Fifty miles south of Tongchuan, there is a large barren area, densely forested with mountains and rugged roads, which is most unfavorable for the army to pass through.

However, Yang Xiao still led the team of 8,000 people forward as quickly as possible, thinking that he could cross a section of the mountain road called Fallen Soul Ridge by the local barbarians before dark, and reach the plains and valleys below.

For this reason, he even personally whipped and urged the ordinary barbarian warriors who were slower on their feet: "Hurry up, and when you get to the valley, I will prepare the best glutinous rice for you, and a large piece of meat for each person!" ”

As he spoke, the whip in his hand fell on the back of the warrior who was hobbling in front of him, causing him to snort and stagger forward.

Seeing this, the head of the same clan on the side hurriedly leaned over and persuaded him: "Yangxiao, you are too anxious, and it is not a problem to take your time......

"What do you all know? The patriarch has set a time limit for me to die, and I must rush to Shunzhou within five days, if it is delayed for a long time, and it will be a big deal, which of you can bear it? As he spoke, he whipped again and shouted again, "Be in good spirits and keep going!" ”

Although the soldiers were annoyed in their hearts, they could only move forward with their heads under the whip and military orders, although the pace was faster than before, but the atmosphere that permeated the whole team became more and more depressing.

But this was not in the attention of Yang Xiao, and when he saw the team speeding up, he got on his horse again, led the way in front of him proudly, and moved forward quickly.

For the Tongchuan Yang clan, it is normal to treat the barbarian tribes under the oppression, after all, there are not many local Han people, do they still do those heavy work by themselves?

The team walked along the narrow path of the mountains, surrounded by dense forests, and they did not have any vigilance against such an environment, because they had walked such a road too many times over the years, and there had never been any mistakes.

But today, the change is doomed, because in the dense mountain forest, there are thousands of people lurking at this time, and a handful of weapons are buried in the earth, covering their cold light, but a pair of eyes are staring at this team not far away, and the cold is also awe-inspiring.

When Sun Ning learned that Tongchuan had sent nearly 10,000 people to support Shunzhou, he still had some drums in his heart.

After all, the ambush soldiers he led this time still only had to support the Japanese battalion of 3,000 people.

With 3,000 against tens of thousands, even if it occupies a favorable position and is still an ambush, the odds of victory are still not too high.

But now, after condescendingly seeing the mental outlook of the whole team, his doubts were dispelled.

Estimating the position of the other party, Sun Ning had already beckoned to a herald not far from him: "Raise the flag, a moment later, when the enemy enters the narrow road ahead, it will be the time for us to attack!" ”

The herald immediately received the order, and regardless of the possibility of exposing himself, he quickly got up and waved the red flag in his hand rhythmically to the heights, conveying His Majesty's tactics to the ambush troops around him.

At this time, Tongchuan's reinforcements were slowly moving forward two miles away from them, and none of them looked up and looked around, only one of them hurried away, naturally they didn't know that they had crashed into the encirclement of the Dayue elite soldiers.

Nie Long, who had been promoted to brigade commander, bit a grass stalk, staring at the few guys on horseback in the front row of the team, estimating the distance between the two sides and his own head.

The ears listened to the herald relay the order from above, and then with a snort, he spit out the grass stalks, and hissed: "All ready, bow wound, sword unsheathed!" It's time to fight! ”

This command immediately made the hundreds of soldiers around them tremble, and they all tensed their bodies and prepared to rush forward, and many archers had already set up their arrows and aimed at the road below.

Other Vietnamese troops who were ambushed in the high points of the forest above the mountain road were also ready to follow this flag command.

In the past half month, they first left Shunzhou, where the battle was in full swing, and then went out all the way day and night, trying their best to hide their whereabouts, and only arrived here five days ago.

After that, it's an even more grinding hiding wait, waiting for five or six days.

During this period, he could not fight, could not receive news from the outside world, and could not even make a fire to cook, so he could only gnaw on the prepared dry food and fill his stomach on the cold mountain spring.

This is a great tempering and test for the whole team, not only to test their physical fitness, but also to test their patience and obedience to military orders.

If it weren't for His Majesty the Emperor personally sitting in charge, if it weren't for His Majesty the Emperor, like all the soldiers in the past few days, eating cold dry food and waiting, I'm afraid that these soldiers of the Japanese battalion who had just made great contributions in Hezhou and other places would have protested.

But even if they didn't really express their dissatisfaction, these few days were still a great torment for the soldiers, and they had been waiting too long for this moment to strike.

Now they are like hungry tigers and leopards, looking at the approaching enemies below, as if they were looking at delicious prey, their eyes are glowing green.

Under such military morale, not to mention that there are only 10,000 barbarians below, even if it is multiplied several times, they will also rush to kill without hesitation after receiving the order.

Time, finally in this final torment, accompanied by an arrow in front of the high place straight into the air, the left and right sides of the mountain road, the sound of drums and trumpets also followed, and then countless soldiers jumped up, like a wolf, howling, rushed down.

Nie Long even drew the bow in his hand at the moment when he flicked up, and in just a glance, the sharp arrow was already whistling, directly hitting the target that had already been set. And not one, but three, three arrows in a row, actually flew towards the three barbarian leaders who rode their horses in one go.

The sudden ambush and killing sounds completely caught the 8,000 barbarians who were hurrying away by surprise, and when they saw the enemy rolling down, their first reaction was to turn around and run.

How could they, who were already not highly motivated, react most positively after being suddenly attacked?

As soon as Yang Xiao wanted to scream to stop the enemy, an arrow had already arrived in time, and with a swish, it sank into his neck, knocking him off his horse on the spot, and killing him in a blink of an eye.

Not only him, but also the other two leaders beside him couldn't dodge, and they were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling off their horses.

It was only then that whizzing arrows rained down from above in different directions, and shot a large number of barbarians to the ground, screaming again and again.

At this moment, everyone became a headless fly, completely out of order, and could only be beaten passively, and many people were even running around, directly stepping into the air, turning out of the mountain road, and falling into the ravine more than ten zhang down......

At this time, the real killing move of the Vietnamese army also arrived, and countless soldiers pierced into the long barbarian ranks like sharp knives, quickly cutting them into several sections, and then separated and surrounded, and ate them one by one......