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Chapter 483 Chasing and Annihilating the Black Wind Pirates (5)

Tiebei Mountain, one of the offshoots of Longshan Mountain, stretches between Lintao and Tianshui. There are roads going around the mountain outside the foot of the mountain. The terrain is dangerous and has always been a battleground for military strategists. In the war with the Eastern Turkic Khanate, a military camp was established side by side, thinking that it would be guarded. Later, with the decline of the Turks and the Xueyantuo Khanate, this place is already deep in the innermost part of Hexi, and the garrison has been withdrawn, but the military camp still exists. It was regarded as one of the partial villages by the "Black Wind Pirates". In the early years, it had repeatedly robbed the passing merchants here and obstructed the business roads. "The Wind Pirates" heard the wind and ran away, and the military camp was abandoned again, leaving only ruins and walls, few people left, so no one knew that at the beginning of this year, the "Black Wind Pirates" sneaked back here again, and once again renovated the general camp. Faintly, the atmosphere of the Japanese military stronghold was restored. At this moment, Sun Quanfu, who had rushed all the way, was sitting in the Juyi hall of the stronghold very complacently.

Looking at the busy subordinates in the hall, Sun Quanfu smiled very complacently. He did have a reason to be complacent. He was about to use the extremely beautiful golden cicada's plan to get rid of its shell. He didn't believe that Li Xian could still do it. After finding his own head, even if Li Xianzhen sent someone to sneak attack Sandaogou, he could only find the dead place of Langya Ridge. When Tang Jun came back to his senses, his party had already crossed Tianshui and hid in Longshan Mountain At that time, even if Li Xian sent all the soldiers and horses in Hexi, he would never be able to find the traces of his party from the vast mountains. Thinking of Li Xian's angry look because his plan failed, Sun Quanfu's face was full of blood. His smile immediately became brighter.

"Report, my lord, the cavalry of the Tang Army brigade was found three miles away, rushing towards Tiebei Mountain!"

Sun Quanfu was obviously complacent too early, before his sweet dream was finished, he saw a scout rushing up the hall, not even able to salute in time, so he shouted out of breath.

"What? Can you see clearly? Where are the soldiers and horses?"

As soon as he heard that Tang Jun was coming, Sun Quanfu couldn't sit still anymore, he jumped up suddenly, grabbed the sentry by the breastplate, and roared angrily.

"Sir, my lord, yes, they came from the direction of Lintao. The flag is marked with the character 'Li'. The subordinates dare not get too close. It is really impossible to know who is leading the army."

Sun Quanfu's action was too violent, the scout was taken aback, his face turned pale instantly, but he didn't dare to neglect, he hurriedly replied stammeringly.

"Damn!"

No matter where the soldiers and horses come, they are all coming for him and his party. The distance of three miles seems not small, but for the cavalry who are galloping wildly, it is only half a stick of incense. Now, it is almost impossible to get rid of the pursuers. Although Sun Quanfu is not a military master, he still has such a simple military common sense. Seeing that it is too late to escape, Sun Quanfu's heart suddenly Then he sank to the bottom of the valley, cursed angrily, threw the sentry aside, and rushed out of the lobby, shouting loudly: "The whole army is assembled, prepare for war, prepare for war!"

Although the Tiebei Mountain Army Village had been repaired at the beginning of the year, it had not been inhabited for a long time after all, and there was a lot of dirt everywhere. With a thin roar, they ran to the wall of the village with weapons in their hands, and saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rolling towards Tiebei Mountain, and they all panicked.

"The whole army stops and dismounts!"

It was Li He's army that was rushing forward, but seeing the smoke and dust rising, four thousand cavalry rushed to the foot of the mountain like flying, but when Li He stopped shouting, the 4000 troops stopped at the foot of the mountain in one order, each He turned over and got off his horse, quickly formed his formation, and put on a posture of attacking, but he was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but just stood quietly at the foot of the mountain, although silently, there was an incomparably huge fighting spirit But because of this, he went straight to the sky.

"Boys, don't be afraid. The Tang army doesn't have a lot of troops. We have the advantage of the land, we are condescending, and we can expect a great victory. We will cheer up a certain family. If we defend until dark, we will win!"

Seeing that all his subordinates were timid before fighting, Sun Quanfu became anxious. If Tang Jun took down the military stronghold in one go, then everything would have to be explained here. Naturally, this was not the ending Sun Quanfu wanted to face It became an inevitable move to shout and cheer for the crowd.

"Huho, hoho..."

What Sun Quanfu said was quite reasonable. Although the Tang army was powerful, in terms of military strength, there were only a total of more than [-] soldiers, and the thousand or so "Black Wind Pirates" in the village were very skilled. , if you guard against the danger, you will not be able to fight the Tang army without seeing it, not to mention that it is only a little more than an hour before dark at this time, and you can drag it if you are born. After shouting and drinking, they really raised their spirits, and they all let go of their throats and shouted wildly, and even some rampant ones even cursed at Tang Jun at the foot of the mountain. The village is full of noisy shouting and shouting from bandits, but they are quite imposing.

