Chapter 600: The Last Struggle
As Liangshanbo's biggest reliance, the three water villages were broken one after another, which was undoubtedly fatal to the entire cottage, which was not only a damage to the morale of the army, but also made them face a situation where they were surrounded by enemies on all sides and had no danger to defend.
Originally, there were natural dangers on all sides of the cottage to defend, even if an army of 100,000 people came, it could be easily blocked. But now, the water village has been lost, the east, west and north sides have lost the last barrier, and the mountains on these three sides are much more gentle than the south, and there is no dangerous pass to block, the officers and soldiers only need to use ships to send soldiers and horses to any place, and they can launch an endless offensive against the Liangshan cottage steadily.
What made everyone on the mountain feel even more frightened was that Sun Tu really did this. In the following days, he was not in a hurry to attack again, but first mobilized all the ships he could use, transported soldiers and horses to several water villages, and even began to cut wood from the nearby mountains and forests to build some rudimentary siege weapons.
Although many weapons in the army could not be used because of the geographical relationship of the mountain pass in the south, the other three gentle mountains were now enough for the officers and soldiers to make full use of this advantage.
Every day, looking at the increasing number of officers and troops under Chen Bing Mountain, as well as the siege weapons such as stone-throwing trucks and arrow towers, the heroes of Liangshan on the mountain are really anxious like ants on a hot pot, and a feeling of despair has quietly spread among everyone, and at the same time, Song Jiang's prestige has also fallen again and again, and strange words and accusations have been all over the village.
Although Song Jiang has always had an excellent reputation among the copycat brothers in the rivers and lakes, it was based on the fact that he could give his brothers benefits and guarantees, coupled with his outstanding ability, everyone naturally obeyed him. But this time, in everyone's opinion, it was Song Jiang's misjudgment again and again, and he endured it, which led to the current situation, Liu Tang and others even spoke directly, saying that if Song Jiang hadn't been obstructing, the brothers would have taken the initiative to go down the mountain to kill the last one, maybe they would have repelled the official army long ago.
When this statement began to become popular, Song Jiang knew that he could no longer control the situation in the village. Sure enough, not long after, Chao Gai, who had vomited blood and collapsed, came forward again and proposed a strategy to take the initiative to capture the mountain and kill the enemy before the official army had yet to arrange everything.
In this regard, although Song Jiang hurriedly dissuaded him, he knew very well that with the combat strength of the cottage brothers, they were not opponents of the official army before, and now that their morale was frustrated, it would be even more difficult to have a chance of winning. But this time his words did not have the same weight as before, and Liu Tang smiled even more: "Brother, you said at the beginning of the fight that we must defend to the death, and only by defending can we achieve the final victory, but what is the result?" Now that our three water villages have been lost, the cottages are besieged by the officers and regiments, and there is not much food available on the mountain, do you plan to defend it until death? Or did you have colluded with the officials and soldiers a long time ago, and wished that our brothers would die on the mountain like this? ”
Although these words were ugly, they really agreed with some people in their ears, and many people looked at Song Jiang with suspicion. Although Chao Gai didn't believe such statements, he still said with a solemn expression: "Brother Gongming, we have no other better choice now, we must give it a go, otherwise it will not be far from the destruction of the village." If you don't dare to take this risk, I'll lead my brothers to kill this one!" ”
Well, as soon as these words came out, they directly cut off all Song Jiang's rhetoric. The brothers already doubted whether he had colluded with the official army, but now if he still insists on his opinion, and even allows Chao Gai to go into battle with injuries, it will be completely confirmed for his crime. So after a wry smile, Song Jiang could only say: "What did my brother say, since you have made up your mind, you should follow the orders of your brother!" This battle will be handed over to me and Lu Yuanwai, I only hope that God bless my cottage brothers and can kill the retired officers and soldiers! ”
Now that the two had reached an agreement and decided to go down the mountain to kill the enemy, the morale of the brothers was finally boosted, and the men and horses quickly gathered in the midst of the shouts. It's just that where to attack next has become a question again.
Now the south side is naturally unable to go down, and the water village in the east is the most well-preserved, and it is also the most conducive to the defense of the official army, which was also quickly vetoed, leaving only two directions in the northwest to choose from. Originally, in Song Jiang's view, the western side of the official army garrisoned the most, and there was Sun Tu's Daxu, which should be the main force of the official army, and naturally it was not good to be the main point of attack.
