Three side by side roads, Shuojan and Zakana take the inner road, Shuojan opens the road in front, and Zakana breaks the back with heavy grain and grass.

Compared with the "big road" under the Bazhangdong Mountain, this mountain path is extremely narrow, and most of the road can only accommodate a cavalry on horseback, or two infantry walking side by side, because the number of auxiliary soldiers is insufficient, and the Eight Banners are in a hurry to run away, so they all carry armor, knives and guns, and walk very the mountain road, more than 2,000 Eight Banner soldiers under Shuo Zhan pull out a team seven or eight miles long on the mountain road, the sharp soldiers in front have already crossed the mountain, and the rear guard has just left the barracks in Bashan.

When Zierharang led the army into the mountainous area of Ningzhen, in order to protect the precious war horses, most of the Eight Banners soldiers entered the mountains on foot, anyway, the role of cavalry in the mountains was not great, and the war horses that could go into battle were used as mules, so it was better to bring more hard-working Han people. Most of the war horses of Shuo Zhan's department were stored in Zhenjiang, and only more than a hundred war horses were brought into the mountain, so that the officers above Daizi and Pashiku could ride, and now they turned around and retreated, and the officers put the heavy swords, guns, armor and carry-on luggage on the back of the horses, which was much easier than ordinary soldiers.

Turning the foot of the mountain, Shuojan saw a lush valley in front of him, the slopes on both sides were covered with woods, and it was very steep, and the narrow mountain road turned a bend behind a huge rock, and when it extended into the valley, it was blocked by the woods, and the road behind it was not clear to see.

This kind of terrain is too suitable for ambushes, and although Shuo Zhan is in a hurry to get there, he cautiously orders his troops to stop advancing and wait for news from the pioneers who are exploring the way.

He sent two hundred sharp soldiers to explore the way, which is not a small number. But all around is a continuous mountain range, woods, and bamboo forests, and the release of the two hundred spearheads is like sprinkling a handful of sand in the Yangtze River. It can only cover a very limited area on the left and right of the road, and a few scouts are behind the mountains farther away. It will not miss the large army of the Chu army, but it cannot prevent the infiltration and harassment of a small group of enemies.

This kind of harassment is very annoying, less than two hours from the military camp in Bashan, Shuo Zhan has been attacked thirteen times, the cold guns hidden in the shadows are unguardable, only one or two people can be hit at a time, but it will cause confusion in the entire marching team, delay the Qing army for a long time, and only walk less than ten miles of mountain roads in two hours.

Worse. After the Qing army was far away from the barracks in Bashan, the density of the Chu army's attack increased rapidly, and the interval between the front and back became shorter and shorter, Shuo Zhan conservatively estimated that there were at least six or seven very active small units of the Chu army hidden in the surrounding mountains, and they used various ways to make trouble for the Qing army, and Yan zhòng affected the morale and marching speed of the Eight Banners. Within three days, you can go around to the back of Bazhang Cave Mountain, and you will burn high incense.

Seeing that the valley in front of him was so dangerous, Shuo Zhan was a little hesitant for a while, whether to send hundreds of Eight Banner soldiers to carefully search the mountain to ensure that no Chu army's ambush soldiers entered the valley again. At this time. There was another sound of fighting in the direction of the Bashan military camp behind, the war drums beat quickly and tightly, and the dense gunfire could be faintly heard. Needless to say, the fighting there is fierce.

In the area of Bazhangdong Mountain. The Qing army and the Chu army were tightly entangled, and He Luohui had just fled on his front foot. Wang Sheng took the Chu army to chase up from behind, but was blocked by Bashan, the two sides were fighting fiercely, if Shuo Zhan sent troops to search the mountain, it would be delayed for at least two quarters of an hour, and Bashan would have to guard for two quarters of an hour, so that more Eight Banners soldiers would pay for blood and lives.

"Forget it, hurry up, I hope Alhu didn't make a mistake and drove away all the southern thieves in the valley......" Shuo Zhan anxiously pulled his collar, put his hand on the pergola, blocked the dazzling sunlight, and looked up at the top of the mountain in front of him, the sharp team led by Alhu was still searching everywhere, and there was no news coming.

The sun was scorching, the weather was very hot, Shuo Zhan's underwear was already soaked, and the sweat on the back of his back was flowing down one by one, itchy and wet, very uncomfortable, and he wanted to peel off the cotton armor on his body, but in order to ensure safety, he had to hold on to it...... The Chu army has a new type of firearm with a long range, which specializes in fighting the generals of the Qing army with clear armor, and the cotton armor has a certain defensive ability against the firecracker, and it cannot be taken off no matter what.

Just when he almost lost patience, the Qing soldiers on the top of the mountain finally raised the green flag and waved it in this direction.

"Let's go!" Shuo Zhan was in good spirits, waved his hand and ordered the troops to follow, and walked down the mountain road with his legs between the horse's belly.

Turning the huge rock, Shuo Zhan carefully looked at the surrounding terrain again, and secretly thought that he was lucky. This rock is across the narrow mountain road, just blocking the view from the top of the mountain, if there is a Chu army guarding here, he can only launch a strong attack on this huge rock, if the other party has a long spearman plus some firecrackers or archers, it can be very stable, and it is difficult to break through without paying a heavy price.

