Lao Huihui's eyes were bloody, his knuckles were white, and his forehead was blue.

In less than half an hour, the rebels launched desperate charges again and again, but so far, they have only broken through two rejection walls, and there is still a rejection wall between them and the official army. But to break through these two walls of rejection, they also paid a terrible price, at least thousands of brothers were killed in battle, and many more were injured.

"Hold on for a while, hold on for a while, we will be able to break through the last wall of rejection, enter the artillery array of the official army, and kill them one by one." Lao Hui shouted back.

He Yilong was much more sober than Lao Huihui, and he replied loudly, "The closer the distance of this cannon of the official army, the stronger the lethality, don't you see that the brothers who fell in front of the second wall of rejection are more than twice as many as those in front of the first?" To take down this third line of rejection horses with hundreds of artillery pieces and thousands of guns, I am afraid that I will have to fill the lives of thousands of brothers! ”

"What's more, there are thousands of officers and soldiers and thousands of cavalry on both sides of the flank. Ma Ye, these officers and soldiers are too hard, we can't gnaw on them, and we can't draw them. ”

"Then what do you say, do we have to surrender to the official army?" Lao Hui asked angrily.

"Let's retreat and go in a different direction. If these officers and soldiers dare to chase them, then we will turn back and kill them. Gerry said.

Lao Huihui was full of unwillingness, he couldn't figure out how these officers and soldiers were so strong. The real Tarzan collapsed in front of him without changing his face, and their artillery firearms were also ridiculously strong, the firing interval of firearms was amazingly short, and the power of the shells was terrifying.

In front of the nine-headed bird formation, countless arrows were stuck in the ground, as if the ground was covered with feathered arrows, and there were many javelins mixed with them. The bandits' feathered arrows and javelins also caused a lot of losses to the nine-headed bird.

However, the protection of shield soldiers and cotton armor and iron helmets kept them safe from most attacks. Most of the arrows could not penetrate the reinforced cotton armor, but the javelin and hand axe were very lethal.

Every time a nine-headed bird falls. Someone immediately carried him away, and someone took his place. Even ordinary nine-headed birds can basically use firearms, and their clumsy archery skills don't matter when facing that dense enemy.

Most of the nine-headed birds carried down were only injured, and there were very few cases of direct death with armor protection, but the wounded were also very dangerous if they did not treat their wounds in time. Fortunately, the nine-headed bird has a special military doctor with the army, and the soldiers have also received first aid teaching, and they also carry a lot of medicines and first-aid kits with the battalion.

The battle began. The military doctor set up a field hospital in the woods behind the position, set up tents, set up operating tables, and had a special stretcher team. Wounded soldiers were carried off the battlefield in time and sent to the rear for treatment according to their priorities.

Several of the wounded soldiers, who had stopped bleeding after being bandaged, refused to stay behind, and returned to the front with their weapons. "I can't put a firecracker, and I can still raise a shield!" A firebolt stood in front of his fellow firecrackers with a shield in his hand. "It's a little injury, it's nothing."

"Well, you've earned a Medal of Loyalty." Mr. Bai shouted at him, "I'll give you credit when I go back." A military medal for you. ”

Feng Sheng looked at the soldiers on the battlefield, a little worried.

"Old Deng, let my cavalry go out and rush for a while. The pressure on the brothers was too great, and the cannon was too much to resist. ”

Deng Yuan shook his head. "You must defend the two flanks of your position, or the thieves will steal from the two loaves of bread. Luckily, we chose a good place, which is in front of the river. In the woods and hillsides on both sides, with your cavalry, you can defend both sides well, otherwise the thieves and bandits will be scattered, and we will not be able to withstand it. Wait, the bandits are still fierce, and it won't help you to rush out now. ”

"Why don't we play a role, don't you look down on our cavalry?" Feng Sheng glared and shouted.

"Old Feng, you know I don't mean that, your cavalry is not at the right time to attack at this time. We can hold on for a little longer, the thief will definitely not be able to withstand such damage, and he will definitely not be able to hold on first. Remember the task given to us by the marshal, block and intercept the bandits here, and wait for the marshal to lead his troops to arrive. ”

"But the brothers of the teaching battalion have suffered heavy casualties, what a good young man, he actually broke here today."

"There are always sacrifices in war." Deng Yuan sighed. During the half day of fighting, the teaching battalion lost no less than 100 people and many more were wounded. Such casualties can be said to be the largest casualties in the battle of Muddy Ditch since the formation of the Nine-headed Bird.

"Woo, woo, woo!"

