Half an hour later, Li Xiaojun mobilized his troops and set off for Squatting Dog Mountain. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The strength of this departure was 122 shield men, 366 spearmen in 3 teams, 60 flying harrier light cavalry, 60 Lumi gunners, and 30 Hongyi cannons. In addition, there was an ammunition transport team of 30 people composed of old men in the fort.

The remaining 2 teams of shield soldiers, 3 teams of spearmen, Xuanhu heavy cavalry, Franco, Tiger squat cannon, etc., all stayed behind in Chifeng Fort.

The entire attacking force, lined up in a long serpentine shape, silently marched towards the squatting dog mountain in the southeast.

At the front of the team was the shield array led by Mo Changrong, followed by the spearmen array of Duan Shidi, followed by the firearms unit led by Zhao Jie, the front was the Lu Mi gunner, and the back was the Hongyi artillery team and the transport team.

The Flying Harrier Light Cavalry, under the arrangement of the captain Wang Yishou, was divided into two parts, 30 horses each, the front followed Monk An and they opened the way to advance some distance in front, and the rear protected Li Xiao and marched with his tail.

With his six subordinates, Monk An, who led the way in front, looked at Li Xiao's banners and orderly troops, and sighed inexplicably in his heart, this Li Xiao is so young, but his skills in governing the army are really amazing.

He knew that there were a lot of recruits in Li Xiao's army. Including the artillerymen who were using the craftsmen's carts to load bricks to pull the Hongyi artillery, they were all recruits who had never been on the battlefield. Li Xiao was able to train them so neatly in this short period of time, which was really a very good means.

It's just that at the same time, Monk An is deeply suspicious, can Li Xiao really defeat the one-eyed bandits who are stubbornly defending with this little force alone?

Monk An looked at Li Xiao behind him with suspicious eyes, but Li Xiao gave him a warm and firm smile back.

"Brother An, how long does it take for our army to reach Squatting Dog Mountain on this trip?"

"Master Li, at the speed of our army, we will definitely arrive in two and a half hours at the latest."

"Very good, it's the middle of the hour, and the whole army must rush to the Squatting Dog Mountain before dusk!"

"Order!"

When Monk An led Li Xiaojun to Huangjia Village, it was less than an hour's journey from Squatting Dog Mountain.

At this time, the one-eyed bandit who was scouting in the field finally found the menacing Li Xiaojun.

The sentinel quickly went up the mountain to report back, and went straight to the Hidden Cloud Cave of the Dog Head Ridge at the highest point of the Squatting Dog Mountain. At this time, the big boss One Eye was discussing with Hu Mouse and others.

"Big boss, big things are not good! Monk Na'an rebelled against my cottage and led Li Xiao's soldiers to attack me Squatting Dog Mountain! ”

The sentry rushed into the hall and hurriedly knelt on the ground to report, gasping for breath.

The faces of everyone in the hall changed drastically.

The bearded rat sitting on one side jumped up violently: "There is such a thing? Can you find out? ”

"Yu Er is in charge, Xiao has indeed understood that Monk Na'an is leading the way with the six traitors in front, and the team of hundreds of people is coming from the northwest, playing the word Li Da, not Li Xiao of Chifeng Castle, who else is there?"

The sentinel was in a hurry, causing the bearded mouse to frown.

"The big boss, the matter has come to this, what should I do?" Hu Lao looked at the person sitting silently on the stone seat above him, and said in a trembling voice.

Sitting on the top of the stone seat, is a bald strong man, a dark red scar on the oily scalp is hideous and eye-catching, oblique eyebrows are thick triangles, the right eye is wrapped in a black cloth, you can still see a frightening deep scar sticking out from the top and bottom of the black cloth, the angular chin is wide and turned outward, the cheeks protruding outward are full of horizontal meat, and the tight thick mouth is a greasy and thick stiff beard, this face suddenly looks like an angry orangutan, Unscrupulous, revealing chilling violence and ferocity.

This bald and strong man is the head of the Squatting Dog Mountain Gang, one eye.

His blind right eye is said to have been stabbed blind by his dying boss during the murder of his predecessor. This bloody anti-bone experience has made this one-eyed nickname even more famous, but his real name is no longer known.

"Bang!"

