Chapter 123: Pingchong Valley

Even if it is more than 20 miles away, Pingchong Valley can vaguely hear the screams on Longliao Mountain. Yang Xiaoshan's heart was dripping blood, he knew that all this was the calculation of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and he calculated that Qin Rigang would be defeated, and he was so defeated that he couldn't see any flaws. Although Qin Rigang is brave but lacks strategy, he will definitely lose extremely miserably, and any opponent who defeats him will not think that he is a fraud. And the more than 2,000 people, old and weak, were the bait thrown to the Qing army, which could not only hook the Qing army into the trap he had already set up in Pingchong Valley, but also get rid of the burden of marching in the future.

Yang Xiuqing's calculation can not be described as poisonous, this is what he calls the "price". Without the sacrifices of these people, the Qing army, which has suffered too many losses, will not be so easy to fall for, and Yang Xiuqing must cut off the claws of the Qing army here, so that the march can be at ease in the future, and he is not afraid of being chased by the Qing army day and night.

In the Pingchong Valley, Yang Xiuqing commanded the men and women of the whole army to cut down wood and bamboo, carry mountain stones, and set up rolling logs and stones at dangerous places; And make medicine barrels, ready for fire attacks. In the early morning, after a full meal, under the leadership of Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, and Yang Xiaoshan, the soldiers climbed the mountain beams on the north and south sides, and divided the valley road of more than 30 miles into five sections, and each person contracted one section. A zigzag bag-shaped position was cleverly laid out in the Pingchong Valley, waiting for the Qing army to throw a net in front of it, so as to gather and annihilate it.

Dong Guangjia, the chief soldier of Hebei Town, and Shao Heling, the chief soldier of Xunyang Town, were the third group of people who came to persuade Ulantai to stop resting, the first batch of Changshou and Changrui soldiers did not succeed in persuasion, and the second batch of Saishan'a warrants were useless, and the third batch of Xiang Rong gave these two general soldiers a death order, and Ulantai must be pulled back and not allowed to advance again.

Xiang Rong suffered a loss in Cao Village, and he had a hunch that there must be a conspiracy of the Taiping Army, so he came over to persuade him three or four times. Now they are people in the same boat, and everyone is responsible for besieging Yong'an, in case Ulantai is finished, Xianfeng will slap it down, and everyone will not be able to escape.

Dong and Shao were just about to speak, but Ulantai pointed to the corpses all over the Longliao Ridge, "Who do you believe?" If this is a trap for the bandits, this bait is too big. ”

In the face of the facts, Dong Shao's two general soldiers also kept their mouths shut, more than 2,000 elites of the Taiping Army, more than 2,000 ordinary people of the Taiping Army, no one would be bait like this, this price is too great, the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is now less than 30,000 people. They didn't expect Yang Xiuqing to be so ruthless, in order to trap the wolf, they spent a lot of money.

So Ulantai entered the Pingchong Valley with seven general soldiers and more than 20,000 Qing soldiers. The Qing army that surrounded Yong'an claimed to be 100,000, but in fact, only 50,000 could really go to the battlefield, and the rest were all laborers who did miscellaneous work. At this time, half of the Qing soldiers entered the ambush circle set up by the Taiping army.

Ulantai's subordinates Li Rui and Chonglun walked at the front of the team, and the two of them were a little cautious when they first entered the valley, the valley road was zigzag in an "S" shape, and the mountain beams on both sides were high, so it was too easy to set up an ambush. But along the way, they didn't encounter any resistance, and when they saw that they were about to leave the valley, the hearts of the two finally relaxed, and they began to talk and laugh.

"Brother Li, how many heads did you take over there?"

"It's just more than 500 of them. Brother, where are you? ”

"Almost, about four or five hundred."

"I heard that after this battle, Brother Chong is going to go to Guangdong!"

"Brother Li is really well-informed, and he dredged up a good relationship a year ago, but unfortunately he has no military exploits in his hands, and this big victory should be done. Don't talk about me, I heard that Brother and Uncle Li went to the capital to be an official, do you have to adjust your defense? ”

"Maybe, just to say hello, not necessarily."

The two general soldiers from Guizhou praised each other, and Guizhou was pitifully less oil and water than other provinces. After this big victory, the heads who reported their merits could make their positions "active".

