Chapter 211 Chapter Eight Front and Back Attacks

The two sat down on a hill outside Mang Mountain. The clouds cover the sky and the moon is closed, and the halo is faintly visible at the end of the horizon. That is Yanshi City in the north of Luoshui. For two full hours, the two of them groped blindly in the mountains, searching directly from Jin Yong's side, but they still didn't find the slightest trace of the enemy. Kou Zhong scolded fiercely: "It's all due to the rain this morning. Not only did it wash away the traces on the ground, but it also washed away the smell." Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "It was just rain powder, there should be traces left behind."

Kou Zhong smiled wryly and said, "Of course there are traces, but it's only leading to Laojun Temple. Eh!" Xu Ziling said, "What did you think of?" Kou Zhong murmured: "Didn't Xuan Yong say that Li Mi's main force would have to work one more night at the earliest to sneak into Beiman Mountain through the tunnel? Why was there no abnormality in the water outside Jinyong City just now?" Both of them startled at the same time and woke up. Kou Zhong sighed: "What a Mrs. Shen, she is really powerful. This must be a plan to steal the dragon and turn the phoenix into a phoenix. The recruits will be exchanged for elite soldiers, and the elite soldiers will use the recruits as cover to sneak to a favorable assault destination. This plan is indeed powerful. We almost fell for it."

Xu Ziling said distressedly: "It is less than two hours before dawn, where should we find the ambush?" Kou Zhongdao: "Li Mi's elite soldiers were dispatched by Jin Yong the day before yesterday, and they were marching day and night. Maybe they should still be on the march now. If they want to avoid people's eyes and ears, they can only hide in the mountains around Mang Mountain. That means they still have to come here in a circle, either they have arrived at their destination, or they will arrive soon. Let's go!" Xu Ziling said: "Don't be anxious. If we guess wrong again this time, we will lose the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat Li Mi. According to the situation, whether it is Shan Xiongxin's new recruits or Li Mi's surprise soldiers, they have to back Mangshan to form an army. This is the only feasible strategy to avoid any worries. Therefore, we can assume that Shan Xiongxin’s new army will set up camp at the Mang Mountain in the north of Yanshi to lure the Yanshi troops to attack, while Li Mi will hide the main force in a nearby Mang Mountain. Being behind the mountain, it is very convenient for Qingqi to attack. If this is the case, the place where Li Mi's army is hiding is ready to come out!"

Kou Zhong pressed his ear to the ground, sat up after a long while, said with a wry smile: "Madam Shen must have ordered her subordinates to wrap the horse's hooves with cloth, my little brother can't hear a single sound." Xu Ziling jumped up and said, "Then walk with your feet and see with your eyes!" The two retreated into the grass, and Shen Luoyan's strange bird circled twice before flying away. The two of them looked through the grass towards the woods on the opposite hillside, and saw that the tents were stretched and orderly, and there was only one hill away from the grassland between Yanshi outside Mangshan Mountain. You can touch the city wall of Yanshi at any time, which is very convenient, but it is also very hidden.

Fifty miles away from Cuiyun Valley, it is located in the northeast of Yanshi, and there are still vast grasslands and sparse forests and dwarf trees outside.If Shan Xiongxin had camped on Mang Mountain in the north of Yanshi, this place would have just turned into a horn, which was in line with the purpose of the art of war. Kou Zhong leaned close to Xu Ziling's ear and said in a low voice, "Now we're going to split things up. You rush back to Yanshi immediately. Yang Gongqing sends out troops no matter what. When Li Mi's position is unstable and his men and horses are exhausted, he will send troops to attack. I will go. Looking for Zhai Jiao, when Li Mi was forced to fight in a hurry, we set fire to the camp from behind, making him suffer from the enemy. After capturing Mrs. Shen, I will send you to be a cheap wife for one night, ha!"

Xu Ziling said unhappily: "Remember the fireworks signal, don't delay the military plane. Not to mention being discovered by Shen Luoyan's strange bird first, alas! Here it comes again!" The bird went back and forth, and this time it flew straight towards their hiding place, as if they had discovered something. Xu Zilu gathered his skills and concentrated his attention. Unexpectedly, the strange bird circled, rose to a high place, and left with a whistling sound. Kou Zhong said: "Fortunately, this flat-haired beast can't talk, otherwise it will be a mess, so hurry up!"

"boom"! Yang Gongqing slapped the table with a palm, stood up abruptly, and laughed loudly: "Li Miguo is the master of Yongqi, but this time he will meet a tiger in the end, and use Qi will cause great disaster. I want to teach him Can come and go." All the generals stood up abruptly, everyone was in high spirits and their morale was high. Wang Xuanshu was so excited that his eyes sparkled and his handsome face glowed. Although Xu Ziling's nature is indifferent and inactive, he was also infected by the atmosphere in the camp and his blood boiled. Thinking of Li Mi's sinister and cruelty, killing people like weeds and mustards, and even more thinking of the innocent servants and children in Zhai's mansion, Ren En and his brothers were killed, he wished to behead his head.

