The sound of the explosion in the outer mountains was deafening, Bailiyan heard the movement and looked to the southeast, and when he saw the thick smoke, he sneered:

"Sure enough, I still hit the trick."

Putting away the binoculars, he immediately ordered:

"Jiang Jie, order all units of the guard battalion to return to the outer mountains immediately on heavy pack horses to recapture all the mountains."

"No!"

……

"Tian Peng!"

"In"

"Order you to lead the vanguard battalion and the guard battalion back to the outer mountains to seize the main peak, and be sure to hold on until our army arrives."

"Okay."

"Remember, follow the guard battalion, watch out for the tripwires under your feet, don't blow up your own people."

"Oh......"

Tian Peng answered, turned around and rode a Jianbao horse, and led the pioneer battalion to the southeast.

The vanguard battalion is about 500 people, equipped with high-quality war horses, the rear guard battalion is the mountain attack battalion replaced by the right battalion, and the baggage and wounded battalions go slowly, still four miles behind the army, the baggage battalion is equipped with four-wheeled baggage vehicles and thousands of pack horses, of course it is not good to act as cavalry, but it is more than enough to carry people.

Zhou Kong is a smart person and understands this truth, so he must wait for the Xian army to go far away before sending troops to seize the mountain, but who knows that Baili Yan will feint to attack Zhaocheng with a gun.

Explosions occurred one after another on the outer mountain, and the mountain was filled with flames and toxic gases produced by sulfur phosphorite, and countless people died. The rebel general Guo Ping was seriously wounded and was carried down the mountain and dragged to the mountain camp. Seeing Zhou Kong, Guo Ping complained bitterly about his painful experience:

"General Zhou, the brothers died too miserably......"

"What's going on, isn't there no Xian army on the mountain!" Zhou Kong asked urgently, and his heart was very angry.

"Soon after the last general went into the mountain, the thunder exploded around him, and then everywhere, and it was fire and poisonous smoke, and the brothers had no time to hide."

"And how many men do you have under your command?"

"Occupy twelve hills, go up more than 1,800 people, and now there are less than 1,100 dead and wounded......

Before Guo Ping's words fell, Wang Cheng fled back to the camp with blood on his face:

"Newspaper, report to General Zhou, Xianjun... The Xian army has come back to slaughter, and the brothers have suffered heavy losses, and they must not be able to withstand it! ”

"Damn Baili Yan!" Zhou Kong scolded: "Little lotus seed! ”

"In!"

"Hurry up and transfer Liu Damao and Zhang Yao back to me."

"No!"

……

"Wang Cheng, quickly withdraw all the brothers from the outer mountains into the mountains, go quickly."

"Yes!"

Liu Damao, Zhang Yao two thousands of people have drilled back to the tunnel, is returning to Zhaocheng Road, the speed of the tunnel march is far less than the ground march, more than ten miles round trip is 20 miles, the time required is twice that of the ground march, the more people, the more turbid the air, the more scarce the oxygen, is not conducive to the back and forth transfer of troops.

At the same time, Wang Cheng, Zhang Ergou, and Guo Ping suffered heavy losses, with more than one-third of the casualties, and after Tian Peng led thousands of troops to the outer mountains, everyone was covered with water-soaked masks, and the rebels on the mountain were defeated with only one charge.

"Master Qiqi, Tian Peng came to report that most of the outer mountains have been recovered." Jiang Jie said quickly.

"Very good, the herald ordered Tian Peng to take advantage of the victory to pursue, advance two hundred steps into the mountain, and capture all the mountains within two hundred steps."

"No!"

Instructed Jiang Jie, Bai Liyan and Gu Zhongdao:

"General Gu Zhong, immediately lead the front army back to the outer mountains to meet Tian Peng."

"The last general commands!"

After Gu Zhong left, Zhao Anling rode to the front:

"Master Hou's plan is not clever, it took a lot of effort to break the legs of the three armies for just three or two thousand people, and the soldiers secretly don't know how to scold the deputy marshal."

"What Mr. Zhao said is really light, and only three or two thousand people are also the result of the battle. Knock out 3,000 taels today, knock out 3,000 taels tomorrow, 10 days and half a month is 30,000 or 20,000, this is the method of adding up to a lot.

I think that when we conquered the barbarian land in the south, our army only had more than 2,000 people, and if it wasn't for killing hundreds or thousands of people piecemeal, how could we have today's achievements. ”

"Hehe, Hou Ye uses soldiers to cherish his life, and it is difficult for the soldiers in the world to come out of Hou Ye's right."

