Xiangshui passes through the mountains and mountains, winding north. Groups of soldiers stepped across the Xiangshui River and plunged into the mountains on the east bank of the Xiangshui River.

On the east bank of Xiangshui, the mountain is gradually slowing, but the road is not wide, the rugged mountain road is sometimes up and sometimes down, every time it reaches the place where the big slope is reached, the horse stretches its neck, seems to be unstable on its feet, there are many soldiers jumping down from the car, all the way to push the carriage up the hillside.

"After this mountainous area, it is an endless plain", Li Shan, a Hunan general, on the side, took great pains to introduce the road ahead to Yinzhen and Qianduyu.

The continuous mountains seemed to have no end, and when it was getting late, looking at the mountain road with peaks and peaks, Qianduyu asked Li Shan, "This mountain road is still a few days away."

"Tomorrow another day of marching, I will be able to get out of the mountains," Li Shan replied thoughtfully.

The mountains are steeply dropped, the rolling hills are hidden in the night, and in the mountain village not far away, someone's dog is barking wildly.

"Rest on the spot, the vanguard troops pay attention to vigilance", Ginjin passed the order, and saw a light purple firework bomb soaring into the air, lighting up the night sky far and near.

"The Sichuan army is camping", that is, at this time, from among the hills in the north, a force is rushing here at night.

"The horses and logistics troops remained camped, and the rest of the troops advanced lightly, reaching the attack position after three hours," a general of the Great Zhou issued a battle order.

This Great Zhou general is slightly thin and not tall, but his eyes are bright, he is Wu Sanmu's right-hand man, the tiger cavalry general Ma Dabao.

Ma Dabao has 100,000 troops, and is singing all the way in western Hubei Province, conquering the city and drinking the Yangtze River. received Da Zhou's order to return to defense.

Military orders are like a mountain. This Ma Dabao just couldn't give up his offensive tide and constantly gain new territory, so he had to endure the pain and cut his love, on the one hand, he ordered the troops to shrink, and they all shrank in a favorable position conducive to defense, and on the other hand, he ordered a few tiger horsemen to feint and harass the hearing and hearing of Longxi's army.

At the same time, 60,000 troops were drawn from it, all the way south, and rushed to southern Hunan day and night.

On this night, in this hill on the east bank of Xiangshui, which was a day's journey, the two troops met here.

At some point at the end of the year and the beginning of the day, a deafening shout broke out in the hills of twenty miles long, accompanied by a firework bomb that rushed into the night sky, and the battle suddenly broke out at this inadmissible moment.

The 40,000 horse army suddenly rushed to the Sichuan army camp that had been camped and fell asleep without warning.

The first wave of horses fired incendiary arrows, and those arrows, with a small fire-colored tail, rushed to the tents of the barracks, and the rows of tents were burned, lighting up the night sky for a while, and the sound of shouting and killing, and the soldiers running in panic became a ringing for a while.

In the face of the sudden horse army, many Sichuan troops did not have time to put on the battle, simply put on a few clothes, took weapons, rushed out of the tent that had been on fire, and caught up with the horse army that was coming from the impact, for a time, the Sichuan army suffered countless casualties, and the tents and the Sichuan army were quickly stepped on.

The Sichuan army, which was camped on the hills to the north and south, naturally had relatively ample time to prepare when they heard the shouts, so they were able to rush out neatly and kill with the Sichuan army that was coming.

The night was like a clean, the firelight and the sound of shouting and killing resounded throughout the valley, and the slope of the mountain more than ten miles long was raided by the horse army, which caught Yinzhen and Qianduyu of the Chinese army tent off guard, and they had no other way but to send more heralds and order the soldiers to quickly take refuge in the southern hills and resist the battle.

Naturally, she couldn't help but have itchy hands, and Twilight Feather also rushed into the formation, killing countless horse soldiers to vent the anger brought by the ambush.

As the hour approached, the battle line was in a stalemate. In the end, the Sichuan army, which resisted the enemy on the southern slopes, faced off against the exhausted horse army, and it was not at a disadvantage at this time.

A red firework bomb burst into the night sky, and the horses suddenly retreated, passing through a messy campsite, and quickly disappeared into the dark forest. Some of the soldiers who were chasing out were wounded by arrows from the shadows, so they had to stop the pursuit.

Early in the morning, take stock of the battlefield. Of the 80,000 Sichuan troops, nearly half were killed and wounded, and most of them were stabbed to death and stabbed before they had time to put on their battle robes. The Ma army, which was mixed in, suffered less than 5,000 casualties, and the battle loss ratio reached 8:1 in this battle, which was the largest loss since the component team.

There was already a forward travelogue General Mu Ji, who came forward to ask for punishment.

At the subsequent meeting of the senior generals, everyone analyzed the reasons for the defeat in this battle, first, the terrain was unfamiliar, and they camped and rested in the long and narrow area from east to west, and they were not familiar with the surrounding southern passages and hills.

Second, there is a dereliction of duty on vigilance. Failure to discover the enemy's situation at a long distance and give early warning, so that the battle was hastily responded to, resulting in great passivity.

The third is that the enemy is dark and we are clear. In particular, the fireworks signal of the camping prematurely revealed the location and time of our camping. The Great Zhou army and the Longxi army were originally one, so in the use of many signals, they were the same, and many of them had not had time to change, which was also one of the important reasons for the defeat.

Fourth, there are insufficient measures to deal with the situation in a state of emergency. When encountering the enemy's situation, he was in a hurry, and did not carry out echelon resistance to protect his own living force.

There is love in the world, but military law is ruthless. Yinzhen asked for punishment and reported to the imperial court, and the governor of the second rank was demoted to the third rank, and he was re-demoted from the travelogue general Mu Jishi of the third rank to the fourth rank of the capital division, naturally, this required the approval of the imperial court.

After treating the wounded, burying the dead, and reorganizing the troops, there was a two-day delay here, and on the fourth day, the south-east direction was resumed.

Due to the heavy casualties, the combat effectiveness of the troops has been sharply reduced, and the morale is low, so there is an urgent need for a victory to boost morale, and Qian Duyu, Zhan Tingyu, Yinzhen, and Li Ying are discussing how to create a victory, and this battle suddenly appears in front of them.

At this moment, Qian Duyu and Li Ying were the forwards, and Mu Jishi was adjusted to the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army. It is said that it is the forward, and only commands 15,000 troops, and at this time the Chinese army only has 10,000 troops, and the left army, the right army, and the rear army each have 5,000 troops.

According to the Malay report, there are already ambushes on both sides of the valley ahead. Based on this news, Qian Duyu and Li Ying formulated a strategy of "the Chinese army marching slowly and advancing covertly on the flanks".

At night, 6,000 troops on the left and right flanks quietly moved behind enemy lines under the cover of night and jungle, while Qian Duyu and Li Ying only led 3,000 troops to bluff and slowly stop outside this mountain pass.

If you look closely at this pass, the mountain is relatively steep, although it is not high. According to the Tanmalai newspaper, the entrance to this mountain pass is relatively narrow, and the inside is wide, which is a typical cloth bag formation, and it is also a good place for ambushes.

The name of the place here is Fallen Soul Hill.

"Falling Soul Gang", there is a deep meaning, Qian Dui Yu chewed on this word, and planned the upcoming battle with Li Ying.