Cai Meng, who was outside the forest, looked high-spirited just now, but at this moment, when he heard the sudden and shocking sound of killing on the mountain, he was a little confused.
Logically speaking, it's time. Those damn rebels are no longer able to do anything. They can only wait until tomorrow to be completely wiped out.
"Haha, I understand." After thinking about it, Cai Meng laughed.
Someone next to me asked.
Cai Meng stretched out his hand and pointed, "I told you earlier, I, Cai Meng, am also familiar with the art of war. If not, how could I have achieved this huge military success? I tell you, this is a trapped beast for the rebels."
The fight. I knew there was no hope, so I thought of fighting to the death."
"But it's useless, it's useless. I, Cai Meng, have already laid out a dragnet. These thieves don't even have weapons and armor, how can they break up my army formation!"
"Send the order and quickly kill the rebels who broke out! Not even a fly can fly out! Don't forget that during the rebellion, military merit is the most valuable!"
Cai Meng was very confident, but how could some mud-legged seamen dare to block his army?
But it didn't take long for a piece of information to arrive, causing Cai Meng to stagger a few steps in shock.
According to intelligence, the Mufeng tribe of Shanyue people has joined the rebels in rebellion. Relying on their familiarity with the mountains and forests, although their numbers are small, they are extremely ferocious.
"The Mufeng Tribe...damn it, I, Cai Meng, am so confused!" Cai Meng's face turned pale, "The Mufeng Tribe is Fefu's own tribe! If I had known this, I would have wiped out the Mufeng Tribe too!
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"General! The rebels on the west side of the mountain forest fought fiercely. They took advantage of the mountain and used fire to break up our army's formation!"
"What kind of fire? It's just some burned wooden stakes." Cai Meng gritted his teeth. Unconsciously, a chill rose from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He had been thinking about military merits before. In fact, if the suppression of bandits failed, his fate would be more serious. Not only would he be dismissed from his post, but he would also lose his life.
"Quick, there's no need to surround the mountain now. Gather the troops together and kill them all! Kill all the rebels tonight!"
Although the safest decision was made, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and before the army surrounding the mountain could gather in for reinforcements, more and more gaps were opened, and the bloody path was already being fought.
"General Cai, the rebels are about to break out! If these people are allowed to go into the mountains, it will be even harder to hunt them down!"
"What, what's going on?" Cai Meng was startled, and when he raised his head, his face turned pale.
In the mountains and forests at this time, more and more corpses were rolling down from time to time. There were sea people, warriors from the Mufeng tribe, and Shu soldiers, but most of them were the corpses of the counter-rebels.
Along with it, there were also those simple fires that hit a certain stone tip and were smashed into pieces.
To avoid forest fires, Lu Xiong did not abuse these fires. Instead, he was very wise and stopped immediately after tearing apart the enemy's encirclement and suppression.
But even so, there were still a lot of fires in nearby places.
Under the flames soaring into the sky, the fighting between the two sides was far from ending. It seemed like a formidable enemy that would never stop fighting. The two sides fought to the death, with heads and blood drops splattering all around from time to time.
Even Fei Xiu, regardless of his frail body, raised his wooden stick and, protected by others, knocked a Wuzhou junior general to death.
"Old leader, General Lu of Western Shu told us to retreat deep into the mountains and forests first."
Fei Xiu's expression was unwilling. He turned his head and looked at the counter-rebel camp under the mountain forest. He was so eager for revenge that he almost couldn't help but give the order and rush down the mountain.
But he finally held it back and held back the tears in his eyes. The leader of the Mufeng tribe turned around bitterly, followed Lu Xiong with only six or seven hundred warriors left, and prepared to go deep into the mountains and forests.
retreat.
Lu Xiong told him that avenging Feifu was not only a matter for the Mufeng tribe, but also for the entire Western Shu.
"Retreat, lead the way for the army, and enter the mountains first!" Fei Xiu shouted in a hissing voice.
After killing two or three groups of enemy troops, the vast number of troops, whether they were Shu soldiers, Haimin people, or Shanyue people from the Mufeng tribe, followed the breakout opening and hurriedly retreated into the mountains.
There was a counter-rebellion battalion that wanted to be chased, but they had just chased them out two miles away. In the dark night, a large number of them were immediately shot and killed by Fu Gong, who was hidden.
Outside the mountains and forests, Cai Meng was so angry that he stamped his feet after receiving the information. Once the rebels entered the mountains, it would be even more difficult to suppress the rebellion.
"Chase, keep chasing! Catch them!" After hesitating again and again, Feife gave the order desperately. He was worried that if he lost the target, he would have to spend a lot of effort to detect the traces.
"No, General Cai! Don't chase the poor bandits!"
"I can't care less! I'm waiting for more than 30,000 people to quell the rebellion. If nothing is done, the Lord will definitely be furious! At worst, after you return to the states, you can recruit new troops to replenish the number. I have done this before.
No problem.”
Under Cai Meng's persuasion, the order was quickly conveyed, and there were only more than 20,000 counter-rebellion troops left. They could only continue to obey the order and pursue the rebels in the direction they left.
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"Idiot, this mediocre general!"
tread.
A strong horse stopped steadily as the reins were tightened. Kang Zhu, who was on the horse, took the secret report in his hand and only took a few glances before he couldn't help but curse.
"Cai Meng, a fool, missed a big deal! He dared to encircle the mountain because he was not well-equipped! It was enough to encircle the mountain, but the number of spies sent out first was less than a hundred. What kind of general is he!"
Kang Zhu closed his eyes and coldly tore the secret letter into pieces.
At this time, there was still a long way to go before the front line to suppress the bandits. However, he had already heard a lot of bad news one after another. Presumably, his master on the front line would also receive the information soon.
Cai Meng is really a fool. Do you really think that there are no eyes and ears for the Lord in the counter-rebellion army?
"Cai Meng missed a big event." Kang Zhu muttered and repeated it again.
"Send two fast horses and tell Cai Meng that the remaining counter-rebel troops must not act rashly and wait for my general to pass."
"General, what if Cai Meng doesn't obey orders?"
Kang Zhu sneered, "Then ask him, in the three states of Dongling, can what I, Kang Zhu, say still count?"
The bodyguard took the order and galloped forward on horseback.
Kang Zhu sighed, turned around, and looked in the direction of Kezhou. This series of things were actually connected together, and Xishu was the connecting line.
The rebellion in Wuzhou, the murder of Feifu, the feigned attack by Cripple, the confrontation in Kezhou, the rebellion of the Mufeng tribe... the entire Dongling has become a mess.
For the first time, Kang Zhu found himself feeling helpless.
According to Wen Shi's advice, a counselor named Rong Lu once advised his lord not to allow King Liang to enter the mausoleum. The lord did not listen. In the short period of time when King Liang entered the mausoleum, so many disasters had already occurred.
Kang Zhu didn't dare to think about what Dongling would be like in the future. Unless he could defeat Yuan Song as quickly as possible and occupy the three states of Donglai, he would have a chance to boost the morale in Dongling.
"Whoever wants to take advantage of the three states of Dongling, please respectfully step on my corpse, Kang Zhu!"
"march!"
Kang Zhuhu roared, leading the men and horses secretly dispatched from Li Ducheng, and continued to run forward on the long official road.