It is the time of the day when people are most sleepy except at night.

Standing on the Tiger Ridge, the officers and soldiers who were ambushed in the mountains and forests had just eaten dry food, and most of them were drowsy at the moment.

Even many generals in the battalions were fighting fiercely against their eyelids.

Deng Wentong also understands this, even if they are fast along the way, they are reluctant to rush to Juhuling at the time of Chen, and it is not far from dawn.

By the time they had set up an ambush and made all kinds of arrangements, more than half an hour had passed.

After nearly a night's journey, it was inevitable that the soldiers would be a little sleepy. Therefore, when there is still time to spare, Deng Wentong and An Ning don't mind that the soldiers take more rest.

Just when Deng Wentong couldn't help but take a nap, a scout quietly came up at this time, came to the side of several people and whispered: "Report to a few adults, the forward of the thief army is less than five miles away from Juhuling, and is about to enter the ambush circle." The team sent me back to inform a few adults, and asked them to take precautions. ”

Everyone was in high spirits, and Deng Wentong briefly communicated with An Ning after a few words. He smiled, "It's finally here!" Tell me to go down, all the departments cheer me up, get ready, and don't let me go with a single thief. ”

The order was quickly delivered, and the dozing soldiers quickly woke up and concentrated all their energies on the mountain road not far below.

After about half an hour, the thief army finally appeared in everyone's sight.

It seems that the reinforcements of the thief army have lowered their vigilance a lot after making some contact with the thief camp.

As if they had no idea that there might be an ambush by the officers and soldiers here, they just sent the cavalry to symbolically inspect it, and the army did not even stop, and plunged headlong into the trap set for them by the officers and soldiers.

Deng Wentong's hand was raised, and after most of the thief army had already entered the ambush circle, he waved his hand down suddenly, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Do it!" ”

At the sound of an order, countless arrows were fired from the dense forests on both sides of the mountain road towards the unsuspecting thief army.

A dense rain of arrows came from the surface, and in the ranks of the thieves, the thieves in the middle and early sections fell to the ground one after another. The unlucky ones were killed on the spot, and the lucky ones still had a breath left, lying on the ground and wailing.

However, judging from what will happen next, it is debatable who is unlucky, because those who are alive are not necessarily luckier than those who are dead.

The thieves didn't expect this to happen at all, and the formation immediately became chaotic.

The group at the back of the group had the best luck, because of the distance, they had not been attacked by the officers and soldiers for the time being.

Knowing that they were being attacked in front of them, their first reaction was to turn around and run away, and they deserted without the slightest hesitation.

Unfortunately, the officers and soldiers did not give them this opportunity, and with the combined efforts of more than a dozen officers and soldiers, a boulder rolled down the hillside.

The movement caused by such a behemoth can be said to shake the earth, and the bushes and thorns along the way could not be stopped at all, and were crushed to a piece.

The boulder rushed straight down, and several thieves who couldn't dodge were crushed into pulp on the spot.

The rest of the thieves who escaped were so frightened that they didn't dare to approach for a while even if the boulder stopped. I was afraid that there would be boulders rolling down the mountain, and I accidentally followed in the footsteps of the people in front of me.

Not only at the back of the line,

The officers and soldiers in front of the team would not let go, and they were the same at this time, blocked by a flying boulder.

If it's just one or two stones, it won't do much except scare the thieves at first.

But the countless archers and crossbows in the official army were also aimed there, and any thief who dared to approach the boulder and try to climb or bypass it would be shot mercilessly.

This is terrible, which means that the two ways out of the thief army have been blocked, so that the thief can't even escape.

The thieves were naturally unwilling to be trapped in such a small area, and the instinct to escape drove them to rush out.

Without exception, these people were taken care of by the officers and soldiers, so after paying for dozens of lives, no one dared to come near there.

The unrelenting thief generals organized manpower to attack the officers and troops on both sides, trying to break through the defenses of the officers and troops and fight a way out.

But the officers and soldiers were condescending, and several attacks of the thieves were suppressed, leaving only a corpse.

The rain of arrows is still falling, and the thieves are falling.

Crowded in such a small area, the thieves had no way to avoid it. The head and body could only be used to block the arrows of the officers and soldiers, and the ground was soon filled with layers of thieves' corpses.

The surrounding dense forests were full of officers and soldiers, and the rain of arrows was everywhere, and the thieves did not know where to fight back.

Their morale has collapsed, and they just blindly and uselessly dodge the rain of arrows, trampling on each other, and suffering countless casualties.

