After being ambushed, the reaction of the Qing army on the three routes varied.

Jumala is the most ferocious.

He relied on his strong troops, and did not retreat under the bombardment of the Chu army's mortar artillery, and constantly launched counterattacks in an attempt to find the flaws of the Chu army...... The hilly and mountainous areas are not a suitable battlefield, it is not good for the Qing army, and it is also not good for the Ming army, as long as it can get rid of those strange cannons on the top of the mountain that can be turned, Zhu Mala is confident that he will eat the Chu army in one bite.

Mulima is the most composed.

After the tentative attack launched on the other side of the mountain was frustrated, he immediately made a decision, no longer entangled with the Chu army, but divided his soldiers and horses into two, the front army accelerated its advance, and the rear army turned around and retreated, each avoiding a thousand steps away, far out of the range of the Chu army's mortars...... The Chu army had just captured Fangshan, and the mortars on the top of the mountain were not fully arranged, and although an artillery raid killed and wounded two hundred Eight Banner soldiers, Mu Lima had thousands of men and horses, and he did not hurt his vitality.

The 5,000 Eight Banners under Mulima had just arrived from the north, and he was not familiar with the terrain and climate in the south, and Fangshan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the cavalry had no place to use, so after he withdrew from the range of the mortar artillery, he did not rush to launch a counterattack, but ordered the front army to continue the front army, and the rear army continued to retreat, surround Fang Mountain from both sides, and slowly find a way to pull out this nail...... With the sailor in the middle acting as a bridge of communication, his front and rear armies are still a whole, as long as he doesn't mess up, he can quickly reverse the current unfavorable situation.

Unlike Jumala and Mulima, Hao Shangjiu's appearance was the most flustered.

He only has 2,000 green battalion soldiers under him, which is not much in terms of troops, compared with the fierce Eight Banners. The fighting will of these green battalion soldiers was obviously a notch behind, under the continuous mortar bombardment. Soon it was a mess...... Although Hao Shangjiu himself was quite calm, he also tried to launch a counterattack. But his soldiers and horses did not obey the call, and finally had to choose to break through.

Fortunately, this area is all gentle low hills, there is no too dangerous terrain, the main force of the Chu infantry is on the hills on both sides, and the two ends of the road are not too tightly blocked...... The green battalion soldiers were unwilling to risk their lives to launch a counterattack, but they were still willing to work hard to break through and escape, and under the command of Hao Shangjiu, the front team of the whole army became the rear team. The rear team changed to the front team, turned around and broke through the rear, broke through the blocking position of the Chu army in one fell swoop, and fled along the way it came.

Misfortune and fortune relied on, Hao Shangjiu collapsed the fastest under the shelling, but retreated the fastest, unlike Mulima and Zhu Mala, who were bitten by the Chu army.

"Damn, Hao Shangjiu, this guy is a rabbit, right? Running so fast, Lao Tzu's hard work for a few days was in vain. Lei Gong put down the binoculars. He snorted and said, "If he rubs for a while, Lao Tzu will be able to tighten his pockets and see where he goes!" ”

Lei Gong is the battalion officer of the Pingjiang Battalion. Responsible for commanding the Sijing Mountain Blockade Battle. He had more than 4,000 men under his command, but he had to deploy troops on all sides, especially to protect the artillery positions on the hills. The Chu army sent to block the back road was only a few hundred people, and the fortifications had not yet been repaired. was rushed out by Hao Shangjiu.

"It's okay, he can't run far." Artillery captain Ren Sanxi pointed down the mountain. He said with a smile: "He lost all the grain and grass, and he can't survive in this ravine for a few days, and when we catch up, he will be finished." ”

On both sides of the road below the mountain, the corpses and wounded soldiers of the Qing army were lying on all sides, moaning and wailing in pain, and they could be clearly heard on the top of the mountain, and some wounded soldiers and people did not have time to escape, kneeling on the ground, holding their heads, and had surrendered. The green battalion of Huizhou was anxious to flee for its life, leaving behind a large amount of grain and grass, and the wooden donkey carts fell crookedly on the side of the road, and the grain bags on the carts were rolled everywhere, flags, livestock, weapons, armor, straw sandals, military tents, iron pots, and ...... The green battalion soldiers threw away everything they could, and half of what they couldn't throw, and their combat effectiveness had already declined, and it was a dead end to be caught up by the Chu army.

"Don't worry, buddy, Hao Shangjiu dared to let Lao Tzu spend more effort, Lao Tzu would not let him die happily, and chased after him with a knife and slowly cut him." Lei Gong patted Ren Sanxi's shoulder, and then pointed to the bulky mortar and said, "Let's Pingjiang Camp just leave, I'm afraid that you stupid big guys won't be able to keep up, and Hao Shangjiu will run away at the instigation of Hao Shangjiu." ”

Ren Sanxi immediately changed his face: "Hey-who said they were stupid big guys?" There are iron wheels, and they are running as fast as they can. ”

At this time, the six mortars had been set up on the artillery carriage, and the artillerymen pushed forward and pulled back, slowly and leisurely descended the mountain, put on the cattle and pulled them in front, and rumbled forward, and the speed was really not slow - the iron wheel artillery carriage was an important invention of the Chu Army Arsenal, although it was inconspicuous, but it greatly improved the mobility of the artillery.

After Hao Shangjiu broke out of the encirclement, he still ran wildly along the way he came, and after running straight out for twenty miles, he took a short rest at a fork in the road, and while containing the rout, he was thinking about where to go next.

