It turned out that Yue Fei saw that the bandits had been shooting fiercely for a morning, thinking that the arrow had taken about eight or nine years, so he ordered to withdraw, retreat to the stronghold, rest for a while, and wait until he had eaten enough before attacking. On the other side, the thieves in the village saw that the wind and dust had dispersed, and the officers and soldiers retreated, and when they looked down, they did not see the corpses all over the field, only countless broken arrows and many arrows that were deeply rooted in the ground, each of them was terrified, and they reacted to know that it was too late, and they heard that there were not many arrows left in the village, so the army was confused.

On the contrary, after Yue Fei withdrew his troops, he immediately ordered all the troops to rest, and all the men and horses of all the departments were in good spirits, and they were ready to fight with the bandits for a while.

And Yue Fei also paid attention, and ordered Zhang Xian to lead a cavalry, each with a bow and arrows, and a crossbowman on both wings, but as soon as he saw that the bandits came out to collect arrows, he immediately shot them. Even the wave bandits were repulsed, but there were many casualties.

About an hour later, Yue Fei was unwilling to give the bandits time to rest, and gave the order to attack the cottage. At this time, Cao Cheng fainted and did not wake up, and was temporarily commanded by Yao Gang. Yao Gang was ordered to be in danger, and he also knew that the real offensive of the officers and soldiers had just begun, so he hurriedly sent people to replace the bandits who were fighting this morning. It's just that these new forces rushed into battle, and at the same time, the bandit army was in turmoil, and when they heard the voices of the officers and soldiers, they were frightened and lost their souls. Yue Fei ordered the sword and shield men to guard in front, and the crossbowmen to shoot arrows on both wings, and the rest of the troops took turns to take over, so as to maintain a strong combat force. There are so many arrows under the wall that officers and soldiers can use them on the spot, and the men and horses of the two sides shoot at each other on and under the wall. Until dusk, the bandits ran out of arrows, allowing the officers and soldiers to shoot, but they were afraid of retreating, and the officers and soldiers and infantry attacked in a big way, and they had to serve as targets to defend them. In this way, there are naturally many deserters, Yao Gang knew that life and death were on the front line, and he also acted ruthlessly, ordering anyone who dared to retreat to be hacked to death, so that the situation of deserters was slightly reduced, but the number of dead continued to increase.

Unconsciously, it was dusk, and at this time, there were corpses all over the village, but the corpses were almost all bandits who were shot down on the wall.

"General Yue, it's getting dark, it's inevitable that the thieves will come out of the village tonight to grab the arrows, why don't you take it back as soon as possible? As long as there are no arrows in the village, these bandits will become targets, and they will fight with us!! Zhang Xian Pegasus rushed over and reported to Yue Fei. Yue Fei listened, but smiled: "No." Today, I will give the order to the generals to retreat. Zhang Xian, you report to General Cheng and withdraw the stronghold three hundred zhang away! ”

When Zhang Xian heard this, his face first changed, and then he saw Yue Fei's bright smile on his face, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.

As a result, the former army and the Chinese army under the command of Yue Fei gradually began to retreat. The thieves in the cottage, seeing that the officers and soldiers had finally retreated, all seemed to have just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and some of them could not bear it because of the excessive pressure, and fainted on the spot. Yao Gang hurriedly ordered the leaders to count the casualties, and at the same time sent scouts out of the village to investigate the movements of the officers and soldiers.

Half an hour later, night fell, and it was pitch black outside the wall, and the fire could be seen faintly in the distance. Yao Gang ate some food, always anxious in his heart, so he summoned a group of leaders to report the injury, heard that on the same day, nearly 2,000 soldiers were killed in the village, and more than 3,000 people were injured, he couldn't help but be shocked, and ordered the leaders to keep the matter secret, so as to avoid chaos in the army. The leaders made promises, but they were frightened in their hearts, and they asked Yao Gang for advice.

"Now that the situation is getting worse and worse, and the morale of the army is extremely weak, the safest thing to do is to hold on to the village and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Don't worry, the army may be able to rush back tomorrow, and then you will have your own strategy to break the enemy. Yao Gang's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice. But these leaders didn't believe it, after all, Liu Tao guarded the mountainside pass, and according to the terrain there, if he defended it to the death, at least it could drag on for another day and night. And judging from the current situation, Mo said that it would be extremely difficult to guard for two more days, even if it was one day.

