This night, Fukangan did not close his eyes, and spent almost the whole night thinking about the military measures after the general attack. The Jade Emperor Palace temporarily placed a sand table map for him, familiar with the whole map flashed in his heart as soon as he closed his eyes, or got up from time to time, he held a candle and looked at it again, and when he was tired, he lay down on the temporarily erected bunk, and when he remembered something, he got up and looked at the map again. The closer he got to the end, the more irritable his heart became. Excitement and nervousness, anticipation and a hint of uneasiness - after all, the three-way army was not outflanking a small hill, but a turtle top with a radius of 200 miles. Mutual contact with the use of fire signals, fast is fast, there is also a bad, if there is an accident can not be reported in detail, and the fire signal is not easy to see clearly during the day. Therefore, from the afternoon, he sent several teams of local soldiers out to "scout the outposts" and report the military situation to him every other moment, not only asking for signals from Liu Yong and Ge Xiaohua, but also detectives on the roads of Guimengding, Liangfengkou, Evil Tiger Village, and Shengshuiyu to contact and report at any time. Wang Jibao saw that he was so tired that he yawned again and again, and he felt distressed, so he couldn't help but wait while serving tea and twisting towels, and persuaded: "There is still an hour before the time comes!" Master, you just have to take a nap, forget the little things, I will wake you up if there is something important. ”

"Can you handle military affairs? What's the big deal? What's the trifle? Fukangan said angrily. I also knew that I was tired, so I breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Did Ama use carrier pigeons to transmit military information in Jinchuan, or did his old man have a way!" I can't be busy here, and there is another fifteenth master in Hengbuzi - think about it, this place is disrupted, the fifteenth master made a mistake with a stitch and a half, who can afford this responsibility? Wang Jibao said: "Yes, what kind of excitement is the fifteenth master coming to join in?" I asked him to come to the camp, but he didn't come, and asked him where he lived, but he didn't say, "This master is really hard to wait." Fukangan didn't want to make a selfish gesture in front of the minions, so he yawned with his hands in his hands and muttered angrily: "He also has good intentions, he is afraid that he will come to the army to hinder the camp affairs, and he is afraid that I will divide the troops to protect him." Alas...... in addition to the "good intentions" of "Yanyan", there is clearly a "bad intention" to get a share of the credit for suppressing bandits, and it is difficult to talk about it, his Fucha family and Wei Jia's family and Yanyan's family lineage, originally did not care about him to share some credit, but this time, the military affairs have added this heavy responsibility, which makes Fukangan even more overwhelmed. After thinking about it, he sighed again: "Why is this so flattering? ”

As he was talking, he heard a rush of footsteps on the stone road outside, and the ground trembled and gradually approached. Wang Jibao was about to ask questions, when a soldier rushed into the door recklessly, and the wind on his body suddenly blew a candle dark. The soldier seemed a little confused, glanced at Fukangan, pointed to the outside and said, "Come down!" - They're all dressed in white, and they're coming down! Fukangan was stunned for a moment, knowing that the military situation had changed, and "snapped" and slapped the case and shouted: "What are you panicking about? Speak slowly! ”

"Yes! Yes - Gong San's blind man has gone down the mountain! ”

"How many people? Where did you come from and where are you going? ”

"It's all down! The mountain trails are crowded! Like a white ant descending from a tree...... It was too dark to see clearly...... The one in front has reached the foot of the mountain, and the one behind is still on the way......"

Wang Yan actually abandoned the village in advance and took the initiative to attack! Fukangan thought about it for a long time, but he didn't expect him to have such courage! This suddenly became a hurry: the overall situation of being flanked and outflanked on three sides suddenly became a confrontation between one's own side and the rebel army alone! …… They are assembling, and the team behind them is on the mountain road, and as long as they suddenly meet the head-on, they will immediately be in chaos! …… This thought flashed, and Fukangan immediately denied it himself. In that case, Wang Yan would immediately retract to the top of the turtle and defend it in the cottage, which turned into a protracted battle. But if you quietly watch their whole team, you don't know the direction of their movement. If Wang Yanbu does not attack hard and advances in the direction of Heshui at dawn, it will become a pursuit battle - comparing the strength of the feet on the mountain road, the officers and soldiers are not the opponents of these cottages and rebels in any case...... All of a sudden, Fukangan had countless thoughts, and finally decided to "not drum and not form a column" and rearrange the battle plan. He calmly glanced outside the courtyard, calculated the strength of the army, and said, "Now send an order to Lai Feng'an to send five hundred soldiers to the east of the city to block the course of the Yihe River. If Wang Yan attacks the city, he should retreat to the south of the city for a while, and he can only be defeated but not victorious - he can block the enemy's escape from the southeast and southeast roads is a great achievement - if the enemy grabs the way to seize the road, he can retreat, he is not allowed to give way, and he will stick Wang Yan on the river! ”

The herald promised to run out, He Lao Liu had already come in, he already knew that there was an enemy, his eyes were burning, and he asked loudly: "The turtle sons are assembling, at this time it is easy to fight, and it will be chaotic when it is beaten!" Fukangan said: "Don't shoot a shot!" Have all the brethren risen? ”

"Get up, listen to the order of the commander!"

"You bring fifteen hundred men," Fukangan said with a gritted tooth and a sinister smile, "to the west of Lai Feng'an's camp." The enemy came down in three attack directions, one was the original Agaha camp, one was Pingyi City, and the other was the Jade Emperor Temple here. No matter which direction you attack, you don't act for the time being, just cut off the enemy's way back to the mountain and the post road to Heshui - it doesn't matter if it's broken, the meat is rotten in the pot! ”

"Yes, mark and obey!"

"Ge Fengyang!" Fukangan shouted again.

"The minions are here!"

