It's dawn.

A ray of warm sunlight penetrated the thick clouds, driving away the darkness and cold, but it could not drive away the chill in the palms of Lao Huihui, Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Miao.

The strength of the fighting power and the tenacity of the Sichuan army far exceeded the expectations of the three people, who thought that they could take it that night, and the next day they could sit on the top of the mountain and step on the corpses of officers and soldiers to watch the sunrise, but now that the sun is rising, these three people are still standing at the foot of the mountain at a loss, and last night's rhetoric has become empty words.

If the officers and men had not taken the initiative to give up the first line of defense, it is estimated that this hard-won first line of defense would not have been able to be attacked.

Finally persuaded the angry Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Miaoshou said a little depressed: "These officers and soldiers are so difficult, it's really a hell of a life, no wonder Brother Ma is also folded in the hands of that thief." ”

For the defeat of the old Huihui, a group of rebels comforted on the surface, but there was a little schadenfreude in their hearts, Zhang Xianzhong and Zhang Miaoshou laughed behind the old Huihui "the old horse stumbled", now think about it, it is not easy to change to yourself, without the advantage of riding is still so difficult, if you ride on the horse, come and go like the wind, I am afraid that it will be more terrible.

When he mentioned his sadness, he could only sigh twice, but at this time, he didn't care about saying anything more, and said with a solemn face: "Now is not the time to say this, we still think about what to do, whether to attack or retreat, stay for a while, we will be more dangerous." ”

"Fight, we must fight the war" Zhang Xianzhong said with a resolute face: "There are endless troubles after letting the tiger return to the mountain, many brothers are watching this battle, if we lose, I am afraid that our morale will be even lower, besides, in the future, we will negotiate with the imperial court, and we will have no confidence." ”

As soon as the word negotiation came out, Lao Huihui and Zhang Miaoshou immediately stopped talking, this is one thing that the high-level of the righteous army only knew, and the imperial court has recently strengthened its crackdown and continued to shrink the encirclement. The life of the rebels became more and more difficult, before a few snowfalls, many people had starved to death and froze to death, and the cold winter was even more difficult, many people planned to surrender to the imperial court, and although the officers and soldiers had the advantage, they also realized that it was a difficult task to exterminate all the bandits within the time limit, so both were consciously in contact.

Before negotiating, fight some winning battles. Show yourself so that you can ask for more benefits in the negotiation.

These are all people who are hiding from the people below, and these three people will stop talking about it without further talk.

"Brother Ma, you are the most resourceful on weekdays, how do you say this battle will be fought?" Zhang Xianzhong suddenly smiled and said to Lao Hui.

Zhang Miaoshou immediately echoed: "Yes, Brother Ma, you have the most ideas on weekdays, and you are a famous military advisor among us." It's up to you to decide. ”

At this time, it is useless to be strong, and fame is not too important, the most important thing is to take down this Sichuan soldier and reduce some losses in the process of taking it. Now the dead are all elites, but they can't all be tossed away, and the lives of a few people have to rely on these subordinates.

Lao Hui is also a person who knows what is important. didn't care about Zhang Xianzhong's "seizure of power", he groaned for a while when he heard the words, and asked, "How much time do we have?" ”

"Two days. No more than four days at most" Zhang Xianzhong explained: "The nearest officers and soldiers here are only a day's journey, and there are twelve officers and soldiers nearby, which is related to the encirclement and suppression of Wu'an. ”

Lao Huihui nodded and said, "Then we can adopt the middle strategy." ”

"The middle strategy? What's the middle point? Zhang Miaoshou asked curiously.

"The best strategy is to besiege but not attack, which is equal to the thief surnamed Lu and his men, at that time it is effortless to take them, this method is the best, but unfortunately it is not realistic, now he is a soldier and we are thieves, it is impossible to besiege for a long time, the middle strategy is that we still have time to arrange it, we can reduce losses as much as possible in addition to capturing, as for the next strategy, not to mention that you also know, that is to fill with human lives, until it is taken."

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "Brother Ma, I understand, these officers and soldiers are surrounded here, judging from last night's battle situation, these officers and soldiers rely on firearms the most, these firearms are good, but they can't be supplied, they use a little less, last night we captured the first checkpoint is the officers and soldiers of the ammunition rush to give up, the middle strategy is also to fill with human lives, however, not to take our people." ”

Zhang Miaoshou suddenly realized, and immediately took the initiative to say: "Two big brothers, let the younger brother do this little thing." ”

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After dawn, the bandits finally suspended their offensive, which made the soldiers of Wenchong Qianhu secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and Lu Haoshan immediately asked people to sort out their defenses, count losses, etc.

A gust of north wind blew, Lu Haoshan in addition to feeling the cold in the wind, there is a strong smell of blood, in addition, there is also a trace of death, from a distance, a round of red sun rises, reflecting the morning glow is red, close up, the foot of the mountain is full of corpses and the "red earth" dyed with blood.

Last night they were still alive and well, but after only a few hours, they became an obstacle to the road, because Lao Hui subconsciously sent people to move these corpses aside or throw them directly down the mountain, of course, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers, those corpses were attractive positions and white flowers.

"My lord, are these mobs ready to retreat?" Sun Xiong asked with some curiosity.

