At dawn, Ali Bai led 5,000 Jurchen soldiers to search the slopes and valleys on both sides of the official road for the enemy in ambush. The two sides met on the hillside on the north side of the official road and engaged in a fierce battle. After Lin Hu's soldiers condescendingly shot hundreds of people with bows and arrows, Alibai's soldiers and horses rushed up the hillside, and they had to quickly evacuate. The hill on the side of the collapse of the official road was occupied by Alibai's soldiers and horses. At the same time, the valley on the south side and another hill were occupied.

Ali Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief, as he expected, the number of soldiers and horses intercepted by the other party was not large, they just ambushed in advance on the left side of this steep official road, and caught their own side by surprise. After the hills on both sides were occupied, the operation to clear the official road of debris could begin.

Tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers took turns to clean up the mud and rocks on the official roads. Although there are no suitable tools, after all, tens of thousands of people take turns to work, moving and lifting, carrying weapons, digging and picking with hands, in short, everything. The terrain is also very suitable for quick removal of mud and rock, after all, the south side of the official road is a slope, and the mud and stones do not need to be pulled elsewhere, just throw them directly into the valley on the other side, which is quite efficient.

When the mud and rocks were cleared, Ali Bai stood on the upper slope to supervise the whole process, and he also saw the appearance of hundreds of bloody Jurchen soldiers buried under the mud and rocks, which was really miserable. The corpses could not be buried, so they had to be thrown down the southern slope along with the mud and rocks. Like tens of thousands of other Jurchen soldiers, they came from the far north, but they abandoned their lives in the desolate mountains of the Great Zhou, without even the most basic dignity, so they were buried in the valley indiscriminately.

Although there were two accidents during the clean-up process, there were two small collapses in the mud and rocks on the hillside above, which injured more than 100 soldiers who were working. But that didn't stop the clean-up from moving forward quickly. When the morning sun rises, more than half of the collapsed area of dozens of steps has been cleared, and it is speculated that the entire official road will be unblocked by the hour. The Jurchen soldiers immediately descended, and only then did they settle down at this moment.

Ali Bai couldn't relax in his heart, he knew that the danger had not passed, so he left this official road early, and the army left here quickly, that was the real safety. If you don't leave here for a moment, you can't take it lightly. Although the official road will soon be opened, the enemies who are in ambush, although they are not numerous, may cause trouble again. Under such terrain conditions, they may hide on the slopes on both sides of the official road at any time to carry out a sneak attack.

The good news is that there is no other place where they can create this kind of mudslide except for the topography of the official road here. Although the official road still circles between the hills after passing through here, it is in the valley between the low hills, and there is a certain distance from the slopes. And those hills are all gentle slopes, to put it mildly, it is a mudslide, even if a large stone is deliberately pushed down from the top of the mountain, and it will not roll into the valley. The lush trees and thorns on the hillside were enough to hold them out. However, even so, if the other party ambushed the mountain side between the dense forest thorns and put cold arrows, it would be very troublesome.

Alibai decided to solve the problem in advance. He decided to clear every hill on either side of the official road. Troops and horses were stationed in temporary defense to prevent the enemy from hiding. Drive these troublemakers away from the hills on both sides of the official road, lest they come out and make trouble. Although this is a lot of work, it is necessary to sharpen the knife and cut the wood, in order to ensure that the army can go out of the mountain smoothly at one time.

Ali Bai mobilized another 5,000 soldiers and horses from the Chinese army and formed a team of 10,000 people to conduct a comprehensive search of the hills on both sides of the official road ahead. It was only a short time after the operation began, and the harvest began. In the dense forest on the slope of another hill less than three miles northeast of the official road of the collapse, traces of a small group of soldiers and horses of the Luoyan Army who had fled to hide here were found. After receiving the report, Ali Bai personally rushed to the front and ordered the soldiers and horses to enter the forest to clear it.

Hiding in the hillside was Lin Hu and his men, who had retreated here before dawn. The news that a large number of soldiers from the other side surrounded and suppressed had already been discovered, but this time, Lin Hu couldn't be here and here, this was the second line of position he chose to block the enemy, if he evacuated here, there would be no suitable blocking position in the future.

Lin Hu ordered his brothers to use the cover of the forest to conduct guerrilla warfare. If the Jurchens are familiar with fighting in the mountains and forests, the Luoyan army is actually not weak. In the weekday training of the Luoyan Army, there are items of mountain and forest warfare. The overall strength of the Luoyan Army is not strong, and it will face the purging of the imperial court at any time. Therefore, Lin Jue specially added to the training program the combat methods after the cottage was occupied and the soldiers and horses were forced to retreat into the mountains and forests, and the large-scale clearing of the mountains and forests by the opponent was naturally dominated by guerrilla warfare. Use the terrain to quickly attack, quickly hide, swim and attack, and break each one. At this moment, it comes in handy.

