When it was about to dawn, fog began to appear in the mountains, and white mist rolled in clusters along the slopes.
At the sentry post set up on the ridge, the embers of the campfire have not been extinguished, and the remnants of the fire are still burning. Six old soldiers are sitting around the fire, with their bows and knives at hand; in the distance, the outline of the camp is The morning fog became increasingly blurry.
"Old Wen, when do you think this day is going to end?" The young man with a mole on his lip was sitting by the bonfire. He turned his elbow outward and nudged a middle-aged man next to him. He looked at Campfire's eyes were full of confusion.
The middle-aged man is about forty years old. The wrinkles on his face are as deep as tree bark, and his eyes have no luster. If he hadn't been supported by the young man, he would have almost dozed off in the early morning fatigue.
Lao Wen rubbed his face and muttered: "It doesn't matter when you become a soldier and you eat food! He Gouzi, why the hell do you think so much? Do you still want to go home and marry a big girl to warm your bed?" He stood up, stretched his legs and legs, and kicked everyone who was dozing around the campfire awake. "Go down and take a walk. Don't let anyone touch the top of the mountain!" After another half hour, they and their group will be able to arrive. I had a good sleep in the hut in the rock nest below, and others went to the ridge to guard the sentry.
"There is a ghost in the barren mountains and wild ridges. Wen Mazi, you have become more and more courageous over the years!" At the beginning of March, it was suddenly warm and cold. There was a strong wind on the ridge, fog and heavy humidity. Along the way, After walking around the ridge, my clothes were wet with mist. Who would be happy to leave the campfire and go for a walk? Several old soldiers refused to move even though they were shouting.
Wen Mazi was kicked one by one, but the other soldiers were annoyed and stood up cursing.
The old soldiers went to patrol the sentry with swords and guns. Wen Mazi sat down in front of the fire again and used branches to stir up the remaining fire.
As a soldier born in Fujian, Wen Mazi was not considered promising after serving in the army for more than ten years and had only received one assignment at the head of the flag. Now he was sent to serve as a patrol guard on the periphery.
Some of the veterans who joined the army together in the early years were promoted to generals for their bravery in battle, but most of them died on the battlefield. Wen Mazi didn't think much about the future. He just wanted to wipe out the gangsters in the valley and get rewards. Yin, go back to Fuliang City, go into a brothel and find a young woman with a fat butt and white breasts to have fun with.
Speaking of the kiln thieves in Qimen, they were originally kiln workers in Qimen who had made a living by burning kilns for generations.
Unable to bear the heavy taxes and levies imposed by the She family, the Qimen kiln workers rebelled in early January and killed the kiln officials and tax collectors sent by the She family to Qimen. They gathered three to five hundred people into the mountain as bandits, and once cut off Qimen from eastern Jiangxi. The counties in eastern Jiangxi are accustomed to calling this group of bandits kiln thieves.
Seeing that the kiln thieves were getting more and more noisy, in late January, under the orders of Shewenzhuang, soldiers and horses from Fuliang, Yongshan, Duchang, Qimen and other counties in eastern Jiangxi gathered together to go into the mountains to surround and suppress the kiln thieves.
After more than a month of hiding in the deep mountains and wild ridges, they finally managed to corner the gang of kiln thieves in Chengzi Ridge at the junction of Qimen and Fuliang in late February.
Chengziling is shaped like its name, with mountains and mountains like a city. The mountains are steep and steep, making it difficult to climb. There is Sleepy Hollow hidden in the middle.
The Zhejiang and Fujian armies gathered soldiers and horses from Fuliang counties and opened a large net around Chengziling. The kiln thieves had no choice but to hide in Sleepy Hollow. However, Sleepy Hollow has a deep and small mouth, dangerous terrain, and there is a remnant village at the mouth of the valley. Stand firm.
The kiln thieves occupied the remnants of the village at the entrance of the valley and blocked the entrance to the valley. Although the soldiers and horses of Fuliang counties had the advantage in military strength, they could only occupy the hills outside Chengziling first and slowly move forward. Now the She family has two thousand people. The soldiers and horses pushed the foot formation outside the valley entrance, and when everything was ready, they wiped out the kiln thieves in the valley in one fell swoop.
Although the kiln thieves were all besieged in Sleepy Hollow, the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army who were responsible for leading the troops to suppress the kilns were worried that the local wealthy families in Qimen, Fuliang, Yongshan and other counties had evil intentions, so they stationed their camps in Sleepy Hollow.
