Chapter 352 Gangguan Mountain Encounter

The Han River is connected to the Nijiang River in the east, and even in the cold winter months, the river still flows slowly, without any signs of freezing. Li Jiucheng grabbed his hair a little helplessly, but as long as the terrain was favorable, he would not let the rogue ambush.

The terrain of the south of the Yangtze River is densely covered with mountains and rivers, and the proud cavalry under Tie Mo is always restricted from time to time, and they cannot exert their due combat effectiveness at all. Li Jiucheng originally wanted to take the opportunity to kill and injure Zeng Qian's troops in large numbers this time, but he didn't expect that the cavalry on the side of the Han River could not pass, and as soon as he stopped, he was ambushed by the rogue. The pursuit failed, but he was slapped twice, and his mood naturally couldn't get better.

Li Jiucheng was uncomfortable, Zeng Qian was even more uncomfortable, and he lost Lujiang City, and he didn't know how to deal with Gao Yingxiang. With Gao Yingxiang's temperament, although he has no worries about his life, eighty percent of them will be severely punished. In a worried mood, the remnants of Zeng Qian's troops entered Tongling City. At this time, the person stationed in Tongling City was Zeng Qian's old acquaintance, the eight-armed king Xu Beifeng.

This Xu Beifeng is burly and powerful, with a rough appearance, but he is actually a person with a careful heart. Because of this, Xu Beifeng was highly valued by Gao Yingxiang and repeatedly took on important responsibilities. Needless to say, it can be said that Liukou was able to enter Zhejiang smoothly because he held Tongling City in his hands. After thinking about it, Gao Yingxiang finally decided to hand over Tongling City to Xu Beifeng. Among the leaders under his command, except for Li Zicheng, only Xu Beifeng can take on this role.

At least in Gao Yingxiang's eyes, Xu Beifeng is no worse than Li Zicheng and Li Yangchun, and even in terms of defense, he is even better than Li Yangchun. Xu Beifeng did not disappoint Gao Yingxiang, before the imperial army set out from Digang, wanted to sneak attack Tongling, he saw through it in advance, set up an ambush in the southeast mountain col of Digang, and beat the soldiers and horses of Ningguofu to run away.

Xu Beifeng's calmness and decisiveness form a huge contrast with his appearance. In the room, Xu Beifeng leaned on a cowhide chair and slowly drank strong tea. Zeng Qian also took a sip, and after drinking, his brows furrowed, and he immediately snorted, "It's so bitter..... This tea is too bitter, how to drink it. ”

"Bitter tea, it can refresh the mind even more, if Brother Zeng is used to it, he will understand the benefits!" Xu Beifeng's expression was faint, Zeng Qian crooked his mouth, and he didn't take it seriously. Isn't it sick to drink such bitter tea? Putting down the teacup, he smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Xu, you can save the little brother this time, the little brother lost Lujiang City this time, and King Chuang is afraid that he will be guilty." ”

"It's hard to say this, but Brother Zeng can rest assured, Brother Zeng will always try his best to help you" Xu Beifeng's eyes were a little more solemn, in his opinion, the fall of Lujiang City should not be borne by Zeng Qian alone. Before King Chuang transferred troops from near the Lujiang River and transferred the soldiers and horses of the Beixia Pass, the Lujiang River was doomed. With the strength of the troops near Lujiang City, the Living Yama King is really going to attack Lujiang with an iron heart, and it is a matter of time before it falls.

Facts are facts, but King Chuang will definitely not think that he has done anything wrong. Xu Beifeng thought about this, Zeng Qian was very uneasy in his heart, "Hey, how good is this!" ”

Xu Beifeng glanced at Zeng Qian lightly, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he said lightly: "Brother Zeng doesn't have to worry too much, if you think about it, what is the attitude of King Chuang, it depends on how it develops next." ”

"What does Brother Xu mean by this?" Zeng Qian looked puzzled, Xu Beifeng thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "If the war in Nanzhili goes well, most of the Zeng brothers will be heavily punished." If the war in Nanzhili is anticlimactic and the progress is not smooth, then King Chuang will probably not pursue the matter of Lujiang City. ”

"This ......" Zeng Qian scratched his head with a strange expression, although he didn't know much about the Tao inside, but he didn't look forward to a few defeats of his army, this thought was always a little weird.

"Okay, that's all for later, just try my best to help you for my brother. Next, cheer up. Since the Living Yama King has decided to make a big move in winter, it will definitely not be as simple as just a Lujiang City, it is estimated that it will not be long before the officers and soldiers will come to Tongling City! ”

Xu Beifeng twisted the teacup and looked at the map on the table with deep eyes. When officers and soldiers attack Tongling, it is necessary to force the Nijiang River. The next thing to do is to see what the officers and men do, and what they have to do is to adapt to the situation and block the officers and men in the muddy river.

