Under the city of Dongping Mansion, with the sound of inspiring drums and trumpets, countless Liangshan army minions shouted and killed, and launched a fierce attack on the city wall again under the leadership of five or six leaders and soldiers.

The shield soldiers in front of them did not stop their footsteps against the arrows that rained down like drops, and as they advanced, it also created an opportunity for the archers in the rear to approach the city, and after a while, there were arrows reflecting the city head under the city, and in the whooshing sound, there was a terrible cry from above, so that the original non-stop arrows and stones were paused.

And at this moment of pause, as the command flag of the Chinese army in the rear was unfurled, hundreds of minions had rushed forward with long ladders, and the ladder that could lead directly to the city head was firmly erected on the city wall, and then many Liangshan troops had shouted and stepped on the slightly narrow and steep ladder to launch a more fierce attack on the city.

This was the eighth day of the Liangshan army's invasion of Dongping, and such a fierce and tragic battle had lasted for three days. In these three days, although the Liangshan army had caused great damage and threat to the city wall with a large number of soldiers and horses, the defenders in the city did not collapse because of this, and still held there steadily, repelling the enemy's attacks again and again, resulting in hundreds of corpses piling up under the city.

Today's battle seems to be more dangerous than usual, seeing that a large number of Liangshan troops have climbed to the top of the city, just when the soldiers are a little panicked, a tall and agile figure has strode up from the rear, while shouting: "Brothers, follow me to kill thieves and make meritorious contributions, and protect my Dongping father!" On the one hand, he had already brandished the two short guns in his hand, and pounced on the Liangshan people who had already gone to the city like a tiger out of a cage.

The gun was castrated so quickly that one of the minions had just slashed his knife in front of the defenders, but the spear had already arrived and stabbed him in the throat. The young general's movements did not slow down a little, and at the same time as he quickly drew the short gun in his left hand, the right hand gun had already picked up a knife that came from the side, and then swept out, and the tip of the gun just grazed the man's throat.

"General Dong!" Seeing that he quickly killed two enemies, the soldiers defending the city, who were still a little frightened, suddenly lifted their spirits, and they roared to meet the kill, and started a battle to the death with the Liangshan army that climbed up to the city. And General Dong also followed the Qing Xiao again and again, and the two short guns in his hands were like two dragons back and forth on the city wall, and the enemies who had finally come to the city with great difficulty were constantly falling, and even the two Liangshan leaders who had been prepared for a long time failed to go through a few moves under his men and were hit hard by a single shot, and fell into the city in embarrassment.

Under the full force of such a fierce general, even the fierce Liangshan army was already timid at this time, and after a burst of gold from the Chinese army in the rear, the team that attacked the city withdrew again, leaving only dozens of corpses. Today's onslaught ended in failure.

In front of the Liangshan army, which was more than three miles away from the city, Chao Gai was looking at the young general who was looking down murderously on the independent city wall with a gloomy face, and muttered in his mouth: "Dong Ping, the two-spear general, is indeed worthy of his name." ”

Dong Ping was well-known in Shandong in the past, and he was known as a double gun general because of his good use of double guns and exquisite marksmanship. But in the past few years, because of Sun Tu's sudden rise and his name has been completely covered, which has caused even the people of Liangshanbo to ignore this person, until this storming of Dongping Mansion, and after a few days of fighting with this person and suffering a lot of losses, everyone was surprised to realize that there were such powerful people in the Shandong official army.

It is precisely because Dong Ping has one person and two guns in Dongping Mansion who led all the soldiers to defend to the death that he was able to withstand the continuous attack of nearly 5,000 troops in Liangshan with more than 1,000 township troops. However, even at this time, he was still able to protect the city, and watching the Liangshan army retreating under the city still made Dong Ping worried, and after sighing, he couldn't help but look at the official road ahead, looking forward to the reinforcements coming as soon as possible.

Eight days ago, seeing that the thief army was too strong for Dongping City to resist, Dong Ping personally led the army to rush and kill at that time, and sent his elite out to ask for help. At that time, although he felt that the soldiers and horses in the city were no match for the 5,000 Liangshan army, he did not believe that the enemy could really break through the city he defended.

But now, after a few days of fighting, his idea has been shaken. Because the offensive of the Liangshan army was too fierce, under the command of its leader Chao Gai, the 5,000 troops seemed to ignore the casualties, and launched several fierce attacks on the city every day, so that the soldiers defending the city could only be tired of parrying, and now they are almost at the end of the crossbow. Only by relying on the prestige and courage of Dong Ping alone can he barely hold the city without losing.

But once even he is caught in a bitter battle, I am afraid that the Dongping city wall will completely fall and be attacked by thieves.

"But...... Why are the thieves' attacks getting more and more fierce these days? Just because they know that I have asked for help, they vow to attack my Dongping City before reinforcements arrive? Dong Ping condescendingly looked at Liang Shanjun, who had withdrawn a little backwards, and his heart was full of doubts.

