There are a total of six mountain groups in the northwest of Dakeng Mountain, with Dakeng Mountain-Centipede Mountain-Dagang Mountain as the main mountain group, the situation of these six mountain groups, a big turtle lying on the ground, for this reason, the locals also call the Dakeng Mountain area as the Turtle Mountain, located in the head of the Dakeng Mountain, and extend two auxiliary mountains to the north and northwest directions, the name of the north auxiliary mountain is the opposite waist mountain, the northwestern side of the mountain is called Taiping Mountain, and these two peaks are the two front paws of the turtle mountain

The centipede mountain belonging to the turtle body extends to the southeast and southwest of two auxiliary mountains, the auxiliary mountain in the southeast is called Wuyan Mountain, and the auxiliary mountain in the southwest is called Changlong Mountain, and Changlong Mountain and Wuyan Mountain are the two hind feet of Turtle Mountain, and the Dagang Mountain of Guwei extends out from the middle of the two auxiliary mountains, and the Taizhou army led by Yuan Bin cleared the area of Dakeng Mountain without encountering any resistance

The terrain of Longtan Mountain is relatively simple, it is close to Turtle Mountain, there is only one about 1200 meters long from north to south, there is an awl-shaped lake called Luxi Lake in the northeast at the foot of Longtan Mountain, and the Shaoxing army led by Niu Yongnian did not encounter any resistance to clear the Longtan Mountain area

There are three main mountain groups in the area of Changling Mountain located in the north of Tian Qingshan, Changling Mountain is next to Tian Qingshan and says that it is a mountain, in fact, it is a small mountain beam, there is a towering mountain peak named Mengding Mountain in the northeast of Changling Mountain, it is opposite to Eagle Mountain and Longtan Mountain is connected, there is an official road leading to Ningbo Mansion in Xiangshan County between Mengding Mountain and Longtan Mountain, Meng Ang led the troops to clear Changling Mountain and set up camp in Mengding Mountain and Eagle Mountain, The coalition forces formed a fortress-like defense line on the four mountain groups of Turtle Mountain, Longtan Mountain, Changling Mountain, and Tianqing Mountain, dividing the area where the Changwei rebels were hiding into two large parts in the southeast

And the king of Ah Cha Lan has led the Manjiang rebels in the east of Turtle Mountain, east of Lion Tail - east of Longtan Mountain, east of Baijia Mountain - south of Changling Mountain, Dajian Mountain and southeast of Dejijian Mountain, laid a huge encirclement network to lead the coalition army step by step to the depths of Xiangshan, Alan County militia attack Tian Qingshan actually encountered a 10,000-strong Barbarian Jiang rebel army, and the task of this army is to feel that the area of Dajian Mountain and Jijian Mountain is armed, and the main force of the Barbarian Jiang Army led by Xing A Chalan will form an encirclement with the coalition army

And this army of Barbarian Jiang is composed of eight tribes in the south of Changweiguo, the mountain stream under the main peak of Tianqingshan is the only way to Dajianshan and Jijianshan, when this army passed through the main peak of Tianqingshan, a team was sent to guard at the top of the peak, and it happened to find the Alan County militia attacking the main peak of Chaotian Qingshan, and when I saw that there were red figures everywhere on the opposite mountain, there must be at least a few thousand people, and seeing that this army was about to go down the mountain, the Manjiang team hurriedly arranged some improvised traps on the mountainside, They relied on the terrain and trees to slow down the offensive of the militia with bows and arrows and traps, and bought time for the march of the large army, and as soon as the army passed, the squad immediately retreated, and fought a perfect time difference with the militia led by Li Yang, which is why the militia did not even see a single figure after attacking Ueda Qingshan

After the two baggage battalions arrived, each battalion began to set up camp on the main peak of Tianqingshan, and was ambushed during the day, and in addition, Tianqingshan was surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the terrain was complicated, in order to prevent the barbarian Jiang army from sneaking attack, the guard posts were all set up on the mountainside, if there was any wind and grass, the brothers in the east would go out and do it, and all the small trees that obstructed the sight at the bottom of the mountain were put on the halfway up the mountainside and piled together, as long as someone stepped on the branches, it would make a sound

After supper, the commanders of the battalions gathered in the big tent, and the commanders sat in a circle on the wooden pier with a cup of hot water in their hands, and I could see that the commanders of the battalions were still worried about what had happened during the day: what was the injury of Brother Li Zuo

Li Zuo: The brothers have all suffered skin injuries that have been bandaged, and it is estimated that it should be no big problem to rest for a month

