Four days later, Han Qing and Ding Wei each took their brothers and arrived at Wulong Mountain outside Changyi City.
The news that the two Chunyang Sect branches in Baimazhai and Fangshan had been attacked one after another reached here before them. The captain of the Wulongshan Branch was named Wei Mingyue. He had served as the commander of the navy and was proficient in the art of war. Hearing the news
After that, I believe that the officers and soldiers will come to the door sooner or later, and immediately start to gather people and "recruit" supplies to avoid being caught off guard by the officers and soldiers.
However, he didn't expect the officers and soldiers to arrive so quickly. Before he could bring his minions with him to transport the materials "recruited" from the surrounding wealthy families back to the village, he was picked up by Wu, the patrol officer of the Crane Control Department who was the vanguard.
Wu Er was caught red-handed again.
The two sides fought a fierce battle not far from Wulong Mountain, with no winner or loser.
The veterans of the Suppression Army under Wu You were well-equipped and powerful in combat, but their number was less than one-tenth of the minions. They relied on grenades to blast out a passage, fought to the vehicles transporting supplies, and lit up dozens of
Huotou. Then, decisively evacuate from the battlefield.
Wei Yue relied on his numerical superiority and fought repeatedly, and finally succeeded in forcing the officers and soldiers back. However, he did not dare to linger outside the mountain. After randomly grabbing some food from the fire, he quickly returned to the main stronghold and defended it by danger.
"Let's surround the mountain, and then you and I jointly write a letter to Wang Jinglue, asking him to mobilize his troops to help in the battle." Ding Wei was in a good mood after winning two battles in succession. Seeing that the terrain of Wulong Mountain was quite steep, he took the initiative to smile.
Suggestion: "Don't rush to attack. If you keep the siege for two or three months, the thieves will definitely have no food to eat."
"There is no need to trouble Wang Jinglue for such a big village. The thieves are too timid to hold on, so we can just have a good fight." Han Qing thought for a while and shook his head with a smile, "Ding Shuzhi, rest in peace and wait for the brothers.
After I regain my strength, I'll let them demonstrate a new tactic to you."
"New tactics?" Ding said after hearing this, his eyes immediately started to shine, "I won't go on too much. You are better at fighting than me!"
"After the stronghold is conquered, we have to rely on Ding Shuzhi on how to deal with the prisoners and appease the place. To be honest, if you weren't here this time, I really wouldn't dare run so far!" Han Qing cupped his hands and smiled.
Replenish.
As the saying goes, people carry people in a sedan chair.
In this operation, Han Qing gave most of the credit and benefits to Ding Wei. Of course, Ding Wei spared no effort to help him.
Both parties originally had their own strengths, and the division of labor between them was clear and their cooperation became more and more tacit. Many problems that faced each other were easily solved by the other party.
In the afternoon of the next day, the brothers' physical strength was restored to a certain extent. Han Qing passed the general's order and pulled out more than 500 elite soldiers from the Zhenrong Army and Ding Wei's troops, and launched a strong attack from the front of the mountain stronghold.
"Are you just going to fight hard like this? There are seven or eight twists and turns on this mountain road. Put a few crossbows at key positions, and one man will be able to defeat the enemy!" Ding Wei originally thought that Han Qing would at least come up with a few clever tricks to defeat the enemy.
He tried to reduce the bandit's fighting spirit before launching an attack. Unexpectedly, Han Qing actually planned to hit him hard, and his eyes suddenly widened.
He also experienced a similar battle in Kuizhou. He led tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to surround a mountain stronghold where bandits were located. They attacked for more than two months, but failed to reach the top of the mountain as expected.
However, the bandits took full advantage of the terrain and smashed stones and wooden piles down for free. At a very small cost, they caused huge damage to the officers and soldiers he led.
Finally, he found that if he continued to attack, his subordinates might mutiny. He had no choice but to offer very generous recruitment conditions and turn the bandits into official troops.
Therefore, based on past experience, he believed that Han Qing was acting recklessly. Apart from causing unreasonable casualties to his own side, he would not receive any results.
However, Han Qing suddenly became determined to have his own way, shook his head, smiled and whispered: "Don't worry, Ding Shu, let's see how Wu You and the others progress first! Don't worry, I can't open those key positions where the bandits are entrenched, I won't
The elite men under your command will rush upward together!"
"It's not that I can't bear to leave my brothers, I'm..." How could Ding Wei not be in a hurry? He frowned and defended in a low voice, "I'm worried that the casualties will be too heavy and I'll lose my spirit, which will make it even more difficult next time. Unless, unless you're prepared to attack in the east and west.
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"To deal with thousands of bandits, there is no need to attack in the east or in the west. I'm not good at those subtle methods." Han Qing shook his head again and continued to add, "Just hit the egg with a hammer and smash it in one go."
After that, he grabbed a command flag with his own hands and raised it high above his head.
"Dong dong dong dong, dong dong dong dong..." Zhang Fan immediately led others to beat the war drum, quickly transmitting the general's will to the ears of Wu Er and others.
