October 24th, Erlong Mountain, early morning sunrise.

Accompanied by the rising sun, there were sweeping banners and earth-shattering drums, and the Qingzhou army finally launched the first wave of strong attacks on Erlong Mountain this morning.

Yesterday's continuous fight was damaged on both sides, and in terms of the final result, it is obvious that the Qingzhou army suffered more, since this is the case, there is no need to do this kind of useless work, simply attack the cottage, and completely flatten the thief's nest in Erlong Mountain.

And the Erlongshan people who have been guarding the three dangerous passes also reacted in time, especially in the Jintang City at the bottom, which is full of people, under the loud reprimand and orders of a small leader, hundreds of minions have already folded their spirits, pushed all the defensive weapons such as bows and arrows and rolling stones and wood to the front, and stared at the officers and soldiers who were constantly coming up the mountain and prepared to attack them head-on.

Although the Erlongshan gang suffered a great setback because of the previous battle of Dongshi Kip, and even feared the Qingzhou army, but now it is a matter of life and death, and they can only fight. Moreover, yesterday's continuous battle will still have a great encouraging effect on the people on the mountain, so at this time, there is also the determination to fight.

Seeing a group of officers and soldiers rushing up along the mountain road, and seeing that they were about to kill the city that was roughly made of wood, Zeng Tao, the guard general, shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Suddenly, more than 100 arrows had already roared down towards the officers and soldiers below, and at the same time, the wood and stones on the side were also smashed down like hailstones, they wanted to use this most ferocious defensive formation to repel the officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers were worried!

Although their front team hurriedly erected a shield, there were still many arrows swept from above, hitting the soldiers and horses behind, and as for the wood and stones that rumbled down, they had the power to crush everything by virtue of the terrain, and smashed the heads of the dozen or twenty people who rushed to the front, and fell to the ground.

After losing forty or fifty men in one charge, the momentum of the officers and soldiers suddenly disappeared, and before the order was given, some people had already stagnated, or even retreated. In the eyes of those people in the city, this made them refreshed, and once again ordered their subordinates to keep firing arrows downward, vowing to crush the officers and soldiers in one go.

At this time, a fierce drum and trumpet sounded from the bottom of the mountain, and the generals below not only did not have the idea of retreating, but urged the team up the mountain to continue to attack. This made the first batch of officers and soldiers who went up the mountain look dazed, and it was not until Li Zhong and Zhou Tong, who were the leaders, roared and urged them to attack again, that they could only rush forward again. At this time, they also learned to be obedient, and there was still some distance from the wooden walls of Jintang City, so they first released arrows to shoot upwards to suppress the enemy.

Yes, this team of officers and soldiers who took the lead in climbing the mountain and wanted to retreat before even touching the enemy's guarding checkpoint was not the real Qingzhou Army, but was temporarily composed of soldiers from the three mountains, led by Li Zhong and Zhou Tong. Before they left the camp, they had received strict orders not to retreat until the gold was mined at the bottom of the mountain, otherwise they would be severely punished by military law. Therefore, even if these people face an extremely dangerous situation, they can only risk the impact.

Because of their preparation, they were able to get close to the wooden walls of Jintang Castle by using arrows to open the way, and some of them were very skilled in climbing up the already not very smooth wall, hoping to take the opportunity to complete the battle in one go. But immediately, stones fell from the top of their heads, smashing their heads and bleeding, screaming incessantly, and they fell directly from the wall, and also pressed many comrades behind...... Although the two sides were separated by a wooden wall, the battle was fierce from the beginning, and people continued to be injured and fell and even died, especially the besieging side, which killed one or two hundred people in just half an hour, and countless wounded, and the eyes of Zhou Tong and the others were red.

Not only them, but even Deng Long and others in a higher place were also shocked: "Are the officials and soldiers crazy?" They had just gone out so hard in battle, and their forces were not much better than ours, and if they had been attacking so strongly, they would not have been able to attack the mountain in a few days. ”

"Sun Tu is by no means so reckless in connecting the two mountains in a short period of time, and the owner of the village found that no, the combat power of the team attacking the mountain this time is far less than that of Dongshi Kip before, at least in terms of siege strategy, it seems to be very unorganized." Lu Yuan looked deeper, frowned and said, "So I'm afraid that this army is not the main force of the official army, and their purpose is only to consume the defending force of Jintang City." ”

Deng Long also reacted at this time: "It should be the pawns of the White Tiger and Peach Blossom Mountains, I can't imagine that Sun Tu is so ruthless and drives these people to die to achieve their goals." ”

