Soon the news of the defeat of the Qing army at Huazhou spread. Zhou Fengqi, the chief soldier of Guangxi, was shocked when he heard this, and there were hundreds of anti-thieves in his jurisdiction, which was worth it. After some investigation, he learned that the rebels were from Huazhou, which came from the direction of Jintian Village, so he hurriedly led 2,000 men and horses to kill Jintian Village, vowing to exterminate the rebels.

General Zhou led the army from the Dahuang River, and after more than ten days of travel, they arrived at Cai Village that night. So they set up camp here and prepared to camp.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the team of the forward lieutenant general Iktambu is almost at Wangao Ridge." An attendant reported to him.

Zhou Fengqi was taken aback when he heard this, "What, Wangaoling?" He spread out his map and took a closer look at the path, "Iktambu has been more than three days away from us, didn't I tell him to march slowly?" ”

"The villain informed the adjutant general of the adult's orders, but he ignored the villain at all and scolded me, saying that we were afraid of the enemy like a tiger and were still speeding up the march." The entourage bowed his head and said helplessly.

"This Iktambu!" Zhou Zongbing was also very helpless, Iktambu was a man, although his official position was one grade lower than his own, he couldn't control him at all. This time, he was originally going to let the deputy general Li Dianyuan play the forward, but this Iktambu had to come to grab the first credit, and went straight to Jintian with a thousand people.

"Let him go." Zhou Zongbing had a headache when he thought of this Iktambu, he wanted to grab the credit, let him go, anyway, the commander-in-chief is himself, and the credit is indispensable to himself. His own 2,000 men and 1,000 men and horses of Iktambu will win against hundreds of thieves.

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Iktambu rode a tall horse and led a thousand Qing soldiers along the mountain road to Jintian Village. He was gorgeously dressed, his demeanor was arrogant, and he was playing with a pair of jade snuff bottles in his hand, and like most of the children of the Eight Banners, after hundreds of years of peace, life had long been corrupted and degenerate.

In the early morning of autumn, the sky is sunny, neither cold nor hot, and it is a good weather for marching.

"My lord, there is Wangao Ridge in front, where the terrain is dangerous, we must beware of them setting up ambushes." A general surnamed Liu reminded.

"Hundreds of people dare to ambush a thousand of us, and General Liu is too careful for you." Iktambu glanced at General Liu with slanted eyes, "Let the brothers hurry up, what I'm worried about now is that as soon as the thieves see that our army is coming, they will scatter and let us pounce!" ”

"My lord... General Liu is ready to remind him again.

"Needless to say, I have my own measure. The rope I asked you to prepare, is it ready? Iktambu impatiently interrupted General Liu's words.

"Ready. There are more than 500 in total. ”

"Okay, let the brothers in the back row pick it up, and when the time comes, catch more thieves, and tie them up to ask for a reward." Iktambu was full of confidence, and seemed to see that his red top was about to be replaced by a bigger one.

"Report to your lordship, there is a thief right ahead." The spies' report woke up Iktambu from his dreams.

Iktambu didn't expect that these thieves would dare to confront their own officers and soldiers head-on, and they were too bold. "How many of them are there?" Iktambu asked again.

"The villain is about four or five hundred people." The spy replied.

"Haha, these thieves ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and they dared to hit the stone with an egg. The order went down, and the brethren quickened their pace to keep up, and this time the deputy was going to take down these thieves in one fell swoop. "Iktambu also has a reason for his self-confidence, these officers and soldiers in Guangxi, his team is relatively well equipped. Because he was Manchurian, the imperial court took special care of it, and most of the Qing army only had a number of uniforms, and his team was basically equipped with leather armor.

There were still three hundred steps to go before the thieves, and Iktambu saw that the thieves were holding a long bamboo pole and a rattan shield, and his contempt was even stronger. However, their costumes are still very uniform, with a yellow headscarf and a yellow coat.

Just as he was about to order the team to attack, an exclamation came from the Qing soldiers in front of him. Iktambu hurriedly raised his head, and when he looked at those thieves again, he put up a lot of flags at once, and there were many more people, and at a rough glance, he was afraid that there were only two thousand.

It turned out that this was Yang Xiuqing's self-created Crouching Tiger Formation, which first let some people hide behind the formation and crawl on the ground. Wait until the enemy army comes forward, and then suddenly raise the flag and stand, which will have a disturbing effect on the enemy army and cause a huge impact on their hearts. He is also a master of psychological warfare.

At the same time, shouts were heard from the hillsides on both sides, and yellow turbans and yellow uniforms were everywhere. All kinds of battle flags are overwhelming, all over the mountains, and under the illumination of the sun, they seem to be shrouded in a layer of sacred brilliance.

"My lord, hurry up and order a defensive formation. We were surrounded on three sides, and there were estimated 2,000 men on each side. Liu participated in reminding Iktambu, who had lost his soul.

"Array array." Iktambu came back to his senses, his dream shattered, and it was a question of whether he would make it back alive this time.

At this time, Jintian Village had gathered 20,000 worshippers. There are 9,000 members of the Church in Bauhinia Mountain and nearby counties, 4,000 Hakka people led by Shi Dakai, 2,000 Longshan miners led by Qin Rigang, and 5,000 other Sectarians from all over the country. Of course, 20,000 is the number of all the congregants, and excluding the elderly, weak, women and children, only about 6,000 or 7,000 people can really take up arms and fight.

The Qing army was surrounded by six or seven times its own number, and its psychological pressure can be imagined.

"Boom! Rumble! "There are even cannons on the hillside of the thieves. Although it was an earthen cannon, the damage was not great, and the accuracy was limited, but at this moment, some Qing soldiers completely collapsed in their hearts. Someone in Iktambu's team finally dropped their weapons and fled.

"Don't run! All back, all back! Resist me! Iktambu feigned composure, gritted his teeth and cut down a few deserters, barely holding on to the group. He is also a military general, knowing that once this kind of place collapses and escapes, he will only be slaughtered by one-sided slaughter, even if he escapes back, he will definitely be questioned by the court, and if he does not die, he will penetrate the bottom of the prison.

After the cannon sounded, Yang Xiuqing held high the command flag. Xiao Chaogui led 2,000 people in the middle lane, Shi Dakai led 2,000 people on the left side, Wei Changhui led 2,000 people on the right side, and the three roads were killed at the same time. For a time, the sound of Wangaoling killing shook the sky and was magnificent.

The left and right sides of Iktambu collapsed instantly under the impact of Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui, and only General Liu still led some people to resist desperately in front.

Xiao Chaogui led the team to surround the Qing soldiers in the front section, and this part of the Qing soldiers seemed to be very tenacious, forming a circle and arraying, blocking everyone's way.

Xiao Chaogui was a little anxious in his heart, seeing that the other teams had entered the stage of pursuit, his team may be a new recruit, and after encountering hard stubble for the first time, he seemed to be frightened after being pierced by the spears of this part of the Qing soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, everyone just surrounded and didn't dare to step forward.