Jiluo Mountain is located at the confluence of two rivers in the southwest of the county, the mountain is high and the forest is flourishing, lush, every spring and summer, the local people drag their children and daughters, often come to this mountain to enjoy the flowers.

In addition to Jiluo Mountain, there is also a Mu Mountain in the north of Zhongmu City, which is said to be piled up when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted Guandu, and Jiluo Mountain became a north-south confrontation, overlooking the huge North China Plain.

Lou Mijia stood on the top of Jiluo Mountain, undressed, straight, and allowed the torrential rain to fall down. A few bolts of lightning pierced the sky, and you could see that halfway up the mountainside stretched to the back of the mountain, densely hiding two thousand cavalry, all of them in black clothes and black armor, standing still, revealing an incomparably shocking elite aura.

Time advanced slowly, and at night, the rainstorm that had been raining for two full hours finally stopped, and after waiting for about two quarters of an hour, the adjutant general next to him suddenly shouted excitedly in a suppressed voice: "Lord, look, there is a fire in the north!" ”

During the day, Li Chong saw that the general trend had gone, and before he was about to retreat from Luzhuang, he sent scouts to rush back to Zhongmu to report the news, Yuan Mulan expected that Xu You would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately ordered Lou Mijia to ambush Jiluo Mountain, so that as long as he saw the fire in the north, he would immediately launch an attack.

In the dark, it is impossible to identify the location, let alone accurately find the location of the enemy, so the light of the fire becomes a guide and mark for both the enemy and the enemy.

Lou Mijia Huo Ran turned around, the water line raised by the armor beat the low and dense grass undulating, and his resolute face was full of Xiao Killing, and said:

"Get on the horse!"

After the heavy rain, the ground was muddy, and the march was not fast, but the cavalry was still superior to the infantry in terms of mobility, only the gap was no longer as far out as usual.

Halfway through, I suddenly heard the sound of earth-shattering shouts and killing, and a large number of Chu army troops rushed out of the woods on the right side of the road, and powerful arrows came like flying brilliance, and I didn't know how many people there were for a while.

Suddenly encountering a strong enemy in the dark, it was impossible to organize effective resistance at all, Lou Mijia hurriedly retreated, and the generals under his command lost their fighting spirit, threw away their armor, and turned around and fled.

Qi Xiao led the crowd to chase and kill more than three miles, countless torches were lit up around him, Mu Fan rode a horse, walked out first, and said with a smile: "Who is the enemy general, don't you get off the horse and surrender?" ”

Qi Xiao knew the plan, he ordered to rein in the front line that had become a little scattered because of the pursuit, and at the same time looked at those torches, only to see a few fire points fluctuating, most of them were stable in place, it should be that the enemy's strength was insufficient, so he set up a suspicious formation, trying to scare him back.

As we all know, the fleeing enemy is a pig and sheep to be slaughtered, and once it is completely defeated in the pursuit, the whole army may be buried here.

The burial of the whole army is still one thing, and the second is that if they can't stop the enemy in Jiluo Mountain and let them launch a surprise attack on Ming Jing's flank, the 20,000 people in the front army and the 20,000 rear troops of Pei Shuye and Tu Yuan will be in great danger.

The defeat is like a mountain, rather than losing the initiative because of retreat, it is better to form a formation in place to defend, as long as it is until dawn, as soon as the support arrives, it can still turn the tide of the war!

"Column—array!"

The drums sounded through the cold night, seven times, each returned to the army, eleven times, the circle formation was formed, fifteen times, the maple spears were like a forest, the swords and shields were formed into a wall, the bows and crossbows were raised, and the three thousand people let out a roar that looked at death as home: "Fight!" ”

Mu Fan's mount was experienced in a hundred battles, but it also took two steps back in this roar that gathered people's hearts and fighting spirits, and he looked at the people around him again, all of them were shocked, no one expected that the Chu army, which was still chaotic just now, would be able to rearrange the formation in a few breaths, and the fighting spirit radiated was so surging and surging.

This depends on the Chu army's excellent training and strict military law, even in the process of pursuit, it also maintains the basic Wu and Shi formation, once it is necessary to urgently assemble, there is no need to go to the subordinate commander and 100 generals, just to the nearest higher rank of the chief officer, the efficiency of the formation has been greatly improved, and with the formation as the basis, morale will not be affected, and combat effectiveness can be guaranteed under any circumstances.

