The battle between the two armies of Rao Qiangfeng and Xiao Yanwu started at two o'clock, and the battlefield was a hill chosen by Rao Qiangfeng. The Heavenly Army was stationed on the hill, condescending to defend, from the foot of the mountain to the top of about 30 zhang high, digging four trenches urgently. The trees on the hill were cut down and simply made to keep the horses away, leaving a two-foot-high stump around the rope that became a barrier to the horse's movement.

Xiao Yanfeng did not immediately order an attack, but rode around the nameless hill on horseback. The hill is thirty zhang high, very steep, and it is very difficult to ride a horse upward, which can be called easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, it is not easy for the thief army on the mountain to go down the mountain, Xiao Yanfeng's department has 4,000 light cavalry, and more than 2,000 defeated soldiers, which surround the entire hill. The heavenly army is all foot soldiers, and if they meet the light cavalry on flat ground, there is almost no possibility of escape.

After understanding the situation, Xiao Yanfeng let the infantry try to attack. The Heavenly Army was condescending and threw stones at them, and the officers and soldiers suffered casualties. Xiao Yanfeng noticed that the Heavenly Army did not shoot arrows, and he didn't bring any ordnance with him when he wanted to attack the camp from afar.

Xiao Yanfeng decided to personally go into battle to try the combat effectiveness of the Heavenly Army, as the general of the unified army, there are two dragon guard masters in his personal guards, four good hands of the Military Intelligence Department, and dozens of his personal soldiers are also the elite of the army, so safety should not be a problem.

The number of people attacking upwards should not be too large, otherwise they will be easily injured by stones when clustered together. The standard configuration of Zheng Guo's light cavalry is light armor, curved bow, machete, and round shield, Xiao Yanfeng ordered five hundred light horsemen to dismount, and the shield in his left hand and the knife in his right hand went up the mountain on foot. The main general personally went into battle, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and they rushed up with a shout. Xiao Yanfeng climbed up cautiously, and the flying stones that fell were pushed away by the guards around him with shields, and the soldiers in front had already jumped into the first trench and fought with the Heavenly Army.

The combat strength of the Heavenly Army was not weak, and it was entangled with the official army and did not retreat. Xiao Yanfeng said to the guards beside him: "Go and help them." ”

As soon as the words fell, the four good hands of the Military Intelligence Department immediately rose up. The Military Intelligence Department is a new institution established during the Northern Expedition of Emperor Su, mainly the Jianghu figures who are willing to serve the court, the original envoy is Huang Xi, the Secret Guard Governor, and the Son of Heaven appointed Xu Yixiang, the owner of Fengqing Villa, as the new military intelligence envoy in the second year of Changqing (Zheng Sipin on the official rank).

Relying on Xu Yixiang's popularity in the rivers and lakes, the Military Intelligence Department quickly became an effective spy organization in addition to Long Wei and the secret guard, mainly to spy on military intelligence, protect officials and assassinate enemy generals.

There are twenty good hands in the Military Intelligence Department in the four major capitals, Xiao Yanwu led the army to defend Pansnake Mountain, Su Guangzu sent four people to protect his safety, the faction in the Military Intelligence Division, the people in Fengyun Villa are naturally the best, and the early sects such as Fenglei Gate and Luoyi Gate also have a place in the Military Intelligence Department, and it is difficult for the sects or individuals who later joined the Military Intelligence Department to get ahead. In the Battle of Zhenbei City, many people were rewarded for their meritorious service, and the subordinates of the Military Intelligence Department who were assigned to the protection officials of the various capitals were unlucky, as long as they were not fools who had nothing to do to assassinate the heavily guarded generals of the Metropolitan Protectorate, these martial arts people were marginalized.

The Heavenly Army went south to Pansnake Mountain, and the court sent a large army to besiege it, and for some people, the opportunity to make war exploits came, and so did these four good hands of the Military Intelligence Department

Think so. The four of them are all good players in the famous side of the rivers and lakes, because their temperament is too straightforward and they don't know how to welcome them, they will go to the Anton Protectorate to listen to them, and this time they will go out with Xiao Yanfeng to make meritorious contributions.