Ge Qing: The hot and humid weather in the Great Commander's Forest is not conducive to wound healing, and after a long time, mosquito bites will cause the wound to festering and suppurating

Li You: It is true that soldiers who were wounded in the war could not be treated in time, and a large part of them died of illness

Li Yang: Qi Sanming led the baggage battalion to send the injured brothers back to the county early in the morning, and asked Li Song to go to Langzhong to give the brothers a good treatment, and stew more chicken soup for them, and bring more planks when you come back

When Qi San heard this, he got up and clenched his fists: It's the Great Commander

Li Yang: Although we were ambushed by the Manjiang rebels today, but fortunately, we only injured more than 100 brothers, which is a blessing in misfortune, and the brothers can quickly react and devote themselves to the battle when encountering the war, which has a lot to do with your hard training at ordinary times

This is also a good thing, so that the problem is exposed as soon as possible, if there is no today's small defeat, once we enter the depths of the elephant mountain, the losses may be greater, at the moment we know nothing about the mountains and landforms in the territory of Changwei and the barbarian Jiang rebels, this is a taboo in the soldiers, the book of war says that knowing oneself and knowing the other side can not be defeated in a hundred battles - the best soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the next battle, I hope that even if there is no enemy situation, the battalions must always be vigilant

"It's the Grand Commander"

Li Yang: By the way, Qi San will bring 1,000 pairs of heavy armor when you come back

Li Zuo leaked a smile on his face: Cousin, you are going to be real this time

Li Yang: Let's just eat it once

Gan Hui: The will of the Grand Commander does not allow the militia to wear armor, and you are going against your will by doing so

Li Yang: I care more about the safety of my brothers than the will of the national capital, you make me do what I say, and I will bear whatever I do

Ge Qing: We can't say how the war will progress, but the strategic position in Tian Qingshan's area is very important, and we can attack and defend it, and we can also go north to support several other coalition forces, can we build a simple fortress here If the war is not going well, the brothers can rely on the fortress to hold on and have a place to stay

Li You: Commander Ge is right, when marching and fighting, you must always leave yourself a way back to avoid being surrounded by the enemy when the war goes wrong

Li Yang: The method is good, but we don't seem to have any experience in building fortresses

Gan Hui: When the Great Commander's subordinates were in the national capital, they had read some fortress styles in a military book, and if the Great Commander allowed his subordinates, he would like to build Tian Qingshan into a strong fortress

Li Yang: You will be responsible for Gan Hui's construction of the fortress, and we will all learn more from Commander Gan when the time comes

Gan Hui smiled bitterly: This is also the first time I have built a fortress, if you can't get into your eyes, don't laugh at me

When everyone heard this, they laughed out loud, "Haha-you just let go of your hands, you can't be worse than the child's cultivation-haha"

Li Yang: Commander Gan has no worries and let go of his hands, if there is something wrong, let's study together and learn from each other

Gan Hui: My subordinates should do their best

Li Yang: Commander of Iron Mountain, I think you rarely speak

Tie Shan: The commander Tie is just a reckless man on the rivers and lakes, the commander of Meng invited me to the position of commander of the militia regiment, Tie has never been in the army or led soldiers, so he dare not speak easily, Tie only knows that he should respect the commander's military orders in the military camp

Li Yang: Looking at the consciousness of Tie Shan, I really don't have to say it, Tie Shan led troops to fight, you really can't compare to them, but you are better than them in swordsmanship and kung fu

Tie Shan: Commander Meng praised him, but Tie was ashamed

Li Yang: I have a task for Tieshan, which is none other than you

Iron Mountain: Commander, please

Li Yang: After we attacked Tianqing Mountain, we didn't even see a single figure, I think they either ran to the east of the mountains and forests, or to the south of the mountains and forests, in short, there are two places, the Manjiang rebels may be staring at us around here now, camping in Tianqingshan is just to make them feel that we want to camp here, now it is dark, the sight in the woods is relatively weak, wait for the darker, you pick some good brothers, go to the east and the south of the two mountains to feel the enemy's movements

Tie Shan: The brothers from the Great Commander and Tie are all martial arts practitioners, so I'll take them with them

Li Yang: Okay-Tieshan, then you bring some crossbows, and if there is anything wrong, you can quickly bring someone back

