However, things were not going well when seizing another mountain. Liu Wenxiu, who learned from the experience, ordered the soldiers to immediately retreat to the other side of the hillside after being bombarded. As long as the shelling stops, they will immediately seize the top of the mountain and are not allowed to retreat!

So when the commando climbed to the top of the mountain, the soldiers of the Daxi Army had already occupied the top of the mountain first. They threw stones at the musket soldiers and shot dense feather arrows! Caught out of control, the commando had to retreat after paying for certain casualties.

But this kind of thing cannot be difficult for Qi Qitao. He and Chu Shengzhi discussed it briefly and set up a simple trap! That is, after the first shelling was over, the soldiers just shouted loudly and did not charge. When the Western Army reoccupied the top of the mountain, they would launch violent shelling again!

Although this plan is simple, it is very effective! When the soldiers of the Western Army proudly rushed to the top of the mountain again after the shelling, they found that the Shandong soldiers who were halfway up the mountain did not attack at all. They were just lying there and shouting loudly!

Before they could really understand, the second round of artillery fire had already arrived on them! As they were preparing to welcome the attack of Shandong soldiers, the people on the top of the mountain stood quite densely. Therefore, whether it was flowering bullets or shotguns, they caused extremely terrible casualties to the Western Army!

When the eighth round of shooting was fired, the commandos who had been counting the number of shelling began to advance towards the top of the slope. Once the two rounds of shelling were over, the commandos rushed to the top of the mountain! After a brief and fierce hand-to-hand combat, the commandos used bayonets to drive the remaining Daxi Army off the top of the mountain and firmly grasped the position on the top of the mountain!

Once the mountain positions on both sides are controlled by Shandong soldiers, it will naturally be difficult to garrison on the flat ground in the middle. Liu Wenxiu had to order the soldiers to retreat!

When the front lines of both sides stabilized, Liu Wenxiu, who was standing at the starting point, was crying without tears! After fighting for a few days, tens of thousands of people were killed or injured, but he returned to the starting point from the edge of victory! This was simply a nightmare for him!

Seeing Liu Wenxiu's face sinking, a personal soldier beside him comforted him and said, "Sir, don't think so much, at least we have blocked this group of Shandong soldiers here! If they really want them to rush out

That's out of control!"

Liu Wenxiu naturally knew the priorities of the matter, and he also understood that what his subordinates were right. So he cheered up and said, "I understand. Now you go and help me pass the orders, build camps outside the range of cannons on the top of the mountain, and seize various hills at the same time. You must block all these Shandong soldiers here!"

The personal soldier nodded and agreed to go and pass the order, but was called back by Liu Wenxiu and said, "Where did the cannons I transported from Jianmen Pass?"

The personal soldier said, "It has just arrived. However, Jianmen Pass refused to give more, so he only gave four cannons! He said he wanted to guard against the Ming army's attack!"

Liu Wenxiu sneered and said, "It's really a broken brain! If I lose, can he keep it? No matter what, first place the cannon on the two hills behind. Also, bring the map and I want to set up a defense line."

Soon, Liu Wenxiu relied on the surrounding mountains and terrain to set up a tight line of defense and handed over to the leaders to build fortifications.

Qi Qitao was not idle here. After relocating the defense line, he relocated the 20 newly sent cannons to the top of the mountain. At the same time, considering that the Jialing River had been opened and there was no danger, the Inland Fleet unloaded 30 artillery pieces from the ship and strengthened them on the front line. Although these cannons were heavy and difficult to carry, they had a long range and were powerful. They were very helpful for the stability of the front line.

So both sides maintained a very strange state of peace in the next two days, and had no intention of fighting. Because both sides were working hard to build fortifications. After the fortifications on both sides were completed, this peace actually continued.

It was only then that Qi Qitao realized that Liu Wenxiu was trying to trap him here, and she didn't want to consume her troops to attack him anymore.

This made Qi Qitao realize that if this continues, his combat concept would go bankrupt. So he began to seriously think about what to do next?

There are nearly 8,000 people and a large number of artillery on his position now, which is as solid as a solid foundation. So can we think of a way to use this place as a bloodletting site and fully mobilize the forces of the Western Army?

Finally, after discussions between him and many of his officers

, a new combat plan was drawn! That is, since Liu Wenxiu wanted to block us on the river beach in this mountainous area, we were not satisfied with his wishes! We took advantage of their lack of naval forces and deployed as many troops as possible, and involved more troops to encircle ourselves, making Jianmen Pass empty!

After Qi Qitao came up with a new plan, he ordered his staff officer to stay in the position as the chief officer. He himself returned to the army's base in a small boat to carry out his new plan.

So a few days later, Liu Wenxiu had a headache! Because Qi Qitao sent a fleet again to open a landing site downstream of the previous landing site, and also to open a landing site outside Liu Wenxiu's encirclement, forcing Liu Wenxiu to divide his troops to intercept it!

But what's bad is that there are more and more Shandong soldiers, gradually changing from once every four days to once every two days. In the end, ships are coming almost every day to unload their personnel and equipment! Four landing sites were opened on the banks of the Jialing River in one breath! Liu Wenxiu was forced to run away!

Moreover, the soldiers at the landing site that was first opened began to tentatively attack the defense line of the Western Army. This shocked Liu Wenxiu! If these people were really allowed to rush out, all his efforts would be wasted! So he had to draw out a large number of troops from Jianmenguan to intercept Shandong soldiers landing.

Fortunately, there are not many places suitable for Ming soldiers to land on the banks of Jialing River, so he can still maintain it. However, although he blocked the Ming army's landing one after another, the defenders at Jianmen Pass were already thrust by him again and again, leaving only less than 40,000 people!

You should know that the so-called 100,000 Jianmen Pass guards did not really put 100,000 people in a city! Instead, they arranged 100,000 people within the scope of Jianmen Pass! Because Jianmen Pass controls a large area, it has to trap many people on many passes! So if these 100,000 people are thrown into the levels around Jianmen Pass, there will be no many people in itself!
Chapter completed!