Duduzhai mountain is majestic, the rock wall is steep, the shade of the trees is shaded, the thorns are thick, after a few days of heavy rain washing, the original sheep intestine path is unrecognizable, the land under the grass and the shade of the trees is still very muddy, the boots are full of sludge when the line is not long, it seems to weigh dozens of catties, it makes people struggling.

The officials and people of the nearby counties were all requisitioned and surrounded by all sides, opening up a fire isolation belt. Dalongtan, Liangcangkou, Guanyinling, Dashipan are the east defense line, the west is isolated by Jianwu Xiaoemei, the southwest is the Luoyan River, the natural barrier, the north side is the steep mountain road leading to the Jiusi Mountain Dazhai, the cliffs and canyons are continuous along the way, and there is Song Xiaoai's army stationed in the middle of the dangerous place, and there is no need to send someone to guard.

The front team of officers and men no longer held large shields to guard against the pits and traps under their feet, crossbow arrows and stones in the bushes, and rolling logs and stones on the cliffs overhead, and the forward troops carried flammable dry grass and firewood when they entered the mountains, and when they reached the dense jungle, they set fires, and the soldiers behind cleared their own sides, and the fire spread deep into the mountains with billowing smoke.

Not only did the fire destroy all the pit mechanisms in the forest, but before the fire arrived, the smoke drove the bandits out, and they fled from the forest with the panicked beasts, fleeing deeper into the forest. The officers and men pursued slowly and slowly, extinguishing the embers all the way, and marched forward to the camp step by step, the fire baked the muddy ground hard, and the road was no slower than walking in the jungle.

Even if the barbarians who had lost the danger of fighting were guarding a place where there was no vegetation to burn, it would be difficult for them to cope with the offensive of the officers and men, not to mention that the thick smoke had already made their eyes red and swollen like peaches, and it was difficult for them to see clearly, so it was difficult to form an effective blockade.

The officers and men first set fire to Dongbu Dam and Hongyan, and then continued to attack in depth. Ah Hei hurriedly organized the soldiers to form a second line of defense, and tried to clear the combustible grass and trees against the choking smoke, in case the fire was triggered, and the heavy troops were deployed in front to resist the enemy. At this time, there were also fireworks on the left and right sides, and the officers and soldiers on both sides also launched an offensive.

Ah Hei was shocked, and hurriedly called Ah Gui and Ah Wa to lead the people and horses of the village to meet the dangerous peaks on the left and right. The officers and men used fire as their soldiers and marched with the fire, and the battle between the two sides was still tragic in the smoke of the fire, but the barbarians who had lost the cover of the dense forest and grass were like loaches that had fallen into the ashes, and the officers and men who no longer had any scruples about the hidden weapon traps that appeared at any time up and down the left and right sides became more and more courageous, and although the battle was slow, they were advancing step by step and resolutely in depth.

On the afternoon of the second day, Yang Ling and Jiao Gui led 3,600 people, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the barbarians was busy resisting the enemy head-on and resisting left and right, and quietly pounced on Liu Lang, the capital of Wudu, lying on a boulder with four walls like sharpening and a flat top, with his head resting on his arms, looking at the clear blue sky stupidly, and a trace of cloud-like smoke faintly drifted in the sky, with some mush.

This Lord Qincha is powerful enough, I heard that in the past, the barbarians were in turmoil, and few officers and soldiers could fight here, and there were several extremely dangerous places in Yuwang Mountain, Tongluo Ridge, and Lingxiao City, and any of them could stop the officers and soldiers for ten years, no wonder the barbarians did not take the court in their eyes at all. This time, it is all flat, and there is only one place left in front of Jiusi Mountain, and the Ming army is attacking again, and I am afraid that Dudu Zhai will not be able to defend it for a few days.

Fortunately, after listening to Ji Laosi's words, he got on the line with the imperial court, otherwise Lao Tzu would have to accompany these barbarians to be buried here. Liu Lang spit out the grass stalk in his mouth, got up and looked into the distance:

Lao Tzu went back, it was a garrison, a dignified garrison officer, bigger than the beast seedling hundred households who took my land and killed my father, I heard that the baby and his mother have not remarried, for fear that my son will be bullied by the children in the guard, moved to the countryside. Good woman, I haven't enjoyed a day of happiness with me.

