The weather is clear, the wind is harmonious, and the second anti-encirclement and suppression war of Sanshan Pavilion has finally kicked off.

The officers and troops entered the mountains and advanced all the way, constantly compressing the scope of activities of the bandit army, and there was a great tendency to force the bandit army to death.

The bandit army relied on some passes and put up stubborn resistance, but these passes were easily uprooted by the officers and troops without exception. These officers and soldiers fought bravely, advanced weapons, not to mention broadswords and spears, the number of firearms was also quite large, and the accompanying army carried cannons and trebuchets, so those passes that were piled up only by mountains and rocks could not stop the pace of the officers and soldiers at all.

It can be said that according to the development of this situation, it is estimated that it will not be long before the bandit army will fall into the encirclement of the official army, and then the bandit army will only rely on the weak strength to fight hard with the official army, and once the two sides fight hard, the result of the battle, do not need to think, you will know who loses and who wins.

Of course, in addition to fighting hard, the bandit army actually has some options, such as surrendering, such as leading the crowd to retreat deeper into the mountains and forests. However, no matter what, the bandit army will definitely lose this time, and Qiu Yue definitely didn't plan to let these bandit army escape, so while he was marching head-on, he had already sent people to quickly ride around the mountains and forests of Sanshan Pavilion and go to Zhending Mansion on the east side, and they also set off as a whole army and went to ambush in the dense forest behind Sanshan Pavilion, ready to rob and kill the thief army who wanted to flee at any time.

At this time, the name of the prefect of Zhending was Peng Ze, who was the great sage of the country, Wen Tao and Wu Strategy, and knew everything. In his early years, Peng Ze and Qiu Yue met, and the two once supervised military affairs together, which can be said to be very close to each other, so this time when he received Qiu Yue's message, Peng Ze immediately raised 5,000 troops. He personally led the army to the direction of Sanshan Pavilion, preparing to cooperate with Qiu Yue to encircle and suppress the thief army together.

Peng Ze is also a person who is familiar with the art of war, and understands the truth of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent in all battles. Therefore, before the army entered the mountain, scouts had been sent into the mountain to investigate the situation.

It's just that what Peng Ze didn't expect was. When he probed like this, he really made him discover some unusual circumstances.

He found that those thieves were actually in a hidden valley in the Three Mountains Pavilion, secretly gathering a large number of people, including some young recruits and skilled craftsmen, I have to say that this valley has become a secret base for thieves.

It's strange that these thieves are always wiped out repeatedly, and after each defeat, after a period of forbearance. They can all make a comeback, it turns out that they already have the strength to develop and recuperate.

Hehe, now, Peng Ze is a little overjoyed.

You must know that the people in this valley are basically people who have no combat effectiveness, so as long as he is forward, he surrounds this valley. Isn't it possible to take all the people in the valley captive, and at the same time cut off the foundation of the thieves? This is a great achievement, and when the time comes, I am afraid that Qiu Yue will win the battle on the frontal battlefield. It may not be as big as its own credit.

Thinking that he could easily win a great achievement, he was so angry that his former colleague blew his beard and glared, Peng Ze couldn't be happier.

Hmph, Qiu Yue, Qiu Yue, it's not that I deliberately embarrassed you, it's the so-called heaven and don't take it. Isn't it victimized? So, I can't help it, these thieves' little women and children, I just laugh at them.

Peng Ze thought so in his heart, and sent someone to conduct a secret survey of the terrain around the Cold Flame Valley, and then, until he was sure that everything was foolproof, he formulated a specific route of march and attack plan, and then, after careful planning, he stroked his goatee, squinted at the verdant and lush mountains, and smiled slightly.

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And at this moment, the "thieves" of Sanshan Pavilion, that is, the legendary anti-Ming army, still don't know anything about Peng Ze's army, and at this time, they are still staring at Qiu Yue and them, waiting for Qiu Yue to enter the sleeve.

