The sky was clear and the weather was clear, the breeze was smooth, and the second anti-encirclement and suppression battle at Sanshan Pavilion finally kicked off in a mighty way.

The official army entered the mountain and advanced all the way, constantly reducing the scope of the bandit army's activities, and tended to force the bandit army to death.

The bandit army relied on some passes and carried out tenacious resistance, but these passes were easily removed by the official army without exception. These official army were brave in fighting, advanced weapons, big swords and spears, and there were also many muskets. The accompanying army even carried cannons and catapults. Therefore, those passes that were piled up by rocks alone could not stop the pace of the official army.

While the official army marched along the way, all the deployments were very well organized. There were scouts walking along the river to investigate the enemy situation. The high cliffs adjacent to the mountain road were also occupied by the vanguard. It can be said that if this situation continues, it will probably not take long before the bandits will be surrounded by the government army. At that time, the bandits will have to rely on their weak forces to fight hard with the government army. Once the two sides fight hard, the outcome of the battle will be known without thinking about who will lose and who will win.

Of course, in addition to fighting hard, the bandit army actually has some choices, such as surrendering, and leading the people to retreat to deeper mountains and forests. However, no matter what, the bandit army will definitely lose this time, and Qiu Yue absolutely did not intend to let these bandit army escape. So while he marched head-on, he had already sent people to go around the forest of Sanshan Pavilion and headed to Zhending Mansion on the east side. They also set out to ambush the dense forest behind Sanshan Pavilion, ready to rob and kill the bandit army that was trying to escape at any time.

At this time, the prefect of Zhending was named Peng Ze, who was a great wise man of the country. He was well-versed in all his culture and martial arts. Peng Ze met Qiu Yue in his early years, and the two of them had been in charge of military affairs together. They were very close to each other. Therefore, when he received the news from Qiu Yue, Peng Ze immediately raised 5,000 troops and personally led the army to the Sanshan Pavilion, preparing to cooperate with Qiu Yue to encircle and suppress the bandit army together.

Peng Ze is also a person who is familiar with the art of war and understands the principle of knowing oneself and being victorious in a hundred battles. Therefore, the army has not yet entered the mountain. He has sent scouts to enter the mountain to investigate the situation.

However, what Peng Ze did not expect was that after his investigation, he really discovered some abnormal situations.

He discovered that the thieves had secretly gathered a large number of people in a hidden valley in Sanshan Pavilion, including some young recruits and skilled craftsmen. It has to be said that this valley has become the secret base of the thieves.

It is strange that these thieves are always destroyed repeatedly. After being defeated, they can make a comeback after a period of endurance. It turns out that they already have the power to develop and recuperate.

Hehe. Now, Peng Ze was overjoyed.

You know, the people in this valley are basically without combat effectiveness. So, as long as he surrounds the valley with his troops, he can capture all the people in the valley and cut off the foundation of the thief? This is a great achievement. At that time, I am afraid that Qiu Yue will win a battle on the front battlefield and may not have made great contributions to him.

Peng Ze was so happy that he thought that he could easily win great achievements and was so angry that he, his former colleague, was so angry that he was glaring at him.

Humph, Qiu Yue, Qiu Yue, it’s not that I was deliberately making things difficult for you. As the saying goes, God will not take it, but it will be harmed by it? So, I can’t do anything about it. I just accept these thieves’ little women and children.

Peng Ze thought so in his mind, and sent someone to conduct a secret investigation of the terrain around the Lengyan Valley. Then, until he made sure that everything was foolproof, he formulated a specific route of march and attack plan. After careful planning, he stroked his goatee beard, squinted his eyes and looked at the lush green mountains, and smiled slightly.

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At this moment, the "thieves" in Sanshan Pavilion, the legendary anti-Ming army, still knew nothing about Pengze's army. At this time, they were still staring at Qiu Yue and the others, waiting for Qiu Yue to get into the trap.

