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Chapter 28 The Loss of Xigang

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Yingchouling

Yingchouling is a must-pass road from Iron Mine Ying to the mountainous areas. From five miles southeast of Iron Mine Ying’s inner valley, it is the intersection. One to Jubao Town and the other to Alang Mountain District, Yingchouling is only five miles to Alang Mountain District.

Apes and monkeys are still unable to climb, and the eagle and falcon fly over is sad. It is famous because of the dangerous terrain, high mountains and narrow roads, and cliffs. Local high mountain tribesmen joke that eagle is sad to fly.

The sentry sent to Jubao Town discovered a group of Free Army troops coming to Yingchouling ten miles outside the coal mine camp.

Xie Zhan immediately followed Qiu Lei's order and led most of the Second Battalion and the Xigang Reinforcement Squadron to occupy the favorable terrain of Yingchouling. He blocked the roads to Alang Mountain District and deployed defenses at key points. After piled up wooden and rocks, he waited for the Free Army to come and die.

Heard that the Free Army had expanded to tens of thousands of people, Xie Zhan was not worried that in the past two days, he had personally familiarized himself with the terrain around Yingchou Ridge. With the steep terrain, he was afraid that with these more than 2,000 people, he would also have the confidence to guard for ten days and half a month in the face of the 100,000 elite Yulong army.

From this, we went all the way to Alang Mountain District, there were still many similar dangerous passes. Only hundreds of people needed to choose the risk and defend it. Just by pushing the rocks and rolling wood, it could prevent a large group of people from being able to survive in the mountainous areas for nearly 20 years. This caused the Yulong Army to fail to fight many times, and also lost troops and generals, and had to adopt a strategy of blocking materials. This is why

In the iron ore camp, there was a squadron leader with two squadrons left to defend the inner valley city walls of only ten feet wide and more than four feet high. If it were not for unexpected surprise, even if thousands of people attacked, it would not be possible to achieve success in one or two days.

In order to prevent the fraud of the Free Army, Xie Zhan also ordered that no matter what happened in Yingchouling, the defenders of the Iron Mine Battalion were allowed to go out for reinforcements. Qiu Lei specifically instructed that if the Iron Mine Battalion was lost, the Free Army could detour to Xigang. Only one squadron of the Navy and the 3,000 Guards with weak combat power were left behind. If Qiu Lei's direct brigade and the first brigade returned to Xigang defense, the situation would become more complicated.

Qiu Lei is known as one of the newcomers of the Qiu family. He used military plans and was not a weak person. He sent a squadron to reinforce Xie Zhan to prevent the Free Army from raiding Xigang from the iron ore camp.

With the combat power of the direct brigade and the first brigade, although he only has 3,000 people, he is confident that even if the entire Free Army comes to fight, he can still be invincible. If he is even confronting Jubao Town in the middle of Xigang and Jubao Town, he will be happy to see that when the navy and the East Road reinforcements arrive together, the Free Army will launch thousands of arrows at the same time.

There is really no reason to lose again in this battle

It's almost half way through midnight

Three miles ahead of Yingchou Ridge, the torches of hundreds of fronters of the Free Army finally appeared.

Here comes! Xie Zhan clenched his fists and waited for Yixuepan's intestinal shame

At this moment, report! Thousands of Gaoshan clan riots came from the direction of Alang Mountain, less than ten miles away. A Yulong Army soldier hurried to report.

Qiu Lei was discussing Xigang defense with Navy Squadron Captain Qiu Denghui

Except for a few people who stayed on the ship, the Navy Squadron has been transferred to the city to station thousands of guards and also accepted orders. Most of them have been stationed in various parts of the city wall. The patrol forces of all gangs in the city have been strengthened and all received warnings from Qiu Lei. There must be no abnormal movement within three days, otherwise they will be eliminated by Yulong official. Of course, all of these are precautions before they happen.

Urgent report! Thousands of Free Army and thousands of Gaoshan clan riots attacked Yingchouling. The messenger reported in a hurry

Gaoshan tribe? Qiu Lei was a little confused. Half a year ago, Gaoshan tribe was greatly injured and was powerless. For some reason, why did he have a relationship with the Free Army at this time and make a move?