Yang Gongqing excitedly said: "The whole army is ready to go, everything is ready." Then he shouted to more than 20 generals standing on both sides: "Let's go out of the city from the east gate, first go along the river east, bypass the dense forest, then go north, and go straight to the hiding place of Li Miqi's soldiers." The generals lead the way first. Yang Gongqing said to Xu Ziling: "I know that Brother Xu has never liked to wield knives and sticks, but the battlefield is not like the rivers and lakes. It is always more convenient to hold a sharp weapon. What weapon does Brother Xu like to use?"

Xu Ziling shrugged and said, "Then trouble General Yang to get me a spear!" Kou Zhong, Zhai Jiao, and Tu Shufang crouched behind a huge rock, watching Li Mi's camp from a distance through the long grass on the edge of the dense forest. In the weary darkness before dawn, Kou Zhong still felt the fire of hatred in Zhai Jiao's eyes, and secretly decided that when he attacked the camp later, he must stay by her side for a moment.Otherwise, if there is something wrong with this violent, ugly and arrogant young lady, how can he explain it to Sister Su. Zhai Jiao's voice seemed to come out from the gap between her teeth and said fiercely: "Li Mi, you also have a day today. You choose a camp to focus on self-reliance. Now the camp is widely spread in the dense forests on both sides of the water stream under the slope of the hill. There is no danger to base yourself on. There are no key points to defend, no matter the sneak attack or fire, they can teach you that you can't finish eating."

Kou Zhong felt a strange feeling in his heart. After Zhai Jiao went through the tragedy of losing her family, although her personality remained the same, her knowledge and attitude towards situations were different. She was no longer the pampered daughter of the past. Tu Shufang said: "Li Mi did not make a mistake, because the purpose of his operation this time was to defeat the enemy with a surprise army, so he carried the mountain and faced the people, and chose this place that is easy to defend and attack. If the Yanshi army arrives, he can gallop up the hillside. , and set up an formation on the top of the mountain, we just missed our group of troops who attacked from behind!"

