The soldiers marched for four days, that is, they reached the Qingshi Mountain in the east of Pengxi, Tongchuan Prefecture. After the bluestone mountain is the boundary of Pengxi.

The enemy was imminent, Tan Daxiao ordered to choose a place to camp, rest for a while, and recuperate enough to go north again. At the same time, the scout ranger is released to find out the news. Soon, scouts came to report that hundreds of soldiers and horses were found from miles away, speeding in this direction. Tan Daxiao was taken aback, he didn't want Liukou to come so quickly, could it be that Pengxi had already fallen? I didn't have time to think about it, so I suspended camping, ordered the whole army, and waited in formation.

Tan Daxiao's ancestral home is Huguang Wuchang Mansion, and his ancestors entered Sichuan during the Hongwu "Huguang Filling Sichuan" period, and he has been working hard for generations, and has gradually become a wealthy family in eastern Sichuan. Tan Daxiao is from a branch of the Tan family in eastern Sichuan, born in Wuju, known as a good general in Sichuan, and is currently the deputy commander of the Wuning Battalion in Wanxian County. In the past few months, he has been going back to Shiyan, Luowangba and other places to recruit soldiers, and it has only been half a month since he was rectified, and he received an urgent message from northern Sichuan, and he had no time to train. It was a veteran with more than 1,000 soldiers who were ordered to go north to support.

waited for the other party to get closer and sent someone to inquire again, only to breathe a sigh of relief. It's not the rogues who come, it's the friendly army.

The head of this army was a short and fat man in his thirties, dressed in armor, but his scarlet was missing, and his hair was disheveled, looking rather embarrassed, and his soldiers were all depressed.

The man claimed to be a thousand households in Baoning, his name was Shi Meng, and his six hundred guards had just retreated from the Shenshui area. This person named Shi Meng also said that he had listened to Wang Weizhang in Baoning to kill Yuan Tao, the king of the heavens, but Wang Weizhang saw that the southwest was in turmoil, so he sent him guerrilla support. But later, Wang Weizhang himself was deeply trapped in the whirlpool and was anxious, so he lost the control of his superiors, and he did not dare to go back rashly, so he wandered around the triangle area composed of Xichong, Pengxi, and Yanting counties by himself, looking for fighters.

Shi Meng's mouth was full of flowers, but Tan Daxiao didn't think so. But looking at this Shi Meng's appearance, I think that I have just been in the battle array, and I can't say that I have suffered a big loss. Under a question, sure enough, this Shi Meng heard that the shooting flood was robbed not long ago, so he led his troops to rescue, who wanted to lose three battles and three defeats in two days, and had to retreat south for the time being.

Tan Daxiao saw that Shi Meng's mouth was dry, so he asked someone to serve him a bowl of water, and when he finished drinking, he asked again: "Shi Qianhu, how is Shehong doing now?" ”

Shi Meng sat on a stone and wiped his mouth and said, "It's no fun, it's already a thief's hole." However, I heard that Suining County is not in the way for the time being, and the brothers over there won a big battle in Guangshan not long ago! He took a breath and asked, "How many do you have?" ”

Tan Daxiao answered truthfully. Shi Meng shook his head and said, "No, no, there are too few people." I have more than 1,000 people under my command, and only 600 people are left after three battles with the rogues, and it is not helpful for you to have such a few people. ”

Tan Daxiao didn't say anything, but the officer standing next to him was unhappy, rolled his bull's eyes, and said disdainfully: "Our brothers in Wuning are all in the crotch." The implication is that Shi Meng's hands are full of rammers without eggs.

Shi Meng was not angry, and was about to have a seizure, when one of his subordinates walked up, bowed and saluted, "My lord, the scout is back." ”

"Let him come." Shi Meng glared at the officer, and forced his dissatisfaction, the person he sent out to investigate the enemy situation came back, and he still had to get down to business.

The scout, dressed in cloth armor, trotted to Shi Meng and knelt down on one knee, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Tan Daxiao, a stranger, and couldn't help but be stunned. Tan Daxiao smiled at him, the scout came back to his senses, did not dare to delay the business, and reported to Shi Meng: "Lord Yu, my subordinates explored all the way along the trail, and the gang of rogues stopped when they chased them to Chicheng Mountain, and now they are still stationed there." ”

"How many?" Shi Meng leaned forward with his hands on his knees, listened attentively to his report, and asked another question at the end.

"This ......" the scout's cheeks flushed, but he didn't dare to say more.

Shi Meng said angrily: "If you have something to say, just say it!" ”

The scout glanced at Tan Daxiao embarrassedly, and then tried his best to lower his voice and said, "Two hundred people ......"

