In the northeast of Zitong, the area of 20 miles long and 12 miles wide is collectively called Qiqu Mountain.

There is a road in the belly of the mountain, and it turns seven songs, so it is named.

Today, Qiqu Mountain is divided into half by officers and soldiers and half by the rebels.

Zhu Ming's main army was divided into several camps, and each battalion could rescue each other.

Officers and soldiers also set up three villages on the mountain, with a total of 8,000 troops stationed.

If the rebels want to attack Zitong, they must uproot these three villages.

Only two or three miles to the southeast, the officers and soldiers set up two more cottages. If the rebel army attacked the three villages of Qiqu Mountain, the officers and soldiers of the two villages here could not only go down the mountain to quickly rescue, but also go around the flank to attack.

On the hill on the other side of the river, there are also soldiers and soldiers camps, who can cross the river to attack the other side of the rebels.

That is to say, once Zhu Ming is dispatched, he has not even attacked the city, but only attacked the cottage, and he will be attacked from three sides.

On the third day after Bai Qisheng captured the enemy general, Zhu Ming suddenly moved.

First, the whole army retreated six miles, looked for a suitable ferry, and went to the west bank of the Tong River. The dangerous land in Qiqu Mountain is gone, and the grain road is gone, and the officers and soldiers can cut off the grain as much as they like.

Then he advanced eight miles to the southwest, camped in the hills, away from the Qiqu Mountain area, and turned to attack the westernmost cottage of the officers and soldiers.

"Zhu thief gave up Qiqu Mountain? Regardless of the grain road? Huang was overjoyed when he heard the news.

"It is true," replied the sentry, "that all the camps that the thieves had set up had become empty. ”

Zhao Shu guessed: "I'm afraid that the grain and grass of the Zhu thief have already been transported, and there will be no grain and grass to transport in the future, and the grain of the thief can last until the moon at most." ”

"That's better," Huang Yi suggested, "Our army can move troops to occupy Qiqu Mountain, harden the village, fight in a daze, resolutely not fight in the field, and drag the time until the beginning of spring." When the thieves' food is finished, they will definitely collapse without a fight! ”

Zhao Shu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that the Zhu thief will think that Zitong is difficult to fight, and the whole army will go around Zhangming (Jiangyou) or Mianzhou (Mianyang)." There are 3,000 village soldiers guarding the city, and I am afraid that they may not be able to hold it. ”

Huang Xuan said: "Our army is always watching, and if the thief dares to march like this, he will be besieged by the regiments." The big city of Mianzhou can't go down in an instant, so the Zhu thief can only go to fight Zhangming. At that time, his retreat was cut off, there was little military food left, and he was surrounded by officers and soldiers, so he could only retreat to the northwest mountains to deal with the Qiang people! ”

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to surround it, but I will be ...... by him" Zhao Yu seriously doubted the field combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers.

"Then settle for the next best thing," Huang Xuan said, "if the Zhu thief dares to advance westward, our army will increase its troops in Mianzhou and block its southward passage." Even if he can defeat Zhangming, he will become a deep lone army. ”

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Zhu Ming's idea was very simple, at the cost of abandoning the retreat and grain route, he stayed away from the unfavorable terrain of Qiqu Mountain, and instead attacked the westernmost cottage of the officers and soldiers.

If Li Bao can successfully reach Mianzhou, he will block the retreat of the officers and soldiers to the south. And Zhu Ming's strong capture of the cottage was able to block the way for the officers and soldiers to flee west.

At that time, the officers and soldiers could only go north if they wanted to run, that is, to Jianzhou and Jianmen Pass. There were miscellaneous troops of the righteous army guarding there, Zhu Ming and Li Bao followed in pursuit, and the officers and soldiers could not advance or retreat, which was equivalent to being closed and beaten.

If Li Bao encounters an accident and can't come to join the siege, Zhu Ming will eat Zitong!

"Buzz~~~"

Three days later, in the early morning, a dull trumpet sounded.

The main force of more than 21,000 rebels came out of the camp with 8,000 auxiliaries, and only more than 10,000 auxiliaries and civilians were left in the camp.

It is said that it is an auxiliary soldier, but in fact, they are all young and strong, but the weapons are too bad. Many people are still using simple knives or shuttle darts as guns, they have all practiced in Qiqu Mountain, as long as they get the weapon, they can turn into regular soldiers.

The whole army came two or three miles down the mountain, and the troops of nearly 30,000 men were difficult to line up in the hilly area.

Often this battalion is arrayed on flat ground, and that battalion is crooked on a small hill, which is quite suitable for mandarin duck formation.