"Mr. Zhao will also be able to slap his horse."

"Eh, this is An Ling's heartfelt words, not flattery."

At this time, the Baili Yan horsewhip pointed to the southeast:

"Sir, look at the southeast mountains, Tian Peng should have easily entered the mountains, the surnamed Zhou saw that he couldn't hold on, he must have put the people and horses into the mountains to hold on, it can be seen that this person is very decisive in using soldiers, and he will never be overwhelmed by the gains and losses of a soldier, and there are not many people who can have such a heart for generals."

"But Master Hou didn't expect that he would have to make this move, so Tian Peng only took two hundred steps to prevent him from falling into the trap of the rebels."

"It is precisely that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the most difficult thing to grasp is the way to advance and retreat, if you can't advance and retreat in a certain way, the victory that has already been achieved will be in vain. Let's go back to the outer mountains and set up camp. ”

Soon after Tian Peng attacked, Gu Zhong led his troops to reoccupy the position in the outer mountains, and the Xian army camped again in the outer mountains before dusk.

"Jiang Jie, what are the casualties of Gu Zhong and Tian Peng?"

"Back to Hou Ye, up to now, twenty-seven people have been killed, one hundred and eighty-four people have been wounded, and no serious injuries have been made. At present, more than 1,800 corpses of rebels have been found, and the rest of the corpses that have gone deep into the mountains have not been counted, but conservatively estimated that more than 2,000 people should be killed, captured, or surrendered. ”

"Order Tian Peng, give up the occupied mountain, and return the men and horses to the outer mountain before dark."

"No!"

Before dark, Tian Peng withdrew to the outer mountains one after another, and Zhou Kong was about to fight back, but it was empty, and Bailiyan did not give her a chance to fight back and retaliate.

"General Zhou, the Xian army has withdrawn to the outer mountains, what should we do?" Xiao Lianzi asked in a hurry, her eyes full of panic and panic between her words.

Zhou Kong was angry and didn't speak, holding it in her stomach and couldn't vent, she knew very well at this time that her skills were not as good as others, and she was evil in Bailiyan, and it was useless to blame anyone.

"What are the casualties of the battalions?"

"More than 2,100 brothers did not return, and 1,500 people were wounded, and yesterday we lost 7,000 people inside and out."

"Alas......" Zhou Kong looked up to the sky and sighed, and angrily plunged his sword into the ground: "Let the brothers withdraw to the camps, and the wounded brothers will be transported back to the city as soon as possible to rescue." ”

"Yes!"

Without waiting for Xiaolianzi to turn around and leave, Wang Cheng came to report in a panic:

"Zhou... General Zhou, the hateful Xian army and... Cooking chicken soup in the outer mountains again, Liu Chao and Qi Da also shouted for Xianjun, and shouted while eating, asking us to surrender. ”

"Hmph, Bailiyan is really treacherous and despicable." Zhou Kong gritted his teeth and was full of anger, but he was stunned: "Let the battalions watch closely, whoever dares to run, Ben will pick his food guy." ”

"No!"

But that night, more than 200 people still ran to the Xianjun camp overnight.

At the same time, the cannon outside Lintai City rumbled, Xiao Qu advanced the soldiers and horses to a place only two miles away from the Shentong camp, and the twelve catties of artillery shelled day and night, either empty artillery or live ammunition, and from time to time sent troops to harass at night, nailing the rebels firmly to Lintai City ten miles away and unable to move.

"Heavenly King, the other twenty-five heaven-shaking fires of the Xian army will arrive in Lintai soon, and our army's sky-shaking fires can't reach them, continue to confront each other, the Xian army's sky-shaking fires are extremely accurate, and the war will only become more and more unfavorable to our army."

Song He said carefully, for fear of attracting the wrath of the supernatural powers. On the side, Shen Duchi also said:

"The Xian army launched more than 3,000 12-pound projectiles today, killing and wounding hundreds of our troops, coupled with attacks from time to time, the last general also thought that it was not a long-term plan to hold on for a long time, and that another strategy should be devought."

"Then what is General Shen's opinion?"

The supernatural power asked rhetorically, his tone was flat, and he couldn't hear the slightest emotional meaning, Shen Duchi pondered the meaning and said cautiously:

"The last general thinks that it is better to fight with the Xian army outside the city, which is much better than being beaten passively."

