Under the steep cliff, Wu Hanchao led about 500 strong men who were good at climbing and mountaineering, each of whom stood there with steel knives on their backs, and the ropes collected from nearby towns were piled up more than one person high.

At this time, the twilight is blank, and the last rays of sunlight are about to disperse. On the surging waves, the half-round red said seemed to rise and fall. Five or six feet above his head, there was a clump of branches, and because the sun was gone, the branches and leaves had turned dark green. There are still a few mountain flowers sticking out of the leaves, and it is a little dizzying to look at the cliffs and cliffs.

Wu Hanchao was dressed in a tight and soft body, with a long sword tied behind his back, a rope tied around his waist, and a treasure hook for use. Song Xiaoai knew that Wu Hanchao had an extraordinary artistic career, and she desperately hoped that he would make some military achievements, so she agreed with his sneak attack plan, but when she saw the steep cliff at this time, she couldn't help but be timid.

Song Xiaoai pulled Wu Hanchao's sleeves and said worriedly: "General Wu, this cliff is too steep, didn't General Meng send someone to the county seat to transfer artillery, why don't you wait for the artillery to be transported to forcibly attack the mountain, I'm afraid."

Wu Hanchao and Song Xiaoai learned formations, and when they went to the army, they felt that although this beautiful little girl had a somewhat pampered temper, she was different from the cheerful and generous girl in the Central Plains, but she was very charming, and she also had a good impression of her in her heart.

Now hearing that this female general soldier is worried about his own safety, Wu Hanchao can't help but be arrogant, he laughed loudly: "Lord Song don't worry, Wu doesn't dare to say that climbing the cliff is like walking on the ground, but with the help of this treasure hook, there is no danger in climbing this mountain."

Although his own warriors are also strong, who has the heroic spirit of Wu Hanchao? God is pitiful, who of those strong men dare to be arrogant in front of the female head?

Looking at his handsome face, Song Xiao was happy and loving in love, and she suddenly burst out of her mouth and said, "Lord Song, send your lord, where are you sending me?" It sounds awkward, I am the head of Nandan Prefecture, this chief military officer is temporary, you are the officer who leads the imperial court, don't be so polite anymore, you call me a little hobby."

"Gah?" Wu Hanchao's laughter suddenly froze, and he looked at the five hundred strong men with a little weakness.

Song Xiaoai realized that she was a little forgetful, and actually asked Wu Hanchao to call her own name in front of a group of subordinates, she glared left and right arrogantly, and shouted: "What do you see? Get out of here! No one is allowed to come! ”

The status of the Zhuang family in front of the head is much lower than that of the Han people in front of the officials, they are almost in the status of semi-slaves, and the head man can decide their life and death at any time.

Wu Hanchao said with a smile: "Little love girl".

Song Xiaoai immediately put on a smile, her eyes narrowed into a crooked first quarter moon, and she said sweetly, "General Wu, is there something wrong?" ”

Wu Hanchao raised a finger and pointed at the cliff, and sneered: "I'm going to climb the rock, if you don't let them come, how can I take them up?" ”

"Oh, hehe", Song Xiaoai laughed dryly, turned around and crossed his waist and scolded the wolf soldiers who fled far away: "Get back for me, climb the mountain immediately!" ”

With the help of the Baibao hook, Wu Hanchao climbed his hands and feet, and every time he passed through the thick and short trunks that grew in the rock crevices, he lifted the rope up, leaving the part that hung down to the ground, and then tied a knot on it, which could fix the rope and make it easy to climb, and second, it would also have an extra guarantee.

The people below raised their faces and watched Wu Hanchao climb on the steep and straight mossy cliff, the gravel kept sliding down, and their hearts were sweating. The sun finally disappeared completely, and the cliff on the backlit side suddenly dimmed, and even Wu Hanchao's figure could not be seen clearly in the distance, Song Xiaoai couldn't help but close her eyes, put her hands together and prayed silently.

Zhuang people are polytheistic, Buddhism, Taoism, witchcraft, ancestral gods and the gods of nature, so many gods they are not afraid of any conflict, now Wu Hanchao is climbing the mountain, Song Xiaoai prayed for the mountain god.

After a long time, a little starlight suddenly fell on the mountain, and someone picked it up and hurriedly ran to Song Xiaoai's side and said: "Touren, General Wu passed down the Xun number, and you can climb the mountain."

