In the crude shack, the atmosphere was solemn, Zhao Dangshi sat with his sword pressed, and listened carefully to the story of the Tang soldiers in front of him.

"Mr. Xu Qian and Mr. Liu held on to the enemy, and since then hundreds of enemy troops have been sent out to bypass the hill on the right side of Yangliuchi."

"What are the hundreds of enemy troops looking like?"

"With a hood on the inside and a gray robe on the outside, it looks like a monk's robe."

When Qin Qigong heard this, he said to Zhao Dangshi: "These hundreds of people should be stone monks." These monks are familiar with the army, especially the official army, and often live in front of the team in battle, which should not be underestimated. ”

Zhao Dangshi responded: "Mr. Xu Qian also mentioned them a few days ago, and said that they are not only good at forming formations, but their personal martial arts are also extremely good, which is really difficult to deal with. ”

Monks as soldiers, ancient Shaolin soldiers joined the Tang army to break Wang Shichong, near the southeast temples to help the army to resist the Japanese invaders, all famous. Xu Hui has also suffered losses under Ye Heng's monks and soldiers, and he has palpitations, and specially reminded Zhao Dangshi several times.

"Su Ma only has 200 people under Liu Jiang's headquarters, and he is definitely not an opponent of the monks and soldiers, please send troops to support as soon as possible."

Liu Weiming's division is divided into two mountains, one of 300 people is now fighting side by side with Xu Hui, and the other is 200 people stationed in Su Ma to choke the trail, although it is dangerous, Qin Qigong still does not think that they will be the opponent of the monks with outstanding combat skills.

"Xiaohekou Guo General and Shanmu Cave King General have not moved, so they can deploy troops and horses to help as soon as possible, and Su Ma will not change hands." Guo Hutou and Wang Laixing were the reserves, and they were dispatched at this time.

"Qing'an, don't be impatient." Zhao Dangshi was calm, called him lightly, and soothed him with gentle words. Qin Qigong has a good brain, and he is suitable for strategizing, but after all, he has too little experience in battle, and seeing his eagerness, he can't help but be a little breathless.

"It's not trivial. The monk soldiers are sharp like knives, intended to poke my back ribs, a little longitudinal, the disaster is not small, we must not wait to ignore it, Guo and Wang Er will do it in short, it is imminent! Qin Qigong didn't know what Zhao Dangshi's plans were, but he knew where his duty was, that is, to remind the lord of his own shortcomings and dangers as soon as possible.

Zhao Dangshi beckoned, took the topography map of the mountains and rivers left and right, and he put the map on the case for the two of them to refer to. Qin Qigong was full of suspicion, and listened to him: "Look, after Suma, you will arrive at the mouth of the small river. ”

"Exactly." Shi Zhouwei's terrain is well known, and he knows it without looking.

Zhao Dangshi's index finger slid along the path on the right until he reached the mouth of the small river: "Since Su Ma can't hold it, then it won't be guarded, I have already sent someone to give the order to Yang Commander before." ”

Qin Qigong was speechless: "But if this is the case, the backs of Xu and Liu Erbu will inevitably be attacked by the monks and soldiers." ”

Zhao Dangshi laughed and said: "Qing'an is smart, and he can't help but be confused for a while. If you look closely, if the monk walks on the path from Suma, what is on the left side? ”

"This is ......" Qin Qigong focused on the map, carefully checked the terrain map, and saw Zhao Dangshi's index finger, suddenly woke up, and couldn't help clapping his hands, "I see." In this way, the monks may not be able to take advantage of it! ”

The place where the index finger points is the same river that flows from the north side of the hill and runs northeast to the mouth of the small river.

At this time, Ye Heng and five hundred monks and soldiers were in trouble here.

According to the original plan, bypassing the hill and arriving at Suma, you can copy the back of Xu Hui and Liu Weiming, but now, the small river on the left has become a huge obstacle. The river is actually not deep, and it is not up to the knees at most when people walk in, but with the attack of the two hundred soldiers of the Zhao battalion in the nearby Sumaban, this small river has become an insurmountable chasm for a while.

Ye Heng estimated that as long as his own people went down the river, the two hundred soldiers of the Zhao battalion would attack half-crossing, and their own army would be inconvenient to move, and it would inevitably hurt their muscles and bones. Facing the enemy, the casualties of the monks and soldiers have never been high, and it is not cost-effective to kill the monks and soldiers because of crossing the river.

It's better to walk along the river and wait until you reach the shallows before crossing the river.

This river is not big, Ye Heng believes that after walking for a mile or two, the water potential will weaken, and then it will be more certain to cross it again. However, the future was uncertain, and he was a little worried that he would not go too far behind enemy lines. From here on, it was all blocked by Zhao Ying, and the situation inside could not be detected by the Tang soldiers, and the reality was unpredictable.