But I never dared to inquire about the whereabouts of her mother, the government is looking for me, and the ghost woman is also keeping an eye on it. This time, Lao Tzu is also a big official, return to his hometown in fine clothes, go back to find her and his wife, and let the animals that bullied me take a look, hahaha."

Liu Lang thought of sitting in an official sedan chair, beating gongs and drums and returning to the guardhouse, and appearing in front of those who had bullied him in the past, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

"What the hell are you laughing at! Brother said that the officers and soldiers are very powerful this time, and they should be careful here, maybe someone will touch them", a woman suddenly snorted under the stone.

"Huh?" Liu Lang lowered his head, and saw a woman less than 1.5 meters tall, wearing a linen dress and a grass skirt, black and chubby, holding a snowy three-strand steel fork in her hand, with a wide face and a flat mouth, thin eyes and light eyebrows, like a toad essence painted on a painting.

Liu Lang jumped down from the stone and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of?" Just here, there are stones and water, it is impossible to climb, it is useless for officers and soldiers to set fires, I only sent ten people to throw stones from above, don't think that one person can climb up, hehe, Brother is gone? ”

He was more than two heads taller than the woman, who was his wife, Adam's sister Ao. She just sent Ah Xia, who was not at ease and came to visit Ah Xia.

"Well, Brother has returned to the village, the other villages are very dangerous, Brother sent two hundred warriors from the village to help in the battle, and the village is empty, so we must be careful in this level."

"Hey, hey, hey, our Toad Ridge, it's enough to send thirty people to keep it through the wind and rain, not to mention more than one hundred and sixty people", Liu Lang pointed to the bottom of the mountain, the bottom of the mountain is a craggy stone, and the green in the middle of the depression is a pool of clear spring mountains, which are connected with each other through the depression, until they converge into a clear stream farther away.

"See, there is not a single tree within two miles, and if the officers and soldiers want to take the lead, they can find it from a distance, what is there to be afraid of? You go to the bar and drink some wine, the old wine that Ji Laosi just sent two days ago, and the roe deer meat that has just been stewed, it's fragrant, I'll take a few people here to watch it."

He knew that Ah Ou was a drunkard, and as soon as he said this, Ah Ou was really salivating, and said with a smile: "Okay! The wine brought by Ji Laosi has always been good, and it is much more fragrant than our own wine." She shook the steel fork, turned around and walked a few steps, and when she reached the entrance of the cave, she suddenly turned around and said, "Hey, do you want to drink some?" ”

Liu Lang smiled dryly: "Hey, it's not dark yet, you drink first, I'll guard the mountain, and then drink at night."

Ah Ou's face turned red, and he actually glanced at him a little cowardly, and then he dodged into the hole.

Aouli is infinitely stronger, more courageous than a man, and not only does he drink a lot of alcohol, but once he gets drunk, he likes to have a good time with him, and after listening to his words and understanding what he means, he enters the cave with joy.

Liu Lang saw that she had entered the cave, and his face became gloomy: "Damn, there are 350,000 people in the poor mountains and mountains, and they dare to pull the flag to rebel and the government to do it openly, isn't this death?" It's not that Lao Tzu is ruthless, and if you mess around, you can only finish playing together. My wife, that is a virtuous and virtuous woman, who has the opportunity to change her evil and return to righteousness, and can also be an official, Lao Tzu does not agree, and the ancestral cards jump up angrily."

Thinking of the soft, weak, slender and pretty wife with crescent hair, Liu Lang suddenly felt a burst of heat in his abdomen, just like a young man waiting to enter the cave room, eager to fly back to Baoning's hometown immediately with wings.

He inadvertently looked into the distance, suddenly stunned for a moment, and then looked at it, the tallest tree in the forest that was erected in the distance was really different, Liu Lang's expression was tight, and he hurriedly climbed the stone again, and looked into the distance with a canopy in his hand, a man who was also wearing cloth clothes and dressed as Han hurriedly walked over and whispered: "Big brother, the tree has fallen, I'm afraid that the words have arrived."

This person is sturdy, honest and honest, called He Shi, originally an unemployed vagrant, unable to survive before fleeing into the mountains, purely to eat, to find a place to live, especially unwilling to go against the court, is one of Liu Lang's several henchmen.

