Buzz~

A DJI drone is hovering at an altitude of hundreds of meters, using an 8K camera to scan and search the mountains below.

"I found a small mountain village, about thirty or forty households, and there were no traces of human and animal activities."

"Lower the observation height, corpses, there are many lodging corpses in various parts of the village, covered with bloodstains, suspected of being slaughtered by rogues."

"In the southern col, many people and horses have been found to have stepped on it."

"There are many puffs of green smoke coming out of Phoenix Mountain."

"Found it! The remnants of the rogue have all been found, and they are entrenched on Phoenix Mountain! ”

The drone search team of the Xujiazhuang caravan has made a great achievement, and it only took two or three days to accurately locate the hiding place of the remnants of the rogue in the vast mountains through the analysis of various clues.

Needless to say, after that.

Wireless telegraph ticking.

Only thirty-six hours later.

That is, on December 14, there were nearly 20,000 Yang Wang Deng court army, and tens of thousands of Tianxiong army, besieged Phoenix Mountain on three sides (the remaining side is a cliff), and the remnants of the Liukou did not have time to escape, they were trapped on the mountain, and the end of their country was coming.

But before launching an attack on the mountain.

In the big tent of the main general of the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng's angry voice was heard.

"Left and right, push out this beast that corrupts military discipline and infringes on the people, and beheads it!"

"What are you waiting for, push me out and cut it!"

"Even if this person is the younger brother of this official, he will be killed today!"

"Why hasn't anyone done it yet, do you want this official to personally execute the sentence?"

Angry.

Lu Xiangsheng has never been so angry and distressed as he is today.

In fact, when his younger brother Lu Xiangguan came to meet him with three thousand elites yesterday, Lu Xiangsheng was very happy, and even extremely shocked, almost didn't recognize it.

A set of silver steel armor per person.

A sharp goose feather knife per person.

Weapons and equipment have been renewed.

The younger brother Lu Xiangguan also offered a treasure, and asked the soldiers to take out a set of half-body plate armor, an alloy goose knife, a pair of cowhide boots, a set of warm woolen sweaters, as well as compressed biscuits, toffee, canned meat and other novelties, saying that it was a gift for the eldest brother, as well as these delicious foods, and the eldest brother should be invited to enjoy them together.

At that time, Lu Xiangsheng didn't see anything abnormal, he accepted the plate armor and Yanling knife, and he also ate canned biscuits and other food, which was indeed very good and appetizing, but he also immediately asked, how did he get more than 3,000 sets of plate armor weapons, could it be that he was captured from the hands of the rogues? Hehe, if Liukou had such sophisticated weapons and equipment, he would have taken the Ming Dynasty a long time ago, and Lu Xiangguan needed to give a reasonable explanation that could convince him.

"Big brother, the second brother is wrong, although you have repeatedly reiterated that you are not allowed to associate with businessmen like Xujiazhuang, but ...... After we exterminated and captured more than 5,000 rogues captives, we really don't know what to do, if they are released on the spot, they will not have enough to eat, and they will become rogues, if they are all killed, and it will hurt the heavens and peace, after thinking about it, it is better to hand them over to Xujiazhuang and send them to work in the mines, although it is a little harder, there is a way to live, and we can also earn some job referral fees. ”

Lu Xiangguan explained to his eldest brother Lu Xiangsheng according to the words he had thought in advance.

"You-"

Lu Xiangsheng pointed at him, very angry, and even wanted to ask the left and right to drag him down and blame a hundred military sticks, but the wood was already in the boat, and the five thousand prisoners were also traded, and it was impossible to ask for it back, plus there were many subordinates and staff members who interceded, this matter could only be settled, but if it was not an example, otherwise he would not be spared!

And that set of plate armor and Yanling knife, Lu Xiangsheng said that he would never want it.

The food produced by Xujiazhuang, even if he starves to death, he Lu Xiangsheng will not eat a bite!

Lu Xiangguan, who was kneeling on the ground, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, stood up with the help of others, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knew that the next day, a local gentry in Lingchuan County sent someone to send a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, in which he complained with blood and tears, denouncing the actions of the Tianxiong army, such as arresting good people, insulting women, and robbing money, even children of a few years old, and implored Lord Lu to make decisions for the people and return all the good people who were taken captive.

Airplanes!

Lu Xiangsheng's throat was sweet, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Then there was a scene where he was angry and wanted to kill Lu Xiangguan, the younger brother of a fellow mother.

Seeing that no one on the left and right listened to the order to do it.

Lu Xiangsheng pulled out the sword at his waist and walked towards Lu Xiangguan with murderous energy.

Lu Xiangguan, whose hands were tied and kneeling on the ground, closed his eyes in resignation, planted, or planted, but he could die under the sword of his eldest brother, and it was not in vain to come to this world.

"My lord, if you want to kill me, I want to catch the good and take the credit, the second general stopped us, but it didn't work, it's not about the second general!"

"It's us who want the sword and the armor, it's the silver dollar and canned meat that we want from Xujiazhuang, my lord, it's us who should die, please behead us!"