According to Xie Zhan, the terrain of Yingchouling is high in the south and low in the north. With more than 2,000 Yulong Army defending the offensive from the north, it is not a few days before 100,000 people can be taken down. However, if the Gaoshan tribe attacks from the south, it will be attacked from the top and the bottom and be attacked from both sides. Even if the Gaoshan tribe's rioters are not strong in combat, the Yulong Army is well-trained, but I am afraid that it will lose after a long time.

Once the Yingchou Ridge is opened, if the Free Army decides to escape to the mountainous areas, it only takes half a day to send a large amount of supplies across the Yingchou Ridge and guard it according to the danger, it will be like a dragon returning to the sea, with endless troubles!

The command of the Long March of Qiu, the Pearl Field, the Eastern Army immediately fought with all its strength to attack Jubao Town, be careful of ambushing the guards on both sides to prepare horses! Follow me to command in person Qiu Lei decisively ordered

The appearance of the Gaoshan tribe disrupted the original plan to wait for the encirclement. Fortunately, the Xigang Army led by the Long March of the Qiu Dynasty, the Eastern Army starting from Pearl Field and Lingbao Pass were only more than 30 miles away from Jubao Town. They closed the net in advance and could catch the big fish of the Free Army. However, the navy and Keelung reinforcements had not arrived, and the troops were slightly less.

Denghui, Xigang will entrust you. Qiu Lei patted Qiu Denghui's shoulders. He knew more about the ability of this young disciple of Qiu's side branch.

Qiu Denghui is said to be a mixed-race child born to a disciple of the same generation as Qiu Lei and a Japanese slave girl. He is in his twenties, not tall and talented, and has become a seventh-rank master in martial arts. However, due to his background, he cannot be reused. He was the captain of the Yulong Navy. When the Yulong Navy fought against the Daliang Navy, he unexpectedly led a warship and five assault boats to sink a squadron leader. He made great contributions and was promoted to the squadron leader.

However, Qiu Denghui's achievements in fighting the Japanese pirates and rogues were mediocre and made few achievements, which also increased the suspicion of the Qiu family that it cannot be reused.

If it is not my race, their hearts will be different. One day, this mixed-race child will sell Qiu.

The team leader is relieved, Denghui is here, Xigang is here, Qiu Denghui has never expressed any dissatisfaction with Qiu, and has always maintained a diligent attitude.

Just after Qiu Lei led two hundred guards to the city guard's house, two extremely graceful figures also quietly rushed from the city guard's house to a stronghold in the city's Demon Sect.

A moment later, a fireworks signal rose from a mountain near Xigang and shot directly into the sky, and could be seen twenty miles away.

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One mile outside the inner valley wall of the iron ore camp

Ye Zhiqiu led the direct brigade Gao Baisheng, and Yang Rongbin's two squadrons to 700 people lurking here. Chang Shengqiu's 300 cavalry squadron was left by Hua Yinghong and was mobilized behind. The first brigade of Hai Tianqing was 3,000. Mo Yan led dozens of masters from the intelligence team to ambush in a hidden place half a mile in front and wait for the opportunity to start.

They are already very familiar with the terrain of this area. After Xie Zhan led a large group of troops to Yingchouling, they occupied this place. As long as the signal came from Yingchouling, their mission is to take down the iron ore camp in the shortest time and implement Huayinghong's plan to raid Xigang.

Carriages, horses, food, supplies, etc. are just smoke created by Huayinghong's retreat. Especially after reaching a secret discussion with Xuexianxian, Huayinghong strengthened his determination to take Xigang.

It is not possible to attack Xigang head-on even if the entire Free Army attacks, it cannot easily annihilate Xigang, including the Navy Squadron and the Direct Brigade. The strong strength of the 5,000 Yulong Army, including the First Brigade, is a tragic victory even if it wins. It is impossible to deal with the Yulong Army's subsequent counterattack. Therefore, this battle must be won, and to win at the lowest cost, mobilize Qiulei's Direct Brigade and the First Brigade away from Xigang. The key to victory is to move Qiulei's Direct Brigade and the First Brigade away from Xigang.

Of course, it is also important to block Qiulei's elite troops outside Jubao Town and how to prevent Qiulei from returning to help when attacking Xigang, but with the help of a large number of experts from the Demon Cult, it is no longer difficult to do so.