Liu Lang jumped off the stone and said in a low voice: "It shouldn't be wrong, how about it?" Got medicine in the wine? ”

He Shi nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, big brother, it is the medicine prepared by Strange Beanzi himself, barbarians love to drink, he is in the cave and a few brothers persuade them to have fun, but the wine sent by Ji Laosi is a little less, there are only five altars in total, not enough to drink."

Liu Lang said with a smile: "They are not stupid, they are really all drunk, and they don't want to, the five altars are just right, just relieve the cravings, isn't it medicine?" Strange beans can't do anything else, the drug with it definitely works."

Strange beans are not young, in their early sixties, rickety, it turned out to be a big thief who opened a tavern in the barren mountains and wilderness to specialize in medicine and cut the money and surname of the people, and when he was older, he had to stop it, but once he saw a few businessmen with a lot of money, and he was greedy for a while, but those people were also well-informed, this guy exposed his hiding, and was wanted by the government, so he fled into the mountains. People say that the fallen leaves return to the roots, and now he is worried that the bones will be buried in his countryside after death, which has become his biggest heart disease, so he naturally hit it off with Liu Lang and decided to serve the imperial court.

The night is getting darker, the night in the mountains is especially fast, looking at the bottom of the mountain is already an ink, Liu Lang hurriedly returned to the cave to report safety, and then pretended to patrol again and walked out of the cave, and the strange bean followed out like a ghost.

Liu Lang whispered: "How's it going?" ”

Strange Beans said in a low voice: "No barbarian, male or female, there is no one who is not good at drinking, the wine sent by Ji Laosi is not enough, I also drugged the fruit wine brewed by the barbarians, and the barbarians guarding the mountain also persuaded them to drink a few glasses, and it is estimated that there will be half an hour later, and they will all have to sleep, and our people are ready."

"Hmm", there are a few night patrols standing nearby, all of them are Han people who are attracted by Liu Lang, and there are many barbarians who are cowardly and want to surrender, but after all, they are not of the same clan, Liu Lang can't rest assured, and he doesn't dare to reveal his plan to those people at all.

He took off the torch on the wall, drew three circles down the mountain, and waited for a long time before he saw a flash of light in the night, and then there was no trace of him, and if he had not kept staring at that position, he would have thought that he had been dazzled.

Liu Lang was relieved and said: "It's done, Houzhai has also allocated 200 people to support elsewhere today, and as soon as this place is taken, the officers and soldiers will be able to drive straight in."

Strange Beans whispered, "What about these barbarians? And your wife? ”

Liu Lang spat heavily, gritted his teeth and said: "The surname of the medicine will be tied up as soon as it happens, Lord Yan has promised not to kill the prisoners, and Lao Tzu can only do this, and he can't accompany these barbarians to death." Ou, if I didn't want to gain a foothold here, would I agree to marry her? This fucking is purely a Lalang match, if I didn't agree, her brother could cut out his heart, eat me, and tie me up together! Looking back, I want to keep his brother's life, and I can repay them for taking them in."

The three thousand six hundred carefully selected elite soldiers were still divided into two parts, six hundred in front, first entered the dense forest more than two miles away from Toad Ridge, and the other three thousand men and horses were waiting in the distance, seeing the torches on the top of the mountain turning three times, Yang Ling was very determined, and immediately waved his hand, and the guerrilla general Jiao Gui personally led three hundred temporary special forces with short clothes and small clothes, carrying a single knife, and with a sleeve arrow under his arm, he quietly set off towards Toad Ridge.

When they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, most of the barbarians on the mountain had already had a seizure, and the surname of the barbarians with good wine was incredibly strong, not to mention that it was originally ten bowls, and one or two bowls of wine were just to quench their thirst, so there was no one who didn't drink when they saw the wine, which also saved their lives, otherwise the barbarians guarding outside the cave, Liu Lang would definitely use assassination to get rid of them all.

This time it saved effort, Liu Lang led people to tie up all these sleeping barbarians and threw them into the cave, and then hurried to the entrance of the cave, threw more than a dozen floating ladders down the mountain, and then tore off two torches and threw them down the mountain.

