In the valley where all the officers and soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division were hidden, the roar from Xiaohuakou was faintly heard, Shen Xiaoshan and the others stopped talking and listened attentively, and after stopping for a while, there was a muffled thunderous sound in the distance......

Shen Xiaoshan waved his hand and said: "That's right, this is the sound of Xiaohua Lipstick Yi's cannon firing, it seems that Kong Youde's rebels have taken the road to break through." ”

At this time, the outgoing sentinels came to report that a large number of rebel cavalry came from south to north along the official road.

Shen Xiaoshan shouted: "Assemble, all get on the horse and be on guard, listen to my orders to prepare to attack the rout, and the sentry cavalry will report the movements of the rebels outside the valley at any time." ”

After only a pillar of incense, the sound of iron hooves and the neighing of people and horses sounded on the official road outside the valley, and at this time the official road was dusty, and groups of rebel cavalry galloped across the official road.

Kong Youde grabbed the reins of his horse and slowly slowed down his horse, looked around, and saw that all the cavalry who rushed out of the Hongyi cannon blockade were all in a state of distress, and many of the cavalrymen's faces and armor were stained with blood.

Kong Youde's heart twitched a few times, just now desperately broke through, seeing a large number of cavalry being hit by scattered cannons and falling off their horses and screaming vividly, the short mile blocked by Hongyi cannons was like a slaughterhouse for harvesting life, and many elite cavalry died here.

Kong Youde sighed, this Pingdu City defender is simply a nightmare for himself and his soldiers, from the beginning of the nightmare of entering Pingdu City, until now rushing through the blockade of the Xiaohuakou defenders, this nightmare has been continuing.

The successive failed blows made Kong Youde's soldiers full of fear of the defenders of Pingdu City, and now the slightest disturbance will cause his soldiers to flee.

Anyway, I finally struggled out of the quagmire of Pingdu City. Looking at the hurried subordinates in front of him, Kong Youde's heart was dripping blood. I hope you don't run into the defenders of Pingdu City again!

In a hoarse voice, he said to the guards beside him: "Order the whole army to assemble and count the men." General Mao Chenglu is invited to come to the meeting. ”

All the officers and soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division followed Shen Xiaoshan to ride their horses and stand quietly at the mouth of the valley, at this time the official road was dusty, and groups of rebel cavalry galloped across the official road, and gradually gathered on the official road in the distance.

Seeing that the rebel cavalry were all in a hurry and without fighting spirit, many of the soldiers of the Hunting Division were enthusiastic, and they were holding back their strength to compete with the rebel cavalry, and they all turned their expectant eyes to Shen Xiaoshan, waiting for his order to attack! However, Shen Xiaoshan, the chief official of Si Qian, who had always been decisive in hunting enemies, kept frowning and staring at the rebels in the direction of the official road, without the slightest intention of ordering an attack.

Shen Xiaoshan was also entangled in his heart. The rebel cavalry is in front of them, do they want to attack or not?

The rebel cavalry, which escaped the artillery attack, numbered about 2,000 cavalry, followed by intermittent foot soldiers.

The rebels have just escaped under the artillery attack, it is the time when the people are panicking, at this time, it is very likely to rush the rebels with a sudden kill, but after all, there are few people under their own hands, and the reinforcements behind cannot arrive in time to respond, once the rebels begin to counterattack, the enemy hunting division will be dangerous!

Guo Tai grinned and muttered. Obviously, seeing the rebels close in front of him but with nowhere to speak, he felt aggrieved and uncomfortable.

Liu Rongsheng touched his chin and said: "If the enemy hunting division is equipped with a bird gun, this is the best time to destroy the enemy, it's a pity!" ”

Shen Xiaoshan's heart moved. He thought of the gunpowder bag in his bag, and said with a solemn face: "Look at the current posture of the rebels, although they are defeated and fled, they are not in chaos. It's true that the Enemy Hunter Division can't attack head-on, but let's not forget that the rebels are now part of the Bird of Surprise. We can use this to catch them off guard. ”

Guo Tainiu's bun eyes immediately widened, and he hurriedly urged: "What a good idea." Shen Tou'er, say ...... quickly."