"My lord, the second general is your brother, how can siblings kill each other? If you want to kill, kill us, we are the culprits. ”

"My lord, it has been five years since the establishment of the Tianxiong Army, how many brothers have died on the battlefield over the years, how many brothers have been disabled and unable to survive, and how many orphans and widows have been left to take care of? My lord, you can serve the country with loyalty and sacrifice everything to save the people in the world, but have you considered it for us? How many casualties can be reduced by 3,000 sets of armor? With 3,000 swords, how many more feats can be made? My lord, you are too pedantic, the second general is not wrong, he is not for himself, but for the entire Tianxiong army! ”

The general's words caused a huge resonance, and even those Tianxiong generals who did not get the benefits also knelt down and pleaded for mercy.

"My lord, spare the second general's life!"

"Three thousand sets of swords and armor, at least three or four thousand brothers will die! Although we have violated more than 5,000 innocent people, we can save 50,000 or 500,000 people in the future. ”

"My lord, the people of Xujiazhuang have already asked for it, it is impossible to change it back, this matter is difficult to recover, we can only make mistakes, we will not make mistakes in the future."

"My lord, I'm about to attack Phoenix Mountain, let the second general attack the mountain as the vanguard of daring to die, and let him make meritorious contributions!"

"Yes, the big war is at the head, and it is ominous to kill the general, give the second general a chance to make meritorious contributions!"

In the face of so many voices of pleading.

Even several staff members pleaded for mercy, hoping to spare Lu Xiangguan's life, but it was really impossible for him to be a pioneer who dared to die, attack the remnants of the rogue, and make meritorious contributions.

On Lu Xiangsheng's side, there is no one who thinks that military discipline must be taken seriously.

Lonely.

Lu Xiangsheng felt very sad and lonely, threw the sword in his hand, left the big tent with a lonely face, and found a place to be quiet alone.

But that afternoon.

The imperial court officials and soldiers under the mountain still launched a fanatical attack on the remnants of the Liukou on Phoenix Mountain, even if they rolled down the mountain carelessly and fell to pieces, they could not stop the officials and soldiers from wanting to get rich.

At this time, the remnants of the Liukou entrenched on the Phoenix Mountain, the number of people is less than 3,000, the food and grass are insufficient, the armor is insufficient, the war horses have been eaten up due to lack of food, the mobility has been greatly reduced, and because of the cold weather, the lack of warm clothing, these days there have been a lot of frostbite and frostbite, the morale of the army has weakened to the lowest point, in the face of the siege of ten times the number of officers and troops under the mountain, everyone feels the depression of the coming end.

Of course, before the official army attacked, the convention persuaded them to surrender, saying that they were cornered, and it was better to lay down their weapons and capture them with their hands tied, and not to make any more useless struggles.

This made some of the rogues shaken, it was too difficult, these officers and soldiers were too strong and brutal, they were not opponents at all, rebellion was really a dead end, or surrender.

"Can't fall!"

Putting on a set of half-body plate armor and seizing an alloy goose feather knife, Gao Yingxiang, even in such a desperate situation, said with a firm face: "The official and military prisoner who was caught and interrogated by me and has been cut off to eat meat, told everything, this time not only the imperial court wants to deal with us, Xu Jiazhuang also has his eyes on us, and wants to arrest us people to go to the mine to mine!" Brothers, are you mining material? Can you do the miners? This is much more difficult than farming, and the slightest mistake will kill you! He was also tortured and whipped, called a miner, but a miner! ”

"Do you want to be a mine slave? Do you want to stay in the mine forever and not get out until you die of exhaustion? ”

"Or is it not in vain to be a hero and die on this Phoenix Mountain?"

Heard Gao Yingxiang's words.

Li Zicheng, the general of the storm, waved his long knife and said: "Fight!" War! War! ”

Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, said: "Damn, if you die, you will die, and eighteen years later, you will be a good man again, and you will fight with the official army!" ”

Cao Cao Luo Rucai also said: "I fought hard, I would rather die in battle than a mine slave!" ”

"I'd rather die in battle than a mine slave!"

The remnants of nearly 3,000 rogue gangsters shouted in unison, strengthening their will to fight to the death.

But...... No matter how firm the will to resist was, in the face of the crazy attack of the officials and troops under the mountain, they were still beaten and retreated, and they continued to retreat from the mountainside to the top of the mountain.

Because the desire of the officials and soldiers to get rich is even stronger!

Moreover, the officers and soldiers will not fight in close quarters, but as long as they are close to the range of ten steps, they will throw out a solid net bag, and several people will pull together.

The battle continued into the evening.

Due to the poor line of sight, the increasingly fierce resistance of the remnants of the rogues, and the steep terrain that was not conducive to the attack, the officers and troops had no choice but to withdraw their troops and end today's battle.

……

The top of Phoenix Mountain.

Gao Yingxiang counted the remaining number of the rebel army, and there were only more than 800 people.

The officers and troops have only been attacking for a long time.

Doomsday, if nothing else, tomorrow must be their end.

Tired, hungry and tired, they also knew very well in their hearts that they would never survive tomorrow.

"Brothers, when the official army attacks tomorrow, we don't have to fight, arm in arm, let's jump off this Phoenix Cliff together, they can't get us, they can only get our corpses!"