Jiao Gui saw the signal, and sent more than ten henchmen to climb up, to see that the situation was really controlled, and then sent a signal to the mountain that only his own people knew, Jiao Gui relieved all the soldiers to climb the mountain, three hundred soldiers quietly climbed the Toad Ridge, Liu Lang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Jiao Gui smiled and gave him a reassuring pill to eat: "Liu Shoubei, today I said that you have made a miraculous feat and avoided countless casualties among the soldiers, and tell you that it is Lord Yang himself who led the troops to attack today, you have shown your face greatly, and you will take all five capitals in a while, as long as you make another meritorious service, with the appreciation of Lord Yang, your kid will have a bright future." ”

Liu Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly laughed: "Lord Yang is here in person?" Oh, my lord is in the battle formation, this is really, Lord Jiao can rest assured, he will do his best. ”

At that moment, Jiao Gui sent another signal to the bottom of the mountain, and Liu Lang took out some barbarian clothes to change into for the soldiers who climbed the mountain. An hour later, all the officers and men climbed the Toad Ridge, and the small Toad Ridge was already overcrowded and full of soldiers.

Ah Ou and the barbarians had already woken up, and when they saw that they were all tied up, and when they saw Liu Lang and a few Han people walking in and out with the officers and soldiers, they immediately understood what was going on, and couldn't help but scold.

At this time, Yang Ling also went up the mountain, Liu Lang heard that Qin had arrived, and he was afraid that he would hear the barbarian scolding, so he hurriedly asked people to block the mouths of those people, but just blocked the mouths of a few people, Yang Ling had already entered the cave, Jiao Gui and Liu Lang hurriedly went up, and only turned a deaf ear to the noisy scolding.

Fortunately, Yang Ling didn't know how to speak at all, he saw Liu Lang and rewarded him first, you must know that Liu Lang surrendered, but it was not just a matter of losing thousands of soldiers and horses, the fire in the mountains also caused great trouble to the Ming army, so that their further offensive after entering the mountain was delayed.

And Ahei's resolute felling and deforestation also caused great inconvenience to continue to attack the mountain with fire. At the same time, although Song Xiaoai is guarding between Jiusi City and Dudu Village, who knows if the barbarians have another secret way? If Liu Lang sticks to the five capitals and Jiusi City sends reinforcements again, the victory or defeat is still between the two, and maybe it will fall short, this person has really made a great contribution.

Liu Lang was personally rewarded by Lord Qincha, and he was overjoyed, and everyone discussed it, and decided to take the five capitals again. First of all, the toad ridge first moved out of the flammable things and set fire, the officers and soldiers shouted in all directions, making a fierce fight, after a while, the back mountain sent spies to inquire about the situation, as soon as the people appeared, they were subdued by the officers and soldiers, and then Liu Lang and a few cronies led dozens of officers and soldiers dressed as barbarians to the back village.

There is a narrow beam between the main peak of Toad Ridge and Wududu, between the mountain beams are stepped on by people who come and go, there are also barbarians guarding the mountain beams, if you attack hard here, you can also attack the past, but it is inevitable to waste time, and casualties are also indispensable.

Liu Lang led more than a dozen people to rush up the mountain beam, shouting loudly in brute language all the way. The barbarian on the opposite side asked about the situation in surprise, and when he heard that all the people he knew, he couldn't help but put down the bow and arrow in his hand and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Lang said as he ran: "Oh no, the officers and soldiers have built a ladder to ride the clouds, and they have used rockets to attack the mountain, we can't stop it, hurry up!" Adam must be notified immediately and reinforcements should be sent."

The leading barbarian jumped out of the shadows and exclaimed, "What? Is Toad Ridge lost? ”

Liu Lang said loudly: "Not yet, but the officers and soldiers are attacking too fiercely, just in case, you have to send reinforcements, you are Sangmu, right?" Ao is ahead."

As he spoke, he rushed in front of him, his hand raised and fell, and with a "poof", a good man's skull rolled away. The stunned barbarians didn't understand what was going on, and the officers and soldiers who followed closely followed were swords and arrows flying sideways, and only two barbarians had time to run back a few feet, and they were also killed on the spot by cold arrows.

This ridge is lost, and in front of it is the back gate of Wududu, and the officers and soldiers can drive straight in. Liu Lang took the initiative to ask for help, repeated the old tricks, fled into the village with a dozen people first, forced Adam with a knife, and shot the barbarians guarding him with a sleeve arrow.

