At dawn on the 29th, Wu Zhong immediately set out with a thousand soldiers and horses, followed by Xu Pingshuai's headquarters, while Wei Landu's Shanlan battalion remained in the rear army to cover the wounded and Zhang Chengye's Chinese army. But within a few miles, Wu Zhong received a report that a group of rebels had set up camp in Cutting Horse Mountain. When he heard the report, he personally went to the front line to investigate. Xu Ping and Wei Landu, who were supposed to lead the team later, also left behind the troops who were forming a team and hurried over. When they arrived, Wu Zhongzheng and several staff officers gathered into a group to discuss the battle plan, and after seeing the two of them, he hurriedly briefed them on the situation: "The thieves probably arrived last night, and they set up camp on both sides of the official road to clamp the intersection. ”

"I plan to wait for Brother Xu's troops for a while," Wu Zhong said that although there were not many rebels, they had already seized the dangerous terrain, so he planned to attack at the same time as Wei Landu: "In addition, I am also worried that the rebels still have small forces hidden in the rear, so it is best not to attack alone, so as not to be broken by the rebels." ”

The banner on the opposite hill is "Wen", and the four King Kongs under Ji Huisi: Wen Desi, Zhen Octopus, Long and Xiao Baiwolf, so far the new army has found three.

"I really don't know what the hell they're doing in the fire camp?" Wei Landu's face was full of worry, and after complaining, he nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Xu, hurry back and step up urging the soldiers and horses to move forward, Ji Kou is menacing, and you must not stay here for a long time." ”

"Wait." Xu Ping had a different opinion, the enemy army on the opposite side only found a few thousand people for the time being, although according to the reconnaissance report this is a relatively well-equipped rebel army, but it still cannot be compared with the new army. Xu Ping shook his head and said, "We must cross the mountain as soon as possible, there is no time to stay longer, I feel that Ji Kou will arrive at any time." ”

Wei Landu and Wu Zhong both looked at Xu Ping quietly, he rubbed his temples and said with a bitter smile: "Although the captives don't know where Ji Kou is now, but yesterday Chen Thief and Zhen Thief stopped our army at any cost, and this thief rushed to seize the mountain overnight, and it was obvious that he had a great plan to block the way with such a few people." ”

"What is Brother Xu going to do?" Wu Zhong and Wei Landu asked in unison.

"I want Brother Wu to leave the official road immediately, go around the back of Dongshan to attack the thieves, and free up the official road for my troops to move forward quickly. However, instead of spreading out my troops, I quickly pass in front of the thieves in a marching formation, and then spread horizontally at the foot of the mountain......"

When Xu Ping said this, Wu Zhong and Wei Landu shouted in unison: "No! ”

"According to the regulations of our army, after discovering the enemy, it is necessary to carry out tactics, and do not risk approaching the enemy." Wu Zhong quickly retorted: "Otherwise, when encountering the enemy's attack, our army will not be able to make adequate preparations. ”

"The thieves came in the starry night, I don't know how many soldiers were left behind along the way, and the troops were divided into the east and west mountains, the enemy army was not fully prepared, why must our army be fully prepared?" Xu Ping asked rhetorically, and said: "Since the thief thinks that time is more important than sufficient preparation, we naturally have to fight-for-tat." ”

Wu Zhong was about to open his mouth, but Wei Landu stopped him: "What is Brother Xu going to do next?" ”

"I don't think Brother Wei's battalion should stay in the rear team, you lead the troops to follow closely behind me. I'll pass as soon as possible and give you the official way. When I launch an attack on the West Mountain, you rush over as fast as you can, and then reverse and unfold to attack the back of the enemy army in the East Mountain. At this time, their attention was all held by Brother Wu on the other side of the mountain, and they would definitely be able to go down in one go. Then you use one more to control Dongshan and cover the passage of the Chinese army, and one to come and help me. Xu Ping raised his head and looked at the mountain peaks in the distance, and said in a low voice: "In this way, our army can quickly get out of danger." ”

Wu Zhong and Wei Landu glanced at each other, and the latter had a somewhat moved look on his face. Xu Ping turned his head and said to Wu Zhong again: "As long as Brother Wu attacks Dongshan fiercely, he will be able to suppress the thieves above, and the two battalions of our army will work together to fight thousands of thieves, and there is no invincible reason!" ”

"It's just ......" Wu Zhong considered Xu Ping's plan, feeling that it completely violated the tactical regulations of the New Army, Wu Zhong hesitated: "Do you want to discuss it with your lord?" ”

"I'm worried that we don't have much time," Xu Ping looked into the direction of Dongshan again: "I immediately went back to urge the headquarters to hurry, and Brother Wu immediately gave up the official road to my department." ”

Under Wei Landu's strong persuasion, Wu Zhong finally agreed to Xu Ping's plan. When he ordered his troops to leave the official road and make a detour to the flank of Dongshan, Xu Ping and Wei Landu also acted separately, the former hurriedly returned to direct the troops to advance, while the latter rushed to explain the situation to Zhang Chengye and transfer the Shanlan battalion from the rear army.