It seems to be a natural choice to retreat to Lishui County along the way you came, but the scout Kuaima has found out that traces of the Chu army have been found in the first few dangerous places, and it is obvious that the main general of the Chu army is not a fool, and he has secretly laid an ambush to block the way to Lishui County.

It seems that the only way to retreat is to find another way out of the siege.

Escaping from the ambush circle of Sijing Mountain only broke through a small encirclement, and the mountains and mountains of Hengshan Mountain were a larger encirclement. Hao Shangjiu looked at the map carefully for a long time, he is now probably in the middle of the Hengshan Mountains to the north, and it is too far to withdraw to Lishui County, so he should still find a way to go to Moling Pass and meet Zhang Tianlu and Liu Hongyu.

The road of Sijing Mountain is impossible to walk, and it is necessary to take a detour, because of the loss of grain and grass baggage, and the supply of the troops must also be considered. The road ahead is still very far, although the straight-line distance on the map is only more than thirty miles, but the mountain road winds around, and it may take two to three days.

In this way, there is only one route left, which is to enter the small basin in the middle of the Hengshan Mountains and get some food in those villages, and then go northwest and break through from the east of Sijing Mountain.

Whether it is good or bad, there is finally a rough plan, Hao Shangjiu has a little determination in his heart, so he turned around to check the soldiers and horses and check the losses. This check was shocked, there were only more than 1,200 of the 2,000 green battalion soldiers left, and 100 empty-handed long-term husbands also followed.

The loss is too great!

The casualties caused by the shelling are not small, but they are more of a wild run all the way after the breakthrough, and many soldiers have fallen behind, Hao Shangjiu has the heart to wait a little longer and try to contain as many rout soldiers as possible, but the scouts reported that the Chu army brigade is coming from behind and has chased within ten miles.

Let's go!

Hao Shangjiu no longer hesitated, and ordered the whole army to set off immediately and insert the small road to the west into the Hengshan Basin.

This small basin is a rare flat area in the Yokoyama Mountains, where several small villages are concentrated. That night, Hao Shangjiu slaughtered these villages like a wolf and a tiger, cutting down people when he saw them, burning houses when he saw them, and while he was busy killing people and setting fires, he was catching chickens and dogs everywhere, grabbing grain and rice.

The Chu army was in hot pursuit, and he didn't dare to delay for too long, so he fled in a hurry after the disaster, and these villages escaped the bad luck of being slaughtered by the whole village. In the second half of the night, when Lei Gong chased after the Pingjiang battalion, the villagers who were hiding saw the banner of the Ming army and took the initiative to come to the door, asking to lead the way for the Chu army and kill all the Tartar soldiers to avenge their hatred......

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Mulima's soldiers divided into two routes and surrounded Fangshan.

He was playing a roundabout attack, although the strange cannon of the Chu army could fire from behind the slope of the woods, but the Fang Mountain was so big, there were more than ten miles around, there was always a place to avoid the cannons of the Chu army, if they could find a place with a gentle slope and rush up the mountain in one fell swoop, they could be wiped out.

Taking a step back, if you can't find a suitable path to attack the mountain, it's a big deal to avoid the artillery of the Chu army far away and carry out a long-term siege. Although there is a water source such as a spring and a stream on the top of the mountain, it is impossible for the Chu army to carry too much food, as long as the Fang Mountain is surrounded, it is a matter of time before the Chu army is eliminated.

He had 7,000 Qing troops under his command, which was already quite a lot, but the art of war said that "ten rules to surround it", and it was a big deal to send reinforcements from Nanjing and Zhuohua Town.

This plan seems to be flawless, the cannons of the Chu army are so easy to transport to the top of the mountain, it is impossible to slip away so quickly, Mulima even thinks that this group of Chu troops is too stupid, and they actually threw themselves into the net with heavy cannons to send them to death......

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The heavy shelling sounded again, and Mulima couldn't help but be stunned, and turned his head to look at the top of Fang Mountain. What are you doing? Why did the Chu army open fire? I've already withdrawn so far, can the Chu army's artillery still hit it?

You can really hit it!

High in the air, a row of shells whistled and smashed down on the Qing army.

The Qing army was in chaos, and in order to surround Fangshan, Mulima had turned into a narrow mountain road, and thousands of Qing troops lined up in a dense line on the mountain road, and they were about to become a live target. At the critical moment, it was the Eight Banners who reacted the fastest, and they all drew out their tiger tooth knives, urged the good horses outside the mouth under their crotches, and killed the green battalion soldiers who were blocking the road on the spot, running back and forth on the mountain road to avoid shells.

The Chu army shot iron cannonballs this time, half of the dozen cannonballs flew away, and the other half shot into the ranks of the Qing army, compared to cheap stone shells, the power of iron cannonballs is undoubtedly greater, and the sturdy horses outside the mouth could not bear the iron cannonballs falling from the sky, and their owners were smashed into meatloaf together.

Caught with one's pants down!

Heavy casualties!

In addition to the direct casualties caused by artillery shells, the Qing troops trampled and slashed each other, and more people died.

Mulima looked at the messy battlefield and twitched in distress.

The group of Eight Banners soldiers who came with him were all elite veterans who had been killed from outside the customs to inside the gates, all of them had experienced a hundred battles and were majestic, but now they are dying so badly. (To be continued......)