"This strategy is indeed clever and decisive enough, but it is bound to bury hidden dangers, and if the war is unfavorable in the future, the remaining people may not be loyal to the order." Lu Yuan smiled disdainfully: "Of course, this method may not be determined by Sun Tu, he was injured a lot before, maybe he is still lying in the tent now, how can he command the battle?" Give Zeng Tao an order, let him take it easy, don't use up all the arrows and stones that have been hoarded, our biggest threat is still the main force of the official army under the mountain. ”

When the people on the mountain began to run down to convey the order to Zeng Tao in Jintang City, many generals in the official camp also had gloomy faces, especially Qi Desheng, who opened his mouth several times to say something, but when he saw Sun Tu's somewhat pale face, he was a little afraid to speak. After struggling like this for a long time, he muttered: "Eunuch, is there anything wrong with doing this?" With such a strong attack, the casualties were too great, and those people ......"

Sun Tu looked at the scene of the battle in front of Jintang City with a cold face, and his voice was not loud: "These soldiers have just been incorporated into my Qingzhou army, and they have neglected to practice, this time they should be trained by battle, as long as they don't die, those who come back can make great progress." As for the excessive number of casualties, it is inevitable, otherwise it will be a trouble to have so many unruly people in the army after all, and a batch must be cleaned up first. ”

In the half a month before leaving for Erlong Mountain, Sun Tu didn't feel a headache because of these soldiers. These thieves will make old mistakes once they leave the barracks, and they have done a lot of stealing, kidnapping, and many people in Qingzhou City have suffered. Although Sun Tu severely punished some people, after all, the law did not blame the public, which made the reputation of the officials and soldiers a lot lower, and he was even worried that these guys would bring the original simple Qingzhou Army.

So this time to attack the mountain, he simply decided to abandon some people. However, their death is not worthless, at least it can make it easier for the Qingzhou army to attack the city next. As for the possibility of making the three mountains resentful and even rebellious in the future, he should not take it seriously, in the face of absolute power, these people have nothing to fear.

However, soon, Sun Tu found that Jin Tangcheng's counterattack had also become smarter, no longer smashing the arrow stone down as if he didn't want money before, but becoming more targeted, obviously the other party also noticed his intentions and didn't dare to waste it too much.

"Summons Mingjin, let the people of the Jiazi Battalion launch an attack as soon as they retreat down the mountain, and then let them draw more rockets and set fire to the city!" Sun Tu immediately ordered.

When they heard the crisp sound of gold from below, the Sanshan soldiers, who had already been crying bitterly, immediately turned around and ran down, many of them had fear and resentment on their faces, they had never fought such a terrible battle.

And the defenders of the city are also relieved at this time, although their damage is not large, but the consumption is not small, not only the arrows, arrows, wood and stones and other weapons have been consumed by most, but the battle for more than half an hour has also made their physical strength almost exhausted, and now they just want to rest for a while.

But before they could find a place to sit down, there was another shout of killing in front of them, and an army with a much stricter appearance than the previous soldiers and horses had already been pressed in formation. And unlike the previous team that only focused on rushing forward, their advance appeared to be very orderly, the formation was orderly, and there was a large shield in front of them to cover the whole army, so that it was difficult for the city's arrows and stones to pose too much threat to the whole team.

Then, after moving forward to a position still some way from Jintang City, they quickly lit torches, ignited one rocket after another, and continued to fire arrows at the wooden wall. They were not in a hurry to attack Jintang City head-on, but planned to use fire attack tactics to burn down the entire Guancheng first.

When this strategy of the official army was confirmed, the people of Erlong Mountain and the others all showed surprise, but then they laughed again, if Jintang City was really so easy to be attacked by fire, it would not be possible to stand here for many years.

Sure enough, just as the rocket was about to ignite the city wall, a bucket of water fell down the wall, quickly extinguishing the little fire that had just spread, and did not hurt the wall at all.

Everyone under the mountain sighed in disappointment, and Sun Tu shook his head slightly, at this time he missed the diesel fuel that he took out of the warehouse at the beginning. If he could take out diesel fuel and set the city on fire now, then the city would be completely destroyed in an hour or two. It's a pity that those diesel fuels were used up to attack Hutou Village a few years ago, and now they can only sigh.

So then, there is only one way to continue to attack!

Suddenly, Sun Tu gave an order, and the urging horn sounded again.

The officers and soldiers of the Jiazi Battalion, who had been keeping a distance from Jintang Castle, did not hesitate and rushed towards the city wall, while the archers in the rear cooperated with the continuous release of arrows to delay the actions of the defenders, creating a more favorable environment for them to ascend the city.

When he saw the round of attacks by the official army, Lu Yuan finally changed his face: "Jintang City is really in big trouble now...... and at the same time as he said this, there were already officials and soldiers who had already killed under the city, threw out the ropes, and began to climb up, more than twice as fast as the previous Sanshan descendants......