Ge Fengyang stood at the door, took a step forward, and listened to Fukangan's order. Fu Kangan didn't speak immediately, looked at him for a long time, sighed softly, and said: "You take three hundred people to the northwest corner of the city, watch the movement of the rebels, he wants to attack the city, or come to fight the Jade Emperor Temple, you don't care, wait for my order." If you go to fight the original camp of Agaha, you will shoot and lure the enemy. It is better to lure outside the west gate to encircle and annihilate. You have to understand a truth, this Pingyi city is a low-lying place, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, he has less than 2,000 people, as long as he enters the city, or there is no camp to guard in the field, it is easy to fight. Got it? ”

"Minions understand!" Ge Fengyang replied loudly, he hesitated again, and said, "That...... There are less than 200 soldiers left here...... If they attack the Jade Emperor Temple, it will be ...... That's ......" Fukangan nodded and smiled, and when he saw that those Taoist priests and guides had come, he stood at the door of the temple and looked at himself in confusion, because he said: "Don't panic, you go out of the temple with this pipe, and you will be protected by a musket team, and you will be fine." If the temple property is damaged due to military damage, how much will be compensated for the loss! Ge Fengyang said: "I'm tempting the enemy, what are you doing with so many firearms?" I'll bring two guns, and the rest of the muskets will follow! ”

Fukangan stared at Ge Fengyang and said, "You are the bait to lure the enemy, and the fish are to eat the bait." I will make him reluctant to swallow it. Do you understand? In this way, I left ten firecrackers, Ji Bao and our family, and more than 100 personal soldiers of He Lao Liu to protect me, which is enough. He wants the whole group to attack the Jade Emperor Temple, and you will order all the men and horses to attack outside. I am strong and weak, and I am fighting during the day. Liu Yong attacked the mountain, if he saw that it was an empty village, he would also come to reinforcements! ”

After a slight commotion, the silence in the temple calmed down. The huge courtyard was dark and unsounded, as deep as an ancient cave without a bottom, and only the disturbed tree birds occasionally screamed, and in an instant they fell into an even more eerie and terrifying darkness. The Jade Emperor Temple is on the high side, the north side leans on the root of the Guimeng Ding Mountain, to the east down is the Yi River, there is a dry river ditch washed down by the mountain torrent in the west, standing at the gate of the temple mountain, you can have a bird's-eye view of half of the city of Pingyi, but at this time the armies of both sides outside are moving, no matter what, the command position can not be exposed, only sporadic detectives can be sent out to investigate. I was anxious about things, and I couldn't go out to watch in person, Rao was calm and calm, and in the cold weather, a layer of fine sweat oozed from my brain. Wang Ji guarded at the door of the palace, and generally had a high heart, there were less than 200 people left in the temple, in case the enemy was aware of it, a swarm of bees besieged it, although there were many officers and soldiers, the distant water did not quench the thirst of the near, and the blood was splashed on the spot within five steps, not to mention that there were three long and two short, it was to hurt a hair of Fukangan, how could he explain to Mrs. Tai as a "meritorious slave"? He rolled his eyes and kept making ideas, taking advantage of Fukangan's demand for water to drink, and said with a smile: "Fourth master, I have taken a closer look during the day, since this thief has come down from the west, if he wants to attack the Jade Emperor Temple, he can only come in from the main gate......

"Hmm, hmm?" Fukangan was all thinking outside, listening to him, he came back to his senses after a while, stared at him with a sideways face and asked, "What do you want?" Wang Jibao said: "The slave thinks that if the surnamed Gong and the surname Wang hit the county seat first, they must occupy this Jade Emperor Temple." There are 2,000 of them, and all of them have fallen into evil, and we have less than 200 of them, and we will suffer immediate losses in the fight. He pointed to the back of the temple and said, "There is a stargazing platform behind the Shenku, which is the place where the Taoist priests sit and work hard, the terrain is the highest, and the trees in the temple are lower than it." According to the knowledge of the minions, the master took fifty personal soldiers to the Shenku, followed by muskets, the enemy did not come, there was a clairvoyant view of the battle, and the command was also convenient; They attacked the temple, I led people in front to block for a while, and the lord went down the river from the east to the north of the city, and transferred troops to attack from behind. Even if he is reincarnated by Tuxing Sun, he can't run. What does the master say? He knew that Fukangan was very temperamental, so he didn't say "escape", but only said "go down the river", and he was afraid that Fukangan would not bow down and stared at Fukangan to see his color. Unexpectedly, Fukangan didn't even think about it and said: "Good boy, you can think hard!" This kind of battle is a matter of being smarter than anyone. They went down the mountain early and didn't do what I had originally designed, but I arrived in Pingyi earlier than they did. Now he is in the bright and I am in the dark, just to use his dim sum eyes to beat him dizzy! Then he walked away, and ordered, "You come and transfer people, and I will go to the observatory - put out the lights!" ”

The stargazing platform is located in the north of the Shenku, and it is also a stone-based earthen platform built according to the mountain, which is divided into three layers. Fukangan didn't get to the top of the stage to know that Wang Jibao's advice was excellent. At this moment, the light is slightly reflected, and although the surroundings are still dark, the scenery of mountains and rivers is already visible. The top and bottom of the earthen platform are covered with artemisia grass and hazelnut thorns, and they can be hidden and look outward, condescending, which is not only convenient for giving orders and commands, but also can be temporarily resisted for a while. Fukangan hurried to the top of the stage, and when he saw that there were still a few stones for meditation, he couldn't help but smile happily, and he didn't sit down, but raised his telescope and couldn't wait to look west.

But the sky was still too dark, no matter how Fukangan rotated the focus, everything was still blurred, the remnant snow in the shade of the mountain roots and the striped ravines and stone ravines, forming a strange black and white painting extending in the mirror, sometimes changing and jumping, and it was impossible to distinguish the roads and houses. Fukangan was staring hard to the west, when suddenly a shot rang out from the southwest, and when he turned the telescope to look at it, he was still confused, and when he listened to it, even the gunshots stopped ringing. Just as he didn't pay attention, Wang Jibao took a herald to jump up to the stargazing platform out of breath, opened his mouth and gasped and said, "Handsome...... It's on fire...... Picked up the fire......"