If Qiu Lei always holds his troops unmoved and waits for reinforcements to arrive patiently, the Free Army will have to do it in a real way, attack the high mountain tribe and take down Yingchouling, and transport the large group of people and materials into the mountains as much as possible, and plan to plan later

A signal rose from Jubao Town, and then a signal rose from Yingchouling. The sound of killing shook the sky. Haitianqing several miles away, Ye Zhiqiu and others could clearly hear it.

Hai Tianqing made a gesture and ordered to start acting as planned!

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Jubao Town Camp

Hua Yinghong received an urgent report from the disciples of the Demon Cult. He knew that Qiu Lei had ordered the direct brigade and the first brigade arranged thirty miles away, the Pearl Field and the Eastern Route Army in the direction of Lingbao began to close the net. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sent an order to act according to the original plan.

Seventy-nine miles west of Jubao Town, Panlongling

Snow silk stands on a peak, with a long trouser skirt floating in the night wind, her jade body is curved and graceful, just like fairy Ling Feng behind her are Xinru, Yilin, Ruotong and nearly 300 masters of the Demon Sect

The elite Yulong Army in Xigang was very fast, and just received the signal from Liwen and Jiaxin, Xue Xianxian saw a small group of Yulong cavalry galloping to the mountain, and occupied a dangerous place beside the official road inside and outside. Soon after, the fire dragons moving quickly on the avenue rushed to the near 3,000 cavalry. After passing the official road, the infantry brigade passed by about 5,000, the infantry brigade had passed by about 5,000, and the team of elite cavalry had quickly gone down the mountain to chase the distance. Another small group of Yulong Army occupied the hills on both sides of the official road, covering the brigade through...

Xue Xianxian looked at it in a dark look. Although there were many disciples of the Holy Sect, although they were strong in martial arts, but they lacked people who were truly proficient in military tactics and could march and fight. They also lacked the talented elite like the Yulong Army. Even if they could gain a temporary advantage, they would be difficult to compete with the Yulong Army. If this time... Thinking of Hua Yinghong's not handsome but full of charm, and the moving feeling that the wonderful two palms were about to touch, her mind couldn't help but sway.

She has been carrying the reputation of being a slutty person for more than ten years. In fact, it was the first time she had touched a man's skin in so many years. She didn't know why she reached out and tapped her up without hesitation at that moment.

Xue Xianxian shook her head for her delusion. With Liu Yufei as the Tang Dynasty Princess, Hua Yinghong's actual commander position is impossible to be used by the Holy Church. Perhaps after this cooperation, it will be the enemy in the future.

The Yulong Army had gone far away Xue Xianxian was about to order to seize the mountain occupied by the Yulong Army just now, but heard the sound of horse hooves sounded from the official road in the direction of Xigang. After a moment, more than 200 elite cavalry rushed over and rushed over quickly.

It was Qiu Lei who came here in person. I wonder if he could defend it there? Xue Xianxian was a little worried about Hua Yinghong for some reason.

According to the secret discussion with Hua Yinghong, Xue Xianxian's magic sect only needs to be responsible for opening a city gate as the insider when Qiu Lei led the Yulong Army back from Jubao Town, and ending when Panlongling blocked until the end of the day when the Free Army was approaching Xigang, it was considered as the obligation to open a city gate as the inside.

At this time, midnight has passed, and Xue Xianxian believes that with the strength of the people she led and occupying the favorable terrain, it is not difficult to hold on for a few hours before retreating calmly.

Act according to the plan, Xue Xianxian ordered lightly

Iron Mine Camp Inner Valley City Wall

Suspicion of the shocking shouts of killing in Yingchouling, the Jade Dragon Army stood nearly 200 people on the city wall that was more than ten feet long, with strong bows and crossbows waiting to be launched. As if a few feet behind the city wall of the Great Enemy, there were four hundred Jade Dragon Army soldiers fully armed and arranged in an array, waiting for reinforcements if the enemy attacked the city wall.

The enemy attacked! The soldiers on the watchtower of the city wall issued a police call, but they suddenly lit countless torches inside and outside. From a distance, they were afraid that there were no less than thousands of people.

The Jade Dragon Army was frightened by the great momentum of the Free Army, and the soldiers on the watchtower issued another warning call from the enemy's army approaching a hundred steps!

More than 300 Free Army soldiers lined up in a dense formation of thirty people, and slowly approached the city wall in a half-squat posture. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Jade Dragon Army was attracted by the firelight in the distance, the rows in front had already invaded within the range of the crossbow!