It's good to be young, I was tired like a dead dog last night, and I didn't fall asleep until dawn, but after sleeping for less than an hour, I appeared in front of Lu Haoshan alive.

Lu Haoshan shook his head and said, "If it's so easy to retreat, I will retreat last night, why wait until now." ”

Sun Xiong said with confidence: "We are almost the same as surrounding them, these bandits also want to surround us, they simply don't know whether they are alive or dead, my lord, it is estimated that in two or three hours, our reinforcements will arrive, see how they still run, then we have to grab the first credit, otherwise it will be cheaper for others." ”

Lu Haoshan just wanted to speak, but his face changed, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it may not be." ”

"Why?"

Lu Haoshan didn't speak, just pointed to the distance, and after patting Sun Xiong's shoulder, he walked straight to Li Dingguo and Zhao Gongchang on the side, following the direction pointed by Lu Haoshan, Sun Xiong was surprised to see several large and straight plumes of smoke rising into the sky, looking left and right, there were also plumes of smoke rising, this is not where there is a fire, but the wolf smoke that transmits the warning signal.

I was besieged here, but at the same time there was so much wolf smoke rising. Needless to say, someone did it on purpose, in order to prevent the reinforcements from arriving in time and to buy time for Lao Huihui and others.

The visitor was very unfriendly.

Lu Haoshan and the others guessed well, Lao Huihui and the others kept surrounding and not changing, until three o'clock in the morning, there was finally movement, and a large group of people came from afar, but Lu Haoshan and the others did not smile at the top of the mountain. On the contrary, they gritted their teeth and looked sad and angry.

It was not the officers and soldiers who everyone expected.

The people, and the people, Lao Huihui and others did not know where to take a group of people, in the eyes of the thousand miles, those people crying and crying dragged their children and daughters, and were driven to the direction of Feilaifeng by those middle-aged men who showed their eyes, and still five people were tied into a team, only the word "cannon fodder" was not written on the forehead.

It's shameless and obscene. In order to consume his arrows and ammunition, he deliberately asked people to find another batch of cannon fodder, and the women and children did not let go, and they were on the march. An old man with white hair tripped and fell to the ground, presumably because the old man was weak, perhaps because the firewood on his back was too heavy for him to bear. The old man fell and did not stand up immediately, and the big man in the cotton coat with a big knife in his hand was furious, and kicked the old man hard. Where could the old man withstand this kind of crippling, I saw that the old man spurted a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, and the blood stained his beard red.

The big man was furious, stepped on the old man's head, and then used a machete to recite the "Litigation Lu Ji".

Whether the old man is dead or not, Lu Haoshan didn't see it clearly, but he knew that the inhuman man got his wish, the team was in a normal hurry, no one was dragging his feet anymore, the team was sadly dragging a hand forward, the lonely one was pitiful or accused, or maybe intimidated.

Brute, Lu Haoshan scolded secretly in his heart, but soon sighed again, as the saying goes, "Cang Liao knows etiquette, food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace", how brave a soldier must be full to be good at dancing, how talented a soldier is, he must also be full to have the heart to chant the wind and the moon, but unfortunately now is a year of disaster and an era of law and order, I don't know how many lives have been ruined, I don't know how much human nature has been distorted, and I don't know how much conscience has been buried.

"Dingguo" Lu Haoshan suddenly asked.

When Li Dingguo heard this, he hurriedly saluted and said, "My lord"

"Immediately have people cut down all the grass and trees near the position, and then prepare a towel and water for each person."

Seeing Li Dingguo's somewhat puzzled eyes, Lu Haoshan pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said: "See, in addition to taking the people away, they also got a lot of firewood and other things, and they will set fire to the mountain in a while, and if you don't want to become a roast pig, hurry up." ”

Lao Huihui and Zhang Xianzhong are not fuel-efficient lamps, one is cunning, the other is cruel, and it is cunning and cruel to make a move, it is winter now, the wind is high and dry, and it is easy to go off fire, and Lao Huihui and others let people transport back some combustion-supporting things, needless to say that they want to attack with fire.

The best way is to isolate the fire road and set up a separation zone, otherwise, if you don't let the smoke die, you have to let the smoke die, and there is also a possibility, that is, the oxygen in the air is burned out, and people suffocate to death.

The heart is really vicious.

"Hurry, if you don't want to die, cut it quickly"

"The thieves set the fire"

"Adults have orders, wet water with a towel, cover your mouth and nose, and lie on your stomach"

There are many people and sharp knives and Kong Wu is powerful, and finally before the fire arrives, it is hard to cut out a separation zone, halfway up the mountainside, burn a fine light, and above the halfway mountainside, intact, although a few soldiers are unconscious because of inhaling too much smoke, but there is no danger to life.

The fire burned for a long time, but the officers and soldiers did not have anything to do, Lao Huihui and Zhang Xianzhong were not discouraged, they immediately used the captured people as cannon fodder, forced them to rush forward with knives, and let them use their thin flesh and blood to consume the sharp energy, gunpowder and arrows of the officers and soldiers.

A qiē is like a reincarnation, as if last night's events were repeated again, the people cried and rushed to the official position with simple weapons like moths to the fire, but this time it was a little different, it was no longer Sun Xiong who gave the order, Lu Haoshan said expressionlessly:

"Kill!" (To be continued......)