Without waiting for Zhao Keli to speak, Li Daliang said, "If the Demon Sect wants to capture this mountain, the best way is naturally to kill the south road from the back of the mountain with the north road. But they thought too simply, to come from the back of the mountain, they had to pass through a valley, and the valley had collapsed in many places due to heavy rain a few days ago, and they wanted to reach our back in the dark, how could it take more than an hour. ”

Zhao Keli's eyes lit up, "This is really God helping me! When the Demon Sect first arrived here, it is now dark night, so I must not know that there is a landslide over there." So what can we do in this hour? Why don't we inform the Governor, let's strike first, and fight the Demon Sect on the gentle slope first?"

Li Daliang thought for a moment and said, "That's not necessarily, what if they find a landslide and withdraw it? I'll go and report to the governor first and listen to what he has to say." ”

Zhao Keli nodded and said, "Okay, Lao Li, you go and go back quickly." ”

Before his words fell, Li Daliang had already jumped up quickly and disappeared into the night.

Li Daliang relied on his extremely strong light skills, jumped up from this side of the cliff, easily crossed the open mountain road, and arrived at the opposite cliff. After landing and jumping several times in a row, he quickly found Cao Huachun.

After telling Cao Huachun about the situation, Cao Huachun's old eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.

The cunning old fox immediately sniffed the fighter.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Yunyi, do you see that after the Demon Sect sees the collapse, will it come back immediately, or will it continue to move forward?"

"Yunyi" is Li Daliang's table character, and there are no more than three people who can make Cao Huachun call him by his table character in Dongchang.

Li Daliang said, "If it is a subordinate, then it will definitely continue to move forward." Because the collapse site is not far from the hill where we are ambushed, they will have to walk for at least half an hour to get to the cave-in. At this time, if they choose to return the same way, it will also take less than half an hour. And the choice to move on is only two quarters of an hour. Abandoning the original plan for the sake of two quarters of an hour, presumably the Demon Cult will not. ”

Cao Huachun smiled slightly, "Our family also thinks so." ”

"So, Duke, should we concentrate our forces and fight the Demon Sect on the gentle slope first? As for the valley side, my subordinates will arrange for another 5,000 people to delay the time for the Demon Sect to cross the landslide area. ”

Li Daliang's proposal was well considered. It stands to reason that because of the terrain, it seems that the demon cult in the valley is better to exterminate. The gentle slope in the south is relatively open, which is convenient for the Demon Sect to give full play to its formation advantages, and it is naturally difficult to fight.

However, if Li Daliang concentrated his main force to fight the Demon Sect soldiers in the valley, then once the Demon Sect on the gentle slope got the news, it would quickly rush up and hit Li Daliang one behind. Unless Cao Huachun can use the fifteen-thousand-strong army here to drag down the Demon Sect on the gentle slope. But according to the Demon Sect's field combat ability, it was obvious that he couldn't do it.

Therefore, Li Daliang suggested concentrating 25,000 troops to fight the Demon Sect on the gentle slope, and using 5,000 troops to drag the Demon Sect in the valley.

I have to say that the East Factory is full of talents. Li Daliang and Chen Changting and others were able to develop the Jianghe Gang to a certain scale in three or four years, and they must have their own merits.

Cao Huachun bowed slightly, expressing his approval. He was a well-behaved person, and politely consulted the opinions of Shangshui Shitai, Meng Hu and several good players of the Wudang faction beside him. These people immediately agreed.

Time was pressing, and Cao Huachun immediately asked Li Daliang to go back to arrange relevant matters. And he himself, with a large army, quietly descended from one end of the mountain.

in the valley.

The Demon Cult army marched briskly through the rugged mountain paths.

Suddenly, the spies from the front came to report, "Enlighten the Dharma Protector, there is a landslide ahead, and it is expected that our army will be blocked." ”

Zhao Wuxian frowned and said, "There are a few collapses, how long is it expected to be delayed?"

