"Division? My lord, if I divide my forces and my forces are scattered, will I be caught up and killed by the pursuers? San'er couldn't help asking.

"Humph! In this big mountain, the road is narrow, and I am not afraid that he will have many soldiers. San'er, you take 1,000 people from the headquarters to take the left path, I expect that the chasing soldiers behind will not chase you, he will only see the crowd all the way to pursue. After you get rid of the pursuit, choose one or twenty clever soldiers to change into the clothes and armor of the official army, sneak into the city of Philadelphia at night, and put a few fires on me. Just go. Du Fuwei commanded viciously.

At the fork in the road at the foot of the mountain, San'er took his thousand soldiers and horses along the fork in the road. Du Fuwei and Lao Liu's two teams continued to walk forward, as if they had not noticed the pursuers behind them.

"General, the Liukou in front of you divided their troops and left, and 1,000 men and horses walked along the mountain road on the left." The colonel who was suddenly monitoring Du Fuwei's soldiers and horses in front turned his head and reported to Qin Qiong.

"Don't care about the bandits who have been separated, just watch the one with a lot of people." Qin Qiong didn't feel strange about the division of the Liukou's troops, he only needed to grab the main force of the Liukou and give a blow.

"General, General Lian Ming is here."

"Okay, great. Now that it was getting dark, General Ben expected that he would find a wide area to camp. When they are slack, our whole army will be able to kill them. Qin Qiong was overjoyed when she heard that Lian Ming had arrived with soldiers and horses.

"Brother Qin, has the Liukou ever escaped?" Lian Ming stepped forward and asked.

"It's a pity that the rogue is slippery, and more than 1,000 soldiers have just been disposed of at the fork in the road, and now there are more than 2,000 people who have not escaped.

"It's okay, kill 2,000 of him first to dissipate the anger in your chest. The younger brother listens to the eldest brother's command. Lian Ming said viciously.

At this time, Duvowe's soldiers and horses had already come to a wide and flat place.

"My lord, it's getting late, and I'm afraid there is no flat place to go forward, and there are no officers and soldiers chasing after me, so I might as well set up camp here first. The brothers have also been running for a day, and it is time to rest. The sixth came to Dufwema and asked for instructions. His men had been observing the rear army, but had not seen the pursuing officers, so he felt that Du Fuwei's worries might be a little unnecessary.

"Sixth! The officer's nose can now smell the smell of the officer's army. Once it is completely dark, it is very conducive to us to escape at night, and he must take advantage of the fact that the sky is not dark, and I bury the pot to cook and camp suddenly out, and the official seems to have heard the sound of the official army drawing his sword. The sixth quickly occupied the low slope in front, and the archers prepared to meet the enemy. As soon as Du Fuwei's words fell, when the sixth general was suspicious, he only heard a shout not far from the rear army. Du Fuwei's face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quickly follow this officer to occupy the low slope in front and prepare to defend against the enemy." ”

The sixth man also reacted at this time, drew his sword and pointed to the sky and shouted to the soldiers around him: "All occupy the low slope with the general." With that, he hurriedly urged the horses and led the people to the low slope not far ahead, which was the highest place in the vicinity.

The shouts of the rear army sounded, and the ignorant people also knew that the officers and soldiers had caught up. Because there was still some distance to catch up with them, the sergeants did not panic, and all rushed up the low slope in front under the leadership of Du Fuwei and Lao Liu, and immediately dismounted and lined up to wait for the arrival of the officers and soldiers.

This low slope is indeed not high, the slope is gentle, and the height is less than 50 meters, if the cavalry comes to attack, it can be reached with a charge. But this time, all the infantry who came with Qin Qiong and Lian Ming were incubators, and it was inconvenient for the cavalry to enter the mountains and take the mountain roads to chase and suppress the Liukou. Soon, Qin Qiong led the 8,000 men and horses to rush to the front of the low slope without stopping, Qin Qiong rushed to the hillside first, followed by more than 2,000 people. Due to the terrain restrictions, it was impossible to spread all the men and horses to attack, and only about 2,000 people could be launched at a time.

When Qin Qiong rushed to a hundred meters away from the top of the slope, he heard someone on the slope shouting: "Shoot the arrow!" ”

Qin Qiong couldn't help but be shocked when she heard it clearly, and hurriedly prepared to dial the eagle arrows that were shot.

The first thousand arrows rained down on Qin Qiong and the officers and infantry who followed behind. Only this round of arrow rain knocked down 6 or 7 hundred officers and soldiers behind Qin Qiong, although Qin Qiong was not injured, the first round of offensive had been frustrated, so he had to rein in his horse and run downhill.

"Okay, that's it, save the bow and arrows. A thousand people per team, divided into two teams to fire, each person only needs to fire one arrow, hear it? Stick to it until dark. The sixth commanded loudly behind the archer.