Song Xiaoai opened her eyes and saw that it was a fire fold with a belt that had reduced the fall momentum, and the fire had been extinguished after that fall, she grabbed the fire fold and looked at it carefully, confirming that it was a sign agreed with Wu Hanchao, so she waved her hand excitedly and said: "Climb the mountain immediately." ”

The wolf soldiers put long knives on their backs and began to climb along the cliff one by one, the cables used in this sea are extremely strong, but for the sake of insurance, Song Xiaoai still climbed the mountain in groups of seven.

The night was like ink, only the sound of the tide rising and falling was in my ears, and the wind was a little cold.

The people under the cliff didn't dare to light the torches, a team of wolf soldiers quietly climbed to the cliff, Song Xiaoai stood in the shadow and watched, she moved her arms, and realized that the belt she was holding in her hand was Wu Hanchao's personal thing, and a strange feeling suddenly appeared in her heart.

Most of the love tokens that the Zhuang family gave to their sweethearts were clothing and clothing, especially the most sincere ones, although she knew that Wu Hanchao did not hint at it, but when she thought of the rules in her own clan, she still couldn't help but feel a little intrigued.

Gently untied the fire fold on the waist scarf, and looked around to see that no one was paying attention, she hurriedly took the waist scarf into her arms, and when all this was done, she felt her heart "thump" and jump, and with the tidal wave, it was like beating a war drum.

"Hurry up, hurry up, take a hand, push up!"

"My lord, Lord Meng, the artillery has arrived!"

A group of people escorted two cannons borrowed from the county seat Huang Garrison to the bottom of the mountain.

Meng Sihai was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly rushed over and said: "Hurry up, put the gun mount up, get ready, as soon as there is movement on the mountain, shoot two cannons on your back, bel!" Don't lift a torch, the fuck report to the Wakos? The Japanese built a few stone walls on it, and when they attacked the mountain and pushed it down, it was not easy for him to deal with it, so they flattened him first."

The crescent moon hung high, and a scream of killing suddenly came from the top of the mountain, faintly heard under the mountain in the night, and at the same time saw the torches of the Japanese in the middle of the mountain began to move towards the top of the mountain, Meng Sihai was in high spirits and shouted: "Xiao Wu has succeeded, fire the cannon!" ”

"Boom! Rumble! Two cannon shots rang out, and the stone wall in the middle of the mountain was shattered by shells, and stone fragments exploded everywhere, and suddenly there was a scream. As soon as the cannon sounded, the Ming army found a hidden place to hide, and as soon as the rumbling boulder rolled past him, the Ming army and the wolf soldiers rushed to the mountain with a wild shout.

The melee began, and the Japanese did not know how many Ming troops came from the top of the mountain, and in a panic, it was difficult to take advantage of the terrain to organize an effective counterattack, so they let the Ming army attack and start a white-knuckle battle. The wolf soldiers have a kind of natural ability for night battles and mountain battles, especially the Japanese champions, who are distracted, and let them slaughter.

These Shandong soldiers won a great victory in the first battle against the Japanese Invaders, and they did not think much of the combat power of the legendary Japanese Invaders, and this bloody battle, coupled with the psychological threat from the Ming army on the top of the mountain, made the Japanese retreat step by step.

The Ming army under the mountain was endless, and the Japanese found that the number of Ming troops captured from the top of the mountain was much smaller, so they began to abandon the defense under the mountain, and under the leadership of Donghua Shikanosuke, they rushed to the top of the mountain with all their might, and retreated all the way to the top of the mountain.

Wu Hanchao's purpose was only to sneak attack from behind and destroy the advantage of the Japanese invaders defending according to the danger, seeing that the Japanese and the Ming army were retreating to the top of the mountain, he did not prevent the wolf soldiers from intercepting with all their might, but let go of a road, and then attacked the mountain along the large group of men and horses.

On the entire hillside, flesh and blood flew everywhere, corpses were everywhere, both sides were red-eyed, and the battle was extremely tragic. Armed with spears and crossbows, wolf soldiers alternately charged and slashed, leaping like apes on steep and unstable slopes filled with movable gravel.

