Chapter 263: The End

In the fog with the coalition army, the two thousand five hundred Wusa Wumeng soldiers led by Shebai and the one thousand water brain soldiers of Luo Ganxiang and Hu Rugao were fighting in the fog. Coupled with Lao Shun's 500 Sichuan Army, the total strength of this sneak attack on the base camp of the Wufeng Mountain Hao'an Alliance Army was only more than 4,000 people.

Under normal circumstances, compared with the tens of thousands of Lu'an coalition troops, 4,000 people rushed headlong into the heart of the enemy army, of course, they surrendered to the tiger's mouth. However, there is a saying in the army called "nine out of ten thieves", and the "stealing" here refers to a small number of elites who take advantage of the night to sneak attack the enemy's camp, and the probability of success is quite large. There are two main reasons why stealing the camp will have a great chance of winning: first, the soldiers of the vast majority of the army in ancient times were no different from those called Hanako, and nine out of ten were rabble; Second, they rarely eat meat, do not have enough animal protein intake, and are severely deficient in vitamin A, leading to widespread night blindness. A small number of elite raids around them can be seen clearly by the light of the moonlight and fire, and a large group of blind people will of course achieve great results, and the vague sense of fear that they will suddenly wake up and see everything will drive the rabble to regard all the voices around them as enemies that threaten their lives - in this case, the casualties caused by cannibalism in the chaos will be much greater than the number of people who die in the enemy, and when someone completely breaks down and runs desperately, it will trigger a herd effect, and the Daluo Immortal is helpless.

The raid effect of a few Miao generals is even better than stealing the camp. The dense fog is similar to the environment of the night, as Hao Chongming guessed, they tied both arms with the blue and black cloth commonly used by the Miao family as identification marks, and Lao Shun even formulated a simple password to identify friend and foe: "Bai Sasuo", and the reply order is "Aluo Secret Office". These are two strongholds near Chishui, even for the Sichuan army, they are just two words, and they were written down after a few repetitions - in fact, they were mainly afraid of being injured by them by mistake, and the iron armor on these guys was the most obvious mark. Everyone speaks the Miao language, and when the Lu'an coalition forces hear it, they naturally think that it is a friendly army that is reporting to their homes and relax, no matter how they respond, they will immediately be attacked and killed! As for the loud shouting in the distance...... Greet with a bow and arrow, as long as there is no one in front of you to cut allies, you will always shoot a few unlucky ghosts! As far as the White Luo Ganxiang is concerned, whether or not to slash the blurred figure in the dense fog is only a matter of words, and for the Lu'an Coalition Army, it is simply a step-by-step killing machine - in this way, this battle is completely lost.

At the same time as the Bai and several people made a move, Lao Shun escorted An Xiaoliang and the personal guards who had been messengers and went straight to the heavenly steps to destroy the guards. Along the way, the Miao soldiers who were ignorant and did not understand the formation were either fooled by An Xiaoliang or killed on the spot, and when the few Miao soldiers on duty at night were killed, all the rolling wood boulders were pushed down the mountain, and Lao immediately sent Lao San to take people down the mountain to meet Sun Jie, and after arranging the defense line, he found a place to sit in peace - Commander Lao knew very well in his heart that this battle had been won.

When Yu Chongming returned to the village to find An Bangyan, the two kings knew that they would no longer be able to return to the sky. Although the fog had gradually dissipated, and people could be seen twenty paces away, the structure of the troops had been completely disrupted, the chain of command had been completely broken, and there was a lot of mental tension everywhere to the extreme, and everyone looked like the enemy's soldiers. The soldiers on the side of the Bailuo Ganxiang gradually regrouped together by the marks on their bodies, covering and cooperating with each other, and taking the initiative in every part. Looking at the Miao soldiers who were slashing everywhere in his sight, Yu Chongming knew that if he could have two or three more incense sticks, when the fog completely subsided, he would definitely be able to distinguish those rebels with marks on them, and then the initiative on the battlefield would change hands...... However, it is likely that I don't even have time for a stick of incense at the moment!