He was still hesitating, but the Zhao battalion soldiers shouted loudly, and several monks and soldiers were ordered to run to the front to listen, and ran back with red faces without squeaking.

Ye Heng asked, "What are they shouting?" ”

The monk lowered his head and frowned, his face full of shame: "The disciple doesn't dare to say it." ”

"This is military intelligence, if there is anything bad to say, say it quickly!" Ye Heng as the host of the four temples of Shiyan, the momentum is extraordinary, others get along with him often feel that he is not angry and arrogant, this monk and soldier respect him, with a puffed face, he has to say what he heard.

Ye Heng didn't listen, and when he heard it, he became angry. It turned out that those Zhao Yingbing soldiers kept saying that they slandered Qin Liangyu for not abiding by women's morals and committing adultery with their master, and they also gave birth to themselves behind her husband Ma Qiancheng's back.

Monks, fame and fortune are empty, but it is difficult to endure such foul words, not to mention that Ye Heng is a young man, and he is used to it, how can others be slandered like this. Talking about him, it also involves Master and Uncle Qin, how can you bear it? He knew that Zhao Ying was agitating the general, but the ancient agitation general was well known, but there were still many recruits, and only the parties concerned could understand the internal reasons.

He can endure it, but what if he endures? The war was urgent, and there was no time to look ahead, so instead of risking the risk of crossing the river and suffering predictable losses or returning to Hu Mingcheng to refuel, it was better to keep moving forward, and perhaps succeed. And at this time, swallowing his anger, this slanderous word will inevitably be used by those with ill intentions. You must know that although you are temporarily sitting in the position of presiding, there are really many people who covet and hate in the monasteries around the world. If you show weakness here, you will inevitably give others a handle, and you will end up with inexplicable accusations such as ghosts in your heart. What's more important is that Ye Heng has extremely strong confidence in the five hundred monks under his command, even if he can't win, he doesn't think that Zhao Ying can prevent his own people from breaking through.

After thinking about it, the five hundred monks immediately rushed forward. The 200 Zhao battalion soldiers resisted Su Ma for a while, and the monks sent light soldiers with swords and shields to rush forward, attack from both sides, and finally defeat them. The Zhao battalion defeated the Sumaban position, regrouped at the foot of the mountain, and retreated in battle, followed by the monks and soldiers.

Sometimes, a small negligence can have serious consequences. In fact, Shi Yan's scouts had already conveyed the terrain to Qin Liangyu and Ye Heng in great detail. However, the battle situation is prominent, and there are still some omissions. This small river is inconspicuous, but if the scouts at that time could accurately report its depth and even length back, then Ye Heng would not have worried about crossing the river, and he would not have chased Zhao Yingbing now and went deeper than five miles.

The five hundred monks and soldiers finally reached the mouth of the small river at the end of the river, but what appeared in front of them was not a detour path, but Guo Hutou's five hundred elite soldiers.

Guo Hutou waited for a long time, and fences, earthen ramparts and other things had already been erected in front of the battle, Ye Heng was not afraid, and loudly summoned several capable generals to arrange an attack.

The 200 Zhao battalion rout army also regained its spirit at this moment, burrowed into Guo Hu's head, and resisted together. The monks mostly use strong bows, and at the moment 200 monks take bows and arrows from 120 paces away. Their bows are all long-tipped, which has a lower muzzle velocity than a short-tip bow, but has an excellent feel and is more suitable for shooting heavy arrows.

The monk archers were divided into two rows in front and back, the first row 'finished shooting, the second row followed closely, and the continuous rain of arrows was as dense as flying locusts, and the "fluttering" fell on the side of the Zhao battalion soldiers in the position. Guo Hutou didn't expect the enemy army to be so powerful, although he put the long card player on top in time, he still lost more than 30 people.

The rain of arrows of the monk soldiers seems to be endless, suppressed so that Zhao Yingbing can't raise his head at all, its cooperation is tight, the connection is smooth, beyond what Guo Hutou has seen in his life, he hides behind several long card players, listening to the impact of the long card outside the head "Tuk Tuk Trumpet" is endless, and scolds: "The thief bald donkey, the hand strength is big, and you are allowed to be reckless, see when you can shoot!" ”

With the cover of bows and arrows, the spear and shield hands of the monks were in front, and the sword and shield men were distributed on both wings, and the flying feet were approaching forward, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of monks were already within fifty meters. No matter how strong the monk's bow arm is, after nearly ten rounds of arrows, his arm is sore, and the rhythm is gradually slowing down. Guo Hutou felt keenly and immediately ordered a counterattack, he did not have a gunner, but he had five tiger squat cannons.

Zhao Yingbing had already planned, and observed that the monks sent by Ye Heng to take the lead were divided into two groups, the first group was already within reach, and the second group was still 100 meters away. Several small pennants moved with the sound of falling cymbals, and the monks and soldiers who were still running away felt that their feet shook, and the ground trembled.

