Lianyun Mountain, located in the west of Fuzhou City one hundred and fifty miles, adjacent to the Min River, the terrain is very dangerous.

There is a huge natural cave on Lianyun Mountain, which is flat, and a group of bandits occupy this place, building houses and fortresses in it as a lair.

At this time, the bandit leader of Lianyun Mountain, the leopard of the mountain, is leading a group of minions to celebrate his 40th birthday in the huge cave, two rows of long wooden tables are full of chickens, ducks and fish, and the minions are drinking with wine bowls one by one, and several bandit leaders are still holding the young woman who has just rushed up the mountain in their arms, and they are up and down their hands, and they are happy. The diamond leopard and the ghost face scholar of the second master drank red ears and were still punching. The atmosphere in the whole cave is warm and noisy!

"The big boss~, it's not good, the big boss!" A small minion quickly rushed into the cave and shouted loudly.

"Damn, your mother is dead, such a ghostly scream!" The Diamond Mountain Leopard was interrupted and very annoyed!

"No, it's not, the big boss, the officers and soldiers are surrounding! Now it is less than five miles away from our Lianyun Mountain. The little minion was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied quickly.

"What? What other officers and soldiers around here dare to come to pick Lao Tzu's tiger whiskers, haven't the gang of dog officers and soldiers in Minhou County been scared by Lao Tzu? Little ones, go down the mountain with Lao Tzu to meet these gang of dog officers and soldiers! "To deal with the officers and soldiers, the leopard is still very confident, most of the more than 400 people under his command are old bandits, all fierce and abnormal, last autumn a thousand households in Minhou County brought more than 800 officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits, who knew that the leopard took advantage of the terrain to kill the armor and lost the armor, the wolf bèi fled, leaving behind the corpses and weapons and armor in a place.

"Boss, don't rush down the mountain first, find out the situation clearly!" The ghost-faced scholar stopped the impulse of the leopard, he was the think tank and military advisor of the whole cottage, and he was very steady, his real name was Xiong Hansheng, and he was the eldest son of Xiong Huaguo, the prefect of Fuzhou in the former Ming Dynasty, because the Manchu Eight Banners invaded Fujian, Xiong Huaguo would rather die than surrender, and the door was killed, only he escaped desperately under the escort of the family, and when he fled to Lianyun Mountain, he happened to be robbed by the leopard on the mountain. After going up the mountain, he relied on his ingenuity to become the second leader of Lianyun Mountain, and used these bandits to fight against the Qing court.

"Let me ask you, how many officers and soldiers are there under the mountain, are they from Minhou County?" The ghost-faced scholar immediately turned his head to the bottom and asked.

"There are about 1,000 officers and soldiers, no less than the last time, they are holding a big flag with a white tiger painted on it, it doesn't look like it is from Minhou County!" The little minion truthfully reported what he saw.

"Okay, good job, big brother, let's go to Erdaogouzi first to see the situation!"

"Okay, little ones, let's continue to drink after killing the officers and soldiers!" As he spoke, he led a group of people out of the cave.

At this time, Geng Jingzhong led four cattle and more than 1,000 horses to the foot of Lianyun Mountain and set up camp. A few days ago, he had already sent someone to secretly investigate the situation here, so now he was not in a hurry and carefully looked at the terrain around here.

"There is a high standard of six dragons returning to the sun, and there is a return to the river with rushing waves and reversals. The flight of the yellow crane is not yet passable, and the ape wants to spend his sorrow and climb. This road in front of Lianyun Mountain is not as difficult as Shu Road, but it is not too bad! Geng Jingzhong said to a few leaders.

Hao Qingshan, the leader of the mountain-shaped camp, looked at this dangerous road, and his face was also depressed: "Yes, Shizi, this is the largest group of bandits near Fuzhou, and this place is even more dangerous than the cottages we fought before!" ”。

After nearly a month of suppressing bandits, the bandits of all sizes around Fuzhou were swept away, leaving only the largest one in front of them. During this period, the results of the training of the bandits were still very remarkable, and the soldiers all had an iron-blooded and fierce aura on their bodies, and they had become veritable elite soldiers. However, in the process of suppressing bandits, there are not many soldiers who are killed by the bandits, and most of them are lost by various traps because of this annoying dangerous pass.

But look at this Lianyun Mountain, the sky is often cloudy and mist, as if the white clouds are tied to the mountainside, indescribably elegant; It gives people a mysterious and ethereal beauty. The mountain peaks are majestic, and there is only one road in between. The only way up the hill is to cross that dangerous section, which is less than five paces wide. There are two checkpoints stuck on the trail, the upper pass, the double pass, the wooden cannon stone, the hard crossbow and the strong bow, and the bitter bamboo gun are densely accumulated. After passing through the gate, there is the huge cave above. In front of the cave, there are also wooden fences for the city, and the generals are surrounded.

"Shizi, how do you fight this?"

"Send a team of soldiers forward to test first, who will go out first?"

"Shizi, let the sword and shield soldiers go first, they are condescending, it would be better for us to have shield protection!" He Kui, the leader of the Kuizi battalion, took the initiative to ask for help!

"Okay, it's just a temptation, no need to attack! The musketeers followed, and the fire suppressed! Geng Jingzhong nodded.

