Heaven's Formula

After staying in the cave for so many days, Gong Shufeng already understood the significance of Jinxia City to this rebel army.

For them, that is holy land.

"Where does this road lead?" He decided not to think about it.

"Behind the Huangting Mountain." The guard replied, "Once you go down the mountain, there will be a large flat field. Even without horses, you can reach the border of Shenzhou in two days."

It turns out that the Cricket Cave where they are located is in Huangting Mountain?Gongshufeng immediately thought of the direction of the mountains on the map - this mountain range is not very majestic and rugged, but it just happens to be across the north of Shenliu and Shenliu, which is not a big or small obstacle.Over time, Liuzhou's traffic lines were all concentrated in the south of the mountain, and Jiujiang was the main route, while few people in the north were willing to pass.

Judging from the tone of the other party, it means that there is a trail connecting the mountains, and they can cross directly from the west slope to the east slope!

No wonder the Privy Council only wants to search and not directly send troops to encircle and suppress.

I'm afraid Lord Wu Bairen doesn't know anything about the situation of the rebels' hideout.

"arrive."

The guard led Gong Shufeng through a guarded wooden door, the sudden sunlight above his head made the latter involuntarily close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he couldn't help being shocked!

Surprisingly, a large group of people gathered densely outside the cave, at least three or four thousand people!

"These... are all refugees?"

"Not all of them." The guard replied, "People like you probably account for half of them."

"What about the remaining half?"

"They are all local people who were forced to be homeless. In order to eliminate us, the government is never afraid of killing one by mistake." When he said this, there was obvious hatred in his tone.

Gong Shufeng was surprised by another thing—he thought that this "rebel army" was just rural peasants active in the east of Liuzhou, with limited influence and strength, but they managed to recruit thousands of people. This can completely compete with a state garrison!If their purpose is not to escort these people to Shenzhou, but to take everyone into their own hands, then it is definitely second only to the Liuzhou Privy Council!

Put it in Xu country, this is undoubtedly a large-scale riot that will be reported to the central government!

But in Qiguo Shangyuan City, he had never heard of such a group of people in Liuzhou, which shows how weak the Qixing Privy Council's ability to control the bottom has been.

A mere Bai Ren can completely suppress this matter.

"So many people... it might be quite slow to transfer..." Gong Shufeng couldn't help but said, "As soon as everyone leaves the mountain area, people will definitely notice it. The two-day journey is enough for those local tyrants to unite and start hunting. .”

He obviously planned to go on the road alone, so it would be beneficial to him not to say these words.

But he subconsciously said it.

"Young Master Wei, don't worry, those people probably don't have the energy to deal with these thousands of people." The other party said disapprovingly, "They are all gathered in the west of the mountain and are marching towards our base camp."

"What did you say?" Gong Shufeng couldn't help being taken aback, "Has the location of the cricket cave been exposed?"

"Exposed can't be said. The leader said that there is no airtight wall in the world. We can't hide in the cave forever." The guard raised his head, "Instead of being passively discovered, it's better to use it to severely attack the enemy. For this plan, we A lot of preparations have been made, and now is the day to make it happen!"

"Actually, we are arranging a new transfer... When the time is right, I will safely send you across the Liushen border." Gongsun Fang's words came to mind.

This is what they call timing!

The rebels used themselves to attract the attention of the enemy, and then took the opportunity to transfer away all the refugees stranded there!

And their sole purpose in doing this is to save as many people as possible from the Privy Council.

Gong Shufeng didn't know what to say for a moment.

Because even the ordinary guard in front of him, who couldn't be more ordinary, had a shining light in his eyes.

"Young Master Wei, you go, there will be someone specially assigned to take you to Shenzhou." The other party bowed to him solemnly, then turned and walked into the mountain road, "I wish you a smooth journey ahead."

……

On the peak to the northwest of Mount Huangting, Gong Shujin, Gongsun Fang and others were monitoring the enemy's every move.

Since the morning, crowds have entered the mountain area one after another. By noon, the total number of enemies counted by the reconnaissance team has exceeded 500.

"Tuntianzhuang, Ertiaozhuang, Weijiazhuang... The nearby Zhuangzi have all sent people over. It seems that they have made a big decision this time." Gongsunfang put down the looking glass, and the words "made by Jinxia Machinery Manufacturing Bureau" were engraved on the barrel. "The words are particularly eye-catching.

"It's okay to let them catch the refugees. Once the limelight is not right, these bastard grandchildren will run faster than anyone else." Someone said disdainfully.

This caused a burst of laughter.

Gongsun Fang also raised the corners of her mouth, but soon returned to her usual appearance, "Indeed, but our real opponent is not them, but the Privy Council of Huiyang City."

Gong Shujin's eyes also fell on a team holding a blue pennant—this team has less than a thousand people, but it seems to have become the core of the enemy army. It is far superior to other guard troops in terms of formation and momentum. .In other words, if it weren't for this force, those tyrants would not be willing to drag all their families to Huangting Mountain.

That was the defense army formed by Wu Bairen himself, and it was also the official army of Huiyang City.

