It turned out that Liu Zhengfeng led the brigade to follow Yu Zhilong for about a day or two at the beginning. After a day, suddenly the rear scout reported to Liu Zhengfeng and others, and the Meng rebels in the north crossed the Qingshui River in a big way, and they were chasing after them, and the vanguard was the cavalry of Tatar Yan Chi.

At this time, Yan Chi had already gathered his rear team, and then together with the Meng Clan's righteous army, he rushed to the place where he had attacked and dug up the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy buried by Liu Zhengfeng, one of which was the big leader Yu Hai.

After the officers and soldiers identified it, they recognized it as Yu Hai's corpse, Yan Chi was overjoyed, and immediately announced that this was the result of his night attack, but because the battle was in a hurry, the enemy was outnumbered, and it was too late to take the head.

Yan Chi attacked at night, and the target went straight to Yu Hai's accommodation, and he really killed a lot of people, especially all the guards in Yu Hai's tent were almost all killed by him, and Yu Hai was not spared. In the depths of the night, Yan Chi had no time to look at the results of the battle, and after he returned, he reported to the Meng Righteous Army and Yidu Lu that he had attacked and killed the leader of the anti-thieves, Yu Hai, and asked Yidu Lu to urge all armies to seize the opportunity and quickly attack together. In fact, Yan Chi himself couldn't confirm whether he succeeded. Now seeing his corpse, Yan Chi is ecstatic, with this result, not only can he have a statement about his loss of troops and generals, but also the great merit of killing the thief leader is firmly in his hands, maybe the official will be promoted to a higher level!

Yan Chi saw that his original goal was basically achieved, and he was in a good mood, and when he saw Yan Amur again, he felt that he was much more pleasing to the eye. Although this plan was offered by Wanyan Amur when he was forced to be in a hurry, it was Yan Chi's own name written on the document asking for merit to Yidu Road.

With great merit in hand, Yan Chi was no longer impatient, and led the Yuan cavalry to follow the righteous army slowly. His follow-up men and horses had converged at this time, and although they had lost more than two hundred, the main force still existed. After doing this for a day, suddenly a handwritten military document from the commander of Totok came from Nanfang Zhanchi, but the content was that after Totoku ordered Yan Chi to see the text, he would no longer participate in the suppression of bandits, and he must immediately go south and listen to the order in front of the tent.

Yan Chi was confused after seeing the article, and a few days ago, he ordered himself to change to Yidu Road to suppress bandits, and after only a few days, Dashuai's mind changed, could it be that Zhang Shicheng had something wrong with him? Yan Chi didn't know if it was Tokh that he had received a secret letter from Dadu, informing him that the opponents in the court were constantly moving in private, and it seemed that he was going to make trouble in his army, so he asked the marshal to deal with it as soon as possible. Just in case. Naturally, Tokhtar had to hold the descendants in his own hands to prevent mutations. Although Tokhtar now has the army of the Southern Expedition, they come from all directions, and they have little understanding before, who knows what their current position is? Especially those Goryeo Army, Tufan Army, etc., these guys have long been attached to the Mongolian nobles of all parties, and the previous dynasties have given them a higher status, but they have always been at odds with themselves.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the local warlords and the Monse tribe gradually lost effective control over these places because of their own armies and local governments, and those tribes and separatist forces did not all obey the orders of the central court. Even those who succeeded to the throne dared to intervene by force, and since they got out of power, they have been deeply suffering, and the contradictions between the two sides have become increasingly intensified. As a subordinate, Yan Chi naturally didn't know these details, and when he saw that the military order was like fire, he didn't dare to slack off, so he repaired a book, told Yidu Road, and led the troops south.

Yan Chi's cavalry withdrew halfway, but did not delay Meng Qing's pursuit, and Meng's rebel army crossed the Qingshui River in a big way and quickly pursued. Along the way, the corpses of the thieves who had been buried were counted, at least more than 300 corpses.

Meng Qing judged that Yu Hai was killed, and the momentum of the anti-thief must be depressed at this time, and because the anti-thief's strength was greatly damaged, it was important to choose a way to escape as soon as possible.

