Ye Xiaotian originally had 18,000 soldiers, but when he arrived at the eastern line of Hailongtun, his total force had exceeded 20,000 because of fighting. Such a huge army could leave with only 2,000 soldiers, which was normally very risky.

However, Ye Xiaotian is responsible for the Eastern Front. At this point, the Eastern Front has been completely solved by Ye Xiaotian, and his mission has been successfully completed.

Moreover, before the troops left Loushan Pass, Ye Xiaotian had already greeted Liu Dadao, and he would solve the Bozhou East Line alone, and he would not be responsible for other tasks.

Ye Xiaotian broke into Zhuanjiang and Loushan Pass, and made great contributions. Moreover, he was the only foreign aid from Guizhou in the Sichuan Army. As a guest army, he had great freedom and it would be difficult to be too restricted if he really wanted to leave Liu Dadao.

What's more, Ye Xiaotian not only made great efforts before, but also had a very close relationship with Liu Dadao. He beat the dog and grabbed the last merit, so that Ye Xiaotian, who was in high spirits, withdrew at this time, and he was bravely retreating. No commander or general of the army all over the country made accusations. Instead, he secretly praised him for his tactfulness and did not compete with him for his merits.

Ye Xiaotian is very versatile and good at dancing. He has gained all his face and made a huge profit. So later, Daheng Luo always praised: "Everyone says that Daheng Luo can do business, but in fact, my eldest brother really knows how to do business! Compared with him, my methods are not on the market at all!"

Ye Xiaotian smoothly solved the Eastern Front, made a fortune, and was so full of money that he was farting and rushing to Hailongtun. Liu Dadao led the main force of the Ming army, and at this time he had defeated Qingshetun, Haiyuntun, and his troops to Hailongtun.

Because when Ye Xiaotian went to Hailongtun last time, he had noticed the drop in the water level and informed Liu Ting in time that Liu Dadao did not garrison in the low-lying valley, but instead divided his troops to station in the Longzhao Tun, Qingshe Tun and Haiyuntun, which were captured by him. At first glance, he looked like he was fighting a protracted war.

Ye Xiaotian led his troops to arrive and immediately rushed to Haiyuntun where Liu Dadao stationed his troops. He looked at Hailongtun everywhere. When he was in the wind, he could hear the shouting sound clearly on the mountain opposite, but it was just a stone's throw away. It was difficult to reach the sky if you wanted to go to the mountain opposite.

The commanders and generals of all the armies had arrived, and Liu Ting immediately convened a combat meeting of all fronts. General Ma said: "The sea dragon tank is steep and steep, and it is difficult to cross the birds and apes to climb. If you attack head-on, the casualties will be unestimated!"

Liu Ting frowned and thought for a long time, and slowly said: "Attack on the front is not advisable!"

General Wu Guang said: "What if we siege and do not attack, we will exhaust the rice and food on the mountain?"

This person was transferred from the mainland and did not understand the situation in the Tuguan area. When Liu Ting was in Guangdong, he was a very familiar friend, so he didn't say anything. He just gave him a blank look. Wu Guangda was displeased and said rudely: "Hey! I'm talking about Lao Liu, what do you mean?"

Ye Xiaotian explained on behalf of the public: "The local officials collect all the grain taxes by themselves. Yang Yinglong is the first toast in Bozhou. He is afraid that the food stored in Hailong will not be eaten for ten years. Moreover, there are springs and land on the mountain. If you open up land and farm, raise pigs and shepherds..."

Wu Guang's old face turned red and he said embarrassedly: "So that's it! Since that's the case, this method is absolutely unavailable."

Liu Ting thought for a long time and said, "Give up the front, General Ma, you can find places to climb from both wings, build a plank road, and lay a path to climb to the mountain! As for other armies..."

Liu Ting stood up slowly and said in a deep voice: "Concentrate on attacking the backtuan, and all the troops will fight one day and one after another, so as not to let the defenders on the mountain have a moment of rest!"

Ma Qiancheng said in surprise: "Do you give up the front? What if Yang Yinglong breaks through?"

Liu Ting glanced at him and smiled coldly: "I'm still afraid that he won't break through. Once he leaves Hailongtun, where can he escape?"

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"Boom boom boom!"

One hundred and twenty tiger squatting cannons made deafening roars in sequence.

Liu Dadao gathered the artillery of various Ming troops, with a total of more than 400 gates, but the terrain in front of the mountain was narrow and could not be arranged. Therefore, the artillery was divided into four wheels, and people did not stop and cannons did not stop. He planned to fight with wheels to completely defeat Yang Yinglong.

Because the narrow terrain of Houtun could not accommodate more than 200,000 troops, the Ming army would have to be seven or eight days apart before the main attacking army was still stationed in Qiantun, and the army that would be replaced tomorrow would be stationed outside Houtun Mountain. Only the main attacking troops would be operated in Houtun Canyon.

When the Hailong Tank came on, Yang Yinglong, who was standing there, felt a twitching heart whenever the cannon sounded. Although he was unwilling to admit it, he knew that the defeat was decided and could no longer reverse it.

Tian Xifeng stood beside him, silently watching the smoke rising from the mountains. I wonder if it was smoked by gunpowder, and his eyes were also a little red.

"For a while, they can't catch up!" Yang Yinglong said in a strong tone: "Let's go back!"

Tian Xifeng didn't move: "Tian Wang, we should try our best to delay their time."

Yang Yinglong stopped and looked at Tian Xifeng.

Tian Xifeng said: "Every day, the Ming army consumed tens of thousands of taels of silver. After being dragged for a long time, the court could not bear it. If this army did not retreat, it would have to retreat!"

Yang Yinglong said: "That's natural! Therefore, I have issued a death order, and I have come up from the foot of the mountain to set up layers of defense. The defenders in every dangerous pass can only die in battle, not take a step back! The mountain is extremely dangerous, so I want to see how many lives he, Liu Dadao, takes to bear!"

Tian Xifeng said: "This is of course worth it, but there are more means."

Yang Yinglong said in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Tian Xifeng said: "Fake surrender! First, send someone to surrender, and then send someone to attack the camp. They want to defeat me with a tired army, so we can't let them relax."

Yang Yinglong thought for a while and nodded slowly: "Make it!"

A waterfall in the mountain stream turned into a silver-white horse, smashing heavily into a canyon a hundred feet deep. On the cliff, some people dressed in local soldiers were tapping the rock wall with chisel hammers, nailing iron nails as thick as big fingers, and laying plank road wooden boards one by one.

General Ma put on a cool trunk in his hand, looked up at the towering stone wall, and looked back at Ye Xiaotian and said, "Mr. Ye, thanks to you! The mountain is too steep, thanks to your people who are good at climbing. If you want Ma to do it alone, I am afraid that soldiers who will fall into the mountain stream every day and will be crushed to pieces!"

Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "General Ma is polite and loyal to the country. How can he distinguish them from each other? Moreover, General Ma is kind and generous and has outstanding prestige. Xiaotian has long wanted to join the general. Now he fights side by side with the general, and he is extremely honored."

General Ma was patted by him and he patted Ye Xiaotian on the shoulder and said, "People often say that the chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou are above the top, and the emperor and his second son never take us like officials seriously. But you are very different from those who are waiting for you. I like you very much. You are my friend, Ma has made a decision!"

As the two were talking, a captain hurried over and said happily: "Sir General! Great news, Yang Yinglong committed suicide. Mrs. Tian San sent someone to surrender to us!"
Chapter completed!