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Now that the weather is cold, it is very hard to build fortifications on the mountain. But Zhong Ye led his subordinates to spend three days and three nights to build the protection of this highland!

"Before Yuan Shichuan can react, we must hurry up and rescue the main force of the trapped officers and soldiers," Zhong Ye analyzed to his subordinates: "Leave 2,000 people to garrison on the mountain, and I will take 1,000 people to Dianyang Mountain." ”

"General, there are at least 20,000 rebels stationed at the foot of the mountain over there, how can you only bring 1,000 people to do it?" A lieutenant general said.

"Of course, you can't go head-to-head, you can only outwit." Zhong Ye smiled: "Otherwise, even if these three thousand people go, it will be useless." You must remember that if the rebels come to provoke, you must not open the door to meet the enemy, and only defend against it. Although the defense here is not impregnable, the enemy army will not be able to rush out in a short time, and it is no problem to hold out for three or five days. When we bring the people from Dianyang Mountain back, we will strengthen it again. ”

When the people heard his words, they naturally acted according to his arrangement, and Zhong Ye selected a thousand skilled soldiers with bows and horses from among the three thousand men, and after a whole day's rest, he came down the mountain at dusk and galloped northwest.

Under the cover of night, the team of a thousand light cavalry was like a sharp sword, silently approaching Dianyang Mountain.

The main force of the official army has been trapped in Dianyang Mountain for ten days, and they do not have much food with them, and they can barely survive by hunting some wild beasts on the mountain.

There were several attempts to rush down the hill, but the rebels below were so well armed and well fed that they couldn't get out.

On the contrary, many people were wounded and their troops were consumed.

These people were already leaderless, and they were trapped in the mountains and did not see the arrival of reinforcements, which made people's hearts even more uncertain.

Zhong Ye took a thousand cavalry and rushed to Dianyang Mountain in only one hour.

Divide a thousand people into four ways and attack the enemy from all sides, and in addition to carrying the usual weapons and military rations, each of them has a drum tied to their waists, and Zhong Ye asks them to shout while beating the drum when they attack, deliberately making a huge scene.

The rebels stationed at the foot of the mountain did not expect reinforcements to arrive. Because the route Zhong Ye took was carefully chosen, avoiding their eyes and ears.

Although there were night watchmen on guard, they were still caught off guard.

There were shouts everywhere on all sides, and Zhong Ye took the lead, waving a solid cooked copper stick more than a foot thick with an arm in his hand.

Everywhere they passed, only those who were next to each other were either dead or wounded.

He deliberately ordered twenty men to follow him, some with torches, and the rest were responsible for cutting off the heads of the rebels who fell to the ground.

Except for Zhong Ye's team, the other three teams do not play torches.

Therefore, the rebels listened to the shouts and shouts around them, and saw Zhong Ye's invincibility, so they were naturally frightened.

If it was an ordinary person, a strong man like Zhong Ye, they knew that they were invincible, so no one dared to step forward to send them to death.

So Zhong Ye fought his way out, and this movement had already alarmed the officers and soldiers on the mountain.

"Help is coming, everyone rush down the mountain!" The people, who were already close to despair, rekindled their fighting spirit and joined the melee with vigor.

The rebels were flanked from the inside and outside, and the formation was even more disorganized.

At this time, Zhong Ye immediately shouted: "One of the rebels' heads is worth one tael of silver!" Ten heads are recorded as military merits! Kill more, get more! ”

"Whew!" The officers and soldiers suddenly boiled, looking at the rebels as if they had seen silver that could run. You must know that their monthly military salary is only two taels of silver, and sometimes they have to be deducted seven or eight times, and there is not much left.

And the people brought by Zhong Ye all had three or five rebel heads tied to their waists, covered in blood, and they were already red-eyed.

These officers and soldiers who had been trapped for a long time suddenly felt that those rebels were not terrible, and the head on their necks was especially cute.

Silver and military merit were the things they craved the most, and the heads of the rebels could just be exchanged.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The earth-shattering shouts shook the frozen earth, and for a time the flames soared into the sky, swords fluttered, and the sound of muffled snorts falling to the ground came and went.

The rebels were in chaos at first, and then completely panicked. I feel that these people have become life-seeking Shura, and they don't care about anything, they just want to cut off their heads.

When the east gradually turned white, the battlefield was littered with corpses.

Of the 20,000 rebels, less than 2,000 escaped, and the rest were all killed and beheaded.

Nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and more than 10,000 remained.

When they saw that Zhong Ye had actually only brought a thousand people, they all showed surprised looks.

If they had known in advance that there were only a thousand reinforcements, they would not have been as fearless as they had been.

"Bring back the dead and wounded, and everyone will receive the reward according to the head!" Zhong Ye shouted, and the soldiers shouted "Order!" ”

When Zhong Ye led his troops back to Qin County, the sun had just risen a pole high.

This was the first battle won by the imperial army since Yuan Shichuan's rebellion, and its morale was greatly boosted.

Zhong Ye ordered the Huotou Army to bury the pot for breakfast and reward the soldiers.

After eating and drinking, he came with his own accompanying clerks and recorded the number of beheadings of each person one by one, and distributed the silver taels truthfully.

"I knew that I would go with me," those who stayed behind were very envious when they saw this situation: "Next time I will definitely take the initiative to ask for battle!" ”

Zhong Ye won the first battle, but he was not complacent at all, but chose another place thirty miles away from the station they had already built, and sent 6,000 soldiers over to build fortifications non-stop.

The news of the victory at Dianyang Mountain reached the capital three days later, and the rebels naturally got the news earlier.

"Count 50,000 elite soldiers! I'm going to meet that Zhong Manlang in person! Yuan Shichuan instructed: "Let's see what he is capable of." ”

Yuan Shichuan was born as a military general, with a strong figure and outstanding martial arts. He has several right-hand men around him, and he has more than 100,000 troops in his hands.

Since the rebellion, we have never suffered such a loss.

"Send more spies out there and see how many people there are." Yuan Shichuan said again: "A sneak attack is nothing, as long as you find out his details, it will only be a matter of time before you clean him up." ”

At this time, Zhong Ye was standing on the top of the mountain looking in the direction of the capital, I don't know if Wei Yi would rather hear the news of her victory, she will definitely be happy for herself! Will you praise yourself in front of everyone? Will you write a letter to yourself? Or will you make clothes for yourself under the lamp?

Zhong Ye secretly clenched his fists, God knows how eager he is to make a contribution, how much he looks forward to the day when he will return to his hometown, standing in front of Wei Yining in a dignified manner, telling her that he has been excited for a long time.

Even if she refuses, or even doesn't believe it, she will marry her into the door and guard her for the rest of her life.

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