The battlefield was quickly cleaned up, and a total of more than 1,500 corpses were found, and the Xian army wounded a negligible dozen people, which was almost an unprecedented victory.

Walking on the blood-soaked dirt, the air filled with the smell of sulfur and nitrate left after the explosion, Su Hong was counting the loot he had captured:

"Su Hong, how is this seizure?"

"General Qiyu, most of these white-haired thieves were scared to pee, and when they fled, they threw away their armor and left a lot of weapons, only more than 2,000 light bows were seized, seven or eight hundred long swords and spears, and a lot of arrows, sulfur and saltpeter. I don't know if these white-haired thieves dare to attack us again with such an explosion. ”

"For the time being, I guess I won't be back. However, I thought that they would not rest on their laurels, and ordered the battalions to withdraw to five miles east of the cofferdam as soon as the battlefield was cleared. ”

"General, our army has black powder in hand, why don't you just attack the west bank and drive them across the lake!"

"If they had crossed the lake, they would not have dared to come. The generals expected that as soon as our army retreated, they would inevitably build a high fortification on the west bank and seal us up in the valley. Therefore, if the retreating troops can lead them to cross the outer lake and invest troops to build the barracks, is it not clear what the result will be at that time? ”

"Oh, the general is really a good plan. In this short period of time, the West Bank will be built into a wall, not to mention 20,000 or 30,000 men! ”

Bai Liyan judged that the Jin Xuedi people lost again this time, and they did not dare to advance again in the short term, and if he withdrew like this, the Jin Xuedi people were very likely to build a fortress on the west bank of the outer lake, from south to north, seeking to seal the Xian army in the valley, and besiege it for a long time to choose the opportunity to do a decisive battle. Even if it is attacked, the result is still the same, and it is inevitable to be drowned.

Having made up their minds, the Xian army quickly withdrew from the battlefield and retreated westward again, retreating to the woods five miles east of the cofferdam.

The cofferdam is rammed, the dam is as high as three zhang, the thickest part of the dam body is seven zhang, the water is stored in two and a half zhang, and the river flows downstream along the gap between the cofferdams.

In order to prevent the Jinxuedi people from discovering the upstream water storage, Bailiyan used the method of storing water layer by layer, raising the gap between the cofferdams layer by layer, so that the river water could flow downstream through the gap between the cofferdams, so that the downstream water would not be cut off because of the upstream water storage, which aroused the suspicion of the Jinxuedi people.

The news of the retreat of the Salty army once again put Etis in a dilemma, and there was little doubt that it was a trap set by the Salty army again. The generals discussed a lot, and some people were unwilling to fail and persuaded them:

"Your Excellency, since the beginning of the war in Cupigon, our army has lost more than 16,000 people, and the consuls and executors have been constantly urging our army to achieve results, and the stalemate continues, which may be extremely detrimental to your prestige in the municipal council.

The subordinates thought that since the matter had come to this, it was better to attack them, as long as they were all annihilated, it was not necessarily impossible to pay some casualties.

Moreover, the rebels have amazing weapons in their hands, as long as they are annihilated, they can be used by our army, and it is not in vain that the soldiers will fight and sacrifice bloodily. ”

"I also agree, according to the information I got earlier, their food can last for half a year, and now that there are casualties, they will only hold out longer. And the hundreds of thousands of troops of our army are gathered here, and the troops in Po Song Province are extremely empty, and once they are taken advantage of by other mob rebels, the consequences are incalculable. Your Excellency, Commander, you should fight quickly. ”

The main fighters under the tent occupied the upper peak, and Etis flipped through the map and asked:

"Did the scouts who went to the south, north, and west of Cupigon find anything else?"

"Commander Qiyu, all the paths into the mountains need to go over the mountains and mountains, and the army can't pass through."

"Since there is no second way, build a fortress on the West Bank and trap them inside. I don't believe it, I can't starve them to death! Tomorrow send men to occupy the hills on both sides of the west bank to prevent the rebels from attacking our army from a high position, and then build a fortress between the two mountains five miles west of the west bank, from south to north. Build one first, then build it step by step to the west, and one day it will be built into the Cupugon Valley."

As expected, Etis began to transport the materials needed to build the city to the west bank the next day, and at the same time built watchtowers on the hills to the north and south.

"General, the scout has come to report that Jin Xuedi has crossed the outer lake in a big way, as if he wants to build a city fortress!" Su Hong said quickly.

"How many of them are there?"

"Fourteen or five thousand, plus the defenders at the bridgehead, seventeen or eight thousand."

"Go, bring me Fang Liang!"

"No!"

When he was young, Fang Liang came:

"Chief, what do you command?"

"General Fang, has Ding Quan been abnormal recently?"

"Yes, yes, often mingling with other slanderers of the chief."

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan smiled disapprerovingly, and said the next moment: "That's right, don't say that these individuals are all of them, at least quite a few of them are thieves in the Central Plains." So General Ben has already thought of a plan to get rid of it, is General Fang willing to give it a try? ”

Fang Liang's heart was stunned, but he saw the ruthlessness on Bai Liyan's face. He asked cautiously:

"Can the chief explain?"

"You come here......"

Bai Liyan pulled Fang Liang closer to his side and whispered, Fang Liang was shocked when he heard the news:

"This ......"

"What, General Fang is unwilling?"

"No, it's not, it's just that this black light is blinding, if one person gets lost, won't he die in vain."

"Therefore, General Ben has secretly made arrangements, and General Fang only needs to act according to the order, and there will be no one who dies in vain."

"Alright then, I'll go and arrange it right away."

