Li Zhen's body was wet. looked up at the Taiping army burrowing into the mountains and forests, and nodded with satisfaction. He retracted his gaze and said in high spirits: "Hong Xuanjiao has already entered the mountain, and now immediately block all the passages down the mountain to prevent Hong Xuanjiao from leading the army to break through." This time, fight with Hong Xuanjiao and Yang Xiuqing. ”

Lu Shaochuan asked, "Dashuai, how long does it take for Yang Xiuqing to arrive?" ”

Li Zhen said: "No more than two days! ”

Lu Shaochuan thought about it carefully, knew it in his heart, and then ordered the soldiers to give Li Zhen the dry clothes that had been prepared a long time ago, and asked Li Zhen to change into a set of clean and refreshing clothes. After all, Li Zhen crossed the river and came over, and his body was wet and easy to get cold. At the same time, the soldiers led by Lu Shaochuan took out the clean and refreshing clothes that had been prepared long ago, and asked the rest of the soldiers who followed Li Zhen to change their clothes, so as not to be infected with the wind and cold.

The army was fully armed, and the army was stationed at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, it was already noon.

Because Li Zhen had already arranged everything for the ambush of Hong Xuanjiao, all the food, water sources, meat, etc. were arranged, and he directly began to prepare lunch. The soldiers in charge of logistics buried the pot to cook, and the rich aroma of meat and rice soon wafted into the air. The soldiers were all tongue-in-cheek, already swallowing saliva and their stomachs began to growl.

However, there were so many of them that the soldiers could only wait slowly.

……

Hong Xuanjiao led the soldiers to climb to the top of the mountain before the soldiers stopped to rest. She listened attentively and found that the Qing army under the mountain had not caught up, so she breathed a long sigh of relief in her heart. Hong Xuanjiao's eyes looked at the guards of Xia Shu Town, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately count the number of soldiers and see how many dead and wounded?" ”

"The last general obeys!"

After the guard of Xia Shu Town received the order, he immediately counted the number of people.

After some counting, the expression on the face of the Xia Shu town guard was very sad, and there was a sad expression on his face. Because they were 11,000 soldiers who set out from Longtan Town, and now they have not yet arrived in Xiashu Town, but there are only 4,158 people left, and there are not even 5,000 left. The rest of the soldiers were either killed, wounded and fell on the road, or ran away......

In short, the situation in the army is very unoptimistic.

After Hong Xuanjiao listened to the report, her face was also gloomy. Immediately, she ordered: "Li Zhen's army is still at the bottom of the mountain, immediately investigate and see what Li Zhen has moved." ”

The guard of Xia Shu Town received the order, and immediately ordered the soldiers to inquire about the news.

At this time, the guards of Dongyang Town and Longtan Town looked at the bottom of the mountain in unison, although they couldn't see the situation under the mountain, but their expressions were not optimistic. The two leaned side by side, and a wave of despair spread in their hearts. Now that I am trapped by Li Zhen, there are no reinforcements to help, what should I do?

About half an hour later, the soldiers who had gone down the mountain to inquire about the news returned.

The soldier hurried back, his expression stunned.

The guard of Xia Shu Town asked, "What is the situation under the mountain?" ”

The soldier replied, "General Hui, the Qing army has already blocked all the passages down the mountain, and there are troops stationed there. We have to go down the mountain, and we can only leave if we fight hard with the Qing army. Fortunately, Li Zhen temporarily surrounded the mountain and did not give the order to attack. ”

When the generals of Dongyang Town and Longtan Town heard this, their faces changed greatly.

The bottom of the mountain is surrounded!

The two looked at each other, and then looked at the guards of Xiashu Town. Among them, the guard of Longtan Town said: "Lao Yu, the situation is critical, what do you say to do?" ”

Lao Yu is the name of the guard of Xia Shu Town.

Lao Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know either!" ”

The clothes on Hong Xuanjiao's body have been wrung out of water stains, put on a new piece of clothing, and covered the exposed places on her body. She saw the strange look of the soldier who reported the news, and asked, "You look strange, is there anything else?" ”

The soldier nodded and said, "Xiao Wangniang Mingjian, after the villain went down the mountain, he carefully inspected the number of Qing troops and found that the number of the other party was not much, only more than two thousand soldiers. ”

"What?"

Hong Xuanjiao exclaimed, with a look of surprise on her face.

When she led the army to fight with Li Zhen, the other party waved its flag and made a huge noise, which was completely the situation of the army, and it was not the appearance of two thousand people at all.

Lao Yu also had an expression of disbelief, shook his head and said: "Impossible, during the battle, the soldiers under Li Zhen's command were huge, at least more than five or six thousand, it couldn't be two thousand, right?" ”

The Dongyang Town Guards and Longtan Town Guards nodded one after another, and they all opened their mouths to ask.

The soldier said: "That's true, there are only so many soldiers. ”

"Ahh

Hong Xuanjiao exclaimed, and suddenly said loudly: "We were deceived, we were deceived by Li Zhen." At that time, we were fighting with Li Zhen, and there were 11,000 soldiers, and even if some of them were killed by the bombing, the number of soldiers still had an absolute advantage. Li Zhen was afraid that we would fight him in a decisive battle, and deliberately created a situation where there was a large army. So much so that we did not dare to fight, and the constant routs led to heavy losses in the army. ”

After Lao Yu heard it, he also thought about it.

In the end, Lao Yu nodded helplessly and said: "We met the people blocking the road at the bottom of the mountain, and the other party also adopted the same method, waving the flag and shouting to make enough noise, so scared that we couldn't meet the battle, we could only go up the mountain, Li Zhen was cunning!" ”

Hong Xuanjiao asked, "What can you do?" ”

Lao Yu shook his head and said, "There is no way, there is no way to fight at all." Although there are 4,000 of our soldiers, they are all incapable of fighting. If you look closely, they are all wet, and the weapons in their hands are thrown away, and the armor is also thrown away, all of them are a group of flesh and blood people. If such a soldier rushed forward to fight with Li Zhen's elite, it would definitely be dead or alive. Xiao Wangniang, now we can only wait for reinforcements. ”

"Reinforcements?"

Hong Xuanjiao muttered and sighed: "Where are there any reinforcements?" The troops of Dongyang Town, Xiashu Town, and Longtan Town have all gathered here, and the surrounding troops have been dispatched, can we escape? After a pause, Hong Xuanjiao's eyes lit up and said: "Li Zhen's strength is only two thousand, although we can't defeat each other, we still have a chance to escape." Let's just rush down the mountain and fight hard with Li Zhen, and then take the opportunity to retreat to Xiashu Town. ”

Lao Yu shook his head and said: "Xiao Wangniang, judging from the situation of our battle with Li Zhen, Li Zhen was premeditated, and he had already devised a plan to force us to this mountain step by step. In such a situation, can we go down the mountain? Going down the mountain must be a dead end. The most important thing is that our soldiers can't fight! ”

Hong Xuanjiao looked at the embarrassed soldiers around her, feeling helpless.

This time, it's really over!

Lao Yu continued: "Xiao Wangniang, we can only hold on for now. You have sent a message to the East King, and now you can only pray that the East King will lead an army to the rescue in order to save us. ”

"East King!"

After Hong Xuanjiao heard this, a flash of brilliance flashed in her eyes, and she kept saying: "Yes, yes, the king of the east can save us, the king of the east will definitely come to save us, he will definitely save me." ”

At this moment, Hong Xuanjiao grabbed a life-saving straw.

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