Shen Xiaoshan saw that Liu Rongsheng, Xie Wu, and Jiang Yu were also curious, so he carefully took out a gunpowder bag from his bag and said: "This gunpowder bag is a powerful magic weapon for my Zhenshan battalion to restrain Kong Youde's rebels, I think the rebels are more afraid of gunpowder bags than artillery." As long as some clever people are sent to lurk on the edge of the ditch outside the official road, and at the same time light the gunpowder bag and throw it into the rebel camp, it will inevitably lead to chaos among the rebels. ”

Liu Rongsheng, Xie Wu, and Jiang Yu nodded one after another, the gunpowder bag was indeed very powerful, but they thought that the gunpowder bag was of little use to the cavalry, and no one had the ability to ignite the gunpowder bag on a war horse, so each soldier only carried a gunpowder bag with him.

However, in the face of the current situation, as long as you secretly hide near the rebels, you don't need to throw a gunpowder bag on the warhorse, but you can just use the power of the gunpowder bag.

As soon as Shen Xiaoshan finished speaking, Guo Tai was eager to try, and immediately said: "Shen Tou, my subordinates are willing to take people to throw gunpowder bags and give these rebels a powerful look!" ”

Shen Xiaoshan saw that Liu Rongsheng, Xie Wu, and Jiang Yu also asked for their lives, so he directly ordered: "Guo Tai, you take twenty brothers and take off all the armor, so that it is easy to walk, after the gunpowder bag explodes in the rebel column, it is likely to attract the pursuit of the rebels, you must pay attention to your own safety." ”

Guo Tai raised his eyebrows, and said nonchalantly: "We people deal with danger all day long, what is this danger." ”

Shen Xiaoshan said: "Each of you carries two gunpowder packets, scatter them and throw them at the rebels, trying to increase the fear of the rebels." ”

Guo Tai agreed to dismount and gather people to prepare gunpowder packs, and sneaked through the dense grass to the rebel cavalry assembly place.

Seeing Guo Tai and the others gradually moving away, Liu Rongsheng turned his head and suggested to Shen Xiaoshan: "Wait a while for the gunpowder pack to explode among the rebels, the explosion will not only make the rebel war horses panic, but may even affect the war horses of the enemy hunting division, so it is better to take precautions as soon as possible." ”

Jiang Yu said: "The explosion site is almost a mile away from the valley, and my hunting enemy division war horses are hiding in the valley, so it won't have much impact." His subordinates suggested that Guo led the rebels away with gunpowder packs, and that the enemy hunting division only needed to cut off the road south of the explosion site, and that the fleeing rebels would not have the courage to return again, and the rebels who then fled would definitely have no fighting spirit, and the only way out was to disarm and surrender. ”

Shen Xiaoshan nodded and said, "Jiang Yu's suggestion is good, I decided to adopt it, the enemy hunting department should try to stop the rebel soldiers as much as possible." They were forced to surrender, most of them in good health. It can be used as a source of soldiers for the earthquake mountain battalion. ”

Liu Rongsheng and the other three nodded one after another, and the Zhenshan Camp was a melting pot. No matter who they were before, as long as they meet the selection criteria for the Zhenshan Battalion soldiers, they can be selected into the Zhenshan Battalion, and they will soon become qualified Zhenshan Battalion soldiers under the unique constraints of the Zhenshan Battalion.

The sun is slowly setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun is still scorching the earth, Kong Youde listened to the report of his henchmen, and his heart seemed to be dripping blood, and two thousand five hundred cavalry passed through the artillery fire of the defenders of Xiaohuakou. Less than 2,000 horsemen broke through the blockade.

The 6,000 foot soldiers who followed were left far behind, and it is conceivable what kind of blow these 6,000 foot soldiers would suffer under the attack of Xiaohuakou's artillery fire.

The foot soldiers who were left to attack Xiaohuakou had little hope of returning through the blockade, and now they were counting on as many foot soldiers as possible to converge through the blockade.

