: Beware of one move

Facing the scythe formation set up by Zhao Rujiao, Li Zicheng was really a little troubled. The terrain of Zhangjia Camp was too special, like a hill, with a height of one meter. This is not only a natural wall, but also provides a place for scythe to use. The scythe is very troublesome, but Li Zicheng would not let such a problem trap him. Nine-curved heartbreaking paths have not yet been one-third. If he is helpless now, the road ahead will be even more difficult.

"Send someone back to find Niu Jinxing. Didn't he find someone to get some trenchers? Then pull it up and use it!" Li Zicheng hoped that there were several cannons under his command. If there were new cannons in the hands of the Living Hell, if there were a few shots, a broken place like Zhangjiaying could be defended? However, there were no new cannons and there were trenchers.

About half an hour, the group brought more than a dozen catapults to outside Zhangjiaying Village. Li Zicheng said that Niu Jinxing was still very active. Not only did he transfer the catapult in his hand, but he also rushed to Zhangjiaying in person. Seeing Niu Jinxing, Li Zicheng did not dare to neglect and bowed to the gift, "Please trouble Mr. Niu, but I didn't expect Mr. Niu to come here in person."

"General, you are polite. The officers and soldiers are blocking the road. Everyone should work together. Niu also does his best, and it is all right." Niu Jinxing walked closer and said embarrassedly: "These catapults have just been fiddled with and have not been used much. The effect is unknown. If something goes wrong, I hope the general will forgive me."

"It's okay, use it first." Li Zicheng didn't care much. It's better to have a catapult. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was debugging the catapult, Li Zicheng briefly told Niu Jinxing about the situation in Zhangjiaying. Niu Jinxing frowned after hearing this, "Cao Wenzhao and Zhao Luxue Sect are all from Liaodong. It's not easy to take advantage of them, and the next battle will be even more difficult."

It is really troublesome to fiddle with the catapult. It took only an hour to install more than a dozen catapults. Li Zicheng didn't want to waste more time, so he made a gesture to show Niu Jinxing that he could start. This place is leaning against Jiuhua Mountain, and everything is missing, but there is no shortage of stones. When he just assembled the catapult, Lu Weiliang had already sent someone to get many stones of appropriate size, which would be useful.

A catapult made a squeak, loosened the rope, and the stone flew towards Zhangjiaying in the distance. Unfortunately, the accurate head was a little short and landed in front of the earth wall. With a bang, dust splashed and a small pit was smashed. The stone did not kill anyone, but it scared Zhao Lujiao.

"These thieves actually have catapults, they are wrong." Zhao Shujiao slapped his thigh hard. If he had known that there was a catapult, he would have found an opportunity to burn it. Everything would be fine. More than a dozen catapults, if this thing really exerted its might, it would really kill people.

While speaking, more than a dozen trenchers had already started to work, and stones kept flying over, and the bangs were heard. Soon, many ten pieces fell into the village. Some unlucky soldiers were directly hit by the stones and died on the spot. Zhao Ruijiao's mouth twitched, feeling like he was powerful and had nowhere to do it. If this continues, it will be really difficult for Zhangjiaying to defend, but he can't retreat in shame. It has been less than ten hours since he was defended, which is too different from the previous plan.

The casualties in Zhangjiaying village were intensifying, but Zhao Shujiao still did not order the withdrawal. Li Zicheng kept browsing calmly and observed the situation in Zhangjiaying. Seeing that the other party had no intention of retreating, he couldn't help but look a little more ruthless in his eyes, "Do throw the firewood over and see how long the Zhao Shujiao can last? Li doesn't believe it. Are these Liaodong soldiers really not afraid of death?"

Soon, the catapult changed, and the stones turned into bundles of firewood. In order to throw them farther, Lu Weiliang even asked someone to tie small stones on the firewood. When the firewood fell to Zhangjiaying, Zhao Rujiao's face finally changed. Before, the stones flew around and suffered casualties, and he remained calm, but when he saw these firewood, he was panicked.

Li Zicheng was really cruel enough. Is he going to set fire? He was really meant to be careful. Zhangjiaying is not suitable for setting fires, so he threw firewood into the village. There were not many plants and trees in Zhangjiaying, but there were a lot of them at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain. Zhao Shujiao slapped the low wall next to him and shouted at the deputy general: "Tell me that everyone will withdraw from Zhangjiaying and retreat to the second line of defense. Damn, Li Zicheng, if you don't take revenge, I will not be a human being."

Zhao Rujiao was never a reckless man. He knew what the consequences would be if the Zhangjiaying caught fire. When the troops were trapped in Zhangjiaying and the bandits rushed up quickly, it would not be easy to retreat. If you want to retreat, now is the best time.

