Luo Keduo, who had already passed Lao Zhang's sleeping place, turned back in shock, and when he saw the fire rope that had been ignited in Lao Zhang's hand, he exclaimed in shock, "Hurry up...... Shoot him ......! ”

The Qing soldiers who had already crossed, were nearby, and were about to arrive all bent their bows and arrows.

Hundreds of arrows came in unison, like locusts, Lao Zhang's body was suddenly shot into a hedgehog shape, and he was shouting another sentence, "Kill the Tartars...... ”

Stop!

Immediately afterwards, there was a "boom", and less than ten steps away from Lao Zhang, it exploded first, and the mud and rocks that rushed to the sky flooded everything within dozens of steps.

Then there was a series of explosions, dozens of pillars of mud, directly submerging the rear army that followed Rocodor's attack.

The sudden drastic changes shocked the Qing troops who had already gone up the mountain and were on the slopes.

At this time, Liu Fang on the top of the mountain, Huo Di got up, he turned around, slowly glanced at everyone, pulled out his slashing knife, jumped out without saying a word, and pounced on the Qing army that was already close at hand.

"Kill the Tartars."

No one knows who shouted this sentence after Lao Zhang.

The survivors all agreed that it was Liu Fang who shouted when he pounced on the enemy, but Liu Fang firmly denied it, saying that he had only one thought in his heart at that time, killing one was enough, killing two to earn one.

But no matter who shouted it, whether anyone shouted it or not, everyone heard it.

Everyone echoed this sentence, and then, everyone followed Liu Fang and rushed towards the Qing soldiers.

It's a miracle.

It became the initiative of Lao Zhang and attracted the attention of all Qing soldiers.

Liu Fang and the young men were able to successfully jump out on the mountain, creating enough time.

The Qing soldiers didn't have time to turn their heads to shoot them, and even the Qing soldiers had to abandon their bows and draw their knives when they faced the young men who pounced.

The young and strong people have a condescending geographical advantage, and this little and some eventually converge into a stream.

People are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of it?

Even if the imperial power is afraid of being within ten steps.

The two sides that are close to each other, once they fall into a melee, then the people who dare to die will take advantage of it.

Liu Fang and those young people, at this time, dare to die!

The sudden fierce battle, the two sides with a huge disparity in strength, fought for nearly an hour, and it actually ended in a tie.

In this battle, both sides were ultimately defeated.

Roccodo finally had to order a retreat, as he suddenly discovered that the "hillbillies" had completed their metamorphosis, from a pack of sheep to a pack of wolves.

Rocodo didn't want to lose too much of his elite here, and after calming down, he chose to retreat and regroup, and then think about leveling the place.

Liu Fang didn't chase them, because they couldn't chase them, and they couldn't chase them.

The bloodiness that was temporarily stimulated slowly cooled down by the cruelty of the battle, and all that remained was fear and pain.

More than 500 people came out, and less than 200 were still alive.

But they won, and when Rocodo retreated with his troops, they were victorious!

Although they are only temporarily aroused hemorrhagic sex.

But the soul that has been transformed can no longer retract back to the past.

They have the bravery, and they need someone to put a soul for them—the soul of the army.

Liu Fang, the initiator, couldn't do this, Lao Zhang could, but he died.

They, who are already an elite, just need to be trained and equipped.

Someone needs to tell them what they're fighting for! Fight for whom!

……。

Rocodo led his troops back to the ferry, and that night he and his army were licking their wounds.

Compared with the number of casualties among the people in Hengyang, the casualties of the Qing soldiers were fewer, and the total number of casualties was only 14 or 50.

The "earth mine" detonated by Lao Zhang seems to be extremely powerful, but in fact, it only killed and injured dozens of people.

But it turned the end of the battle.

The largest number of casualties of the Qing army came from hand-to-hand combat between the two sides near the top of the mountain.

In such a terrain, as long as you fall, you will either die or be injured.

In this situation, it was wise for Rokoduo to choose to retreat, because even if these villagers were completely annihilated, Rocoduo would actually lose, because he could no longer complete the retreat of the Northern Expeditionary Army attacking Sizhou.

And the most painful thing for Roccodo was Doni's unfulfilled death.

This night, in front of the rising moon, Rocoduo gritted his teeth and swore an oath to avenge Doni and slaughter Hengyang Town, leaving no chickens and dogs!

……。

From Tianchang through Hengyang and then to Xuyi, the Chi Erhan Department of the Department.

At this time, we are facing unprecedented pressure.

According to the previous deployment, the enemy's defenders in Sizhou should only have three or four thousand people, and this information is correct.

What is wrong is that while Azig sent reinforcements to Linhuai, he also sent reinforcements to Sizhou, a full 10,000 army.

After the First Battle of Tianchang, the original idea of breaking through with the edge had actually failed, and the emptiness of Sizhou had been realized by Azig.

Then, strengthening Sizhou's defense force is the meaning of the question.

However, Chi Erhan's troops set off from the south bank of the Yangtze River ten days ago, and they had no basis to change their tactics.

Facing Sizhou City, which is no longer the original three or four thousand defenders, Chi Erhan and others can only make two choices, one is to retreat, because the premise of the battle has changed, the three troops before and after Chi Erhan's department add up, and there are only more than 6,000 people, and it is simply an impossible task to attack Sizhou City, which is defended by 13,000 or 4,000 Qing soldiers.

The second option is to seize Xuyi, which is across the river, and use Xuyi as a base to deter and contain Sizhou City, so that Sizhou cannot advance or retreat with more than 10,000 enemy troops.

Chi Erhan, Shi Kun, and Huang Dahong unanimously agreed to choose the second strategy and seize Xuyi, because before Shi Kun and Chi Erhan set off, Wu Zheng explained that their strategic intention was to contain the enemy as much as possible, making Fengyang City's Azig difficult to take care of and overstretched.

But in the city of Sizhou, how could the Qing army, which was obviously in an advantageous position, easily let the Northern Expeditionary Army's renderings succeed?

Just after Chi Erhan and others captured Xuyi City after a day of fierce fighting, it was inevitable that the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately changed from the besieging side to the defending side.

A large number of enemy troops from Sizhou have crossed the river and landed, which should have been the best battlefield for the Northern Expeditionary Army to use firearms to block the Qing army, but unfortunately, the river is on the west side of Xuyi, and the Northern Expeditionary Army is attacking the east gate of Xuyi, that is to say, before the city is broken, it is impossible to stop the enemy army from Sizhou.

After a day of fierce fighting, both sides suffered casualties, but Xuyi City was still firmly in the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

At this time, the two young men from Hengyang arrived in front of Chi Erhan and others.

……。

"What?!"

There was news of the Qing cavalry arriving in Hengyang, which shocked Chi Erhan, Shi Kun, and Huang Dahong.

This was definitely not what they expected, or even what Wu Zheng expected.

Yes, Hengyang borders Yangzhou Prefecture, and it stands to reason that it is impossible for the Qing army to make a detour to Hengyang, because if the Yangzhou garrison rushes from Baoying to Hengyang, then the roundabout Qing army is a dead end, unless it is a large army, have you ever heard of a small force interspersed behind enemy lines, have you ever heard of a large army interspersed behind enemy lines?

Then it is not called interspersed and detoured, but called separation and encirclement.