A second before the ambush was launched, there were still many officers and soldiers laughing at Chen Wu's rebels, believing that it was impossible to set up an ambush here. Now it was impossible to do so in an instant, the original shortcut became a Jedi, and many officers and soldiers suddenly fell into a panic, especially those who had not been trained and were conscripted with the army.

And cavalry!

The cavalry of these six brigades of Longshan Mansion had never experienced such a landslide-like scene. Although the rider was still sane, the horses neighed one by one and became panicked. A few who are wild or not held by their masters break free from the reins and run wildly through the crowd with their hooves.

Several riders in the vicinity were caught off guard and were knocked over and trampled by the frightened horses, and were seriously injured immediately.

These frightened war horses undoubtedly exacerbated the chaos.

But I have to say that the emperor ** team at this stage is really good.

In the face of chaos, after a brief panic, the captains of the major teams quickly began to gather and comfort their soldiers, and the frightened horses were also re-tamed or shot directly. Although people were still panicking for a while, at least the establishment of the entire garrison brigade could be maintained.

For a second-tier local security army, this is already quite rare.

"Quiet!"

When the rumbling sound of the boulder rolling down basically stopped, Ding Ziming shouted again.

There was a moment to buffer, confirming the fact that he was ambushed, and he somewhat calmed down. At this time, it would be a bit blind to ask the officers and soldiers to rush forward. While trying to order the brigade to form itself on the spot, he immediately sent two teams of cavalry to march towards the exits on both sides of the Xiayang Valley to investigate the situation.

However, how could the Taiping Righteous Army, which had already trapped these 3,600 officers and soldiers, give them a chance to regroup!

At the sound of an order, countless ignitions were thrown down.

The dead branches and leaves that had been bundled in advance, the branches left over from the felling of logs, and the fire oil collected from the counties of Long Son Province fell into the valley all over the valley.

Smelling the pungent and familiar smell, Ding Ziming and Lin Anluo's faces changed greatly.

The two already knew how the thieves were going to deal with them!

Fire Attack!

In any book on the art of war, fire attack is the most basic strategy that must be mentioned, because it is often very difficult to carry out, but often surprisingly effective. With specific geographical advantages, it is not impossible to wipe out the opponent's army entirely.

The current Xiayang Valley is undoubtedly the most qualified terrain.

The exits on both sides are blocked, the valley is densely frequent, and it is a hot day with a great drought, which is very prone to wildfires. After all these dead branches and leaves and spilled oil, it only takes a spark to ignite a raging fire in the valley. Some of the more astute soldiers had begun to look around, looking for areas with sparse vegetation.

It's just that there is such a big place in Xiayang Valley, and there are three or four thousand people in the official army, where can they escape?

"Rocket ready!"

With a loud shout from the top of the valley, the archers used their torches to ignite the cotton tied to the arrows, and shot them down at will, without even deliberately aiming at the target.

Rumble!

The rockets scattered on the ground ignited the fire almost instantly, and spread wildly in all directions.

The spontaneous extinguishing of the fire by some officers and soldiers looked humble and pitiful in the face of such a fire. The black oil spilled by the rebel soldiers accelerated the burning even more, and the light yì pushed the fire to the extreme. Some unlucky officers and soldiers who were directly splashed on their bodies by black oil, even if they were only a little stained, burned violently after being ignited, and it was difficult to extinguish. He could only whit in pain, whipped desperately, or rolled on the ground in vain.

As the fire spread rapidly, the 2nd Garrison Brigade of Wu'an could no longer maintain its basic structure and scattered like headless flies. The horses of the cavalry were even more afraid of the flames, and under the continuous fright, large swaths broke free from control and ran wildly in the crowd.

The chaos between the officers and troops is spreading rapidly, and the number of casualties is increasing dramatically.

A new round of arrow rain fell at the right time, making their situation even worse!

Chen Wu's infantry battalion, from Yicheng and Lushan all the way to the present, has successively expanded to sixty or seventy people. Under Nanbao's training and Dian Yong's training from time to time, although the time is not long, the archery skills have made a lot of progress. Over the years, the Good Friends Association has also trained and recruited many shooters. Combined, the two sides gathered more than a hundred foot archers. After the rockets ignited the wildfire, they switched back to their normal bows and arrows and began to shoot the officers and soldiers condescendingly.