"The trapped beast is still fighting, and I don't know whether I am alive or dead!" Mu Fan said coldly, but he admired Yuan Mulan very much in his heart, the so-called gods are far away, and there is nothing more than this.

Since learning of the defeat of Luzhuang, Yuan Mulan made a decision in a short period of time, almost anticipating every move of the enemy, as if the most powerful chess master, burying his son to make a game, lying in a line for thousands of miles, and finally introduced the Chu army into the urn.

The shame of Luzhuang will be washed away with blood tonight!

Mu Fan pulled out his waist knife, took the lead, and said sharply: "Warriors of Daxianbei Mountain, tonight, use your knives and arrows to let Xu You know what the pain of defeat is!" Kill! ”

When the Wei soldiers came from all sides like a tide, Qi Xiao suddenly changed color, and then he realized that he was a bad move:

The other party deliberately used the suspicion of the torch to induce him to choose to stay and fight to the death, fearing that he would immediately retreat and leave, so that he would not be able to close the circle.

In fact, the strength of the Wei army far exceeded his previous estimates.

What Yuan Mulan wanted to eat was not Ming Jing's pursuers, but his ambush soldiers!

It is more than 20 miles away from the north of Jiluo Mountain and more than 10 miles west of Zhongmu County, which is a well-known garden. Putian Ze is one of the nine Ze in the world, the area is very large before the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 40 miles from east to west, more than 200 miles from north to south, but since the Warring States Wei Hui King led the Yellow River water into Ze, and dug a chasm to bet on Yingshui, Ze surface gradually shrunk, to now, the sediment siltation is serious, the water level drops, many large and small sand gangs rise in the middle of the lake, and the Putianze is divided into 24 small lakes, big gradually, small gradually, big ash, small ash, Yilu, Lianqiu, big poplar, small poplar, scattered, Yuzhong, sheepfold, big hoof, small hoof, Longze, Miluo, big mourning, small mourning, Big long, small long, big shrinkage, small shrinkage, Boqiu, big cover, bull's eye, etc., the flow of Tianjin is through, the deep pond is connected, the water is full of the north injection, the canal overflow is sown in the south, it is an important hub to regulate the local water conservancy.

Ming Jing's former army met Li Chong and Yan Lishi in Putianze, and these two did not flee directly back to Zhongmu after evacuating Luzhuang, but after meeting with the reinforcements sent by Yuan Mulan, they chose to put up a position on the right side of Putianze, preparing to fight again here.

Li Chong watched the Chu army gradually approaching, hugged his fists at Yan Lishi on horseback, and said with a smile: "Your Highness ordered us to hold Ming Jing for an hour, but his strength is several times that of me, and he has the power of a new victory, and his morale is high. ”

Yan Lishi laughed loudly, the long lance in his hand crossed the horse's back, looking forward to the indescribable pride, and said: "The general died in a hundred battles, the strong man returned in ten years, the horse leather shroud is just an ordinary thing for my generation, the underworld is far away, you should walk with you!" ”

"Great!"

Li Chong squeezed the horse's belly, drew his sword and pointed obliquely, his eyes became resolute and fierce, and said: "I led 5,000 people to block Ming Jing's frontal attack, the right flank has a garden and Tianze, the Chu army can't make a detour, and the left flank will ask the general!" ”

"Before I die, keep your left wing worry-free!"

Yan Lishi turned his horse's head, waved his lance, and said, "Rou Xuanjun, follow me!" "He is the general of the town capital of Rouxuan Town, the Rouxuan Army is also known as the trapping army, in the six towns of the soldiers are the most fearless of death, the battle of Luzhuang has not had time to go to the battlefield due to heavy rain and evacuation, now the clouds are raining, the sky is full of stars, it is the time to show your skills!