There are many similar terrain on this path, if it is blocked by the Chu army head-on, the Qing army that has formed a long snake formation will collectively fight soy sauce, and only rely on a small number of soldiers at the front to fight with the other party, if a large army is sent through the dense woods to outflank the enemy, it will lose unified command and become a chaotic battle, even if the Chu army is won, it will take a long time to regather the troops...... What's more, the Eight Banners are good at cavalry and archery, and their combat effectiveness in drilling woods in the ravine has been greatly reduced, so they may not be able to defeat the Chu army.

"Quick! Faster! ”

On the crowded mountain road, Shuo Zhan Ma couldn't stop, but kept turning around and urging his subordinates, now it was a matter of fighting for speed and time, and only by rushing to the back of Bazhangdong Mountain before the main force of the Chu army arrived, could he break out of the encirclement.

Suddenly, he had a feeling of being targeted by a fierce beast, and subconsciously turned to look at the side hillside, and before he could determine where the danger came from, he had already heard a crisp gunshot in his ears, and then the war horse under his crotch jumped suddenly, threw Shuo Zhan off the horse, rushed forward a few steps diagonally, hit a tree hard, and turned around and rushed towards Shuo Zhan......

"Did you hit? Did I hit it? ”

After the eldest grandson Yu fired, he didn't bother to check the results of the battle, stuffed the Minnie gun into the canvas sleeve and carried it behind him, turned around and ran away, avoiding the big trees that hit him head-on, and ran wildly in the woods, asking his companions as he ran.

"I didn't hit anyone, I hit the horse, the Tartar officer fell off his horse and fell to the ground, and I didn't see the one behind." Several companions carried steel knives and bows and arrows, and protected Changsun Yu's surroundings as they ran, searching back and forth with vigilant eyes, and occasionally looking back and back.

"Didn't hit anyone? Stop, I'll shoot him again! ”

"It's too late, the Tartars are chasing after you, run!" There were 200 Qing soldiers on the hillside, after Changsun Yu shot, the whereabouts of this blocking group had been exposed, and at least 30 Qing soldiers chased this side, fortunately, the range of the Mini gun was long, and most of the Qing pursuers were left behind.

A Eight Banners soldier suddenly appeared in front of him, because he was responsible for the task of reconnaissance, in order to facilitate his action, he was only wearing a single coat, no armor, the muscles on his bare arms were knotted, and a mouthful of yellow teeth was exposed in his thick beard, while screaming to inform the other Eight Banner soldiers, he viciously swung his knife and slashed at Changsun Yu's head, Changsun Yu raised his saber and went outward, and the companion next to him was quick to move, and the arm movement range was very small, and the single knife was lightly handed out, and the tip of the knife had pierced into the lower abdomen of the Eight Banners. It is the clever knife technique taught by Pan Jiagui.

In order to give full play to the role of the Mini gun, Wang Sheng and Wang Yi specially arranged to establish a blocking group around each Mini gun, Changsun Yu is the number one shooter under Wang Yi, his blocking team has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, just now it was only because the Qing army was too vigilant and was too far away from Shuo Zhan when he shot that he did not directly hit the target, but accidentally injured his horse.

They ran all the way, but they were never able to get rid of the Qing army's pursuers, the physical consumption of both sides was very fast, and the speed of your pursuit and escape was getting slower and slower, at this time, an arrow suddenly shot out of the flank, hitting the chest of an eight-banner soldier, and the thirty-odd eight-banner soldiers were stunned, and the soldiers chased down in two ways......

Shuo Zhan had been on the battlefield for a long time and was agile, and when he saw the startled horse rushing towards him, he struggled to roll to the side, dodging the fatal horse's hooves at the last moment, and after getting up with his hands on the ground, he stumbled and almost fell, and his waist and foot and neck on the left side were painful.

"I didn't hurt my bones, I just fell when I fell off the horse, just smear some wound medicine." After a simple treatment by the medical officer, Shuo Zhan was helped by everyone to stand up again, and the nearby Eight Banners soldiers immediately let out a burst of cheers.

His war horse was injured two people in a row, and he had already been killed by the arrows of the Eight Banners, the horse corpse was full of arrows like a hedgehog, lying in the middle of the road, two wounded soldiers were lying on the ground and moaning loudly, surrounded by pools of blood, and the other Eight Banners were clearing the road, and the scene was a mess.

The heavy carcass of the horse was chopped into several pieces and thrown into the woods next to it, and the two wounded soldiers were simply bandaged and carried in, leaving them with some dry food and water to wait for the containment team behind...... After being busy for a quarter of an hour, the road was finally cleared, and Shuo Zhan, who had been waiting anxiously, immediately ordered to set off, and before the Qing soldiers could raise their feet, they heard an explosion behind the mountain, and a brilliant firework flew into the air, and two red flags appeared in the woods, swimming back and forth, flickering.

Shuo Zhan observed for two or three minutes, ordered the troops to continue to advance, and after a short time, Alhu came out of the woods with a few Qing soldiers, holding two red flags rolled up in his hands, and reported to him that the Chu soldiers had run away and only picked up two red flags......

At this time, outside the valley, another gunshot rang out from the rear of the Qing army, and Shuo Zhan and Er Hu poked their necks and looked back for a long time, but they couldn't see anything. (To be continued......)