The news was passed back and forth between the capital and Baoding, at this time, the remnants of the Twist Army were also led by Zhang Luoxing, and retreated all the way to the border between Zhili and Henan, and then twenty miles forward, it was about to enter the territory of Anyang.

From Baoding to Anyang, a distance of seven or eight hundred miles, all the way to the dust, Zhang Luoxing and Zhang Zongyu were afraid that Guo Ye would give themselves another blow from behind, so they desperately fled, and it only took ten days to run to the vicinity of Anyang.

Zhang Luoxing looked at the mountain peak in front of him, and breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as he passed the peak in front of him, he would have entered the boundary of Anyang, and the entire Henan was now under the control of the Twist Army and the Taiping Army.

"Uncle, there is Lufeng Mountain in front, after passing Lufeng Mountain, we will enter the boundary of Anyang......"

Zhang Zongyu said in a deep voice on the side.

Zhang Luoxing nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "Tell the brothers, work hard, rush through Lufeng Mountain in one go, we will be completely safe, when the time comes, we are resting well, there are enough big fish and meat, and if you want to drink, we will grab all the fine wine in Anyang!" Rush over, hold on for half a day, and you're good to go! ”

Zhang Zongyu's lips twitched, and he didn't speak after all, although the soldiers were extremely tired, but what the uncle said also made sense, as long as he rushed over, it would be completely safe, compared to his life, the fatigue of these few steps is nothing!

Zhang Zongyu turned his horse's head and shouted to the rear: "Pass the order to the brothers, rush over Lufeng Mountain, and we will return to Henan. ”

Originally, the twist bandits were defeated again and again in Baoding Mansion, and they were already exhausted, and then there were ten days of continuous marching for more than 700 miles, and the soldiers were already lacking even the strength to serve, but Zhang Zongyu's words stimulated them again, eating meat in large pieces, drinking in large gulps, money and beauty at will, what could be more morale-boosting than this?

Let's go!

It's just that Zhang Luoxing and Zhang Zongyu couldn't imagine that this place has become a huge tomb where the Twist Army is buried.

Lufeng Mountain is like two incense burners in general, stand against each other, in the middle is a narrow road, the bottom of the two peaks is not more than 100 meters apart, to the east it enters the territory of Shandong, to the west is a big lake, the official road is interspersed from the middle, is sandwiched between two mountains, a distance of five or six miles.

On the two peaks now, an elite has already been ambushed, which elite? Naturally, the elite of the training army rushed from Jinan, Ke Yunlu is not stupid, but very shrewd, he is very confident, his handsome can definitely beat the Twist Army to the ground, even if the Twist Army is strong, it is useless, is it possible that the Twist Army is stronger than the Anglo-French Coalition Army back then? That's not an army on a grade at all!

What will the Twist Army do if it fails? Naturally, it is retreating to the south, and the south of Zhili is not the sphere of influence of the Twist Army, although it is temporarily controlled by the Twist Army, but it is not stable, and no one can guarantee when it will encounter a sneak attack, and it will inevitably withdraw to Henan as soon as possible, and recuperate.

Since they know that they are going to retreat to Henan, it is the only way to enter this Lufeng Mountain from Handan to Anyang, and it is located at the junction of the three provinces of Zhilu and Henan, which belongs to the zone of three regardless of the three, the situation is the most complicated, and the terrain is also dangerous, which is the most suitable place for ambush.

Ke Yunlu, who was determined to avenge the brothers, brought out all the training troops, and it took half a month to rush to Lufeng Mountain, ambush all the troops of more than 1,000 people under his hands, and wait for the arrival of the twisting army.

An artillery battalion, two infantry battalions, and a cavalry battalion, Ke Yunlu's strength is not abundant, however, Ke Yunlu occupies a favorable terrain, and he is waiting for work, no one can say who will die in this operation!

Zhang Luoxing and Zhang Zongyu led the remnants of the army of more than 10,000 people to rush through the Lufeng Mountain, and plunged into it, the cavalry of the brigade stretched from one end to the other, and the team stretched out for four or five miles, and now almost all the twisted troops have entered the Lufeng Mountain boundary.

On the north peak, Ke Yunlu was covered with frost, and when he saw that the time was ripe, he shouted: "Brothers, attack!" ”

The first thing to do was the artillery battalion brought by the training army, but this time the artillery battalion only carried less than ten guns, but was equipped with dozens of Congreve imitation rockets, in order to march quickly, Ke Yunlu had no way to carry more artillery, and the infantry artillery was too cumbersome, so Ke Yunlu abandoned the artillery and chose the rocket, however, this also brought unexpected results.

Now it is the cold winter wax moon, the weather is dry and dry, there are many forests, and the roads are also full of weeds, which is where the rockets can play.

"Boom, boom!"

One after another the shells fell in the middle of the mountain peaks, and the rockets also fell on the road, and in an instant the smoke billowed out, the flames soared into the sky, and the rapid gunfire echoed in the valley, full of poignancy and tragedy!

The Twist Army was caught off guard, and was embarrassed by shells and rockets, and the most fatal thing was the fire ignited by the rockets, and the entire road, both sides of the road were on fire, and the Twist Army cavalry could not avoid it, and they were trapped in the middle!

"Be careful! Enemy attack! ”

Zhang Luoxing let out a terrible roar, reminding his soldiers, but at this time he was roaring, it was useless, the training army guarding both sides of the valley had already pushed down the prepared giant trees, and blocked the mountain pass into two sections, more than ten giant trees lay across the mountain pass, completely sealing the retreat, hugging the thick and thin giant trees, where can it be easily moved?

At this time, the gunfire of the training army was also extremely intensive, killing the twisted army scurrying around, making the twisted army even less energetic to take care of the giant wood.

There is no way to retreat, and now the Twist Army can only rush forward with a hard head, "Order, the army will assault with all its strength and rush over!" ”

It's just that there are giant trees blocking the road in the mountain pass behind, and there are also giant trees blocking the way in front? Huge trees are blocked on the road, and the branches extend everywhere, and it's okay for people to pass, but how can war horses pass?

In the face of countless shells and rockets, the twisters have panicked and can only flee for their lives, and they are huddled together at the mountain pass, like dumplings in a kettle, unable to pour out.

The denser the cavalry, the more convenient it is for the training army to attack, and if a shell goes down, how can it be that more than ten people have to be killed and injured, right? A rocket exploded, and there was no problem in injuring more than a dozen people, Zhang Luoxing and Zhang Zongyu were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, completely desperate! (To be continued.) )