After Zhang Hu finished speaking, he almost knelt down with weak legs.

"Master Liu, there are tens of thousands of thieves, why should we go up to die, it's better to retreat quickly, it's too late to go back to Lantian now."

Liu Ximing said angrily: "The official army is surrounded, as a citizen of the court, you don't want to serve the country but ask me to retreat, what is your intention?" ”

Zhang Hu swallowed his saliva with a grunt in his throat, these people are not stupid, what does the court matter to me.

He glanced at Li Biao and the others who were looking at him with horizontal eyebrows, and knew that he couldn't go at this time, even if he regretted it in his heart, he had to bite the bullet and say: "There is a road ahead that can be detoured to the mountain." ”

Liu Xi ordered a wave of the horsewhip, "Hurry up and lead the way." ”

Although Zhang Hu was a little flustered, he had to say that he was indeed a veteran in this mountain forest, and in only three quarters of an hour, the Long Xiang Brigade had already circled to Wufeng Mountain.

The closer you get to Wufeng Mountain, the clearer the shouting and killing sound in Jiatao Ditch becomes.

It's just that in the sound of people like Liu Ximing and Shao Derong who have been in battle for a long time, the officials and troops have obviously fallen into the upper hand, and their voices are gradually lowering.

"You just wait here, my young master said, if the thieves attack, you can escape, but if you run away, you won't be able to get your money."

After Zhang Hu took everyone to Wufeng Mountain, Liu Xi ordered people to directly throw him far away, so as not to see himself take out a lot of equipment and come out of his life.

Wufeng Mountain has long been covered in silver, looking down from the top of the mountain, the Jiatao ditch is densely packed with people's heads.

The snow on the ground has long been trampled into mud by tens of thousands of people, and in addition to the conspicuous red robes of the officers and soldiers, the black clothes on the thieves are the most obvious.

The officers and soldiers are now compressed in the mountain col west of Jiataogou, and they can only use the big stones in the col to fight with the thieves.

Although Cao Bianjiao's troops are all cavalry, their infantry combat ability is also very outstanding, relying on the complete queue, which is on par with the thieves.

It is a pity that there are tens of thousands of thieves, and the officers and soldiers are only a few thousand, and they are gradually falling into a state of exhaustion on such occasions.

Liu Ximing was a little glad that the Longxiang Brigade always had a cyan robe, which was much more concealed in the mountains and forests than the red robes of the officers and soldiers.

Otherwise, after such a short period of effort, the thieves should have noticed this.

"Quick, hurry up and tidy up the ground."

Without Liu Xi's order, Shao Derong and other officers had already led everyone to survey the terrain on the mountain, and selected more than a dozen areas suitable for artillery positions.

Eight or nine hundred people went into battle together, and they took out the imitation sapper shovel that Liu Ximing took out from the space.

In a quarter of an hour, twelve artillery positions were cleared.

Liu Xi's feet were fast, and the twelve four-inch howitzers were quickly arranged, and the soldiers who had completed the artillery training hurriedly stepped forward and practiced according to the artillery drill code.

In the peach ditch.

Under the banner of Cao Zida, a tall, wide-eyed and lion-faced young general is standing with a sword, this person is the nephew of the late famous general Cao Wenzhao, and the general Cao Bianjiao under the trilateral governor Hong Chengchou.

At this time, although Cao Bianjiao's face was still as stable as Mount Tai, his heart was already anxious and regretful.

I blamed myself for being a thief, and I lost my rules for a while, I originally thought that the Li thief was already like a lost dog, but I didn't know that this fang was so bold, not only did he not rush to escape, but also set up an ambush for himself.

The point is that I don't know which tendon is twitching, so I plunged into it.

At present, the casualties of his soldiers are small, and the rest are a little exhausted.

On the other hand, on the side of Li Thief, relying on the use of wheel warfare by many people, he took turns to fight with his own side, but he was much better than himself.

Could it be that the sky is going to forget about it?

Having said that, Cao Bianjiao has been fighting with his uncle since he was sixteen years old, so he is not a person who sits idly by.

"All the soldiers, He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian and other troops are all close to the left, as long as we hold on, reinforcements will come."

"Boom"

As soon as Cao Bianjiao's voice fell, there seemed to be a muffled thunder.

Where did the thunder come from in this winter? Not only Cao Bianjiao, but behind the thieves, Li Zicheng, who was wearing a big hat and a cyan cloak, also subconsciously looked up.

At this time, another muffled thunder sounded, and the thieves pointed at Wufeng Mountain opposite and shouted.

