Under the escort of the pacesetters of the three hundred towns, Qin Liangyu ran all the way west for several miles, until he saw that there were no more pursuers behind him, so he stopped his horse. After a while, a junior colonel came to report that 3,000 soldiers and horses on the middle road had set up camp on the hills on both sides of the road ahead, controlling the road to the west, and hearing this news, Qin Liangyu was a little relieved.

She immediately took three hundred town pacesetters straight into the camp on the left side of the mountain, beat the drum to summon the generals, and encouraged everyone to defend the mountain, not to put Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and soldiers into the Shiyan area.

The generals looked at the white temples faintly exposed on both sides of her bronze helmet, and remembered that since the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, her son and daughter-in-law had all died on the battlefield, and now there was only an old woman who was nearly seventy years old, still struggling to maintain the only remaining false name of the stone white pole soldier. Everyone was quite emotional in their hearts, and they expressed their willingness to live and die with the camp and never take a step back.

At this moment, the 5,000 cavalry led by Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai also followed and arrived at the foot of the mountain.

After observing the deployment of the official and military camps on the hills on both sides, Zhang and Luo each led half of their troops and horses to attack the two hills at the same time.

Although these two mountains are not high, but the terrain is extremely dangerous, in order to block the offensive of the righteous army, Qin Liangyu built several lines of defense between the halfway up the mountainside to the top of the mountain, and arranged a large number of strong bows and crossbows and a small number of firearms, each with a thousand garrisons to resist in this area, as long as possible to buy time for the rear team to build a barrier.

The remaining 1,000 white pole soldiers and 300 town pacesetters were concentrated by Qin Liangyu in the Chinese army camp on the left side of the mountain, intending to hold out until dusk, then fight out of the encirclement, join up with the rear team of 20,000 horses, rely on the barrier, and continue to resist the rebels.

Under the desperate resistance of the official army, the Yijun under the mountain charged several times in a row, all of which were repulsed, and many people and horses were lost.

"Father, let the child try!" Zhang Kewang hugged his fists on the side and asked for battle.

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Zhang Kewang, and said with a solemn face: "If this bird terrain is useful for a strong attack, Lao Tzu would have already gone on it himself, why do you need it?" And step back for Lao Tzu! ”

"No." Zhang Kewang had to lower his head and retreat.

Zhang Xianzhong sighed and said, "I didn't expect this tigress to be really difficult!" ”

Xu Yixian approached Zhang Xianzhong, stroked his mustache, and comforted: "Don't worry, look down, this tigress is not what it used to be, but it is just a vain name!" Over the years, all those with the surname Ma and those surnamed Qin who could lead the troops to fight have died, and the rest are all wine bags and rice bags. And the white pole soldiers are also not worthy of the name, they are all temporary conscripts, untrained rabble, plus the tigress is old, and she can't charge in person like before, how many waves can they throw? ”

"Having said that, but now the tigress is condescending and occupies a favorable position, Lao Xu, what can you do?" Zhang Xianzhong was still worried.

Xu Yixian shook his head and said unhurriedly: "It's not that there is no way, just Jing Shuai allocated two thousand elite soldiers to make a detour to attack Qin Liangyu's rear team!" At that time, the white pole soldiers will not care about each other, and they will be broken by me, so why not win a big victory? ”

As soon as he saw Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai couldn't take care of his breath, so he immediately said: "Jing Xuan, Qin Liangyu, this old lady is guarding the mountain, it is really difficult to attack, just now I thought about it, instead of fighting with her here, it is better for me Cao Ying to pretend to go back to Shizhu Fungiping to rest, and then take a detour to the west, take the path to outflank the rear team of the tigress, and cut off her back road, so that the tigress will die without a place to be buried!" ”

Who knew that Luo Ru's voice had just fallen, but Zhang Xianzhong and Xu Yixian suddenly laughed together.

