valley."
.Your Majesty and my supervisor do not want to cause more killings. Now I will give you a chance. Think carefully and either surrender or see the King of Hell."
For a while, the soldiers in the valley were whispering to each other and talking about it. It was obvious that the morale of the army had been lost. The expressions of He Lin and Yuan Ma changed. What should they do?
He Lin threw away his saber and shouted loudly, "A certain family has surrendered. I hope General Zhou will keep his word and don't hurt the lives of his brothers!"
He Lin took the lead, followed closely by Cao Sheng. The group of people all threw their swords and guns to the ground. Under the influence of He Lin and Cao Sheng, more people threw their swords and surrendered. Yuan Ma jumped up angrily, holding the ghost
The head knife yelled, "What are you going to do? Pick up the knife quickly. Leader Cao, how can you live up to King Chuang's trust by doing this?"
He Lin and Cao Sheng wanted to surrender, but Yuan Ma didn't want to. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he couldn't. Although Cao Sheng and He Lin were in the rebel army and fought against the imperial court, they had not done any serious evil, but Yuan Ma
However, he has a notorious reputation. Once he surrenders, he will surely settle the accounts with Yuan, as he has the temper to live up to the king of hell.
In short, surrendering would definitely mean death, but if you don't surrender, you can still fight. Therefore, Yuan Ma is the person in the valley who least wants to surrender.
Yuan Ma kept making noises, which made Cao Sheng annoyed. With a wink, several of his cronies rushed over and tied up Yuan Ma with their hands and feet. Yuan Ma whined and wanted to yell, but a leader next to him
He was already prepared, so he took something out of his pocket and stuffed a piece of rag into Yuan Ma's mouth. The rag had a strong smell that made Yuan Ma roll his eyes. No wonder Yuan Ma was like this, because
This was a footcloth, and since this guy had bad athlete's foot, the strange smell stayed on the footcloth.
Everyone in the valley was squatting on the ground, and all the swords and guns were concentrated at the mouth of the valley. Things went so smoothly that even Zhou Dingshan couldn't believe it. In fact, it is not difficult to understand. During this period, the peasant army suffered repeated defeats and its morale dropped.
When we reached the bottom of the valley, Shuiyin Mountain was captured and the road back to the south was cut off, which made people panic. Most of the people brought by Yuan Ma and Cao Sheng were recruited from Huguang. These people were homesick and the current situation
How could he still have the energy to fight against the imperial troops, so this situation is understandable.
Cao Sheng surrendered so decisively because he knew the situation of his soldiers and horses. He knew very well that if he did not surrender, he would definitely be killed by these guys whose morale had collapsed.
There were so many people who surrendered that Zhou Dingshan didn't know how to arrange it for a while. It would definitely not work to send them all to Fairy Terrace or to Heishui Valley. Now Heishui Valley still has Xu Ouduo's surrendered troops in custody. The surrendered troops are too
Too much is not a good thing. Once something unexpected happens and trouble occurs, it will be bad. After thinking about it for a while in the village, Zhou Dingshan asked someone to untie He Lin and Cao Sheng, and asked them to sit in the hall, and said calmly
He raised his eyebrows and said, "You two understand the righteousness very well, and Zhou has a deep understanding of it. Your Majesty has already made a decree, and the rebels are mostly common people who cannot survive, so unless it is absolutely necessary, do not cause more killings. My superintendent will obey your Majesty's wishes.
This is how I surrendered you all. I believe you all know the situation now. Let me tell you the truth. Gao Yingxiang cannot get out of Ziwu Valley. The supervisor has been planning for a long time. Soldiers and horses from all over Shaanxi have gathered in Ziwu Valley. Gao Yingxiang is unable to fly. I hope
You two can help appease some rebellious parties, but of course, you can also do nothing and accompany Gao Yingxiang to see the King of Hell."
He Lin and Cao Sheng, but these two are also opportunistic people. They cannot be used for great purposes, but they cannot be killed, because killing these two people will make it difficult to recruit and surrender in the future? All Zhou Dingshan can do is
Letting these two people go back can reduce the number of surrender troops and cause more chaos within the rebel party, which is a good result. And even if they go back, Gao Yingxiang will not trust them.
After listening to Zhou Dingshan's words, He Lin had already made plans in his mind. Hearing the meaning of the surname Zhou, it seemed that he did not want them to join the Northern Shanxi Army. This would be better. As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. If you are a member of the rebel army,
Isn't it better to be a leader than to be controlled by others in the Northern Shanxi Army? Of course, Zhou Dingshan also had a warning to do things well in the future. If you don't know how to promote, the consequences may not be so good.
After figuring out their joints, He Lin and Yuan Ma stood up and cupped their hands and said, "What General Zhou said is true. Please tell General Zhou to tell the supervisor that after we return, we will definitely do things according to General Zhou's instructions."
Zhou Dingshan didn't take what He Lin and Yuan Ma said to heart. What's the point of saying nice things? Zhou Dingshan didn't believe these two people's lies. In short, as long as these two people were still useful, there was nothing wrong with keeping them alive.