"Don't worry, take a breath." Fukangan put down the binoculars on his chest, waited for them to settle down for a while, and asked unhurriedly, "Is it Ge Fengyang or Lai Feng'an at the West Gate?" I just heard a gunshot, who set it off? The herald still gasped slightly, and said, "It's Ge Fengyang...... And he sent men, and the bandits, numbering less than two thousand, with pots and stoves on their backs, and the grain of the donkeys, formed themselves in the col, and went to touch the empty camp of Agahar while it was dark. He also said that he was going to fire a shot and pretend to report to the battalion. When the enemy attacked the city, he would go around with his buttocks. Let the fourth master rest assured, if there is a letter, it will be reported again! …… He also said that these people are also white-clothed and white-headed. It's almost the same as our people, and they can't tell the difference in the dark field, so they asked the fourth master to pay attention...... "Fukangan didn't expect Ge Fengyang to be so meticulous, and even the number of enemies and equipment were clear, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and raised his fist and beat his legs and said: "Little Gezi is good!" You sent someone to give him an order, and the anti-thief was firmly glued, and it was a success to drag it until dawn! While speaking, Wang Jibao pointed to the southeast mountainside of Guimengding and shouted: "Fourth master, look! Lord Liu, they're on! ”

Fukangan looked back, and saw a cluster of fireworks on the mountainside in the area of Nanbai Village, about a dozen of them, all of which were rose purple, which were already falling, and before they could be darkened, another bush rose up and slowly took off, it was a color of red, scattered one after another, and a layer of chrysanthemum yellow fireworks, but it was strangely bright, and the goddess fell to the ground like scattered flowers...... Fukangan had faintly heard the sound of muffled cannons coming from afar, and his eyes lit up with excitement, and he said: "Quickly send someone to the north gate of Pingyi to burn three fires, and after they are burned, all the fireworks will be lit, and the more prosperous the fire, the bigger the better!" ——Liu Yong entered the cottage, and when he saw that it was abnormal here, he must arrange reinforcements! He stepped on the stone and looked at the sky, stretched out his hand and said, "Jibo, it's too cold, I'll drink the wine!" ”

After the cannon sounded after the top of the village, fireworks set off in the southeast of the village, which immediately alarmed Wang Yan and Gong Yitian and the righteous army. They had gathered at the foot of the mountain for nearly half an hour, and the brigade gathered together, intending to rush straight to the old camp of Agaha, break up the weak soldiers of this battalion, burn it to a flame and candle, and then calmly enter the city to calm the people. But when the outpost touched the camp half a mile away, there was an inexplicable sound of guns and guns from the woods in the west of the city, which startled the wild storks and old eagles to fly around the forest and scream, and the rabbits and foxes walked on the trees and shook the grass. The camp was full of dead people who also woke up, and sent people to check, but Ge Fengyang was very well hidden, and there was not even a ghost shadow. Looking at the camp again, it should have been someone sent out to detective by Ti Ling Yuzi, but there was no movement at all. The dark and gloomy tent barracks lay horizontally, like a monster that was grinding its teeth and sucking blood in the dark, ready to burst out and hurt people at any moment—it already felt unlucky, and the mountains were moving like this, and everywhere was full of danger. Originally, they were going to kick the camp, but both of them were a little hesitant.

"It was Fukangan who did it in the north. Let's go first, it's dangerous! Gong Yitian wiped a handful of sweat and said happily, "Wang Shengzhi, there is you!" He occupied our empty camp and chased it all the way, and then we fought back to the village from the Yihe River, and disciplined the little cubs to turn over on their backs! Wang Yan kept judging the surrounding situation, staring at the barracks, there was no light, and he couldn't hear any human voices, which was too strange - could it be an empty camp? But if it is left outside the city like this, and the whole army will be exposed as soon as the morning dawns, and the old camp of Agaha cannot be destroyed immediately, and the reinforcements from the mountain will arrive in only one hour, the consequences will be really unimaginable! After thinking about it, he said: "We can't stay in the countryside for a long time, send a small group of people to rush to the camp first, and then make plans!" Gong Yitian then ordered: "Brothers in Xizhai, rush!" ”

More than 300 soldiers listened to the order, shouted and rushed to the east gate of the barracks. The rest of the more than 1,000 people shouted and cheered with Wang Yan, shouting in a loud voice: "Set foot in Shandong Province and kill all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials...... "Expelle the Tartars and restore the clothes of the Han family", "Kill the inferior gentry with both rich and poor...... The cries of shaking the earth and the mountains echoed in the pre-dawn wilderness, rising and falling, and were particularly loud and powerful. But before the 300 men rushed to the gate of the camp, they heard a burst of gunfire, and the "bang, bang, bang......" generally reverberated in the night sky......

The attackers stopped—the sound of gunfire was still ringing in the woods to the south, and the nearby camp was still motionless, gloomy and dark. However, the brigade had been disturbed, and the soldiers of the rebel army, who had no field experience, were in a panic, and some people shouted: "Brother Gong, Wang Sheng's envoy!" The officers and troops are coming from the south! The soldiers who attacked the camp stood at the gate of the village and looked southeast, and sure enough, they saw a group of people in the south of the woods, squirming towards the brigade like caterpillars, and from time to time they put cold guns, "bang", "shy" again, I don't know what tricks to play. A few brave soldiers rushed to the gate of the village, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one and kicked violently. The huge village gate trembled and supported for a while, and a bang fell, and the dust like black fog rose to the face, and the soldiers who broke in first coughed and jumped to their feet and shouted: "Brother Gong, it's his mother's empty camp!" Not a single ghost is gone! ”

"Empty camp!" Although Wang Gong and the others had a hunch, they were still taken aback at the same time - even if the whole battalion withdrew, the barracks and the guards in the warehouse, the husband who stayed behind, the husband who was sick, or even the families of cats and dogs were swept out? But in any case, this is finally a place to stay, listening to the sporadic sound of birds like firecrackers in the south, a shot in the east and a shot in the west are unhurried and sticky, and the two people feel more and more that it is not a matter to stand in place, Gong Yitian said "go", and the team of people and horses will follow into the village. It was in Agoha's empty chamber for urgent consultations.