When Meng Qingling marched into pursuit, the striker set up a pole, hung a person's head, and next to a big flag in black and white, indicating that this head was the head of the thief in the sea, and ordered his subordinates to make a big show on the way, claiming that the thief had been awarded the head, as evidenced by the head on the pole, in fact, the real corpse had been transferred to Yidu, and then confirmed by Yidu and reported to Dadu to win.

Meng Qing's actions were naturally found out by Liu Zhengfeng's scouts and reported back to Liu Zhengfeng and others. Yu Shichang was furious when he heard this, and vowed to immediately return to the horse and lead people to regain his father's head, and kill Meng Qing to take revenge. Everyone persuaded Yu Shichang to be patient for the time being, this plan was obviously instigated by the old thief of the Meng clan to disturb the morale of the army, if the army returned to entangle with it, it was in his arms. The enemy is strong and I am weak, so it is better to go up.

Everyone reluctantly pulled Yu Shichang several times not to be impulsive, but the plan against Meng Lao Thief could not be solved for a while. The follow-up exploration horse continued to report, and found that the military horses of Lu Shan and Ye Zhicheng's department of Qianhu Dianxin and Qianhu Gu Zhenhua were dispatching one after another, and the marching speed of each department was fast, fortunately, everyone had already gone ahead for a day, and opened a distance, which was still safe, but the situation was becoming more and more serious.

After two more days, we have reached the Yangtian Mountain area. The striker Yu Zhilong has been arraigning backwards, and no large Yuan troops have been found to intercept him on this road. Because of the fear that the official road has been controlled by the Yuan army, it is difficult to pass safely, Yu Zhilong mostly chooses rugged mountain trails to detour, these roads are in poor condition, many twists and turns, if the road is a two-day journey, in fact, it often takes at least four or five marching time, fortunately, in order to catch up with the thieves, the Han army on Yidu Road generally follows the same mountain road behind, their speed is not faster, and there are many baggage, it is really miserable to take such a mountain road. If it weren't for the reprimand of the boss and the whip to drive away, no one would want to go on, and the soldiers would curse the commander in their hearts no less than they did against the thief.

The mood of the rebels is quite high, they were originally Meng Qing's recruits, many of them were his tenants before, and they have become accustomed to the orders of the master's family, but those soldiers and horses on Lushan and Yidu Road are all court officials and soldiers, not like the rebels who are mainly tenants and unemployed people can endure hardships, and the speed of the march is naturally slower than that of Meng Qing's rebels.

Just when Liu Zhengfeng and others came to about 20 miles northwest of Shiyu Village, the soldiers in front of them reported urgently and found that a large number of volunteers were blocking the road. Here the large and small hills are undulating, the ravines are clustered, the cliffs and deep valleys are all over, there is only one mountain road through the mountains in front, there is a blockade in front, and the chasing soldiers are pursued, so what can I do?

It turned out that after Meng Jiashan suffered a loss and retreated, Meng Qing ordered his second son Meng Jiaxun to make a big fanfare, stationed in the Qingshui River to stand by, and responded to the interception plan of Yan Chi, but he led the third son Meng Jiashan and other troops to detour from the east, and strive to outflank all the troops in the sea, but he only moved half the way, and then sent a message, telling Yan Chi to lead the army to attack the sea at night, although he killed the thief chieftain and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, but he was also shocked that the remnants of the enemy rushed eastward, accelerated the speed of escape, and the original outflanking plan was difficult to continue.

Meng Qing asked carefully about the process and results of the night attack, and judged that the speed of Liu Zhengfeng's headquarters was dragged down by the baggage and his family, and it was not particularly fast, and the other armies were still far away and could not catch up for a while, only the distance between himself and them was still close, if he accelerated his march now, it would not be a problem to catch up, but if he left them all, it would be impossible. Meng Qing thought about it carefully, and according to the guide's introduction, he made up his mind to continue the detour, rushed to Liu Zhengfeng, and tried to block Liu Zhengfeng before he left the mountain.

