When Cheng Haofeng and Heiwa were closer, the formation had been activated, but in order to ensure that Heiwa was trapped for a longer time, Cheng Haofeng still continued to provoke him with words.

The more chaotic Heiwa's heart is, the easier it is to fall into the illusion, but for this reason, Cheng Haofeng did not withdraw from the formation in time and was injured by his fangs.

Without Heiwa's command, the Mastiff team is still fierce, but the offensive formation has been chaotic.

Hu Xianxian told the ordinary soldiers to retreat quickly, and she rushed out with the broken army guards.

At this time, the rebel soldiers had not yet followed, and they were temporarily separated from the mastiff team. About 40 or so big dogs were attracted by the pheasants and hares released by the iron guards, and ran to a corner at the bottom of the slope.

In addition to wearing black silk soft armor, the Iron Guards also wore face towels soaked in herbal juice.

First, more than a dozen iron guards who rushed to the front teamed up to spread a large barbed wire fence and cover most of the big dogs.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen iron guards carried out several large tin buckets and sprinkled the pepper powder and pepper powder in the barrels on the big dog.

The big dog in the net was choked and howled, and struggled very violently, and soon broke through the big net and frantically pounced on the guards who were pulling the net.

These guards did not flee after abandoning the net, but calmly stretched out the folded iron shield. This shield is not very effective against slashing and arrows, but the shield has many small barbs, and the thorns are coated with salt water and garlic juice.

The big dogs that pounced and scratched and bit were all scratched with a small injury, and they howled in pain, and they didn't dare to continue to move forward, and this row of iron guards was able to retreat safely.

After the iron guards who pulled the nets and scattered the powder retreated, the mastiff team did not suffer major casualties, but the formation was already chaotic. Moreover, their sense of smell was greatly disturbed, and they sprang around in place, not pursuing the guards, nor scattering.

At the same time, Hu Xian ordered the other guards who had not yet participated in the battle to light a fire around this corner. There was dry wood and half-wilted pepper sticks burning in the fire, and the smoke was so thick that the dogs were digging on the ground and lying down in the pit to avoid the smoke.

Soon, the mastiff team knew that the smoke could not be avoided, and they were eager to escape from this corner.

Hu Xianxian ordered several fires to be extinguished in the southwest of this corner, and the big dogs fled in this direction.

However, this direction is a dead end. When fleeing in panic, the big dogs are no longer alert, unable to avoid traps, and either fall into the deep pit or are caught in the trap of the beast.

Hu Xianxian brought dozens of iron guards to guard the trap and attacked these big dogs with the fastest and most ruthless moves. You have to kill as many big dogs as possible in the shortest possible time, otherwise you won't have a chance to kill them when the black baby breaks out of the formation, or when the ordinary soldiers can't resist the rebels' attack.

In just half a pillar of incense, Hu Xianxian killed more than 20 big dogs and seriously injured more than 10 big dogs.

Suddenly, the sharp whistle pierced the night sky, and Hu Xianxian knew that Cheng Haofeng could no longer trap Heiwa, so he hurriedly led the broken army and iron guards to retreat to the reeds by the river.

After Heiwa blew the whistle, she could tell how many casualties there were and how many big dogs were left by the barking of the big dogs.

After a cursory analysis of the situation, Heiwa ordered: "Kill the enemy soldiers in the camp when you see them, don't pursue them anymore, and occupy their camp!" ”

There are not many soldiers left in the camp by the imperial court rebel army, and it is not difficult to occupy this camp by relying on the mastiff team to fight in the front. As long as Hu Yonggang's counterinsurgency army can be forced to retreat again and again, it will also wash away the shame of his trap.

Heiwa ordered an attack, and Cheng Haofeng ordered: "Withdraw, all retreat to the mountains and forests!" ”

After he gave the order, he covered his wounded shoulder and flew into the mountains and forests first.

But he did not flee, but secretly ordered all the soldiers who had pretended to flee to rush out and cooperate with the soldiers led by Zheng Huiliao to flank the rebels.

The ordinary soldiers of the rebel army and Zheng Huiliao were exhausted from the fight, but the group of soldiers who rushed out of the mountains and forests were still alive.

Seeing that the friendly troops came to help, Zheng retreated from Liao and they immediately lifted their spirits and vowed to annihilate the rebels who had attacked the camp.

The rebels were attacked by the enemy on their backs, and they were all within the scope of the imperial court to quell the rebels, and the defeat was obvious.

This situation still did not make Heiwa panic, he thought that there was still a team of 100 mastiffs, except for those killed by Hu Xianxian and Tiewei, there were still nearly seventy big dogs left, and it was still possible to turn the tide of the battle.

When the two sides fought very fiercely, Zheng Huiliao and Cheng Haofeng fought and retreated, retreated to the reeds by the river and lake, and the mastiff team who fought in front followed closely behind.

"Hulala......" blades of grass sounded wildly.

Hu Xianxian led the broken army and the iron guard to run out of the reeds, and they were chasing the little beasts, that is, pheasants, hares, and the like that had been prepared in advance.

The cooked food would not be eaten by the trained mastiffs, but these lively prey aroused the houndish nature of the big dog, and they all pounced on the prey.

Heiwa whistled again and again, ordering the mastiff team to continue attacking the soldiers and not to catch prey. Most large dogs do what they are told to do and give up their prey.

At this time, the reeds burned, and the sporadic fires quickly turned into raging fires because of the stalks that had withered last winter.

Beasts are naturally afraid of fire, and although the Mastiff team is not so afraid of fire, after seeing the fire, the fierce offensive still becomes sluggish.

The fire ignited pepper branches, garlic stems, citrus leaves, and other things with a prickly smell, and the smoke billowed and drifted away, not only did the big dogs lose their sense of smell and became confused and did not listen to commands, but even people were choked and coughed so that they could no longer attack.