But Chao Gai strongly objected: "Since we want to fight hard, we should pick their main force to fight, as long as Sun Tu's Chinese army is defeated, the other officers and troops will naturally attack themselves, and they will fight in the west!" ”
"But ......" Song Jiang still needs to be persuaded again, and he doesn't want Wu Yong to actually support Chao Gai's idea at this time: "The younger brother also thinks that attacking the west is the best choice." As the so-called one drum and then decline, now that we are in full swing, we should move forward and defeat the main force of Sun Tu. Moreover, he must not have imagined that we would have such courage to dare to confront him head-on, so we have a few more chances of winning! ”
"What the military advisor said is very true, so it's done!" Chao Gai didn't plan to discuss it with Song Jiang anymore, so he made a decision right away.
After Song Jiang was silent for a moment, he didn't persuade him anymore after all, he knew very well that he couldn't be the master at this time. Immediately said: "In this case, let's attack the west tonight, and the younger brother will lead the brothers to kill this one!" ”
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At the end of April, the moon is dark and windy, and it is a good weather for sneak attacks and killings.
At the second watch, a Liangshan army of more than 2,000 people, under the leadership of Song Jiang and other leaders, cautiously came down from the mountain and touched the official army camp to the west. Because the official army had just been transported here, and many supplies were tightly built into various siege equipment, there were no walls and other things in the camp at this time, and it looked like it was completely undefended.
In the middle of the night, only two teams of men and horses patrolled by from time to time, but under the cover of the bonfire, the route of these people was completely exposed to the eyes of a team of people who had been infiltrating continuously, this team of people and horses were all good hands in Liangshan Village, Hua Rong and Yan Qing were also among them.
After hiding behind a rock and estimating the approximate distance between himself and the camp, Hua Rong skillfully mounted the arrow and aimed it at the approaching officer patrol in front of him. As long as these patrolmen are quickly eliminated, they will be able to enter the barracks more stealthily and launch the most sudden attack.
Beside him, Yan Qing also showed his short bow and also aimed at it. These two people are the strongest archery in the village, not only are the arrows accurate, but also have the ability to shoot quickly, and the two of them joined forces, which is enough to solve this patrol team of seven or eight people in a moment.
Moments later, the team was below their flank. The two of them did not say any hello, and they bent their bows and arrows at the same time with full tacit understanding, and the two arrows had just left the string and flew out, and two more shot out, almost in the blink of an eye, the two of them had already shot their own dead arrows, and the sharp arrows flew almost simultaneously in front of the officers and soldiers who patrolled the sentry.
Before the officers and soldiers could react, the arrows were driven into their throats, causing them to snort and fall to the ground. After eliminating this patrol team, they no longer had any stops, and rushed down the hill as fast as they could, killing another patrol team not far away.
And behind them, the other Liangshan troops also accelerated their pace of rushing forward, raising the weapons in their hands one by one, and killing them in the dark. Fortunately, they were too familiar with the grass and trees here, otherwise in such a dark environment, it would be impossible for so many people to rush down the mountain so smoothly.
It's just that in this way, their whereabouts are also exposed in an instant. At the moment when Hua Rong stepped into the barracks first, the patrol team over there had already woken up, and suddenly someone shouted: "There is an enemy sneak attack...... but as soon as the words came out, a sharp arrow had penetrated his mouth, making him scream and fall.
The other soldiers had barely reacted and shouted, and they were already facing twice as many of the enemy's full force. Although these officers and soldiers are considered to be the elite of the army, they still have no power to parry in the face of the all-out attack of the leaders of Liangshan, and in the blink of an eye, they have been cut down to the ground, screaming again and again.
And this scream quickly alarmed the entire military camp, and countless soldiers woke up from their sleep, and many people rushed out of the shouts. And Song Jiang, who saw this scene, didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and immediately raised the knife in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, life and death are only here, follow me to kill!" In the midst of the shouting, he had already rushed down, and he almost stepped on the air and fell down the mountain.
Because Song Jiang knows very well that this is the best opportunity to break the enemy, because according to common sense, as long as there is a sneak attack, especially if the camp is attacked in the sleep at night, even the most elite soldiers and horses will be completely out of control, and they will not be able to find soldiers at that time, and the soldiers will not be able to find generals, and the mess can only be a plate of scattered sand, and they will not be able to make effective resistance at all.
So as long as you seize this opportunity, you can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
With this in mind, everyone roared and shouted violently, and pounced on their prey like hungry beasts, their swords and guns like their fangs and claws, and they were bound to tear the enemy in front of them to pieces.
But at the same time that they were slaughtering as fast as they could, the imaginary chaos did not appear from among the officers and soldiers, and with a shout, the soldiers who rushed out of the camp began to gather quickly with incredible efficiency, forming a formation......
Although the large army could not be assembled for a while, the small army of twenty or thirty men had already taken shape, and was quickly moving closer to each other and merging with each other. In comparison, the Liangshan army, which desperately rushed down the mountain, seemed more chaotic and even chaotic......