However, having said that, with everyone's brainstorming, coupled with Wang Shouren's precise deployment, at this time, the anti-Ming army was really confident to win this battle, so everyone was full of confidence at the moment, but at the same time they couldn't help but be a little nervous, and then they waited patiently, first sent a small group of fighters to harass the officers and soldiers, and disturbed the attention of the officers and soldiers, and then secretly deployed the howitzer convoy in some seemingly undangerous flat mountains and forests.

After that, it's just a matter of waiting.

Soon, the brigade of officers and soldiers advanced to the Sanshan River, and then, Qiu Yue first sent people to cross the river to investigate, and found that there was no abnormality, so he immediately built a pontoon bridge and organized people to cross the river.

At this moment, Ling Hu Chong, who was hiding in the woods, couldn't help it, and he couldn't help but say to Wang Shouren: "Take advantage of the time when the official army crosses the river, send some howitzer battalions to bomb it, and then give them a half-crossing attack, and fight head-on, it will definitely be able to hit the officers and soldiers hard!" ”

Hearing this, the rest of the people also nodded in approval, but Wang Shouren didn't think so, he pondered for a moment, but said loudly: "Although this can severely damage the officers and soldiers, once the officers and troops retreat, we will have to spend time with them, I think this method is inappropriate." Let's wait until the officers and troops have crossed the river and the men and horses have come over, and then carry out bombing and siege, in this case, the officers and troops have no way to retreat, and in the end they will inevitably be completely annihilated by us. By the way, there will definitely be people in the official army who want to cross the river and retreat, Sister Siniang, you will take people by boat at that time, intercept the officers and soldiers in the river, burn their pontoon bridge, and let them have no way to retreat! ”

"Okay, don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me, I've already arranged it," Wang Siniang got up and went to arrange the interception along the river.

Here, Wang Shouren and the others waited until the officers and troops had crossed the river before sending out the signal, so that all the teams were ready to launch a general attack on the officers and troops.

When the news came out, it was close to evening, and the officers and soldiers had crossed the river, and found that there was no danger, so they continued to advance until they came to a flat mountain and forest area, and then they wanted to set up camp here first, rest and recuperate, and prepare to eat and drink enough, and then continue to fight the thief army tomorrow.

Qiu Yue's investigation work was done very carefully, and the scouts he sent went deep into the mountains and forests for five miles, and only after making sure that there was no danger around him did he return to the camp to report the situation.

And then. Just when Qiu Yue was preparing to set up camp, but he didn't want to, but in the mountains and forests ahead, there was a thief army. The thieves rushed towards the officers and soldiers with shouts.

At that time, Qiu Yue took a look and found that this group of thieves was only about 2,000 people, and the quality of the equipment and personnel was also extremely low. Isn't it a joke that such a group of people would be used to defeat the official army?

However, Qiu Yue didn't have much doubt about the actions of these thieves, as soon as he came, he had already received news at this time and knew that the thief chief Liang Hong was not in the Sanshan Pavilion. Obviously, these thieves at this time, without the leadership of Liang Hong, are already in a state of leaderlessness. So it's no wonder they're making such crazy moves. In addition, there is another situation that this place, left and right, front and back, is flat and dense, and there is no dangerous terrain, so even if the thieves make it a plan to lure the enemy deeper, then as long as they control the people in time. After pursuing for a distance, they will be withdrawn, then, the strategy of those thieves. It is bound to be in vain.

Thinking so in his heart, Qiu Yue decisively ordered a deputy general to lead 3,000 men and horses to meet the enemy, and then he himself continued to cut down trees and set up camp.

However, what Qiu Yue didn't expect was. Just after the men and horses led by the lieutenant general fought with the thief army, there were also some situations on his side.

At the beginning, it was some scouts sent out to investigate the situation, but they did not return for a long time, which made Qiu Yue have a premonition that the thieves were likely to ambush some small groups of troops in the woods, waiting for an opportunity to harass his army, so he quickly gathered the formation at that time, and then divided the men and horses into five groups, preparing for them to enter the mountains and forests to patrol and exterminate the small groups of harassment troops of the thieves.

However, what they didn't expect was that just as they were assigning men, they suddenly heard some sergeants shouting loudly, raising their hands and pointing towards the sky, and then, when Qiu Yue looked up, he found that some black objects were being thrown out of the mountains and forests on both sides, and the direction of the whereabouts of those objects was where his army was located.