The two sides quickly encountered, and without saying a word, the soldiers collided fiercely, each fighting desperately. The soldiers of the Six Towns, who had lost most of their mobility, dismounted, and were still the strongest army in the world, with a fourfold disparity in strength, but they were able to firmly hold their positions and fight to the death.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, and was worried about the battle situation on Qi Xiao's side, Uncle Pei came to see Ming Jing at night and put forward his own views on the current situation: Yuan Mulan should use Li Chong and Yan Lishi to block the pursuing troops of Ming Jing and Pei and Tu, and then concentrate the absolute superior forces to encircle and annihilate Qi Xiao's department, otherwise, Li, Yan and others can completely retreat to Zhongmu to defend, and there is no need to risk a decisive battle with weak forces in Putianze.

Ming Jing was actually thinking about this problem, it was said that Qi Xiao should appear now, but there was no trace of him, and he was obviously in a bitter battle. The reason for the bitter battle is not clear, but Pei Shuye followed Ye Min to participate in the Battle of Luoyang, and his words and deeds are above the level, and his knowledge and sense of smell are above the level, and his opinion is very important.

"If it is really Yuan Mulan's trick, dare to ask General Pei if he has a good strategy to break the enemy?"

In a battle like this, which takes place at night, there is a lack of communication, and it is difficult to distinguish the enemy's situation, all of which depend on the wisdom and judgment of the commander, and the ability to respond to the situation on the spot, and both sides are actually in danger.

If Ming, Pei, and Tu defeated Li and Yan first, and then went south to rescue Qi Xiao, Yuan Mulan's tactical intentions could not be completed, and he could only retreat to Zhongmu gloomily; If Yuan Mulan annihilated Qi Xiao first, and then led his troops north, Ming, Pei, and Tu would become pigs and sheep on the mill, and the Chu army would experience the biggest defeat since the Western Expedition.

This is gambling, but it is undeniable that Yuan Mulan won in the first move and initiative, and the winning chance was greater.

Therefore, Uncle Pei decided to take the risk in the middle of the danger, and he personally led 800 dead soldiers to quietly pass through the middle of the battlefield on the north and south lines, and directly take Zhongmu!

According to his basis, the Wei army is insufficient, and the troops are divided into 8,000 troops in Putianze, and Yuan Mulan has a maximum of 30,000 people in her hands, according to her always love to use strange soldiers, if she wants to ensure that she eats Qi Xiaobu as soon as possible, it is very likely to pour out of the nest, and after gathering and destroying Qi Xiao, she can take advantage of the landslide and go north to eat Ming Jing and others.

The appetite is great, the plan is very good, and the probability of success is also very high, but this also shows that Zhongmu will become an empty city!

Ming Jing didn't hesitate for too long, now dividing troops to save Qi Xiao is just a tactic to add fuel, a drop in the bucket, it will not help, but will fall into the trap of Yuan Mulan's encirclement and reinforcements, and it is too late to turn back to ask Xu You for help, it is better to let Uncle Pei take a risk at night.

It has been completed, which is of great significance and remarkable results; No, no matter how bad the current battle situation is, it can't get any worse!

"It's just that if Zhongmu is not an empty city, General Pei's situation will be very dangerous......"

Uncle Pei smiled, turned over his horse, and said, "Brother Ming, in the first class of the Tiger Hall, the mountain chief told us that if we want to seek governance in the world, civil officials are not greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of death." If I die, the old lady of the family will have her own general's mansion to take care of, and when the day I expel Suo Lu and restore my rivers and mountains, don't forget to pour a glass of wine in front of my grave, and my brother will die without regrets! ”

Ming Jing raised his right hand, solemnly saluted, and said: "After tonight, your wife is my mother, you can't come back, I will go to the morning and dusk to say goodbye, and do my filial piety for you!" ”

Uncle Pei also returned the military salute, said goodbye, and said angrily: "When you go to Huangquantai, your flesh and bones are blood and mud, and the men should die on the battlefield, and the green mountains have nowhere to ......be buried."

The vicinity of Jiluo Mountain is already full of corpses, although Qi Xiao's arrangement of troops has no loopholes, the front and rear are guarded like copper walls, and sharp weapons such as Yuanxiang bows and Wanjun crossbows have also caused particularly heavy damage to the Wei army, and Mu Fan has suffered a lot.