Gong San said blindly: "Agaha, I know, a playboy straw bag, no scheming and no guts-the whole battalion must have entered the city under Fukangan's order, and he can't disobey it." I think we will defend this stockade, send half of the people to conquer the county seat, become a horn, and then do it according to the situation! "Who's shooting that?" Wang Yan asked rhetorically, and sighed again, "We are in a hurry, but the system is incomplete!" The news is not as agile as the official army...... The situation of the enemy is not clear at present, but one thing seems to be clear: Fukangan wants to force us to go west and south, and then encircle us on the Dachuan Plain......"

The two discussed and discussed, and they thought of everything, but they didn't expect that Fukangan himself had brought two thousand elite soldiers and had already laid a copper net and iron array around Pingyi. The two of them merely deployed against Agha's weak and weak generals; If you want to advance to the east, you must eat the garrison of Agaha in any case and occupy the Pingyi River Camera Operation. There are small groups of officers and soldiers outside the city to harass, perhaps it is Fukangan's suspicious strategy, and it cannot be entangled. When the day dawned, the two thought that the Guimengding had been lost, and the officers and troops might be overwhelmingly pressed down at any time, and they felt that they could only make a decision to attack the city immediately and eliminate the reinforcements of the "Agaha" to snipe the Guimengding, and they could no longer want to break through from the Yihe River to the boundary card...... Therefore, there was almost no dispute, and the two hit it off: abandon the village and fight the county seat!

The two of them discussed and came out of the camp as a whole team. At this time, the sky has been bright, but the sun has not yet come out of the mountain, a clear light can be seen clearly, Pingyi County north high south low horizontal in the east, ring the city from the west to the south, half of the moat and the south of the Yi River are connected, frozen like half a jade belt around the waist. The more to the north, the lower the city wall, to the south are two or three zhang high brick city, the city gate lock key sealed, no ** and the ladder can not be attacked at all. Gong Yitian stood at the gate of the village and pointed at the Jade Emperor Temple, and said: "Occupy this temple as the commander of our Chinese army, and enter from this gate!" Wang Yan said: "Set fire to his big camp!" ”

In the raging flames, more than 1,600 volunteers marched towards the Jade Emperor Temple, and the vanguard of more than 300 forwards was about to turn around the northwest corner of the city, and suddenly roared in unison, waving their swords and attacking the Jade Emperor Temple. The rebels have swarmed in. Gong Yitian was about to wave his army into the temple, and suddenly there was a gunshot in the temple, "bang, bang", one shot after another, but it was not very dense, as if it was not lively enough, and the woods in the south also sounded gunshots, much louder than in the temple, it seemed to be a row of guns, and the louder and louder they were getting closer and closer. Almost at the same time, more than a dozen of the soldiers who attacked the temple ran out, shouting, "There are officers and soldiers in the temple!" There are officers and soldiers in the temple! Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, he was quiet, he had faintly heard the shouts coming from the west side of the barracks, and many strange disadvantages, the governor had changed greatly, and asked urgently: "How many people are there?" ”

"I couldn't see clearly, and they all hid in the temple tower and the main hall to shoot arrows and lighters, and the brothers who went in were so pressed that they couldn't raise their heads......"

"Hit! Five hundred more people go in! Gong Yitian shouted.

Five hundred strong men swarmed in from the temple gate, Fukangan's guards were immediately in danger, Wang Jibao saw that the righteous army was holding torches to set fire to the temple, and urgently ordered the soldiers guarding the corridor in the main hall to retreat to the north back door of the temple, looking at the tide of people pouring into the temple only to release arrows, the birds were divided into a row of five people, a row of fire to resist the enemy, a row of loading **, the temple was full of arrows like rain locusts and gunsmoke. But the rebels also seemed to notice that there were not many garrisons in the temple, and the follow-up soldiers came in and formed a team in the mountain gate, and the upper room that came in first pressed the roof and forced it with rockets, and the main hall in the temple was already on fire. Wang Jibao saw that the situation was extremely dangerous, and ordered: "Retreat to the Shenku to protect the fourth master!" He went straight to the stargazing platform, and saw Fukangan standing on the stone as if he was looking with a telescope, and he didn't care about saluting Qian'er, so he hurriedly said: "Fourth master, let's go!" ”

"What? Is it in? Fukangan put down the binoculars and asked, his face was as calm as water, and he pointed to Pingyi and said, "This Lai Feng'an is still successful, he knows how to deal with the change, and there is already a large team of people going out from the east gate!" "My lord, the bandits are also outflanking the road to the east and blocking our way down the Yi River!" Wang Jibao's face was pale with sweat, "No matter how late it is, it will surround us!" Fukangan said: "It was we who surrounded them!" Ge Fengyang stuck to their buttocks like a stinky plaster, and He Lao Liu's big circle also came over, this battle is easy to fight! He pointed to the north temple gate: "You can still defend it here, and if you want to introduce his whole army into the temple, I will retreat!" ”

Before the words were finished, a few more shots rang out in the very close place of the North Temple Gate, and then I heard the sound of the swords and guns fighting and colliding with each other, and the sound of crackling and rapid chaos, first ten musketeers grabbed the door and retreated to Fukangan, almost everyone was injured, and they pulled out their knives under the stargazing platform, and they were busy charging - it turned out that the enemy and me were mixed in front, and it was already a white-knuckle fight, and they could not fire, and it was too late to even reload. Fukangan "brushed" the sword in his hand, and shouted in his voice: "My guards are all withdrawn to the back of the temple!" Hearing the sound of the blade, more than 100 soldiers withdrew from the temple gate covered in blood and lined up next to the divine treasury. Seeing that there were still more than a dozen corpses in tow, and many of the people standing there had injured their arms and legs, he ordered: "Brothers, come back, the musketeers aim at the door, come in and kill one by one!" ”