One eye threw a wine glass on the table next to him on the stone slab in front of the hall, and the fine porcelain wine glass was shattered.

"Monk An who entered the dog! On that day, you fucking like a lost dog came to take refuge in Ben Dang's house. It was the master who took you in because he was pitiful, but he didn't expect that you not only ruined my good deeds, but also brought Li Xiao's guy to attack me in Squatting Dog Mountain, you ungrateful thing, you are really not as good as a pig and a dog! ”

One eye got up, pointed to the void, and scolded loudly.

"The great master, the monk Na'an is despicable, forgetful of righteousness, and when he followed him before the next year, he saw this person's face clearly." The beard wasted no time in making another stand to the eye.

The third boss chopped off his brains, and cautiously proposed on the side: "Big boss, now that the enemy army is attacking, why don't our army go out of the mountain and repel it in one go?" ”

"No, no!" Hu Lao hurriedly objected on the side: "Then Li Xiaojun, I heard that when he was in Liaodong, the field battle was quite sharp, and even the Tartars could not stop its front, and the brothers of our army, even if they were brave, but if they gave up the advantages of my squatting dog mountain, and went out of the mountain to fight with it, it was really the strength of our army to attack the enemy's strength." ”

After listening to the words of the bearded rat, one eye nodded: "Yes!" Hu Er's master is reasonable, our army will stick to the danger, and instead of attrition, the veterans of Li Xiao's army will be tired, and there will be no return! ”

When Li Xiao and the others finally came to the boundary of the Squatting Dog Mountain, the sun had just set in the west.

Li Xiao ordered the whole army to eat dry food quickly, and after eating, he immediately prepared to start fighting. At the same time, Monk An and his subordinates will be summoned to discuss matters urgently.

"Lord Li, this squatting dog mountain, south across Zhaoyuan County Zhangxing Town, north of Huangxian County Baima Town, the mountain is nearly 100 zhang high, more than two miles in radius, because the top of the mountain is a boulder, such as the dog squatting, so it is called the squatting dog mountain, and the locals also call it the dog mountain. Although this mountain is not big, the mountain shape is steep, steep and difficult to climb, and there are many caves, which is really a good place for hiding soldiers. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the anti-Sui righteous army Zuo Xiaoyou Department once gathered people to open a cottage on this squatting dog mountain to set up camps, with a total of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, known as 100,000 people. Relying on the steep and difficult to climb the squatting dog mountain, he claimed to be the king and rebelled against the imperial court. The government of the Sui Dynasty repeatedly sent troops to suppress it, but they all worked hard to no avail. Later, the imperial court had to send the famous general Zhang Xutuo to encircle and suppress, Zhang Xutuo led the elite Sui army to the mountain to encircle and suppress, but it was also repeatedly defeated, Zhang Shituo finally had to use the technique of siege, after a year of encirclement of the mountain, Zuo Xiaoyou could not hold on because of the exhaustion of food, before going down the mountain to surrender. ”

After Monk An finished speaking this long paragraph, he found that Li Xiao and the others were listening intently, and he suddenly felt encouraged, so he continued: "Lord Li, now on this squatting dog mountain, there is only one sheep intestine disc road leading to the top. Along the way, there are a total of three passes, the first pass is on the Crouching Tiger Slope in front of which is shaped like a coiled dog's legs, which is located at the turn of the narrow mountain road. After this pass, go half a mile, is the back of the green dragon, it is said to be the back of this dog mountain, there is a green dragon pass here, connecting the dog body and the dog head. This pass goes down again, and then crosses the Qingteng Bridge, it is the dog head ridge on the top of the mountain, and there is the last pass dog head pass here. The bandit leader has one eye and all the leaders, all of whom are in the Hidden Cloud Cave of Dog Head Ridge. ”

After Monk An finished speaking, Mo Changrong, the shield sentry chief next to him, took over: "Grandma's!" No matter how many levels he has, now we have the Hongyi cannon, just blast all the way up the mountain, and kill all the bandits like this! ”

"That's it, on this squatting dog mountain, there is only one path up and down the mountain, such bandits are now holding on to the mountain, and our army is not just shelling and killing all the way." Wang Yishou, the captain of the Flying Harrier, also looked contemptuous.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although our army has firearms, we must still be cautious, after all, this place is steep, and the enemy army is familiar with the situation here, but our army cannot underestimate the enemy." Li Xiao admonished with a serious face.

