"This matter must be kept secret and no one is allowed to tell it." Liu Jin immediately ordered after the quartermaster left.

Now the morale of the soldiers has hit rock bottom. If they know that food has been robbed and they may not be able to eat in the next day or two, the soldiers will have to rebel.

All the subordinates obeyed the order one by one.

However, as the saying goes, there is no airtight wall. Soon, the story of the hijacking of the grain truck had spread among the soldiers, further affecting morale.

Therefore, at night, large-scale desertion occurred again.

Liu Jin had already been prepared for this, and had already ordered his team to guard all the passes.

Anyone who dares to go down the mountain privately will be killed without mercy.

Unexpectedly, this would cause the camp to roar, causing the soldiers to disorder themselves and kill each other.

When Liu Jin saw this, he was also shocked.

Since ancient times, once a roar occurs, if it is not calmed down in time, it will cause extremely serious consequences.

Just in time for this troop dispatch, all eight major auxiliary sword commanders were killed in the battle, leaving a vacuum in the middle ranks of the army.

Although Liu Jin accepted his fate as the temporary deputy sword commander, after all, his ability was insufficient and his reputation was limited, so he did not win the recognition of the soldiers.

Therefore, when these temporary deputy commanders went to suppress the soldiers and try to restore the chaotic order to normal, no one listened to them at all.

On the contrary, everyone with red eyes attacked them. Several deputy sword commanders were chopped into pieces, and even their parents could not recognize them.

"Father, this place is dangerous. You can't stay here for a long time. It's better to withdraw." Liu Jin's personal guard captain asked for instructions.

If the camp roar continues to spread, even they may not be able to protect Liu Jin's safety.

"It's definitely not feasible." When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately waved his hands and said, "It's so easy to attack here, how can we give up halfway. Our family will stay here, I'll see who dares to offend."

Just as he was talking, several people rushed over and were immediately hacked to death by the personal guards.

Their kung fu is better and their cooperation is more tacit. Moreover, if someone loses their food, they will not lose theirs. Therefore, they have plenty of physical strength and are naturally more lethal.

This intimidated many people and made them afraid to approach the commander's camp. However, far away from the commander's camp, the roar continued.

…

It was not until early in the morning, as the sky turned brighter, that the howling gradually subsided.

They saw dead bodies everywhere, wounded people everywhere, and very few of them still standing.

At the last minute, more than 2,000 people died, and hundreds more probably fled down the mountain. Only about 3,000 people were left alive, and most of them were injured.

Seeing this, Liu Jin couldn't help but his eyes turned red with anger.

Unexpectedly, an army of 10,000 attacked the mountain, and most of them were killed or injured before they even reached the top of the mountain.

-These are the soldiers he has worked hard to recruit and train. He originally planned to use them to conquer the world and live out the addiction of becoming an emperor. He never expected that such a big loss would occur on this inconspicuous mountain. .

Just then, Ye Bu received the report.

A group of rebels invaded the county seat of Song County, killed the county magistrate, county magistrate, chief bookkeeper, etc., and robbed tens of thousands of taels of official silver in the government treasury, causing heavy losses.

It turned out that the magistrate of Song County was also supported by Liu Jin. He had always been corrupt, perverted the law, and oppressed the good. This time, in order to transport grain to Liu Jin, he sent out most of the soldiers in the county. As a result, the county was empty and defenseless.

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Therefore, he was attacked into the city, pulled out of the Yamen, dragged to the street, and killed on the spot. The treasury was even ransacked, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"This...damn it!" Upon hearing the news, Liu Jin's eyes darkened.

Unexpectedly, before the Tai Chi Sect has been eradicated, there will be new rebels. This is really a wave of unrest, and one wave after another.

"My father-in-law, in my humble opinion, if we continue to fight, we will no longer be sure of victory. It is better to retreat temporarily and wait for the future." The captain of the personal guard advised.

They only have 3,000 wounded soldiers left, and it is useless to continue to attack. Even if they fight to the last soldier, they will never be able to attack the top of the mountain. In this case, it is better to withdraw the troops.

Otherwise, if you continue to stay here, other places will be in chaos. By then, even if Laojun Temple is captured and all other places are rebels, it will not be considered a success.

Liu Jin thought for a long time and finally nodded.

The last time we built the Stone Forest Plank Road, more than a thousand people were killed or injured on the 300-meter road. And this sky road is longer than the Stone Forest Plank Road. Even if ten thousand people fill it up, they may not be able to attack it. In this case, if a hero does not suffer the immediate loss, he can still

Forget it.

…

Liu Jin then announced his withdrawal and returned to camp. However, he still stationed a team of 1,500 people at the foot of the mountain. He prepared to use the tactic of surrounding but not fighting to trap Xiang Nan and others to death on the mountain.

Everyone in the Tai Chi Sect felt a little incredible when they learned that Liu Jin actually withdrew his troops.

Because they had prepared for the worst, not only had they moved away food, gold, silver, fine goods, etc., but they had also buried explosives in the Sanqing Hall, preparing to blow it up with fire, so as not to be taken advantage of by the eunuchs.

But he didn't expect that his 10,000-strong army would withdraw just like that.

"Master, you are really good~" Deng Changdu said with admiration.

An army of 10,000 is enough to conquer the world. Unexpectedly, they didn't even conquer Laojun Mountain. What a waste.

Xiang Nan smiled and felt a little incredible.

After all, if there are a thousand people, the land will stretch to the sky. If there are ten thousand people, there will be no borders. It is really surprising that an army of tens of thousands of people did not take advantage of his Laojun Mountain, but instead killed and injured most of them.

But when he thought about it carefully, he smiled again.

In fact, this is all because Liu Jin didn't know how to use soldiers.

As the art of war goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

Liu Jin knew almost nothing about Taijimen and had no idea about the terrain of Laojun Mountain, so he drove tens of thousands of troops to attack the mountain, but naturally he couldn't get any good results.

If it were him, even if he wanted to wipe out the Tai Chi Sect, he would never be so reckless. He would definitely send people to explore the terrain first, and if possible, he would also deploy undercover agents as a response.

Moreover, the attack will not be so grand. Instead, elites will be sent out to attack at night, taking advantage of others' unpreparedness, and working together from both inside and outside to achieve success. Just like in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", the bandit suppression team wiped out Weihu Mountain.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Liu Jin’s incompetence.

After all, he was not a scholar. He was born in a poor family. Because he couldn't bear the poverty, he worshiped the eunuch as his godfather and entered the palace. Naturally, he had no knowledge, let alone the art of war.

In addition, he only gained power after Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne. Zhengde had only succeeded to the throne for less than five years, and he had not yet organized his own think tank. Therefore, he lacked military advisers and naturally encountered obstacles everywhere.

In comparison, although Xiang Nan didn't know much about military affairs, he still had the right time, place, people and people, so it was not surprising that he won.

"Okay, don't be careless." Xiang Nan waved his hands and said, "Now is not the time to let go of Nanshan. Liu Jin may come back at any time. We still have to be cautious."
Chapter completed!