When the vanguard of the Yangzhou army arrived at the foot of Duliang Mountain, Xue Chang did not rush to launch a tentative attack, but set up camp in accordance with the key points of the art of war and tactics. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Tang Ao was deeply relieved to see that the vanguard of the Yangzhou Army was in an orderly manner under the command of Xue Chang, although Tang Ao had only commanded the army in a mirage, but he also understood that if he wanted to win, the first priority was military law, which was also the purpose of Li Jingye's appointment of him as the supervisor of the army.

Yu Chizhao's brigade came to the foot of Duliang Mountain, Xue Chang had already prepared soup and hot rice, Yu Chizhao praised Xue Chang with satisfaction, and then beat the drum to gather the generals and discuss how to attack Duliang Palace.

Xue Chang was enthusiastic, and immediately told Tang Ao about the plan again, including Wei Chizhao, he couldn't think of a better way, and Yu Chizhao immediately ordered Xue Chang to prepare materials to set fire to the mountain.

In the Duliang Palace, Liu Xingju's brothers are having fun in Emperor Hu Tianhu, Liu Xingju is a tyrant in Xuyi, self-sustaining and brave, always bullying the good, and three points worse than the bad people who are poked in the back.

And his people are very bold, after learning of the Yangzhou mutiny, Liu Xingju immediately felt that this was an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune, gathered his brothers overnight, and killed the Xuyi County order who was ready to obey Yangzhou's orders, killing and injuring nearly 1,000 innocent people, and coercing tens of thousands of Xuyi people to go to Duliang Mountain.

Liu Xingju was awarded the title of guerrilla general by killing good and risking merit, and his younger brother Liu Xingshi was also crowned as the assassin of Chuzhou.

The women of the good family who were robbed were all white-skinned and beautiful beauties, Liu Xingju brothers broke melons more than a dozen people, and when they shouted filth, a few school captains wearing crooked helmets and oblique armor ran in outside the palace gate, and they didn't care about disturbing the good things of the Liu brothers, and said in a panic: "Two adults, big ...... Big things are not good......"

Liu Xingju pushed the woman under him away, shook the blood-stained words, and said with a glaring eye: "What are you panicking about?" Look at your little bit of talent, it's really a mud that can't support the wall, is it a shame? ”

The lieutenant who was reprimanded by Liu Xingju was very aggrieved in his heart, he used to follow the Liu brothers to fool around, bullying and bullying honest people, and doing some stealing and touching dogs, but since they replaced the hoe with an axe, they felt bottomless in their hearts.

"My lord, there are a lot of officers and soldiers coming down the mountain, looking at the patches from a distance that are similar to ants, Duliang Mountain seems to be surrounded, let's hurry up!"

Liu Xingju frowned and looked at the captain, recognizing that he was one of the splashes who often followed him to dig up the grave and kick the widow's door before, raised his hand and slapped the other party in the face, and said angrily: "Straight mother thief, are you in your mother's dizzy?" We are now officers and soldiers, what are we running? ”

The lieutenant was stunned, then straightened his waist and suddenly realized: "Yes! We are officers and soldiers, so we don't have to run, and when the adults say this, the little ones only think about it, and they are really a little unaccustomed to it. ”

Liu Xingshi put on his clothes at this moment, and all the women from the good family who had been captive and harmed all rushed into the palace, and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, what did that bull-nosed old Taoist say?" Is it credible or not? ”

"How do you speak? Now that you are the assassin of Chuzhou, you should be more disciplined in your words, and the old Taoist shouts will make the Taoist chief feel disrespectful, and be careful of being retribution. ”

Liu Xingju put on a robe indiscriminately: "The Taoist sent a holy decree in the starry night before, sealing you and my brother's official positions, how can it be fake?" And I see that the Taoist has some Taoism, so I might as well believe him again, and let us go out and have a look. ”

The Liu brothers stood on the high place of Duliang Palace, and found that as the captain said, there were not a few soldiers and horses gathered under the mountain, and the armor was bright and the morale was like a rainbow, far from being comparable to the rabble of tens of thousands of their own families, and the two couldn't help but shrink their heads in their hearts.

"Big brother, the Taoist chief said that the rebels attacked the mountain, and the first choice was to attack by fire, so that you and I will plan it, do you think it is feasible?"

The corners of Liu Xing's mouth twitched a few times, and he spread his hands and said: "Okay, we're all on the mountain, Xuyi City can't go back, and we can't fly away with wings. ”

When the Liu brothers exchanged ears, Xue Chang under the mountain had already made preparations, but according to the book of soldiers, he attacked the heart first, ordered people to shout at the bottom of the mountain, Xiao Yicheng broke the interests, hoped that the defenders of Duliang Mountain would surrender and so on.

The answer to the Yangzhou army was flying locust feather arrows and rolling wood and stones, and when Wei Chi Zhao saw this, he immediately ordered to set fire to the mountain.

Wood chips, sulfur and other flammable materials rose into flames, and the fire line burned rapidly, and the smoke and fire soon enveloped Duliang Mountain.

Liu Xingju stood on the mountain, saw the spring water gushing out under his feet for no reason, his heart was settled, and he shouted down the mountain: "Bah! If you go up the mountain today, you will peel off the skin and plant grass to light the sky lanterns. ”

Liu Xingshi laughed: "Big brother, tens of thousands of soldiers are ready, just wait for the big brother to give an order, if they know the changes on the mountain, they must not be scared to death!" ”

The captain and others who were frightened to death before saw the Yangzhou army set fire under the mountain, and their hearts became more and more worried, but hundreds of springs suddenly gushed out on the mountain, so that these people could calm down like Liu Xingju, water can overcome fire, so what are you afraid of?

