In the mountains, there are also big roads and small roads.

The main roads were accessible to large troops, horses, vehicles, and heavy cannons, but the trails were the ones taken by hunters and mountain people, and they were rugged and difficult to navigate, and in many places they were not really a road, and without a guide you could quickly get lost.

The dawn was crisp and cool, the early birds were chirping, the verdant mountains were shrouded in a faint mist, the Gongyi camp and the Zhenxiao camp were silent, and they walked through the paths between the mountains, and the thousands of people marched but none of them spoke loudly, only the chaotic footsteps broke the silence of the early morning.

Climb over the ridge and into a secluded valley, where several scouts and a small group of soldiers are waiting to meet them, along with a few local mountain dwellers who are familiar with the surroundings. After listening to their reports, Wang Kefan ordered the troops to stop advancing and rest in place for half an hour, and the soldiers could eat some dry food for a while to recover from the fatigue caused by the overnight march. The soldiers were extremely excited, even veterans who had been on the battlefield many times, they just closed their eyes and pretended to sleep, and no one could really fall asleep.

The decisive battle is imminent!

Excited!

After Zilharang entered the mountainous area of Ningzhen, he relied on the strong strength of the army to attack all the way, and the Chu army took a defensive position most of the time, resisting and retreating step by step, although it caused huge casualties to the Qing army, but Jierharang has always held the initiative, and it was not until the Chu army recaptured the 177 heights that the battlefield was roughly restored to balance.

At this point in the battle, the formation of Zilharang's division was like a deformed dumbbell, one end was thrown on Maoshan Mountain, the other end was thrown on the 177 Heights, the two ends were large and the middle was small, and the pressure on Maoshan and the 177 Heights was maintained at the same time. The main force was placed on the 177 Heights, intending to have a decisive battle with the Chu army in this area. His Chinese army camp is still in Putang Village, and the flaws have been invisibly exposed...... Zilharang is now like a boxer. With one hand clenching his fist against Maoshan, the heavy fist of the other hand slammed into the 177 Heights, both arms stretched out, and the natural forces around Putang Village were empty.

Capture the thief and capture the king first!

Since the start of the war on the 177th Heights, the Chu army has constantly changed the banners of each battalion and each post to confuse the Qing army, but secretly gathered an army of tens of thousands of people, including the Gongyi battalion, the Zhenxiao battalion, the firearms battalion, and the Puqi battalion. And last night to carry out pre-war mobilization, sneaking more than 20 miles overnight, about to launch a fatal blow to the Chinese army camp in Zilharang. In order to cooperate with this operation, Wang Sheng did not hesitate to abandon part of the peripheral positions on the 177 Heights, and transferred troops to make a detour to the flank and rear of He Luohui, and the first part of the Pingjiang Battalion was also ready to attack, preparing to intercept the Qing army on the Maoshan front, and almost all the Chu troops were thrown into it......

Wang Kefan instructed Chen Youlong: "From here on, it is the area controlled by the Qing army, in order to avoid startling the snakes. The Gongyi battalion should be lurked temporarily, and whether the 'decapitation' operation can succeed depends on your battalion, and you must try to march as secretly as possible along the way. Get as close as you can to the enemy and try to take the steep mountain gate ...... in one fell swoop."

"Decapitation" is the code name of this combat operation.

Wang Kefan sacrificed the "Mountain Special Forces" Zhenxiao Battalion, plus the Gongyi Battalion, which had the strongest combat effectiveness. A decapitating blow was struck at Zilharan's headquarters, albeit by the name "Beheading". However, it is not necessary to capture Jierharang alive, the key is to defeat the command system of the Qing army, and then burn his grain baggage, which will naturally lay the victory in one fell swoop...... Of course, if you can catch or kill Zilharang, of course, the most desirable outcome is of course.

The steep mountain gate is the breakthrough carefully selected by Wang Kefan.

Although the main force of Zilharang was transferred, it was not to lie on the chopping board and let it be slaughtered, the emptiness of the troops around Putang Village was only a relative emptiness, and his five-point plum blossom camp was very cleverly set up, constituting a stable formation that supported each other, if the Chu army launched an attack from the front, he could hold on to resistance on the one hand, and dispatch all units of the Qing army to return to help, and in turn gather the Chu army in front of Maoshan.

