Only the 1,000 officers and troops of the 1st Wing entered the Xiayang Valley, and the main body of the 2nd Garrison Brigade of Wu'an, including the most important 600 cavalry, remained outside the valley.

Whether it was the Taiping Righteous Army and the people of the Good Friends Association, they were all shocked.

"Could it be that the officers and soldiers feel something and want to pass by one wing after another?"

"Why don't you immediately order the next step?"

"If you do it now, you can still trap a lot of people, and by the way, keep the remaining officers and soldiers out of the valley. In this way, even if we can't wipe out the entire garrison brigade, we won't lose. As long as you send someone here to delay the official army a little, the back hand of Longshan Mansion will still have time to launch! ”

"No, there are 600 cavalry in the official army! If we don't kill those cavalry, we won't be able to outrun them. ”

"In my opinion, let the people of this wing go over first and see the situation."

The generals who were qualified to speak, including Xu Maodian of the Good Friends Association, all put forward their own views. However, everyone knows that the final decision is in Chen Wu's hands. Even Xu Maodian, who is an outsider, does not object to this. After all, from the beginning of the attack on Long Mountain, there was an agreement between the two sides, and this plan was also proposed by Chen Wu.

His decision will affect the fate of the Righteous Army, the Good Friends Association, and the Wu'an Officers and Army.

As he spoke, the first wing of the garrison brigade had slowly marched to the center of Xiayang Valley. It can be seen that these officers and soldiers were quite careless because of the long journey and the scorching heat, and obviously did not think that the thieves would set up an ambush in the valley.

After weighing it for a moment, Chen Wu finally calmed down, suppressed other opinions, and ordered: "Let them go first and wait and see what happens!" ”

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The barren Xiayang Valley is exceptionally quiet in the summer sun.

Even the birds and insects seem to have become lazy because of the hot weather. Except for the footsteps and low chatter of the officers and soldiers of the first wing, almost nothing else could be heard. It didn't take long for the strikers of the first wing to turn the corner and see the valley exit ahead.

Nothing happened.

Ding Ziming, who was waiting outside the entrance of the valley, pricked up his ears to listen to the movement inside. It's a pity that until nearly half of the people of the first wing had already walked out of Xiayang Valley and sent people back to report the news, Xiayang Valley was still quiet, there was no shouting and killing as some people expected, and the ambush of the thieves was impossible to talk about.

This result seems to have been expected by everyone, and some people even have an expression of "I knew it was like this" on their faces.

"Order, the whole army marches!"

Ding Ziming really didn't want to waste time here anymore, so he immediately gave orders to the three wings and cavalry that were parked outside the valley. Even, he was already annoyed by the excessive caution just now.

I knew that those thieves would not be able to come, but I still looked down on them, and as a result, I wasted half an hour in vain.

This is truly an unforgivable decision.

Ding Ziming was already secretly thinking about whether to compress the rest time after Xiayang Valley.

As soon as the order was given, the officers and men of the 2nd Garrison Brigade, who were already in the sun, immediately went into action. A full 3,000 light infantry, 600 cavalry, plus the recruits who accompanied the army, marched into Xiayang Valley.

At this moment, the fate of these counterinsurgency officers and soldiers sent by Wu'an has finally reached the point of no return.

"The officers and soldiers have taken the bait!"

Above the valley, all the rebels and the people of the Good Friends Association were excited. The previous fears were completely put aside, and everyone waited patiently for the moment when the order was launched.

Even Wang Huifang, the leader of the Good Friends Association, couldn't help but be excited when he saw the column of officers and soldiers under his feet unconsciously stepping into the trap. The face that had always been white looked much more excited because of the surging blood. Although this ally is a little too scary, it is not necessarily a good thing. But I have to admit that it is precisely by relying on the other party's plan that we can deal with the officials and troops of the county so lightly.

The only pity is that the opponent is more cautious than expected.

With such a wing opening the way ahead of time, it is impossible for them to complete the ambush.

While more than one person secretly felt pity, the officer and army brigade had gradually penetrated deeper into the valley. As all three wings entered, the men of the six cavalry brigades also led their horses to follow, and finally there was much less grain and grass than when they set out.