The Japanese were completely defeated, and no one could organize an effective resistance from physique to will, but in this case, the Ming army of seven people and ten people and one army gave full play to the characteristics of the squads fighting separately, and although in the night and on the hillside, they were still able to give full play to the role of cooperating with the battle. Caught in a dying struggle, the Japanese have no rules, only know how to blindly wave the knife at the enemy in front of them, and ignore the attacks on the flanks and rear, one by one the crazy Japanese are easily pierced, cut off, and smashed by the Ming army, which is much weaker than him, and the Donghua Lunosuke retreats to the top of the mountain with the remaining more than 300 Japanese invaders, Wu Hanchao and others climb the highest part of the mountain is narrow and steep, unable to stand too many people, they retreat to the left side, this cliff is unobstructed, The edge of the cliff is covered with vines and grasses, and the bottom of the cliff is a large reef.

Looking back at the sea, it was dark and heavy under the bleak moonlight, and the Japanese were surrounded by the Ming army.

Donghua Shikanosuke knew that they had no way to escape, their hands were stained with too much blood, and too many women and children had been mutilated, how could the Ming army let them go?

Toka Kanosuke looked back at the dark sea greedily, there was his old father, his beloved wife, and his two lovely daughters and a young son on the island, what would happen to them? Whether they starved to death on the island, or became slaves of other robbers, to be driven, enslaved, and humiliated.

Will your wife, daughter, and son be the target of a beastly pirate, just as you have done to others?

He brandished his twin knives and howled fiercely, telling his subordinates in intermittent Japanese language: The Ming army will never let them go, and the whole army will fight to the death.

This shot was thrown by Wu Hanchao, and then Meng Sihai's voice roared in the night: "Bow and arrow, throw a gun, shoot him a little maid!" ”

Bows and arrows and throwing spears were projected at the dense crowd, and the frightened Japanese invaders crowded hard, letting the rain of arrows and throwing spears pour on them, but they only hoped that others could rush up and resist the rain of arrows and guns for him, and none of them dared to rush up and make a final fight with the Ming army.

As they retreated, there were people screaming and falling down on the weeds and vines that jutted out of the cliff. A few of the small leaders who tried to command the Japanese were saddened to find that their own team, which had been united by murder and robbery, and had once been invincible and had caused the Ming army to flee, had shown the same cowardice in the face of death.

None of the Ming troops rushed over, but they kept firing sharp arrows and throwing guns, and the frantically crowded back pirates squeezed their partners who kept their senses and refused to retreat off the cliff one by one, and only one-third of the more than 300 pirates were shot to death, and more than 200 pirates were squeezed off the cliff by their partners and fell to death.

Jiro Tojo is the deputy of Toka Shikanosuke, his chest and abdomen are pierced by sharp reefs, his body hangs upside down on the reef, and his lower body is immersed in water, and he is gnawed by fish and crabs. When he was found, his godless eyes were still wide open, staring at the cliff.

There was no fear or anger in his eyes, only a deep sadness, that kind of sad look, just like a centurion of the Ming army who had his head cut off with a knife.

That brave warrior of the Ming army once wanted to fight him to the death, but when he saw that his own soldier would rather be cut off from the back than have the courage to stop and turn back to fight, his eyes were exactly the same as his current gaze.

The Sichuan army was a moment later than the Lu army and the wolf soldiers, when they were stationed at the foot of the Jizi Peak, they ate some mountain fruits and bought sea fish, and as a result, many officers and soldiers were upset, and after tossing for a long time, they heard that the other two armies had gone straight to the seaside, Jiang Zhou was in a hurry, if the Lu army robbed the first credit, wouldn't it be a loss of face for the Sichuan army?

He hurriedly left one hundred and ten sick officers and soldiers to raise troops in the town, and he led other officers and soldiers to hurry over, Jiang Zhou rushed to Dayingdai, and was running into the Japanese soldiers who fled from Donghua Lunosuke on the other road. Jiang Zhou was overjoyed, and immediately commanded the soldiers to charge, and the remnants of the Japanese were still palpitating, and suddenly encountered a group of Ming soldiers who were scolding the "turtle son", and they resisted for a while, and then fled to the sea.

They retreated into the seaside town, grabbed two small boats, and hastily built a raft with beds, doors, tables, and chairs, and even fluttered and swam across the sea, and retreated to an island more than a mile from the shore.