Yao Gang saw that everyone was anxious, and he was trying to appease and persuade them. Suddenly, someone came to ask, saying that Cao Cheng had woken up and urgently summoned Yao Gang over. Yao Gang listened, hurriedly said goodbye to everyone, and rushed to Cao Chengzhai's bedroom.

When he was young, Yao Gang came to Cao Cheng's bedroom, according to Cao Cheng's eyes, closed the door, and took a closer look, seeing Cao Cheng's pale face, cracked mouth and dry lips, he couldn't help but be startled, and said hurriedly: "Is there a big problem with the king?" ”

Cao Cheng listened, waved his hand, and sighed lightly: "Sir, don't be careful. Let's tell me first how the battle is going and how many casualties there are in the army today. ”

Yao Gang was obedient and hurriedly replied. After Cao Cheng heard this, he was furious, and his face twitched. Yao Gang was afraid that his condition would worsen, so he hurriedly appeased him.

"Don't worry about it, although the officers and soldiers have the advantage, it will be difficult to break through our village for a while, wait and wait!"

"Sir, don't kid yourself anymore. According to this battle situation, I am afraid that tomorrow the stockade will be broken by officers and soldiers! Eh, I'm really underestimating Yue Fei. I don't know if Mr. still remembers what the dragon barbarian said to me at the beginning? ”

"What the king said, but what the heroes of that day said?"

"Yes, too. At that time, I asked the dragon barbarian, such as a hero of the king, there are no more than three people in the whole world. The dragon barbarian replied, if you want to say that the dragon among people and the hero of the hero, I think the world is big, only my fifth brother!

When I heard it at the time, I only thought that the dragon barbarian was just talking big, but now I know that he doesn't need to say anything. This son is indeed a man of God! It's a pity that this son is loyal to the court and is willing to die for the faint king!! ”

When Cao Cheng said that he was angry, his fists clenched, his nails were embedded in the flesh, and he actually pinched out the blood of his hand, and his face was even more red at this time. Yao Gang hurriedly appeased him, and after a while, Cao Cheng's anger gradually receded, and he sighed: "It's not a secret, I received Liang Chao's old thief's reply last night, but I didn't expect that the old thief would open his mouth and ask for 30,000 taels of gold for convenience as soon as he came!" It is not easy for me and other brothers to accumulate some money and prepare to create a great cause, but now I want to use it to buy the old thief, and I am really angry in my heart, so I did not tell it, but now it seems that my indecisiveness has killed so many brothers. ”

Yao Gang was obedient, and his complexion changed greatly, and he trembled with anger, but he knew that he couldn't spoil a big deal because of a momentary anger at this time.

"My lord, money is nothing but something outside of one's body. In the near future, the situation in the world will inevitably be in turmoil, and we will have the opportunity to claim it back, and the urgent thing at the moment is to save the lives of the brothers in the village. Yao Gang said in a condensed voice, Cao Cheng listened, took a long breath, tapped his head, and taught Yao Gang to repair a book, and after writing it, he would show it to himself.

It is said that after Yao Gang left, those leaders secretly discussed, feeling that there were no arrows in the village, and the battle tomorrow would be slaughtered by the officers and soldiers, and seeing that the stronghold of the officers and soldiers was far away from the village, they agreed to select a hundred soldiers from their respective deployments, totaling more than 1,000 people, to collect arrows at night for tomorrow's battle.

Zhang Xian took the lead and stabbed to death the leader of the leading soldiers, and then the officers and soldiers pressed on it vigorously, because there were no arrows in the village, and they were afraid that the officers and soldiers would take the opportunity to seize the village. Therefore, the officers and soldiers captured all the bandits who left the village and returned victorious.

On the other side, Cao Chenggang had just read the letter written by Yao Gang, and suddenly someone reported about the suitability outside the door. Cao Cheng was furious and wanted to severely punish those leaders who were good at making claims, but Yao Gang persuaded Cao Cheng on the grounds of unstable military morale.