The nerves of the rebel leaders in ambush everywhere tensed, waiting for orders that might be issued at any moment.

After seeing the cavalry of the six brigades also come in, Chen Wu, who was looking at the overall situation above the valley, had already gotten up. The light infantry wing that was the lead at the front let it go, and with the strength of the Righteous Army and the Good Friends Association, there was always a way to deal with it. What he cared about most was undoubtedly these six hundred cavalry, who posed the greatest threat to the rebels.

The grain and grass that fell at the end, as well as the conscripted servants, actually have nothing to do with the overall situation.

In order to prevent a long night and many dreams, seeing that the entire official army had entered an ambush, he did not wait for the last hundred and ten people to come in, and decisively issued an order to do it.

The big drum, which was erected above the valley, was immediately beaten by the two volunteer soldiers.

"Knock...... Boom... Knock knock! ”

From the first dull sound at the beginning, to the faster and louder drums, the two rebels with yellow scarves wrapped around their arms beat the big drum vigorously. In such an open area, the sound of drums quickly spread throughout the entire Xiayang Valley, and kept echoing in the curved and steep valley.

The order is coming!

The officers and soldiers walking in the valley were startled by the sudden sound of drums.

The first reaction of many soldiers was not to be tricked, but to look up curiously to the left and right, and then to the top of the valley to find the source of the drums.

Only Ding Ziming and Lin Anluo changed their faces at the first moment they heard the drums.

"Where's the drumming?"

Ding Ziming's heart was still a little incredulous, and he turned his head to look at the drum cart in his own army formation with a fluke heart. But unfortunately, there was no movement over there.

He immediately realized that something was wrong!

At this time, if you want to exit the valley, it is obviously too late. Although this Xiayang Valley is large enough for the army, it is actually not very spacious, and it is difficult to change the team for a while. Ding Ziming's mind was racing, and he immediately drew his sword and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, throws a qiē baggage, and rushes out of the valley!" ”

However, before his words could be heard, they were drowned out by a loud rumbling noise.

The rebels, who had been waiting at the entrances and exits on both sides of the valley, struggled to push the boulders out with their shoulders and crowbars, and let them roll down the slope of the mountain.

The lightest of these boulders is several hundred kilograms, and the heavier ones even exceed a ton. Rolling down from a valley more than 100 meters high, the energy it carries can literally destroy a qiē. With a dull crash and countless pieces of gravel and dirt falling, these unstoppable boulders tumbled to the ground.

One, two...... It's like the sky is falling apart, and the flow is endless!

In addition to the boulders, the rebels also cut down a large number of trees above the valley, cut off the branches and leaves, and kept only the trunks, like oversized logs, and pushed them down the valley. The thick logs, along with the boulders, sealed the entrance and exit of the valley.

"It's ...... Was there a landslide? ”

In the shade below the entrance to the valley, there happened to be some soldiers of the first wing who came out first. By the time they recovered from the shock, the boulder had tumbled halfway up the mountain. I don't know who shouted, and the officers and soldiers who were almost stupid immediately fled with a stream of urine, lest their pace slow down.

It's just that how can the speed of a person be compared to the falling boulders?

In the frightened screams, at least a dozen people were crushed by the falling boulders, and instantly turned into meat sauce!

"Oops!"

After the captain of the first wing recovered from the panic, he quickly realized that this was not a natural disaster, but an ambush carefully set up by the thief army, and his face couldn't help but change greatly. However, in the face of this kind of falling rocks like heavenly might, he really couldn't do anything for a while, so he could only order his subordinates to retreat temporarily and regroup the whole team before making plans.

If the first wing outside the Xiayang Valley still has the morale of the whole team, then the officers and soldiers who were ambushed in the valley were shocked.

Although the view was obscured by the crooked valley, and they could not see the situation in front and behind, the astonishing sound of boulders and logs falling, and the successive shaking of the ground, clearly told them what had happened: the thieves had set up an ambush here, and they had endured it until the army had come in as a whole.

Now, the entrances and exits of the valley have been sealed, and this place has become a Jedi!