They were looking forward to exchanging this rolling human head for a better life in the future, when in an instant, Li Rui and General Li suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a reflection of metal on the mountain beam on the left. He was taken aback and just wanted to order the soldiers to pay attention. Countless boulders rolled down the mountain beam in front of them, and with a loud bang, the narrow valley mouth was sealed at once.

"Bandits!" The two commanders exclaimed at the same time.

More than a dozen majestic sounds of bull horns were heard from the mountain beams on both sides, and first of all, a dense rain of arrows flew down from above, and the Qing army fell in an instant. Then the big stones and burning barrels on the mountain also rolled down, and the narrow mountain road made the Qing army have no place to hide, and the screams came one after another, and the chaos became a mess.

"Don't panic, don't mess around, line up in array." The heavy general soldier pretended to be calm and shouted. However, Li Zongbing was shot in the back of the heart in the first round of arrow rain, fell off his horse, and died.

No matter what the heavy general soldiers called, the Qing soldiers couldn't control it, they were all looking for a place to hide. Besides, such a narrow mountain road is impossible to line up at all.

Bows and arrows, stones, rolling logs, etc. were almost lost, and a large number of familiar figures of the Qing army poured out of the mountain beams, and the terrifying "yellow turban" appeared again. They rushed down like a flood, roaring, running, and waving their swords and guns at the Qing army. They rushed down the mountain with the anger of avenging their families and robes, with the grievances of being besieged for so long, and with the faith of the kingdom of heaven, like a storm.

At the forefront was the Wing King Shi Dakai, who was ordered to ambush here to defeat the vanguard of the Qing army. At this time, the Qing soldiers in the valley had already been disheartened and were scattered by the Taiping army. The Winged King's team had already cut them into numerous small sections, divided and surrounded, and soon the battle was in its final stages.

"Smack!" A dark arrow flew past Shi Dakai's cheek.

"Who!" Shi Da said sharply, his gaze followed the direction of the arrow, and he fixed on a large stone on the right.

Behind the stone, it was the heavy general soldier who hid behind and shot a dark arrow, trying to plot against Shi Dakai.

Before he could pull the bowstring and shoot the second arrow, Shi Dakai rushed over with an arrow step, and scolded angrily: "Damn Qing Demon, take your life!" Look where you're going! ”

The heavy general soldier still wanted to resist stubbornly, and pulled out his knife to fight Shi Da alone. Shi Dakai had this intention and asked the guards to stand aside, and as soon as he shook his spear, he fought with the heavy general soldiers. In two or three rounds, Shi Dakai figured out the path of this heavy general soldier.

The heavy lun raised the knife above his head with both hands, stared at Shi Dakai fiercely, and slashed at him with all the strength of his body. Shi Da was bold, he actually put the spear behind his back, only relying on the movement of his body to avoid the attack of Chonglun, and shouted in his mouth: "It's too slow, it's too slow, it's faster, it's faster." "Teasing him.

Chonglun slashed more than ten times in a row, and he didn't touch a single hair of Shi Dakai. With a puff of breath in his mouth, Shi Da opened his face without changing his color, put the spear on his chest, and shouted, "Now it's my turn." He shook the spear and fired countless spear flowers, the tip of the spear did not leave the heavy lun's body, and the heavy lun was scrambled, and the armor on his body was rubbed with several marks.

"Open!" Shi Da stabbed Chonglun in the throat with the tip of the gun, and when his body was in a mess, he immediately flipped the body of the gun, and the handle of the gun hit Chonglun's wrist. Chonglun couldn't stand the pain, and with an oops, the saber fell to the ground. He turned around and tried to run.

"Go ahead." Shi Dakai had enough of playing, raised his spear, and lightly rested it on Chonglun's shoulder. Chonglun was taken aback, turned his face and wanted to beg for mercy, Shi Dakai didn't want to spare him, the dead people in Longliaoling would never agree, the tip of the gun was aimed at Chonglun's throat, ending his life.

The battle is over, "Let's go!" Go and support the Hill Brothers! Kill Ulantai and avenge your dead brothers and sisters! Shi Dakai raised his spear and shouted.