The five tiger squat cannons tried their guns for the first time, and all of them were empty, Guo Hutou didn't care, and first urgently ordered nearly 100 of his men to move forward. Among them, the long ones stabbed outward through the fence, and the short ones were separated from the left and right, and soon they were in a melee with the first group of monks.

After a group of monks and soldiers gradually, several gunners were sweating profusely, and they were transferred to aim, Guo Hutou broke off with a shout, and the cymbals rose again, "all through" a few times, and the five solid iron bullets still did not hurt a single person, but they hit the open space between the two groups of monks and soldiers, splashing countless mud and stones.

No matter how brave those monks and soldiers are, they are mortal in the flesh, and they are afraid of the earth-shattering tiger squat cannon after all. The people in front of him were afraid of being hit by the cannons, so they stopped their steps.

Ye Heng was furious, drew his sword and pressed it sharply, and soon, the monks in the front row ran again, and the monks in the back row also unloaded their bows and arrows and took out the short soldiers. Except for the nearly 100 monks who were already fighting at the front, the rest of the 400 monks began to charge.

Guo Hutou was panting like a cow, very nervous, visually measuring the distance between the monks and soldiers, and letting the two cannons be released first. The two iron bullets flew through the air, only grazing the edges, and the flesh and blood of several monks who were hit were immediately blurred. These two bullets did not cause much damage, but the monks and soldiers had seen their power and had some scruples, so they subconsciously stopped and looked after hearing the sound.

In such a short gap, the last three cannons swirled loudly, and this time, it was not just a solid bullet. The Tiger Squat Cannon has a short range and is somewhat unsatisfactory in reliability, but as a mortar, it is front-loaded with ammunition, and after being filled with gunpowder, it can be put in with lead and solid bullets. These gunners of the Zhao battalion were severely trained by Xu Hui and Guo Hutou and were familiar with all kinds of shell loading, but when they saw the change in the flag, they immediately began to mix lead with mud and then compacted it with solid bullets.

The maximum firing range of the tiger squat cannon was nearly one mile, and Guo Hutou deliberately waited for the monks to enter nearly 100 meters before ordering the cannon to be fired, intending to improve its reliability and give full play to the maximum effectiveness of the cannon. The monks and soldiers charged together, the formation was dense, three iron bullets and countless lead swooped at the same time, covering a wide area, the monks and soldiers did not have time to react, and immediately the flesh and blood flew sideways, nearly a hundred were killed, and the wounded were even more uncountable. The luck in the latter escaped, all of them were shocked and frightened, and the charge stalled again.

Ye Heng has not been hit like this so far in the war, and he is also shocked, and even forgot to continue to supervise the war. The earth-shattering shouts of the Russian flanks came, and hundreds of Zhao battalion soldiers and horses crashed into the formation.

The monks and soldiers were too late to respond, and the flanks were chaotic. Seeing the situation, Guo Hutou drew his sword and roared: "Brothers, the king is here, let's fight one for the two, it's not a hero who coaxes you!" After speaking, several battle flags pointed forward at the same time, and nearly 500 soldiers under him and nearly 200 under Liu Weiming came out enthusiastically, sandwiching the monks and soldiers with the 500 robes who came to support.

In a hurry, Ye Heng commanded the battle, first resisted Guo Hu's head with one wing, and then led the main force to attack Wang Laixing. The morale of this monk is really high, and he has suffered accidents one after another, but he has not fallen, Wang Laixing's people are not as good as Guo Hutou, and there are signs of defeat and retreat for a while.

Guo Hutou saw that Wang Lai was in a hurry, and immediately transferred Liu Weiming's 200 men to him, and at the same time dispatched sharp soldiers to continuously infiltrate behind the monks' formation.

Zhao Yingbing's intentions are clear in his heart, the current situation is that the monks and soldiers are flanked, although they can rely on their morale and combat strength to support themselves undefeated, but the strength is limited after all, Zhao Ying's strength is outflanked backwards, and it is difficult for his army to stop it for a long time. Once the back road is intercepted, the situation can be irreparable.

He gritted his teeth and ordered a breakthrough, and at the same time secretly regretted that he should not underestimate the ability of this gang of thieves.

Wang Laixing resisted hard, the pressure on the front line dropped suddenly, he was wondering, Guo Hutou sent someone to find him and said: "The monks are not supported, and they begin to retreat to the south, so they can always withdraw as soon as possible to support the front line." Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Heng wanted to go, but Guo Hutou didn't let him go easily, he stuck to it, Ye Heng was anxious to get out, and the strong man broke his wrist, leaving dozens of monks and soldiers behind. At that time, Wu Mingfeng, who was in the north of the mountain ridge and thorned in the bamboo flat, found it in 200 and attacked its right flank, and the monks threw dozens of corpses, and finally got rid of the pursuit. In just a few incense sticks, the number of monks and soldiers under his command was less than 300, which was more than the total number of casualties in the previous ten years.