Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Smoke Trail
"It's easy to go up the mountain, but it's hard to go down." Shen Chongming sighed with emotion, and actually felt that his legs were crispy and he had no strength.
Since the other party is thinking of eating more than 20,000 horses of his own side in one bite, in addition to taking advantage of the terrain and strategy, there must be a lot of troops, otherwise such a big bite of fat is not something that can be eaten if you want to.
And once the more than 400 people on their side retreat down the mountain, they will definitely find the ambush exposed, and what they have to do when the time comes is to eat these 400 people, with superior forces, it will be easy.
"What then?" Xiong Dabiao couldn't help but be a little anxious, if it was himself, he would have the confidence to break through the encirclement and escape to the bottom of the mountain, but since he wanted to bring Shen Chongming, it would be another matter.
"I have a way." Without waiting for Shen Chongming to speak, Ada suddenly laughed, and everyone turned their heads to look at him, not knowing what good way this Ningda Toast could think of.
"Ada, is there any way to say it quickly." At this moment, Shen Chongming suddenly found that Ada was a little similar to the Pleasant Goat, putting on a sheepskin and posing again, it was definitely the original.
"There are a lot of wild beasts in the mountains, and from time to time there are some wild beasts that are invincible in manpower, and our Zhuang family usually uses thick smoke to drive away wild beasts." As soon as Ada's words came out, everyone immediately understood, smoke!
There are always positive people, and a big brother immediately thought about the effect of the wind direction on the direction of the smoke, grabbed a stone and threw it in the air to measure the direction of the wind.
Everyone's eyes were dark for a while, this buddy, you can't be up and down.
Without further ado, more than 400 people immediately started to act, first sending someone down the mountain to inform the old man and ask him to cooperate with the battle. Naturally, there is no need to worry about safety issues along the way, but it can make them think that they have fallen for their scheme, which can also play a role in delaying time.
The rest of the people began to arrange in full swing, and in early summer, when the mountains were green and green, and the trees and weeds were really tender, as long as they set off a small fire, it was time for thick smoke to roll up the mountain. Even if it caused the Burning Mountain Fire, it didn't matter much, and it just roasted all the Annan ambush soldiers.
As a group of people guessed, since the loss of the first three mountains, the Annan people came up with this desperate plan, sparing a small group of men and horses of the Ming army, luring the brigade to attack after the mountain, and they will definitely be able to wipe them out.
And the hiding place was in those caves in the early years, and people hid in them and then sealed the entrance of the cave with weeds, and Shen Chongming couldn't find it at all when they searched the mountain.
Left and right, the commander of Annan, who came to sit in the town in person, heard that someone was going down the mountain, and immediately laughed proudly, the success of the big event is imminent, as long as this Ming army is completely annihilated, then there will be no Ming army brigade in Guangxi, and then you can kill a horse pistol and occupy Guangxi at a speed.
It's a pity that I waited left and right, and nearly an hour passed, and I didn't see any movement of the Ming army under the mountain. "Dashuai, will something happen?" One of the generals next to him was a little worried.
"No, we scattered more than 100 soldiers outside to observe the enemy's situation, and we didn't find any traces of the small Ming army on the mountain." The handsome man also frowned, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.
Just thinking about what went wrong, I saw the soldier at the entrance of the cave who was observing the enemy's situation running over with a panicked face, "Dashuai, the mountain seems to be on fire!" ”
"On fire?!" Annan was startled, and hurriedly ran to the entrance of the cave to push away the weeds and drill out to check, or although he didn't see it, he could see a trace of smoke floating in the air, isn't this a precursor to fire?
"Bastard!" Marshal Annan scolded angrily, his face full of hideousness. The climate in the mountains is humid, and if no one had set the fire, this situation would not have been possible, and since it has appeared, it must have been set on fire. Of course, their own people will not set fires, it must have been set on fire by the Ming army. The Ming army will not set fire for no reason, since they set it on fire, it must have discovered their own scheme!
"Quick, Soushan will kill all the small Ming troops!" At this point, Marshal Annan immediately made a decision, although the plan to annihilate the Ming army team broke down, but the small Ming army that had entered the mouth must not let go, as long as they were wiped out, even if they were stuck on the mountain, they could not let the Ming army enter!
At the top of the mountain, nearly 100 piles of weeds and branches are piled up in a row, the smoke is billowing but no flames come out, and the smoke is slowly rolling down towards the northern slope of the mountain with the breeze blowing over the mountain.
"Hehehe, tell the brothers to prepare a few more wipes for each of them, and cover their faces when they come down the mountain, so as not to choke." Seeing the scenery on the mountain, Shen Chongming couldn't help laughing, with the cover of smoke, not only could he go down the mountain smoothly, but he could also take the opportunity to kill the Annan people who were forced out of the cave by the smoke!
After nearly half an hour, the billowing smoke had almost enveloped the entire hillside, and the coughing and shouting gradually became clear, and it seemed that the people of Annam had discovered that it was the mountain that was emitting smoke, and that they had come to extinguish the fire.
The opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again, Shen Chongming led hundreds of people and horses to run down the mountain with blades, and as soon as he entered the thick smoke, he knew that this thing was powerful, and he couldn't see anything clearly outside ten steps, and he could only see a faint figure within ten steps.
However, the enemy is still very easy to identify, and anyone who appears in the field of vision, as long as it is traveling in a different direction, is an enemy, and it is just a direct knife to slash and kill. This may be wrong, but the words that come out of the mouth are certain, and anyone who has a lot of muttering in his mouth must be from Annan.