"There's someone on the other side, and there's smoke coming out there."

Li Zicheng followed the man's finger and looked, there was no figure on Wufeng Mountain opposite, could it be that the official army had arrived?

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

At this moment, ten more white smoke rose from the opposite mountain, and small black dots whistled straight towards the thief brigade, which was particularly clear against the snow-covered background.

"Bang"

As if the earth were shaking, ten flowering bombs exploded in the air near the left of the rogue.

Although most of them missed because of the accuracy, they couldn't stand the number of thieves, as long as the direction and angle were right, there were always a few explosions on the heads of the thieves.

"Ahh

Cao Bianjiao's side was filled with earth-shattering cheers.

"Wansheng, reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived."

Cao Bianjiao also saw the cannonballs falling from the sky, although he was inexplicably surprised, but he felt that something was wrong in his heart.

He Renlongbu and Zuoguang Xianbu are both cavalry, how can they bring so many artillery pieces over.

Li Zicheng naturally had no time to take care of this problem, seeing that Cao Bianjiao had been forced into a dead end by himself, but he suddenly killed such a Cheng biting Jinlai, Li Zicheng's eyes were almost green.

"Zong Min, you take five thousand men and horses to finish off that place, and you must not let them fire again."

"I'll go now", behind Li Zicheng, a strong man with a short face and a resolute face came out, officially Liu Zongmin, the general in Li Zicheng's mouth.

Liu Zongmin pulled out his double knives and shouted at his subordinates: "Sons, follow your grandfather up the mountain." ”

Liu Ximing looked down from the top of the mountain, and he could clearly see a group of people and horses coming towards Wufeng Mountain.

"Hahaha, continue to fire, and the rest of the people will prepare to meet the enemy."

The shells of the Longxiang Brigade kept hitting the heads of the thieves, and as time went on, the trajectory became more and more accurate.

At this moment, Li Zicheng's department was completely disrupted, hundreds of iron beads flew overhead, and from time to time, the heavenly spirit cover of the companions around him who was beaten burst open.

This scene is still terrifying even for the thieves and veterans who have already experienced the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and tens of thousands of people are hiding in Tibet.

The pressure on the officials and soldiers decreased, and Cao Bianjiao obviously felt the lack of follow-up of the thieves.

But he also saw that there were already thieves on the opposite mountainside, and to be honest, he didn't have much confidence in his heart about whether the opposing troops could resist the attacks of the thieves.

At this time, if you cooperate with the assault, will it lead to the annihilation of your own army?

Cao Bianjiao was worthy of being battle-hardened, and in an instant, he decided to come down and see if the reinforcements on the top of the mountain had the ability to continue to cause chaos for the thieves.

"Hold on, push for a while."

After two quarters of an hour's effort, excluding the soldiers operating the artillery, the remaining 800 people of the Longxiang Brigade had been assembled under the battery.

Far away, Liu Zongmin's angry scolding reached the top of the mountain.

"Where did you come from, I only know how to put the yin cannon, come and eat your grandfather Liu Zongmin's knife."

A smile appeared on Liu Ximing's face, now that he was condescending, and with a variety of means in hand, he was naturally confident.

However, when he heard that the thief under the mountain would call himself Liu Zongmin, Liu Ximing was still moved in his heart.

This guy is a historical celebrity, I don't know if Chen Yuanyuan has been slept with by him.

The fire of gossip in Liu Ximing's heart is burning.

"Don't aim for the leader."

Shao Derong was stunned when he heard Liu Ximing's words, "Second brother, what is this for?" ”

"Listen to me, I'll talk about it later."

Liu Ximing threw down such a sentence, and in the blink of an eye, the figure of the thief had appeared below the hillside.

"Aim, shoot."

There is an advantage to being condescending, although the bullets fired by the Long Xiang Brigade have deviated a lot due to recoil and other reasons, they are mostly moving downward under the action of gravity.

After three rounds of attacks, the damage to Liu Zongmin's troops was even more significant than on flat ground.

The fall of two or three hundred people was a great blow to the team attacking on the back, and Liu Zongmin was so anxious that he jumped to his feet in the back.

"Fuck the thief, where did the birds and officers come out, the firearms are so fierce."

"Brothers, the dog officer army is only powerful in this round, everyone continue to rush."

The "bang" and "bang" gunshots directly slapped Liu Zongmin in the face.

The hand speed of 3 shots per minute of the Long Xiang Brigade is considered to be at the upper level of the world even in this era, and when Liu Zongmin's department ran to about fifty steps, he ushered in another blow.