There are still forty miles away from Heyuan County.
The search team in charge of exploring the road suddenly came back with two wooden signs: "Master, I found this by the river ahead."
Shen Youlong glanced at it, and quickly scolded: "This is a treacherous trick by bandits, take it away and burn it, don't want to destroy our army's morale!"
"What is this?" Deputy Commander Shi Wangzheng walked over curiously.
"Don't pay attention to the lies."
Shen Youlong didn't want people to see it, so he directly blocked the writing on the wooden board with his sleeve.
The two wooden signs are indeed full of false news.
A wooden sign reads: Lu Qian, the general soldier of Guangdong, was wiped out in Yingde County.
A wooden sign reads: General Lin Junen surrendered in Xiancheng, Heyuan County.
At this time, Fei Ruhe sent many small boats to cruise on the Dongjiang River, but no news could be conveyed.
What can be passed on is all deliberately released by Fei Ruhe, and Shen Youlong can only choose to believe it or not.
These Soushan team members are all the governor's pacesetters. They left holding the wooden sign, and the commander-in-chief Shi Wangzheng became more and more curious, guessing that it must be some very bad information.
Shi Wangzheng returned to his team and warned his confidant servants to flee immediately if the situation was not right.
In troubled times, everything is imaginary, only the army can rely on it.
A general without an army is worse than a wild dog!
However, those search team members did not immediately chop and burn the wooden signs after re-entering the mountain, but gathered together to start a discussion.
"Why don't we run away, the Heyuan County in front is definitely gone, and going there is a dead end."
"That's right, the governor was kind to us, but we took the risk to explore the way for several days, and more than 20 people died before and after. We are already worthy of the governor."
"Let's go, go, go home."
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? This group of search team responsible for exploring the road all ran away without Shen Youlong knowing about it.
The whole army continued to advance, and after losing the search team, they came to the ambush point without knowing it.
"Fourth brother, the officers and soldiers are here."
"Let go of the ones in front, and kill them in the middle!"
The person in charge of these five hundred people was Xiao Shan, who was born as a slave of the Xiao family in Yongyang Town.
Xiao Shan was quickly promoted when he was suppressing bandits in Southern Jiangxi. There were bandits everywhere in the mountains. Xiao Shan wiped out countless bandits, and by the way he developed the ability to fight in the mountains.
The five hundred soldiers under his command are also proficient in mountain warfare, and they climb mountains and ridges like walking on flat ground.
The marching speed of the officers and soldiers was very slow, dragging a long snake along the river bank.
"kill!"
"Doo toot toot toot toot toot~~~~~~"
Five hundred Datong troops rushed out from the mountain, the resounding charge horn pierced the sky, and rushed towards the long snake's waist.
Deputy Commander Shi Wangzheng originally wanted to lead his troops to escape, but his troops were relatively forward. If he escaped, he could only run forward, and he might run into Fei Ruhe's main force.
This guy was forced to fight to the death, and shouted: "End the formation, form the formation!"
Shi Wangzheng's hundreds of confidantes formed an formation very quickly, not losing to the ordinary Datong army.
However, except for the governor's pacesetter and the general's servant, the rest of the soldiers and civilian husbands were all scared out of their wits. Seeing the thieves rushing closer and closer, the soldiers and civilian husbands collapsed instantly, and many simply jumped into the river and swam to the other side.
In a blink of an eye, there were only more than 3,000 pacesetters and servants left, still trying to form a defensive formation by the river.
However, as the soldiers and civilian husbands scattered and fled, the servants who were at the back were also rushed to pieces. The general was really bad, so he simply started to flee with his servants.
Shen Youlong's pacesetter, Shi Wangzheng's servant, is indeed an elite, with sufficient food and wages at ordinary times, and willing to sacrifice his life in battle.
Under the impact of the rout, these people were able to maintain their formation.
They approached each other and gradually formed a large formation of more than 2,000 people by the river, just waiting for Zuo Shan's 500 soldiers to come and die.
Then, there are so many routs that can be chased and killed, why did Zuo Shan go to attack the big formation?
Zuo Shan will pursue whichever side has the most rout soldiers, and chase them away completely. After the collapse is complete, don't even think about getting together again. At that time, the officers and soldiers will not have enough manpower to transport food.
"There are only a few hundred thieves, kill them!" Shi Wangzheng gritted his teeth.
"kill!"