But when Yuan Mulan with a grimace mask appeared on the battlefield, five hundred black-robed and red-armored guards formed a sharp arrow formation, she took the lead, Jin Se flew over, killing people like mustard, and the Wei army seemed to be possessed by gods and demons from top to bottom, with the heroic figure of Her Royal Highness the princess, screaming and suddenly breaking through the defense line of the Chu army.

……

Ming Jing sent someone to inform Xu You of the military situation in the rear, joined forces with Tu Yuan, and launched an attack like crazy. Pei Shuye led 800 people to break away from the battlefield from the rear, and then quietly passed through the vast dense forest in the middle and appeared under Zhongmu City.

Sure enough, there were only a few hundred old soldiers in the city, and Uncle Pei bravely climbed first at night and went down with a drum. He went deep alone and did not dare to stay for a long time, so he simply set a fire and burned thousands of stones, grain, grass and a large amount of military materials that the Wei army had worked so hard to store.

The blazing flames lit up the night sky within a radius of dozens of miles from Zhongmu, and the first thing to find something strange was Li Chongbu, who was being besieged, and I don't know who shouted: "Zhong...... Zhongmu is on fire......"

The soldiers looked back one after another, and panic spread rapidly. Ming Jing seized the opportunity and commanded all the armies to press it with all their might, and at the same time, the people in charge of the military department skillfully shouted, "Zhongmu has been defeated, and the grain and grass are burned." Put down your arms, surrender and don't kill", the Wei army was disheartened, and no longer had the fighting spirit, no matter how Li Chong pressed it, he was also weak and collapsed.

The defeat was like a mountain, the 8,000 Wei army suffered more than 6,000 casualties, and even Li Chong, the general of Longwei Zhonglang, was also captured by Ming Jing, most of whom were forced into Putianze by the Chu army, and were killed and captured after falling into the water.

Rouxuan Town is worthy of the name of the trapped army, Yan Lishi escaped by luck under the desperate protection of the tribe, he did not dare to return to Zhongmu, gathered the remnants along the way, turned around and looked for Yuan Mulan.

Ming Jing was faced with two choices at this time, one was to go south to rescue Qi Xiao and fight with Yuan Mulan's main force. It's just that after a battle just now, the soldiers are exhausted, and the troops in his hands are not dominant, and at this time, fighting with Yuan Mulan not only has little chance of winning, but is likely to lead to a big defeat; The second is to quickly advance eastward, support Pei Shuye, occupy Zhongmu, cut off Yuan Mulan's retreat, and wait for Xu You's army to arrive, and then close the front and back, and make this immortal achievement.

Those who are intellectually middle and upper know how to choose, but the problem is that Qi Xiao is not only the old master of Ming Jing, but also has great grace to Ming Jing, and the only one who can save him at this time is himself.

But......

Ming Jing slashed into the empty place, his face became a little distorted because of the pain, he raised his eyes and looked around, the burning dust and smoke, the corpses that were staggering, the blood-stained land and the resolute faces of the tribesmen, and finally made up his mind to send a lieutenant to escort the captives back to Luzhuang to report the victory, and he and Tu Yuan led the rest of the troops, leaving all the baggage and armor, only carrying knives, guns and bows and crossbows, and moving forward at full speed, making sure to arrive in Zhongmu before Yuan Mulan returned to the division.

Qi Xiao is facing the situation of exhaustion, the 3,000 people in the department are almost dead and wounded, only more than 400 people remain, they are compressed in a circle of close distance, they use the giant shield to form a circle array, thousands of maple guns erected, criss-crossed, like an iron-armored hedgehog, people can not speak, the Wei army launched several attacks, leaving hundreds of corpses outside the giant shield, and it was impossible to attack for a while.

Generally speaking, if the casualties of the trilogy are more than 30%, there is a high chance that it will collapse, but Qi Xiao's battle damage has reached 70%, and he still fights to the death, and there is no sign of collapse.

Yuan Mulan's eyes were cold, her voice was quiet, and she said: "The tenacity of the Chu people is far better than any opponent I have encountered in the past hundred years. Such an opponent deserves respect and must also arouse sufficient vigilance! ”

Mu Fan beside him said with a slight sneer: "I really should let those adults in Pingcheng come here to see if the Chu people are the same as pigs and sheep in their mouths......