In the distance, the sound of a horn was suddenly heard.

Ma Huihui was still arguing with Ge Liyan about whether to insist on attacking or retreating immediately, when he rode from the rear and shouted loudly, "Report, Ma Ye Heye, the nine-headed bird has caught up, the handsome flag of the nine-headed bird has arrived, and Liu Jun has arrived in person." He Ye and Lin Ye of the rear army were defeated, and the old camp was also scattered, and now Liu Junzheng led his troops to cover up, and He Ye and Lin Ye asked the two leaders to lead their troops back to help. ”

"How did Liu Jun come so fast?" The old man asked in surprise.

"How did the rear army lose so quickly?" He Yilong was terrified.

"Liu Jun's car formation is in front, the cart is loaded with artillery, the car is followed by the musketeers, and the infantry on both sides are rushing over, the guns are open, no one can stop it!" The bandit who reported the news said with a sad face.

He has also been in the rebel army for many years and has been on the battlefield for a long time, but he has never seen such a style of play. Many mule carriers dragged many carts into battle, followed by many gunners, with cannons on them, rushing for a while, firing a burst of guns, and then rushing again, and firing guns.

He Jin and Lin Chengcheng led the soldiers and horses of the rear army to form a formation against the enemy, but as a result, the artillery fire of the official army directly smashed their formation. The two leaders led their troops to counterattack again, but before they could get closer, they were again routed by artillery fire.

The bandits were not as elite as the Hydra, and they lacked firearms to win, and they even had very few bows and arrows.

"Mingjin, collect the troops, retreat!" Ma Hui waved his fist and roared unwillingly.

The sound of gold sounded, and the unmoraled bandits, who had already been beaten by artillery fire, heard the order to withdraw their troops, and all of them quickly turned around and ran away with relief.

When Feng Sheng saw this, he laughed and said, "It must be Master Hou who has arrived, these rogues still want to run, and they don't ask Grandpa Feng." Pass my order, the cavalry battalion mounted and pursued! ”

The bandit on the opposite side Ming Jin withdrew his troops. And the nine-headed bird sounded the horn of attack.

Feng Sheng personally rode his horse and charged ahead, taking the lead, and the two thousand cavalry suddenly rushed to the defeated bandits like a tide. Feng Sheng galloped on his horse, wielding a short gun in his hand, and pointed a shot at a bandit who was left behind, and a blood flower appeared on the bandit's back and fell to the ground.

The nine-headed bird cavalry roared loudly, and their horses chased after each other, twenty or thirty paces away. It's to raise your hand and knock out a bandit, and then replace it with a short gun.

Two thousand cavalry like tigers into the flock, the bandits could not stop at all, when one after another the bandits fell under the handcuffs of the nine-headed bird cavalry, the bandits, who were only retreating, began to flee in all directions, and the retreat turned into a rout.

Liu Jun led his troops to the battlefield at a critical time.

The nine-headed bird suddenly appeared behind the bandits, and the bandits were caught off guard. Liu Jun ordered the wagons of the baggage battalion to carry artillery in front, and the musketeers of the infantry battalion followed closely behind the vans, while the infantry of the killer teams guarded the left and right flanks.

More than 10,000 nine-headed birds suddenly came out. The bandits were quickly routed. Liu Jun led the team to drive the rout all the way, constantly pursuing.

Turning over a mound, Liu Jun saw the soldiers and horses of bandits all over the mountains and fields in front of him.

"Kill, go straight to the banner of the bandit Chinese army!" Liu Jun saw the banner of the bandit Chinese army in the distance through the clairvoyant mirror. Immediately gave the order to smash the Chinese army.

The wagons and artillery of the baggage battalion opened the way, and the bandits retreated. They didn't intercept them at all, but wherever the nine-headed bird was killed, they got out of the way and spread out a wide passage.

Lao Hui Hui bow horse skillful, outstanding martial arts, he saw Liu Jun's handsome banner in the distance coming forward, at the moment new hatred and old hatred surging together, leading the most elite cavalry under his command, riding horses to kill.

Liu Jun saw a cavalry coming against the current from a distance, knowing that it must be the elite of the bandits, and saw the old Huihui banner in the cavalry array, so he immediately ordered to stop the assault and form a formation in the vans.

When Zhang Guodong heard the order, he immediately asked the more than 200 chariots of the baggage battalion to form a chariot formation on all sides and surround the rest of the battalions in the camp.

Lao Hui led the battalion to kill, but unexpectedly, the officers and troops quickly changed their formations and formed a car city.

"Fire!" Zhang Guodong looked at the bandit cavalry he had killed and ordered loudly.