As soon as the pro-soldier guards retreated to the bottom of the earthen platform, there was a swarm of fifteen or sixteen enemy soldiers at the entrance of the temple, because the door was narrow, all of them staggered, and they were still unstable, and the five firearms were fired together, and five or six were knocked down at that time, and the rest of the people saw that the situation was not good, some rushed to flee back, some went to the ridge, and some shouted: "The musket is powerful!" The spell of the king's holy envoy does not work! Someone inside echoed the cheers and shouted, "It's not that the spell doesn't work, it's that they missed a woman last night!" Brothers, tear down this wall and open it to fight! "Hear" one-two! With a shout, the north wall of the temple had collapsed, and I saw the heroes like bees and ants lined up in unison, holding spears and knives, and shouting with red eyes:

"Invulnerable! Knives, guns, invulnerable! ”

…… One shouted and the other white poofed and the brigade pressed up. There are also five or six ** branches in the Yijun village, which gradually came out and stood in a row behind the Jade Emperor Palace, aiming at the earthen platform, no head and no brain, just fire. Suddenly, there was a thick smoke billowing around the observatory, and the iron sand in the nitrate mist made the stone foundation of Artemisia grass clangle. In the sound of gunfire, there were people in the official army and the rebel army who fell from time to time. But the people in the cottage don't seem to mind whether they can really be "invulnerable", the front one fell, and the one behind shouted and hugged up, and the officers and guards who had just rested for a moment saw that the situation was dangerous, and they killed again. The two miles were the most elite troops, and in this square inch of land, hundreds of people shouted and killed in front of and behind the earthen platform, on the left and right sides of the temple, stirring up a heap and rolling into a regiment......

This is really an unprecedentedly tragic white-knuckle fight, and at this moment, even if Fukangan wants to withdraw from the temple from Shenkudong, he will have to pass through this place of fighting. The bleak light of the rising sun just shone obliquely on this hillside, Wang Jibao took two musketeers, more than a dozen guards arched Fukangan around Taiwan to hide and resist, walked a sword grove and sword forest, rushed to the front of the desperately with a knife to split the spear, Fukangan himself also has a short-handled horse, see the right to shoot a shot, see the fierce around the Taiwan and then avoid, sometimes one or two short gunshots drowned in the sound of killing, more than 30 living soldiers in front of the stage are also really fierce, their own everyone is killed bleeding in the face, Seeing that Fukang'an was in danger and had to risk death to save him, he refused to take half a step back when he was dying, and the officers and soldiers around the stage were completely mixed together, swords and guns burst out, sparks flew everywhere, and from time to time some people fell down screaming. Wang Jibao saw that his people were getting fewer and fewer, and he was really anxious, and shouted: "Set up the fourth master!" Jump down from Xigou - fuck you, listen to me Wang Jibao this time! Fukangan was still hesitating, and three or four pro-soldiers hugged him and walked west. It was a very critical moment, and suddenly there was a horn in the northeast corner of the temple, and Wang Jibao wiped the blood on his eyes and saw it, and immediately jumped to his feet and shouted: "Four masters, four masters!" Our people are coming up! - Ge Fengyang! The young master is in the west, what the fuck are you fucking about? He stood on the base of the stargazing platform, looking at the new force of officers and soldiers who rushed up from the northeast corner like a wasp, his legs slightly bent and his fists raised on his shoulders, trembling with excitement, and he only raised his fists and shouted hysterically: "Good, good!" Well played, wow! Fire, fire, fire! Hit-ahhh ”

"Bang"! "Bang"!! "Bang"!!

This is a team of more than 300 Qing soldiers, Ge Fengyang led from the east of the temple around, forty muskets fired in turns, hit the dense crowd, and fell down as soon as it sounded, and the corpses in front of the Shenku were piled up like a mountain of wheat. The people who had already been able to fight were awakened and stunned by the horror of this sudden attack, and they wanted to take the road back to the temple, but they were also sealed by muskets, and saw that the officers and soldiers were getting more and more up, and they formed a formation on the east side of the Shenku. I don't know who shouted "Escape", and everyone suddenly rushed to the west, followed by another row of gunshots, and a large number of people squeezed and rolled into the flood gully more than two feet deep. Ge Fengyang was stunned when he saw Fukangan standing in front of Wang Jibao, who was jumping and shouting, with a few staggering up, and a thousand children beat down, without saying a word, crying straight away. Wang Jibao was already so excited that he jumped off the stone base with one foot bare, pointed at the mountain torrent ditch like a madman, and shouted hoarsely: "Hit-ahh Fill me with enough medicine, fill me with my son—fight! The forty musketeers stood on the edge of the ditch and listened to his orders, and the muskets were set off like firecrackers, and they only fired where there were people. Poor people who squeezed down the ditch had no power to parry, and they couldn't climb the road and couldn't, except for a few clever people who fled south of the ditch, the remaining more than 100 people were shot countless times, and they were beaten to the point that their bodies were bleeding from the ditch. Wang Ji Baozha raised his hands to the sky and laughed, and fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Pick up Jiho, clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded!" Fukangan said. He seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare at this time, watching the smoke on the battlefield gradually thinning, and the corpses piled up in the east and west like a wheat field, he trembled for a moment, quickly collected his mind, and said to Ge Fengyang, who was crying: "Don't be sad, I'm going to lure Gong Yitian's whole gang into the temple, and it will save trouble if you fight." It's my secret to get burned, and I don't have the responsibility of you and Ji Bao......" Ge Fengyang didn't agree or humble, but his eyes were teary and in a daze. Fukangan knew that he blamed himself for not listening to the advice beforehand, and he couldn't blame himself for being rude, his heart was hot, and he sighed with emotion, but said with a smile: "Don't wipe your tears, there will be this in the future, just listen to your advice more - write to your father, just say what I said, you show my face very much......" Seeing that the stretcher had been carried over Wang Jibao, he stepped forward a few steps to cover the corner of the quilt for him, seeing that he was unconscious, and said to the soldiers carrying the stretcher, "Order to Lai Feng'an, I will requisition all the Langzhong in Pingyi and buy all the red and white wound medicine." All the sergeants who are alive now must be treated safely! As he spoke, he strode down from the corner of the temple, and ordered loudly as he walked, "All our troops move closer here and besiege this temple!" Lord Liu went down the mountain and invited him to meet him at the north gate of Pingyi City! ”