"Then General Shen is sure of victory?"

Shentong asked again, Shen Duchi shook his head, and said bluntly:

"Nope."

"If you are not sure of victory, why should you talk about war so easily." The supernatural power asked, and Shen Duchi was speechless. At this time, the supernatural power said again, and his tone was a little heavier: "Remember to this heavenly king, for the sake of the general, you must not be angry for the gains and losses of a soldier." ”

"Yes......" the two said in unison.

"Shen Duchi."

"The end will be."

"Order the whole army to move the camp to the west gate of Lintai ten miles tomorrow."

"Heavenly King, the cavalry of the Xian army, Xu Jinbu, is now responding to the Xian army's infantry five miles north of the city, pulling out the camp under the nose of the Xian army, in case of rushing to kill, the consequences are unimaginable, whether it is more appropriate to form a formation."

"Your cavalry opens the road in front, and maintains two miles from my headquarters, so you can put the ironclad cavalry in the front, and the infantry army in the rear, so that the Xian army will be useless. If the Xian cavalry wants to charge and kill, they can only attack you in the front, and if they attack from behind the flanks, they will be wounded by our swarm of bees and crossbows. ”

The striking distance of a swarm of bees covers 300 meters, and the crossbow covers 300 sides and is larger than the radius of 300 meters, and the cavalry tactics of the Xian army are guerrilla attacks, using the speed of crossbows and horses to launch guerrilla attacks on single and small group targets, and finally destroy the enemy army like peeling an apple.

However, this method of warfare is not omnipotent, and the biggest fatal problem of guerrilla warfare is that there must be sufficient tactical space, and when the tactical space is compressed, guerrilla warfare can only turn into a strangulation war in the end.

Shen Duchi's cavalry and the infantry formation marched two miles apart, plus the formation of the column, the front and rear of the two armies were actually one mile apart, Xu Jin's cavalry whether from the left and right, or Shen Duchi's rear one mile of land, will be attacked by a swarm of supernatural powers, crossbows to the sky, the only direction that can attack is the ironclad cavalry in front of Shen Duchi.

The effective range of the Xianjun crossbow is only 30 to 50 meters, and 30 meters is the best for bare targets, and the effect is extremely poor in the face of ironclad cavalry, so the tactics of the Xian army will not work, and at the same time, it will get rid of the threat of the Xian army's artillery.

In the end, the guerrilla attack became only hard, the number of rounds, Xu Jin's cavalry was a small number of thousands, and the best result under the scramble was also a defeat for both sides, which was extremely unfavorable to the Xian army.

While the tent was talking, a fast horse outside the camp galloped into the camp and came all the way to the supernatural tent.

"Respect the Heavenly King, the Holy Yan Heavenly King has arrived." The Guardian said quickly.

"Oh! Great, let it in. ”

"No!"

The guards retreated, and Song He said:

"Heavenly King, it must be the Shengyan Heavenly King who has won a great victory!"

"Well, with the help of thunder, this battle will definitely be won."

When a few people came into the tent, they saw God and said:

"See the Divine King."

"No courtesy. But the Holy Yan Heavenly King won a great victory! The supernatural power hurriedly asked.

"Qi respects the Heavenly King, the Shengyan Heavenly King defeated more than 300,000 Changsun troops in Motang, Shutian County, killed more than 84,000 enemies, captured more than 60,000 people, and more than half of the casualties of the Changsun army have returned to Gaochu. This is a letter from the King of Heaven, please look at it. ”

The supernatural power was in good spirits, and he took the iron letter to confirm that it was intact, and then checked the iron letter and took out the good news.

Thunder set up suspicious troops in Fangling County in early April, and the main force turned to Shutian and Shengyan to join forces, a total of 350,000 people, to fight more and less, and the Changsun army of 300,000 people was eager to go south to recover the lost territory without knowing it, and captured Ganfu, Shangguan, and Wanchuan, so they launched a full-line offensive against Shutian South County, and plunged into the Thunder Pocket Array.

The two armies fought a decisive battle at Motang, fought fiercely for 20 days, annihilated the main force of Changsun's army, lost more than half, and were forced to retreat to Gaochu. Thunder captured more than 30 cannons of General Tianwei, nearly 50 other types of iron cannons, including a 63-pound heavy cannon, and more than 43,000 soldiers and horses were self-inflicted, and the Black Turban Army won a complete victory.