Gao Yingxiang, the strongest king of Chuang, also made a lonely voice at this moment.

"Something fell on my head, hey, snow, snow." This eleven or twelve-year-old young rogue touched the top of his head and said in surprise.

"Dingguo, what's so rare about snow, doesn't it snow every year?" The young man next to him, Sun Kewang, said.

"No, it's so big under the snow, it's the size of a goose feather." Young Li Dingguo Road.

"Oops!"

Zhang Xianzhong's face changed greatly, looking at the goose feathers and heavy snow flying in the sky, with a desperate face: "We can't see tomorrow's officers and soldiers, and we will freeze to death on this mountain tonight!" ”

The face of the crowd changed, and then the strong cold snap from the north was blowing, and the drop in body temperature was significantly accelerated, even if everyone was huddled together, it was getting colder and colder, and some people even moved the mind of going down the mountain to surrender, although it was miserable to be a mine slave, but it was good to survive, and there was nothing left when it died.

"Haha~"

"Hahaha!"

In the heavy snow, King Chuang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly laughed wildly: "Heaven will not kill me, God will help me wait!" There is salvation, we are all saved! ”

"King Chuang has gone crazy." Li Zicheng shook his head, everyone is about to freeze to death, how to get out and be saved?

"Don't sleep, stay warm tonight, don't sleep, when the snow is two or three feet thick, then carry the snow together, concentrate it under the cliff on the south side, and throw it all in one place! There are more than 800 of us, and if we work together, we will be able to save ourselves! Gao Yingxiang said his way out.

lit up.

The eyes of the remaining rogues are lit up, it is feasible, this method is feasible!

……

Night.

Under the strong will to survive, everyone did not sleep, and God was also very cooperative, and it snowed all night, and the snow was at least three or four feet thick, providing enough materials to let the remaining rogues use the snow to create a 'snow mat' at least ten meters thick under the cliff on the south side of Phoenix Mountain, even if they fell from a cliff hundreds of meters high, after the buffer of these snow, they would not necessarily fall to their death.

Around seven o'clock in the morning.

"I'll be the first to jump!"

Gao Yingxiang took off his white robe, tied it to his hands and feet with straps, and used the principle of air resistance to reduce the speed of falling, and then jumped decisively.

Nearly ten seconds later.

There was a loud bang, and it made people shudder.

A moment passed.

"I'm not dead, you can jump off with confidence!" Gao Yingxiang's voice came.

"I'll try!" Ge Li also jumped down, and jumped down without looking much down.

There was a loud bang.

He Yilong's brain burst and fell into a ball of flesh, he jumped crookedly, and instead of landing on the snow mat, he came to a hard time with the rocky ground.

This scared off a lot of eager people, it was too dangerous, and it was better to surrender the officers and soldiers.

But Li Zicheng did not flinch, he learned to be the king just now, and after seeing the direction of the snow mat, he jumped down again.

A slight thud was heard.

Li Zicheng's soft landing was successful.

There are these two successful examples, and more than 300 people jumped down after them, successfully landing 15 people, falling to death and cripple 15, and the overall success rate is only about 50%.

This made the remaining more than five hundred rogues dare not jump down, no matter how Gao Yingxiang and others under the cliff urged, they still did not dare to gamble half of the probability with their lives.

There are even many voices that are still surrendering officers and soldiers, as long as they can survive, they can be considered mine slaves.

"Not good! The officers and soldiers went up the mountain, and they killed again! A sharp-eyed rogue, seeing the crowded officers and soldiers on the mountainside, immediately panicked.

"I Zhang Xianzhong can't be caught by the official army, I am the head of the thief, and the end is either Ling Chi or the head of the gang, there is no way to live, and there is no way to be a mine slave."

The Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong panicked, so he had to grit his teeth and close his eyes, and jump down the cliff, because other rogues had a choice, and a thief like him had no choice.

Bang!

Yes!

Zhang Xianzhong let out a miserable scream, he was so panicked that he couldn't jump well, and the white bones of the two legs were exposed, and he screamed: "Legs, my legs are broken, and I am dying of pain!" ”

"Ahh

"Ahh

"I'm here to save you."

Zhang Xianzhong's three righteous sons, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, and Liu Wenxiu, jumped down one after another, but Ai Nengqi did not follow, but chose to surrender to the official army.

And at the foot of the cliff, facing Zhang Xianzhong, who was crippled, and noticed that the officers and soldiers who were about to pursue through the rope descended, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng of course could not take his oil bottle, and they turned around and were all right.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, and Liu Wenxiu all landed safely, and they knew their kindness and righteousness, and stayed by Zhang Xianzhong's side to take care of them, and never gave up.

Until more than a dozen officers and soldiers descended, forming a semi-encirclement, slowly approaching them.

"Don't come, don't come!"

"I'm going to fight with you again!"

"Don't want to hurt us!"

Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, and Liu Wenxiu, the three teenagers, bared their teeth and grinned, or waved the short knife in their hands, making a desperate posture.

But a big net covered the three teenagers, and then tightened, no matter how they struggled, it was the fate of being caught in a net.