When the officers and soldiers rushed to Sidudu Mountain, arrows rained down on the mountain, rolling logs and stones fell one after another, and some officers and soldiers were shot and killed. ”

The fire together, the mountain will not stand people, the barbarians have to drive down the mountain, in the canyon to block the officers and soldiers, this elite is led by Yang Ling personally, there is a Qin Cha to supervise the battle, there is a fierce general Jiao Gui in front of the command, Liu Lang led a group of barbarians dressed up, one arm tied with the mark of the officers and soldiers mixed in the warring sides and continue to sneak attack, make the barbarians dizzy, the officers and soldiers only pay a very small price, they attacked the main village of the four capitals.

The cottages are all built of wooden fences, how to prevent fire attacks? This is still a dangerous mountain road, the cannons of the officers and soldiers can not be transported, otherwise only two cannons, can open a smooth road, but the guard of the Sidu Mountain Ali knows what it means to be defeated, this person is fierce and vicious especially than Adam, he actually beheaded his wife and children, and then forced all the barbarians to defend the cottage, and the Ming army in the house, grass, wellhead, rolling room, hand-to-hand combat.

This is a real bloody battle, but more than 3,000 soldiers of the Ming army, all of them are more than 2,000 men, women and children in the village, although the barbarians hold the will to die in the bloody battle and do not retreat, the entire Sidu Mountain still gradually fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Yang Ling commanded the soldiers in the rear to carry the wounded soldiers, take care of the prisoners and surrender the people, Jiao Gui in front of him had already set fire to the addiction, all the way was to see the village burning, seeing the mountain burning the mountain, marching everywhere, a scorched earth. Ah Hei heard that the five capitals and the four capitals were lost, and saw that the fire was rising everywhere in the vast night, and the disparity in strength between each other was too great, so he gave up the four capital mountains, and ordered the three capitals and the two capitals to directly abandon the village, and even the women, children, old and children were also lost to the officers and soldiers, and concentrated all their combat strength to protect the main mountain of the capital, and at the same time sent people to copy the path to the Nine Silk City to ask for reinforcements.

This time, the officers and soldiers accelerated their attack, and in the early morning of the second day, the troops surrounded most of the capital.

In the early morning, there was no clear dew on the blades of grass, but a layer of dirty black ash floated on it. The wounded officers and soldiers, supported by some soldiers, were withdrawing from the battlefield, and the captured barbarians, women and children were also escorted out of the mountain. Shan Wai Yan Gaocai is responsible for the aftermath. Women, children, and children will be dispersed into villages in each prefecture and county, with no more than three or five households per village, and the local baojiali will be closely guarded to prevent them from converging together again and causing trouble.

In the mountains, it has entered a calm phase for the time being. Tens of thousands of troops gathered at the foot of most of the capitals, and the mountains were also quiet. The sky was already bright, but because of a few heavy rains, fog and confusion in the early morning, there was no one to see ten zhang away, it was not suitable to attack the mountain at this time, and the officers and troops also temporarily entered a rest.

Yang Ling was also a little tired after a night of resting and trekking, but these martial arts practices do not stop, especially the authentic Wudang internal skills, which have indescribable miraculous effects on resting and recuperating and strengthening the body, plus he did not fight in person, Yang Ling seems to be much more energetic than many soldiers.

Soldiers were arranged to guard them, and at the same time, most of the soldiers were camped on the spot to rest for a while, and when everything was done, Yang Ling and the generals who had gathered over climbed a small slope on the opposite side of Dadu Mountain. The fog still did not dissipate, most of them were about four or five hundred zhang high, and it was difficult to see the appearance in the clouds and mist, a general raised his hand anxiously to test the direction of the wind, and said: "My lord, look at this, I am afraid that it will rain again for a while, and when it rains heavily, the mountain flood will come, our army is under the mountain, and the enemy is on the mountain, if we take the opportunity to brave the rain to attack it, it will be very disadvantageous to our army." According to the general, we can't stop, we should go all out and attack the mountain immediately."

Li Ze also said: "If the war drags on for a long time, I'm afraid that the reinforcements of Jiusi City will arrive, and the most important thing is that there is a seal rake mountain, because after the capital village, in the mountains and mountains in front of Jiusi Mountain, we have not sent troops to encircle and suppress, they have a fork in the road leading to Jiusi City and Dudu Village, which is especially close to here, I am afraid that the reinforcements will arrive soon, I want to send at most 2,000 people, under normal circumstances, I am not afraid, but if it rains heavily, it is difficult to say."