Xuan Yong sneaked back at this time and said: "The enemy has just eaten dry food, and the men and horses are fighting for time to rest. Even the sentry soldiers are dozing off. This is the best time to attack the camp. Digging trenches and deploying defenses makes a huge difference in the difficulty of attacking the camp." Zhai Jiao said impatiently: "Xiao Zhong, what are you doing to disturb the situation? Why do you still not see Yanshi's cavalry?" Kou Zhong compensated and said with a smile: "Don't worry! Don't you worry about Xiaoling's work?" At this moment, the sound of flapping wings came from the sky. Shen Luoyan's psychic strange bird flew from the south, circling and dancing around the tent, looking anxious, a commotion in the enemy camp spread like ripples to the entire camp. Kou Zhong breathed a sigh of relief: "Here we come! Ready to attack." When about 20,000 Qingqi elite from Yanshi came out in full force, they first traveled eastward for three miles along the north bank of Luoshui River, and then turned north to rush to the camp of the main army of Wagang, which was only more than 20 miles away from Yanshi. Shan Xiongxin's new army just He began to set up camps and set up camps on several hilltops in the north of Yanshi, backed by Mang Mountain, and was busy. The difference between victory and defeat is indeed only a difference. If Li Mi was given one more day, the soldiers would get enough rest and stand firm, it would be another situation. The Yanshi troops were divided into three groups. Wang Xuanshu and another general each led a vanguard army of 5,000 men, advancing from the left and right to the enemy's formation, while the central army of Yang Gongqing, Xu Ziling and Linglongjiao was divided into the front and center. , The rear three armies, headed towards Li Mi's Tibetan army. At the dawn of dawn, the resident bird was startled. The fog in Pinglin, mountains and fields is deep, and the sky and earth are vast. The two vanguard troops on the left and right first arrived at the edge of the forest area. Outside the forest was the long grassland that was two miles wide and more than ten miles wide. Wang Xuanshu went into hiding according to his plan, waiting for the arrival of the Chinese army. The enemy's flags and cavalry appeared chaotically on the top of the mountain, obviously bewildered and frightened by their sudden attack. The vanguard of the Chinese army galloped out of the woods at this time and divided them into three groups. They lined up on the plain in an orderly formation, like an organic living body. eager to try. Just before the archers and shieldmen of the Wagang Army were ready, Yang Gongqing had arrived, and when he saw this, he laughed and said, "Wagang boy, if someone Yang doesn't teach you that you will be defeated today, you will be defeated by Yang later." People's names are written backwards." Xu Ziling nodded approvingly. Your own army is recharging its energy and its morale is like a rainbow. If you delay the time, it will only weaken your momentum. Therefore, when the enemy's position is not stable at this time, launching a forceful attack is in line with the purpose of the art of war. Thousands of hooves fired together, the roar shook the sky, and the screams of killing filled the tragic atmosphere of the entire battlefield. The vanguard of the Chinese army, composed of three groups of 2,000 people each, rushed towards the enemy on the hill in an organized manner. The knights in the front rows all held long shields and the other held a gun to block the enemy's arrows, while the soldiers in the rear bent their bows and set up arrows, ready to shoot into the enemy's formation and cover their comrades in front to break into the enemy's formation. Yang Gongqing and Xu Ziling's 4,000 troops followed closely behind and advanced slowly to support the attacking vanguard Ruiqi. Sixteen big drums were beating rumblingly, adding to the might of the king's army who took the initiative to march. Xu Ziling secretly noticed that Yang Gongqing continued to issue orders, and the flag bearers following him continued to display various flags in different ways, and the wing troops on both sides of the ambush responded with flags. It is by no means as simple as turning left to left, turning right to right, marching forward with drums, and retreating with gold. The sound of killing suddenly shook the sky ahead, and the arrows hissed. The long-awaited decisive battle finally came to the moment when the short soldiers were handed over. The sound of horseshoes on both sides sounded at the same time, and the two flanking armies rushed out from the forest, rushing towards the enemy's position from the slopes on the east and west sides. The war is finally in full swing. Kou Zhong, Zhai Jiao, Xuan Yong, Tu Shufang and the leader Zhai Rang left behind about 225 soldiers. They were reining in a dense forest behind the Wagang barracks. Galloping here and there, stepping on horses, or running up the hill on foot, people shouted and neighed, the chaos seemed to be the end of the day. They held bows in one hand and arrows tied with flammable cloth strips soaked in kerosene in the other, waiting for the best time to attack the enemy's rear. Xuan Yong said in a low voice: "The more than 30 tents on this side of the stream are all grain camps. We will burn the grain camps first, and then take care of the others." Zhai Jiao said in a deep voice: "Li Mi is mine, I want to cut off his stinky head with my own hands." Kou Zhong secretly called it a pity, if Uncle Wang had accompanied him, his head would have belonged to him. If it weren't for Wang Bodang, Susu probably wouldn't have given up on marrying anyone casually.But after thousands of picks and picks, they picked up a few Xiang boys with intentions. At this moment, the sounds of weapons clashing and shouts of killing echoed from the other side of the mountain. Zhai Jiao danced the Daguan Dao that fit her body perfectly, and shouted: "Brothers, it's time to avenge the dragon!" After drinking, he took the lead and rushed out. Kou Zhong and more than 200 people shouted, ignited the rocket, and rushed away. The rocket drew more than 200 beautiful and brilliant red lights in the air, which were as bright as Lantern Festival fireworks, across the sky more than ten feet above, and threw them towards the rear camp of the Wagang Army. The tents were set on fire, and the rockets that were shot crookedly fell into the forest leaves, crackling and bursting into flames. This kind of fire oil is extremely flammable, and it will intensify when it is wet, and it will not be affected by spring concentration at all. By the time Zhai Jiao and the others entered the enemy camp, they had already fired three or four rounds of nearly a thousand rockets. Most of the camps on both sides of the stream were on fire, and thick smoke rose into the sky. The enemy expected surprise soldiers to attack from the rear, and the attack from the front was too overwhelming, so it was not clear in a hurry that there were only more than 200 people behind the attack. Zhai Jiao's Daguan Dao meets new recruits, and when he sees the general, he splits the general, and has Kou Zhong, Xuan Yong, and Tu Shufang to protect the left, right, and rear three sides. It was smashed to pieces. Taking advantage of the enemy fleeing in all directions, the subordinates killed people and set fire everywhere, turning the battlefield into a slaughterhouse, and the situation was extremely chaotic and tragic. Kou Zhong's Jing Zhongyue is even more invincible, every time he strikes a knife, without touching his body, the energy of the knife is enough to make the enemy fall to the ground; Make the opponent turn his back on his back and scatter to avoid it. In just over ten breaths, this team full of deep hatred has already entered the center of the enemy camp, only a thousand steps away from passing through the enemy camp and reaching the slope of the mountain. The overall situation has been decided, and the only thing left is whether Li Mi, a military strongman who has never been defeated, can be defeated.