Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 1 Divide the army and fight the traitors in three ways

Section 13 Set fire to the mountain

After Liu Yunwei led the army to bid farewell to Guo Yi's department, he immediately led more than 2,000 Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers to the north and galloped all the way in the direction of Dajian Mountain. At the same time, Liu Yunwei also sent more than a dozen people who did not collect at night, and kept searching for traces of the fleeing rebels within a five-mile radius of the army.

By the afternoon of this day, Liu Yunwei had led the army to pursue more than ten miles, but still no trace of the fleeing rebel army was found. At this time, Liu Yunwei's heart felt very angry, but looking at the sun that had gradually turned west, Liu Yunwei was still very rational and ready to order to return.

At this moment, several Ye Bushu rushed back from the west and said loudly: "Qiqi Town, we found a large number of discarded weapons and armor in the west three miles away, which should have been abandoned by the rebels!" ”

Liu Yunwei suddenly perked up when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered the army to set off westward. More than 2,000 iron cavalry soldiers then galloped towards the west, and in a short time arrived at the place where the rebels were found.

Liu Yunwei sat on his war horse and took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw that there were discarded weapons and armor all around, and there were even many rebel soldiers who died tragically; The surrounding ground was also full of traces of the aftermath of the Great Army, and it was clear that an army of at least a thousand men had passed through it not long ago.

"Let's go! Pursue the rebels north! ”

Liu Yunwei gave an order, and the iron cavalry army once again rushed towards the north. This time, before the army had run out of the five-mile road, Liu Yunwei once again received an urgent report that he would not collect at night: "On an unknown hill two miles ahead, more than 1,000 rebels were found, and they are now resting on that hill. ”

"The whole army accelerates! Surround the nameless hill right away! Liu Yunwei roared, and then led the army to the north to kill.

To the north, a nameless hill.

Extravagant lay on the ground without an image, panting greedily, the armor on his body had already been thrown somewhere, and there was only a waist knife left on his body. The more than 1,000 rebel soldiers around were all scattered, sitting or lying in the woods in the mountains, all of them were disgraced and looked like a group of routed soldiers.

At this time, Hao Xiang looked at the sky, and said secretly in his heart: "It's already this time, and there is still no trace of the official army behind, it seems that the official army iron cavalry will not chase after it." There are still a few miles to get to Dajian Mountain, it seems that this life is saved, and the rest of the matter is to think about how to return to Zitong City, and how to ask the head of the family for guilt. ”

Suddenly, there was a roar from the bottom of the mountain, which became clearer and clearer from far and near, and even the dry trees on the mountain began to shake slightly. Hao Xiang and more than a thousand rebel soldiers stood up in horror, and everyone's eyes were full of fear: it was the official army who was killed!

At this time, he already knew very well in his heart that he and his soldiers were all exhausted, and it was impossible to escape, so he could only rely on the favorable terrain of this nameless hill to fight a big battle with the officers and soldiers who were chasing and killing. If the crowd is lucky, they may be able to repel this pursuer and escape.

"Soldiers! These officers and soldiers are pressing step by step, and if they don't give us a way to live, then we will fight with the officers and soldiers! There is no life or death in this battle, everyone will fight to the end with me! ”

Extravagant pulled out his waist knife and yelled loudly at his subordinates around him, and immediately received a response from almost all his subordinates, all of whom were extremely excited and shouted loudly, and everyone was cornered by the impending death, and burst out with the last battle intent.

At the same time, Liu Yunwei had already led more than 2,000 iron cavalry soldiers to the bottom of the mountain, and divided his troops to guard the various intersections leading to the mountain. After that, Liu Yunwei carefully observed the terrain of this nameless hill, and was a little disappointed to find that the terrain of this hill was very steep, and the surrounding slopes were very steep. However, the casualties of the army are bound to increase greatly, after all, these rebels are now fighting on their backs, and their combat power cannot be underestimated.

Liu Yunwei thought about it carefully and found that although the trees on this hill were very dense, most of them had died and dried up due to the very hot and dry weather, and there was not much green on the whole hill, but more gray-brown, giving people a sense of lifelessness.

"Fire attack? Set fire to the mountain! ”

After seeing the situation on this nameless hill, this idea suddenly popped up in Liu Yunwei's mind, but then two more questions arose: What should the rebels do if they rushed down the mountain and fled? What should I do if the fire doesn't burn for a while?

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Yunwei still decided to set fire to the mountain and completely annihilate this rebel army. Therefore, Liu Yunwei sent a hundred generals to the foot of the mountain to shout and persuade the rebels to surrender, first, to see if it was possible to make the rebels surrender in order to win without a fight, and second, to delay time, distract the rebels, and take the opportunity to prepare flammable materials to burn the mountain; At the same time, Liu Yunwei also summoned 500 iron cavalry soldiers to immediately collect dry firewood, dead leaves, branches and other flammable materials at the foot of the mountain, and divided them into more than a dozen places and stacked them in a centralized manner to prevent the fire from spreading rapidly and prepare for setting fire to the mountain.