The screams kept sounding, but with the cover of thick smoke, the Annan people knew that the Ming army was nearby, but because of the obstruction of the thick smoke, they couldn't find any trace of the other party for a while, and occasionally one or two people killed them regardless of their own safety, and the end was absolutely miserable. Obviously, he saw that the clothes were his own, but when he arrived, he was greeted by a steel knife.
As time passed, the screams got closer and closer to the mountainside, and the heavy losses of the Annan generals finally came up with a countermeasure, which was to raise torches to disperse the smoke and find the enemy's tracks.
At the same time, the soldiers of Annan, who rushed up the mountain, wiped out more than 100 pairs of weeds and branches that released thick smoke in one go, and there was no source, and the smoke on the hillside was gradually diluting, and the field of vision was slowly expanding.
"Brother Shen, the Annan people have caught up!" Xiong Dabiao listened to the shouting and killing sound that was getting closer and closer behind him, and couldn't help but be a little anxious, these Annan monkeys are fighting in such terrain, they are really as agile as monkeys, and their speed is far greater than that of their own people.
Shen Chongming was tired enough for half a day, and the others were not much better, gritting his teeth, Shen Chongming stopped and said fiercely: "Light the fire, burn the mountain!" ”
As soon as they said it, the four hundred people immediately scattered to find some slightly dry branches and began to set fire, ignoring the Annan people who were getting closer and closer.
However, as mentioned earlier, it is early summer, and the climate in the mountains is abnormally humid, so it is not easy to make a mountain fire, and the people of Annam have been biting tightly behind them, and it didn't take much effort to kill the front.
Shen Chongming sighed secretly, it seems that this time it was really planted, but he died well, if it weren't for this, the more than 20,000 troops would have been wiped out.
"Look, sir!" Ada, who had been following Shen Chongming closely and taking the initiative to protect him, pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said in surprise, Shen Chongming turned his head and saw that the figures among the trees were longing, but it was the men of the Zhuang family who did not know when to go up the mountain to answer, and behind them were the soldiers of the Ming army who were a little slower and not used to walking the mountain road.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Shen Chongming's body, which was originally weak, was immediately filled with strength, and at the same time, he also thought of a situation, a thick smoke mountain, forcing the hidden Annan people to show their figures, so wouldn't their idea of occupying the advantage of the terrain to block the advance of the army be invalid?
"Kill back!" Shen Jianjun, who was extremely excited, shouted loudly, and commanded four hundred men and horses to turn around and rush towards the Annan people who rushed over.
Seeing their own team slaughtering up the mountain, the confidence of the 400 special combat team also skyrocketed, and they were really embarrassed when they just escaped down the mountain, and the time to find the field back was coming.
It's a pity that as soon as they saw the Ming army brigade kill up the mountain, the people of Annam immediately panicked, the battle of Siming Prefecture is still fresh in their memory, although they are now fighting on their own territory, but everyone knows their own strength clearly, except for the 5,000 men and horses who are ambushed on another mountain, and the 2,000 men and horses left behind in Liangshan, there are less than 6,000 men and horses on this mountain.
In order not to let the Annan people ease their breath and rely on the mountain to set up a formation, the Ming army naturally pursued closely and killed until the top of the mountain before stopping, and the commander of Annan had already led the rout who could not contain the momentum to flee down the southern slope and fled back thinking about Liangshan City.
"Brother Shen, there's a fight under the mountain!" Xiong Dabiao grabbed Shen Chongming, who was slumped to the ground, and pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said, there was also a killing sound on the mountain just now, and no one noticed that the situation under the mountain had also changed.
It is said that the sound of killing on this mountain shook the wilderness, and it immediately spread to another mountain. They didn't know the specific situation, and they couldn't tell the situation because of the smoke, so they sent people down the mountain to investigate, and learned that the humble barracks of the Ming army under the mountain were empty, and the leading general took it for granted that the Ming army had been fooled into the ambush of the marshal on the mountain.
It's just that there are bursts of killing, and it is clear that the war is showing a scorching trend, which shows that the war is beyond the control of the marshal. The generals have discovered this, and they have taken the opportunity to lead their troops down the mountain to prepare to carry out the front and rear flanking attacks in advance to defeat the Ming army, although it is very likely that they will not be able to do all the work at one time, but it is still a hundred times stronger than defeat.
As for the real situation, this should be the case. As soon as the old man heard the person who came down the mountain say the problem that Shen Chongming had discovered, he immediately decided that this was a rare opportunity to break the enemy. Through this, it can be seen how long-term the old man's vision is.
From this, a plan was decided, He Dazhuang led 15,000 men and horses to wait for an ambush halfway up the mountain in advance, and as soon as the smoke almost dissipated, he immediately quickly advanced up the mountain, leaving no chance for the Annan people to rely on the mountain to set up a formation.
And he himself personally led the remaining men and horses to move to both sides of the bottom of the mountain, set up a suspicious formation, and waited for the ambush troops of Annan on another mountain, who did not know the specific situation, to take the initiative to descend the mountain, and then launched an offensive from both sides to completely annihilate them.
The situation took a turn for the worse, greatly exceeding the expectations of the general Annan who led the troops down the mountain, originally came to sneak attack others, but was attacked by others, and it was more difficult to escape than to ascend to the sky, and the end was very miserable, four words can be summed up, and the whole army was annihilated.