"Sixth, let the brothers take advantage of the retreat of the officers and soldiers to eat some dry food quickly, but they will have to run away later, and there will be no time to eat at that time." Duvowe said loudly in the back.

As long as it gets dark, you can take advantage of the darkness to slip away. The key is to withstand this time.

"Brother Xian, you lead the 3,000 men and horses of the headquarters to bypass the hillside and cut off the retreat of the Liukou, don't let one go." After Qin Qiong was shot back by a burst of bows and arrows, he also understood the thoughts of the rogues, so he hurriedly ordered Lian Ming to lead people to block the back road. When Lian Ming heard this, he immediately took his 3,000 men and horses to the back of Du Fuwei's men and horses under the cover of the surrounding trees, and Du Fu Wei and other 2,000 people on the slope did not notice it, and they were still eating dry food in grain bags on the slope!

Then, Qin Qiong made a little preparation, concentrated the shields of his men and horses into the hands of 2,000 people, and the rest of the men and horses followed behind the shield soldiers and started a new round of charge.

At this time, Du Fuwei on the slope did not dare to underestimate it, nor did he spare the bow and arrow, he just cared about letting everyone go and shooting, if the official army under the slope rushed up and broke the bow and arrow array, the consequences were unimaginable, and the whole army was bound to be wiped out.

After half an hour of bloody fighting, the hillside was covered with the corpses of officers and soldiers and the seriously wounded. After Qin Qiong was hit by an arrow in the leg, he had to retreat again. By this time, it was completely dark. Qin Qiong had to order the hillside to be surrounded, camp on the spot and bury the pot to make rice, and attack the mountain at dawn tomorrow.

Du Fuwei and Lao Liu hurriedly took advantage of the gap to ask their men to check the number of arrows, and at this time, each soldier had less than half of the number of arrows left, and they could still hold on to two rounds of official and military charges at most. Seeing that the officers and troops at the bottom of the slope had stopped charging and began to camp around the hillside, Du Fuwei knew that tonight's offensive had stopped, and he should retreat quickly when the officers and troops did not come to attack at night, and get out of the entanglement with the officers and troops as soon as possible. So he ordered the sixth son: "Sixth son, you lead people to the mountain and retreat first, and then the official will come to chase you." Don't wait until you're all surrounded. ”

"Yes, sir." The sixth man listened to the order and made a move to his subordinates, and at the same time called his subordinates softly.

On the flat ground below the hillside, piles of bonfires were lit, as if more than half of the hillside where Du Fuwei was located, and there were no torches around the mountain behind him, Du Fuwei felt a little relieved in his heart, judging from the number of bonfires and torches under the mountain, the number of officers and soldiers surrounding the mountain was not large. But the good mood was soon broken by a terrible shout.

"Lord Qianhu, it's not good, our army's back road has been cut off." With the shouting, it was the sixth official of the hundred households who ran over, and he was followed by a team of 1,000 people, but there were already many people supporting each other, and it was obvious that there were large casualties.

"My lord, both sides of the path two miles away have been occupied by the officers and soldiers, and I was intercepted and killed as soon as I got there.

"Huh?" When Du Fuwei heard this, he suddenly felt his head numb. What a Qin Shubao, it only took a while to divide the troops to cut off my back road, it seems that he wants to kill all of us here!

"No wonder Qin Qiong is not in a hurry to attack, I see!" Du Fuwei slowed down and fell into thought.

At present, our army has only 2,000 men, and there are at least 8,000 officers and soldiers, and more officers and troops may be reinforced at dawn. Our army is now almost in a desperate situation, so fast! Du Fuwei now admires Qin Qiong under the mountain, he deserves to be a famous figure in the rivers and lakes!

"I don't know, where are the fourth and fifth guys now, if they can be rescued by the two of them, they can kill the encirclement." The sixth said silently on the side.

"Don't worry, although my people are scattered, they are not far apart, and San'er has just divided his troops with me, so he has no worries there. It depends on San'er's head, and the melon can't be used. Du Fuwei smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly.

The night, unconsciously, was already very deep, and the soldiers on the slope also fell asleep, and the night was not cold in this season, but very cool. The soldiers who were tired for a day didn't care about mosquito bites, snoring everywhere, and the sixth child around them also fell asleep, only Du Fuwei couldn't sleep because of his heavy heart. It is impossible for the 2,000 men and horses under his command to fight their way out of the encirclement, not to mention that the mountain is a fierce general like Qin Qiong, and he is not his opponent at all, so it is impossible to come hard. Now it's up to you to see the actions of your confidant.

There was no word all night, and Du Fuwei could not resist the sleepiness in the second half of the night, and fell asleep in a deep sleep.

The sky gradually brightened, and suddenly Du Fuwei was awakened by a noise, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the sixth man running towards him in a hurry, still shouting as he ran.

"Lord Qianhu, look at it! Yamashita officers and troops withdrew. ”

"Huh? Withdrawn? How so? After listening to the shouts of the sixth child, Du Fuwei's spirit suddenly improved, and he asked repeatedly.