Shoot! The captain of the Yulong Army hurriedly ordered

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Nearly a hundred Jade Dragon Army in front of the city wall shot bows and crossbows that had already been drawn, and the sound of arrow feathers breaking through the air is loud.

After shooting in the first three rows, the archer and crossbowman bent over and re-pulsed the strings, leaving a shooting angle for the three rows behind.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Nearly a hundred Jade Dragon Army in the three rows behind also shot out bows and crossbow arrows that had already drawn the strings.

This kind of round-shooting method will turn into a disaster for the attacking party with poor protection. The continuous rain of arrows does not give the attacking party a break time for charge. Unless the arrows are exhausted, the Jade Dragon Army has prepared sufficient supplies for the fishnet plan, and there is no need to worry about the problem of exhausting arrows.

Unfortunately, the Free Army won a lot of money in capturing the weapons battalion. The shields held by the Free Army soldiers of Gao Baisheng Squadron were cast by fine steel. The arrow shot on it and removed a burst of ding-clang sounds. The shield array was still slowly advancing forward.

Ninety steps, eighty steps, seventy steps

Each archer on the city wall had shot six arrows in a row, and when the crossbowman also shot three arrows, a loud shot! From Gao Baisheng's mouth, three hundred Free Army soldiers all inserted their shields to the ground, handed the bow held by their right hand to the left hand as fast as possible, and pulled the bow to the left without aiming, shooting an arrow at the city wall and behind the city wall like lightning! Then he threw the bow, and raised the shield with his left hand, but his right hand brushed the sword together to pull out the sword!

At the same time, the thirty shield players in the front row suddenly changed their posture, used shields and weapons to protect their bodies, jumped up vertically, and rose and fell for more than three feet. On the city wall, the rain of arrows that the Jade Dragon Army had originally shot at the array of Free Army soldiers were flashed behind them!

Most of the three hundred arrows shot by the Free Army fell on the city wall and behind the city wall. Whether it hits the human body or the city wall, on the ground, the small paper bag wrapped in each arrow broke. In just a moment, the city wall and the thirty or forty steps inside the city wall were filled with a pleasant fragrance, but it made people smell drowsy.

The fragrance of the scent! Hold your breath! The captain of the Jade Dragon Army shouted loudly that this powder extracted from the scented herb is harmless to the human body. Many people also like to use it to help sleep. The solution is simple. Just smoke the stinky smell of the stinky grass on the island, or pour cold water on the head. It can be solved. But I didn’t expect that the Free Army would attack in this way. Where can I prepare these things in a hurry?

The scene of the Weapon Battalion reappeared: A large number of Jade Dragon Guards fell asleep immediately after being caught in Mixiang. This time, Mixiang's weight was much heavier than a hundred arrows in the Weapon Battalion. On the city wall, there were probably more than 300 people who fell behind the city wall! A few people with high martial arts skills and strong physiques barely supported it, but they could even draw their bows and get crossbows?

There are only 20 or 30 people left on the city wall, all of whom are strongly skilled figures such as whistle chiefs and guards. They are highly alert. They know that there is something different when they enter the nose. They immediately keep their energy alive, but they are slightly affected.

The mysterious arrow received a miraculous effect in the battle of the Weapon Battalion. Hua Yinghong imprisoned all the captured Yulong Army and the Guards, and issued a severe ban on the Free Army participating in the battle, which was to keep this secret weapon until the attack was in a difficult situation before showing its power.

Jubao Town is rich in supplies, and the fragrance powder is very common. Pharmaceutical vendors even sold this powder to Hualong Continent as a treasure specialty for treatment of insomnia. They made huge profits. Huayinghong ordered Mo Yan's intelligence team to secretly collect a large amount of fragrance powder for use in war, which was also a pioneer in chemical warfare.

If this move leaves a breathing opportunity for the Yulong Army, two hundred people who were not intoxicated in the distance behind the city wall rushed to the city wall to reinforce and stabilize their positions. The situation of the battle is still unknown.

The Free Army then killed and then launched: When Mo Yan saw that Mixiang was effective, he threw the shield and jumped five feet apart, sixty or seventy steps apart. However, five or six rises and falls rushed to the city wall, and jumped up more than three feet. His toes were a little on the city wall, and he bounced up two feet apart again. The weapons in the air swung together, and the sword energy covered the sky and covered the top of the city!

