After observing the surrounding mountains and forests, Wu Lingce said to Nabu, "Over there, over there, and over there, the resident birds are hovering over the woods, and there are obviously people hiding in the woods. If I'm not mistaken, we should all be our companions.

Don't you think it's a little strange? This is a defense line of hundreds of miles, and it is impossible for our troops to get together if they are not planned. But now less than 3 or 4 miles away, we found three troops, plus us four.

Why are we all here? That doesn't seem right. ”

Nabu tilted his head and thought for a long time before he suddenly said: "Let's go this way, isn't it because the Ming army patrols in other directions are suddenly encrypted, and only the loopholes in this side of the defense line are still the same, so we chose this direction?" Well, you mean, this is a trap for the Ming army? ”

Wu Lingce shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but in this situation, I always feel that the taste is not quite right. In my opinion, it is better for us to stay still today and see what the other teams are doing. ”

Nabu looked back and saw that no one in the crevice had come out, so he whispered to Wu Lingce, "You mean, take them to explore the way, then we won't contact them?" ”

Wu Lingce carefully put away the binoculars, and then said expressionlessly, "No, we just didn't find them. Tell the brothers not to raise fires today, and to deal with the dry food seized from the Ming army..."

At the same time, in the stronghold of the Ming army on Goose Head Peak, Major Battalion Commander Wang Xingguo Zheng and his subordinates stationed at Goose Head Peak were also observing the situation under the mountain. Their vision was much better than where Wu Lingce was, so in addition to the three suspicious locations that Wu Lingce had discovered, Wang Xingguo had discovered three others. Only the gap in the mountains where the team was located was left out.

Wang Xingguo was born in the Shaanxi Border Army, and was recommended to study at the Beijing Army Military Academy after his meritorious service to the encirclement and suppression of Wang Gao under Hong Chengchou, and was assigned to the 33rd Field Infantry Division that had just been formed after graduation.

The special topography of Yiwulu Mountain made the Ming army separated in various mountain pass strongholds, even if the Ming army had better firepower, it could not be effectively exerted, which gave these small units of the Qing army that crossed the dense forest cliffs a chance.

Although Yan Yingyuan accepted the advice of the young intern staff officer, he did not regard the deer hunting gun as his only support. After the staff meeting at the division headquarters, he talked with the local hunters and farmers many times, and finally had enough understanding of the various mountain roads in Yiwulu Mountain.

So in the end, he discussed with the staff officers around him a plan to drive away fish for the abyss, although the terrain of Yiwulu Mountain limited the rapid assembly of the Ming army, but it also limited the scope of action of these small units of the Qing army.

After several discussions, the staff officers around Yan Yingyuan believed that although these Qing troops were excellent hunters in the mountains and forests, it was impossible for them to fight while hunting, so there must be one or several material reserve points for them to store war materials such as food and weapons, so that they could travel lightly and attack the logistics supply troops of the Ming army through the mountain roads.

According to the careful calculations of these staff officers, even if the Qing army carried small and hungry-resistant beef and mutton jerky, it was impossible to carry a three-day share at a time. Exceeding this number will affect the speed of the Qing army's march.

Therefore, the staff officers of the Ming army marked the previous attack locations on the map one by one, and then searched for the center of the circle according to the range of concentric circles, and sure enough, they succeeded in discovering the whereabouts of some Qing troops.

The Ming army did not rush to do anything, but first observed the movement and contact methods of these troops, and then decided to choose the method of pulling fish, and drove these troops to a valley suitable for encirclement and annihilation.

The narrow valley between the Goose Head Peak, the Eighteen Kicks, and the Double Line Sky is the burial place chosen by the Ming army for the small Qing army troops driven over nearby. Suddenly found the traces of six Qing army squads, Wang Xingguo was also extremely excited.

He was extremely indignant that several strongholds had been cut off from the battalion headquarters by these mouse-like Qing army squads, resulting in the loss of more than half a company of troops in his battalion.

As a newly formed field army, Wang Xingguo still wants his colleagues to recognize his talents and establish his prestige. However, the Qing army's cunning combat method made him disgraced, and he couldn't wait to get revenge back.

Since Yan Yingyuan chose to encircle and annihilate these Qing army squads in his defense area, Wang Xingguo personally came to Goose Head Peak to sit in town, for fear that if these Qing troops escaped, he would lose all face.

After confirming that the Qing army team had indeed arrived at the foot of Goose Head Peak, Wang Xingguo's mood was much better, and he immediately asked his subordinates: "Have you picked out and marked the places in the valley below where people can be hidden?" Will these captives be hiding in these places? ”

His subordinates said with confidence: "I have personally verified it three or five days ago, unless all these captives are scattered and flee, there are only seven or eight places that can accommodate many people to hide.

We've cleared all the vegetation that is not easy to attack, and now there are only two caves and three small jungles left below to hide people. We've already brought up the mountainmen, and if they hide in the cave, we can just blow up the cave and seal them in the cave.

As for the other three small jungles, two of them can be directly aimed at the shelling, and the Zhuyuan has already been demarcated. Another jungle that can't be hit by artillery, we plan to set it on fire, and we've already observed that even if a fire breaks out, it won't involve areas outside the valley..."