Iron Mountain: Commander, just wait and see

Li Yang: It's not too early, let's all rest early

In the early morning, before dawn, it began to rain, although it was not big, but it was very urgent, there was no light in the dim sky, this rain was not good, the next day, the dense woods and ditches were shrouded in a thick layer of mist, this rain, the land in the mountains also became muddy, not conducive to marching and fighting, the wind on the top of the mountain was very strong, and the weather was relatively cold, and the brothers hid in the camp tents to avoid the rain and keep warm, and waited all morning for Monang to give no new battle orders

It wasn't until noon that Meng Ang sent someone to inform me to go to Mengding Mountain to participate in the military conference, Shaoxing general Niu Yongnian accidentally found that there were barbarian Jiang people in the Lion Rock opposite Longtan Mountain to fetch water in Luxi Lake, and after investigation, they found a tribe of about 1,000 families in Miaotou Mountain north of Lion Mountain, and with this discovery, Meng Ang decided to take the Lion Rock area first, so that the Taizhou Army and the Shaoxing Army could advance to the Lion Rock area, and the Ningbo Army of Mengding Mountain formed a defense line with each other's horns

Meng Ang divided the coalition army into three routes, the first route sent 3,000 troops to the Taizhou army to march from the opposite waist mountain to the temple leader, the second route Shaoxing army sent 3,000 troops to the north to bypass the Luxi Lake and Taizhou army to meet and then directly take the Manjiang tribe, the third route Ningbo army sent 5,000 troops from the Eagle Mountain to cross the Luxi Lake from the south to the north, and the Alan County militia continued to hold on to the Tianqingshan area

The next day, as soon as the rain stopped, the armies advanced according to the strategic objectives set by Mengang, the Taizhou army and the Shaoxing army in Miaotou Mountain will be reconciled and then waved their troops directly at the Manjiang tribe, and so on to the Lion Rock area of the coalition army suddenly encountered a Manjiang rebel army of about 10,000 people, the two sides launched a fierce tear in the Lion Rock from early morning to noon, people did not expect that the coalition army of 6,000 people only paid the price of 500 people to defeat the Barbarian Jiang rebels, after the war, a count, this battle actually killed more than 1,500 rebels and captured nearly 1,000 people

Meng Ang led the Ningbo army and militia to the Lion Rock and Yuan Bin after they met, Niu Yongnian couldn't wait to report the results of the Lion Rock battle, the first battle was victorious, Meng Ang praised this and said that he wanted to play the country for the two of them to attack, when more than 10,000 coalition troops besieged the tribe, only to find that the people living in the Manjiang tribe had already run away without a trace, and at night Meng Ang held a banquet in the Manjiang tribe to celebrate today's results, making this speed at most in ten days The coalition army can assess the rebellion of Chang Weiguo

After a day of reconnaissance, Tieshan led people to the area south of Tian Qingshan, and the area east of Tian Qingshan, and there were some surprising discoveries, until late at night, he took more than 10 brothers back to Tian Qingshan's camp, after Tieshan came back, I had to wake me up in the camp tent, "Cousin, wake up, wake up Iron Mountain, they came back - he also brought back two amazing discoveries", as soon as I heard Li Zuo say this, I quickly asked people to call all the leaders of the militia to the military tent to discuss matters

Li Yang: Tie Shan, tell everyone what you found in this reconnaissance

All the people present looked at Tieshan, not only did he not slow to take out a piece of paper from his arms and put it on the wooden pier, and then he pointed to a mountain drawn on the paper: This is the camp where Tian Qingshan's militia is stationed, I led people from Tian Qingshan to the south for most of the day's journey, and when we arrived at a mountain col, we saw a large amount of cooking smoke rising from the mountain col, so I took people to quietly touch it and found that the barbarian ginger people were cooking at the bottom of the mountain, and there was a huge cave under this mountain col, I estimated that there were at least two or three thousand barbarian ginger people hiding here

I hurriedly asked Li You to take the map of Chang Weiguo, and set off from Tian Qingshan for most of the day according to Tieshan's words, and soon we set our sights on the area of Gaobei Mountain, 20 miles to the south

Tie Shan looked at Chang Weiguo's map and pointed to the area of Daqi Mountain south of Tianqingshan: The Great Commander Manjiang people have laid a large number of traps in this area all the way to the end of the mountain, and my brothers and I have cleared a safe route on this mountain beam in the middle, and the brothers can go directly to the place where the Manjiang people are hiding

The trap laid by the Manjiang people in the dense forest is a piece of cake for the killer De Tieshan, as a qualified killer, he must not only have superb martial arts but also be proficient in traps, Tie Shan did this to lead Li Yang to the Barbarian Jiang people and other sides to fight, he took Li Yang's head and dedicated it to Hua Ye