The group then made a plan to take the Crouching Tiger Pass first, and then spend the night on the Crouching Tiger Pass tonight.

Six Hongyi cannons, although they are close to each other on that narrow mountain road, can still only be placed three.

Li Xiao ordered that the other 3 Hongyi cannons should be used as backups, and if the 3 Hongyi cannons in front of them reach the maximum number of cannons, but they still can't hit the pass, they will use the reserve Hongyi cannons to continue to bombard.

When the three huge black Hongyi guns were placed 600 meters away, the gunners loaded gunpowder, tamped it, and gently put a solid iron bullet weighing 12 catties from the muzzle, and quickly completed the preparations.

The muzzle of the black hole was raised proudly and rushed towards the Crouching Tiger Pass on the slope in front, this silent and solemn momentum made the bandits stationed at the pass immediately appear to be noisy and commotion.

"Don't panic! Damn, our Crouching Tiger Pass is solid, the enemy's artillery seems to be huge, I estimate that it is also a kind of goods, and when the artillery on the opposite side is finished and the enemy army is depressed, let's take advantage of the situation to attack the pass and destroy these officers and soldiers who don't know whether they are alive or dead! ”

The one who said this was the coarse-throated and loud-throated chopping skull. His roar quieted down the originally panicked bandits.

At this time, Zhao Jie, the chief of firearms, personally used a gun moment to measure the angle of elevation for each Hongyi cannon to prevent his recruits from deflecting.

Li Xiao's right hand immediately slashed down.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Three deafening explosions, the muzzles of the three Hongyi cannons, almost simultaneously spewing out fiery red flames, three twelve-pound jet-black cannonballs, screaming loudly, straight towards the wall.

Li Xiao was extremely happy, he saw that because Zhao Jie's measurement was extremely accurate, he actually hit the wall of Crouching Tiger Pass under the first start, leaving three cracks on the wall like spider webs.

Under the huge impact, the two bandits on the pass stood unsteadily, screaming and falling off the wall, falling into a blur of flesh and blood.

A frightened bandit turned around and tried to flee with a wail, but was slashed over by a chop in the skull, and then kicked off the pass.

"it! Brethren, hold on! Resist me! Chop the skull and roared loudly, and the bruises on his face skyrocketed.

This dog-in-law officer, this artillery is so fierce and ferocious, can he really carry it?

The skulls that roared angrily were actually the same as other bandits in their hearts, and they suddenly lost their bottoms.

"Fill the water and clear the chamber, ready to shoot again!" Zhao Jie, who was happy, shouted loudly.

The gunners immediately got busy.

This Hongyi cannon is a retired front-loading smoothbore gun, after each fire, it is necessary to re-correct the gun position, adjust the angle, and must also be filled with water into the gun chamber, extinguish the fire star, and then the dry cloth is tied to the stick, stretched into the copper gun chamber, to wipe off the water stains, wipe off the dregs, and then, can be filled with gunpowder and combustibles, and re-stuffed into the shell, before it can be ignited again, so as to shoot the next shell.

The whole operation process of the Hongyi cannon was quite slow and cumbersome, and the fastest operation of the Hongyi cannon in the world at that time was the British Navy, which could do it again within 3 minutes. Zhao Jie's subordinates were illiterate recruits, so the operation took much longer, and each reload took more than twice as long as the British Navy, almost 7 or 8 minutes.

Eight minutes later, another round of shelling began violently.

Two shells hit the wall fiercely, sending rubble and dust like rain. There was also a cannonball whistling over the wall, and at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye, it knocked the heads of the three bandits standing in a row together, and the heads of the three bandits were like three watermelons that had been hit together, completely bursting, and pink brains and splatters of blood were scattered everywhere, and the shape was extremely terrifying.

The bandits were terrified, and the ghosts on the wall cried wolves, and there was chaos.

"Fuck! If we let the enemy fight like this, our army will collapse without a fight! "Chop the brain, the heart is also extremely terrifying.

No, the artillery of the officers and soldiers is too powerful. It is necessary to rush downhill and fight against the officers and soldiers, so there is still a way to live, if you continue to defend like this, you are afraid that a group of brothers can only be buried with this wall.