Although the total strength of the coalition is still overwhelming, the loss of the chain of command means the loss of everything, and orders are only communicated to those who can hear them. Thousands of people slowly gathered around the two kings, and An Bangyan said to Yu Chongming: "Brother Amin, I'll go and fight the Heavenly Ladder again, and you can organize a counterattack." ”

Yu Chongming shook his head: "It's useless, I heard that there are all the armor of the Ming Kingdom, and we can't find any of the people in the village now, so we can't rush them." It's better to give the order to withdraw the army, it will be too late for Sun Jie to kill. ”

An Bangyan didn't give up, and said hatefully: "The matter has come to this, Ayan will try it anyway, in case it is defeated, he will tell the warriors to go down to meet the enemy, no matter how powerful Sun Jie is, he has to cut it up one step at a time, I have a warrior, see how many people he can die!" ”

Yu Chongming still wanted to stop it, and An Bangyan had already led the Shuixi Army around him to the heavenly steps again.

"Order, shout loudly together: King Hao is in the west of the village, meet in the west of the village!" Seeing that An Bangyan couldn't be stopped, Yu Chongming simply let it go, and didn't care about the chain of command of the leaders at all levels, first concentrated the scattered forces, and then went to deal with An Bangyan, and then broke through!

"The king of luxury is in the west of the village, tell everyone to gather to the west!" With the shouts one after another, the Miao soldiers on the verge of collapse were all shocked when they heard the sound, and they regained their spirit and ran to the west.

Luo Ganxiang's brain was much more active than that of Bai Hu Rugao, and when he heard the shouts of the Yongning soldiers, he seized the opportunity again, and once again created a lot of chaos: under the demonstration of the water brain soldiers, the Wusa soldiers and the Wumeng soldiers shouted "the king is in the north" and "gather to the east", and it didn't take long for many people to run to which side, and the entire Taohongba and Jidou Village fell into chaos, and there were people scurrying everywhere......

Yu Chongming estimated that there were five or six thousand people gathered around him, of course, it was difficult to keep the rebels mixed in, but at this moment, he couldn't take care of much, fortunately, he was protected by more than a dozen guards in the center, so he simply used them as meat trumpets, and every order was shouted out by these guards in unison, so that everyone could act in a similar way: "To the south, answer Elder An!" ”

They didn't go far before the rebels saw An Bangyan.

There were only more than 500 people who followed An Bangyan to grab the heavenly steps, and they just saw the shadow of the Ming army in the fog, and they were greeted by a rain of arrows! At a distance of twenty or thirty paces, the flat feather arrows aimed directly at the dense crowd, and dozens of Shuixi troops who rushed to the front fell in response, tripping the people behind. The fallen man continued to stumble over more of his companions, and he was able to get up, and a second wave of arrows came to his face!

And then came the third wave......

Looking at the three rows of spear tips that were neatly like the sharp teeth of a steel giant beast not far away and the dozens of clansmen who fell at the feet of the Ming army's spearmen, the red-eyed An Bangyan was about to personally lead everyone to rush on it in a desperate way, when several flaming red fireworks suddenly exploded in mid-air, followed by a deafening cheer behind the Phi A formation: "The big handsome man has come up!" Elder An almost fell in front of him, and then he was dragged north by the guards until he met Yu Chongming, who led the crowd to respond.

"Go to Gooseneck Ridge!"

To the east is the cliff, Sun Jie is in the south, to the north is the strong city of Yongning, and in the southwest is the only way for the whole army to retreat.