The general rode his horse to the foot of the mountain and shouted: "Listen to the rebels on the mountain, you have been surrounded by my Iron Cavalry Army, and it is your only chance to live if you put down your weapons and surrender down the mountain!" ”

After finishing speaking, more than a dozen iron cavalry warriors behind Mr. Bai also repeated the content of the previous shout in unison, and the echo of persuasion to surrender continued to float over the entire hill. However, the rebels on the mountain did not respond in the slightest, and could only see the figures on the mountain, as if they were arranging their troops and preparing for battle.

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei was not impatient, but asked the Bai general to continue to shout, and at the same time ordered the soldiers who collected flammable materials to hurry up.

In this way, half an hour passed, and the rebels on the mountain still did not move, did not respond, and did not rush down the mountain, and the two sides were in a stalemate, but the flammable materials collected by the Longxiang Iron Cavalry were prepared during this time.

Liu Yunwei saw that the rebels still refused to surrender, so he ordered to prepare to set fire to the mountain, and ordered the iron cavalry soldiers to pile up all the flammable materials on the hillside. At the same time, Liu Yunwei also gathered 1,000 iron cavalry soldiers to dismount and line up, ready to meet the rebels who might rush down the mountain.

Just when the Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers under the mountain were busy, the rebel soldiers on the mountain also understood, and they all knew that the official army was going to set fire to the mountain, so more than a thousand rebel soldiers were suddenly in chaos, and some of the less timid soldiers even wanted to run down the mountain to surrender, but they were immediately ordered to be killed on the spot.

"Soldiers! Even if we go down the mountain and surrender now, it will inevitably lead to death, rebellion is a big crime to kill the nine clans, how can there be a way to live? Instead of sitting and waiting, we might as well fight with the official army! ”

"That's right! Kill one is enough, kill two and earn one! ”

"General, let's rush down!"

"Kill the officers and soldiers, fight!"

Seeing that the soldiers under his command broke out the last battle spirit at the moment when their vitality was exhausted, extravagant immediately ordered the whole army to rush down the mountain and fight a big battle with the officers and soldiers.

"Soldiers! Rush down with me and kill! Extravagant rushed to the front, and more than a thousand rebels behind him all rushed down with a loud roar.

At this time, Liu Yunwei also saw the rebels rushing down, so he ordered the 1,000 iron cavalry soldiers who were already in battle to meet them, and strictly ordered that the rebels' offensive must be blocked to buy time for setting fire to the mountain.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

Of the 1,000 iron cavalry soldiers, 300 were armed with three-eyed guns, and when the rebels rushed closer, they fired at the same time, sweeping down a large number of rebels in an instant. After that, a thousand iron cavalry soldiers formed a formation and slaughtered, and immediately stopped the rebels' condescending offensive, and beat the rebels of equal strength into retreat.

Extravagant was immediately horrified, knowing how ridiculous his previous calculations were, and in the face of absolute strength, his calculations were as useless as a joke. Seeing that the soldiers under his command were slaughtered by the officers and soldiers like chickens and dogs, he had no choice but to order the army to withdraw to the mountain.

When Liu Yunwei saw that the rebels were repulsed and retreated to the mountain, he ordered the army to stop the pursuit and temporarily withdraw to the foot of the mountain, so as not to be calculated by the rebels in the mountains and forests.

At this moment, a hundred general managers reported to Liu Yunwei: "Qiqi Town, the things that burn the mountain are ready." ”

Liu Yunwei nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "Start burning the mountain!" ”

A moment later, smoke began to rise from all sides of the nameless hill, and the flames of a dozen or so fire points began to spread, sweeping towards the mountain. In less than a cup of tea, with the help of the mountain wind, the fire completely spread on the dry hill, and the raging flames produced a huge heat wave, which made the iron cavalry soldiers below the mountain retreat uncontrollably.

Liu Yunwei looked at the nameless hill that had turned into a sea of fire, and suddenly felt a sense of unbearability and sadness in his heart, especially the sight of those rebel soldiers rushing down the mountain with flames burning all over his body, which stimulated Liu Yunwei's heart even more.

"Why rebel? They are all descendants of China, why are they killing each other here? After this battle, at least more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides will be killed and wounded, and those good sons and daughters cannot fall on the battlefield of expanding territory and killing Tartars, but they died in the civil war, what is this called! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed, looked at the hill that had no signs of life, and said lightly: "Let's go, let's go south as soon as possible and end this rebellion as soon as possible, I don't want to fight such a battle again, never again!" ”