There really is no other way.

There is Xiao Ruxun's 20,000 army in front, which is advancing for the camp step by step, and the retreat is blocked by a group of Ming troops who came out of nowhere. There is no hope of rushing forward, because the strength of Xiao Ruxun's department is extremely strong, even if the lethality of firearms is not considered, just 20,000 people blocking the road will not be able to break through the Bibai army. The number of Ming troops who set up ambushes on the retreat road is unknown, but judging by Bibai, their number will not be too much, because after all, these people have made a detour from other places, and if they want to escape the surveillance of the Bibai army scouts, it will definitely not be a large force.

Comparing the two, Bibai believes that only rushing to the west is his own way out. Although the other party tightly sealed the valley with firearms, as long as the opponent's number was limited, his side would sacrifice his life to charge, and there would always be a chance to escape.

"Don't entangle with the Ming army, rush out, regain your strength, and take revenge again!"

The soldiers around him repeated the order loudly, emboldening his colleagues. In fact, everyone knows the subtext of these words, that is, to run for their lives quickly, and if you can run out, one counts as one. As for the revival of the clamour, the premise is that you can save your life.

"Rush!"

"Run!"

The breakthrough turned into a rout, and the thousands of soldiers led by Bibai threw away all their burdens, desperately urged their horses, and galloped out of the valley.

Bibai originally planned to arrange for the archers to use bows and arrows to suppress the Deng Kui tribe on the mountain, but the archers also lost their fighting spirit. The bow and arrow shot crookedly, and it fell before it reached the top of the mountain. Here's how it looks. Even if it shoots on the body of the Ming army, it is just a tickle for the Ming army.

Bibai knew that the army's morale was scattered, and it was useless to say anything at this time, so he cursed and urged the soldiers to fight back, while fleeing in embarrassment under the desperate protection of his own soldiers.

"The thieves want to break through, we can't let them escape!"

Deng Kui on the hill saw the intention of Bibai. He loudly summoned his men to increase their firepower. The soldiers of the Ming army did not care about saving ammunition, and threw grenades into the ravine as if they did not want money, and the muskets were beaten until the barrels of the guns were red before they stopped. Not to be outdone, the Tatar soldiers sent by the Has'ullah tribe to assist them picked up the big rocks from the mountain one by one and rolled them down the slopes.

"Why don't you let go of the arrows?" Deng Kui asked the small leader of the Has'ullah tribe in surprise, he remembered that these Tatar soldiers were very good at archery. The lethality is no less than that of Xiong Minyang's musketeers.

"Back to General Deng, we've run out of arrows." The little leader handed Deng Kui the empty quiver to prove that he was not slacking off.

Deng Kui laughed: "You guys don't bring more arrows when you come out to fight, and the leader of Haswula is too stingy." ”

"The general doesn't know that it's not easy for us Tatars to get some iron tools. You have to pay a high price from you Han people. Therefore, there is not enough material that can be used to make arrowheads. Every time we finish a battle, we have to find a way to pick up the arrows that were shot out and leave the arrows on them to make new arrows. The little boss explained.

Deng Kui nodded: "Well, this is my ignorance. You have helped the king to destroy the worship and have merit, and you will wait for the battle to be over. I'm going to plead with our General Su and ask him to get you a few thousand catties of iron. Enough for you. ”

"Thank you, General!" The little leader was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately took off his robe and knelt down for Deng Kui.

Deng Kui hurriedly stopped: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, let's clean up the beep first." ”

In this moment, the narrow valley below has become a living hell. Smoke and fireworks were everywhere, and the corpses of the soldiers of the Bibai Army were strewn and filled the entire valley. There were also some seriously wounded soldiers lying on the ground and shouting for help, but their comrades-in-arms did not have time to look at them, and even did not hesitate to directly urge the war horses to ride the bodies of the dead and wounded to flee out of the valley.

The barricades hastily erected by the Ming army had caused great trouble to the Bibai army, and if the soldiers gave up their horses, they could naturally climb out around the barricades, but the horses could only stay in the valley. In this vast prairie, if they left the horses, they would not be able to go far at all, and they would also be caught up and annihilated by the Ming army.

In view of this, the Bebai soldiers had to desperately dismantle the barricades in order to make way for escape. More and more people crowded in front of the barricades, and the Ming army's musketeers set their sights on the place, and hundreds of muskets kept pouring fire on it, reaping the lives of the Bibai soldiers.

"It's open, it's open!"

After paying the price of countless lives, Taniguchi's barricades were finally dismantled. The soldiers of the Bibai Army behind did not care about anything, and urged their horses to rush forward. Some of the slower soldiers were pushed to the ground, and in an instant they were trampled to pulp by the horses behind them.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let the prince go first!"

More than a dozen personal soldiers escorted and bowed, shouting loudly, and took the road away. When the soldiers of the Bibai Army heard the shouting, they all rushed to the side to dodge and get out of the way. There are also those soldiers who were stunned by the Ming army and couldn't react for a while, and they still occupied the road stupidly. The pro-soldiers of Bibai rushed forward, and without saying a word, they slashed with their knives, and directly sent those unlucky eggs to the western sky.