Kong Youde still hoped in his heart that after the two thousand cavalry led by Cao Shaozhong blocked the defenders of Pingdu City, he would be able to break through the blockade and join the team, but he knew that this possibility was very small. Maybe Cao Shaozhong and Chen Guangfu, two important generals, will fall into the hands of the defenders of Pingdu City!

Mao Chenglu rode his horse to stand solemnly on Kong Youde's side, regretting it to death, he gave up his identity as the deputy general of Guangludao, and came to join Kong Youde's rebels with his life. I thought they were all old brothers in Dongjiang Town, everyone was in the same spirit, as long as they hugged each other, they would definitely be able to lay a place to stay in this troubled world.

But it backfired. Since following Kong Youde, the rebels have robbed homes and killed innocent people. However, it is difficult to conquer a city that is really prepared, and Laizhou City is an example. Now the 20,000 army is attacking Pingdu City, not only did they take advantage of half of it, but they were taken advantage of by a small garrison of the other side, not to mention the loss of troops, and now they have returned even more, and the 20,000 elite rebels are now only left with 2,000 cavalry and more than 4,000 foot soldiers who have lost their armor!

Looking at the demoralized rebels in front of him, Mao Chenglu suddenly remembered that he had just led the crowd to defect to Kong Youde's rebels, and at the reception banquet, the military strategy drawn up by the leaders of the rebel army was agreed to take Dengzhou as the base camp, conquer several important states and counties around each other, and truly run Denglai Town into an independent kingdom like the original Dongjiang Town.

Now it seems that all this is a dream, as long as the imperial court sends a strong army like the defenders of Pingdu City to besiege Dengzhou City, within half a year, Dengzhou City will inevitably run out of food and will never be self-defeating, and it is just a bubble to build an independent kingdom under the next piece of territory!

Most of the soldiers who followed him to join the rebels were also trapped in Xiaohuakou, and at this time there were only dozens of henchmen and generals who followed him, these soldiers were the foundation of their own lives, and now they were all abandoned in the sad land of Pingdu City, and they knew that it would be better to stay in Guangludao and be at ease.

Mao Chenglu began to envy Lushun's deputy general Chen Shishi, Kong Youde wrote many times to invite Chen Shi to get together and conspire with great things, but Chen Shi shirked it with various excuses, and now it seems that Chen Shi's decision is correct.

In the distance, you can still hear the roar of the artillery fire of the defenders of Xiaohuakou from time to time, and the groups of foot soldiers on the official road were ordered to stand in line again, some of the foot soldiers had some injuries on their bodies, and most of the soldiers discarded their blades in the process of escaping, and they were gathered together like a group of refugees fleeing!

Kong Youde's face was gloomy and terrible, 20,000 troops besieged a small Pingdu City, but in the end he fled in embarrassment, such a painful defeat would definitely make his prestige in the rebels ruined, and it would be even more difficult to make this group of unruly generals obediently obey orders in the future!

In Pingdu City was defeated and returned, and Laizhou City was unable to attack for a long time, the strategy of controlling the entire Denglai Town was formulated before it was difficult to complete now, and when the imperial court mobilized a large army to come to encircle and suppress, Dengzhou City would become a lonely city to be slaughtered, and after the city was broken, you can imagine the fate of these rebels.

Fortunately, he was not without a way out, Dengzhou City was really unable to hold it, so Dengzhou City was burned, and then took a warship to the Liaodong Jurchens, relying on the rich military supplies of the entire Denglai Town in his own hands, he did not believe that the Jurchens did not accept themselves, of course, this is the last step, and no one wants to take this step until they are forced to do so.

At this time, there were about 4,000 foot soldiers gathered, and some of the logistics baggage was also lucky enough to avoid the artillery attack and rushed to converge, Kong Youde looked at the sky, and hesitated whether to set up camp for the soldiers to rest for the night, or to rush out of Pingdu, which made him a miserable defeat.

Suddenly, from the ranks of the cavalry came the sound of an explosion of "boom boom", this explosion was all too familiar, it was the sound of the explosion of the gunpowder pack of the earthquake camp, and it was the main culprit that caused the entire army to flee!! (To be continued......)