At the same time, patrol posts were set up in the surrounding mountains and mountains.
The patrol post under Wen Mazi's jurisdiction is located on the outermost edge of Chengzi Ridge. At least until early this morning, everything seemed normal.
Wen Mazi sat in front of the campfire and thought wildly. The fog gradually thickened, and he could only see twenty or thirty steps away.
Not only was there no trace of the camp in the distance, but the few old soldiers who went down the mountain to patrol were also completely obscured by the fog. In the distance, only the mountain wind whistled past the forest tips and ridges.
After an unknown amount of time, it was completely bright, but the field of view was obscured by fog, and the patrolman who took over the guard post did not come up the mountain for a long time. Wen Mazi cursed fiercely, thinking that if Lao Hu was exposed to this fog,
I delayed going up the mountain, and when I returned to Fuliang City, I insisted on asking him to treat me to a chicken before I could spare him.
While he was thinking wildly, there was a muffled sound from the foot of the mountain, as if someone had lost his footing and fallen into a ditch and broken his neck. Wen Mazi picked up the knife in his hand vigilantly and shouted towards the bottom of the mountain: "He Gouzi! He Gouzi!" He was gone for a while.
In response, he only heard faint sounds from all around, as if many people were climbing up the mountain here, and Wen Mazi felt bad.
In such a heavy fog, even if the beacon smoke was lit, the camp would not see it in time. Mazi Wen put the bamboo whistle in his mouth, picked up the knife in his hand, and ran towards the camp. As soon as Wen Mazi ran down the hill,
Several men emerged from the mist and attacked with swords.
Mazi Wen only had time to blow the bamboo whistle in his mouth twice as a warning, before his arm was cut by the swords coming from the left and right. While dodging, Mazi Wen lost his footing and rolled down the steep slope - Mazi Wen was also blessed with great fortune, so he took the risk.
When he rolled down the slope, he didn't suffer serious injuries when his head hit a tree root or rock. Apart from cuts on his arms, there were very few scratches on his whole body.
At this time, Wen Mazi could hear the sound of crackling sounds hidden in the mist, like floods passing through the distant mountains. Although he didn't know where these soldiers and horses came from, there were many people and he was afraid that there were thousands of them, taking advantage of the mist.
Take cover and kill towards the camp outside the entrance of Chengziling Valley...
Wen Mazi is not selfless, a man who sacrifices himself for others. He knows that there is a big enemy attacking the camp, so how can he dare to run towards the camp? He is tired of fighting and killing over the years, but he can't see where to start. He feels desperate. At this moment
Run to the west foot of Chengzi Ridge, which is more remote.
The Zhejiang and Fujian troops who entered Chengziling for encirclement and suppression set up many sentry posts on the periphery, but they were removed one after another in the thick fog. Some sentry posts lit the beacon fire in time, but you could only see the smoke coming out of the fog when you got closer.
There were fires and black smoke; there were more police whistles sounding in succession, so that the camp could not tell how many enemy soldiers were attacking. In the heavy fog, it was difficult to distinguish the direction of the attack, and the defender
Tian Weiye did not dare to send troops hastily to fight, but asked people to guard the thin fence.
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Yu Wencheng accompanied Hu Qiaozhong to climb up the ridge on the north side of Chengziling. The fog was very thick. Except for the soldiers and horses near the ridge, it was difficult to see clearly further away. Just relying on the familiarity of the terrain of Chengziling, the messengers shuttled back and forth in the thick fog.
, named Hu Qiaozhong, Yu Wencheng could more accurately grasp the movements of the soldiers and horses of the various capitals.
Hearing that the Zhejiang and Fujian troops did not dare to come out of the camp to intercept, Yu Wencheng knew that the battle was half over.
The kiln thieves led by Wu Jingze lured the two thousand Zhejiang and Fujian troops into the Chengzi Ridge. The most dangerous place at the valley entrance was occupied by the kiln thieves led by Wu Jingze. The place where the Zhejiang and Fujian troops camped was a terrain outside the valley mouth.
Low-lying bell mouth.
The veteran soldiers of this Zhejiang and Fujian army are only one-twelfth, and more new soldiers recruited from the local areas after the She family entered Jiangxi serve as local guards. Regarding the situation of this Zhejiang and Fujian army, Yu Wencheng and the others had already sneaked into the secret room to find out.