Luo Rucai didn't know why, and asked strangely: "Jing Xuan!" Lao Xu! What are you laughing at? Is my proposal ridiculous? ”

Zhang Xianzhong smiled and waved his hand: "Lao Luo, Lao Luo, don't get me wrong!" Just now, Lao Xu was talking to Lao Tzu about the plan to sneak attack the tigress's rear team, and it happened that you were talking about this too, which is really the same as the hero! ”

Luo Rucai suddenly realized, followed by a burst of laughter, and then patted Xu Yixian's shoulder and said, "I said Old Xu, Jing Xuan can't leave you by his side!" When it comes to leading troops to fight, don't have fun with us bosses! ”

Xu Yixian immediately bowed politely and said, "Since Cao Shuai is going, how dare you fight for merit?" ”

Luo Rucai immediately turned to Zhang Xianzhong again, and said with a smile: "Jing Xuan, this sneak attack, I still need to borrow another person from your Xiying!" ”

"Oh? You're talking about Dingguo, right? Without waiting for Luo Ru to speak, Zhang Xianzhong had already guessed eight or nine.

"Exactly, Dingguo's baby is thoughtful and brave in battle, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he has to do it!" Luo Rucai praised Dingguo again in front of Zhang Xianzhong.

"It's okay, Dingguo will be handed over to you brother!" Luo Rucai's praise made Zhang Xianzhong very useful, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

After the agreement was completed, Luo Rucai quickly returned to Cao Ying, and ordered the whole army to immediately stop attacking the hill on the right, and turn around and drive in the direction of Zhuyiping to the east.

"Why did Luo Rucai run away suddenly?" On the top of the mountain, an officer and army general looked inexplicable.

Qin Liangyu said disapprerovingly: "Don't take it lightly, the thief is just suffering too many casualties, so he will return to Zhujiping for a while, and he will come back again in a short time!" ”

Although he said this, Qin Liangyu's heart was very heavy, and his right eyelid kept beating, afraid that something bad was about to happen. Just in case, Qin Liangyu once again sent people to break through and descend the mountain, and sent an order to the rear team that they must always be vigilant to prevent the Liukou from making a detour to rob the camp, and at the same time urging them to repair the barrier as soon as possible as the last line of defense against the Liukou's westward advance.

Dusk came soon, watching the sunset gradually falling, Qin Liangyu slowly walked out of the gate of the village with the support of his own soldiers, and glanced at the movement of Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses at the foot of the mountain, only to see that after a whole day of offensive and defensive battles, the Xiying Righteous Army had all slackened at this moment, and they were sitting on the ground in groups of three or five eating dry food.

Qin Liangyu relieved his mind a little, and ordered the heralds to wave the flag to the opposite hill, asking them to start the meal as soon as possible, and prepare to break through immediately after nightfall.

Just as the official army was about to eat, the rebels under the mountain suddenly launched a fierce attack again, and in the shouting of "capture Qin Liangyu alive", Qin Liangyu glanced at the sky outside the tent, and immediately decided to change the plan.

Qin Liangyu slammed his rice bowl on the handsome case, hurried out of the account, got on horseback with the help of his own soldiers, and personally led 1,300 soldiers in the Chinese military camp down the mountain to meet the enemy, intending to repel this wave of attack of the Xiying rebels in one go, and then take the opportunity to break through.

The first to engage Qin Liangyu were Ma Yuanli and Feng Shuangli, and under the condescending charge of the white pole soldiers, the Xiying rebels were a little unable to resist and retreated one after another.

Qin Liangyu didn't intend to chase after him, and was just about to order a breakthrough, but Zhang Kewang and Bai Wenxuan led their troops to kill again, and in desperation, Qin Liangyu had to turn around and wave his army to meet the enemy.

The two armies were in a scuffle, and Ma Yuanli and Feng Shuangli, who had just retreated, killed them again, wanting to cut off Qin Liangyu's retreat up the mountain.

Qin Liangyu was worried that he would be besieged in the middle of the mountain by the Xiying Righteous Army, and he would not be able to advance or retreat, so he hurriedly commanded his men and horses to fight and retreat, and returned to the mountain. Despite being at a disadvantage, under Qin Liangyu's calm and calm command, the white pole soldiers were not in a chaotic formation, and the Xiying Righteous Army could not attack for a while, and the two armies fell into a stalemate.

At the same time, Luo Rucai led Cao Ying to pretend to return to Zhuyiping to rest, and then summoned Dingguo, told him in detail about his plan, and selected 3,000 elite horsemen from the army, under the leadership of a guide, detoured more than 20 miles of mountain roads, and finally under the cover of night, successfully arrived in front of the barrier of the rear of the white pole soldiers.