The four of them threw four boulders and smashed them on the battlefield, their long knives splashing with blood, and there was almost no enemy. The addition of the four immediately changed the tide of the battle, and the Heavenly Army began to retreat, Xiao Yanfeng said with a smile: "These four people are all brave generals, and they should be asked for credit after the war." ”

When the two dragon guard masters heard this, their eyes were a little hot, and the steel knife also rushed up, and the Heavenly Army was originally invincible, and after these two people joined, the Heavenly Army began to flee to the mountain.

Rao Qiangfeng stood at the second trench on the mountainside, and saw those people killing and driving his subordinates, carrying axes down the mountain from the side.

Xiao Guangyi was killing up, and suddenly a cold light flashed on the left, Xiao Guangyi hurriedly turned sideways, and the knife in his hand shook out casually, in his mind, he shot quickly, and without waiting for the opponent's weapon to hurt himself, he could cut him to the ground first.

Unexpectedly, the cold light was as fast as electricity, the knife had not yet been chopped, and the cold light had arrived in front of him, Xiao Guangyi screamed in fright, and hurriedly withdrew the knife in front of the door. The axe was slashed on the knife surface, Xiao Guangyi's strength was inferior, the knife in his hand was slapped on the front door by the axe, and his nose was slapped flat by the knife surface. Facing the moment of life and death, Xiao Guangyi did not dare to delay in the slightest, and took advantage of the situation to fall backwards, how dare he care that there was a steep slope behind him.

The opponent rolled backwards, Rao Qiangfeng no longer chased, turned to Zhao Wenhua not far away, Zhao Wenhua was not afraid at all, stepped towards Rao Qiangfeng, half a zhang away, the knife in his palm was picked up, and a white horse practice went straight to Rao Qiangfeng.

Rao Qiangfeng's body squatted slightly, his feet were steady, and the axe in his hand was towards Pi Lian. "Dang" was loud, Zhao Wenhua didn't see the thief being chopped back by himself, but the knife in his hand was shocked and flew out. It's so strong, just a thought flashed in his mind, Rao Qiangfeng has already stepped forward, the axe blade has been wiped, and the head is floating.

The other two people from the Military Intelligence Department saw that Rao Qiangfeng was like a fierce tiger, and in an instant, two of them were defeated in his hands, and they gestured to each other, one left and one right to surround Rao Qiangfeng. Rao Qiangfeng lowered his axe and swung it vigorously at the head-sized stone in front of him. The axe smashed on the stone, and the stone was smashed into the air, and when it flew out, it split into more than ten pieces of size, shooting forward like a fierce arrow, and the two were in the range of the stone.

Xu Zhihui on the left stood at a low place, and immediately bowed his head to dodge, while Ma Leli at a high place had no place to dodge, so he had to dodge to the side. Rao Qiangfeng shouted, jumped up, like a tiger pounced, and pounced towards Xu Zhihui.

"Zhihui pay attention", Ma Leli saw that Xu Zhihui had not straightened his waist, and hurriedly reminded loudly. Xu Zhihui heard the evil wind pressing from the top of his head, and he didn't dare to raise his head and straighten his waist, so he rolled on a lazy donkey, stumbling all the way down the mountain. Rao Qiangfeng saw Xu Zhihui escape, his eyes turned to Ma Leli, Ma Leli was already bold, he didn't dare to come forward to fight, and fled straight down the mountain.