Fukangan went around from the east of the temple to the south of the temple, and was relieved until outside the north gate of Pingyi City. took out the pocket watch to look at the time, but was taken aback, it turned out that at some point, someone was stabbed under the left rib and was pierced on the pocket watch. There is no silver in the glass of the watch, the spring mechanism and the glass slag are broken together, and the edges of the case are curled up and twisted, shining like a golden snail. I was stunned for a moment before I felt a faint pain in the left intercostal space, but I reached out to touch it but there was no abnormality, knowing that it was this watch that saved my life, and I couldn't help but secretly say: Ashamed! The emperor is blessed with all the heavens, and Fukang and his life should not be extinguished...... I wanted to throw away the watch, but I stopped it, carefully wrapped it in a white cloth and put it in my arms. When I took a look at the temple, He Laoliu's soldiers were in the west, Ge Fengyang was already in the northeast, and Lai Feng'an's soldiers in the city were also majestic. There were also dozens of corpses in front of the rubble mountain gate, and the soldiers were carrying the corpses backwards like ants dragging flies. The officers and soldiers who had been arranged in the west and did not come in handy were also moved by the official road in the north of the city, and teams rushed over. The entire Jade Emperor Temple is almost submerged in the white "sea of soldiers". The door of the temple was open, and with the telescope, you could see that there were people walking in front of Tie Ding, but there was no sound. There was a dead silence and horror. He wanted to call Wang Jibao, but suddenly remembered that he was healing, and his heart was sad and hateful, his teeth were gritted, and he turned around and ordered the herald to say: "Go, give them the order, the enemy will not save the wounded, and behead them on the spot!" Tell all the cooks in the city, if there is anything delicious, just make it for my wounded soldiers! While speaking, someone in the city has already reported it: "Lord Liu is coming from Xiguan, please see Lord Fu!" ”

"Okay, please see him upstairs!" Fukangan gritted his teeth and smiled, "Let's watch the battle together today, how fortunate it is!" "Let's go into the city and climb the building. After a while, he heard the sound of spurs and swords colliding under the city, and Liu Yong almost trotted up. Seeing Fukangan standing at the door of the building and looking at the sky, Liu Yong's legs were weak, he almost sat down on the ground, and stood firm with one hand holding the mouth of the pheasant battlement, and said: "Fourth Master Fu, you almost bluffed my true soul!" Fukangan saw that his black face was scorched, panting and standing staring at him, his eyes full of concern and melancholy, and he was also moved. I wanted to say something, but a sentence came out: "Damn! The watch is broken, what time is it? ”

This Wen Yiwu is an old partner, since Qianlong's first southern tour, the two of them were ordered to watch the wind together, and they secretly attacked Cai Qi in Zaozhuang. Now one is a duke, the other is a minister of military aircraft, and the tiger talisman of the military center is the same as the central tiger talisman of the military state, and they have all experienced a general city mansion, and they are invisible, and they can't help but see the truth at this time. Liu Yong was stunned for a moment, and also looked at the sky, but the sun was covered by thin clouds, and he also smiled, hurriedly took out his watch to look at it, and said: "It's the end of the morning and the beginning of the afternoon." ”

Fu Kangan looked at the sky again in a little surprise, and did not speak immediately, he did not expect that the fierce battle just now would take less than an hour, and he had already walked in the life and death in such a short time. He turned his face to face Liu Yong and said, "Brother Shi'an, don't look at me like this, I haven't hurt a single hair." The war is a life, there is not even a little risk, and it is not as good as even speculating in business. Although this battle was dangerous, all the enemies were lured into this urn by me, and how much trouble was saved! How many fewer people will die? - During the day today, we will definitely wipe out all these bandits! As he spoke, he instructed people, "Make a table, set up some tea, and make a fire here, and Lord Liu and I will watch the battle here!" ”

At the mercy of a moment, Liu Yong Fukangan took a seat, and saw He Laoliu, Lai Feng'an and Ge Fengyang go to the city to meet them. Fukangan said with a smile: "Lai Feng'an's envoy has done a good job, if your troops don't move eastward, they may break through at that time." This board doesn't enlighten you in vain. Don't be so frustrated, think that it didn't come in handy for you, be prepared! If the enemy guards the large camp and goes southwest, it will be a big trouble if it is empty! He glanced at Ge Fengyang, but Ge Fengyang was his minion, so there was no need to be so applauded, because he pointed his finger at the table and asked, "There is no movement at this time, you are wondering what Gong Yitian is doing?" ”

He Laoliu was full of shame, his face was red and he had not yet spoken, Lai Feng'an said: "The marshal personally led the Chinese army to fight with the rebel bandits, and killed more than 300 bandits. The fight is dangerous and beautiful, I guess Gong San's blind man has been frightened, and he is discussing with Wang Yan to surrender to Cheng - this is surrounded by water, and there are no reinforcements, and there is Ge Zhentai guarding the boundary card in the distance, and the soldiers of Yanzhou are still driving here, and they can't get down with their wings! The mark is also an old soldier, I haven't fought a big battle, I have captured a few thieves, I think I am also proud, so I know what the real chapter is when I see it in person. The fourth master rushed left and right to kill on the stargazing platform, and I saw with my own eyes that more than a dozen thieves were cut down, and he was as majestic as Guan Gong! Fukangan couldn't help but laugh secretly when he heard this, this person guessed that it might not be appropriate for the enemy to "surrender", but the high hat was worn naturally in his hand. He Lao Liu saw Fukangan groaning and said: "This is not an ordinary bandit who robs houses and houses, but a group of anti-thieves with a heart and a wise calculation. When they left Pingyi, they issued a notice that they would not harm civilians or businessmen, and they were the guys who wanted to do a great job in response to the heavens! They cannot be expected to surrender. I see that they are waiting for dark, our soldiers can't fight at night, and when it gets dark, they break through and go out, burrow into the chaotic mountains, and escape regardless of the path! ”