"A bunch of bastards!"

The commotion in the cottage was so loud that it was impossible for Li He not to hear it, but he didn't take it to heart. He just curled his lips and cursed disdainfully, but he didn't order a quick attack, not because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to fight. Rather, he didn't want to trade the precious lives of these elite soldiers for the worthless lives of the bandits. As for how to attack the mountain, Li He had made a decision long ago, so Ye Sheng, Huyan Tiexin and other generals They were summoned to the side together and gave orders in a low voice.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Tang Jun's adjustment speed was very fast, without counting breaths, a shrill horn sounded, and the brigade Tang Jun, which was originally lined up at the foot of the mountain, began to move, but saw a thousand officers and soldiers slowly approaching the mountain stronghold under the leadership of Wang Yu. However, instead of launching a charge along the road, they formed a formation at the intersection. Three hundred soldiers holding round shields lined up in a tight formation in front, and seven hundred crossbowmen held down the formation at the rear. As for The rest of the Tang army scattered into the mountains and forests. They chopped firewood with their marching axes, and the noise and trumpets were loud.

"My lord, what are they doing? Are they planning to set up camp? It's unlikely?"

Diao San stared at it for a long time, but he didn't understand what Tang Jun's intention was, so he scratched his head and threw the question to Sun Quanfu who was standing beside him in bewilderment.

"Is there anything impossible? Do they dare to attack? Hey, it's really wishful thinking to besiege us. Brothers, keep it safe. Don't let the officers and soldiers take advantage of the loopholes. took his skin!"

Sun Quanfu is only half-baked in terms of military strategy, and he also doesn't understand what the intention of Tang Jun's move is, but at this moment, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he has to say why, and he can only be Qiang Zuo waved his hand calmly, and shouted proudly.

"promise!"

The bandits who followed Sun Quanfu here were either masters sent by Empress Wu, or desperadoes recruited by Sun Quanfu himself. They were quite courageous, but they really had to face the Tang army head-on for a bloody battle on the battlefield. Well, that was a stupid thing that no one would dare to do. Now that Sun Quanfu said it was reasonable, he felt a little more at ease, and everyone cheered up and promised loudly.

"Hey, my lord is wrong, look quickly, why did the officers and soldiers pile up all the firewood they cut down at the foot of the mountain?"

Diao San has followed Sun Quanfu for a long time, so he knows that Sun Quanfu is more than ruthless, but his military strategy is not enough. No matter what Sun Quanfu said, he dare not really believe it. Therefore, he did not blindly follow the bandits Shouting, but keeping an eye out, always paying attention to every move of Tang Jun at the foot of the mountain. When Tang Jun surrounded the foot of the mountain with the firewood he cut down, the doubts in his heart suddenly arose. Hurry up and yell.

"This……"

Hearing the sound, Sun Quanfu hurriedly lay down in front of the wall of the village, and when he took a closer look, his brows were immediately furrowed. He rubbed his eyes suspiciously, and then looked at the flag floating on the flagpole beside the wall of the village, his eyes suddenly straightened. stand up.

"My lord, my lord!"

Diao San waited for a long time, but didn't see Sun Quanfu expressing anything, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and called out twice in a hurry.

"Damn it! The officers and soldiers want to use smoke. Hurry up. Everyone goes to get water. Wet the towels and cover their mouths and noses. Hurry up, what are you doing waiting for death!"

Being made such a fuss by Diao San, Sun Quanfu immediately woke up violently, jumped up and down, and roared angrily.

"promise!"

All the bandits were not stupid, how could they not know that Tang Jun was planning to take advantage of the wind to smoke the cottage at this time, and how dare they hesitate any longer, one by one hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly ran to the well to hunt The water soaked the towels incessantly, and the whole cottage was in a mess for a while.

"ignition!"

Tang Jun's actions were very fast. In just over a quarter of an hour, six huge firewood piles were piled up at the foot of the mountain, and they were poured with kerosene, wolf dung and other things. Following Li He's order, The fire was ignited almost at the same time, billowing black smoke rushed straight up, and was immediately blown by the strong wind to the cottage on the mountainside. Within a few breaths, the entire cottage was completely enveloped in thick smoke.

There are three wells in the cottage, but there is only one bucket for fetching water. Even though the bandits are already fighting for their lives, the amount of water brought up is still very limited. Until the fire started at the foot of the mountain, more than half of the wells remained. Before the bandits had time to wet their towels, they were choked and sneezed by the thick smoke blown up by the strong wind. Within a distance of three zhang, no one noticed that a small group of Tang troops, led by Hu Yan Tiexin, had quietly sneaked towards the back mountain along the path in the forest.

(End of this chapter)