Shen Youlong also went all out.
These two thousand people were indeed elite soldiers, and under the interference of the broken soldiers, they formed an formation and chased in the direction of Zuo Shan.
It is not difficult to train this kind of elite soldiers. Usually, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the food and wages are sufficient. Shen Youlong even??Choose a more suitable ambush point.
After walking like this for another day, Fei Ruhe led 1500 people and finally came along the mark left by Zuo Shan.
"Where's the enemy army?" Fei Ruhe asked.
"It's on the mountain in front of me, I've been following." Zuo Shan said with a smile.
It is impossible to lose track. More than 2,000 officers and soldiers marched, and there must be traces along the way. Zuo Shan sent 20 men to pursue in front, and the rest of the soldiers chased after half a mile. Even if they encountered an ambush, they would only lose 20 men.
Seeing Fei Ruhe chasing with more than a thousand people, Shen Youlong began to line up on the col.
He was about to be driven crazy. At this moment, he just wanted to have a good fight.
Fei Ruhe was not in a hurry, he was exhausted after chasing him all the way, so he recovered his strength first.
The two parties just waited for each other as if they had made an agreement, waiting for Fei Ruhe's soldiers to recover their strength. Shen Youlong occupies a favorable terrain, and it is impossible to take the initiative to go down the mountain.
Until an hour later, the battle was about to break out.
Very fair, both sides have 500 firearms, this is a contest of hot weapons.
After each lit the match, the rest of the troops all moved out of the way, and the firecrackers were the first to decide the winner.
The Datong firecrackers were at a disadvantage. They were feinting to attack the mountain.
"Fire the arrow!"
Shi Wangzheng didn't talk about martial ethics, but even ordered the archers to stand on the mountain and shoot down.
Swipe, swipe, swipe!
Many arrows were blocked by the canopy, and a few arrows fell. A total of four Datong firearms soldiers were hit by arrows. However, they wear bamboo hats and cotton armor, and are not afraid of bows and arrows.
Shen Youlong shouted: "Don't let go of the gun at will, listen to my order, and shoot when you get closer!"
The Datong firecrackers continued to walk up the mountain, and the official army's firecrackers began to get nervous.
Shen Youlong's firecrackers were all trained three years ago, and they are invincible every time they fight. Ordinary thieves, as long as they were shot by them, they would immediately collapse and flee in fright.
But it is also because of this that they are well aware of the power of firecrackers, and are very afraid of shooting at enemy firecrackers.
"boom!"
The Datong firecrackers got closer and closer, and finally some of the firecrackers on the officer's side couldn't help but shoot.
"Bang bang bang!"
When one person shoots, the whole army immediately drives to shoot.
They still fired in three rounds. Except for the third row, the first two rows fired all the ammunition.
This is barely within the range, and the accuracy and power are greatly reduced.
A Datong firearms soldier was shot and fell down suddenly. Unfortunately, he was hit in the face. There were still a few firecrackers who were shot, but they were blocked by the cotton armor. If they advanced ten steps further, the cotton armor would definitely be pierced.
"Quickly fill the medicine!"
Shen Youlong didn't bother to reprimand those who fired in advance, and urged the soldiers to reload quickly.
The officers and soldiers suddenly panicked, most of them started to scratch, and some even forgot the correct steps to reload.
Swipe, swipe, swipe!
Shi Wangzheng's archers fired another volley.
The Datong firecrackers are still advancing.
"Fire the gun!"
Shen Youlong gave an order, and the gunfire soldiers in the third row of officers and soldiers immediately fired a decent volley.
In an instant, six Datong soldiers fell to the ground. At such a close distance, even the cotton armor could not stop them.
However, the remaining Datong firearms continued to advance.
"Mom!"
The officer firecrackers in the first two rows, after failing to reload their own ammunition, and seeing the enemy approaching, finally couldn't bear the pressure in their hearts, dropped their firecrackers, turned around and ran away.
"Raise the gun!"
"First row, shoot!"
"Boom!"
More than a hundred firecrackers fired at close range, instantly blasting the formation of officers and soldiers.
Even without the second row firing in bursts, all the officers and soldiers fled.
"Blow the horn!"
Fei Ruhe shouted.
"Doo toot toot toot toot toot toot toot~~~~~~"
The charge horn sounded, the whole army rushed out, and the elite of more than 2,000 officers and soldiers finally broke up.