"Drill the chaotic mountains and take the path...... Fukangan nodded. Squinted his eyes and looked south, but saw the frozen river standing among the mountains. Half-submerged in the sea of clouds that flowed back, stretching to the extreme. Looking at the mountains, he suddenly remembered one thing and asked Liu Yong: "How many people have you left behind in the Guimengding Cottage?" Liu Yong said: "I only brought less than 1,000 people down the mountain overnight, 1,000 on the mountain, and the rest are still guarding the cannons in the same place." Fukangan said: "** Transport, the cannon is a pile of iron, no need to guard." Please immediately send someone back to Guimengding to give an order, and the area from Guimengding to South Berlin should be strictly patrolled to prevent the rebels from copying the path back to the cottage to sneak attack - the mountains and rivers in this area are simply ecstasy, and the officers and soldiers are not as familiar with the terrain as they are. He stood up, looked at the temple with his binoculars, and said, "I see they're waiting for dark!" He Lao Liu! ”

"Mark the order!"

"Now gather people to charge, each time five hundred people take turns to fight, after four rounds, two thousand people will all attack it, take it for me!"

"Wow!"

"Listen," Fukangan smiled viciously, "give you two hours, you can't hold this nest and kill yourself!" ”

"Back to Dashuai, I only need an hour!"

"I'll give you two hours, and the less you use it, the better. Lord Liu and I laughed at your actions! ”

He Lao Liuhu roared and agreed, and went down the city tower, Fukangan ordered Ge Fengyang to "wait here", and ordered Lai Feng'an to "send people to block all the large and small intersections, and if the enemy scatters and escapes, they must all be captured." He sat back in the chair comfortably, gave a bronze hand stove across the table, and carried one in his arms, waved his hand to order Lai Feng'an to retreat, nodded to Liu Yong with a smile, and stopped talking.

Listening to the monotonous and rapid footsteps of the assembled team under the city, and the boring sound of passwords, Liu Yong's heart suddenly struck with a burst of terror, and his face became a little pale, seeing He Laoliu standing in front of the mountain gate with one hand on his waist and holding the order flag in the other, he pointed his finger and asked: "Is he called He Laoliu, the leader of Jinan City Gate?" ”

"Now it's my counselor." Fukangan's thin white fingers caressed the smooth hand stove, nodded and said, "Ama who has followed me is a good general." Chuan Han, coarse. Seeing Fukangan looking at himself, Liu Yong smiled and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I heard He Shen say that Yu Yijian has a pen of money that is surnamed He's hand, and the surname He is a guilty body, and the fourth master wants to call this person, so he should say hello to He Shen. The pupils in Fukangan's eyes lit up, and he snorted in his nostrils, and said, "This is a military rack with me!" I have the emperor's order to raise troops and transfer generals, and even you have transferred them to use them, how is he? I told him to prepare 300,000 taels of silver to work for the army, did he do it? ”

Liu Yong said a few words, his mind had settled down, and his face was not so ugly, so provocative that Fukangan was moved, he was already satisfied, because of a smile, he said: "He didn't say anything, he just didn't look happy." When asked me where the money came from, I said that it would come from Cathay's property, and he said that Fukangan would have to write a document when he came back so that he could report to the household department. ”

"I don't write a document for him, so I don't give him a receipt, I give it directly to the household department. Bah! He bit mine-" Fukangan became more and more hesitant, wanting to scold rudeness, but seeing that he was facing Liu Yong, he smiled and said: "The villain who bit me goes!" Shi'an, I thought he was okay with this person, but the more I looked at it, the more inauthentic it became, it was the fucking lice! When he was still talking, the horns sounded around the temple under the city, so he stopped, and saw the first three carts carrying big drums coming out, and said with a smile: "This He Lao Liu, he also wants to beat the drum to march!" Watching the playbook has grown! ”

In the gloomy and bleak sound of the painting horns, the drums were broken like the hooves of thousands of horses. It seemed that the ground in the city was shaking. At noon, the sky covered by thin clouds was vast and bright, and it was refreshing to see, and the swords, guns, swords, halberds, and trees under the city were arranged, and they had become murderous. He Lao Liu tore open his robe wrapped in white cloth with a "snort", and shouted shirtlessly: "Brothers, kill me!" Five hundred military academies followed and shouted, "Kill!" He rushed head-on. The temple, which had been empty and silent, suddenly shouted in unison, "Kill-"! Almost at the same time, there were three or four hundred people standing densely on the wall in front of the temple, and twelve plain pennants were also erected, some painted with flames, some painted with red black rosefinch, hunting and showing in the wind, and then the rain of arrows of the righteous sergeant on the wall had been shot down. Ge Fengyang was afraid that the arrow would hit the city tower and hurt Fu Liu and the others, so he hurriedly asked someone to "take the shield", and then saw that none of the arrows could reach the root of the city, so he was relieved.

He Lao Liu stood in front of the stone steps and commanded the charge, dancing his robe with one hand to block the arrows, because the soldiers who rushed in front had been shot down four or five, some were desperate, and some rolled down, and he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "Bird hand, fire to Lao Tzu!" The turtle that beat the ancestors does not come out! ”

Fifty bird guns brought by Fukangan, lined up and standing under the city, this is a well-trained musketeer, the charge is extremely fast, the accuracy is also excellent, a row of shots, a row of charges in turn to fire, listen to He Lao's sixth order to fire a shot, the enemy on the front temple gate wall has fallen in a row, several rows of guns have been fired, and there is no one on the wall. Five hundred officers and soldiers screamed and rushed up, although there were still people shooting arrows on the wall, they were no longer able to curb the offensive of the officers and soldiers, more than a dozen officers and soldiers had already seized the door, and then they swarmed in forty or fifty, He Lao Liuyi threw off his robes and swarmed in with the rest of the soldiers. Inside, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the sound of weapons colliding became a ......