On one side was above a hundred-meter-high valley, and on the other side was under the open valley, surrounded by flames and out-of-control war horses, and it was chaotic. The difference in the environment doomed the officers and soldiers, even if they had several times as many archers as the rebels, it would always be difficult to launch any decent counterattack.

On the contrary, it was the infantry and bow battalions of the Righteous Army and the Good Friends Association, and the rain of arrows one after another killed and injured a large number of officers and soldiers.

Of course, due to the lack of accuracy and the armor worn by officers and soldiers, most of the arrows either missed or hit non-lethal parts. But even if it was just a shooting wound, it was enough to demoralize the officers and soldiers in this case.

The entire valley is already a doomsday chaos.

As the fire spread further and got out of control, most of the light infantry and more than half of the cavalry completely lost their organization and command. Only the Chinese army close to Ding Ziming, with half a wing and more than 200 cavalry, can barely maintain order. But even these officers and soldiers with a relatively firm will couldn't help but look panicked in the face of such a desperate situation, hoping that Ding Ziming could come up with a way to lead them out of a way to survive.

At this critical juncture, the two teams of cavalry sent by Ding Ziming earlier finally rushed back.

The captain of one of the cavalry teams had already had his hair scorched and several burns on his body, and his expression was even more desperate: the place where the officers and troops had entered the Xiayang Valley before, that is, their retreat, had been completely blocked by falling rocks and giant trees. The tonnage of rock, sunk under the ground by gravity and the impact of each other, is not something that can be moved away in a moment.

Fortunately, the cavalry sent to the exit brought back a slightly uplifting news.

Since it is a bit wider than the entrance in, the road closure at the exit ahead seems to be less severe. Moreover, the men of the 1st Wing do not seem to have suffered much damage, and should be able to meet outside the valley mouth, and move the barricades together inside and outside!

This may be the only way for the officers and soldiers in Xiayang Valley to survive!

Realizing this, Ding Ziming, who was full of chagrin and anger, quickly made up his mind, stepped on the war horse that was uneasy because of the fire, and pulled out his sword violently.

In this case, there is no need for too many rhetoric, in order to survive!

That's enough!

All the officers and soldiers who could still obey the command, including more than 1,000 people, including the cavalry, rushed towards the exit along the original route with the intention of survival. Some of the officers and soldiers who had already fled nearby also spontaneously approached them, and no one wanted to be burned to death in this poor and remote valley.

"This is a trapped beast!"

Chen Wu, who was standing on the top of the valley, had a little more pity in his expression, but he was not nervous: "Next, it's up to the Good Friends Association." ”

The decisive impact of more than 1,000 officers and soldiers is naturally astonishing. However, with his precise planning, the ending was already doomed the moment the official army entered Xiayang Valley.

Seeing a large number of officers and soldiers breaking through the spreading flames and killing towards the exit, the squatting followers of the Good Friends Society once again threw down a large amount of firewood and black oil, as well as smoke such as dry horse manure.

The fire, accompanied by thick smoke, turned upside down from the exit and spread into the valley.

It is simply impossible to remove the boulder that sealed the road in the face of such a fire and choking smoke. Some soldiers rushed in at the risk of death, only to be forced out by the heatwave, accidentally burned by the flames, and miserable, or simply fainted from heat stroke, dehydration, and lack of oxygen.

In the case of a wing of officers and soldiers outside the valley, this kind of Cheng dù alone was not enough to stop these desperate officers and soldiers.

The real killer feature is just about to be revealed.

Bed crossbow!

This thing was originally not available in the Good Friends Association, but in order to strengthen the city defense of Linxian County, the government of Longshan assisted two bodies, but as a result, no arrow was fired, and all of them were cheapened by the Good Friends Association. Now, Xu Maodian spared no effort to pull them to the top of this Xiayang Valley in a cart, and began to use the weapons of the official army to defend the city against these poor Wu'an soldiers.

What's even more indispensable is the catapult of the Taiping Righteous Army.