Looking at the sky, Yang Ling also felt that it was going to rain heavily again, there were no meteorologists in this era, who would calculate today's weather a few days ago, but this kind of weather to attack the mountain is unimaginable, now the sky is full of fog, nothing can be seen, the barbarians can hurt people just by throwing stones from above, how can officers and soldiers fight?

The surrounding landforms, as well as the path between Yinhage Mountain and Dudu Village, Yang Ling was all in his heart, he closed his eyes and thought for a moment, and asked Li Sen, "How much grain did we bring?" ”

Li Sen said: "It's enough to eat a day and a half."

Yang Ling paced with his hands behind his back for a while, and asked, "Who understands the celestial phenomena and how long it can rain in this weather?" ”

The general who first proposed that the heavy rain was coming, arched his hand and said: "My lord, the last general knows a little, look at this weather, I'm afraid it will be another rainstorm, but the first two days have just had a heavy rain, and this rain seems to be very large, it won't rain too long, it will rain for a day, that is, the longest." ”

Yang Ling's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice: "After a heavy rain, a mountain flood broke out, and the barbarians who were far away in Jiusi City, the main road was guarded by General Song's soldiers, and they couldn't come." The only thing to worry about is to print and rake the village. At this time, if we attack the mountain, first of all, the casualties are incalculable, and the attack cannot be carried out for a long time, and when it rains heavily halfway, how can our army deal with itself? I am afraid that at that time the barbarians will take the opportunity to descend the mountain, and our army will be completely defeated, and in this treacherous terrain, once the army is defeated."

He suddenly stopped and said: "The use of troops should be a surprise victory, but the victory of our army is in sight, and it is not worth risking the defeat of the whole army at this time." The order was given to the three armies to immediately move to the high places around the capital, and surrounded it in groups, but did not fight, until the heavy rain had passed. Food should be saved, in case of continuous rain, it will not be easy to do, at least two to three days of food. ”

He thought for a while, and then said: "Yin Rake Mountain is in the deep mountains, I wanted to copy the capital village, and then deal with it when I entered the Jiusi Mountain, if it sent reinforcements to the door itself, it would be the best." Li Ze, you lead your troops to withdraw from Dudu Village, and immediately rush to the Boat Ship, if the barbarians of the Rake Village want to come to help, that is the only way."

Yang Ling summoned Li Ze, drew the terrain on the ground, and arranged it in detail, Li Ze led the order, and under Yang Ling's order, the army began to march to the heights, occupying the dangerous slopes of Dadu Mountain. Half a day later, the torrential rain poured, dense as a curtain, the raindrops were so big and urgent, the skin hurt when they hit the hands, and if a person stood in the rain, his eyes were simply difficult to see.

Seeing this Tianwei, all the officers and soldiers and generals couldn't help but change color in shock, if they took the risk of attacking the mountain in the morning, they couldn't take most of the capital within half a day, and this burst of rain was afraid that it would do the barbarians a great favor, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers would all be buried here.

The rain was a little lighter at dusk, but with the sound of cows roaring, the torrents roared and collided at the foot of the mountain, and the torrent was muddy, mixed with gravel and fallen logs, struggling and pouring into the distance.

In such a situation, no one wants to start a war, and there is no need to worry that the barbarians on the mountain will go down the mountain to sneak attack, and the Ming army, which has been attacking the mountain for two or three days in a row, fell asleep, but had a good night's rest.

When Li Ze's army had just driven out of the mountain, the heavy rain happened to be pouring down, and seeing this scene, Li Ze couldn't help but secretly praise Yang Ling for taking the lead. He is not sure whether the barbarians of Yin Rake Mountain will rush to support, but if the barbarians really come and set up an ambush to eliminate this main force, one can reduce the danger on the side of Dudu Village, and this new force is destroyed, Yin Rake Village is in the bag, there is no need to fight at all, and it is collected by the way when he goes to Jiusi Mountain, so Li Ze does not dare to delay the fighter.

He only ordered his army to be stationed on the spot, and after avoiding the heaviest torrential rain, he drove out in the rain and forced his way, and finally arrived at the ferry in the evening.