A thousand soldiers of the Luoyan Army shuttled between the trees and attacked, concentrated on breaking through the opponent's search defense line, and jumped in and out of the opponent's encirclement circle, which really made the Jurchens feel very troubled. However, Alibai is not a vegetarian, he has many soldiers and horses, so he adopts hunting tactics, and once he finds the enemy's traces, he will surround them with a large number of soldiers and horses. Although the opponent was able to kill some of their own soldiers and horses, they had to be compressed by a large number of soldiers and horses that followed up. By the end of the day, the Jurchen soldiers and horses had trapped Lin Hu and the others in a dense forest with a radius of hundreds of steps below the hillside.

Nearly 9,000 Jurchen soldiers surrounded the dense forest and launched a final assault. At this moment, there were only more than 800 people left under Lin Hu. Lin Hu knew the danger of the situation, but he was not afraid. To carry out this task is to be ready to die in battle, which Lin Hu thinks better than anyone else. The reason why they hid in this dense forest was not completely forced by the other party, but because they were originally here in the first place. This is a location close to the official road, and there are a large number of trees, vines, firewood, and grass that were cut down by Lin Hu and his subordinates before. This is an important prop for Lin Hu to implement the interception plan.

"Wang Huai, Li Dapeng, each of you led two hundred brothers to carry all the firewood, grass and trees in the forest to the official road and arrange them. The rest of me broke off. Be fast. Looking at the shadows of the countless Jurchen soldiers who came in between the trees, Lin Hu shouted in a deep voice.

Wang Huai and Li Dapeng, the two lieutenants, hurriedly said: "General Lin Hu, after the humble rank is broken, the little general will take someone to arrange it." It's too dangerous here. ”

Lin Hu shouted coldly: "Don't say much, it is precisely because of the danger after the break that I want to stay, do you think that I, Lin Hu, am the one who puts my brother in danger?" It's not fast, they can't do anything when they surround it. Remember, don't forget about the oil. Including both sides of the hillside, sprinkle with fire oil. ”

Before the two captains could speak, Lin Hu was dumbfounded and shouted, "Don't go quickly." ”

Wang Huai and Li Dapeng's bodies were shocked, and they bowed down and said, "Obey!" Little General take care. ”

With a wave of their hands, the two of them quickly withdrew from the depths of the forest with four hundred soldiers. Lin Hu turned around, stared at the figure of the enemy army that was already clearly discernible between the trees in front of him, and said to the people beside him in a deep voice: "Don't panic, wait for them to get close to fight." Give them a taste of a small melon first. ”

There were still more than 400 soldiers following him, and everyone knew in their hearts that they would not be spared today, and the number of the other party was too large, and they were definitely not opponents, and they were somewhat panicked in their hearts. But looking at Lin Hu's calm expression and resolute figure, they felt a little comforted in their hearts. After all, following Lin Hu to act here, he had the heart of death, and the people who came were not bad seeds. The little general is not afraid of death, what are he afraid of?

Half of the four hundred people carried melon grenades, which were hundreds of small melon grenades that Gao Muqing squeezed out from between his teeth, in order to make Lin Hu and the others' resistance smoother. Half of the bombing slope was used before, and now there are more than 200 of them, all of which are taken out at this moment, and the top cover is uncovered, and the lead is pulled out and waiting for the order. Two hundred soldiers, who had no grenades, were ready to wield crossbows or bow and arrows.

The spring sun shines down from between the trees, and the rays of light illuminate the forest alternately between light and dark, and the weeds and fallen leaves on the ground are mottled and shining. In the silence of the woodland, the rustling of footsteps could be heard very clearly. In an instant, the enemy appeared on the front, left, right, and middle sides of the gap in the forest at the same time, and the meniscus knife in the hands of the Jurchens glittered in the sunlight.

"Kill!" Lin Hu let out a roar of rage, and the fire fold ignited the melon grenade in his hand, and then threw the small melon emitting green smoke into the crowd dozens of steps away. The rest of the people also moved in unison, and two hundred small melons were sprinkled in three directions dozens of steps away in an instant. Crossbows and bows were fired at the same time.

"Boom." The explosion was loud. The leaves and dirt scattered in the air and rained down, black smoke rose in the forest, the trees broke with a clatter, and the leaves and branches flew everywhere. This close-range throw, and the small dense forest space that has not been moved, seems to be more powerful than the melon grenade. The scattered fragments were like swirling sharp blades, cutting through the flesh and blood of the surrounding Jurchen soldiers, cutting off countless branches, leaves, and plants. There was a lot of black smoke all around, and I couldn't see anything.

But just a moment later, in the black smoke, countless Jurchen soldiers rushed out. Although the melon grenade caused hundreds of casualties, more soldiers rushed through the black smoke and fallen leaves and dust desperately. The Jurchen soldiers who rushed from the smoke were armed with meniscus knives and maces, and their expressions were hideous like mountain ghosts in the mountains and forests.

"Kill!" Lin Hu's forehead was bruised, and he roared, and the Wang Ba box in his palm roared and smashed the heads and faces of the two Jurchen soldiers who were more than a dozen steps away. At the same time, the left hand was linked, and another Wang Ba box exploded, knocking the three Jurchen soldiers into the air.

Around the left and right, four hundred soldiers of the Luoyan Army had also drawn their greedy wolf knives and exchanged hands with the Jurchen soldiers. In an instant, the forest was plunged into bloody hand-to-hand combat.