Li Yang: Tie Shan, the information you brought back is too important

Iron Mountain: The Great Commander has won your prize, and after walking from Gaobei Mountain to the northeast for nearly a night, I found that there was a barbarian Jiang rebel army of about 30,000 people hiding in the mountains, and the rebels were heavily guarded, and my brothers and I did not dare to get too close for fear of alarming them

According to Tieshan, Li Zuo locked the rebels' hiding position on the map in the area of Baixian Mountain east of Tian Qingshan: from the map, Baixian Mountain happened to be opposite to Tian Qingshan and Mengding Mountain, and he could rely on the mountain to hold on to the attack, and he could wave his army north to start a decisive battle with the coalition forces in the Lion Rock area

Li Yang looked at the map on the wooden pier and summarized the situation of the entire battle: In this way, let's first defeat the Barbarian Jiang rebels hiding in the area of Gaobei Mountain, and see if we can manage to lure some of the rebels in the area of Baixian Mountain over

Ge Qing: In this way, even if they wave their troops north to Lion Rock, the militia can also relieve the pressure of the coalition forces

Li You: If we send troops, then we will send troops from the back mountain, so that we can avoid the eyeliner laid by the rebels on the opposite hill

Li Yang: Li Zuo-Li You-Sun An-Sun Wu-Guan Meng-Tieshan ordered you to gather immediately The men and horses of the department marched to the area of Gaobei Mountain overnight, and the soldiers of each battalion must arrive in the area of Gaobei Mountain at the end of the day

"We'll Receive Your Orders"

Ge Qing: The commander doesn't need to send someone to send information to Mengding Mountain

Li Yang thought for a while: Then you send a few people to inform the side of Mengding Mountain

At about 11 o'clock in the evening, a total of 4,000 people from 8 battalions marched to the area of Gaobei Mountain overnight, the sky was very clear at night, and even the moonlight was much brighter than usual, and when marching in the mountains and forests, the brothers could see the mountain road under their feet with the help of the moonlight, and when they reached the dark place, in order not to arouse the enemy's idea, the brothers would use special small torches to illuminate the mountain road, and when the militia group arrived at Gaobei Mountain, the sky was a little cloudy

The townsmen of each battalion took their steps lightly and moved into a fighting posture to advance towards Gaobei Mountain, the shield and sword soldiers formed two shield walls and were responsible for opening the way in front, the archers followed closely behind, and the spearmen climbed to the back of the last two rows of halls, and when they climbed halfway up the mountain, they saw six or seven people sleeping around a fire in front of them, and two people near them were holding weapons and leaning against the big tree and taking a nap

It was quite smooth to put down the first two barbarian ginger people, but when it was time to deal with the brute ginger people sleeping around the fire, a brother accidentally stepped on a tree branch and made a noise to wake up the brute ginger people, Tie Shan immediately led people to rush up and waited for them to draw their knives and stand up, then slashed them on the neck with one hand and knocked them unconscious, but there was still a brute ginger man who blew the horn of vigilance

"Woo-woo"

The sound of the horn has sounded, there is no point in hiding it, with the wave of the long knife, there are bursts of majestic shouts in the mountain stream, "Brothers, rush to kill me", over the high back mountain, 4,000 villagers brave, like a torrent, rushed straight to the camp of the barbarian Jiang people at the bottom of the mountain

On the side of the barbarian gingers, when they saw the enemy troops all over the mountains and fields, they were rushing towards them with their blades, most of them were awakened, and some people were so dazed that they had not yet recovered and had no time to organize an effective defense, so they ran into the cave and wanted to rely on the cave to hold on and wait for help

Li Zuo and Li You brothers volunteered to lead people to storm the cave, but Li Yang saw that the cave did think of a better idea, that is, to smoke out the manjiang people with smoke, so he asked the villagers to go nearby to collect dead branches and fallen leaves and pile them at the entrance of the cave

After a while, Li Yang asked the villagers to stop first and shouted into the cave: Villagers, don't be afraid, I am the commander of the Alan County militia not far to the west, and I will assist the officers and soldiers to go to Changweiguo to quell the rebellion, as long as you lay down your weapons and come out, I promise that I will not hurt you

Seeing that there was no reaction in the cave, Li Yang waved his hand towards the cave, and the villagers continued to fan the smoke into the cave with a branch, and after a while, Li Yang stopped the villagers and shouted into the cave: "Folks, please believe me, as long as you put down your arms and come out, we will never hurt you, although we are here to quell the rebellion, we are also authentic croppers, and it is us ordinary people who suffer from the disaster of war, and the villagers listen to my advice, for the sake of your family and children, you must live well."

