Chapter 5: Arson

"General, someone!"

As soon as there was a human head behind the hill to the south, the horse was spotted by a sharp-eyed officer, who immediately shouted. When Jiang Jie heard the sound, he saw more than 300 people coming out, and he hurriedly admonished: "Line up to meet the enemy." ”

Jiang Jie's two hundred men, of which five were shield bearers, one hundred snake spearmen, and five archers. Compared with Jiang Jie's order, 200 people immediately opened their positions and faced the enemy in the south. The archers draw their bows and arrows, and wait for the enemy to release their arrows.

The distance at the moment was a bit far, a hundred paces away, not within the range of the archers. The enemy on the opposite side did not seem to attack directly, but separated and looked at the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

If the enemy does not move, Jiang Jie will naturally not take the initiative to attack, first, the opponent has an advantage in numbers, and second, his purpose is only to hold the valley mouth and look forward to Lord Yue's triumph.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and after about a quarter of an hour, suddenly, the sound of feathered arrows slashing through the air sounded behind the officers and men.

"Whoosh ......"

"Whoosh ......"

Feathered arrows like raindrops came from the rear, Jiang Jie never expected that there was an enemy behind him, and when he heard the sound and turned around to resist, it was too late.

"Ahh "Ahh "Ahh ……

More than two officers and men were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and their arrows were all on fire, and after the officers and men were hit by arrows, their clothes immediately burned, and those who were directly killed were better, and those who were injured were burned by the fire, and they rolled back and forth on the ground in pain.

Jiang Jie had already cleared his body, and he was many steps away, and he didn't know when nearly three hundred people came out, and among these people, there were more than five archers, who were stretching their bows and arrows at the moment. Beside the archers, there were more than five men with torches, burning their bows and arrows.

The bow and arrow ignited, and it was cast again, heading straight for the officers and soldiers. "Whoosh ......"

This time, another officer and soldier fell from an arrow.

The rebels in the south also took the opportunity to rush straight over, and it has become a flanking attack.

"Retreat into the valley! Lined up in the valley. It is taboo for soldiers to suffer from the enemy on their backs, Jiang Jie shouted, and commanded the soldiers to enter the narrow valley to line up.

The actions of the officers and men seemed to have been expected by the rebels, who did not rush to the front of the attack, but only joined forces in two moves, spread out a position a hundred paces away from the valley mouth, and then continued to ignite the rockets and headed towards the officers and men. )

"Whoosh ......"

There was another rain of arrows, but this time the officers and soldiers were prepared, and the shieldbearers in front raised their shields, and all the bows and arrows in the future were blocked.

The rocket fell to the ground, and there was a little dead grass on the ground, which immediately burst into flames. Such a little grass, even if it is lit, is nothing, but for some reason, this ignition is not cleaned up, the flames are not channeled, and they are still spreading inward.

"There is fire oil in the ground! Evacuate! "As soon as the first shieldman arrives at this sign, the horse reacts, but it is too late. Because the distance was too close, the people in the first four rows were instantly ignited by the sudden flames, and the lower half of their bodies fell into the sea of fire, rolling back and forth on the ground in pain, and let out bursts of screams.

The officers and soldiers behind fled with their heads lost, but fortunately there were not many places with oil and oil, and the places a few steps from Taniguchi were set on fire.

"Throw the prepared firewood and grass into it and seal the valley mouth!" One of the rebels shouted.

This person is none other than Xing Ming'an. When Mr. Ye attacked the camp before and after, he had no head, and it turned out that he was hiding here. When he and Mr. Ye led the men and horses to ambush, they unexpectedly saw this place, and Xing Ming'an had wandered around the terrain in this area, and knew that it was very dangerous, so he came up with a trick to lure the enemy and lead Yue Su into the narrow valley. However, he and Mr. Ye fought back and forth, fighting to the death with Yue Su here. But just in case, after Mr. Ye untied the cable, he poured fire oil on the mouth of the valley, covered it with weeds, and once it was difficult to resist, he set fire to trap Yue Su. Because, on the other side of the narrow valley, there is no future, there is only an abyss.

The fire sealed the mouth of the valley, and Xing Ming'an ordered to throw in firewood and grass. There was a deputy helmsman beside him, and he said in a loud voice: "Hall master, Mr. Ye and the high helmsman are still inside, so I will send someone to add firewood, right...... Something ...... wrong"

"Don't you have the combat strength of Yue Surong's horses, just rely on our people, and if we fight head-on with the men and horses guarding the valley mouth, it is estimated that most of them will be lost. Moreover, it was to take advantage of Yue Su's unpreparedness to attack before and after, he set up people to garrison outside, and as soon as we fought here, Yue Su inside naturally knew. The formation of your and other armies, as long as the formation is arranged, no matter how many of our people there are, it will be difficult to win. Now that Yue Su has been introduced into the Jedi, how can I let the tiger return to the mountain again, I can only be sorry for Mr. Ye and the high helm master, for the sake of the lord's plan, sacrifice is inevitable. ”

Xing Ming'an finished speaking, and then said, "Do you think we are very easy? Yue Su is trapped inside, and he will not starve to death immediately, and his men and horses, seeing that he is not there, will definitely look around. We are here, at least until the end of the day. Now you bring some people to Niujiaofeng and transport some food, and I am leading people to fortify and block Yue Su's reinforcements. ”

"Yes, Hall Master!"