The camp of the steep mountain gate is the weakest petal on the five-point plum blossom, here is the side rear of the camp of the Qing army, far away from the frontal battlefield where the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought, and the scouts and small forces of the Chu army rarely infiltrated near the steep mountain gate...... More importantly, the terrain of the steep mountain gate is very dangerous, behind the mountains, between the two steep peaks there is a ten-zhang wide vanilla river, which is regarded as a natural danger that cannot be passed.

If the Zhenxiao battalion can overcome the steep mountain gate camp, the main force of the Chu army can kill all the way along the vanilla river to Putang Village, directly face the Chinese army camp in Jierharang, and leave the remaining few "petals" outside and ignore them, and then break the camp and burn grain, capture the flag and kill the generals!

Among the various departments of the Chu army, the Zhenxiao battalion was responsible for launching the first wave of raids, smashing a gap from the plum blossom camp in Zierharang, and opening the passage into Putang Village for the Gongyi battalion, the task was the most arduous and the most dangerous.

Surprise attack operations, the later the exposure, of course, the better the effect, but after turning over the mountain peak in front, it entered the periphery of the Qing army-controlled area, and the Zhenxiao battalion made a lot of preparations in advance, but no one dared to pack the ticket to be able to touch the nose of the Qing army before it was discovered.

Wang Kefan instructed Chen Youlong: "It doesn't matter if it is discovered by the Qing army sentinels, it is still the same sentence: 'The world's martial arts, only fast and not broken', as long as you launch a fierce attack immediately, Jierharang will not have time to send additional reinforcements to plug the gap." ”

"Please rest assured!"

Chen Youlong still has a poker face that has not changed for thousands of years, and his voice is dry: "I was just a member of the official army and the last general, like a walking corpse, every time I was ordered to kill a thief, most of the people killed were people who couldn't survive, at that time, the last general thought that it was always good to obey orders, but after the Tartars entered the customs, those civil and military officials fell one after another......

He stopped suddenly, a faint flame danced in his eyes, and only after a while did he spit out a sentence from between his teeth: "The last general will not dare to compare himself to Yue Wumu." But he also knows where the righteousness of the country lies, if this battle can break the camp of Zilharang. Although there is no regret in a hundred deaths! ”

Chen Youlong is usually a taciturn person and is not good at talking. These words moved his feelings, and his demeanor and tone were a little stiff, as if he was singing a high note, but Wang Kefan knew that what he said was true.

In this era, soldiers were habitually discriminated against, but they also had their own thoughts, their own standards of good and evil, and their own standards and ethics, Chen Youlong and Ma Jinzhong were in a similar situation, both were coerced by Shangguan to surrender to the Manchus. Soon after, he took the initiative to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, which was more noble than Jin Shenghuan and Jiang Jiu, who couldn't go on and raised their banners against the Qing Dynasty...... Chen Youlong is a rare warrior, but he died at the hands of He Tengjiao in history, and his ambitions have also disappeared.

Wang Kefan took a deep breath, took Chen Youlong's arm, raised his voice slightly, and said: "We are fighting for the common people in the world and for the Han family. The bloodshed and sacrifice are all well-deserved, and future generations will remember our name and sing the praises of the eternal and infinitely glorious...... But I still hope that you will come back alive, with most of the soldiers of the town. Join me in driving the Tartars out of the customs and creating a peaceful era where the people live and work in peace and contentment! ”

"If that's the case...... The last general followed the military gate for the rest of his life, until his liver and brain were wiped out! The small flames in Chen Youlong's eyes were originally flickering. At this moment, it suddenly lit up, as if it had been poured with a barrel of oil.

For one person. The lowest level of needs is physiological needs, and the highest level of needs is the need for self-actualization. When Chen Youlong returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway. It was the time when the Qing army was most rampant, the Manchus seemed to be able to dominate the world immediately, and most of the smart people were busy selling themselves to take refuge, but he was unwilling to accept this humiliating enslavement, and pressed his life to resist desperately, and the highest pursuit he wanted was to drive the Manchus out of the Guan...... The ideals depicted by Wang Kefan are a level higher than him, and Chen Youlong felt a crack in his heart, as if something had suddenly been ignited.

