The Jiaozhi army covered each other and slowly retreated from the valley entrance. At this moment, Lu Fang rushed down the mountain with a thousand agile soldiers selected.

Seeing that there were only a thousand Song troops rushing towards him, the Jiaozhi people were not sure about this. In order to prevent accidents, they firmly held their positions and only used bows and arrows to shoot at Song.

From top to bottom, the Song army was quite fast. Regardless of the reactions of the Jiaozhi people, they went straight under the earthen wall.

At this time, the commander Li Fengxiao had not yet left the valley. The officers commanded by Jiaozhi could not understand the intentions of the Song army and did not dare to move around. They just sent hundreds of elite soldiers to monitor the Song army.

Lu Fang brought his men to the earthen wall and saw that the Jiaozhi people did not surround him, so he let out a breath. Although the Jiaozhi people suffered a loss of gunpowder when they fought Guangyuanzhou, it was really difficult to figure out these things immediately in this era, let alone these lower-level officers and soldiers who did not understand the situation.

Under the earth wall was filled with stone bullets from Song Jun's stone cannons. Lu Fang ordered six or seven hundred people to guard the surroundings. He brought three or four hundred people to the ground, took out the small shovel he carried with him, and dug a hole.

These shovels are made of good steel and are valuable, and they are also used in centralized sugar services.

The soil layer around the earth wall was soft and it took not long before it was dug a pit more than a foot deep. The Song army buried the gunpowder he carried with him inside and fixed the fuse. Lu Fang shouted a whistle and quickly retreated up the mountain.

At this time, the valley entrance was in a mess. The Jiaozhi army watched Lu Fang bring people up, wondering what tricks these Song soldiers were doing. Although they also saw the Song army burying things under the earthen wall, they could not expect gunpowder to come up and were still racking their brains to think.

Lu Fang rushed up the mountain and said that he was a inspector of Zuo Jiangdao. The pressure could not be affected by him, but he stayed with Xu Ping every day. He could still understand Xu Ping's mood.

After working hard in Yongzhou for six years, if all the credit and hard work were gone at the last moment, Xu Ping obviously could not accept it. Moreover, Xu Ping had no aid in the court, and as long as he had a little handle, it would be difficult to turn over and he had to be cautious in doing things.

In fact, there is another reason Xu Ping did not say that his term of office will come in April and May. Although this year will not be accurate to what month or day of leaving office, there will inevitably be successor officials within one or two months. If Xu Ping had brought most of the personnel of the sugar sugar service to fight hard in Liangzhou at that time, leaving a mess for the successor, he might not be able to leave even if he wanted to.

The Jiaozhi people can't afford to delay, Xu Ping cannot delay here, and the risks that cannot be taken must be taken now, and the war must be decided quickly. Li Fengxiao thinks this way, and Xu Ping also thinks this way.

Gao Daquan and his two thousand cavalrymen left the valley entrance. Seeing that the Jiaozhi army ahead had retreated a few miles away, they were digging a trench and resisting their horses, they ordered their subordinates to stop outside the valley.

After getting off the horse, Gao Daquan walked to the hillside and looked up at Xu Ping on the mountain.

Only a vague shadow could be seen in the setting sun, Gao Daquan stood quietly without saying a word.

Xu Ping looked at Lu Fang next to him, waved his hand, and turned to look at the foot of the mountain.

A few drums came from the mountain. Gao Daquan heard it, took a deep breath, bowed deeply to Xu Ping's figure on the mountain, turned around and walked forward with his subordinates.

The document to sell the Xu family as a slave signed in Zhongmu Manor that year has long passed, and Xu Ping did not ask Gao Daquan to sign again, but he has never lost wages and various rewards, and everything is just like it was.

Gao Daquan knew what Xu Ping meant, and wanted to find an opportunity to send him into the army. He also had a background. Although it was easy to run in Yongzhou, it was really remote, so Xu Ping still wanted to find a way after returning to Kaifeng. If everything was normal, Xu Ping's identity at that time would be easy to get it done.

Gao Daquan has always been grateful to be able to meet a master like Xu Ping. Although he is dull and rarely says these words, he keeps everything in his heart.

Xu Ping had already explained this attack clearly that it was crucial to the war, but it was also extremely dangerous. Although Gao Daquan's character has always been cautious, Xu Ping still repeatedly reminded him.

The red sun sets westward and the weather becomes dim. Gao Daquan looks at the Jiaozhi military camp in front, and when he lifts the reins of the horse, he rushes out first.

On March 12th, the first attack of the Jiaozhi people into the valley was repelled, and in the evening the Song cavalry launched a counterattack.

Han Daocheng led his cavalry to the left wing of Jiaozhi military camp, Gao Daquan led his cavalry to the right wing. He did not charge when approaching the military camp, but just threw the kerosene tank in his hand towards the military camp, igniting a fire.

This harassment only caused a riot to the Jiaozhi Military Camp and did not cause much harm.

Han Daocheng led his men around the Jiaozhi Military Camp and circled back to the valley entrance from the right wing. However, Gao Daquan did not come back and disappeared into the vast night with his two thousand cavalrymen. To be continued.
Chapter completed!