Compared with the four people in the Military Intelligence Department, the situation of the two Long Wei is much better, the older Zhang Anping is the history of Long Wei, and the younger is Xi Li, the young one is Long Wei Lux. When Zhang Anping saw Rao Qiangfeng, he immediately shouted loudly and said, "It's Rao Qiangfeng, the rebel of the Heavenly Army, don't let him go." ”

The court's reward for killing Rao Qiangfeng was to suppress the rebel marquis, reward 400 households, 2,000 taels of gold, 5,000 taels of silver, and 200 hectares of fertile land. Fame and fortune are moving, and when Xi Li heard that Rao Qiangfeng was in front of him, he immediately rushed forward and held his hand

Zhongtong smashed it towards Rao Qiangfeng's head. Zhang Anping secretly complained, this Xi Li was too impulsive, but Xi Li was the nephew of Long Wei Zhen to Fu Xide, Xi Li brought Xi De's letter when he came to serve in the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, and Xi De entrusted Zhang Anping to take care of him, seeing that Xi Li was in danger, Zhang Anping had to rush forward.

Rao Qiangfeng saw that the copper wedge was smashed, and the side of his body was empty. Rao Qiangfeng stretched out his left hand and grabbed Xi Li's chest. Xi Li rushed too violently, couldn't retract the momentum, and was grabbed by Rao Qiangfeng. Zhang Anping's scalp exploded, was it okay to be caught by Rao Qiangfeng, and he didn't dare to come to the rescue, so he threw out the two short thorns in his hand and stabbed at Rao Qiangfeng.

His short thorn is made of fine iron mixed with iron, which seems to be short and heavy, and the sound of waving it is very small, Zhang Anping prayed that Rao Qiangfeng would not notice his plot. Xi Li was held by Rao Qiangfeng, of course he would not give in obediently, and struggled backwards. Rao Qiangfeng snorted coldly, and lifted Xi Li to the side, and the two short thorns lightly pierced into Xi Li's body, Xi Li screamed miserably, and his hands and feet twitched.

Rao Qiangfeng raised Xi Li and threw it at Zhang Anping, Zhang Anping saw that his short stab pierced Xi Li's back, and the short stab of a foot length penetrated nearly half of the body, which must have injured the internal organs, and it was estimated that Xi Li would be difficult to live, if Sid knew that he had killed his nephew, it was estimated that he would not be able to live.

Dodging to let Xi Li smash over, Zhang Anping shouted at Rao Qiangfeng who rushed in: "Rao is in charge, Zhang is willing to surrender." ”

Rao Qiangfeng was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the young man he had just smashed out might be an important person, who was mistaken by the person in front of him, and this person would surrender without retreating.

"It's okay to surrender, send five votes." Rao Qiangfeng sneered. Zhang Anping was helpless, picked up a knife, turned around and killed the official army. Seeing that the general was extremely brave, the heavenly army defused the offensive of the official army in an instant, and shouted and killed downward, with a momentum like a rainbow.

Xiao Yanfeng saw that the situation was not good, and ordered a retreat and returned to the hill. Rao Qiangfeng drove the officers and troops down the hill, and saw that the officers and troops at the foot of the mountain were in a tight formation, and the light cavalry of the officers and soldiers were all on their horses to wait for the enemy.

In this battle, the officers and soldiers lost their sharpness, Xiao Yanfeng looked at his somewhat frustrated subordinates and said with a smile: "The thief army is trapped in a lonely post, and Rao Qiangfeng is on the mountain. Cheer up, don't let the credit fly. ”

Xiao Yanfeng sent people to transfer the army on the one hand, and asked people to build fortifications at the foot of the mountain to prevent the Heavenly Army from escaping. At the time of Shen, the army arrived one after another, and the defeated soldiers of the baggage battalion also came to gather, and 16,000 soldiers and horses were gathered under the lonely post.

Because the ordnance of the baggage battalion was burned, and the winch crossbows, catapults and other offensive and defensive weapons on the front line were still on the way, Xiao Yanfeng did not give the order to attack the mountain, but asked the baggage soldiers to cut down trees, build equipment, and prepare to annihilate Rao Qiangfeng and other thieves in a force tomorrow.

In order to prevent Rao Qiangfeng and others from taking advantage of the darkness to get away, Xiao Yanfeng ordered the surrounding trees to be cut down, piled up at the foot of the mountain in a circle, and ignited a fire, even if a rabbit approached, there were countless sharp arrows waiting.

On the hill, Rao Qiangfeng looked calm, and all this in front of him had already been expected by him.