Jiang Zhou couldn't look for a boat everywhere, and saw the Japanese cutting down trees on the island from a distance, as if he wanted to make a stronger raft, using many nearby islands, there were always islands every few miles to escape from the terrain, and he couldn't help but be anxious, but his soldiers were not good at water, if he set up some rafts and swam into the sea, I am afraid that those stragglers would be annihilated by the Japanese before they rushed to the island, even if they wanted to grab merit, they couldn't take such a risk, only the troops stationed on the seashore looked at the ocean and sighed.

On the second watch day, the officers and soldiers came to report that the tide had receded, and the land had been exposed between the land and the island, Jiang Zhou was overjoyed when he heard this, he rushed to the beach to take a look, only to find that although the tide had receded, but the ground between the island and the island was full of silt, and the soldiers had difficulty trekking, so they tried to send a few soldiers down to try, and they couldn't move in the mud after walking far away.

On the opposite island, it was also found that the number of torches on the seashore increased, and some preparations were made in a hurry, and seeing that the Ming army had not moved, it was found that it was because the tide receded and the ground was full of silt, which was more difficult than building a bamboo raft to attack.

Sichuan Bing's side tossed until the third watch, Jiang Zhou was deflated, he looked at the island and spat angrily: "Damn, they are cheap, and the credit in hand is flying!" Let's go back to the town, have the people sent to find the sailor and General Meng and General Song come back? ”

Qiao Zi'an said: "My lord, the people looking for the water division have not come back yet, but the people who went to General Meng to inquire about the news have returned, and General Meng said that the Japanese invaders they surrounded have gone up the mountain, and the wolf soldiers have climbed up from the cliff behind the mountain, and they have quietly transported troops to the top of the mountain, and they will definitely take down the Japanese invaders tonight!" ”

Jiang Zhou sneered: "Don't me sloppy, the surname Meng will say so politely?" I'm afraid you're showing it off with me, right? Hey! He was trapped in the mountains, and there were wolf soldiers climbing the cliffs to take credit for him, and Lao Tzu watched the island so close, but he could only watch the turtle sons build rafts. Alas, luck is not as good as people, this time he has to show off! ”

An officer and soldier next to him hesitated: "My lord, the small one has an idea, and I just want to talk to the adult, but the small one doesn't know if it can be done, and the big one uses soldiers, and the small one doesn't dare to mix blindly."

When Jiang Zhou heard this, he ran over with a "whew", grabbed the little soldier's shoulder, raised his hand and gave a loud big mouth first, and scolded: "Turtle son, don't you have an idea earlier?" What method do you take out first, it's not your fault, if you can, Lao Tzu Ma will rise and you will be a hundred households! ”

The little soldier suffered five hundred on his face, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and when he heard that he was going to be promoted to a hundred households, he mustered up his courage and said in a snort: "Big man, there are often quagmire swamps in the small hometown, and the little one knows some methods, but he doesn't know whether it can be used for war."

You see a lot of firewood stacks in the town just now, we have six or seven thousand people, one person holds a bundle, and we will not sink into the mud while throwing grass forward.

Jiang Zhou was disappointed when he heard this, and scolded: "Bastard! Can you put some grass on top of the silt to bear these hundred or ten catties? If we can't beat these Japanese soldiers, we can find another way to get angry, if we lose the battle, wouldn't it make those Shandong soldiers laugh even more? ”

The little soldier timidly shrunk his neck and argued eatingly: "My lord, don't you underestimate those light, soft grass stalks and firewood, those things are thrown on the muddy ground, and people are stunned when they step on them, how dare the little one lie to you?" ”

Jiang Zhouhu glared at him suspiciously for a while, turned his head and said: "Go, all the soldiers go back to carry firewood, if it is not enough, bring all the nearby villages, and call Dizheng and Baojia to find some people to help."

Thousands of troops were like ants moving, and the stacks of firewood were moved to the shore in bundles, and Jiang Zhou first laid a section for the officers and soldiers to try, and they could afford to walk on the officers and soldiers, but the speed was more affected than on land.

Jiang Zhou was overjoyed, so that a small group of officers and soldiers held torches to walk back and forth on the coast to confuse the Japanese invaders, the officers and soldiers of the brigade extinguished the torches, ordered the archers and shields to be in front, and the spearmen and swords were uneven, laying firewood and grass all the way, and quietly touched the island

(To be continued)