He lost Yuzhou last time, quite embarrassed, causing a lot of criticism and accusations in Pingcheng, if it weren't for Yuan Mulan's appreciation, it would be basically impossible to lead troops again within a few years. Seeing that the elite of the Six Towns were still fighting so hard, there was a bit of perverted pleasure in my heart.

At this time, Wuchuan Town's fierce general Bao Lifa out of the formation, this person is nine feet tall, infinitely powerful, good at making iron bones, swept out of the battlefield is a large number of dead and wounded, directly rushed to the front of the shield array, picked up the iron bones, and smashed it hard.

Boom!

The giant shield shook, and the soldiers supporting the shield inside were shocked to death by two people, and the two of them were desperately blocked, several maple spears stabbed his waist and abdomen from the shield leak, Bao Liva's eyes were wide open, he didn't dodge, his palm the size of a fan opened, grabbed the head of the gun, smashed the iron bones, smashed them all into two, and then rubbed his shoulders and hit them.

Boom!

The shield array dispersed, and the besieging Wei army cheered loudly, and just as they were about to rush up, an arrow suddenly shot out, passing through Bao Liva's left eye and coming out through the back of his head!

Qi Xiao put down the Yuan Xiang Bow, his face was calm as if he were at home, he was under siege and was powerless to counterattack, but if he delayed for a moment, he would be able to buy more time for Ming Jing.

Bao Liva's death, so that the Wei army's offensive was a setback, the Chu army took the opportunity to re-erect the shield array, seeing that it would take a long time to go on like this, Yuan Mulan was beautiful and slightly frowned, the jade legs lightly clamped the horse's belly, in the exclamation of many generals, rushed out like lightning, and stood up when the distance was more than ten zhang, the toe lightly touched the saddle, the posture was like a phoenix dancing for nine days, and the Jinse spear flowed with pale golden light, silently stabbing the giant shield.

Shield shattered!

At the same time, seven or eight people flew upside down, and more than 20 people knocked over, all of them spurted blood from the sky, their muscles and bones were broken, and they couldn't get up again.

The power of one shot, earth-shattering!

Yuan Mulan did not stop, she jumped up again, and rushed straight to Qi Xiao, and the Wei army behind her also reacted, pouring in like a tide from the open gap.

The white blades are staggered, no one screams, and no one retreats, and the red-eyed sides only see the enemy's throat and chest, and fiercely insert the weapon in their hands, forward, forward, either you die, or I die!

Almost not effectively blocked, Yuan Mulan approached Qi Xiao, and there were twenty guards next to Qi Xiao, but when facing Yuan Mulan, he only felt alone, he gritted his teeth suddenly, the long knife broke through the air, and the turbulent knife wind made a buzzing sound like a trembling sound, slashing towards the tip of the Jinse spear.

Jinse disappears!

In the next second, it turned into fifty silk threads, and the silver snake covered the sky, covering the whole body. Qi Xiao's knife slashed in the air, unable to relieve his strength, the qi between the chest and abdomen reversed, extremely uncomfortable, poofing blood, trying his best to cultivate, the knife light suddenly rose, like a seal, the sound of tinkling gold and iron was endless, and in an instant, the knife and gun exchanged a full fifty times.

Silence and light!

Yuan Mulan stood in front of him, the Jinse gun was pointed at Qi Xiao's throat, his ears, eyes, nose, and mouth were all oozing blood, not human, his expression was still calm, and he said lightly: "Kill me!" ”

The battle was nearing the end, and only twenty or thirty people in the Chu army were still able to stand, and all of them were wounded, and the rest were all heroic, and they stood near Qi Xiao to the left, without fear, obviously holding the heart of death.

Yuan Mulan said softly: "General Qi, your troops have defended the glory of the Chu people with fearlessness and bravery, if you are willing to surrender, my lord will not be stingy with rewards, and these warriors behind you, I can also promise to let them leave safely!" ”

Qi Xiao said with a smile: "Thanks to the princess's attention, however, I am a Han Chinese, and I am not used to the days when you Hu people drink blood, so there is no need to persuade me to surrender, and my brothers and I have never known how to write the word death......

Before the words fell, her eyes suddenly widened, looking into the distance, revealing a shocked look, Yuan Mulan followed and turned around, seeing that the fire in Zhongmu was burning the night sky as red as blood.