The horn of the attack sounded, the flag danced, and the dozens of vans on the front of the enemy rang cannon roared one by one, and the musketeers standing on the van also buckled the slam machine in unison.

Bursts of cannons and lead bullets were fanned out, and countless lead shots were also fired.

The cavalry who had returned from the old time suddenly turned on their backs and fell countless times.

Lao Huihui hurriedly gave an order, so that his cavalry was divided into two parts, and walked towards the two wings with the intention of attacking Liu Jun from the side, but they went around in half a circle, and as soon as they approached the range of artillery fire on both sides of the car formation, before they could release the arrows, the cannon of the nine-headed bird rang out endlessly, and in the loud rumbling sound, another piece fell.

Ma Huihui and his men kept circling around the camp, but like a dog biting a hedgehog, they had no way to speak, and every time they approached the range of the artillery, the artillery of the officers and soldiers immediately roared, knocking them down.

He Yilong gathered a group of soldiers and horses, and immediately saw Lao Huihui's suicidal impact on the nine-headed bird's car formation, and the nine-headed bird's car formation was as steady as a rock. He let out a long sigh and shouted, "Go! Then he rushed out to the east without looking back.

When the catastrophe comes, they fly separately.

After Lao Huihui's camp lost hundreds of men and horses, the most ferocious bandits could not stand it, and they no longer obeyed Lao Huihui's orders and began to flee separately.

He Yilong's escape, coupled with the collapse of the old Hui Hui camp, eventually led to the entire battlefield, there were no more bandits to resist, and they rushed to escape.

At this time, the cavalry led by Feng Sheng had already rushed all the way, killing one team after another of soldiers and horses, and finally joined Liu Jun.

"Feng Sheng, take your cavalry and stop He Yilong!" Liu Jun gave an order to Feng Sheng, who arrived.

"Yes!" Feng Sheng replied loudly, then turned his horse's head and chased east with the cavalry battalion.

Liu Jun let the car formation open, and the battalions quickly divided the battlefield.

So far, the battle has evolved into a game of captivity, with 20,000 nine-headed bird warriors intercepting and capturing 60,000 or 70,000 bandits on the battlefield.

Although the number of bandits was several times that of the nine-headed bird, at this time, they had no fighting spirit and only fled in all directions. A team of twelve-man Nine-Headed Bird can sometimes capture hundreds of thieves.

In particular, when the officers and men of the Nine-headed Bird shouted the slogan of abandoning their weapons and not killing, more and more bandits threw away their weapons, honestly squatted on the ground, and surrendered with their heads in their hands.

Groups of prisoners were escorted back. Then, under the supervision of the nine-headed bird, a temporary barracks were set up to set up a camp for their captives.

He Yilong did not flee far, he was caught up by Feng Sheng, his soldiers and horses were rushed and crushed, and He Yilong was finally surrounded and surrendered. Lao Hui Ma Shouying fled with the remnants, but was also caught up by Liu Jun's personal cavalry, he would rather die than surrender, and was finally shot to death. The corpse was brought back.

He Jin, the king of Zuojin, and Lin Yangyang, the king of the troubled times, were both captured.

By dusk, the battle was almost over, and only the cavalry battalion was still hunting for the fleeing bandits.

"What's the name of the river?" Liu Jun looked at the river full of corpses in the sunset.

"Ye River."

"Scoop up all the corpses, dig a pit and bury them." Liu Jun commanded.

Just between Huoshan and the three counties of Shucheng and Tongcheng, on the edge of the Ye River, more than 50 miles away from Luzhen Pass, the nine-headed bird intercepted and annihilated the tens of thousands of bandits who tried to break through with the strength of a single army.

A makeshift camp of prisoners has taken shape, and tens of thousands of prisoners are being held.

"Liu Xiyao's body was also found." Chang Sheng reported to Liu Jun.

"None of the five thieves on the left side of the game have missed the net, which is very good." Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, and the old man returned to Ma Shouying who refused to surrender and was killed. Liu Xiyao died directly in the battle formation, plus the captured He Jin, He Yilong, and Lin Yangyang, and the leaders of the fifth battalion of the Revolution were captured.

"Push He Yilong, He Jin, and Lin Yang out and behead them, and show them to the public in the captive camp at the first level!"

"Kill now?"

"Kill now!" Liu Jun has always been unkind to those bandits. After He Yilong and other bandit leaders surrendered or were captured, they also took the initiative to ask to serve the nine-headed bird. But Liu Jun was not moved by such a proposal, and he was not other officers and generals, such as He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu. The bandit leaders who were willing to surrender were very receptive. In the ranks of those generals, there were a large number of former bandit leaders and bandit soldiers.