Wang Xingguo nodded with satisfaction, so he said to the adjutant on the other side: "You can send a signal to let the troops in the west start the plan to startle the snake." By the way, send a secret message to the Eighteen Kicks and the Two Lines of Heaven, telling them to be on guard and never allow a single Qing soldier to pass through their defense area. Also, be sure to wipe out all the rats today, so you don't have to recruit them. ”

With Wang Xingguo's order, the adjutant ordered several soldiers to bring a few mirrors, and by reflecting the sunlight, they typed out a few sets of simple messages, so the Ming troops who had been following these Qing army squads quickly became active, even if they were still more than ten miles away from Goose Head Peak, the Ming soldiers on Goose Head Peak also heard the barking of dogs faintly in the wind.

At first, there was no movement in the dense forest under the mountain, but with the narrowing of the encirclement of the Ming army, the Ming army patrols continued to converge intensively, and finally the Qing army could not hold its breath and began to act.

In such a daytime with a good view, the Ming soldiers who stood on a high place and watched quickly spotted the fleeing Qing army. The Ming army also ignored those who fled towards the valley down the goose head peak, but those who wanted to pass through the Ming army's encirclement in reverse were quickly pointed out by the Ming soldiers on a high place.

In such a dense search circle, the speed at which the Ming army mobilized troops to intercept it was much faster than the speed at which the Qing army fled. A Qing army that tried to escape through the cracks in the encirclement was soon surrounded by several patrols of the Ming army.

No matter how good these Qing troops are, they are powerless in such a multiplier encirclement. Just like they hunt beasts in the mountains and forests, once they surround them, even the most ferocious beasts will not escape death.

The soldiers of the Ming army who encircled and suppressed them hated these Qing soldiers who had made them suffer so much these days, and even did not allow them to surrender, and directly shot and killed several Qing soldiers who finally dropped their weapons.

Wu Lingce and his companions watched the Ming army's hunt with pale faces, the place they had chosen was narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, and there were some plants that obscured the exit, and they had also discovered this place by accident while climbing the cliff. As long as the Ming army did not run in front of them, or if they took the initiative to expose themselves, no one would be able to find out that there was still room for hiding.

Therefore, Wu Lingce and his companions were able to watch the battle that was taking place cautiously, without worrying about being discovered by the Ming army. But even so, Wu Lingce drove everyone else back into the crevice, leaving only Nabu and himself observing the movement outside.

It wasn't until this moment that their thoughts of wanting to make a contribution faded and they began to worry about their lives. They had always believed that the Ming army could not do anything about them, and with their many years of experience in living in the mountains and forests, they could come and go freely in this Yiwulu Mountain, which was also their courage to dare to attack the rear of the Ming army's defense line.

Wu Lingce saw the fate of the squad that was surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army, and he didn't know whether to comfort his companions or himself, so he said to himself: "There is still a chance, these teams will flee into the valley first, and then run away at night, those Ming troops can't do anything with them." The valley down there was big enough for them to hide until night..."

It should be said that in addition to the Qing army that returned to their hometown to break through, the remaining Qing army leaders had similar ideas to Wu Lingce, and chose to temporarily retreat into the big valley under the three peaks of Goose Head Peak, Eighteen Feet, and Two-Line Heaven, and prepared to make plans with the Ming army until the evening.

Limited to the angle, Wu Lingce could no longer see the movement below at this time, and he didn't dare to touch the plants in front of the gap, so that people could discover where he was hiding. So he sat quietly against the stone wall, trying to listen to the valley below.

It should be said that the luck of these Qing troops is still good, Wu Lingce sat for almost two hours, and did not hear the sound of the Ming army firing again, and at this time there were almost two hours left before dark, Wu Lingce's heart finally let go of half of it, and began to think about how to withdraw his people from here.

But just when he was a little relieved, there was a sudden loud noise, and even the whole mountain shook faintly, and the sudden sound made his companion in the gap behind him exclaim half in surprise, as if someone had forcibly gagged him again.

Wu Lingce almost thought that the mountain had collapsed, and when he was lamenting that his people were really unlucky, a few pieces of rubble fell from the stone wall behind him and settled down again. Seeing the Ming army in the distance not moving at all, and when there were full of frightened and wailing voices from below, he realized that the Ming army seemed to be using a new weapon against his colleagues below.

The shock brought by the loud noise just now made him curious and afraid, and he didn't know what kind of means the Ming army used to frighten his colleagues who claimed to be brave.

At the same time, Wang Xingguo, who was standing on the top of the goose head peak, was also a little weak at this time. He knew that the Ordnance Superintendent had invented a fierce *, which could only be used for mining and mountain-opening, and that no cannon chamber or gun chamber could withstand the power of this*.

What's worse is that this kind of * will explode when shaken and shaken, and will explode when exposed to sunlight, and will explode if you accidentally fall to the ground. If it weren't for the fact that the power of this * is too amazing, it has a great effect on mining and road construction, and no one wants to touch it.

In order to be able to use this kind of *, the General Staff actually created an engineering unit to manage the use of it. The mortality rate of these engineers, who specialized in fiddling*, was higher than that of ordinary soldiers of the Ming army on the battlefield, so their treatment was excellent, and even the recruits reached the living conditions of a second lieutenant officer.

Wang Xingguo was still a little unconvinced before, but after hearing this loud noise today, his back suddenly became wet. Only then did he remember why the other party admired him so much when he went up the mountain with those sappers before. Feelings: He's always walked with such a dangerous thing.

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