When these people went up to the top of the mountain, they immediately threw away the big shield, but they were covered in blue cotton armor, which was the elite of the Han army with yellow flags under Ma Degong.

These people, both in terms of military quality and equipment level, far surpassed the Fang National Security Department, and with the fact that they were prepared and unprepared, a one-sided situation immediately appeared on Qingshan Ridge. The captives are like wolves entering the flock, killing the blood and the sun screaming miserably in the mountains, and the corpses of the Zhejiang army continue to fall from the top of the mountain and fall under the ridge.

Although there were more than 300 pro-army guards beside Fang Guoan, the ridge was very narrow, and these people could only form a long and narrow column, but they could not protect him in the middle. In just a moment, several single knives had already swept past Fang Guoan's side, so frightened that he hurriedly turned over and burrowed into the horse's belly.

But the Qing army around seemed to have discovered that there were "southerner officers" here, and they kept rushing to this side, seeing that there were fewer and fewer guards beside him Yue Guogong.

Just when he was in danger, he heard a sound of guns on the east side, and the soldiers of Jianyu were immediately attracted by this movement.

However, I saw a group of Ming troops gathered in a formation on the narrow mountain road, and hundreds of sword and shield men at both ends sandwiched their hands in the middle, and the saber in the hands of the leader of the general flew over, although only three or four of his subordinates could stand side by side, but it was difficult for the captives to get close for a while.

As soon as the guns were ready, the sword and shield hands blocking the sides bent down and bowed their heads in tacit, followed by a roar of fire.

The Jianlu ambush suddenly rushed to the top of the mountain, and at this time the two armies were close at hand, and even the three thousand guns of the Ming army could barely penetrate Jianlu's armor. Suddenly, dozens of Qing troops rolled down the mountain with a wail, and the pressure of the close soldiers on both sides eased immediately, and the entire battle formation immediately moved forward more than ten steps, squeezing the space of the captives.

After advancing like this several times, the battle formation had already converged with Fang Guoan's guards, and the leading general hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Where is the general?" ”

Fang Guoan was dragged out from under the horse's belly by the guards, and when he looked up, he saw that Zhang Huangyan had brought five or six hundred people, and immediately turned his head to find a place to hide.

Zhang Huangyan hurriedly grabbed him, "The general is the commander of the army, and he is commanding the soldiers to fight, how can he only care about the safety of his own people?" ”

Fang Guoan said as if he was mourning: "What kind of war are you fighting, 40,000 prisoners surround the mountain, and the general trend has gone......"

"There are still people who come to report that they have seen tens of thousands of Jianyu troops, and it can be seen that their main force is still sixty miles away." Zhang Huangyan pointed around and said, "There must be a small army of thieves here, as long as the general is stable, the Chinese army will be stable, and we may not have no way to be condescending!" ”

"Hey, eighty percent of them are local people who are acting with false news to deceive me." Fang Guoan said that he had already begun to take off his armor, and motioned to the guards on the side to give him his clothes, "Look at this, even if you flee down the mountain, the thieves nearby will definitely tie me up and sacrifice me......

Zhang Huangyan was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "My lord, the movements of the thief army have been reported in several places before, and there is one place that has been captured, and the rest should be conclusive." ”

Fang Guoan ignored him at all, and only cared about mixing with people. Zhang Huangyan was helpless, stepped on the stirrup and stood on the horse, raised his arms and shouted, "Listen, everyone, all departments form their own formations, first stand firm, and then move closer to each other, don't panic ......"

Before he could finish speaking, several arrows had already been fired, and the surrounding Ming army was not under his control at all, except for his own men, the rest did not pay attention to it at all.

Zhang Huangyan had no choice but to gather his subordinates and hold on to the spot, but there were 6,000 Eight Banner soldiers and 2,000 other elites around him, and the more than 1,000 people he gathered would be unable to resist when he saw it.