After returning to his own troops, Xu Ping immediately ordered the whole army to advance quickly, destroying cannons and other cumbersome weapons. The artillery was incorporated into the infantry sequence and set off together. When Xu Bu hurried to the position of Wu Zhongbu's Fangcai, a herald from the Shanlan battalion ran from the rear, reporting that Wei Landu had also urgently gathered thousands of people to set off. Xu Ping knew that time was pressing, so he stepped up his pace to catch up. At this time, a herald of Wu Zhong caught up with the team and reported to Xu Ping: "Lord Xu, General Wu has found an unknown number of thieves hiding in the woods behind the flank, and he intends to ask General Xu to wait a while, and after he clears the threat from the rear, he will immediately start attacking Dongshan." ”

"What regulations are there at this time?" Xu Ping was anxious and angry. Wu Zhong's decision was undoubtedly made in accordance with the tactical regulations of the New Army, but by the time Wu Zhong's search was completed, the operation to suppress Dongshan would definitely be delayed for a long time. After Wu Zhong began to attack, it would take time to send messengers to report the news. During this time, Wei Landu's troops must have been blocked on the roads and could not advance, and these roads were to be used to transport the wounded: "Hurry back and report to General Wu, and let him immediately begin to suppress Dongshan." ”

Seeing the hesitation on the herald's face, Xu Ping repeated in an accentuated tone: "Tell General Wu that I will send troops to clear out the thieves behind him and let him start attacking immediately!" ”

"Yes, my lord."

After the herald left, Xu Ping summoned Yu Shenhe. Since this dispatch, Yu Shenhe has excelled in everything and proved his ability. Xu Ping said to Yu Shenhe: "Immediately take a hundred people to sweep the forest behind General Wu, pull out all the thieves there and kill them, and cut down their flags!" ”

"Yes, my lord." After Yu Shenhe responded, he hesitated a little and asked, "A hundred?" ”

"Yes." Yesterday, Zhen Octopus and Dragon were severely damaged by the new army, Xu Ping judged that they could not organize the scattered army in the dark night and rush to the front of the new army, he quickly explained to Yu Shenhe: "The thief came in the starry night, he didn't even want to take a breath, and immediately occupied the mountain, where did he still have surplus troops?" It was expected to be a suspicious tactic. ”

"Understand, sir." Yu Shenhe bowed confidently and immediately turned around and led the troops out of the brigade.

The remaining 1,100 paces continued to move forward, and there were many mountain bags and trees along the way, and the banners of the rebels loomed behind them, but Xu Ping didn't even bother to look at them. Cao Yun and Jiang Yizhou, who were guarding the left and right, asked, "My lord, do you want to investigate a little?" ”

According to the regulations of the new army, in such a situation, scouts should be dispatched, and the army should also be on higher alert, and high-speed marching columns should not be used. However, Xu Ping shook his head and said, "That's why it's just a suspicious formation." The thieves came overnight, where would there be so many horses? Who would dare to disperse the forces before my new army? ”

Led the team safely along the official road to the foot of the West Mountain, Xu Ping rode his horse and ran past the marching column, shouting loudly: "The whole army stops." ”

The new officers and men stopped, and the commanders and generals of the team stood on the west side of the official road and shouted in unison: "Turn right." ”

Facing the west, Xu Ping glanced back at the Dongshan rebel camp less than a mile away, and did not even see the shadow of a rebel, and the rebel banner on the hill did not react - Xu Ping estimated the time, Wu Zhong should have gone around to the side of the Dongshan rebels.

"I don't know if Wu Zhong launched a suppressive attack? It's so troublesome to not be able to communicate across a mountain. Xu Ping shook his head, pulled out his sword and raised it high.

Seeing this, Cao Yun asked again: "My lord, do you want to send a hundred people to Dongshan to investigate?" ”

"What are you going to do?" Xu Ping asked coldly - if the enemy army is not there, then there is no need to disperse the troops, let alone waste this time; If the enemy army is still there, won't the hundred men be sent to their deaths? Xu Ping swung the sword he was holding high forward: "The whole army - attack!" ”

The Ming army listened to the sound of drums and shouted in unison, and five hundred pikemen began to walk down the official road and push them up the hill in rows. As the Ming army began to advance, the sound of war drums also sounded in the western mountain, and behind the simple wooden walls on the mountain, as if by magic, dense rebel archers floated, and they pulled their bows together and sent countless sharp arrows into the air. Xu Ping looked up as the arrows flew to their highest point, then turned around and descended, rushing towards the Ming army's military formation like a rain line.