All this was just in the flash. The squadron leader and the remaining twenty or thirty masters were still fighting against Mixiang. The commando of the Free Army masters had already attacked! He rushed to use his skills and wave his weapons to parry. His skills were already very different, but where was the enemy? He died immediately and retreated, allowing Mo Yan and others to climb the city wall smoothly. Within a few moves, he killed them all and firmly defended the city wall. The Jade Dragon Army squadron leader had not issued an emergency signal.

Hundreds of Free Army soldiers rushed towards each other shouting!

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Ten miles west of Jubao Town, one line of sky

This is the most dangerous place from Xigang to Jubao Town. On both sides of the official road are stone walls that stand a hundred feet high, as if a magic axe descended from the sky and split a mountain into two halves. The official road in between is only thirty feet long and only three feet wide. If you pass by here in the sun, you can only see a line of blue sky, so it is called Yishi Tian

The garrison of Qiu Xiaoyun in Jubao Town originally had ten men on the peaks on both sides of the first line. As early as the day after the Free Army captured Jubao Town, it was cleared by the intelligence team and the special forces team. A small team of free troops sent by Liu Litao's brigade on both sides was stationed. It was thought that the barrier of the Yulong Army in Xigang was attacked. At this time, twenty masters of the intelligence team and two special forces teams under Batian reinforced the tops of the peaks on both sides.

There is no mistake here. Hua Yinghong, Liu Yufei, and Liu Ju, with more than 30 cavalrymen, watched on the other side of the passage.

The Yulong Army in Xigang is very familiar with the terrain of the first tier and the sky. It was expected that this was the best place to block the dangerous place. The Free Army must be prepared and did not directly rush into the official road of the first tier and sky. Instead, they sent two teams of elite riders half inside and out and got off their horses and attacked the mountains on both sides respectively.

Hundreds of torches rose rapidly along the hillside, and when they reached fifty feet above the top, they gradually slowed down and went out

Rockets! Hundreds of rockets flew out from the tops of the mountain peaks on both sides of the official road, igniting the haystacks that had been prepared long ago. The first-line blocking battle began!

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Half past the ugly time, outside the south gate of Xigang

Qiu Denghui stood at the top of the city, looking at the Free Army holding torches in a dense array of open ground four hundred steps away, and couldn't help but take a breath

From the width of the Free Army array and the depth to the distance, you can see that there are no less than four thousand people. There are torches moving continuously from afar. I don’t know how many people there are.

More than an hour ago, I got a signal from a communication whistle with a group of sentries every ten miles. Nearly 10,000 troops of the Free Army had already passed the Panchant and headed straight to Xigang. Qiu Denghui asked about the terrain. After passing the Panchant, there was no danger to guard on both sides of the official road except for some shallow hills. In Xigang City, there were only 3,000 guards that were not very useful, and they did not dare to take risks.

After an emergency report to Qiu Lei that Xigang was in emergency and ten thousand people were attacking, Qiu Denghui concentrated his 600 regular troops of the Yulong Navy and 2,000 guards at the south gate, 300 navy and 500 guards guards guards the east gate, and 500 guards guards guards guard the north gate.

I hope to be able to stand for a few hours. Qiu Denghui smiled bitterly. Xigang City faced the sea in the west, so there were only three gates leading to the official road with the east gate, the highest and the most solid. The south gate was second, and the north gate made this arrangement again, which was a last resort.

If the three thousand elite troops led by Qiu Lei return to Xigang in time, they should be able to defeat the Free Army in one fell swoop. However, the Free Army marched from Xie Zhanzhao to capturing the iron mine camp and marched for another 30 miles to the city of Xigang. It only took two hours. It was obvious that it was a plan to move later, and its combat power was not as vulnerable as imagined. Can Qiu Lei return to the rescue as he wished?

The number of free soldiers in front of the South Gate is increasing. After a quarter of an hour, the siege has not started, as if they are accumulating strength to conquer them in one fell swoop!

Qiu Denghui's heart moved, and was about to send an order to the east gate. The north gate strengthened its warning, but suddenly heard a shout of rushing to the sky at the east gate: The Free Army will win! Long live freedom! The slogan, a signal soared into the sky

The east gate is broken!