However, after all, with the brainstorming of everyone and Wang Shouren's precise deployment, the anti-Ming army was really confident to win this battle at this time. Therefore, everyone was full of confidence and couldn't help but feel nervous. Then they waited patiently, first they sent a small group of warriors to harass the official army and disrupt the attention of the official army. Then they secretly deployed the howitzer convoy in some seemingly dangerous plains and forests.

After that, I will continue to wait.

Soon, the army's large army advanced to the Sanshan River. Then, Qiu Yue first sent people to cross the river to investigate and found that nothing was abnormal. He immediately built a floating bridge and organized people to cross the river.

At this moment, Linghu Chong, who was hiding in the woods, couldn't help but say to Wang Shouren: "When the government army crossed the river, send some howitzer battalions to bomb, and then give them a half-crossing attack. If you hit them head-on, you will definitely be able to severely damage the government army!"

Hearing this, the rest of the people nodded in their praise, but Wang Shouren didn't think so. He pondered for a moment and said, "Although this can severely damage the official army, once the official army retreats, we will spend time with them. I think this method is inappropriate. Let's wait until the official army crosses the river, and all the people and supplies come, and then bomb and siege. In this way, the official army will have no way to retreat, and in the end they will be wiped out by us. By the way, there will definitely be someone in the official army who wants to cross the river and retreat. Sister Si Niang, you will take people on a boat to intercept the official army in the river, burn their floating bridges, and let them retreat without any retreat!"

"Okay, don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me, I'll have arranged it long ago," Wang Siniang got up and arranged for the interception along the river.

On this side, Wang Shouren and others waited until the government army crossed the river before sending a signal, making all teams ready to launch a general attack on the government army.

When the message was released, it was almost evening. The government army had finished crossing the river and found that there was no danger. Then they continued to advance and came to a flat mountainous and forest area. Then they wanted to set up camp here first. Rest and prepare to eat and drink. We will continue to fight the thieves tomorrow.

Qiu Yue did his investigation work very carefully. The scouts he sent were five miles away from the mountains and forests. After confirming that there was no danger around, he would return to the camp to report the situation.

Then, just as Qiu Yue was about to set up a camp, he didn't expect that there was a thief army in the mountains ahead, and the thief army actually rushed towards the official army shouting.

At that time, Qiu Yue climbed up and looked up. He found that there were only two thousand thieves, and the quality of the equipment and personnel was extremely low. I really don’t know what kind of tendons these thieves had pulled out. He actually wanted to use such a group of people to defeat the official army. Isn’t this a joke?

However, Qiu Yue did not have much doubt about the actions of these thieves. At first, he had already received news that the thief chief Liang Hong was not in the Sanshan Pavilion. It was obvious that the thiefs at this time had lost Liang Hong's leadership and were already in a state of no leader. So it was no wonder that they would do such a crazy move. In addition, there was another situation that this place was full of flat ground and dense forests, and there was no dangerous terrain, so even if the thiefs were trying to lure the enemy into depth, as long as they controlled the troops and chased for a distance, they would withdraw. Then, the thiefs' strategies would inevitably be lost.

Thinking of this in his mind, Qiu Yue decisively ordered a deputy general to lead three thousand men to meet the enemy. Later, he continued to cut down trees and set up camps.

However, what Qiu Yue did not expect was that after the troops led by the deputy general fought with the thief army, some situations also occurred on his side.

At the beginning, some scouts sent out to investigate the situation and had not returned yet, which made Qiu Yue feel that the thieves were likely to ambush some small troops in the woods, waiting for an opportunity to harass his army. So, at that time, he quickly gathered his formation and then divided the troops into five groups, preparing to let them go into the forest to patrol each and wipe out the small harassing troops of the thieves.

However, what they did not expect was that just when they were dispatching people, they suddenly heard some soldiers exclaiming loudly and pointing towards the sky. Later, when Qiu Yue looked up, he found that some black objects were thrown out in the mountains and forests on both sides, and the direction of the objects fell was the location of his army.