Although it wasn't really rain, in front of the ironclad pikemen of the Ming army, they weren't much stronger than the rain. The Ming soldiers looked up at the falling arrows, most of which passed by them, whizzing into the ground at the feet of the Ming army. The soldiers swayed slightly, dodging the arrows, or letting them strike on the shoulder and cuirasse, the arrows making a series of loud crashing sounds, and then falling limply or hanging shallowly on their armor.

More rebel archers rushed forward and shot more arrows. The rain of arrows became so dense that the Ming pikemen lowered their heads and hid the viewing windows on their visors. A few soldiers with arrows in the legs and feet stopped their steps and retreated back from the battle sequence. The Ming gunners who stayed on the official road had already begun to return fire. The enemy's wooden wall was about one hundred and twenty meters away from the road, and in this position, the firecrackers could maintain their effective power. Xu Ping saw that the rebel soldiers behind the wooden wall kept falling, and the Ming spearmen had already walked about eighty meters away from the wooden wall. The pikemen stopped, stayed out of range of the archers, silently awaiting the order to charge.

The two armies fired at each other for a while, and the rebels waited for a while, and when they saw that the Ming army was no longer moving forward, they fired several more rounds at the Ming army, and then with the sound of a trumpet, the heads of the people on the wooden wall disappeared one after another. Knowing that the rebels were trying to conserve their strength, Xu Ping ordered the musketeers to continue firing at the wooden fence. Through the binoculars, there were sawdust flying on the fence, and although the rebels lying behind were hit from time to time, the number was too scarce. Xu Ping looked at the way again, Wei Landu's army should arrive soon. He looked back at the East Mountain again, and there was still silence on the East Mountain.

"Let's just assume that Wu Zhong has already attacked." Xu Ping muttered in his heart, the long sword in his hand waved again, and the four hundred firecrackers began to move forward, preparing to further cover the pikemen's attack. Only one hundred pikemen and one hundred cavalry reserves on Xu Ping's side were left on the official road.

War drums and shouts suddenly sounded behind the side, and this sudden loud sound made several people around Xu Ping tremble. Only Xu Ping didn't move, and he scolded in his heart: "Damn Wu Zhong." ”

Immediately afterwards, Xu Ping turned his head and watched countless rebels leap out from behind the wooden walls of Dongshan, brandishing sticks and rushing towards him.

"Kill the officers and soldiers."

"Kill the officers and soldiers."

Listening to the chaotic shouts coming from afar, Xu Ping calmly and the four hundred firecrackers immediately turned around, knocking dozens of rebels who rushed to the front to the ground with a fierce salvo. But the people behind them jumped over their bodies without hesitation and continued to rush towards the official road.

Another salvo, and the rebels still rushed unmoved. The drumming on the east mountain became more intense, and at this moment, Xu Ping heard a shout behind him, and knew that the rebels had begun to launch a flanking attack, and his plan had failed, and he could not protect the official road and leave it for the army to pass quickly. While Xu Ping had no choice but to give up his efforts, he secretly scolded again in his heart: "Damn Wu Zhong." ”

"The whole army is closed—" Xu Ping issued the order as he turned over and dismounted, and slowly retreated into his own army. He ordered Cao Yun and Jiang Yizhou to retreat south along the road with their cavalry, and they would remain on the rebels' flanks to monitor the battlefield.

"Kill the officers and soldiers."

"Kill the officers and soldiers."

The shouts were getting closer and closer, and Xu Ping couldn't help but show a sneer on his face, and at the same time, Zhou Dongtian behind him let out a low sneer: "Impetuous and impetuous." ”

From the other side behind Xu Ping, another disdainful evaluation sounded: "White Lotus Yus." ”

The rebels who rushed over, just like the ones Xu Ping had encountered last time, were barefoot and calf-in, but many of them had a white towel wrapped around their heads.

Xu Ping's contempt quickly turned to regret, and he complained in his heart: "My dignified new army will be delayed by such a rabble!" ”

The orderly Ming army quickly lined up in a defensive formation, silently looking at the traitors who rushed towards them shouting, and with Xu Ping waving his hand, immediately a Ming soldier jumped out of the formation, throwing the bags that had been prepared to the front of the formation, and a large number of thistles, gravel, and sharp wooden thorns spilled out of these pockets, and in a blink of an eye, a wide isolation belt was formed in front of the Ming army. After seeing the lineup of the rebels last time, Xu Ping immediately asked the craftsmen of the army to make some of these gadgets, and he didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

According to the author, in the past, it has always been two shifts on Sunday, but this week it has been changed to two shifts on Saturday. There will be a change during the day tomorrow, pushing the update time to daytime.

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