The boat ferry is not very dangerous, because there are many huge rocks in the water, which have been washed smooth and oval for thousands of years, and when the water is shallow, the water surface is exposed, dark and slippery, and from a distance, it looks like a small boat, so it is called the boat ferry.

I don't know how many years it has been called a ferry, but with the repeated diversion of flash floods, the water here has become much shallower, and it can no longer be called a ferry. When Li Ze arrived with his troops, the boat ferry was a different situation, the sound of the water was like thunder, the water surface was more than three feet higher than usual, and the speed of the water was amazing.

Li Ze knew that such a mountain flood was unpredictable, it came and went quickly, maybe in the middle of the night, the water would suddenly drop, or in the middle of the night, the water would suddenly rise sharply, in order to avoid the water flooding the golden mountain, he camped up on the high place behind the forest, arranged a heavy guard by the river, and personally rushed to visit.

The next morning, the sun rose high, the red sun hung high in the sky, the rain had stopped in the middle of the night, and after the flood in the middle of the night, the water flowing under the mountain was not deep, and it was suitable for both arson and murder.

In Yang Ling's tent, all the generals were gathered early, and they were sitting there waiting for the adults to give orders.

Yang Ling, dressed in a white arrow-sleeved light robe, walked in from outside the tent. In this military force, everyone is solemn, and it becomes more and more obvious that he has red lips and white teeth, and his demeanor is elegant.

Yang Ling put his sword into the sheath, handed it to the guards, took the towel and wiped the sweat on his face, and smiled at the generals: "You have been waiting for a long time, everyone is just dining together, don't be so serious."

Yang Ling sat on the main seat with a smile, and said with a long breath: "No wonder people who practice qi often find people to live in the inaccessible deep mountains and old forests, practice martial arts here, and get the aura of heaven and earth, which can cleanse the distractions in the heart.

Li Sen said with a smile: "My lord, the whole army is ready to fight, when will we attack the mountain?" ”

Yang Ling smiled: "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, what is the hurry?" The day is in accordance with the wishes of the people, the heavy rain has stopped, and there is only one Dadu Mountain left in front of us. If you want to attack the nine silks, there are three major obstacles, the south is Jinji Ridge, and the official has ordered the Yunnan and Guizhou armies to strictly defend it, blocking its escape route. There is Lingxiao Mountain on the right, which is now the place of the imperial court. The left is the capital of the village, you don't need to say half a day to be able to get it, Jiusi City is at your fingertips, what are you worried about? ”

Li Sen said in surprise: "At your fingertips? My lord, you can't be careless, after the rainstorm, the mountain road is muddy and slippery, the big trees on the mountain that have been cut down by the barbarians are gone, the low bushes and grass are wet and difficult to ignite, the barbarian army is guarding according to the danger, according to the humble duty, even regardless of casualties, go all out to attack, and it is impossible to take it even if it is not two."

Yang Ling laughed loudly, and said happily: "My Lord Li, there are only low shrubs and grass left on the mountain, and it is difficult to pose a great threat to the mountain if you light a fire. But".

He said with a smile: "After this rainstorm, the mountain road is muddy, and it seems that it is much more difficult to attack the mountain. But the incombustible nature of plants and trees is a great good thing, don't you know that smoke attacks are ten times more terrible than fire attacks? ”

Li Sen was stunned and said, "Smoke attack? ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Open the meal!" ”

When the sun came out, the sky was blue and clear, and the mountain was very clear, but now there was nothing to see, and the whole mountain was shrouded in black and oppressive smoke and dust, which was thicker than yesterday's fog, and it was almost impossible to see five fingers.

Most of the capital is under the mountain, surrounded on three sides, one side set fire, the officers and soldiers on the downwind side spent a lot of effort, and even dismantled the tent to start the fire, which finally led to those verdant irrigation and grass, Yang Ling also asked the officers and soldiers to prepare sand, as soon as they saw where the fire was burning, they immediately sprinkled it to stop the fire, and the dwarf trees and grass became smoke bombs.

This was the last battle, and it was also the strangest battle, and the officers and soldiers on three sides were waiting for it, quietly looking up at Dadu Mountain shrouded in black clouds. The officers and men on one side set fires, and they constantly controlled the smoke of the fire, and there was no shouting of killing, and there was no scene of swords and guns being raised at the same time. Yang Ling and more than a dozen generals sat in front of the tent, watching this strange war scene.