Then, just when Qiu Yue was stunned, the first black object hit the ground, and then he heard a group of soldiers at the location of the object shouting: "Quick, quick, step on the fuse, hurry!" ”

However, just as those soldiers were shouting loudly, they suddenly heard a "boom" sound, and the explosive bag immediately exploded, and then the surrounding soldiers were immediately blown upside down, and many of them even broke their hands and feet, and their bodies were covered in blood, and the situation was unbearable.

This time, I saw the ferocity of the explosives bag, and then the explosives bag fell, and no one dared to step on the fuse, everyone ran and dodged separately, lest they were too close to the explosives bag, and they would be blown up without a body.

As a result, the entire army was immediately in chaos, and the personnel were shouting and running around.

When Qiu Yue saw this situation, he didn't feel a burst of shock, and then he roared angrily and cut down several riotous soldiers in a row to stabilize the army's heart, and then he swung his sword violently and shouted to those soldiers: "Rush, rush into the woods, kill the thieves, the thieves are scarce, as long as we get close to them, they will die, brothers, follow me, kill!" ”

Qiu Yue roared and led the army to rush into the woods.

However, just as they rushed forward, they saw a flash of fire in front of them, but the flames in the woods were burning to the sky, blocking their path, and then, on the top of their heads, explosives continued to fall, and then, with a loud noise, I don't know how many soldiers died under the bombardment.

"Rush the other way!"

In a hurry, Qiu Yue turned around and led people to rush towards the opposite woods, but at this time, the opposite woods, like the woods here, were also on fire, and at the same time, explosives bags flew out from behind the fire wall, and the situation really shocked those officers and soldiers, and they knew that they couldn't stay here any longer, otherwise, it wouldn't take long for them to be blown up by those explosives bags.

"General, without further ado, while there are not many casualties, let's retreat first, the coming day is long, we have time to destroy the thief!"

At this time, a thousand households came to Qiu Yue's side and suggested to him.

Qiu Yue was helpless, so he could only call someone to spread the word at the moment, and let the deputy general who led the army to meet the enemy retreat quickly, and then he himself took the lead in leading the team and ran back.

However, just a few miles away from Qiu Yue's brigade, he only heard the former army scout report back: "General Qiqi, the thief army took a boat and went down the river, and now the pontoon bridge has been burned, blocking the retreat of our army!" ”

"What?! What did you say?! By this time, Qiu Yue was already a little angry, he turned over and dismounted, grabbed the scout, and looked so angry that it was almost as if he wanted to swallow the scout.

The scout trembled with shock, but he didn't dare to tell a lie, so he could only let Qiu Yue whip him, then turned around and fled in a hurry.

"Up the hill! Let's all go up the mountain! ”

However, Qiu Yue was not incompetent after all, he immediately analyzed the current situation, and then he quickly led people to occupy a high ground, and then cut down trees, dug pits and built walls, surrounded by barriers, and arranged cannons, musketeers, and archers on the periphery, so that they could defend against the mountain.

In this way, the bandit army really can't do anything with them, after all, the howitzer has a limited range, and it is difficult to hit the mountain, and once the bandit army gets closer, the officers and soldiers can take advantage of the terrain and shoot at them easily.

As a result, the two sides formed a stalemate, and Wang Shouren's precise deployment of the combat strategy only eliminated less than 3,000 officers and troops in the end, but in fact failed to inflict heavy losses on the officers and troops, but the officers and troops took this opportunity to stand firm.

"We can't let the officers and soldiers stay so peacefully, once they come to their senses, they will inevitably attack us in all directions, and then we will be in big trouble, after all, our forces are limited!" Wang Wensu looked at everyone and said worriedly.

"But what can be done now if they don't get a foothold? They are defending against the mountain, and we can't attack it at all," Lin Pingzhi said helplessly.

"That's not good, we have to find a way to break this deadlock, this matter can't be delayed, otherwise, we may lose again!" Wang Wensu frowned tightly, looking worried. (To be continued.) )