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The muddy river is not only turbid, but also cold and windy. Liu Guoneng, Geng Zhongming, and others have been camping here for some time, and the cold wind has also been blowing for a long time, and Zheng Guosong on the opposite side feels that the officers and soldiers are going crazy about the collective gains and losses. For a long time, the two sides did nothing, looking at each other across the river, and many times, taking advantage of the favorable wind, some people also ran to the river to pee and provoke. Training, eating, and provoking the enemy troops on the opposite side are quite interesting, but this strange atmosphere, after the fall of Lujiang, everything has changed.

Zheng Guosong has been highly nervous in the past two days, and he is afraid that something will go wrong. In order to prevent a hole in the defense line of the Nijiang River, he added a dozen patrols, and at the same time, secretly sent a number of spies to the opposite bank.

"Report, news from the other side of the river, Liu Guoneng and Geng Zhongming divided their troops into two routes, along the river bank all the way to the south, all the way to the north, and now the officers and soldiers have left the camp, and their intentions are unknown!" The news sent by the herald made Zheng Guo's head as big as a fight. For a moment, he thought that the spies were blind, "Is the news confirmed?" Is it a trick played by officers and soldiers? ”

"Back to Leader Zheng, the news has been confirmed again and again, and now the original camp of the officers and soldiers is empty, and the brothers on the shore have also seen it, the news is absolutely fine!" The herald replied earnestly. In fact, at first, everyone thought it was a conspiracy of officers and soldiers, so they observed it for a long time before they dared to send the news over. It's really intriguing, but it's happening.

Zheng Guosong was still a little worried, hurriedly left the house, and then ordered a fast horse, left Nijianghe Town, and came to the river. At this time, many leaders also stopped by the river to watch, and everyone exchanged heads and ears, all with puzzled faces. After taking the clairvoyant mirror from the hands of his own soldiers, he looked at the opposite bank, and the officers and soldiers who used to train in groups in groups were indeed gone, and the unique flag belonging to the officers and soldiers of Yunfu was also gone.

What the hell is going on? Lujiang City has just fallen into the hands of officers and soldiers, shouldn't the officers and soldiers be in full swing at this time and cooperate with the soldiers and horses of the Lujiang side to take down the Nijiang River? Zheng Guosong really couldn't make up his mind, so he could only send the news to Tongling City. After the military report from Nijianghe arrived in Tongling City, Xu Beifeng couldn't help frowning, at this time, he was a little looking forward to the officers and soldiers coming.

Zeng Qian sat next to him, and complained with a dark face, "This living Hades king, can't you fight well?" Do these tricks every time! ”

Xu Beifeng pursed his lips and a wry smile appeared. Fighting a war, combining fiction and reality, pays attention to strategy and brains. Now I really don't understand what the officers and soldiers want to do, but Xu Beifeng is not too panicked, he has enough soldiers and horses in his hands, so he will not be overstretched, as long as he is optimistic about Digang and Nijiang River, he is not afraid of what tricks the officers and soldiers can play, "Brother Zeng, please lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to ambush in the area of Gangguan Mountain, if the officers and soldiers detour to Digang, they will definitely take the official road southeast of Tongling, and at that time, you only need to kill from Gangguan Mountain and attack and disturb." If the officers and men do not leave the port, you will not move. ”

"Okay!" Zeng Qian would not object, chatted with Xu Beifeng for a while, and then took the people to Gangguan Mountain. Gangguan Mountain is very close to Tongling, the terrain here is not high, but the mountains and forests are lush and humid. In winter, it is even more cold, this cold is different from the cold in the north, and it is uncomfortable to stay in the forest for a long time.

Not long after Zeng Qian led his men and horses into Gangguan Mountain, there was indeed movement near Ogi Port. An elite cavalry was slowly moving along the official road of Hagi Port, and although it was on the official road, this cavalry did not speed up. They are the cavalry under the command of Zhou Dingshan, most of this cavalry are veterans of the battlefield, and they can be described as the elite of the elite.

The elite horsemen of the Han and Mongolian mixed formations, all with straight backs and eyes, although the swords and guns were restrained, they could not hide the murderous aura. Because Zhou Dingshan was in charge of the Lujiang War, as early as a month ago, the jurisdiction of this cavalry was temporarily under the command of Liu Guoneng of Nijianghe. At this time, Liu Guoneng slowly followed the middle of the team, and beside him, there was also a beautiful woman in a military uniform, the woman frowned lightly, obviously in a bad mood.

Xu Zhixin is really unhappy, she has been to Nijianghe for several days, but she has not seen Tiemo yet. This time, it was my father Xu Hongji who came on behalf of him, and Tiemo is still dragging it out, which is really a bit excessive.

"General Liu, are you sure that the Governor will go to Tongling?" Xu Zhixin looked at Liu Guoneng sarcastically. Liu Guoneng coughed twice in embarrassment, this was the eldest lady of the Guogong Mansion in front of him, and he didn't know what the supervisor thought, so he asked Liu to drag Miss Xu alone. This aunt is not a vase, she is very shrewd, how can she be so easy to procrastinate?