Chapter 836 Deadly Torrent

Huangting Mountain is not a steep terrain, the east and west sides are relatively gentle, and the height will not exceed one hundred feet. As long as they are patient, ordinary people can climb the mountain.

But for the army, it is very difficult to maintain formation while climbing the mountain - there are only a few paths stepped on by people in the mountain, and the rest is covered by dense vegetation, thousands of enemies have to line up, Work your way up slowly.

Overlooking from a height, these seven or eight teams are like prints embedded in the green background, and all their whereabouts are clear at a glance.

And Huiyang City's army is located in the middle of the three small roads.

That is also a road that can directly threaten the cave.

"Sister Fang, they have entered the border."

"Go ahead."

"Yes, once the enemy enters the cave, it will be difficult to destroy them."

Some of the subordinates couldn't help but said.

"Wait a little longer." Gongsun Fang said calmly, "We have been waiting for so long, so there is no rush."

As the leader of the rebel army, she is deeply aware of the strength gap between her side and her opponent. If they fight head-on, they don't even have a [-]% chance of winning.So if you want to defeat the opponent, the role of those organ traps is very important.Only when they deal a heavy blow to the enemy in a flash and make the opponent lose their fighting spirit in an instant, can they have the possibility of winning.

So the more people who enter the ambush circle, the better!

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Gongsun Fang stood up when the front-line team was about to leave the strike zone, and blew the horn vigorously——

"Woooooooooo!"

For a moment, the low-pitched horn sounded throughout the hillside.

The squads on standby everywhere took action immediately.

Gongshu Jin was no exception.

He urged his breath and injected it into the magic weapon that had already been arranged.The latter's roulette and suspension cable started to run, driving the fences to push outwards, and behind it was a mountain lake full of water.

Two or three years ago, this lake was considered a pond, formed by naturally accumulated water.However, under the leadership of Gongsun Fang, the rebels carried out a series of modifications to the pond, including blocking the outlet and artificially raising the height of the embankment, so that it rose by nearly three feet in just two months. turned into a lake.

However, Gongsun Fang has not found a suitable flood discharge method. After all, it is easy to pile up the accumulated soil, and it is another matter to dig it up.She originally wanted to ask someone to go to Shenzhou to seek help, and even considered saving a large sum of money and directly hiring alchemists from Ze or Gen to complete the last step. Unexpectedly, the appearance of Gong Shujin helped her solve the problem of release in advance .

These fences buried in the water slowly moved outward, slowly but unstoppably, and the piled up mudstone "dams" cracked and disintegrated little by little until they completely collapsed.

A large amount of lake water rushed out of the gap and rushed down the hillside!

But that's not all.

The rushing torrent looks terrifying, but its damage is very limited. This is determined by the terrain of Huangting Mountain - the gentle slope will quickly disperse the direction of the water flow, and the dense vegetation at the foot of the mountain will also act as a hindrance. It is difficult to climb up again if the enemy is overturned. As for the target at the foot of the mountain...whether this water can reach their ankles is a problem.

So releasing water is just an introduction.

Less than a few tens of breaths after the dam broke, there was a dense roar from the mountainside, as if thunder was shuttling through the woods!

I saw pillars of soil erupting into the sky, as if the whole earth was boiling!

It was the gunpowder first planted by the rebel army, and it was also the core link of the Huangting Mountain ambush circle. The gunpowder raw materials were purchased from the Baisha Mine, and then ground and mixed according to the chemistry textbook written by Jinxia.These granular black powders are not in large quantities, and it is difficult to directly destroy the enemy, but they can create a loose "landslide area" on the mountainside.

When the water rushes into this area, a wonderful change occurs. The soil clods only need a small amount of water to be mixed into it to form a very fluid bond.In this state, the soil can not only slide freely, but also "suck" the surrounding solids into it, and continuously grow itself, which is similar to snowballing.

I saw that the rushing water was quickly absorbed by the loose soil, and drove a large number of stones and trees to rush down.Compared with the previous flood discharge lake water, the lethality is completely different.Even a stone the size of a fist, after accumulating enough kinetic energy, can cause fatal blunt force injuries when it hits the armor, not to mention those trees with thick arms and large rocks mixed on the surface. Compared with the Leigi and Rolling Stones at that time, they paled in comparison.

A man-made mudslide took shape in less than a quarter of an hour.

It made a deafening rumbling sound, and rushed towards the enemy army with a destructive momentum. Those paths lacking vegetation cover and trampled by humans became natural flood diversion channels.

In fact, when a series of explosions occurred halfway up the mountain, those tyrants and servants had already realized that the situation was not good. Unfortunately, when they could see the mudslide, it was too late to run away.

The mountain stone roared and rushed into the climbing team, smashing the people who were trying to escape to their backs!

Once hit by trees or rocks, even if you are not killed on the spot, your bones will be broken, and it is difficult to escape the scope of the mudslide.And this is already an ideal way to die, and the unlucky ones will be swept down by mud and buried alive, turning into a part of the ecological cycle of Huangting Mountain.

The enemy's encirclement and suppression troops suddenly fell into chaos!

The powerful family at the foot of the mountain could not care about the order of the Privy Council, so they turned around and ran away immediately.