The 21,000 main forces are all practicing the Mandarin Duck Formation.

When Lizhou was blocked by Jianmenguan, he had been practicing for a month, and he was blocked by Zitong and practicing for another month.

The advantage of the Mandarin Duck Formation is not only suitable for hilly combat, but also special saving weapons.

Zhu Ming's armor is seriously insufficient, and the weapons of the Mandarin Duck Array can effectively make up for this shortcoming.

"Bring the armor!"

Bai Sheng and Shi Biao stepped forward with the Heavenly King Armor in their hands, assisted Zhu Ming in dressing neatly, and specially put on a red cloak.

The morning sun rose, reflecting on the golden armor of the Heavenly King, and a layer of red halo shrouded in the gold.

Zhu Ming pulled down his armor, rode forward slowly, drew his sword and pointed to the sky to pass through the passage of each battalion.

Bai Sheng, Shi Biao, Gu San and other pro-soldiers followed behind and shouted: "Zhu Tianwang! Zhu Tianwang! Zhu Tianwang ......"

The soldiers of the rebel army looked at the majestic armor, and the terrifying helmet was even more breathtaking. Where Zhu Ming rode his horse, the soldiers involuntarily knelt on one knee and shouted with the pro-army: "King Zhu! Zhu Tianwang ......"

In this way, reviewing the troops all the way and boosting the morale of the whole army, Zhu Ming spent a full forty minutes.

He was deliberately delaying time, trying to attract the officers and troops of Qiqu Mountain and Zitong City, and not even fortify the riverside, so that the officers and men could cross the river with peace of mind.

Today's attack on the mountain is more like encircling the point to send reinforcements.

It is better to be able to lure officers and soldiers over for a decisive battle than to waste human lives to attack fortified positions.

"Do you want to cross the river to rescue?" Huang asked.

Zhao Yu said: "I plan to withdraw all the officers and soldiers of the two cottages in the west to the east bank of the Zijiang River. The previous various troop arrangements were based on the premise that the Zhu thieves camped in Qiqu Mountain. Since Zhu Thief is no longer in Qiqu Mountain, there is no need to defend the two cottages in the west. Alas, the main thing is that it can't be defended, the mountain is not steep, and it is besieged by the Zhu thieves. ”

Huang Xuan said: "The Zhu thief is not three heads and six arms, our army has planted nails in the cottage, and when the Zhu thief is attacking the mountain with all his strength, he will send a large army across the river to attack his flank." Under the attack from both sides, you will win a big victory! ”

Zhao Yu was silent, he still didn't trust the combat effectiveness of the villagers.

A few years ago, he was responsible for exterminating Lu Nanyi, with more than 10,000 Xiang troops and township soldiers in his hands. Every time a plan is arranged, conceit must be fine, but nothing can be achieved in a fight, and it always collapses inexplicably.

Nine out of ten battles can be lost!

Wait until the 30,000 western army is transferred, where to fight, and easily defeat the barbarians.

Now Zhao has two options:

The first is to abandon the two cottages on the west bank of the Zijiang River, which is calm and heavy, but will lead to the loss of part of the battlefield initiative.

The second is to send troops across the river to respond, cooperate with the friendly troops in the cottage, and have a certain chance of defeating the thieves. But once the army is defeated, it must suffer heavy losses, because the defeated army fled back to the city and must cross the Zijiang River.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Shu finally made a decision: "Send 10,000 soldiers from the city to cross the river and attack the flank of the thieves." 6,000 soldiers were sent from Qiqu Mountain to cross the river, looking for an opportunity to attack and kill the back of the thieves. Send another 5,000 elites to quietly cross the river further upstream, and go straight to the camp of thieves, and it is best to burn its grain and grass. All the boats, meet by the river, to be sure! ”

Huang Xuan said: "It's better to cross the river with the whole army, our army has more soldiers, and we will win in one battle!" ”

"What if we lose?" Zhao Shu said, "We have to leave some troops to hold Zitong, so that the whole army will not be wiped out." Hold on to this city until next year, and the western army will be able to transfer to Sichuan to suppress the thieves. ”

"If you don't fight like this, you will inevitably lose both the front and the back," Huang Yi said, "It's better to abandon the West Bank cottage in this way." ”

Zhao Shu shook his head: "I didn't send troops now, but let the officers and soldiers of the cottage stick to it first." If you can hold it for one day, you can use the soldiers, and tomorrow you will cross the river to fight. If you can't hold it for a day, then don't fight, the whole army will definitely be defeated when crossing the river, and honestly stick to the city and Qiqu Mountain. ”

This guy is really cold-blooded, and he wants to test the combat effectiveness of the two armies with the lives of the officers and soldiers of the cottage on the West Bank.