After the deputy helmsman led the people away, Xing Ming'an sent people to set up an ambush on the way to this place while letting people continue to throw wood into the fire.

On Tieqiu's side, at this moment, he was leading nearly 2,000 men and horses to chase and kill the rebels, and along the way, he killed hundreds of enemies. But Taihang Mountain is not an ordinary road, the surrounding area is accessible, there are many roads, the rebels see that the officers and soldiers are powerful, who dares to run along the main road, began to separate, and fled along the road. As soon as the enemy was separated, the officers and soldiers were not good at chasing, and Tie Qiu was bent on killing the enemy, so he told his subordinates to take their own people and chase them separately.

After chasing for more than an hour, there were less than 200 people left around Tie Qiu, and he led these people to chase them to a high post, and after killing the fleeing rebels, he planned to find another rebel. When I was looking around, I inadvertently found a fire in the distance.

"Huh? What kind of premises is that, and why is it still on fire? Tie Qiu said curiously.

There were two generals beside him, and they didn't know what kind of place it was, but they said: "General, maybe it's a traitor's nest there, maybe it's our people who beat it and set fire there." Otherwise, we may be able to assist in the past. ”

Tie Qiu nodded his head and said, "That's good, otherwise how could it catch fire for no reason." Let's take a look. "After that, Tie Qi led the people to run down the high post and rushed towards the fire.

There are really many officers and soldiers who have the same idea as him, and you must know that the rebels robbed the imperial court of one million taels of military salaries, and if it is so big that the rebels' nest robs the military salaries, all the officers and soldiers who participate in it will be a great achievement, and they will get some profits.

The officers and soldiers rushed towards the place of fire in unison, and among the fleeing rebels, there were still some of Xing Ming'an's sworn friends, including one of Xing Ming'an's helmsmen. He also knew the hall master's plan, and when he saw the fire, he thought that the hall master was fighting a decisive battle with Yue Su, so he hurriedly rushed to the rebels around him and rushed to reinforce him. It's just that there are not many people following him now, just a few backbones, and a hundred or so rabble.

With this little man with him, he hurried to the place where the fire was burning. The rebels were familiar with the terrain, so they naturally had to arrive before the officers and soldiers, and Xing Ming'an was also happy to see nearly 200 assistants, and immediately stepped up his vigilance.

It didn't take long for more than 100 officers and soldiers to find this place along the road. If you want to narrow the valley, you have to pass through a road that is not too wide between the two hills, Xing Ming'an saw the arrival of the officers and soldiers, did not attack immediately, but put the officers and soldiers in, and then closed the attack, killing all the more than 100 officers and soldiers, and not a single one was lost.

Relying on such means, Xing Ming'an resulted in three groups of officers and soldiers in a row, three hundred strong, because he was alone, and was suddenly attacked, and lost his life.

Tie Qiu led 200 men to the place full of fire, but his luck was quite good, along the way, he met four groups of officers and soldiers who rushed in, and the number of people together could be more than 600 people. With so many people, the big guy's courage also strengthened, and he marched directly towards the road in front.

Xing Ming'an led the people to lie down on the hill, and seeing that there were more horses coming back this time than the previous times, he did not dare to let people in, but immediately ordered to release arrows and smashed them down with the prepared rolling wooden stones. At first glance, the officers and soldiers were immediately attacked, and Xing Ming'an ordered the ambush soldiers to kill them, and fought with the officers and soldiers in a group.

The Dragon Slaying Gang around Xing Ming'an is the most elite, and the sneak attack and the officers and soldiers are already considered to have taken the lead. Tie Qiu is a rough man after all, if he is allowed to attack on the ground, it will still be the handle, but as soon as this happens, the horse panics, and can only shout loudly, telling the soldiers not to panic, and fight with the enemy.

Without an effective organization, the combat effectiveness of the stragglers was not much different from that of the rebels, and there were many friends among the rebels.

In the narrow valley, the rebels and officers and soldiers were engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat, and they could not set up a formation, so they could only rely on martial arts. Among the rebels, there are good hands, and among the officers and soldiers there are similar, two fights together, fighting in one group, and they are endless.

In this battle, the rebels were in ruins, behind them was a cliff, there was no way back, there was a fire on the opposite side, they knew that it might be the master of Xing Tang who came to reinforce them, so their morale was high, and they were desperate. Even those rabble, under the instigation of Mr. Ye and others, are moving forward bravely.

However, the officers and soldiers under Yue Su's command are elite after all, and they still have an advantage in numbers, so they will not be afraid. I had no choice but to find that Gukou was on fire, and I was puzzled, and I was a little weaker, but fortunately, Yue Su soothed people's hearts, so I was not disappointed. Yue Su sent someone to Taniguchi to spy on him, wanting to see what was going on.

After the soldiers untied the cable, in less than two quarters of an hour, they turned back, and it turned out that they met Jiang Jie's messenger on the way, and passed everything in the valley mouth here.