In order to attract Qin Liangyu's attention, Luo Rucai ordered Dingguo to take a hundred soldiers to set fire to the nearby hills, while the rest of the soldiers quickly launched a surprise attack on the official and military barriers, and shouted in unison all the way: "Qin Liangyu is dead, you should return as soon as possible!" ”

The guards and soldiers were busy all day, and they had just built the barriers, they were all tired, they didn't expect that the righteous army would suddenly appear in front of them at this time, and then heard Qin Liangyu's death shouting and killing, and people's hearts fluctuated for a while, thinking that Qin Liangyu was really dead, and instantly lost their fighting spirit, and even took advantage of the chaos to kill the local officials who usually rode on their heads, and surrendered to the Cao Ying soldiers.

The sporadic fighting soon subsided, Luo Rucai personally led a thousand cavalry to continue to pursue the scattered deserters to the west, while Dingguo led the remaining two thousand elite cavalry, turned around and went down the mountain, to block Qin Liangyu's westward escape.

At this moment, Qin Liangyu was personally in front of the battle to supervise the battle, and suddenly someone shouted: "Look, the mountain behind is on fire!" ”

Qin Liangyu was startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look, and sure enough, the firelight in the distance had already illuminated the originally dark night sky red, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing.

Although the rear team has 20,000 troops, most of them are newly recruited recruits, and there are no effective generals in charge, once they are attacked by the rebels, they will definitely collapse completely.

Although Qin Liangyu knew in her heart that it would be useless to rush over now, she still had a trace of illusion, she ordered the whole army to continue to hold on to the mountain, and on the other hand, she took the three hundred town pacesetters, taking advantage of the cover of night, from a deserted forest path down the mountain, and quickly rushed towards the hill where the rear team was camped.

As soon as Qin Liangyu left, the white pole soldiers on the two hills fell into a leaderless situation, and the Xiying rebels took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack, quickly clearing the road blocked by rocks and branches, and breaking through the defense line of the official army from several directions.

Seeing that the Xiying Righteous Army attacked the village, the white pole soldiers who stayed behind were in a mess, Zhang Xianzhong took the horse and carried the knife, and personally rushed into the gate of the village in person. Almost at the same time, the camp on the hill on the right was also captured by the rebels, except for some who surrendered, most of the rest were killed by the Xiying rebels like chopping melons and vegetables, and the iconic ash pole and red tassel spear were discarded all over the ground.

Cleaning the battlefield and running away from Qin Liangyu alone, Zhang Xianzhong left a few men and horses to search and kill the remnants of the enemy, and he led the main force to continue to chase westward.

Qin Liangyu took three hundred town pacesetters to gallop all the way to the west by the moonlight, and just turned a mountain pass, suddenly saw smoke and dust billowing in front of him, and a large group of cavalry came to kill him, leading a young general, with a red horse in his crotch, holding a silver gun, and taking the lead.

Qin Liangyu was startled, and hurriedly turned the horse's head to find another way, but unexpectedly, "Capture Qin Liangyu alive!" The shouts are getting closer and closer.

There were chasing soldiers in front and behind, and there was no way to escape, Qin Liangyu hesitated for a moment, suddenly stopped his horse, bowed slightly in the direction of the Jingshi, and then quickly drew his sword and wiped it towards his neck.

A general beside him was quick-eyed, stepped forward and grabbed the sword, and shouted at Qin Liangyu: "Qin Shuai! Don't take your own life! Come with me! ”

After that, the general turned his horse's head and took Qin Liangyu to the south, burrowing into a mountain forest. In order to cover Qin Liangyu's breakthrough, the remaining 300 town pacesetters all spontaneously stayed, facing the flanking attacks of the righteous armies in the front and back, all of them fought to the death until the last person.

Seeing Qin Liangyu fleeing into the mountains and forests, Zhang Xianzhong immediately ordered all the soldiers to light torches in a small team of ten people, and search for her whereabouts all over the mountains.

Thanks to the fact that the general was very familiar with the terrain in this area, he took Qin Liangyu all the way over the mountains and mountains, and ran for more than 30 miles overnight, so that he got rid of the pursuers and drilled out of this dense mountain forest at dawn.

With the faint light of the sky, there was a wide official road in front of him, Qin Liangyu let out a long breath of relief, didn't care about resting, and after identifying the direction, he immediately urged the horse to run towards the territory of Liangshan County.