Six hundred officers and soldiers were chased by two hundred rogue for dozens of miles, no wonder the scout felt embarrassed, Tan Daxiao knew in his heart, in order to save face for his army, he was afraid that these "two hundred people" were also mixed with water. When Shi Meng heard this, an old face turned red, and the tomato was similar, but he blamed himself for being too anxious, and in the end he humiliated himself.

The officer next to Tan Daxiao was about to laugh, Tan Daxiao glared at him, and had to hold back the laughter halfway, and tears were squeezed out.

Liukou only has these, Tan Daxiao didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, and said to Shi Meng: "Shi Qianhu, I have many enemies, it is better to go back to the past at this time, and I will definitely win with one blow!" ”

Shi Meng disagreed: "No, you haven't fought with them, you don't know how powerful they are." This stream of people is not idle, most of them are fierce and fearless of death, and they are extremely brave, and a few days ago I led people and horses to fight more and less, but they suffered defeats in a row. Now that you and I are tired, we must not act rashly. ”

The officer couldn't help but spit out and said: "The rogue is only 200, and we have a combined army, not to mention nearly 2,000 men and horses, and there is a huge disparity in troops, how can we be afraid of the enemy?" I think you're scared out of the guts! ”

Shi Meng didn't argue with him, and sneered a few times: "You are powerful, you go by yourself, I won't do anything to send you to death." "The meaning is very clear, Tan Daxiao and they are going to attack, and he will not help.

Tan Daxiao frowned, and he was also very dissatisfied with Shi Meng's attitude. He is a reinforcement, but Shi Meng's guard is not far away, it stands to reason that Shi Meng's fighting spirit should be higher than that of the guest army, but what he saw at this time was a frustrated and lazy state. However, it can also be seen from here that the combat effectiveness of this rogue should not be underestimated, and Shi Meng is really scared.

Shi Meng is afraid, he Tan Daxiao is not afraid, if he wins this battle, it will undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the soldiers, and if Shi Meng hears the news of their victory, he will also regain some courage. made a decision immediately, Tan Daxiao called a group of officers under his command and began to discuss the battle plan.

Shi Meng watched Tan Daxiao and his group gather around with cold eyes, and said to himself: "It's really beyond my strength, I have to suffer this loss." ”

One of his subordinates tentatively asked, "My lord, it seems that they are preparing to attack." Why don't we help them? ”

Shi Meng glanced at him, and said angrily: "Help, what kind of help?" Your life? If you go to seek death, I will not stop you. The subordinate was reprimanded, and retreated, seeing this situation left and right, although there were those who wanted to help Tan Daxiao, they also spoke their own words.

Here, the Wuning battalion soldiers are all gearing up and eager to try; And the Baoning soldiers over there were depressed, sitting on the ground one by one, silently looking at the restless Wuning battalion soldiers. Compared with the two, the description is very different. Shi Meng simply closed his eyes and recuperated, and stopped looking at Tan Daxiao and the others, so as not to be upset. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly heard in his ears: "My lord! ”

He was startled, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the scout, and he was very irritated: "What's the matter?" ”

The scout said solemnly: "The Wuning battalion is going to attack, should we help?" ”

Here it is again, Shi Meng is secretly obscure.

"No." Shi Meng closed his eyes again and spit out lightly.

"This ...... It's not good, they came from afar to help us, but we ......"

"Shut up!" Shi Meng's eyes widened, and he interrupted sternly, "You little scout, when will you have your part in speaking here?" Don't get back now! ”

The scout was helpless and left in a hurry, but after a while, a subordinate reported: "My lord, the Wuning camp has recruited the brothers of our battalion, saying that they understand the situation. ”

Shi Meng didn't care, as long as he didn't go into battle, he would give a hundred people to the Wuning Battalion, these few rights should just give Tan Daxiao a face. Therefore he continued to sit upright, without hindrance.

According to the description of the scout who was called, the rogues originally pursued the Boryeong, but when they reached Mt. Chicheng, they divided a part of it and shot back to the flood, and the number of rogues stationed in Mt. Chicheng is estimated to be about 100. Their mission is no longer to pursue, but to rely on the post station of Mt. Akagi as a base to block the Shimeng tribe that may make a comeback. Regarding Akagi Mountain, the scout added: "Akagi Mountain is a large post station, with rich storage and relatively strong fortifications, if it is attacked, it will not be easy to get. If we get into a standoff, we may attract the support of the Flood Shooters, and then the situation will be unfavorable to us. ”

Tan Daxiao thought so, his battalion soldiers marched for several days, although the mental outlook was still good, but after all, it was a little tired, once the war fell into a stalemate, it was bound to be difficult to persist, for today's plan, he could only take a thunderous momentum, and attack Chicheng Mountain by surprise.

One person is short and two are long, Tan Daxiao set a general policy, and asked the generals if they had a good strategy.