Then, just as Qiu Yuezheng was shocked, the first black object landed on the ground, and then he heard a group of soldiers at the place where the object landed and shouted loudly: "Hurry, hurry, step on the fuse, hurry!"

However, just as the soldiers were shouting loudly, they suddenly heard a "boom" sound, and the explosive pack immediately exploded, and then the surrounding soldiers were immediately blown backwards. Many people even broke their hands and feet, and their bodies were covered in blood. The situation was terrible.

This time, I saw the cruelty of the explosive bag. After that, the explosive bag fell down, and no one dared to step on the fuse. Everyone ran and dodged, fearing that they would be blown to death if they were too close to the explosive bag.

As a result, the entire official army formation was immediately in chaos, and the people shouted and ran around.

Qiu Yue was shocked when he saw this situation. Then he roared and chopped off several soldiers who were chasing the army before he stabilized his morale. Then he waved his sword and shouted to the soldiers: "Crush, all of them rushed into the forest and killed the thieves. The thieves have few troops. As long as we approach them, they will die. Brothers, follow me and kill!"

As Qiu Yue roared, he led his army to rush into the woods.

However, just as they were rushing forward, they saw a sudden light of fire in front of them, and flames ignited in the woods, blocking their roads. Then, packs of explosives continued to fall above their heads, and then, with the sound of vibrations, I don’t know how many soldiers died under the bombing.

"Run to the other side!"

In desperation, Qiu Yue turned around and rushed into the woods opposite. However, the woods opposite were ignited like the woods here. At the same time, explosive packs flew out from behind the fire wall. The situation really shocked the officials and soldiers. They knew that they could not continue here, otherwise, they would probably be killed by the explosive packs.

"General, it's not time to go. Let's retreat first while there are not many casualties. The future is long, so we have time to destroy the thieves!"

At this time, a thousand households came to Qiu Yue and suggested to him.

Qiu Yue had no choice but to ask someone to pass the message at the moment, and asked the deputy general who led the army to welcome the enemy to retreat quickly. Then he himself led the team to run back.

However, just as Qiu Yue's large group of troops ran less than a few miles away, he only heard the scouts of the front army report: "Report to General, the bandit army was riding a ship and descending the river. The floating bridge had burned down to block the retreat of our army!"

"What?! What did you say?!" At this time, Qiu Yue was already a little angry. He turned over and got off the horse and grabbed the scout with anger. The situation seemed to be like trying to swallow the scout.

The scout was so shocked that he trembled all over, but he didn't dare to tell lies. He could only let Qiu Yue whip and flee in a hurry.

"Go up the mountain! Go up the mountain!"

However, Qiu Yue was not an incompetent person after all. He immediately analyzed the current situation. Then he quickly led his men to occupy a high ground, then cut down trees, dug pits and build walls, surrounded the barriers, and arranged the cannons, musketeers, and archers on the periphery to let them defend along the mountain.

In this way, the bandits army really cannot do anything to them. After all, the range of howitzers are limited and it is difficult to hit the mountain. Once the bandits army gets closer, the official army can take advantage of the terrain to easily shoot them.

As a result, the two sides formed a stalemate. The combat strategy deployed by Wang Shouren in the end only eliminated less than 3,000 official troops, but in fact it did not cause heavy damage to the official troops. Instead, the official troops took this opportunity to stand firm. Now, Wang Shouren and others were stunned, a little overwhelmed and didn't know what to do.

"We can't let the official army stay so peacefully. Once they recover, they will inevitably attack everywhere and attack us. We will be in great trouble at that time. After all, our troops are limited!" Wang Wensu looked at everyone and said with concern.

"But, what can we do now if we don't let them gain a foothold? They defended against the mountain, and we couldn't attack at all," Lin Pingzhi said helplessly.

"That's not OK. You have to find a way to break this deadlock. You can't delay this matter, otherwise we might be defeated again!" Wang Wensu frowned and looked worried. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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