The next day, the sky just dawned. The officers and soldiers came to attack in a big way, and the bandits in the village were all afraid, and they refused to go up to the enemy tower for a long time, and it can be seen from this that the morale of the bandits has fallen to the extreme.

Yue Fei's eyes were impressive, seeing this, he smiled brightly, as if he had expected it, and ordered the troops of the front army to attack the cottage according to yesterday's arrangement. When the officers and soldiers were on the offensive, the bandits suffered from the lack of arrows, so they could only dodge or resist with shields. Gradually, there were more casualties, and there were deserters again, Yao Gang heard about it, and hurriedly ordered the leaders to strictly guard them, and once they were discovered, they were severely punished, so many people were killed by their own troops.

And those bandits who were in the middle of the battle not only had to face the random arrows of the officers and soldiers, but also had to guard against the cold blades of their comrades in the rear, and they were resentful. Finally, it was almost noon for the officers and men to withdraw. The thieves in the village heard that they could take a break to eat, and they breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had escaped again.

An hour later, the officers and soldiers pressed on it again, and the leaders in the village shouted orders to deploy their own troops to return to their positions to fight, but this time more people were unwilling to die. In the east, a leader wielded a knife with a fierce face and was about to intimidate, but his army was deployed, but he was captured and tied up by several people. This was also the case in several other places, and when Yao Gang heard about it, he was shocked and hurriedly sent elite soldiers to various rebel sites to suppress it.

Seeing that the village was getting more and more chaotic, the officers and soldiers flocked to kill, but this time it was not just archery to disturb, with Yue Feidi's continuous roar, the infantry of the front army began to advance, or climbed the village with a rope hook, or hit the gate with a wooden stake. When the bandits saw the fierce offensive of the officers and soldiers, and heard that there were people in the stockade who rebelled, they lost the heart to resist when they panicked. I don't know who started the start, and immediately out of control, I saw groups of thieves fleeing from the cottage one after another, and they all abandoned their positions. Wang Gui jumped up to the enemy building at the entrance of the village and encountered a large group of bandits in the corridor mountain. The crowd embraced a middle-aged man with a mustache. Wang Gui saw that this person was thin and weak, but he was quite imposing, and the thieves seemed to be extremely respectful to him, and his face was shocked, thinking that he was an important person in Cao Bandits.

"Dog thief!! Hugh wants to escape!! Let's take my life!! Wang Gui shouted angrily, raised his knife and looked at the crowd to burst out. And the middle-aged man Wang Gui saw was Yao Gang. Yao Gang saw Wang Gui's murderous eyes, guessed that this person was extraordinary, and even resisted left and right, and fled in a hurry. Wang Gui's face was majestic, his eyes were bright, and he twisted his knife and slashed violently in the crowd, and he just fought his way out, and soon broke through and chased after Yao Gang.

At the same time, more and more officers and soldiers jumped onto the cottage enemy building, and Zhang Xian on this side was taking a group of men and horses to kill the gate below, wanting to forcibly seize the entrance of the village. Some of the bandits fought, some fled for their lives, and the battle was very chaotic.

Outside the village, Yue Fei and Cheng Bing had already instructed their respective soldiers and horses, once the gate of the village was opened, they would quickly enter and be sure to break through the cottage today. And the reason why Yue Fei and Cheng Bing were so anxious was because they had heard the password from Liu Tao two hours ago, and knew that another army of thieves was approaching the mountainside pass. Therefore, Liu Tao ordered Yue Fei and Cheng Bing to quickly seize Dazhai on the mountain.

said that it was too late and that was fast, Zhang Xian was like a wild beast that had escaped from the leash, the spear in his hand was flying wildly, and the conflict was advancing all the way, killing the thieves and bandits one by one, and when he came to the gate of the village, he heard a series of roars and roars, and saw thieves swarming everywhere to kill.

On the other side, Tang Huai, who had just rectified hundreds of people, was about to go to Zhang Xian's place to fight, but when he saw the bandits frantically killing at the turnpoint, his face couldn't help but change.

For a while, the sound of killing in the village shook the sky, and the whole village seemed to be shaking.