Fortunately, at this time, the dense fog had completely dissipated, and Luo Gan seemed to set up a white person, and everyone lost their cover, and did not dare to be as careless as before, and began to gather their respective subordinates to form a formation and wait for Sun Jie. There are more than 10,000 Miao soldiers who rushed to find the two kings, and all of them were noisy and chaotic, relying on hoarse roars, the military order was finally conveyed, An Bangyan led the Miao soldiers to rush towards the gooseneck ridge in a swarm, and the Yongning army of the extravagant Chongming stayed behind to break off.

The rebels raided the main camp of Taohong Dam, and they did not come to Gooseneck Ridge, but the native soldiers of Maude Jigong were not chaotic, and they had already lined up when they heard that there was a melee at Taohong Dam. Listening to Maude's story, the spies outside the valley never found any trace of the enemy, and An Bangyan was a little relieved: as long as the chain of command is sound, the role of a thousand people is greater than that of ten thousand. After a few brief explanations to Maude, he suppressed his position and responded to Yu Chongming, and then went headlong into the narrow valley road with the guards.

As the name suggests, Gooseneck Ridge is a path in the mountains that twists and turns like a goose's neck, and at the narrowest point, there is no room for two people to go side by side. Stumbling all the way and looking to escape, he suddenly heard a frightened scream erupting from in front of him. The guards pushed aside everyone to protect Elder An and rushed to the vicinity of the valley mouth to find out, and what caught their eyes was almost twenty artillery pieces neatly arranged half a mile away, and a deep and wide trench had been dug in front of the artillery array, and behind the trench was a dense array of horses, deer barricades and strong fences, and the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion and Liu Chaoyong's battalion cast their cold eyes here, and the sun shone on the iron armor, reflecting a piece of silver streamer!

"Maude!" An Bangyan gritted his teeth and just shouted two words, but his voice was drowned out by the roar of artillery......

It is estimated that An Bangyan has entered the Gooseneck Ridge Valley Road, and Yu Chongming led the Yongning army to fight and retreat, but he knew that it would not be easy for him to get out now: the enemy in front of him was no longer the Miao soldiers who were difficult to distinguish, but Sun Jie's armored Han army!

On one side is the Yongning Army, which has lost its command, and on the other side, the Ming Army has formed a solid attack phalanx, and the victory or defeat is clear at a glance. The reason why it has been able to hold on to the present, on the one hand, is that the terrain of Jidouzhai and the surrounding areas has somewhat limited the overall advance of the Ming army's battle array, on the other hand, it may be that he has won the victory and does not want to pay too many casualties, Sun Jie did not give the order to attack with all his strength, and the Ming army took the team as a unit, and an independent phalanx of 100 people was slowly and orderly squeezing the Miao soldiers in the direction of Gooseneck Ridge from all directions. "Looks like we'll have to sacrifice some warriors." Yu Chongming gritted his teeth, and was about to give an order when he heard a dense rumbling cannon sound from the southwest!

"When did Maude also vote for Mingguo? Brother Ann is finished! As soon as the thought flashed, a burst of exclamations suddenly erupted behind him: "The rooster has betrayed the village!" "The back road is blocked! ”

Extravagant Chongming looked around the battlefield, there were only a few hundred people around him, a little farther away, there were Ming army phalanxes advancing in an orderly manner in all directions, and the terrified Miao soldiers were running back and forth like headless flies in the gaps between the formations, and one by one they were stabbed down by the spears that leaned out of the formation......

Yu Chongming smiled miserably, pushed away the guard in front of him and said aloud in Chinese: "General Ming Guo opposite, please come out and answer!" ”

"General Mingguo on the other side, please come out and answer!"

After shouting three times, the nearest phalanx stopped, and someone ran backwards to deliver the message. After a while, a young general, surrounded by several guards, strode forward in sonorous armor, looking up and down at Gao Chongming.

Extravagant Chongming stepped out of the crowd and took a few steps forward to meet him, and said in a deep voice: "A certain is Extravagant Chongming." May I ask who your general is......"

General Ming reported his fist with both hands: "I have long admired the prestige of General Luxury." A certain is Sun Jie. ”