In fact, Tang Xiao arranged this defeat to have another meaning, that is, he wanted to show weakness to the government.

If they are too strong and occupy an advantageous position, I am afraid that what awaits them is doom.

So he needs to exchange a defeat for the chance to survive, even if there is not much time to survive, but to be able to fight for one day is one day, maybe it is an extra day, the strength of the team is just enough to resist the next clean-up operation of the government.

Early the next morning, there was movement in the military camp at the foot of the mountain, and Han Dagongzi began to command the army to attack the mountain.

The alarm spread throughout Grass Thistle Mountain.

Tang Xiao immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

Then the whole army set up an ambush on the road of the attack, and at the same time, the scouts held infrared binoculars and kept an eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers.

After the officers and men entered the encirclement, Captain Kong, as the commander-in-chief, immediately issued an attack order.

"Shoot the arrows!"

The rain of arrows passed through the trees in the mountains, through the miasma that covered the eyes, and through the fallen leaves scattered in the forest, like a poisonous snake that suddenly appeared in the gutter, catching the officers and soldiers off guard.

A large number of officers and soldiers were hit by arrows, but as a monk with a strong physique, one or two arrows were not enough to kill.

The officers and soldiers reacted immediately, but they did not have the slightest fear, but bravely rushed to the place where the arrow rain flew.

They knew that if they could shoot a rain of arrows in the woods, they would not be far away from the enemy.

And their rich combat experience makes them understand that they can't be cowardly at this time, and they can get five kills if they go up directly!

Originally, at this time, Captain Kong should have ordered the whole army to retreat and release arrows.

But after discussing with Tang Xiao yesterday, Captain Kong just ordered the first echelon to retreat, and then let the second echelon go up and continue the second wave of arrows.

A rain of arrows rained down on those officers and soldiers.

Finally, an unlucky guy was unfortunately shot in the vital position many times and died on the way to the charge.

On Tang Xiao's side, after the archers of the second echelon finished releasing the arrows, they let the third echelon go up to the top to release another wave of arrow rain, and then changed back to the first echelon to release the fourth wave of arrow rain.

However, as soon as the fourth wave of arrow rain was released, the first echelon did not have time to retreat, and collided head-on with the officers and soldiers.

So the two sides began to fight together.

Captain Kong, who was a little nervous, ordered again: "The whole army is not allowed to retreat, and the sword and axe hand will go up!"

The bloody battle intensified in the miasma-filled mountains and forests.

Blood sprinkled on the green leaves, making the miasma around it glow with a hint of scarlet.

In the end, as Captain Kong said, the bandit array that took the lead began to rout.

And those villagers and bandits even trained for more than a month, but only experienced the fight between ordinary people and cultivators could not make them really grow, when the cultivators and cultivators collided, in the face of the officers and soldiers' Taoist powers, they were not opponents at all.

Soon, a one-sided decline followed.

Captain Kong saw the changes in the battle situation through the infrared telescope, he glanced back at Tang Xiao, and saw Tang Xiao bowing slightly to him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered the whole army to retreat!

Hearing the order, the villagers and bandits immediately fled in droves.

Order was chaotic.

There is no queen, and the scene can be imagined without much saying.

The officers and soldiers once again ushered in the moment of slaughter like cutting wheat, and every bandit with their back to them was a lamb to the slaughter, frantically harvesting life one by one.

This one was defeated.

Obviously, the ambush circle was set up in advance, but it was defeated as Tang Xiao expected.

Fortunately, this mountainous area was a back garden for those bandits, and with the miasma of the mountains as a cover, they easily escaped the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.

When all the remnants of the army were defeated and returned to Qingbing Mountain, the atmosphere of the whole cottage was gloomy for a while.

This time they had the upper hand at first, but in the end they lost their troops, and thousands of men attacked, and when they returned, only more than 800 remained.

There are also hundreds of bandits who previously belonged to Junwu Mountain and Qingbing Mountain and did not come back, among them those who died in battle, those who surrendered to the enemy, and those who chose to flee have escaped from Caoji Mountain.

However, what made Tang Xiao feel heartbroken was that his Zhihai computer showed that his trust score had dropped by 7 points.

This means that his plan has accidentally injured 7 people who have maintained trust in him, and these 7 people have died in this miasma mountain.

The rest of the bandits died when they died, but these 7 people really made him feel guilty.

Although he knew that people would inevitably die in war, if his power grew stronger, even if he gave any order to attack, those who trusted him would die more than these seven people.

War is always brutal.

He has to learn to adapt to this process slowly.

It's just that at this time, he can't cross this hurdle in his heart.

Although he had no way of knowing who these seven people were, he had secretly decided in his heart that the families of the hundreds of people who died must be treated well, because there must be the families of those seven people!

He would pay more to take care of the relatives of hundreds of people in order to take care of the relatives of these seven people, so as to preserve his last mercy.

At this time, everyone looked at Captain Kong in unison, and their eyes were full of unkindness.

As the commander of this battle, Captain Kong was covered in cold sweat at this time, but as Tang Xiao's dog, he knew what he should say and what pot he should carry.

So he took the initiative to admit that this battle was his own command mistake, and knelt down to ask Tang Xiao for punishment.

Tang Xiao looked at him condescendingly, sighed and said, "Alas, you were just a captain before, and you have never commanded such a big battle, and it is understandable that you have mistakes." But you are still guilty, and I can't go unpunished, so let's do it, I will remove your military power, and from now on you will only be responsible for military training. ”

"Yes. Captain Kong lowered his head helplessly.

But he understands that he is responsible for Tang Xiao, and there will always be a day when he will come out.

Although the rest of the people were angry in their hearts, they no longer embarrassed Captain Kong when they saw that Captain Kong had been punished and seemed to have been expelled from the hierarchy.

......

At the foot of the mountain, the officers and soldiers who had returned from the victory were jubilant.

Dozens of them were killed or wounded, but the victory made them completely forget about the loss.

Grand Prince Han had a happy smile on his face, he felt that his father was right, with these three hundred cultivation soldiers in hand, it would be easy to level the entire Grass Thistle Mountain.

He immediately asked people to quickly send the good news back to the county.

He can be sure that it will not be long before this good news will be passed from county to county, and from county to state capital, and his name will appear in the state capital.

Thinking of this, he smiled from ear to ear.

He returned to the tent, where all the officers were already laughing and talking.

He encouraged all the officers, and when he listened to all the officers praising him, he felt even more proud.

Then he sat down in the tent with all the officers, and had all the prisoners brought in.

In this battle, they captured dozens of prisoners.

At this time, the captives were trembling and tied together.

When they were thrown in front of Han Dagongzi by the strong soldiers, they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, crying endlessly.

Some soldiers came up to them and punched and kicked them and told them to shut up.

After they were too frightened to make a sound, Han Dagongzi spoke slowly: "Give me a reason not to kill you." ”

The bandits below collectively trembled, and immediately some bandits climbed out and said, "I have a brother who is still in the mountain, I can let him be an undercover agent for the military master!"

When the rest of the bandits heard this, they rushed to say: "I also have a brother inside, I can also let him be an undercover agent for the military master!"

Looking at the gossiping captives below, Han Dagongzi laughed happily, and his smile gradually began to pervert.

He seemed to have seen himself add another military feat.

The officers in the tent also laughed, and they looked at the faces of the captives begging for mercy, and their hearts were extremely pleasant.

This crusade against the rebels is really too easy to win!