Even if they don't take the lead in fleeing, it's impossible to control their subordinates—anyone who sees this natural disaster, the first reaction is to run for their lives.In a sense, the overwhelming mudslides are more terrifying than the high-level alchemists of the Privy Council, because at least the latter are still human beings.

And for the team rushing to the forefront, they are undoubtedly lucky.

At this position, the pouring torrent has not completely dispersed, and the soldiers still have room to hide.Especially in the area near the cave, the raised cave has become a natural barrier, which divides the mudslide into two like a mainstay, allowing a small number of people to escape the first round of impact of the mudslide.

But this luck is only for a moment.

Gongsun Fang blew another horn at this moment, giving the order to take the initiative to attack.

"Come on—"

"Kill all these beasts and avenge the folks!"

The main force of the rebel army climbed out of the previously dug tunnels and holes, and charged towards the panic-stricken enemy troops with all kinds of weapons!

This is another torrent that slopes from the top down.

What made up this torrent were the angry people of Liuzhou and the refugees who were taken in by them.

Although the Privy Council has never looked directly at this rural rebel army, at this moment they have proved with their actions that when this long-storing anger bursts out, it will be as deadly as a monstrous torrent!

Chapter 837 Brothers

Gongsun Fang didn't wait for the battle to end either.

In fact, she has always been the sharpest spearhead of this team. The moment she joins the battle, the government army, which was still able to resist, was immediately smashed to pieces.

I saw her waving a blunt flagpole, moving freely among the crowd.

The enemies who were swept by her either knelt on the spot and couldn't move, or were directly knocked down the hillside and smashed into a ball of flesh.

"Yes, it is a person who is sensitive!"

"Damn it, shouldn't they be a group of rural peasants!"

"Throw the crossbow, shoot her to death!" Someone in the enemy army yelled.

"But the distance is too close, the surroundings are all my brothers—"

"I said let it go, you understand!"

Under the command of the general, several people had to pull out their repeating hand crossbows and aim them in the direction of Gongsun Fang.

Gong Shujin poked his head out from behind another rock, and threw two bamboo tubes at the crossbowman who was about to shoot. The moment the bamboo tubes fell to the ground, the fire starter took effect immediately, igniting the gunpowder filled in the tubes.Only two loud bangs were heard, and the gray-black smoke exploded quickly, engulfing the enemy's crossbowmen in the blink of an eye!

This kind of simple mechanism mine can be regarded as a weapon that Gongshu's disciples can make, not to mention Gongshujin. The smoke and explosion are just to deter the enemy. Its lethality comes from the small iron pieces inlaid on the outside of the bamboo tube.Of course, if ironware is not available, stones can also have the same effect.

Gongsun Fang blinked and smiled at his position, and then continued to devote himself to the battle.

Gongshu Jin also raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

He originally thought that the only thing he liked in his life was mechanism skills, but this short half-month journey gave him a completely different feeling.

If the family's tricks can only be used by the executioner, he would rather contribute what he has learned to those who stand up and resist.

At least in some respects, these rebels are far more like a person than a tyrant and a magistrate of the Privy Council.

And Gongsun Fang is an outstanding existence in it.

Although she came from an ordinary background, she knew little about mechanisms, and her manner and conversation were not as good as those well-educated ladies, but she had many things that women from other aristocratic families did not possess.

Gongshujin's unknowingly attracted Gongshujin's distinct likes and dislikes, his informal character, and his will to fight against the strong for the sake of the weak.

His mechanism skills should also be a help for such people.

The resistance of more than 200 government troops who managed to escape the mudslide became more and more fierce, and the two sides started a life-and-death struggle around this small piece of land in front of the cave.The other party knew very well that if they couldn't stop the attack of the rebel army, everyone would be pushed down the hillside, and the road to retreat had already been swallowed up by mudslides, and the rout would be a narrow escape.

However, with the arrival of reinforcements from various ambush teams, the power gap between the two sides has become more and more obvious-although the government army is well-trained and well-equipped, it can't hold back a force ten times its own.What's more, the rebel army was not in a hurry to take over this open space. They still held long-range weapons such as air rifles in their hands.Although the latter also has a repeating crossbow to counter it, as long as the air rifle team hides behind a tree after pouring bullets, the crossbow arrows will hardly pose any threat.

Gongsun Fang also fought with an enemy dressed as a general.

The latter is also a Qi-sensing person, good at genjutsu, with fierce strength, swinging the two copper hammers vigorously.

Gongsun Fang was unable to suppress this person for a while.

In all likelihood, the other party was the alchemist sent by the Privy Council to take over Huiyang City, and he was armed with a hundred swords.

In Xu country, alchemists at the Bairen level could only bow their heads and salute when they saw Gongshuo's disciples, but here, Gongshujin really had no good way to deal with him.Genshu is good at defense, and it pays attention to both offense and defense. It is difficult for air rifles and bamboo tube mines to cause fatal injuries to this person.Fortunately, the opponent's level is not high, and Gongsun Fang cannot be easily dealt with. As long as more teams are dragged to help, he will be exhausted sooner or later.