The casualties of the thieves continued to increase, but the general of the thieves rejected the adjutant general's suggestion to surrender and organized the remaining forces to resist in an attempt to make a last ditch.

The adjutant general knew that he had reached a desperate situation at this time, and if he continued to resist stubbornly, he would only be wiped out by the whole army, which was a dead end.

He didn't plan to accompany the general to die, and decided to die. He sighed secretly: "General, I'm sorry! ”

Then he drew his saber and stabbed it hard into the back of the heart of the thief general, and blood gushed out.

The thief who was suddenly in pain turned around, he grabbed the lieutenant's hand that had been stained red with his blood, and asked in disbelief, "You... Why? ”

However, he only had time to say this, and before the lieutenant could answer, he lost his life and fell to the ground.

The adjutant general hugged the body of the thief general, and regardless of whether the general could hear it or not, he leaned into the general's ear and whispered: "Sorry, general! I just want to live! ”

Then he cut off the head of the thief general with his knife, raised it above his head, and shouted: "Brothers, the general is dead, and the defeat of our army is decided." If you still want to live, listen to me, put down your weapons and surrender! ”

Even though everyone had been messing around under the offensive of the official army for a long time, most people were still a little confused when they heard the news that the general was dead and the adjutant general had asked everyone to surrender.

Everyone looked at the head of the general who was held high, and then at the weapon in their hands, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Not only the thieves, but also the officials and soldiers who heard the news did not understand, and those who were far away did not know what was going on inside the thief army.

Except for the incessant sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the wind and the wails of the wounded, both sides fell into an eerie silence for a short time.

After only being stunned for a moment, An Ning reacted, and he realized that this was an excellent opportunity to reduce casualties on both sides. He immediately shouted loudly to the thieves who were still hesitating: "Whoever surrenders will not die!" ”

When he shouted, Chen Fangshu and the others also understood. They immediately followed, shouting at the top of their voices: "Those who descend will not die!" ”

Soon this voice was heard all over the mountains, and thousands of officers and soldiers were shouting: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who surrender will not die!" ”

The sound was particularly loud in the narrow valley, and thousands of voices converged in one place, shaking through the valley and trying to break through the sky.

The sound of "those who surrender will not die" came from all directions, and it sounded as if there were endless officers and soldiers shouting, and it was impossible to tell how many officers and soldiers were ambushed here.

This shattered the last vestiges of illusion among the thieves, who dropped their weapons one after another, and the clanging was incessant.

Seeing that the thieves no longer had the fighting spirit, An Ning revealed his figure from the dense forest and said again: "Kneel down!" ”

At this point, the thieves who no longer had the fighting spirit had to kneel on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Seeing that the situation was under control, An Ning waved his hand and got up and walked out of the dense forest. The officers and soldiers around him also followed him and walked out of their hiding places.

"Go, go find some ropes and tie them all up. If you really can't find a rope, you can get a few rattans. An Ning instructed a few people.

Several people obeyed the order and hurried away.

An Ning pointed to a few more people: "You guys, you really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. I don't want to arrange for someone to clean up all the weapons on the ground, although they are all some broken copper and iron, but selling scrap iron can also be worth a few silver! ”

His words caused a group of people to laugh, and they hurriedly arranged to go.

An Ning jumped at their butts and shouted, "Remember there are still horses, one less is to ask you!" ”

Several people ran away in a hurry, and they didn't forget to turn back to him while running: "I know, who doesn't know that the war horse is your heart, give it to us, and you can put a hundred hearts!" ”

At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and a thief who was unwilling to surrender saw An Ning constantly ordering everyone to do things, and heard from his voice that he was the first person in the official army to shout just now.

Therefore, he felt that An Ning, if not the main general of this official army, was also an important person.

So when no one else was paying attention, he secretly picked up a short knife that had just been thrown on the ground and hid it in his sleeve.

When An Ning, who was still arranging various things, passed by him, he suddenly attacked, and stabbed An Ning in the neck with a short knife, wanting to kill him with one blow.

It happened suddenly, and everyone was unexpected. The short crossbows of the officers and soldiers were all aimed at this man at once.

But the two of them were too close, and the soldiers were worried that they might accidentally hurt An Ning, so they didn't dare to fire the crossbow arrows, so they could only watch and hurry.

"My lord, be careful!" The soldiers shouted anxiously to warn, but there was nothing they could do otherwise.

With a "swish", Chen Fangshu shot to death a thief who had already straightened up half of his body and wanted to take the opportunity to attack An Ning with that person.

But he can only deter other people who haven't done it yet, and it will not help An Ning's current danger.

Even if he was not far from Anning, it was too late to rescue him now.