They accepted these people and even asked for official positions for them.

Liu Jun looked down on these bandits. He is even more reluctant to let these bandits into his ranks.

He didn't want to give these people a chance, so he directly cut off the head of the bandit leader, which was his Liu Jun's merit.

"Immediately report to Fengyang and Luzhenguan, and tell them that we have pacified the bandits!"

The leader of the five thieves was cut down and hung above the gate of the prisoner camp for public display. The messenger rode out of the camp and reported the news on both sides.

Luzhenguan, Lu Jiude was playing with a jade pendant, very happy. Suddenly alarmed by a rush of footsteps, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, it was the Marquis of Zhennan who sent someone to report the victory."

"Victory? What's the success? ”

"Just today, the Marquis of Zhennan led the Chu army on the edge of the Yehe River between Huoshan and Shucheng, defeated the five battalions of the left, annihilated tens of thousands of thieves, and beheaded the five thieves on the left!"

When Lu Jiude heard the news, not only was he not happy at all, but his face was flushed, and he shouted angrily, "Who let Liu Jun do it, the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left has already asked our family to surrender, why does Liu Jun want to do this?" ”

He slapped the table angrily, "Liu Jun is robbing merit, this is killing and surrendering, our family, our family wants to impeach him." ”

Hefei.

Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng led their troops all the way south, and they had already stationed in Hefei and were preparing to march to Huoshan when they suddenly received a report from their own soldiers.

"Zhennan Hou is a good success!"

"Captured and beheaded the five thieves on the left, beheaded more than 3,700 people, and captured more than 63,000 bandits. More than 300 bandit leaders below the five thieves on the left were captured. ”

After reading this good news, Mei Zhihuan couldn't help but slap his palm on the table, "Well done!" ”

After Li Changgeng saw it, he also stroked his beard and smiled, "The use of soldiers is getting more and more powerful." In just one battle, tens of thousands of bandits were wiped out. But why did these bandits suddenly run out of the Yinghuo Mountains and run to the plains near Shucheng to die? Rather, it has fulfilled the merits of the succession. ”

"The thief knew that he couldn't bear the encirclement and suppression this time, so he wanted to break through and escape, but he was still bitten by Jiye." Mei Zhihuan felt a big sigh of relief, if the thieves retreated into the mountains and did not come out, then it would be a hard battle to enter the mountains and clear them. Now it's good, the battle has been won, and the bandits have been pacified.

Li Changgeng frowned, "I always feel that something is not quite right about this matter, this bandit broke through to the east, it should be Shi Kefa's soldiers and horses who knew it first, and they should intercept it, how could it be that Jiye in the southwest intercepted the combined attack?" ”

Mei Zhihuan banged on the table, "Speaking of this, I'm still a little angry, who gave Shi Kefa their permission, and actually divided the troops into two ways." ”

"Now that the bandits have been eliminated, there is no need to mention this matter again."

While the two were talking, someone came outside to report that it was Lu Jiude, the director of Fengyang, who had sent someone to deliver a letter.

Mei Zhihuan asked people to send the letter, opened it and browsed it, and after reading it, his face was gloomy, and he handed the letter to Li Changgeng, "Look at it, Lu Jiude sent a letter, saying that he had surrendered the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, but Liu Jun took advantage of the fact that the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo went out of the mountain to surrender, raided the unsuspecting Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, killed the five people of Gezuo, and also killed and surrendered on a large scale. ”

"I don't believe Lu Jiude's words, Liu Jun is definitely not that kind of person."

Li Changgeng nodded, "I also believe that Jiye is not that kind of person, let's go to Shucheng immediately and investigate this matter in person." ”

"Well, we must not allow anyone to smear Jiye like this, and we must not allow some people to want to erase the achievements of the soldiers in suppressing bandits."

In the Yehe camp, Liu Jun also received a secret report, saying that Lu Jiude sent letters to Governor Mei, Governor Li and Jingshi, complaining that he had killed and surrendered for meritorious service. Hearing the news, Liu Jun couldn't help but chuckle, there are really all kinds of people. But since Lu Jiude wants to stir up trouble, then he will play with him.

"Say that I am robbing merit and surrendering, you have no evidence, but you accepted heavy bribes from the bandits, withdrew the officials and troops in the east, and made the bandits almost break through, but I have real evidence for this, I want to hear it, how do you explain it then!" Liu Jun sneered. (To be continued......)

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