In the afternoon of the same day, Bailiyan transferred all the new soldiers in the valley and on the cofferdam to the camp east of the cofferdam, and all the old soldiers in the new camp were transferred to the cofferdam to wait for the battle.

At night, several piles of firewood were piled up on the cofferdam, and in the dead of night, the warning signal stood out:

"There is a sneak attack, the white-haired thief sneaks up on ......"

The sound of the drumming shouted hoarsely, and the battle horn suddenly rose in a short time, and the trumpet sound was deafening. Fang Liang knew that it was a plan, so he cooperated with Bailiyan's action, and also clamoured:

"There are many white-haired thieves, brothers, evacuate quickly!"

At the instigation of Fang Liang, the newly organized Xinding quickly collapsed and rushed to retreat westward.

At the same time, Jiang Jie stood on the cofferdam, and saw the firelight on the mountainside five miles away about to move, knowing that it was a secret message from Bailiyan.

"Come on, light the fire!"

"No!"

The old soldier of the Xianjun lit a row of bonfires, the fire was violent, and the burning was red, Fang Liang fled on the way west at this time, and saw a row of bonfires on the cofferdam, and instantly understood Bailiyan's intentions in his heart. Thinking of this, Fang Liang shouted:

"The front is safe in the firelight, all the brothers retreat to the firelight, and use people to pass down, quickly!"

Thousands of people rushed for their lives, swarming towards the cofferdam, but a small group of people, walking against each other, took advantage of the chaos and darkness to flee eastward.

Bai Liyan, Su Hong, Lu Gao and others stood on the mountainside and watched the situation change, and in the second half of the night, an old man came to report that about forty or fifty people fled eastward while it was dark.

"General, it's really clever, these rabbit cubs really ran for their lives."

Su Hong said with admiration, and Bai Liyan smiled coldly:

"Hehe, their master is in trouble, they have to take care of it, otherwise tens of thousands of people died overnight, how can they explain to their master in the future, how can the Jin Xuedi people let their family go, they will have to be taken care of by the Jin Xuedi people, so they must risk death to report the news.

But I really didn't expect that among the more than 10,000 people, there were forty or fifty Central Plains thieves, if it was more than four or five hundred thousand Central Plains people in this Posong Province, if it was according to this ratio, there would be at least two thousand Central Plains thieves, and the number was so large that it was impossible to prevent it.

It is not even ruled out that there are a very small number of thieves in the Central Plains who did not flee eastward and continued to fish in troubled waters among our army. ”

"Remember!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and their hearts were full of admiration.

Bailiyan's trick not only drove out most of the Central Plains thieves, but also got a good reputation, without a single shot, not a drop of blood, once the gate was opened and the water was released, none of these Central Plains thieves who fled for their lives could escape.

After Fang Liang and thousands of others fled under the cofferdam, Jiang Jie and a group of old soldiers lit torches on both sides to illuminate the dirt road rammed on both sides of the cofferdam.

"General Fang Liang, the general has an order, all battalions will be stationed on the spot tonight, count the personnel of each battalion, and report all the missing posts, there must be no mistakes!" Jiang Jie said expressionlessly, and now he is also a capable officer under Baili Yan who can take charge alone.

Fang Liang looked around, still out of breath, and there was no trace of Baili Yan, he asked carefully:

"Little general, where's the chief?"

"The general has his own important things to do, and I also ask General Fang Liang to act according to the order, and there must be no mistakes."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Jie ordered the old pawn to distribute half of the torch to Fang Liang, and then took the three hundred old pawns to join Bailiyan:

"My lord, Jiang Jie was ordered to arrive!"

"How's it going on the cofferdam?"

"There are 400 old pawns, and nothing goes wrong."

"Excellent! Order, from south to north, lined up on the spot to guard, through the vigilance of the arrest and seizure, resisting to kill! ”

"No!"

At this time, more than 40 people who had escaped from eight or nine miles of land, after running wildly, suddenly found that the situation was wrong:

"Why did you all run out!" Ding Quan was shocked.

"You can't escape!"

"There seem to be a dozen more to the north."

When everyone was surprised, they stopped, and they all gathered together to know some and those who didn't:

"You are all from the Fanmin Secret Investigation Academy?"

Ding Quan asked, and another person looked around and said:

"There seem to be two not, what is the situation of your escape."

"I heard about the attack on the camp, and I escaped while there was chaos, you won't be too!"

"Oh no, I ran all the way, I didn't even have a figure, we were fooled!"

"What then, they're going to flood soon."

"Let's hurry up, it's too late to go back."

After some discussion, everyone exterminated the four non-Fan people, and quickly fled to the outer lake.

At dusk, Fang Liang counted the number of people and found that there were forty-six people missing, and Ding Quan was impressively listed:

"Chief, Ding Quan and forty-five others are missing."

"Yes, it seems that people's hearts are unpredictable, General Fang should take this as a warning, don't go astray and fall into the tricks of villains."

"Fang Liang will definitely live up to the mission of the leader."

Fang Liang learned the etiquette of the Central Plains and gave a slight salute, and Baili Yan waved his hand:

"You can't talk about your mission, you have to be a person with a conscience, you have to be worthy of your parents, wives and children, and your brothers. Since Ben Jiang went south, he has been not thin on such brothers, and he has never been slack off among those who fled last night, but this is the case, no one has reported and exposed Ben Jiang within half a year, and his heart can be punished. When he invades the city, he will slay all these wicked thieves to the end of the trouble.

Now, you immediately lead all the soldiers in the new battalion over the cofferdam. ”

"Yes!"