More than 6,000 people of the Ming army surrounded Wu Huawen's Bubazi phalanx from three directions, and Wu Huawen's only way to retreat was the Ghost Cliff, and he was still moving towards the Ghost Cliff.

Commander Cao, Yan Yunyi, and Dongfang Jing took command, and the three of them were puzzled by Wu Huawen's actions.

On the ghost cliff, Wu Huawen left two monks and more than ten elite foot soldiers to guard the back road have disappeared, they have long been swept away by the monks in charge of the "broken after" of the Daomen, the phantom array arranged by the Zhishen Zen Master has been broken by Yan Yun, and several iron cables have also been raised, still on the ground, ready to be brought back to the barracks after the war.

This is an absolute place of death, there is no possibility of escape, the foot soldiers have their backs to the White River, facing the Ming army, and everyone has a resolute look on their faces. The kind of death is like home, the kind of sacrifice of life for righteousness, the kind of righteousness is awe-inspiring......

Zhao Ran couldn't help but mutter: "This expression is very familiar......"

Pei Zhongze said: "I heard that Wu Huawen has a good way of governing the army, and he has the death force of his subordinates, and I have seen it today." ”

Commander Cao frowned, stepped out of the crowd, and shouted, "Where is Wu Huawen?"

The other side ignored it, and suddenly shouted, dozens of rain arrows shot at it, and the siege and annihilation battle on the ghost cliff began.

One side of the Ghost Cliff Chong River is a natural risk, but the other side of the Chonghong Yuan is a gentle slope, and the surrounding area is open, and there is no geographical advantage at all.

It was the Song Domain, the main force of the Ming army, who surrounded the remnants of the Bubazi army, and he would not let the other party take advantage. The Ming army fought very smartly, and did not fight hard with the other side, the front lined up a heavy shield wall, the rear crossbow arrows shot long, the monks shot to counteract the opponent's Dharma, the army moved forward step by step under the orders of the officers, squeezed forward like a moving steel fortress, this is to squeeze the other side off the cliff.

After a short time, the foot guards in the rear of the enemy formation began to fall off the cliff one after another, and the screams came and went.

There was a loud roar again in the enemy formation, and the formation suddenly dispersed, rushing up towards the shield wall in front of the Ming army, and the Ming army's shield wall was pierced with spears like a forest, and the rushing step was strung on the long pole, and the rear step soldier still risked death to move forward.

Zhao Ran looked at the Xixia soldiers who were still wielding swords and guns after they fell to the ground, looked at the elite Bu Bazi who were still screaming the long poles, and looked at the monks who were bleeding from the seven orifices and still kept casting the Dharma, only to feel a sullen breath in his heart, and he was really uncomfortable.

He really wanted to shout, Wu Huawen, did you let your soldiers die in vain? Why don't you surrender yet!

The shouting and killing gradually subsided, and the remaining dozens of foot soldiers and monks supported each other, and retreated step by step, Zhao Ran saw the Western Xia general who had shown his face before and answered him, although his face was covered with blood, but his face could still be distinguished.

This is not Wu Huawen!

Many people on the Ming army's side have seen Wu Huawen, and shouted at the same time: "It's not surnamed Wu!"

The man was wearing the armor of Wu Huawen and the helmet of Wu Huawen, he looked at Zhao Ran with a smile, looked at Commander Cao, looked at Dongfang Jing, and looked up to the sky and said: "Commander, avenge the last general!"

Dozens of people turned and jumped backwards, jumping off the towering Ghost Square Cliff in unison, and swept into the rushing rapids.

Cao commanded the envoy to inspect the corpses on the Guifang Cliff and identify their faces, and at the same time sprinkled all the sergeants on horseback, together with the 200 people who were loyal to Baozhong, and searched for traces of Wu Huawen.

Zhao Ran summoned the spirit goose, and he couldn't hide it, so he rode the wild goose to the sky, looked around, and carefully recalled while checking.

Now that I think about it, Wu Huawen has only one chance to escape, that is, to use the magic weapon of Buddhism to change his clothes and armor in the red fog in the sky, he was also blocked by the red mist in the sky at that time, and he couldn't see the situation below, and when he turned to a place where he could see the battlefield, maybe Wu Huawen had slipped away.

Thinking about it again, Zhao Ran couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being careless. He knew both Monk Zhishen and Monk Guangcheng, why didn't he notice that these two were missing when he followed him all the way!

The army searched for three days on the boundary of the Red Plains, but found no trace of Wu Huawen, so they had to collect their troops and return to the camp.

At the celebration banquet held by the Hongyuan Guard, Dongfang Jing patted Zhao Ran on the shoulder: "Zhiran has not been in a high mood for the past two days, and he is still angry that he didn't catch Wu Huawen?"

Zhao Ran shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Jing, I blame myself, I was sitting on the back of the spirit goose at that time, staring at the battlefield all the time, but I lost the ......."

Dongfang Jing comforted: "You can't be blamed for this, who would have thought that he would directly leave all the 800 elites behind in order to survive? Who would have thought that his 800 elite subordinates would be willing to go to Huangquan in order to create a chance for him to escape?

Zhao Ran sighed: "This trick of the golden cicada is indeed remarkable." He's really ruthless, and if he replaces me, he will definitely not be able to do it. ”

Dongfang Jing was silent for a moment, raised his glass and said, "I don't want to think so much, come, drink!"

A big battle, completely annihilated the elite 800 foot of the left wing of the White Horse, this is another big victory since the Battle of the White Horse Mountain, the Song Domain Guard, the good news reached Lushan, straight to the capital.

How to record merit and how to reward in the follow-up will be reported by the Governor's Office of Western Sichuan and Tianhe Palace. Although in the originally agreed military strategy, the White Horse Courtyard was only to form a militia to act as a bait to defend the city, and the heavy tasks of the battle were placed on the shoulders of the main forces of the Ming army, such as the Hongyuan Imperial Guard, the Xiaoshan Thousand Households, and the Chishui Thousand Households, but in the actual battle, the Red Plains Militia undertook seventy percent of the heavy combat tasks, so Zhao Ran wanted to actively fight for this group of subordinates.

First of all, it negotiated with Natsuyoshi to retain the Red Plains Militia and upgrade it to a standing army of the Song Domain, which was provided by the Governor's Office according to half the salary, and the White Horse Yuan raised half the salary by itself. In the position of the six-product regiment training envoy, Zhao Ran recommended Yuan Hao to take up the position, which is equivalent to a promotion for Yuan Hao.

Zhao Ran all reported to Xia Ji and appointed the general banner and small banner in the militia, especially Zhang Wu, Jiang Zhuzi, Iron Leg Longsan and others, not only awarded the general banner military position, but also directly awarded the Taoist, which can be regarded as a precedent for serious Taoist priests to serve in the military.

As for the official positions of 1,000 households and 100 households, they negotiated with Cao Commander and Ning Shouyu, and the group of training officers served as the officers, and Zhang Baihu led by them was promoted to 1,000 households, and the rest of the general banners were promoted to 100 households, and the small banners were promoted to the general flag.

In today's ranking of the armies of the Western Sichuan Governor's Palace, the Red Plains People's League can only be ranked in the third rank, and it is at the bottom. Zhao Ran left these officers behind, so that the Red Plains Militia could move towards regularization, and Zhao Ran's request for this group of officers was to let the Red Plains Militia be on par with the Song Domain. Of course, there is a long way to go, and this will not happen overnight.

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