In front of the merchant army, a tense fierce battle is underway.

Xiao Yan has officially taken over the position of the striker, and it turned out that the striker was transferred to the merchant army and the Chinese army had another appointment. When Xiao Yan had 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he was even more proud.

Because of his combat record, coupled with some instructions from Fei Zheng, the merchant troops who were originally following Xiao Yan were all at the disposal of Xiao Yan. Of course, these are all private, and Zong Cheng doesn't know about them.

There were 50,000 merchant troops left on the front line at the time, and they were the army that survived the attack of the Southeast Yi. In fact, this army is more capable of fighting than the 50,000 troops in Zong Cheng's hands.

More than half of the 50,000 troops that Zong Cheng later mobilized were temporarily recruited and trained throughout the country. Many of them were children of families, and many were slaves. This is all the source of the Shang Dynasty's reserves. Many rich families sent their slaves to the front to replace their children. Of course, the descendants of those court generals who had military merits, they were not like this, and they sent their children to the army one after another.

Because it's a tradition. Those children were all prepared to become generals since childhood. There were also armies of the earthly vassal states, and more than half of the recruits were from the vassal states.

The 50,000 troops on the front line were originally formed in this way, but they had experienced those tragic battles, and although they were war-weary, they had rich combat experience. In life, there is no way to accept things.

Under Fei Zheng's arrangement, they all took Xiao Yan as the leader. They followed Xiao Yan forward and cooperated with Xiao Yan very well. This is for the public as well as for the private. So Xiao Yan's journey was very smooth, and Zong Cheng was also worried about Xiao Yan's lonely army breaking in and out, so he also ordered the army behind Xiao Yan to quickly follow Xiao Yan.

Of course, Zong Cheng still does not forget that all armies are connected from end to end, and they must take care of each other.

It's just that they don't know that a difficult test awaits them in front of them. That's a mountain. That mountain is called Cliff Mountain.

When Xiao Yan was advancing like a bamboo, Jiang Hai retreated all the way. He also wanted to ambush along the way, but was always interrupted by Xiao Yan's sudden attack. Jiang Hai was depressed.

He knew that it was pointless for him to fight hard with this little Yan. Because it is obvious that Zong Cheng's army is behind Xiao Yan. If he and Xiao Yan stick to each other, Zong Cheng's army will quickly arrive and surround him.

Although there are many of his own people, there are more merchant troops, and they can't fight against the merchant army. Jiang Hai knew that the Shang army just wanted to fight a decisive battle, and if he lost, the whole army would be destroyed, and Dongnanyi would basically be destroyed.

I won't fight against them. So he has been retreating, always looking for fighters.

When he retreated to Cliff Mountain, he decided not to retreat. Because he has already won some time to stop the counteroffensive.

As early as a few days ago, when he was retreating to Cliff Mountain, he thought of a plan.

Cliff Mountain, the legendary land of cliffs, where there is a deep valley, like a sheep's intestine. Looking up at the sky, it is like a thin line. There are many caves there, which make it easy to hide the army.

Jiang Hai decided to fight a blocking battle in Cliff Mountain. Because if you retreat like this, the capital will not be far away. Can't let the merchant army hit the capital, it's just Jiang Hai's belief.

Among the mountains of this cliff mountain, there is only one deep valley that can be walked. Other than that, there is no way to go. Such terrain is a natural ambush battlefield. And, the best thing is that there are many caves on the mountain, which can hide people.

Jiang Hai planned to ambush Xiao Yan here. He made careful preparations and waited for Xiao Yan.

When Xiao Yan came here with the forward battalion of five thousand, he saw the terrain here.

"It's so dangerous here, it's very dangerous, everyone stop," Xiao Yan said.

"Yes, General," said his men.

Xiao Yan looked here, he was judging the enemy's whereabouts. He sensed acutely that the enemy would be ambushing here. Because there are many signs in the mountains that there are people there.

It's just that the enemy is hiding in those places, and if you fight hard, you don't have much chance of winning.

Xiao Yan frowned. Aren't you leaving? Just stay here? This is not Xiao Yan's character, Xiao Yan is pondering.

His army was behind him, and he had a long knife in his hand.

"General, what are we going to do, can we go?" the adjutant general asked.

"It's definitely not okay to pass rashly, and if you want to clear the enemy on the mountain, it's enough to choke. It's just—" Xiao Yan suddenly thought of something.

"You see, on these peaks, the enemy will certainly lie in ambush. I always had a hunch that the enemy would not run away forever like this, and that they would definitely try to stop us..."Xiao Yan said.

"What are we going to do, General?" The adjutant asked.

"I thought, since they've decided to drill holes, let them drill enough... Someone... Gather our team, inform everyone, chop all the wood, and do as I say... First, we sent out spies to find out the location of the caves on both sides of the hillside. Let's look carefully. Prepare for battle outside the cave, and then set fire to fan the smoke into the cave..."Xiao Yan said.

This method comes from catching mice in his childhood, and Xiao Yan remembers that when he was a child, he and his friends caught voles in the field. Everyone found the mouth of the vole hole, and then found a lot of straw to burn outside. Fan the smoke in, and those voles can't stand it, squeak inside, and then sprawl out, killed by themselves and their friends.

Then everyone ate roast voles, which were delicious.

Facing the same situation now, Xiao Yan looked at the caves that were faintly visible in those peaks, and smiled at the corner of his mouth.

He was laughing, why is the enemy so stupid, does he think that he is a reckless person all the way forward? When he was alone, he did so when he judged their state clearly and felt that there was no danger.

"Now, the enemy wants to ambush me like this? It's self-defeating. The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth furled, and he said contemptuously.

The merchant army went up the hill one after another, and they came to the caves in their own battle formations, and they cut firewood around them, and then they made fires.

When they had just ascended the mountain, Han Dong, the general who commanded the battle, didn't know what they wanted to do. Many of Han Dong's troops were scattered in those caves. When the merchant army was burning firewood, he understood that the merchant army was going to smoke his army to death inside.

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Han Dong had an army of 5,000 troops, which was a good fighting force from all the mountains in the southeast and west. So they got used to drilling holes. This kind of kung fu has been repeatedly victorious in the previous confrontation with the Dongnan Yi court. Later, although they surrendered to the southeast, they retained this tactic.

Han Dong saw the actions of the merchant army through the command lookout. What to do, do you kill it or hide in a hole? Han Dong was thinking.

Thinking of his own words to himself when he accepted this task, General Jiang Hai said to himself.

"Han Dong, you remember, your mission is to lurk in those caves, and when the enemy passes, you will kill them and block their retreat. There will be generals in front of us to block the road ahead, and then we will be in this valley and destroy the enemy's forward force..."Jiang Hai said.

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