The boat crossed, the water level had been lowered and slowed down, and the figure of the barbarian appeared in the forest opposite. More than a dozen barbarians stood on the bank and observed for a while, then waded across the river, peeked into the forest again, and then roared to the other side of the river, and in an instant dense barbarians appeared, rushing over with bamboo guns and long knives.

About 300 barbarians had just crossed the river, and with the sound of war drums, Li Ze's soldiers rushed out from the depths of the dense forest with shouts, brandishing swords and guns to meet the barbarians, and the barbarians were cut down in an instant.

It's not that the Ming army is much more powerful than the barbarians, but that the river is extremely cold after the flash flood, the water is not deep, and the river is not very wide, but as Yan Gaocai said in his parable, it looks no danger, and it is more terrible than fire. Even if the strongest man stood in this water for a quarter of an hour, his legs would be numb and unconscious, and if there was no one to help and pull, he would not be able to get out of the river.

Li Ze wanted to play a flooding of the Seventh Army last night and set up a blockage in the upstream, but the water was too rapid at that time, he took some soldiers to the upstream to block the water, and the boulder was thrown into the water and was swept away.

A shrewd general is one who is good at discovering and making use of everything that is available. Li Ze found that it was not advisable to set up a blockade and discharge the flood, but the water flow was extremely cold, and the legs of the people who had just come out of the water were numb, and it was not good to move for half a day, so this could be used, so he hurried back and redeployed the army, not wanting to use it today.

The barbarians who had just crossed the river lacked combat strength, and the barbarians in the water had not yet realized the crux of the problem, desperately trying to cross the river to support their comrades, and the barbarians who had crossed the river had already exceeded 700 people, and the river was full of people who were still rushing to trek, and the barbarians who poured ashore fought with the officers and soldiers who were superior in numbers and physical strength, and had fallen into a one-sided decline.

A group of soldiers rushed out of the forest upstream, only to shoot at the live target in the water with bows and arrows in the distance, the water was turbulent, the blood flowing out and the corpses of the barbarians who fell into the water were swept out in an instant, seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, and the barbarians who wanted to wade back to the other side had no way to retreat.

There were still more than 300 people left around the barbarian generals on the other side of the river, and when he saw this scene, he knew that he should decisively lead his people to retreat immediately and retreat to Yinhage Mountain, but it was all the main forces in the cottage that had already crossed the river, and if he lost these soldiers, what if he returned to the cottage?

But the current situation to fill in these more than 300 people is just to send them to death, the barbarian will be in a dilemma, and finally let out a desperate roar, ready to abandon the soldiers who crossed the river immediately back to the cottage, and then the whole village to the Nine Silk City to protect themselves. Unfortunately, he realized too late, and as soon as the battle began, a team of 2,000 officers and soldiers went around the river downstream and intercepted their retreat.

The boat ferry became a place of death, and the 1,147 soldiers of the Yin Rake Mountain, who were in danger and helpless, were all buried in this ancient ferry port, and the barbarians of Dudu Village had never seen this support army, and the barbarians on the Yin Rake Mountain did not know that the armed force they had sent had been wiped out until the officers and soldiers descended from the sky.

Li Ze was not a person who ventured lightly, and he also knew that with his thousands of people, if he went deep into the jungle, a barbarian army of a few hundred people could easily annihilate them. According to the usual practice, an army always has broken men, if the battle in front of them is detected by them, if they have a second team, it is likely to make a detour to cross the river from the downstream, bypassing Li Ze's army to attack Duduzhai directly or kill from behind, so as soon as the barbarian reinforcements were annihilated, Li Ze immediately led the army to retreat to Guanyin Rock, guarding against danger, in case there were any more barbarian troops.

At this time, the battlefield had begun to be cleaned on the mountains of Dadu, Ah Hei killed himself, Ava, Ah Gui and others were captured alive, and the barbarians who were still alive were escorted down the mountain by officers and soldiers with their hands raised, and they all became blacks one by one. The mountaintop village was plunged into raging fire, and the largest and oldest base of the barbarians was reduced to rubble.

Yang Ling and the generals stood at the top of the mountain, watching the people and horses move out of the mountain in an endless stream, and then, invariably, they turned their heads to look at the Nine Silk City in the depths of the mountains, where the fog was hidden and the clouds were obscured

(To be continued)