Be clear as day.
This Zhejiang and Fujian army looked down upon the kiln thieves trapped in Sleepy Hollow and were limited by the shortage of materials on hand. They set up their camp carelessly. They erected two fences and dug a ditch in front of the ridge entrance.
Without considering the enemy from the back and front, only a thin fence was erected on the other three sides.
It was inconvenient to ride horses in the thick fog, so he and Hu Qiaozhong quickly walked to the front of the formation. Through the fog, they could vaguely see the shadow of the enemy camp.
A strong attack has been prepared here, and an assault car has been pulled into the mountain. The soldiers of the two capital teams are the first echelon to attack. The sentry general, the captain of the capital soldiers, the flag leader, and the Wu leader below are all privy secretaries.
The old soldiers from Jiangxi who were sent from the East Fujian Army were incorporated into the people of eastern Jiangxi to participate in the resistance against the rebels. They hid in the mountains and trained for three or four months. At this time, they were armed with armor and braved the enemy camp in the fog.
The arrows shot out surrounded the car and approached the camp fence.
The ram cart is mounted on a four-wheel axle, which is much more convenient than a dozen people carrying a huge log against a fence. The ram cart is also equipped with a shield, and a dozen soldiers are hidden behind it. When they approach the enemy camp, they all attack together.
He pushed the car hard and rushed up. The fence was shaken by the first impact...
Yu Wencheng also put on his helmet and heard that the enemy camp had been smashed into the gap. He personally led the second echelon of troops to catch up and stormed in through the gap. Like a sharp blade, he tore apart the enemy troops who rushed to block the gap.
Then he led his troops and horses to attack the enemy camp deeply.
Yu Wencheng took advantage of the fact that before the enemy could figure out the situation, he wanted to beat him with a stick and tear his camp to pieces, making it impossible to organize a decent counterattack.
The Zhejiang and Fujian troops that formed a camp at the mouth of the valley to surround the kiln thieves had too few old soldiers and too many new ones.
Being attacked from the back and abdomen, and guarding behind the camp fence, the new soldiers could still resist by shooting arrows under the leadership of the old soldiers. However, the people and horses who came up with force were all in shields and armor. Once the camp fence broke through the gap, some armored soldiers rushed in, and the new soldiers rushed in.
I started to lose my temper.
Even though they were afraid of the strict laws and disciplines, and there were old soldiers scattered among them to supervise the battle, the new soldiers did not dare to escape for a while, but their mouths were dry, their hands and feet were weak, and they could not form a dense formation inside the crowded camp. Who could move forward flexibly?
Fighting before?
The first line of defenders blocking the gap were defeated, and the attackers were called in. The camp became a mess. In the rolling fog, one could only vaguely see the attackers chasing the defenders.
The guard general Tian Weiye wanted to cry but had no tears. He was a descendant of the Tian family and had never been taken seriously. Before the capture of Yuling Pass last year, he was just a captain. When Huizhou and Liyang were captured, Tian Weiye followed his troops from Fujian.
During the Central and Northern Diversion, he performed meritorious service one after another and was promoted to deputy battalion general. After retreating to Jiangzhou, Tian Weiye was promoted to Fuliang City Lieutenant. He took more than a hundred tribesmen to Fuliang and recruited Jian Yong.
Shi Shi has nearly a thousand soldiers under his command.
In the past, this would have ranked high in the Zhejiang and Fujian armies. Tian Weiye also wanted to make several more military exploits and become a general. Who would have thought that for the first time he would lead an army alone in a battle, he would face overthrow?
Disaster?
Facing the camp that was about to collapse, Tian Weiye could only lead his troops to rush over to block the gap. He could judge that the number of people attacking the enemy would not be too many. As long as the position could be stabilized in time and the fog receded, it might not be irreversible.
Defeat.
The soldiers around Tian Weiye, like him, were all veterans who had fought in many bloody battles. Tian Weiye went into battle in person and indeed broke out the enemy from the main road in the camp and contained the overwhelming offensive. But at this time,
A large gap was also created in the left wing fence, and another group of armored soldiers rushed in, encircling them from the left wing.
Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Tian Weiye did not want to be completely involved in the enemy's troops, so he was surrounded by the attacking enemies. He led dozens of guardsmen to leave camp from the right wing and took advantage of the heavy fog to break out and escape...