"Sword and shield soldiers, up!"

The soldiers of the Kuizi battalion carried their shields and pressed forward steadily, and when there were still about a hundred steps away from the first gate, the bandits above had already begun to shoot arrows, because of the condescending, the bow and arrow could shoot a hundred steps away, and you must know that the Manchu iron cavalry horseback archery could only shoot eighty steps; However, at such a distance, the arrows are also the last of the strong crossbows, and they are not very powerful, and the swords, shields, and armor are complete, and these arrows have no effect on the shield. The soldiers behind slowly pushed up two cannons, and under the cover of the two cannons, the soldiers of the Kuizi battalion began to launch the first round of attacks on the gate.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "After a burst of earth cannons, a gap has been blasted open in the gate of the thieves' lair!

The morale of the soldiers of the Kuizi battalion was suddenly boosted, and they immediately rushed towards the gate of the walled village!

"Capture the thief alive and drill the leopard, reward 100 taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to one level! Brothers, rush! The general of the Kuizi battalion shouted, holding a single knife and holding a shield, and took the lead in rushing towards the gate.

"Quick, let go of the rolling wood and smash the dog officers and soldiers!" The leopard yelled loudly at the bandits.

The bandits immediately cut off the ropes, and for a while rolled wood and stones, swords, guns, feathers and arrows, and kept rushing towards the soldiers below!

The path was too narrow, and a stone rolled down, and the huge impact force immediately seriously injured several soldiers, and they couldn't survive.

"Come on some musketeers! Suppress the thief's momentum! ”

"Bang bang bang!" A gunshot rang out, followed by several screams, needless to say, a few unlucky guys were shot!

The ghost-faced scholar was a little surprised at this time, this group of Qing soldiers was much more elite than the soldiers in Minhou County, and seeing that the Qing soldiers were approaching, he immediately ordered: "Set fire oil!" Throw the fire cup! ”。

Immediately behind the gate, more than a dozen thieves carried several large wooden barrels more than one person high, and poured the liquid down the path! At the same time, a dozen crockpots filled with fire oil were thrown down!

"It's not good, it's oil oil, retreat!" It was too late, and the one who rushed to the front ordered decisively as soon as he smelled the smell of the oil.

"Throw the torch and keep firing the arrows!" The ghost-faced scholar continued to order.

As soon as he finished speaking, several torches were thrown from above, and the fire instantly burned violently.

"Whoosh! Sou! "Whoosh" was accompanied by a terrible roar of arrows, and the soldiers kept falling from arrows during the retreat, and then they were engulfed in flames! But most of them were withdrawn, except for a few wolf bèi, and a few of the soldiers were still flapping the flames on their legs.

Fortunately, there was a small stream nearby, and the fire on the body standing in the stream was extinguished. Only the first round of tentative attacks lost more than a dozen soldiers, which made Geng Jingzhong's face very ugly.

"Pick up the injured brother, let's go back to the camp for the time being, and continue to discuss!"

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Watching the officers and soldiers retreat, there was cheering on the mountain at this time.

"Big brother, the dog officers and soldiers are much braver than the last time, although they left more than a dozen corpses, but we also lost more than a dozen brothers!" The ghost-faced scholar said worriedly to the Drill Mountain Leopard: "Look at them retreating without chaos, they will definitely come back after a rest!" Don't slack off! ”

"Yes, this group of dog officers and soldiers is indeed different, let the brothers put up the gate of the village and be on guard at all times; As soon as there is a situation, immediately release the signal! The leopard put away his smile and ordered his minions to act.

At the foot of the mountain, a temporary camp. More than a dozen officers from more than 100 households gathered in Geng Jingzhong's temporary tent.

"Everyone, let's talk about any good ideas!" Above, Geng Jingzhong asked the generals.

"Shizi, they are condescending, we are attacking from the back, bows and arrows, muskets can't have an advantage, the path up the mountain is too narrow, this ---, general asks to lead the troops to attack again tomorrow!" He Kui, the leader of the Kuizi battalion, lost more than a dozen soldiers, muttering in his mouth, a little unwilling.

"You also said that the terrain here is dangerous, the path is too narrow, the bandits refuse to defend the pass, and the strong attack is not in vain to lose the lives of the brothers!" Geng Jingzhong's face was displeased, and he glanced at him and said.

"Son of the world, there will be a law in the end, I don't know if it is feasible."

"Oh, tell me about it!" Geng Jingzhong looked at it, and it turned out to be a hundred household officials sitting in the back, well, it was from the firearms battalion.

"According to the last general's observation, the two walled doors of the bandits are built of logs, and some years, although those walled doors are strong, but the logs used have become very dry after a long time of wind and sun, we can use the way of others to treat their bodies, using fire attack!"

"yes, damn it, I didn't think of that! A fire burned it! Hao Qingshan's temperament was the most impatient, and he immediately jumped up.

"Well, what's your name?" Geng Jingzhong nodded.

"The last general firearms battalion hundred households Qu big bell! Xie Shizi appreciates! The hundred households Qu Dazhong immediately stood up and saluted.

"Okay, if this method is successful, you will be credited! Let's talk about it! ”