On the side, a general covered in blood shouted to him: "My lord, the inch above this ridge is not suitable for formation, and the thief army is overwhelming, so you have to try to break through!" ”

Zhang Huangyan looked at most of the Ming army units except himself for the collapse of the army, and nodded helplessly: "I have to break through." ”

His subordinates immediately responded to the "obey the order", and beckoned people to rush to the east side of the mountain road, but Zhang Huangyan grabbed him, "Most of our own people are on the post road, and they will definitely be squeezed down the mountain if they rush over like this." ”

The officer raised his eyes and saw that many people in the panic of the Ming army turned to flee, but caused the comrades who could not avoid it to roll down the hill. He hurriedly said, "Then, what should I do?" ”

Zhang Huangyan glanced at the scattered captives on the mountainside, and narrowed his eyes, "The enemy can come up from the mountain, and we can also go down from here!" Then he commanded, "Give the order, the sword and shield hand in front, and break through to the bottom of the mountain." Reorganize the battle formation in twenty steps per line, then engage the enemy, and take another twenty steps until you reach the bottom of the mountain! ”

"Yes!"

Subsequently, Zhang Huangyan's troops forcibly captured a clearing next to the ridge, and quickly formed a formation, and these 1,200 or 300 people attacked down the mountain.

When descending the mountain, due to unsteady footsteps, it is most likely to lead to confusion in the formation, but Zhang Huangyan asked the soldiers to form a whole team every twenty steps, although it seems to be slow, but they can always maintain the formation.

Ma Degong saw the Ming army breaking through from the middle of the team from a distance on the west side of the mountain, and he was anxious to intercept it, but the Ming army advanced and retreated to the very orderly level, and the battle formation steadily went down the mountain on the north side.

He only had seven or eight thousand people in his hands, but he had to eat 20,000 Ming troops, so it was difficult to draw out more manpower to deal with Zhang Huangyan, and in the end, the number of people who broke through was not much, so he had to let him leave.

It was only when Shen Shi was that Qingshan Ridge gradually calmed down. Thanks to the success of Zhang Huangyan's troops to get out of trouble, it gave other Ming troops a wake-up call, and many people did the same and ran down the hillside. However, even so, three to four thousand people were killed and more than 8,000 were captured.

Tian Xiong, dressed as a woodcutter, hurried to the west of Qingshan Ridge, happily saluted Ma Degong, and flattered: "My lord's plan is brilliant, first go west with the weak brigade of the green battalion, so that the enemy will not be able to identify where my main force is, and ambush the southern army in this place where it seems that it must not be ambushed, so as to break the enemy in one battle."

"Fang Cai's subordinates roughly summed it up, Fang Guoan brought a total of 1,000 stones of grain and grass, which is enough for my army to eat for more than two months. In this way, my urgency of running out of food was immediately solved. ”

Ma Degong turned his head and glanced westward, and snorted smugly, "Fang Guoan really took the bait, and he was still a fish in a hurry, I only put half of the bait, and he was in a hurry to bite it." ”

It turned out that Ma Degong actually used nearly 30,000 green battalion soldiers under his command as bait, and ordered him to attack Tonglu quickly, only giving each person five taels of rations per day, and the rest of the grain and grass were all reserved for the elite Han army banner soldiers and the 2,000 elite green battalions selected.

These 8,000 elites are all ambushed under the Qingshan Ridge, and the grain and rice are enough to eat for more than half a month, so they are extremely patient.

The Qing army, which was used as bait, was hungry every day, and the officers deliberately sent them to death, with more than 10,000 casualties along the way, which made the Zhejiang army think that the Qing army was vulnerable.

This is Ma Degong's poisonous plan to show the enemy's weakness and lead Fang Guoan to "get out of the hole".

He twisted his beard and muttered for a moment, and said to Tian Xiong: "Order, the men and horses who went to Tonglu will return immediately, and now that they have food and grass, they don't have to go to death." ”

"The subordinates will send someone immediately."

(End of chapter)