Sure enough, after a moment, Zhangjiaying turned into a fire camp, and the raging fire burned half of the sky. In less than an hour, the largest village near Jiuqu Heartbreak Road turned into a ruin. Looking at the fire in the distance, Zhao Ruijiao's hatred became deeper and deeper. Fortunately, the people in the village had already been diverted. Otherwise, if they survived, the people in the village would not have died?

A big fire broke the Zhangjiaying and also caused the peasant army to pull out the first nail on the Jiuqu Heartbreak Road. However, the peasant army did not pay any price. Because of excessive use of catapults, more than a dozen catapults destroyed the ten. It is obviously impossible to use catapults to open the road in a short period of time. What's more, if the officers and soldiers are prepared, how can they do nothing?

In the middle section of Jiuqu Broken Heart Road, there is a high slope connected to Jiuhua Mountain. It is generally like a hat, so it is called Straw Hat Slope. In the past, after the beginning of winter, almost no one was willing to come to Straw Hat Slope, but now, Straw Hat Slope is stationed in Straw Hat Slope, with flags waving here, full of killing spirit.

In a big tent, Cao Wenzhao was frowning and thinking. Zhao Shujiao evacuated Zhangjiao early, but it put a lot of pressure on the second line of defense. Of course, Cao Wenzhao did not blame Zhao Shujiao. In that situation at that time, if he did not evacuate in time, the casualties would definitely be very serious.

Zhao Rujiao has always had a dark face. He was beaten up by the bandits just now, so he naturally would not be in a good mood. "General Cao, General Qin, Li Zicheng is very difficult to deal with. We have to be more careful."

Cao Wenzhao had the deepest understanding of Li Zicheng. It can be said that the two sides had already started to contact each other since Li Zicheng defected. The court had always taken care of this traitor, but this guy was getting stronger and stronger. In less than two years, he became a force comparable to Li Yangchun, Zhang Xianzhong and Wang Zuobao.

"If it were Li Zicheng, he would definitely be able to see the situation in Straw Hat Mountain. Since that's the case, then we should not hide it." Cao Wenzhao was originally thinking of sneak attacks, but he would not dare to do this when facing Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng is not like Wang Yan. Once he is prepared, he will fail to sneak attacks, but instead he will turn his troops into it.

Qin Liangyu also deeply agreed, "General Cao said it well. We can set up defenses on the official road east of the Straw Hat Slope, and place more muskets and crossbowmen on the Straw Hat Slope. As long as Li Zicheng dares to fight, he will definitely suffer a big loss."

One day passed by, and the next morning, the rumbling drum sound came to the Strawhaw Slope. For the peasant army who were eager to pass Jiuhua Mountain, they did not want to delay for a moment, and they had already sent troops to the Strawhaw Slope as soon as dawn. As Zhao Shujiao and others expected, the bandits obviously expected that there was something wrong with the Strawhaw Slope, so they slowed down near the Strawhaw Slope, and arranged a tight formation closer little by little.

The peasant army was very careful and there were quite a few people, but they did not send a small number of troops to attack the straw hat slope tentatively, which made Cao Wenzhao and others a little puzzled. This behavior was not like Li Zicheng's style. However, the bandits came to the door and had to fight. So, waiting for the peasant army to get closer, the musketeers and crossbowmen who were ambushing on the high slopes showed their power. For a moment, the smoke of gunfire rolled, and the peasant army was beaten to pieces.

The other party was too cautious, with a large number of people, and the formation could not be dispersed, one by one, and in this case, the possibility of not winning the bid was too small. After being shot by muskets and crossbows, the peasant army retreated in shame.

On the high slope, Cao Wenzhao looked at the other party's performance through the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile, frowned, "No, when did Li Zicheng be so careless? The suicide-style promotion method just now is not Li Zicheng's style of doing things. Check... and check carefully to see what the situation is..."

I have to say that Cao Wenzhao guessed correctly. At this time, the peasant army at the foot of the mountain was not Li Zicheng's troops, but Wang Yan's vanguard troops. Wang Yan did not deliberately hide it, so the news was soon spread back by the spies.

Wang Yan took the initiative to attack the Straw Hat Slope. Li Zicheng had already captured Zhangjiaying. If Li Zicheng was allowed to attack the Straw Hat Slope, wouldn’t Li Zicheng’s reputation go further? Wang Yan didn’t want to see this happen, so he snatched and snatched the main attack mission from Li Zicheng. But unexpectedly, when he arrived at the Straw Hat Slope, someone swung a stick on his forehead.

