The Ming army attacked angrily, and a large group of thieves were already in order to search for loot, and the formation was chaotic. Seeing a group of red-eyed and still fiery Ming soldiers coming out of the fire, it was like a Shura from purgatory, how could he still raise half a point of fighting spirit?

In less than a few moments, the thieves fled, and all of them were gone.

After all, the night was dark, and Zhu Su was worried that the thieves would still have ambush soldiers, so after taking control of this hilltop camp, he urged the troops to be withdrawn. Although the Ming army was embarrassed this time, except for a few people killed and burned at the beginning, fortunately there was not much loss.

"Fortunately, His Highness had an idea...... Otherwise, we're all going to be planted here. Chang Mao remembered the situation where there was a sea of fire on all sides, and he still had palpitations.

“…… We had to get out of a big difficulty, but ...... on the other side of Jiujiang "inhaled a few breaths of fresh air brought by the mountain wind, and Zhu Su felt that his drowsy head was finally better under the thick smoke. But immediately, it became preoccupied again. "Look ......"

"This ......" Everyone looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Su, and saw that under the mountain, where Li Jinglong and the rest of the men and horses should have been stationed, there were bursts of fire.

"It seems that Jiujiang has also been ambushed." Zhu Su was worried.

"It's ...... Hit by fire? Di Meng's face was surprised. However, before I waited to go up the mountain, I chose a place by the river that was not easy to catch fire, so how could I ......?"

Halfway through the words, he himself understood. Under normal circumstances, it is true that there is no fire in that place. But if there is fierce fire oil......

Judging from the situation tonight, it is clear that this gang of thieves has been planning for a long time.

"It doesn't look like it's time for us to rest." Zhu Su picked up the helmet that had been put aside, brushed the messy hair between his forehead, and put the helmet on his head again.

"Let's go. Let's go to the confluence of Jiujiang and look for an opportunity to break through. ”

Li Jinglong may not be able to do anything else, but when it comes to escaping, Zhu Su believes that he still has a set...... What's more, there are quite a lot of Ming troops under the mountain, and the camp range is wide, and they are all elites, even if they encounter fire, they may not all be on the road.

As long as there is a Ming army that is not ambushed, it is enough to repel these rabble and keep the way out.

Zhu Su guessed again, Li Jinglong did see the opportunity quickly, and the Ming army under the mountain did not suffer too many casualties...... It's just that although Little Grandpa Li escaped, he fled to the mountains. Chang Mao, Zhu Su and others, who were originally going to go down the mountain to meet the friendly troops, were stunned on both sides when they saw Li Jinglong, who was running up the mountain with a disgraced face.

"Fifth uncle?" Li Jinglong was pleasantly surprised. "Are you alright?"

"Jiujiang?" Zhu Su was also stunned. "How do you run up the hill?"

"Jiujiang sees the fire on the mountain, how can I feel at ease? Naturally, he ordered all the soldiers and horses and went up the mountain to meet the fifth uncle! Li Jinglong said justifiably. Zhu Su was dumbfounded, and Chang Mao interjected: "Order all the soldiers and horses? What about the military order that His Highness wants you to keep your way out? ”

"Huh?" Li Jinglong tilted his head. "I'm afraid that the troops are not enough to rescue the fifth uncle, how can I take care of a lot?"

Zhu Su raised his forehead and smiled bitterly, and asked carefully, it turned out that Li Jinglong saw the fire on the top of the mountain, and was worried that Zhu Su had something wrong, so he immediately beat the drum and gathered the generals in the middle of the night, and roared and led everyone up the mountain to fight the fire. What is to keep the way out, if the fifth uncle Zhu Su has a good one, the others will all be taken back by him, it will also be a great sin.

But if you can rescue the fifth uncle...... There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and with the ability of the elite fifth uncle of the Ming army, Li Jinglong also believes that the few escaped bandits will not be able to stop the retreat of the Ming army.

Li Jinglong didn't realize that there was someone else in the ambush, but because of his "quick decision", the Ming army under the mountain did not suffer any losses......

It was also because the thieves on the mountain hurriedly launched that Chen Zuyi's originally scheduled action time was diverted in this way, and by the time he set fire to burn the camps of the Ming army under the mountain, those camps were already empty.

"Your Highness, what next?" Di Meng asked Zhu Sudao.

Zhu Su knew that the strength of this group of thieves must be stronger than that of the White Lotus Sect. He only has a thousand people with him, and if he continues to live in this life, he will have no initiative at all.

Therefore, he ordered: "The thieves must have blocked the way down the mountain...... Even so, there is only one way to break through. ”

"The fire under it is almost burning, and the thieves may not have imagined that Jiujiang would go and return and break through from the original road. Let's set out and highlight this mountain with lightning speed! ”

"Yes." Left and right.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, but fortunately, this Ming army is still forbidden. The Ming army that converged all the way got the military order, that is, they had the backbone, and they went down the mountain in the night. Zhu Su originally hoped that the thieves at the bottom of the mountain would relax, but before he could get out of the mountain pass, he encountered a large group of thieves ambushing.

Among these thieves, there are Fanren, Han Chinese, and Nanyang people from West Asia, and their numbers are far superior to the Ming army, and because of the narrowness of the mountain pass, only six or seven people can be allowed to pass side by side at a time...... As soon as the Ming army's offensive was strong, they threw out fierce fire oil and set it on fire, and these people relied on this method and crowd tactics to block the Ming army's offensive.

Seeing that there was nothing to be done here, Zhu Su immediately made a decision and chose to go down the mountain from another place. However, in another place, he encountered the White Lotus Sect, a large group of people and the brave White Lotus Sect bandits were in one place, and the number was far inferior to the Ming army, if they broke through by force, the loss must be huge, Zhu Su chose to return to the mountain to garrison.

Garrisoned on the mountain, the Ming army was condescending, and these people did not dare to forcibly attack the mountain.

The situation suddenly stalemate.

"Well, can you spot any other mountain trails?" On the mountain, in the original Fanren tribe camp, Li Jinglong saw that the scouts sent out had returned, and asked anxiously.

"Go back to Your Highness, go back to the little grandfather...... I didn't, didn't find my way down the mountain. The Ming scout looked a little frustrated.

"We've captured a few tongues, some of whom are familiar with the terrain. Even they said that there were two roads up and down the mountain, one in the west and one in the south, and that the east and north sides were surrounded by cliffs on one side and deep streams on the other, and that it was difficult for birds to cross them......

"Seriously, there really isn't any other way down the mountain......"

"Bang!" On the other side, Chang Mao, who had a more violent temper, had already slapped his palm, and the cups and plates on the table were all trembling. "This group of thieves actually wants to trap us and others!"

"If we still have firearms...... See if we don't blow them up! ”

The Ming army pursued lightly, and there were not many gunpowder and firearms on their bodies, so they used more of Zhu Su's personal guards when they went up the mountain. He used another essence to dodge the flames, and now he can only rely on swords, guns, and halberds to break through.

They are elite, and they are not weak with knives and guns, but first, they are limited by the terrain, and secondly, the thieves have the fierce fire oil of the disgusting people...... Under the advantages of one another, there is really not much to do about these two rabble.

(End of chapter)