Liu Yong was already stunned, his two hands tightly pinched the chair handle, and his heart was so high that he couldn't put it down, and he heard a "boom" in the temple, as if something had fallen, mixed with the sound of killing and shouting and scolding, but he didn't know what the situation was. Fukangan sighed: "I heard that He Lao Liu succeeded. This is the wooden frame that demolished Gong Yi's archery on the wall in the sky. Some people say that I like to use cannons, and temple walls like this will collapse with one shot. Field battles still need artillery! As he spoke, He Lao Liu had already led people to retreat, his head and face were all gray, and he commanded to carry out more than a dozen corpses, and stood in front of the city gate and said loudly: "They have retreated to the Jade Emperor Palace, shouting to send someone to say about Toucheng!" ”

"Surrender?" Fukangan sneered, "When I go to Jinan, they should do this." He paused, and without hesitation, burst out with one word: "Hit!" ”

A second group of 500 men rushed into the temple. It seems that he arrived in the area of the Jade Emperor Hall without encountering resistance, and there is still a sound of killing without a figure. He Lao Liu no longer asked for orders, and shouted and ordered the third group of people: "Go around from the east of the temple, kill from the north gate, and chop me as a dumpling filling!" "Drink the fourth echelon again," open at the gate of the temple, and kill inside at my order!" ”

Watching a group of officers and soldiers roaring and jumping into the big temple like wasps entering their nests, Liu Yong knew that the big thing had been decided, and just breathed a sigh of relief, a group of officers and soldiers left behind in the front temple shouted and screamed, holding ping-pong knives and guns and fighting and exiting the temple. Thinking that the war had changed inside, Fukangan stood up and shouted to the city: "The thieves came out of the front door and prepared to fight!" As soon as the shouting fell, he himself was stunned: it turned out that there were only about 20 people left in Gong Yitian and his party, and they were pressed back from behind the temple to the front of the temple.

In an instant, the position fell silent, and even the sergeants who were beating drums and cheering froze and froze. These more than 20 people seem to have gone through the "blood rain", the head and face of the robe are dyed red, the blood on the hem of the robe has gradually condensed, the blood on the arms and faces is bright, dripping and still dripping, a few of them are seriously injured in the chest and lower abdomen, and some are dragging a broken leg. Looking at such a scene, Fu Kang'an, who was standing, Liu Yong, who was sitting, and Ge Fengyang, who was standing as a guard, froze for a while, and the soldiers and soldiers all over the city were stunned and speechless like a wood carving clay sculpture in the temple. Fukangan leaned forward, holding the battlements with one hand and the other behind his back, watching the group of people approach with wide eyes, until they stood still, a throbbing on their bodies did they come back to their senses, and asked weakly: "You ...... What are you going to do? ”

"I want to see General Fu." Gong Yitian, who was standing in the center, wiped his face and said calmly, "I am Gong Yitian, I have something to say!" ”

Fukangan quietly took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and said, "I am Fukangan - what about another one named Wang Yan?" Stand up and speak! ”

Gong Yitian took a step forward with a wooden face. A weak man beside him also followed and said, "I'm Wang Yan." Fukangan said: "To this day, what do you have to say? Gong Yitian sneered and said: "Since ancient times, if you become a prince, you will be a thief, and you can talk about it." If evenly matched, you're no match for me. ”

"It's up to you to say this," Fukangan grinned, "There is more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust, so naturally it can't be evenly matched." ”

"Three autumn grasshoppers walk on the leaves, how long can they jump? The Qing Dynasty was faint and mediocre, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were all over the world, extorting taxes and miscellaneous taxes to strip the poor people, and the resentment rushed straight for nine days, and the chaos was just around the corner. Although I was defeated, the Red Sun Sect and the Tianli Sect were not defeated, and the world has been turned upside down in twenty years! ”

"That's what you're coming to see me for? - I'm afraid I'm too busy to listen to your three-character scripture! ”

"My brothers, who were taken prisoner and wounded, came down to you, hoping that you would not kill them. Since ancient times, it is ominous to kill and surrender generals, this is the first. ”

Fukangan thought for a while and said, "There is a second? Say! ”

"The family members have already been arrested by you, one person does the work and the other is responsible, don't be difficult for them." Gong Yitian stared at Fukangan and said, "I have also heard of your name for a long time, you are a man who speaks, I want you to give me a word!" ”

Fukangan looked at the sergeants who came out of the temple and surrounded the inner and outer three floors, and said: "You are also a man, but you have the wrong idea and the wrong path, which is deeply regrettable." The law of the country is there, and I must not be self-dictatorated, I can not kill my family, but according to the law, I will be exiled and enslaved, and the people who follow you are 'rebellious', and the law cannot avoid death. ”

Gong Yitian listened, smiled calmly, and said, "What you said is also the truth. Since you can't make a promise, I won't give you all the credit! He pulled out the knife "pout", the arc light in the air was like a flash of lightning, and he had cut Wang Yan next to him to the ground...... With knives on the ground, their bodies still swaying, more than 20 people drew their knives in their hands together, some stabbed each other, some killed themselves, like a small forest suddenly blown by a gust of wind, and people fell under the cold stone slabs......

"Good man!" Fukangan exclaimed. He suddenly felt a little dizzy, stared at the still trembling and wriggling corpses, and looked away for a long time. He himself staggered as if he had been stabbed, his face was as pale as a dead man, his heart was blank with confusion, and he said to the soldiers around him melancholy: "Do not learn from his heart and deeds, but learn from his courage and courage...... That's it, clean up the battlefield, count the number of enemies and friends, and verify the true ...... of Gong Yitian and Wang Yan."