Seeing that the mountain fire vines were halfway up the mountain, Liu Xingju took out a talisman from his arms, and muttered in his mouth: "Heavenly Spirit, Earth Spirit, don't coax me and others, otherwise you will turn into a powerful ghost and get back this justice." ”

After Liu Xingju finished speaking, he threw the talisman in his hand into the spring water at his feet, and the talisman melted into the water, only to see the original bubbling spring water, surging out violently, such a spring has more than one place, gathered together, like an erupting torrent, rolling down the mountain.

Liu Xingju slapped his thigh excitedly, and whistled: "Sons, kill me!" ”

With Liu Xingju's order, the defenders on Duliang Mountain followed closely behind the rolling torrent and went down the mountain to cover and kill.

The fire surrounded Duliang Mountain, covering the sight of the Yangzhou army under the mountain, 20,000 soldiers were like a forest of swords and guns, and they were preparing to spread the fire to the top of the mountain.

Even Tang Ao, including Tang Ao, did not expect to suffer defeat when he was sure to win, until the smoke halfway up the mountain suddenly extinguished violently, and seeing the flood pouring down, the Yangzhou army was still like in a dream, forgetting to dodge.

The water and fire were ruthless, and the Yangzhou army thought that they could go up the mountain to collect the corpses when Duliangshan was overfired, but they faced a surging flood.

The flood was wrapped in mountains and rocks, and the flow speed was as fast as ten thousand horses galloping, but a wave of mountain torrents and mudslides, the three thousand vanguard troops who were waiting for the battle were washed away without a shadow, and the muddy water and sand and stones went straight to the military tent and surged into it.

Tang Ao witnessed this scene, his heart beat out of rhythm, Duliang Mountain is dry and rainless, and the terrain is very high, how can he hoard such a large amount of water? It wasn't until he felt the chaotic aura from the mudslide that Tang Ao suddenly realized and blamed himself.

Since you can meet cultivators in the foundation building period in the Luling Royal Mansion in Junzhou, what is it strange to encounter cultivators in front of the two armies?

It's only to blame Tang Ao for being negligent, thinking that he could use his means and magic powers to help the Yangzhou army win, but he forgot that the other party also thought like this, and he implemented it earlier than he put it into practice, and made the Yangzhou army suffer a big loss by attacking first.

At this time, it is useless to think too much, after the flash flood and muddy water, the defenders on Duliang Mountain rushed down and killed, Tang Ao could only help Wei Chizhao to collect the scattered soldiers and reduce casualties.

Tang Ao picked up a horse lance and went straight to Xue Chang, who was swept away by the torrent, and picked the tip of the lance, Xue Chang, who was saved by Tang Ao once, also had experience, and grabbed the lance and did not let go.

Tang Ao successively rescued the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army who were still alive, and in the face of the men and horses who were covered up on the mountain, the enemy was inevitably helpless, so he could only fight and retreat, and withdrew his troops for twenty miles before he stopped the decline.

Looking at the Yangzhou army at this time, both the soldiers lost their armor and abandoned their armor like muddy monkeys, led by the lieutenant Chi Zhao and Xue Chang, who were sad and indignant, counted the soldiers and learned that the loss of more than 8,000 soldiers would be more than 8,000 people, and they both bowed their heads, as if they wanted to stuff their heads into the crotch cloth.

Xue Chang then raised his head suddenly, his face was full of shame, he pulled out the saber he was carrying, and crossed his neck to kill himself.

Xue Chang felt that it was not enough to apologize for not killing himself, and the plan of the fire attack was his suggestion, but now he was flooded by Liu Xingju, whether his face could be preserved was secondary, Xue Chang really had no shame to go back to see his father Xue Ne.

With a "bang", the sword in Xue Chang's hand fell to the ground, and when he turned his head to see Tang Ao put down the horse lance in his hand, he said in shame: "Lord Tang, as a pioneer, the last general failed to anticipate the enemy's opportunity, and he really deserves death......

Tang Ao looked at Xue Chang, and then at Wei Chizhao, who was silent, and said loudly: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, who would have expected that a flash flood would suddenly break out in Duliang Mountain at this time?" This defeat is not a crime of war. ”

When Wei Chizhao heard Tang Ao say this, his face showed a look of gratitude, if he was convicted according to the defeat in the first battle, Li Jingye would definitely cut off his head, but if he blamed the failure of this battle on the unforeseen circumstances, then there would be a saying for his life!

"Lord Tang, now that our army is newly defeated, what should we do next? Is it asking for help from the British public? Wei Chizhao looked at the demoralized soldiers around him, after the loss of 8,000 of the 20,000 horses, I am afraid that the number of people who can still participate in the battle is less than 5,000, and if he does not ask Yangzhou for help, this battle will definitely not be able to continue.

Tang Ao shook his head slightly, it was too late to cover up the news of Duliangshan's defeat at this time, how could he ask Yangzhou for help? The only way is to turn defeat into victory and turn the tide of events.

Tang Ao closed his eyes and pondered, this time to attack Duliang Mountain, there must be the shadow of a cultivator behind the Liu family brothers, but they don't know how the other party is doing, the level of the realm, it seems that it is necessary to explore Duliang Palace at night to see the reality of the other party.

Tang Ao's self-blame also lies in this, if he could have thought of this earlier, with his skills, he would have been able to anticipate the enemy's opportunities as Xue Chang said, and at worst, he would be able to detect the strange outbreak of the torrent and study special countermeasures.

Tang Ao firmly remembered this lesson in his heart and warned himself that he must not make the same mistake again.