Like-minded, Fang is a comrade, once a person has the goal to pursue, he has the direction of struggle, and he has the courage to sacrifice his life and forget death......

After leaving the valley, the camp was led by a guide through the mountains and entered the periphery of the Qing army-controlled district.

The firearms battalion sent a team of demolitionists, bringing some small iron-hulled bombs, which could blast obstacles or force them at critical moments, while the engineer battalion was responsible for building a rope bridge over the Vanilla River to help the battalion cross the river.

The gunpowder of the iron-shelled bomb was poured out, and the two iron cables more than ten zhang long were also divided into several sections, all of which were carried by the strongest soldiers in turn, and the whole battalion of the Zhenxiao battalion was disguised as green battalion soldiers, although they did not shave their heads, and they were basically unable to see the flaws when they were far away after putting on their helmets.

The battlefield of Maoshan was chosen by Wang Kefan, before Jierharang arrived, he secretly buried some nails, these days has been monitoring Jierharang's every move from afar, although he can't talk about the movements of the Qing army, the general deployment of troops has long been mastered by the Chu army. On the contrary, the Qing army is a standard outsider, unfamiliar with the terrain here, after entering the Maoshan area, they burn and loot everywhere, capture the people to serve as cannon fodder, no one is willing to help them, and they are always unaware of some remote paths.

The sound of water can already be faintly heard, the herb river is on the other side of the mountain beam, and three or four miles further on, it is the predetermined position to cross the river, and only one of the piers of the Qing army is blocked in front.

"Chen Shuai, there are twenty-two green battalion soldiers on this pier, and the leader is a foreign general, I have been staring at them for two days, and I have not broken the sentry, it is not easy to deal with ......" The "nail" of the intelligence bureau is also dressed as a green battalion soldier, but it is much more professional than the town battalion, he not only shaved his head, but also has a complete set of military uniforms and weapons and waist cards, and also speaks a very authentic local accent, his demeanor and demeanor are exactly the same as ordinary green battalion soldiers, if he encounters him on the battlefield, Chen Youlong will not hesitate to cut it over.

Chen Youlong raised the monocular and looked at the pier.

This pier platform is built on the top of the mountain, because of the surrounding terrain because of the view is very good, the town camp will be found by the Qing army sentries no matter where it detours, and this group of Qing army sentries is also very conscientious, a group of four people stared in four directions, standing there for a long time without moving, the other green battalion soldiers are guarding the beacon tower, if they are attacked, they will immediately light the beacon fire.

Looking at a path at the bottom of the mountain, Chen Youlong thought for a moment, the Qing army's patrol team came here every two hours, and if they could quietly get rid of this pier, they would be able to gain two hours of precious time......

The pier platform of "Fa Zi Mountain" is the outer defense facility of the five-point plum blossom battalion, which is guarded by a team of green battalion soldiers led by Luo Gai, the general of the foreign commission.

The sun is the most poisonous in the summer, and the guards have to stay on the top of the mountain all day to be exposed to the sun, and it is difficult to eat and drink in the wilderness.

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard the sentry cry in surprise, as if he had discovered something, and Luo Gai got up and looked, and there were several wounded soldiers of the Green Battalion on the mountain road, supporting each other, limping towards this side.

If you get a little closer, you can see it more clearly, these wounded soldiers have lost their armor one by one, covered in blood, only two of the six or seven people are still holding knives, and the others have no weapons, and the leader seems to be a thousand generals, also with empty hands, and the left thigh is still wrapped in a thick linen bandage.

Luo Gai sent two old soldiers down to check, but Mr. Qian was furious, slapped them in the face, and then climbed up the hill with his wounded soldiers scolding.

"Stop! If we go any further, we'll have to release our arrows. Rogue's glance at one of his henchmen took a burning torch from the fire behind him, and stood vigilantly on the edge of the beacon, ready to light it at any moment.

"Shoot the arrows! Don't let you go is my grandson! It is generally difficult for outsiders to distinguish the differences, but Luo Gai grew up in Nanjing, and he heard it very clearly, and his hostility immediately decreased. (To be continued......)