There was a gong sound from the mountain, and it was the bandit leader in charge of the command on the mountain who saw that the situation was not good, and began to let the fighting bandits evacuate. Seeing that the bandits, who could no longer support it, were relieved to hear the sound of the gong, they immediately retreated to the rear like a tide.

Seeing that the bandits were defeated and retreated, Zeng Yi, who was standing in the rear, beat the war drum rumbling again, and the morale of the officers and soldiers who were inspired by the war drum was like a rainbow, and they shouted all the way and chased after the bandits.

It didn't take long for the officers and men to advance to the bandits' last fortress, and without stopping, they quickly attacked the fortress.

As the saying goes, "the defeat of the army is like a mountain", the bandits who have suffered the defeat have no intention of fighting at all, and the last fortress they carefully built actually only blocked the officers and soldiers for about an hour.

Seeing that more and more officers and soldiers were flocking to the fortress, the bandits finally could not hold it anymore and fled in the direction of the rear cottage again. The three lines of defense of Fuhu Mountain, which had been held out for so long, were broken by officers and soldiers in this way.

"Brothers, take the Flying Eagle Society Cottage, we will celebrate in the cottage tonight." Finally gnawing this hard bone, the officers and soldiers were very excited, and they shouted loudly and rushed towards the location of the Flying Eagle Society's cottage.

In the Flying Eagle Society's cottage, the non-combatants have fled to the mountains behind the cottage with the remaining grain in the village, and the mountains here are hundreds of miles wide, even if the Flying Eagle Society hides tens of thousands of people inside, it is not easy for the officers and soldiers to find them.

If Zeng Yi was not in a hurry, although the mountains were high and dense in the mountains, it was easy to hide their whereabouts, the weather there was cold, and there was a lack of water and food, so many people were hiding there, and they would freeze to death if they were not starved to death in less than a month. Not to mention that wild beasts are often infested in the mountains, and these birds and beasts will not be polite to these humans who occupy their homes.

"What? There was a bandit rush out of our weakest defensive road. Hearing the report of his soldiers, Zeng Yi didn't believe his ears.

Before attacking the bandits' last line of defense, Zeng Yi had already made a deployment to block every road down the mountain to prevent a single bandit from escaping.

But in the end, when the bandits counterattacked, Zeng Yi, who was short of troops, had to draw some people out of the soldiers who blocked the road, but this thing was done very secretively. Only a very small number of people know about the deployment of officers and soldiers blocking each road.

However, a group of officers and soldiers actually escaped, and the position where they escaped happened to be the weakest line of officers and soldiers, and Zeng Yi thought that the officers and soldiers were the most unlikely to break through the line.

It is no wonder that when the third fortress was conquered, the officers and soldiers suddenly fought back frantically like stimulants, thinking that they were trying to break through from the front, Zeng Yi and his generals also laughed at the stupidity of these bandits.

Now that I think about it, the reason why the officers and soldiers broke through so frantically was actually to cover the part of the bandits that escaped, and judging from the news received, Ye Ying, the leader of the Flying Eagle Society, was among the bandits who fled.

There must have been traitors among the officers and soldiers, otherwise it would have been impossible for the bandits to take such a long detour and evacuate from the Xishan Trail, where the officers and soldiers were weakly defended. Because there is a section of road that is very suitable for ambushes, if there are officers and soldiers who ambush the bandits who break through there, they will be completely wiped out.

Only a small number of officers knew about the deployment of the Wild Lion Army, so the person who revealed the news to the bandits must have been a general who held an important position in the army. After determining the direction, Zeng Yi quickly launched an investigation among the officers and soldiers, and found that among these senior officers, only Wang Sidao, the commander of the Shaoshan Battalion, had left the camp.

After checking this step, Zeng Yi's eyes lit up, and he felt that Wang Sidao's statement was a little incredible, but now it finally became clear that Wang Sidao's real purpose was to pass on the news to the bandits.

After thinking about this clearly, Zeng Yi immediately sent someone to search Wang Sidao's camp, and sure enough, he found a letter written to him by the Flying Eagle Society bandits in Wang Sidao's camp. In the end, among the soldiers brought out by Wang Sidao during the interrogation, some could not bear the torture. finally admitted that Wang Sidao had disappeared for a period of time when he asked soldiers to dig the so-called ancient tomb.

What did Wang Sidao do during the period of disappearance? Then there was only one possibility, he went to contact the bandits and pass on the news of the deployment of officers and soldiers.

After this back and forth, Wang Sidao's crime of collaborating with bandits was established, although Wang Sidao did not admit to being killed, he was finally convicted, and executed the military law of the Mad Lion Army, and was directly beheaded.

"It's a conspiracy, and I'm framed." Before he died, Wang Sidao desperately shouted this sentence, but it failed to save his life.

As a matter of fact, some officers and men also expressed doubts about this incident, but if such a big thing happens, someone must take responsibility. Even General Guangwei, who is high in the sky, is unwilling to take on this responsibility.

In this case, the generals in the Wild Lion Army tacitly chose to remain silent, and tried their best to promote Wang Sidao to be killed, so that there was no possibility of reversal in this matter.

Although Wang Sidao was beheaded on the charge of being a bandit, Ye Ying, the bandit leader who escaped, and the team he led must be caught.

In order to catch Ye Ying, Zeng Yi sent a large number of eyeliner. Even the officials of the nearby Montenegro, Lawn, and Three Counties used it, and finally found the traces of Ye Ying and others.

