The defeated Taiping army fled into the valley behind him, Zhou Fengqi laughed and shouted triumphantly: "The bandits also have today, they chased Lao Tzu for a day and a night last time, and this time they will return Lao Tzu with interest." Brothers, come on, rush them, bite them, I have a heavy reward, rush me! Zhou Fengqi and his team didn't blink, and followed the Taiping army into the valley.

Qin Dingsan looked down at the valley, this valley mouth is very open, and the mountains on both sides are not very high, so it is not a good place for ambushes. Seeing that Zhou Fengqi was chasing farther and farther, he couldn't see it anymore, he was in a hurry, and with a hint of luck, Qin Dingsan and his team also got into the valley, like a pack of wolves, seeing the injured prey, howling and chasing.

Unfortunately, the Taiping army in front of them seemed to be a little evil, and every time they saw that they were about to catch up, they ran wildly, and the distance was pulled apart. When the distance is really far away, they stop to rest, and it feels as if they are about to reach it, but they are always a little bit close, always hanging on to you.

Seeing that the troops in front of him had entered the valley, Xiang Rong vaguely felt that something was very wrong, although he couldn't see anything in the valley, but he was keenly aware that there was a murderous aura hidden in this valley.

"Pass my order, poor Kou Mo chase, let Qin Zongbing and Zhou Zongbing come back." Xiang Rong hurriedly said to the herald.

"Yes!" The herald had just received the order and was about to leave, "Boom, boom, boom。。。。。。 "There was a loud noise in the valley.

Xiang Rong was right, the Taiping army did ambush a large number of ambushes in this valley. The valley is wider, the inside is getting narrower and narrower, and the mountains are getting deeper and deeper, the more conducive it is to ambushes.

Zhou Fengqi was still chasing after him, and a strange scene appeared. The Taiping army in front suddenly stopped running, but turned around and rushed back against themselves. At the same time, the mountains on both sides were bubbling, and a large number of Taiping troops poured out at once, like a yellow ocean. The iconic yellow turbans are everywhere, and the light reflected by the sun like a wall of glass from broadswords and spears is particularly dazzling. The military flags of the various Taiping armies were turning, covering the sky and the sun, endlessly, surging like ocean waves, and only vaguely visible that there was a huge "Xiao" character in the center of the flag.

Hundreds of rolling logs roared down from the mountain, and the people who smashed him cried for their fathers and mothers. Zhou Fengqi was dumbfounded, he was a hunter just now, but now he has become someone else's prey, his eyes are straight, his body is weak, and his legs can't move. "It's over, it's all over" Zhou Fengqi screamed sadly, the thousand people he led were like meat in the mouth of an eagle, depending on when they were swallowed.

At the same time, Qin Dingsan's team was also surrounded. After all, he has been fighting for many years, and he has seen a lot of winds and waves. After calming down a little, he returned to his former fierceness. Under his command, his troops formed a circle and put on a posture of resistance to the death.

Zhou Fengqi and Qin Dingsan's troops were cut into two sections and surrounded in the valley. Zhou Fengqi was surrounded by Shi Dakai and Xiao Chaogui's Eight Thousand Heavens Corps, and the road was narrow, there was no place to hide, and a row of people fell down as soon as the wood rolled down; And Qin Dingsan's situation is slightly better, he is not too far from the valley mouth, the road is relatively open, and he is facing Wei Changhui's four thousand heavenly soldiers.

Zhou Fengqi's 1,000 people were like a fallen leaf, and under the violent impact of Shi and Xiao, they soon couldn't resist it. Although most of them are not afraid of death, without a good general to command, there is no way to form an effective formation. can only struggle back to back, but in the face of the powerful offensive of the Taiping army, such resistance is futile, and in the end it can only be eaten by the Taiping army.

Xiao Chaogui really enjoyed killing this time. His machete cut down several Qing soldiers in succession, and his battle robes were stained red with the blood of the Qing soldiers. Seeing that the companions beside him were cut down one by one, a guard rushed over like crazy, "I can't work horizontally, I will fight with you!" Holding the spear, he rushed towards Xiao Chaogui in a daze, Xiao Chaogui was not frightened by his momentum, quickly turned around to avoid the tip of the gun, and grabbed the gun with his left hand. Xiao Chaogui made up a backhand and asked for his head.

Zhou Fengqi knew that he couldn't escape death this time, and he was afraid of the whole family, so he wiped his neck with a sword. Only a dozen of the 1,000 Qing soldiers surrendered, and the rest were all killed, and their deaths bought Qin Dingsan a little precious time.

Under the command of Qin Dingsan, they not only withstood Wei Changhui's attack, but also sometimes organized a small counterattack, which caught the Taiping army off guard, and was twice as large as the enemy.

Although Wei Changhui couldn't take Qin Dingsan for a while, time was in favor of the Taiping Army. After Xiao Chaogui and Shi Dakai solved Zhou Fengqi, they immediately rushed to support Wei Changhui.

Qin Dingsan also realized this, he knew that Zhou Fengqi would not last long, and it would definitely be over. Therefore, he did not fight with Wei Changhui, rushed left and right, and led his troops to the mouth of the valley as soon as there was a gap.

Xiang Rong saw that his 3,000 troops were trapped in the valley, and he was also very anxious. But after all, he was a veteran of a hundred battles, and he didn't panic, he didn't know how many Taiping troops were ambushed in the valley, so he didn't dare to rashly lead the team to rescue. Just ordered the artillery to fire vigorously at the mouth of the valley.

Xiang Rong's artillery worked, and the Taiping army who was responsible for blocking the road at Taniguchi suffered heavy casualties, and was torn open by the artillery fire of the Qing soldiers. Qin Dingsan saw this good opportunity and immediately led his troops to break through from the mouth. After a fierce battle, the Qing soldiers finally managed to escape at the cost of losing three or four hundred people.

"It's a pity." Yang Xiuqing, who was watching the battle on the top of the mountain, shook his head when he saw this situation, the enemy was even more powerful than he imagined, and it was a pity that he did not completely annihilate the besieged Qing soldiers in such an absolute advantage.

Xiang Rong, who had been heavily defeated, commanded the remaining troops to slowly retreat, and they had just suffered defeat, but their formation was not chaotic, the banner was complete, and their steps were neat, and they did not look like a defeated army at all.

"Collect the troops. Today is enough, let the sons and daughters come back and rest. Seeing such a situation, Yang Xiuqing knew that he would not be able to reap any benefit from chasing after him, so he raised the order flag and asked all units of the Taiping Army to collect their troops.

The Qing soldiers were defeated at Niupai Ridge, and Xiang Rong deeply felt that he had underestimated the Taiping army before, and was too eager to achieve success, so he avoided the battle and waited for reinforcements. Less than a month later, Li Xingruan, the governor of Liangjiang, replaced Lin Zexu, who died of illness on the way, as the lord of the imperial court, and arrived in Guangxi to take charge of Guangxi's military affairs. Wuertai, the deputy governor of Guangzhou, also led 6,000 troops of the Eight Banners from Guangzhou to Guilin, Guangxi, and formed a flanking attack on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suddenly fell into danger again.