In fact, it was not only him, but also many leaders in the Liangshan army who couldn't guess Chao Gai's thoughts. At first, everyone thought that this was just a bluff to lure the Qingzhou officials and troops out of the siege, as long as they put on the appearance of storming this place. But who would have thought that only two or three days later, King Chao suddenly issued a strict order, ordering the whole army to attack the city with all his might, and even he, as the main general, personally raised his sword and rushed to kill once.

In this way, the Shanzhai brothers could only go all out and continue to storm Dongping City, and even caused a lot of damage as a result. But because this is Chao Gai's decision, and he is the leader of the cottage, even if everyone has doubts in their hearts, they can only keep it in their hearts at this time and dare not question it.

After returning again in vain, the confusion in the hearts of the officers and men became more and more intense, and the mood in the army became more and more depressed. Wu Yong, who saw this scene, couldn't help frowning deeply, and after hesitating, he finally decided to talk to Chao Gai alone.

Originally, when he led troops to attack Dongping Mansion this time, Chao Gai did not mean to bring Wu Yong, but he took the initiative to invite Ying, so he followed. In fact, most of the previous siege strategies were also from the hands of this copycat military division, but unfortunately because the official army was tenacious enough, it was unsuccessful after a few days of fighting.

When Chao Gai appeased his brothers and sat in the tent a little depressed, Wu Yong quietly entered, and after looking at this old friend for a while, he said, "Does the King of Heaven have anything on his mind?" ”

Chao Gai was caught in his thoughts at this time, and he didn't notice Wu Yong's appearance, and he was suddenly shocked when he heard this, and then he smiled reluctantly: "Dongping City has been attacked for a long time, I am indeed a little troubled......"

"No, Baozheng, you have other worries. Between you and my brother, what more cannot be said explicitly? Wu Yong took two steps forward, looked at the other party and continued.

And after hearing this long-lost title, Chao Gai's face changed several times, and finally shook his head and said, "In the end, I still can't hide the eyes of a pedant." His name for Wu has also changed to when he was not on the mountain.

Wu Yong smiled: "We made a plan when we were in the cottage, this Dongping Mansion is not an important place to be captured, and whether it can be captured or not has nothing to do with the overall situation." But there must be a reason why you have been too careless lately, and you actually want to break the city as soon as possible, even at the expense of causing a large number of casualties among the brothers. I wonder if Bao Zheng can tell me the reason? ”

"This ......" Chao Gai hesitated slightly. And just when he didn't know how to explain, the tent door was suddenly lifted, and a strong man had strode in, but with a little anger on his face: "Wu Xuexue, with your intelligence, can't you see why your brother is so troubled?" ”

"Xiao Er......" saw the person coming, Wu Yong was not surprised, but just looked at the other party with a smile: "So Bao Zheng is so troubled because you have something to do with him?" ”

"What does this have to do with our brothers, don't we say, the question of who is the master of the cottage does not exist now?" Ruan Xiaoer had a straightforward personality and couldn't hide his words, so he glared at Wu Yong at the moment: "Our gang robbed the brothers of Liangshan on the Birthday Gang, and now except for you, Wu Xuexue, who is deeply appreciated and reused by Song Gongming, who else can compare to the brothers who went up the mountain because of Song Gongming?" In the long run, even if others don't say it, I'm afraid it's a foregone conclusion who is the master of the cottage. ”、

"Xiao Er can't talk nonsense, I am one with Song Gongming, but I haven't thought about such a thing......" Chao Gai heard him say seriously, and hurriedly stopped talking. But when he said this, he even wanted to cover it up, but it made Wu Yixin even tighter, he knew very well that this was indeed the most difficult problem in Liangshanbo.

In fact, Song Jiang didn't feel anything when he first entered the cottage, but as the number of brothers who went to the mountain to take refuge in his name increased, the relationship between the brothers in the cottage became very delicate. Even if the relationship between Song Jiang and Chao Gai has always been very good, there is competition and friction between the people under their hands after all. And as the power of Song Jiang's side grows bigger and bigger, those brothers who are close to Chao Gai will naturally be excluded, such as the three brothers of the Ruan family, most of them are now staying in the water village at the foot of the mountain, and rarely go up the mountain.

And although Chao Gai is open-minded, he is a hero after all, how can he bear to be just a puppet? That's why this time he personally commanded the battle to attack Dongping Mansion, and he also had the determination to defeat Dongping Mansion this time. Because of Song Jiang, it is the battles that can make a name for himself in the cottage, and Chao Gai has no longer easily gone out of the mountain since Song Jiang went up the mountain, and he saw that his position as the owner of the village was about to be shaken, and he could no longer show himself at this time.

After Wu Yong understood their thoughts, he sighed again. Although he understands Chao Gai's suffering, he also understands a truth, some things are not something you can do if you want to, compared to Song Jiang, Chao Gai is obviously more rare than the brotherly heart below......