Cheng Haofeng and Zheng Huiliao took the soldiers and retreated along the predetermined route. Although they were also dazed by the smoke, they were prepared in advance, so they quickly retreated to the leeward side of the mountain forest.

Hu Xianxian and the Iron Guards of the Broken Army retreated to the shallow water in the river, and they were also uncomfortably smoked, but because they were covering their face towels and half of their bodies were immersed in the water, they washed their mouths and noses with water from time to time, and they could barely endure the hot waves and smoke.

Heiwa and those rebels were unprepared, and they were burned and smoked by such a surprise, and the army was completely disrupted.

When the big dogs saw that their prey could not be hunted and smoked, they were already in a state of mania, and the black baby kept blowing the whistle to urge them to attack. As a result, not only did they fail to stabilize the formation, but they forced out the beastliness of the big dogs, and they were no longer tame and obedient.

In the chaos, the mastiff team pounced on their rebel soldiers, and a miserable scream came out, and Heiwa was also frightened, so he had to order a retreat.

When the rebels retreated to the river, they found that the bridge had been completely destroyed. But for fear of the mastiff team's indiscriminate bites, they didn't dare to stay longer and jumped into the river to the other side. Even the soldiers who were not good at the water would jump into the water and gouge with a piece of rotten wood left after destroying the bridge.

In order not to accidentally injure her own soldiers, Heiwa had to order the mastiff team to wait on the river bank and wait until the soldiers had crossed the river before they could go into the water.

Seeing that more than half of the rebel soldiers swam to the opposite bank, Hu Xianxian led the broken army guards to dive into the water and quietly swam to the place where the river was crossed.

They dragged their nets and fences under the water, and when they heard the black baby whistle for the mastiffs to cross the river, they spread their nets and pulled the fence apart. After doing this, they quickly swam away and went ashore in a secluded place.

The big dogs, who had just entered the water, swam smoothly across the river because the net had not yet floated to the waterway and the fence had not yet been fully deployed.

But then the big dogs that swam in them suffered, because all the previous ones had passed, and they were defenseless, and most of them were entangled in their legs and feet with floating nets. Some of the big nimble and powerful dogs broke free from the net and got stuck in the fence.

Seeing those big dogs floating and saddling, Heiwa hurriedly flew into the river to help those big dogs break the net ropes and fences.

The nets were broken barbed wire and fishing nets from people's homes, and the fences were made of bamboo strips soaked in oil, which were easily broken on the ground, but were extremely pliable in the water.

Heiwa tried her best to clean up these things, but by this time, more than a dozen large dogs had drowned.

As the sun rose on March 17, Heiwa returned to the camp with the defeated rebels and mastiffs, all of whom were exhausted and their morale plummeted.

Cheng Haofeng and Zheng Huiliao returned to the new camp first, and Hu Xianxian arrived with the Iron Guard.

Hu Yonggang had already asked people to prepare camp tents and let them rest first, so that they did not have to rush to report the battle situation.

Two hours later, Cheng Haofeng, Hu Xianxian, and Zheng Huiliao freshened up and changed their clothes, and went to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters, and Zheng Tianba also arrived, and the preparations for the materials had not yet returned.

Seeing that Cheng Haofeng was wrapped in gauze on his shoulder, Hu Xianxian asked about the injury with concern, and he smiled lightly and said that it was okay.

Because Hu Yonggang still wanted to talk about business, Hu Xianxian didn't want to say more, just looked at Cheng Haofeng repeatedly with a soft gaze.

In this battle, they only used the cost of a few soldiers to sacrifice and severely damaged the mastiff team, which was a complete victory. Hu Yonggang's eyebrows were much less worried, but he was not complacent.

"This victory was well fought, but it was also hung in the air, and there was a lot of luck in it, and it couldn't be used in a large-scale battle. We still have to find a way to break through the city of Kuzhou, which is the right way to quell the rebellion. ”

After praising them, Hu Yonggang pointed out the shortcomings and told them about more difficult tasks.

They all agreed, and Zheng Huiliao also smiled and said: "The method of smoking is good, but if you smoke them, you will also smoke ourselves." Fortunately, I retreated quickly last night, otherwise many soldiers would have been smoked into tuberculosis. ”

Hu Xianxian continued: "Also, this method of picking a place, if it is not a relatively closed corner, it will not play a big role, and it will be difficult for the rebels to be led into a trap by us again." ”

"What's more, the branches are easy to find, we can smoke them, and they can smoke us. In the unlikely event that we are led into a trap during the siege, we will probably be overwhelmed by the solutions we have come up with. Cheng Haofeng frowned and said.

Hu Xianxian replied in despair: "Then isn't it easy for us to come up with a clever trick, but we can't come in handy?" ”

"Well, if only you could put smoke powder and the like in a special container, you can spray it at any time, and only aim at the enemy army without hurting your own soldiers, and don't pick a place to use it." Cheng Haofeng said thoughtfully.

Hu Yonggang clapped his hands and smiled: "This suggestion is good, if we can make this kind of weapon, only we can smoke the enemy, and the enemy will not learn how to smoke us!" ”

Then, Hu Yonggang handed over the task of making this weapon to Hu Xianxian.

After agreeing on various matters, Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng stepped out of the big tent together and inspected slowly.

They walked all the way to the camp to boost morale and comfort the wounded, and although they didn't talk to each other much, they both understood each other's desire to stay together.

When he arrived outside the tent of Zheng Huiliao's camp, he took out an object that looked like a slingshot and said, "This is the work of the old gentleman who gave me a gold and silver gun, and I was a toy when I was young." I happened to see it today, and I thought I could make a weapon with a reference. ”