Sun Ziyun, knowing himself and knowing his opponent, will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Zhao Yu's primary problem now is that he doesn't know himself or the other, and he has no bottom in his heart no matter what he does.

Zhu Ming inspected the army for 40 minutes, waited for a long time, and did not wait for the main force of officers and soldiers to cross the river.

The plan to encircle the point to send reinforcements has failed, so take the point that surrounds it!

The rebels slowly advanced, leaning down the mountain.

Several messengers of officers and soldiers also went out of the city to cross the river, avoiding the righteous army from the south to send a message: "The commander-in-chief has an order, order you to hold on for one day, and the army will cross the river tomorrow for a decisive battle!" ”

"Phew!"

Xie Jianzhong, the commander of the Chengdu Fulu Bu Army, spat at the departing messenger, scolding and scolding: "If there are soldiers who don't come to rescue, if you don't let Lao Tzu stick to it for a day, this surnamed Zhao is not a good thing!" Order, two villages and one village, must be guarded until tomorrow. ”

Xie Jianzhong also had no bottom in his heart, and began to fight wits and courage with the coach.

There are two cottages arranged here where you can rescue each other. Xie Jianzhong simply abandoned one and moved all his troops together, so that when there were more people, he would not be so afraid, which could ensure the morale of the army.

Moreover, the arrangement of the civil servants is only theoretically possible.

The rebel army is crushing the troops, and the two cottages are too busy to take care of themselves, and they are still rescuing each other?

Zhu Ming was arranging for the troops to attack, and this person was still at the bottom of the mountain, so he saw through the telescope that the officers and soldiers abandoned the village and moved.

Immediately the smoke billowed out, and the abandoned cottage had food, which was burned by the officers and soldiers!

The two battalions of rebels rushed up and quickly occupied the empty village, and then found that the food was burning, and they did not save much under the all-out rescue.

The soldiers of the rebel army were furious and scolded the officers and soldiers who ordered the burning of grain.

In fact, the officers and soldiers are also scolding.

Liu Chengyou is a disciple of the Liu family in Guangdu, and he was separated from the main sect very early. After dividing it again and again, his family's land is only more than 500 acres, but he has to feed more than 30 people.

Originally, life could go on, but the government's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were too heavy, and the family's savings were gradually depleted, and they had to borrow money to pay taxes for a few more years.

Liu Chengyou, who is now the head of the township soldiers, rushed to Xie Jianzhong with a gun, and asked angrily: "Why did you order the grain to be burned?" ”

Xie Jianzhong said: "The abandonment of the village was too hasty, and the military rations could not be transported away, so they could only be burned if they could not be left to the thieves." ”

Liu Chengyou's heart was dripping blood: "That's the people's fat and people's ointment of the people in Shu, you say burn it, why don't you abandon the village and transfer it earlier?" ”

Xie Jianzhong said angrily: "Those big turbans in Zitong City, if you want to fight a war, you will come out of the war, obviously there are soldiers in your hands and you won't come to save them, so we have to hold on until tomorrow." I also just got the military order, how can I guess what the boss thinks? ”

"Commander, Commander Yang has led the troops down the mountain from the south! He said that the commander-in-chief had soldiers and could not save them, but let the gang sell his life, so it was better to withdraw to the city. I can't stop it! ”

At this moment, a soldier came to report in a panic.

Xie Jianzhong was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at the officers under his command, and found that they were all angry.

It's not angry that allies are running away, it's that the angry boss doesn't move.

"Farewell!"

Liu Chengyou clasped his fists and saluted, turned to his fellow villagers and subordinates, and said, "Let's go too, and the whole army will cross the river and withdraw to the city." ”

One officer after another, with the soldiers, left.

Xie Jianzhong could only evacuate with him, and gave up the only remaining cottage in an instant. And the thieves were about to kill, so he didn't have time to set fire to the grain, so he threw a few torches in the granary and ran.

Zhu Ming was fully prepared for this battle, and he also wore the Heavenly King Armor to fill the sense of ceremony.

Before the battle was engaged, all the officers and soldiers abandoned the village and fled.

What about playing with Lao Tzu?

Zhu Ming was furious and shouted: "Pursuit, pursuit, don't let the officers and soldiers cross the river calmly!" ”

Zhao Shu was even angrier than Zhu Ming, and watched the officers and soldiers flee across the river, so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

He turned to face Huang Xuan, gritted his teeth and said, "You are a good soldier, but you don't listen to military orders, this time you will definitely kill a few to set an example!" ”

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