Zeng Yi, who got the news, did not hesitate, except for a small group of people who stayed in the Flying Eagle Society cottage to intercept the bandits hiding in the mountains. All the other officers and soldiers, even the county soldiers from the three nearby counties, used them to encircle and intercept Ye Ying and the others who had escaped, and finally surrounded Ye Ying and the bandits he led in an area dozens of miles northwest of Fuhu Mountain.

"Report to the general, the bandit leader Ye Ying fled into a wide grassland with more than 2,000 bandits, due to the continuous rain in recent days, the grass is very slippery, and the soil under the ground is also very soft, and all the large combat equipment cannot be brought in." A scout reported to Zeng Yi.

"Give up the large combat equipment and let the brothers travel lightly, this time I will personally take action, and I must catch the bandit leader Ye Ying." Zeng Yi said fiercely, he was very confident in the soldiers he led, even if he didn't use these large weapons, he could easily defeat these bandits.

Under the personal command of Zeng Yi, all the soldiers of the Wild Lion Army marched from all sides and entered this meadow with a radius of dozens of miles. After a few more miles, they finally saw the bandits walking in the grass, and looking at the embarrassed appearance of the bandits, the officers and soldiers felt that they had all the strength in their bodies, and rushed desperately towards the location of the bandits.

Under the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers on all sides, the bandits walked in a panic towards a high slope in the center of the grassland, and there was no hiding place around this high ground.

At the last height in the center of the meadow, Ye Ying and Zhuge Ying stood side by side, but at this time, their faces were not desperate, but with mysterious smiles.

"Let the brothers take off all the armor on their bodies and keep their weight as low as possible, now is the time for us to reap the fruits of victory." Zhuge Ying said with a smile to Ye Ying on the side.

"Okay, now let's let everyone in Daning know, what about the three major iron armies in Daning? It's not like we're a loser. Ye Ying looked at the bandits in the distance and said with pride.

However, Zeng Yi and the officers and soldiers led by him did not know that this game of wolf chasing sheep had been reversed, and they were about to turn from fierce jackals to sheep to be slaughtered, and a unilateral slaughter was about to begin.

At first, the officers and soldiers also knew that the swamp was dangerous, so they followed the footsteps of the bandits, but they were unharmed. However, as they approached the center of the swamp, the water had already overflowed the path of the bandits due to the rain that had been falling for several days.

Under these circumstances, the officers and men had no choice but to follow in the direction of the bandits by feeling, and seeing that the bandits were close at hand, the officers and men who had made meritorious contributions had already ignored the danger of the swamp at this time.

"Oh no, my foot is stuck in and I can't walk!"

"Brothers, help me, I'm sinking."

The officers and soldiers who were walking towards the middle of the meadow suddenly discovered a cruel reality, which looked at the calm meadow and suddenly turned into a murderous demon.

Some bandits got their feet into the mud and could not pull them out no matter what they could do, and even some officers and soldiers who tried to help them fell into the mud after failing to save people.

There are even more serious ones, some officers and soldiers keep sinking down, they struggle desperately, only to find that the more you struggle in this swamp, the more you sink into it, first the feet, then the waist, the chest, and finally even the head sink into the mire, and lose their lives in a daze.

Many officers and soldiers did not know until they died, this swamp was a place of death near Fuhu Mountain, and it was the locals who walked here on weekdays, and people often accidentally fell into the quagmire and died.

The recent days of rain have made the swamp even more dangerous, and the rain has covered the footprints of those who have gone ahead, and it is only empirical to judge which places are safe and which are dangerous.

The Flying Eagle Guild's bandits have always lived in this area and know the terrain very well, so they also know which path is the safest, which is why they were able to successfully reach the center of the meadow.

And Zeng Yi, who was eager for meritorious service, and the officers and soldiers under his command thought of this problem, by the time they reacted, it was already too late, and many people had already fallen into the quagmire.

Seeing that someone was stuck in the quagmire, even the soldiers of the Wild Lion Army, who had extremely high tactical literacy, began to panic. Some people are busy saving people, and some are starting to find their way out.

The officers and soldiers were in a mess, but the more this happened, the more soldiers fell into the mire, and in the end, most of the soldiers fell into the mud. The few remaining soldiers stood still and did not dare to move.

"Withdraw, withdraw."

Soon after entering the meadow, Zeng Yi had to abandon his horse, and after a little further on, he fell into the mire. Even though Zeng Yi was a martial artist in the upper realm of the fourth grade, he had nothing to do in the face of such a situation, and seeing that many of his subordinates were submerged in the swamp, he hurriedly issued an order to withdraw his troops.

Hearing the order to retreat, the officers and men desperately retreated to the rear, but many people realized at this time that the road back was extremely difficult, and every time they pulled out the corners in the mire, it would take a lot of effort.

"Rush, kill, avenge the dead brothers." At this time, something happened that made the officers and soldiers feel a headache, and the bandits, who were originally standing on the high place in the center of the grassland, actually came at them.

"It's bandits, why are there bandits out there? Aren't they surrounded in Fuhu Mountain? On the periphery of the meadow, a black figure also appeared, and after seeing the people clearly, many of the officers and soldiers let out desperate shouts.

What the officers and soldiers didn't know was that the bandits who killed the swamp from outside were not the three armies of the Flying Eagle Society's headquarters, but the Xuanwu Army stationed in the Flying Star Valley.