In order to show sincerity, Li Yang asked the brothers to retreat 200 steps, he still matter, the brothers put down the weapons in their hands, only holding a shield in their hands, at this time, out of the cave came out of a man wearing bamboo armor, he threw his weapons on the ground and walked towards us, Li Yang casually threw the wine jug hanging on his waist towards him, he took the wine jug and drank the wine to nothing

When he saw that our clothes were not very different from those of the officers and soldiers, he asked: Let us come out, you have to swear in front of them

It seems that the barbarian Jiang people still don't believe me, so I raised my hand and swore to the sky: The sky is to prove that if the people of Chang defend the country lay down their weapons, if I kill them, people and gods will not die well

Only then did he put his mind at ease and waved his hand towards the cave and shouted: Come out

The brute ginger people of the cave came out of the cave one after another, and in order not to make them feel afraid, I made the brothers retreat another 100 steps, only a few of them were warriors, mostly old men, women, and children, and I quickly asked the brothers to give them some of the dry food and wine that they had brought with them

So I asked them, "Folks, which of you has more weight in your words?"

Just now, the man helped an old man out of the crowd: I am their elder, you can tell me something

Li Yang respectfully bowed to the elder: "Elder, I want to ask how many barbarian ginger people there are in this area."

Elders: 5,125

This number really frightened us: Elder, our station is in the area of Tianqing Mountain, you and they have to go back to the camp with us, please rest assured that my brothers will never hurt you

The elder nodded, "Okay—we'll pack up our things and go with you."

In this way, 4,000 Xiangyong returned to the Tianqingshan camp with 5,000 barbarian Jiang people, and the coalition troops in the area of Lion Rock wanted to take down the mountains and forests in the south of Huangguling-Xiaolei Mountain-Dingyan Mountain in one go, so that they could form a defense line from west to east with Mengding Mountain

At the beginning, the coalition army advanced particularly smoothly, but the Shaoxing army took the lead in advancing to Huangguling and encountered a Manjiang rebel army of about 2,000 people, with the previous victory, Niu Yongnian thought that the Manjiang army was not vulnerable at all, so he led the army to rush and kill the past, and the Shaoxing army defeated the Manjiang rebels after only a moment of fighting, and the Manjiang rebels were defeated and retreated desperately

Niu Yongnian was unwilling to get the credit in his hands, so he ran away and led the troops to pursue all the way, and when he reached the depths of Huangguling, suddenly 50,000 barbarian Jiang rebels came out from all directions, surrounded the Shaoxing army in the valley, Niu Yongnian saw that the situation was not good, and quickly sent people to the Taizhou army and the Ningbo army for help

After learning that the Shaoxing army was trapped in Huangguling, Yuan Bin led 3,000 Taizhou troops to quickly support the Shaoxing army, and the Taizhou army from Xiaoleishan to Huangguling had to pass through a water knee-deep Deleixi River, and the Taizhou army just crossed the river and encountered a 5,000-strong barbarian Jiang rebel army on the river dam, and the two sides launched a fierce killing on the Leixi River dam

After the Ningbo army in the area of Dingyan Mountain learned that the Shaoxing army was trapped in Huangguling, the commander of the coalition army, Meng Ang, with his son Meng Ying, led 5,000 Ningbo troops to rush to the aid of Huangguling, and did not want the Barbarian Jiang rebels to deliberately let go of a hole and put the Ningbo army into the encirclement, and the Ningbo army and the Shaoxing army will make peace and then break through to the area of Lion Mountain in the northwest, and after a bloody battle of 10,000 coalition troops, they finally tore a hole in the encirclement, as long as the Ningbo army and the Shaoxing army can break out of the encirclement steadily, But who would have thought that as soon as the mouth was torn open, Niu Yongnian would abandon the Ningbo army and lead the troops to run away

Shaoxing army ran the Manjiang rebels immediately tightened the encirclement and completely surrounded the 5,000 Ningbo army in Huangguling, after a fierce battle, the coalition commander Meng Ang-Gongzi Mengying was captured by the Manjiang rebels, after the end of the Huangguling battle, the Manjiang rebels immediately divided 20,000 troops to aid the Leixi River, Yuan Bin saw that the situation was not right and quickly fled back to the Lion Rock area