After several hard work, Meng Qing led the front army to finally block them at the place where Liu Zhengfeng had just arrived at this mountain range, and God helped him, the terrain here is vertical and horizontal, although the mountain range is not very high, but there is no easy way to detour, if it is close to the mountain, not to mention that the terrain is very difficult, how many people can calmly get out of trouble, even the righteous army here will never let it leave calmly.

Meng Qing went up the mountain, urging him to plant more flags to strengthen the army. This time, Meng Qing led the troops first, and there were only more than 600 people in the forward, and the follow-up more than 1,000 people came from more than ten miles away. According to the previous scout's report, Liu Zhengfeng's department is about to arrive here. Meng Jiashan personally led the soldiers to collect stones from all over the place and moved them to the top of the mountain for defense.

This is the time to go.

After Liu Zhengfeng and others observed the terrain, they agreed that there was no way to go now, and they must forcibly take the mountains ahead, Yu Shichang was already full of indignation, and when he saw the Meng banner, he was dumbfounded, and he hated to fly up to eat his flesh, and immediately grabbed the position of the leader of the charge, and after his subordinates were in place, Liu Zhengfeng gave an order, he held the flag in one hand, raised the knife in the other, and shouted "Brothers, follow me!" "Jump out first. Liu Zhengfeng immediately arranged for the follow-up teams to prepare, and they were sent out at the right time to reinforce them.

Now the two sides are basically equal in battle, and they almost rushed here at the same time, but Meng Qing's speed was slightly faster, and he climbed the mountain range first, occupying a favorable position. Although Liu Zhengfeng didn't know the details, he also observed that the Meng Clan Righteous Army had just arrived, and now while its foothold was not stable, it must take the mountain in one go, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable!

Yu Shichang bravely went up the mountain, and his subordinates also knew that it was time to fight hard, and they didn't dare to slack off. Liu Zhengfeng ordered people to beat drums and cheer, and the rear team prepared and shouted loudly together. Stones and arrows fell like rain on the mountain, and the bones of the middle were broken, and the head was broken and bleeding, and fell down the hillside. Those who did not die for a while, because of the unbearable injuries, moaned endlessly, and now the two sides are fighting, and no one can take care of them.

Although the mountain range is not high, firstly, the slope is steeper, but the front of the charge is not wide enough, and secondly, the number of the rebels is more than the other side, but the rebels march rapidly for days, and their physical strength is more exhausted, and their combat power has dropped significantly. Yu Shichang repeatedly attacked twice, Liu Zhengfeng also led people once, but only once rushed to the mountain, the two armies fought hand-to-hand, and finally because there were many righteous soldiers, after several tug-of-wars, they were pressed back by Meng Jiashan and others. Hundreds of corpses and wounded were left up and down the hill.

As the so-called three drums were exhausted, several failures, Liu Zhengfeng and other leaders and soldiers greatly demoralized, especially the mood of the soldiers began to be unstable, Liu Zhengfeng and several big leaders had nothing to do for a while, and a few people had the idea of running over the mountain. One of the heads, Liu Qi hesitated to ask, whether he could go over the mountain, Liu Zhengfeng was shocked.

"No way! Now there is an interception in front and a chasing soldier in the back, once I want to go over the mountain, not to mention whether the old thief can let me wait for a safe place, that is, what should the women and children in the back do? Rest again, let's rush again in a while, and this time we must take it! ”

"This brother is like a brother and a husband and wife like a garment, and every man cares for his own when great trouble comes. So far, while the pursuers behind have not yet arrived, big leader, we still have time to go up the mountain! Liu Qi said unwillingly.

"Brother Yu handed over the big guy to me, and I want to take care of this family. As long as I, Liu Zhengfeng, still have a breath, I will never leave these brothers and sisters, fathers and villagers! Now it has not reached the point of exhaustion, the strength of the old thief is not much stronger than ours, everyone work hard, this time there is no rear team, all come forward, there is no life or death! ”