'Brethren! The officers and soldiers are all cowards, and they only dare to bombard at such a long distance, and if they want to fight hand-to-hand, they are definitely not the opponents of our army! Brothers, take advantage of this interlude in enemy artillery fire, and quickly follow me out of the pass to kill the enemy! “

Chop the skull raised the knife in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

"Kill the dog!"

"Kill the officers and soldiers!"

A group of bandits, opening the door of the Crouching Tiger, shouted one after another, brandished their swords, and rushed straight down the slope path.

Watching the bandits rush down, a faint sneer appeared on Li Xiao's face.

As soon as he shouted, the front gunners withdrew, and 60 Lumi gunners, holding the slender Lumi gunners who had lit the fire rope and loaded the ammunition, strode forward and stood still behind the Hongyi cannon.

Looking at the fire rope burning in front of them, the long row of Lu Mi guns standing densely, and the bandits rushing down, I didn't feel that my steps were stagnant.

He shouted loudly, "Brothers, don't be afraid, the officers and soldiers are fired, and if we don't have the right head, we just need to rush to cut and kill, and they will be defeated." ”

When the bandits heard this, their hearts perked up and they continued to shout and rush forward.

When they rushed to within one hundred and fifty steps, Zhao Jie, who had a weird smile on his face, raised his hand and shouted: "All in place, ready, release!" ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...... ”

Forty-eight of the sixty reluctance guns were fired.

In the choking thick white smoke, dozens of small lead bullets with a slight whistling sound flew towards the bandits rushing on the opposite side.

A terrible scream immediately sounded among the bandits, and these bandits who fell to the ground screaming, either on their heads or on their bodies, immediately appeared small blood holes.

The tiny lead bullet weighing only seven pennies shot from the Lu Mi gun seemed to have caused a small hole the size of a finger in the human body, but it caused a terrible cavity effect in the human body, and the hot and deformed lead bullet ran around the human body irregularly, stirring up the internal organs, muscles, and bones of the human body. Therefore, as long as the person is shot, there is absolutely no cure and he will definitely die.

This shot by Lu Mi's gunners killed or wounded more than 30 bandits at once.

The bandits collapsed, and everyone was irretrievably thrown into chaos.

Except for a few bandits who were so frightened that they stood like puppets, most of the remaining bandits no longer had the courage to continue the attack, they turned around, discarded their knives and guns, and fled frantically towards the gate behind.

"Don't run! Keep rushing! The skulls stomped and swung their knives, screaming in despair.

He slashed and killed two bandits who fled in front of him one after another, but he could not weaken the momentum of the bandits' escape.

Chopping his braincase was extremely angry, and he was helpless, he knew that the general situation was gone, so he had to turn around and flee towards the pass.

At that moment, he heard a long shrill in the distance behind him, followed by the sound of a dense number of horses' hooves.

It's over, the enemy cavalry is out and can't escape.

The last thought that flashed through my mind.

He had galloped for twenty or so steps, and he could hear the dull sound of swords slashing and slashing behind him, mixed with the screams of the bandits dying like the song of death.

Chopping the skull subconsciously wanted to look back, and when he turned back, a light cavalry chased after him, with a wave of the riding knife in his hand, chopping the huge head of the skull, accompanied by a gushing column of blood, leaving the neatly chopped neck and flying into the sky.

Crouching Tiger closed the remnants of the bandits, and they were terrified and tried to close the gate urgently. At this time, the Flying Harrier light cavalry of the brigade had galloped in from the gate, and then slashed and killed.

The remnants of the bandits no longer had the courage to fight, and they knelt down and surrendered.

Ten minutes later, the battle to capture Crouching Tiger Pass ended smoothly.

Li Xiaojun won the first battle.

In this battle, a total of 76 bandits were eliminated, 28 were captured, and a bunch of swords, guns, swords, and shields were captured.

Li Xiao ordered these captives to be stripped naked. The ground was tied up in a bunch and handed over to a squad of spearmen to look after. Then, the whole army rested at Crouching Tiger Pass, preparing to attack the top of the mountain tomorrow with all their might.

Will tomorrow's war be as smooth as I imagined?

In the thicker and thicker twilight, Li Xiao stared at the top of the mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, he was silent on the surface, but in his heart, there was a faint feeling of unease.

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