"It's over, it's all over!"

Bibai rode on his horse, running outward, muttering inwardly. Of the 3,000 men and horses he led, less than 1,000 escaped from the barricades, and these people have become frightened birds, and I am afraid that they will not be able to fight again in the future. In order to flee for his life, the soldiers surrounded him and stepped on the bodies of other soldiers and ran out, this situation was seen by all the soldiers, he was already majestic, don't think about being able to respond to all calls.

"Damn, let them run away!" Deng Kui stood on the top of the mountain and sighed. He did not have enough troops in his hands, and he did not dare to go down the mountain to fight the Bibai army, so he could only attack with long-range weapons. Although this indiscriminate bombardment left seventy or eighty percent of Bibai's 3,000 men and horses, Bibai finally escaped from the ambush circle and returned to the grassland.

"Deng Zhongjun, don't be annoyed, we are only such a small number of people, it is good to be able to fight like this." Hu Zixin comforted, "You are not from our Ningxia Wei, I don't know how powerful this old thief is." The 3,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him were all elite soldiers with one as ten. We almost didn't suffer any casualties, and we killed more than 2,000 of him, which can be called a great victory. ”

Deng Kui said: "What kind of victory is this, I ran away and worshipped, I'm afraid that Deputy General Su won't be able to spare me." ”

Hu said confidently: "Not really, right?" Even if Bibai runs out, he is still a tiger with his teeth extracted, and he can't bite anyone. You see, there are quite a few wounded thieves at the bottom of the mountain, and they are about to flee, so let's go down and capture the prisoners. ”

"Okay, all obey the order, go down the mountain and catch it alive!" Deng Kui ordered.

The Ming army and the soldiers of the Haswula tribe on both sides of the hill rushed down together, and the wounded soldiers of the Bibai army who did not have time to run away at the bottom of the mountain dared to resist, and knelt on the ground one by one and begged for mercy. Deng Kui commanded the soldiers to grab the captives one by one and tie them up, and collect the horses that had lost their masters and were running around the valley.

"Deng Zhongjun, Deng Zhongjun!"

Deng Kui was busy working, and suddenly Hu Xinxin hurriedly ran towards him and shouted at him repeatedly.

"What's the matter?" Deng Kui looked up and asked.

Hu confidently said: "I captured a prisoner, and he told me that when Bibai fled, he left behind two thousand people, and the leading general was Tu Wenxiu. If the last general guessed correctly, it won't be long before Tu Wenxiu can't withstand the pressure of Xiao Zongbing, and he will escape from this road. ”

"Really?" Deng Kui broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly shouted to the officers and soldiers who were busy cleaning the battlefield in the valley: "Don't be busy picking things, quickly set up barricades, there are still a group of thieves behind." ”

"Quick, barricade!" The soldiers of the Ming army became excited, the fight just now was too enjoyable, and I heard that there was a wave behind it, and everyone came to the momentum and began to look for things to set up new barricades. The barricades that had been used to block the Bibai headquarters were erected in too much haste, and were eventually dismantled by the Bibai army. This time, the Ming army had gained experience and piled all kinds of things on the road, erecting a new barricade of considerable scale.

No sooner had the barricades been erected than the rumbling of cannons ahead, followed by the sound of horses' hooves. Deng Kui could hear that the cannon sound was obviously from the artillery on his side, which showed that Xiao Ruxun was attacking the Tuwenxiu Division. As for the sound of horses' hooves, needless to say, it must have been Tu Wenxiu who gave up his position and fled with his subordinates. They would never have imagined that Deng Kui had already blocked their retreat first.

"What's going on!"

Tu Wenxiu was running out of the mountain on his horse, when he suddenly noticed an obstacle like a wall in front of him. He grabbed the reins of his horse desperately, so that he didn't crash headlong into the barricade. He stopped his horse, looked at the barricades, and cursed:

"Bye old horseman! In order to escape for his own life, he blocked our retreat! ”

"The general is angry, according to the last general, this is not the prince...... Ah, no, the Admiral said that this was not a roadblock erected by Bibai. One of the generals whispered.

"How so?" Tu Wenxiu asked.

The general said: "Please see, in addition to stones and branches, there are also a large number of dead horses in the middle of this barricade, and these horses should be the horses of the Bibai Division." What does the death of their horse say here? ”

"You mean, they fell into an ambush by the Ming army?" Tu Wenxiu shuddered, he also saw those dead horses, and the horses had traces of gunpowder burning, which was clearly the work of the Ming army.

"General, we're surrounded!" The general said.

Tu Wenxiu looked at the insurmountable roadblock in front of him, and looked back again, only to see that not far behind him, the banner of the Ming army had already appeared. His men kept pouring in and gathered around him, each with a begging look in their eyes, as if to tell him to make a quick decision.

"We've got no way out, let's get down!" Tu Wenxiu said dejectedly.

As soon as the word fell, all the soldiers around him jumped off their horses, threw their blades far away, and then knelt down in unison in the direction of the Ming army. (To be continued.)