"My lord, it's really withdrawn. It's almost gone, how about I go hunt down the sixth child? ”

Du Fuwei pushed away the sixth man and got up and went to the slope to look down, and sure enough, the officers and soldiers under the hillside disappeared, and a group of officers and soldiers who were hurrying away could be seen in the distance. Du Fuwei was in a daze for a while, and he didn't know what was going on?

"Sixth, quickly send a fast horse to the back path to see if the officers and troops there have withdrawn?" Du Fuwei hurriedly commanded the sixth child. The sixth turned around and asked a henchman colonel behind him to go to the back path to check.

"Order the brothers, get ready to get out of here, quick!" Du Fuwei did not dare to stay any longer on this hillside, and the experience of being surrounded last night was obviously very painful, as if he was waiting for death.

The battlefield was not cleaned up, and Du Fuwei couldn't even wait for the junior colonel who was exploring the path behind him to report, so he retreated to the back mountain trail with 2,000 men and horses. Fortunately, it didn't take long for him to meet the small colonel who had returned, and he was relieved, and it turned out that the officers and soldiers on the back mountain trail had already withdrawn. Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief, as if they were reborn.

What's going on? What caused Qin Qiong to withdraw his troops in a hurry?

It turned out that Du Fuwei's henchmen loved the third general, and after dividing the troops, they found that there were no pursuers behind, so they asked their henchmen to secretly follow Du Fuwei's main force, and found that his eldest brother was surrounded by officials and soldiers, and he was fighting hard. was about to turn around and go to the rescue, but he was stopped by his henchmen, reminding him that it would be in vain if he had fewer soldiers, so it was better to send someone to sneak into the city of Philadelphia and set fire to it according to the order, so that the officers and soldiers who entered the mountain could retreat.

The third child also felt justified when he heard it, and without delaying for a moment, he hurriedly sent nearly 100 people to the city to set fire to it. At the same time, the third child also sent people to the surrounding area to find the fourth and fifth troops who were not far from him, and asked them to go to the city of Philadelphia in the second half of the night to launch a feint attack on the city, so as to prompt Qin Qiong to retreat and return to the city.

After the fourth and fifth hundred household officials got the third child's urgency, they also hurriedly led the troops to the city of Philadelphia County at night to meet with the third brother. By this time, the sergeants who had infiltrated the city had begun to set fires all over the city, and the fire was so great that it lit up the entire Philadelphia County as if it were daylight. Although there are still nearly 10,000 officers and troops in the city, their combat power is not strong, and the commander Tang Jin and the general Fan Hu are recuperating from their injuries, so they cannot lead the soldiers in the city to effectively extinguish the fires everywhere, which makes the city a great chaos. Tang Jin was not seriously injured, but he couldn't get up, and screamed in the tent in a hurry. I also heard that countless rogues outside the city were preparing to take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, so I panicked and hurriedly issued several urgent orders to Qin Qiong, who was suppressing bandits in the mountains outside the city, and ordered him to return to the city to rescue as soon as possible.

Qin Qiong received an urgent report from the city before it was dark, and she was also frightened. Originally, I didn't want to go back, but I knew that this must be a plan for the bandits to surround Wei and save Zhao. But when I thought about it, I couldn't help but panic. He reacted at this time, and the number in front of him was only 2 or 3 thousand, which was obviously not right. Xu Yuanlang still has 30,000 remaining soldiers and horses, plus Du Fuwei's reinforcements. There are less than 3,000 here, and the other soldiers and horses obviously took advantage of their own plans to go out with elite soldiers to attack the county seat. This thought couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, so Qin Qiong couldn't care about the truth anymore, and hurriedly asked people to inform Lian Ming to withdraw his troops and return to the city to aid Tang Jin.

Therefore, there was a scene where all the officers and men surrounding the mountain were withdrawn at dawn.

After Qin Qiong and Lian Ming brought the soldiers and horses back to the city, the fire in the city had been basically extinguished, and only some green smoke was still slowly rising into the sky. The rogue soldiers and horses in the outer city of the city were already empty, leaving only one place of burned torches, and Qin Qiong counted nearly 10,000 of them, which made Qin Qiong feel afraid for a while, and secretly rejoiced that he came back in time.

In fact, in order to create momentum, the besieging Du Fuwei men and horses each lit at least two torches, so that there were nearly 10,000 people fighting from Chengtou Mountain, and it was precisely because of this that Tang Jin was frightened to urgently recruit Qin Qiong's men and horses back to the city to rescue.

Du Fuwei led the sixth man and 2,000 men and horses to finally return to his lair in the mountains, everyone had a feeling of escaping death, and most of them fell asleep when they returned to the cave, not caring about eating. Du Fuwei also came to his dry cave house, collapsed on the bed and could not fall asleep until he was awakened by the noise outside the cave house in the afternoon.