"Three have been discovered so far, and it is expected to be about three quarters of an hour slower than originally planned. ”

Zhao Wuxian's brows furrowed even deeper, and it would be nice if the Thick Earth Banner was there.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Get through the rockfall area as soon as possible." Go ahead with more people, and remove the obstacles that can be removed. ”

"Yes!"

The army moved on.

Gentle slope on the south side.

A lieutenant beside Jin Gang kept looking up at the sky, and said as he looked, "It stands to reason that Zhao Protector should have already arrived, right? Why don't they send a signal yet?"

Jin Gang's face was solemn, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

"Are the spies back?" he asked.

"Not yet. ”

His uneasiness was even more solemn.

At this moment, the spies rushed to report.

"General Qiyu, I found that there is a Ming army on the mountain attacking our army!"

At the same time, another spy came.

"General Qiyu, I found that the Ming army on the opposite mountain has come down the mountain and is attacking our army!"

Jin Gang immediately asked, "How many people are there?"

The two spies replied in unison, "It's too dark to see!"

In the case that the Ming army was also full of masters, the Demon Sect spies did not dare to approach to reconnoitre.

Jin Gang had no choice but to make a decision and said, "The whole army is armed!"

The demon cult soldiers who were originally ambushed on both sides of the gentle slope came out one after another to assemble.

There are not many trees on the gentle slope, and the Demon Cult can still carry out some battle formations and tactics. However, it would be more advantageous for them to fight in the open area under the mountain, but considering that the Ming army on the mountain would arrive soon, Jin Gang did not dare to risk letting the army go down the mountain at this time, otherwise the other party would suffer a lot if they caught up.

Among Jin Gang's 10,000-strong army, there are about 1,200 people in the Ruijin Banner, 800 people in the Qingshui Banner, and 800 people in the Agni Banner. All three banners were ambushed on the west and east flanks, and after the official battle began, they would be allowed to fight from both flanks to disrupt the enemy's offensive.

As for the remaining 7,200 people, he was divided into two parts, one part was led by Lin Yuan, the owner of the Qingshui Banner, a total of 3,500 people, who were responsible for resisting the Ming army coming down from the mountain. The remaining 3,700 men were under his own command and were responsible for resisting the Ming army coming down from the mountain.

The two armies relied on the terrain and deployed their defenses at the north and south ends.

Zhao Keli led an army of 10,000 to a place a few hundred meters away from the gentle slope and stopped. After a while, after he saw a red firework rising from the bottom of the mountain, he immediately pulled out his waist knife and roared, "The whole army is attacking!"

The 10,000 men immediately divided into three strands, one in the middle and the other two in the north and south flanks.

Hundreds of meters below the gentle slope, the earth-shattering shouts of killing also sounded.

Cao Huachun's 15,000 men were also divided into three groups, attacking the gentle slope from the middle, north and south wings.

At the same time, Li Daliang and 5,000 men and horses also rushed to the nearest landslide to them. Among these 5,000 people, there are 250 cottage Qingshui flags and 250 cottage fire flags from the Jianghe Gang. From the beginning of these two flags, Cao Huachun let them be under the command of Li Daliang, and perhaps he also comforted Li Daliang's hard work to create the Jianghe Gang but lost the Jianghe Gang. However, Li Daliang has always played the role of the behind-the-scenes operator of the Jianghe Gang, so ordinary gangs don't know him at all.

Although there were only 250 people in the Five Elements Banner of these two cottages, the number of thunderbolts, green gong oil, and fire oil they carried was amazing. I don't blame them, Qin Shuhuai frantically smashed silver to make these things, wouldn't they be too sorry for the helper if they didn't want to build them? When they came, not only did each of them come out with a full load, but they also let the other five hundred officers and soldiers carry a big bag out, so they wanted to use it in Nan'angou, so that they could grow the majesty of the Five Elements Banner of their Jianghe Gang - this was the first battle they participated in seriously!