The latter heard this and decisively accelerated their advance. The team of 100 people was quickly stretched on the mountain road, and in just seven or eight breaths, it was divided into more than a dozen sections.
Ding Wei's mouth moved, but in the end he said nothing.
No matter how brave and skilled the veterans of the Zhenrong Army are, they must gather into a formation in order to exert their maximum strength. But now, before fighting the bandits, their formation has dispersed. If Wei Yue sees the opportunity and sends a sentry, Ma Yan
Killing quickly down the mountain road will definitely be like boiling soup and splashing snow.
Fortunately, the situation he was worried about never happened.
Wei Yue, the sub-rudder of Wulong Mountain, obviously did not understand Han Qing's tactics. He was afraid of being tricked into luring the enemy, so he refused to open the village gate and let any of his brothers come out to fight. He just ordered the minions at the first level,
Roll down the mountain road and break the wood.
Those knocking logs were all sawed from the trunks of centuries-old trees, with roots as thick as buckets. They rolled down the mountain and fell very fast. If anyone was touched, the result would definitely be broken muscles and fractures. However, at this time,
The benefits of team dispersion are now apparent.
The veterans of the Zhenrong Army walked sparsely in groups of three and five. But from the beginning to the end, they did not relax their vigilance. When they found a huge log whizzing down the mountain road, they immediately moved their bodies.
, hiding on both sides of the mountain road.
As a result, precisely because the formation was loose, he had enough room to dodge. After the brother at the front made the dodge action, the other groups of brothers had more time to deal with it. Groups of groups, agile
Like an ape, the falling wood didn't even touch anyone's hair.
"Wonderful, wonderful!" When Ding Wei saw the situation of his brothers, his heart hanging in his throat finally dropped slightly. He held up his hands and patted his chest, "This method can avoid being beaten to the greatest extent.
They were injured by trees and rolling stones. However, when they got near the checkpoint, they had to regroup after all. At that time, the bandits were still..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the veterans of the Suppression Army on the hillside accelerated their advance again. Wu You, the patrol envoy of the Left Army, actually took the lead. Under the protection of two close men, he was the first to rush towards the first natural path on the hillside.
level.
That checkpoint was a huge rock that protruded from the soil horizontally, seven feet wide and two feet high, cutting the mountain road into two sections.
There is a vertical cliff on the left side of the rock, and a cliff on the right side. There is only a half-person-high cave below for passage.
The bandits behind the checkpoint saw that Wu Feng only had two brothers with him, and they dared to launch a strong attack. They were immediately furious, and they all drew their bows and fired at him.
However, due to the narrow terrain and the limited number of people who could move away, the arrows they shot were sparse.
Most of the arrows were blown away by the mountain wind before they could reach Wu Mata. A few of them barely got close to their target, but were blocked by Wu Mata's trusted aides with their shields.
The experienced Takemata, running fast and steady, had rushed within twenty steps of the first checkpoint after a few ups and downs. He suddenly took out a belt from the trousers behind him.
He picked up the leather cord of his pocket and then stuffed a grenade into his pocket.
One of the soldiers put up a shield to cover, and the other soldier quickly lit the fuse on the grenade. Wu Mata quickly waved his arm and raised the leather cord high.
"Huh--" The grenade exploded with sparks, drew an arc in the air, and landed steadily behind the huge rocks that served as natural checkpoints!
"Boom!" The black powder grenade exploded, setting off a cloud of blue-gray smoke. Immediately no more arrows were shot from behind the boulder. A dozen bandits who were frightened by the explosion stumbled to their feet and fled higher.
level at.
"Hoo——" Wu You, fearing that the bandits were cheating, used the throwing rope to throw the second grenade behind the boulder again.
There was another loud noise, and pieces of meat, along with stones and smoke, rose into the sky, and then scattered like hailstones. Four or five of the bandits who had escaped a few steps suddenly fell down. The rest held their hands.
Hold your head and run away quickly.
The black powder grenade is not very powerful, and with the level of craftsmanship of this era, it is impossible to compare it with the grenade Han Qing knew in his "previous life".
If any of the fleeing bandits had the courage to look back, it would be easy to discover that the two rounds of explosions only killed one of their accomplices. The blood and flesh splattered all around came from the same body.
Corpse.
Moreover, all the other accomplices who escaped from the level in time were not even injured by the second round of explosions.
Those who fell to the ground in the second round of explosions were all just scared out of their wits and their legs and feet were weak. There was not even a trace of blood on their bodies.
However, none of the bandits could remain calm and carefully observe the situation around them after the explosion. The black powder grenade was not very powerful, but it was beyond the scope of all of them.
In the face of this epoch-making weapon, the only countermeasure they could think of was to speed up and escape.
No matter what the task assigned to me by the superiors is, or whether there is a chance to walk down the mountain alive after escaping to a higher place!
In fact, Takemata, who was in the vanguard, would not give the bandits time to observe carefully. Before the smoke caused by the second grenade was blown away by the mountain wind, he had already replaced the lasso in his hand with a steel knife and moved with his big gun.