What the superintendent thinks, Liu Guoneng knows clearly. The superintendent is thinking of eating Tongling first, and then meeting with Miss Xu, so that the Xuanfu side can eat more benefits. At least, the material benefits obtained by Lujiang and Tongling can be directly put in their pockets. The superintendent has a good calculation, but Miss Xu is not stupid. I found various reasons to send Miss Xu to the vicinity of Lonely Mountain, but Miss Xu was not fooled at all. No, this time I came to attack Tongling, and Miss Xu also came, in fact, she came to supervise.

"Ahem, don't worry, eldest lady, my family supervisor will start from Lengshui Pass and will definitely be able to meet in Tongling!"

"Really? Cold water off? The Iron Inspector from Lengshuiguan to the Nijiang River, a walk is several days, the speed of this rush is really a little slow, if you don't know, I think the Iron Inspector is crawling to the Nijiang River! Xu Zhixin said sarcastically, turning her head to look at the surrounding scenery. Since I was a child, it was the first time I was played as a monkey, and Tie Mo was bold and black-hearted, and it was not easy to deal with.

At the beginning, Tiemo replied, saying that he would wait in Nijianghe, and he would rush to Nijianghe quickly. But what Xu Zhixin never dreamed of was that Tiemo didn't arrive for several days, and waited until the Lujiang battle began, and Tiemo didn't show up.

Half a day later, the army passed through the port of Ogi, getting closer and closer to Tongling, so naturally it was closer to Gangguan Mountain. Looking at Gangguan Mountain in the distance, Xu Zhixin held the horsewhip and pointed to the distance, "General Liu, this place is called Gangguan Mountain, and tens of thousands of soldiers can be placed, should I send some people to the mountain to see the situation?" ”

Liu Guoneng arched his hand and smiled: "What the eldest lady said is that the last general also thinks so." ”

Turning his head, he said two words to his soldiers, and a moment later, an arrow shot into the sky. Xu Zhixin was still a little puzzled about who this was sending a signal to, and in an instant, she saw the same signal response from Gangguan Mountain in the distance. What Xu Zhixin didn't know was that at this time, there was already a sound of killing on Gangguan Mountain, thousands of people were fighting together, and the scene was quite chaotic.

After Zeng Qian led his troops into Gangguan Mountain, he looked for a place to rest, but in less than two hours, he found that they were not the only ambush soldiers on Gangguan Mountain. Another group of soldiers and horses seemed to have been ambushed on the hill early, and the brothers rested for a while before they were attacked. At first, I thought it was my own people, but when the other party started to kill, I was sure that this army was the person of the living Hades.

Zeng Qian was anxious and afraid, until this time, he didn't know how this army of soldiers and horses entered Gangguan Mountain. This is Tongling, surrounded by the Nijiang River and the Lujiang River, this is not one or two people, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses bypassed the Lujiang River and the Nijiang River, and appeared in the Gangguan Mountain in the hinterland of Tongling, which is terrible.

In any case, this army of soldiers and horses must be destroyed, otherwise, this ambush army, together with the officers and soldiers who came later, will sweep through the periphery of Tongling, and at that time, the defensive force within a radius of ten miles will be swept away by the officers and soldiers.

Zeng Qian was in a hurry, and the sand sculpture was also in a hurry. Hidden on Gangguan Mountain, but it took a lot of effort, in order to sneak in, I planned for nearly two months, but I saw that I could launch a surprise attack, and I actually ran into Zeng Qian's soldiers and horses.

"Quick, put a green signal, let General Liu's people hurry over to help, and we must kill this group of thieves on the mountain!" The sand sculpture is also anxious, since the sneak attack can't be successful, then simply destroy this thief army of bad people and good deeds. Under the order of the sand sculpture, the soldiers of the mountain battalion changed their attack strategy and began to chase the thieves.

As a result, Zeng Qian felt a sudden increase in pressure. At this time, the spies had already sent news that a large number of officers and soldiers in the southeast direction were rushing towards Gangguan Mountain.

Zeng Qian didn't want to be trapped here, so he immediately shouted: "Withdraw from Beishan, and we must not let the officers and soldiers go around behind us!" ”

If the opposing cavalry is allowed to bypass along the official road, it will really be hopeless to escape.

The sand sculpture saw Zeng Qian's intentions and ordered to delay as much as possible, but from the beginning of the establishment of the mountain battalion, it was based on special operations, focusing on sneak attacks and small-scale operations, and such large-scale encounters were by no means the strength of the mountain battalion. The mountain battalion tried their best, but many of the thieves withdrew to Beishan.

Crossing the official road from Beishan, Zeng Qian did not dare to take the main road, and quickly fled to Tongling along the small road.

The defeated soldiers retreated to Tongling City, and after knowing the truth of the matter, Xu Beifeng couldn't help but sigh that he was so lucky.

If Zeng Qian hadn't accidentally discovered the enemy's ambush, he wouldn't have let the other party's sneak attack succeed.