An officer responded: "There is a plan for lowly duties. ”

"Oh, very good, please."

"We waited until we arrived at the county border, and the rogue may not know about it, so I can teach a few people to lead the vanguard soldiers and horses of the headquarters to Chicheng Mountain to provoke, and our brigade will follow slowly. Liukou must think that Shi Qianhu is coming, and see that the vanguard soldiers and horses are few, with the pride of victory will inevitably light the enemy to pursue, the vanguard soldiers and horses retreat, lure the enemy deep, and then ask the deputy general to lead the main force to cut off the retreat of Liukou, most of them come out together, two pinching attacks, there is no doubt about victory. ”

Tan Daxiao clapped his hands and said, "It's really a good plan." ”

At that moment, the Wuning battalion divided 200 people into the vanguard to go first, and Tan Daxiao led the main force behind, keeping a distance and slowly following.

When Shi Meng heard the sound, he spat and secretly thought to himself: "When you wait for the big defeat to return, you will know that what Lao Tzu said is true." ”

Cross the bluestone mountain, and arrive at the Chicheng Mountain within ten miles. There was a guide to guide the light car and familiar with the road, and the vanguard soldiers and horses of the Wuning battalion soon came to the post station of Chicheng Mountain. At this time, inside and outside the post station, a hundred rogues were stationed, searching and killing the officials in the post station, and they were rummaging through boxes and cabinets to search for looted goods. The sentry came in to report that the enemy was approaching, and the leader whistled a few times, and regrouped the scattered rogues to prepare for battle.

The leader of the rogue observed for a while, recognized that it was the previous defeated army, and saw that the other party had few people, so he was much more relieved, and said left and right: "These pickled goods think that Lao Tzu has retreated, and send the vanguard to investigate, wait for me to attack, and then defeat him for a while, and give his mother a person who has no return, so that they have no courage to approach the post station again!" ”

Someone next to him persuaded him to be careful, and the leader laughed: "You have also seen the combat power of these people, what is there to be afraid of." Even if there are many follow-up people, it is just to add some credit to us, in case it doesn't work, let's return to the post station, what can he do to me? "Between the words, I am full of confidence.

The vanguard of the Wuning battalion saw the Liukou shouting and killing, and deliberately instructed his archers to shoot arrows indiscriminately, and those arrows were weak and weak, and most of them fell to the ground a few meters in front of Liukou. Seeing this scene, the rogue despised his opponent even more, thinking that the enemy was already frightened, and he came up with a siege.

The Liukou approached, and the two soldiers and horses in the vanguard of the Wuning Battalion immediately urged the troops to retreat, which further stimulated the Liukou's desire to kill, and the arrows and flying axes were fired together, and the officers and soldiers of the Wuning Battalion of seven or eight regiments died tragically immediately.

The vanguard soldiers and horses of the Wuning battalion lured the Liukou to retreat along the road, but Tan Daxiao took the main force at this time and quietly detoured back behind the Liukou from the woods on the side of the road. The rogues rose up without realizing it. It's just that before the time came, Tan Daxiao pacified the military horses and quietly continued to explore the forest.

The leader of the Liukou led a group of soldiers to pursue for a long time, but also killed and injured more than ten officers and soldiers of the Wuning battalion, just when he was rising, he suddenly saw the smoke and dust in front of him, and then shouted from the front: "The wind is tight!" The wind is tight! We've got it! ”

A small leader beside him panicked: "What should I do, I'm ambushed!" ”

The leader of the Liukou raised his hand and killed him, shouting left and right: "Now there is only one way forward, to break through Guan Jian and raise the prestige of our army!" Those who take half a step back will not be forgiven! The rogue under him knew that he was doing what he said, and he didn't think about it, and he roared with red eyes and struggled forward.

Speaking of this Liukou, he is also really brave, he is in prison, but he has no intention of retreating, Tan Daxiao ordered the white pole soldiers of Luowangba to be in the center, and the sword and shield hands were divided into left and right flanking attacks, and he was expecting to defeat the Liukou with one blow, but a quarter of an hour passed, and the Liukou front did not move at all, and there was no sign of defeat, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The Liukou is as fierce as this, I claim that the sergeants are well-trained, and I take advantage of the large number of people, but at this time they can't help it!" At this point, it is not for nothing that Shi Meng is afraid of the enemy like a tiger.

There was an officer on the side, and when he heard the words, he was not happy, so he asked for an order: "Please give the deputy general twenty soldiers to his subordinates, and his subordinates will break into the enemy army and take the head of the thief canal for the general!" ”

Tan Daxiao stopped him and smiled slightly: "Just sigh a few times, how can such a rogue really enter my eyes?" Don't worry, the arrogance of the rogue will come to an end here! After finishing speaking, after seeing the Liukou formation, a burst of flying dust suddenly soared.