Wang Yan was thinking about how to continue attacking the Straw Hat Slope, but Cao Wenzhao, who was on the Straw Hat Slope, thought more. Zhao Rujiao and Qin Liangyu were also helpless. In theory, the opponent was Wang Yan, so everyone should relax, but they really couldn't be happy. At this critical moment, the peasant army could not delay any time. Will Li Zicheng let Wang Yan make trouble regardless of the overall situation?

Li Zicheng didn't know Wang Yan's ability? Let Wang Yan fight. It is estimated that Wang Yan would not be able to hit the straw hat slope in two days. Wu Sangui hurried in and bowed and said, "Three generals, the last generals have sent spies to search for ten miles south along the official road, but there was no trace of Li Zicheng's main force. There are Wang Yan's soldiers nearby."

"What?" Cao Wenzhao frowned. Li Zicheng's main force was gone. Even if Li Zicheng gave the main attack mission to Wang Yan, he should be ready to help at any time. "If you check again, you must find Li Zicheng's main force. Jiuhua Mountain area is so big. Cao doesn't believe it. Can so many people still go to heaven?"

Wang Yan under the Straw Hat Slope was not a problem, and what was really worried was Li Zicheng. Wu Sangui sent all the spies in his hand, but after searching along the nearby official road several times, he still couldn't see Li Zicheng's main force. At this time, even a fool knew that something was wrong. Zhao Shujiao browed calmly, thought for a long time, and suddenly glared and said, "Two generals, do you think that guy Li Zicheng would sneak into Jiuhua Mountain?"

"Entering Mount Jiuhua?" Cao Wenzhao first found it ridiculous, but then he felt scared. Although Zhao Shujiao's words sounded a bit unreliable at first glance, if you think about it carefully, the only place nearby where tens of thousands of troops could hide was Jiuhua Mountain. The straw hat slope was connected to Jiuhua Mountain. If Li Zicheng's troops suddenly attacked from Mount Jiuhua, the situation would be unimaginable.

Although Jiuhua Mountain is connected to the straw hat slope, there is a huge gap between them and there is nowhere to be connected. However, the situation in the mountains can never be said to be too absolute. Who can guarantee that Li Zicheng really can't find a way? In the late Han Dynasty, Deng Ai crossed the mountain and broke Chengdu. There was such a living example. What else was impossible?

"Cao Bianjiao, come in for me." Cao Wenzhao shouted, and Cao Bianjiao ran in instinctively, "Uncle...ah, General Cao, what's wrong?"

"Take your people to the foot of the mountain to inspect and search for me. If Li Zicheng really comes down from the mountain, you will block it no matter what. In short, I will definitely sweep the foot of the mountain to me, and don't even keep a rabbit!"

Cao Bianjiao did not dare to question Cao Wenzhao's orders, so he could only go out with a heart-warming look. Looking at Cao Bianjiao's back, Qin Liangyu frowned secretly, "Oh, I hope we think more. If Li Zichengzhen dared to do this, then this person would be terrible."

War is in full swing near the Straw Hat Slope. In order to quickly pass the Straw Hat Slope, Wang Yan has been increasing his troops, but in the face of the tenacious blockade of the officers and soldiers, the effect is very little. In just half a day, Wang Yan had already thrown down nearly 3,000 corpses on the Straw Hat Slope, but he was unable to take a step forward. Gradually, Wang Yan also reacted a little, and he was letting Li Zicheng get a trap. At this moment, not only Cao Wenzhao and others did not find Li Zicheng, but Wang Yan also found that Li Zicheng's main force was missing.

Wang Yan's attack was not good, so he thought of pulling Li Zicheng to attack together. Everyone fought together, but they couldn't fight afterwards, and there was one who carried the thunder together. Of course, if the attack went smoothly, Wang Yan would not give Li Zicheng the credit. But when he sent someone to find him, he found that Li Zicheng, who should have been following behind, was gone.

He really saw the ghost. He was fighting hard in front, but Li Zicheng disappeared behind. How could Wang Yan not be angry? Even if you, Li Zicheng, have any plans, should you speak in advance? If it were other times, Wang Yan would have given up and brought his troops back. You, Li Zicheng, are capable, then you can do it yourself.

But at the moment, if you don’t break through the Jiuqu Heartbreak Road as soon as possible and cross the Jiuhua Mountain area, no one will be better. Even if you feel angry, you can only endure it for the time being.

Deputy General Fu Huan wore a bandage, his face turned into pig liver color. As soon as he came back, he complained: "Captain Wang, we are just letting Li Zicheng be a gun this time. He is trying to attract the firepower of officers and soldiers, and he is playing tricks behind him."
Chapter completed!