"Congratulations, sir, for the victory. The thieves fled in the face of the wind!" In the newly built tent, Pang Gang and the other officers faced the delighted Hao Dayong and flattered him, both lightly and not heavily.
"Hahaha... This battle is all due to the efforts of all the generals and their hard work. I just don't dare to take credit." Although he was very happy to be flattered by all the people, Hao Dayong still refused.
He was not so happy that he lost his judgment. He waved his hands modestly and said, "Well, we won the battle today. If you pass on the order, all the soldiers will reward each person with a dou of food."
As soon as the news came out, the troops cheered. In this age of war and chaos, is there anything more practical than food?
After setting up camp, in order to prevent the bandits from the Canine Tooth Mountain from escaping, Hao Dayong sent all his servants and Ye Bu to watch the only passage down the Canine Tooth Mountain.
At midnight on the next morning, more than 500 soldiers, who had had a full meal, gathered their troops under the leadership of their respective officers and launched an attack on the Dog Tooth Mountain.
The slope of the trail up the Canine Tooth Mountain is not very high, and the bandit leader Zhou Youcai just asked people to build a low wall half a man high in front of the village. Guarding this low wall were more than a hundred bandits, and hundreds of households.
Wu Ming confidently asked Hao Dayong for orders, willing to lead his soldiers and servants as vanguards to capture the low wall and invade the bandit's stronghold.
Hao Dayong nodded and agreed. After all, in yesterday's battle, his servants and Ye Bushou also harvested the heads of more than thirty gangsters, and the remaining forty heads were in Pang Gang's hands. As this
As the top commander of a team, he still knows the principle of sharing interests.
After receiving the approval, Qi Wuming led more than a hundred troops and more than a dozen servants and rushed up the path up the mountain. The sound of killing was loud for a while.
Most of the bandits were behind the low wall and kept shooting arrows with bows and arrows at the soldiers who were rushing up. Although Qi Wuming ordered the soldiers in front to use shields to block them, they still lost more than ten people when they rushed to the front of the low wall.
After seeing the officers and soldiers rushing up, the gangsters who were mostly behind the low wall suddenly became anxious. They knew clearly that if these officers and soldiers rushed up the mountain, they would not be able to survive. So they immediately threw the prepared rolling stones and wood.
Come down.
Qi Wuming, who was frightened and angry, also ordered his soldiers to fight back with bows and arrows. However, due to the low position of the officers and soldiers, the arrows they shot could only fall helplessly when they flew in front of the low wall, without the slightest lethality. The soldiers behind him were shocked.
He scolded his mother.
Under the desperate counterattack of the bandits, countless rolling logs and rocks continued to fall. The soldiers were no longer able to avoid the attacks of bows and arrows while running around. Many soldiers were hit by rolling logs, rocks or arrowheads and screamed in agony.
Then he rolled down the hillside, and even Qi Wuming was hit in the arm by a falling rock, and his bones were almost broken.
Half an hour later, Qi Wuming, who was originally confident, had to return to the camp with dozens of soldiers in disgrace to apologize to Hao Dayong.
"My lord, I am humble and incompetent in my duties. I failed to capture the bandit chief's stronghold. Please be punished, sir."
At this time, Qi Wuming had become disgraced, his armor was in a mess, the eight-petal iron helmet on his head was crooked, and the spear in his hand had fallen to nowhere, and he was in a miserable state.
"Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists, and Qi Baihu does not need to care about it."
Hao Dayong was stunned for a while. He didn't expect that Qi Wuming, who was so confident just now, would become like this in the blink of an eye. However, in order not to affect the morale of the army, he could not be too harsh on Qi Wuming, so he had to force his heart to comfort him with words.
He said a few words, then raised his head and asked: "Who else among you is willing to go and capture the Dog Tooth Mountain?"
Hundreds of households had seen Qi Wuming's miserable state just now, but they still dared to come forward to look for trouble. They all raised their heads and looked up to the sky and ignored him.
Hao Dayong was furious when he saw the hundreds of households. He was about to reprimand when he saw Pang Gang suddenly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Sir Hao, I am willing to lead my troops to conquer the Dog Tooth Mountain to share your worries!"
Hao Dayong, who was about to get angry, couldn't help but rejoice when he saw Pang Gang standing up. He laughed and said, "Okay, since Pang Baihu is fighting for the country, I won't stop him, so I'm here."
Now let’s wait for the good news from Pang Baihu.”
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Pang Gang turned around and went down the hill, summoned the soldiers from Wanghai Fort, and said loudly: "Brothers, the bandits are rampant and I have been ordered to suppress the bandits. There is no way forward in this battle. We must attack the mountain stronghold and kill all the enemy bandits!"
"Kill all the enemy invaders! Kill all the enemy invaders!"
The soldiers had been training for several months and had been waiting for this day to make great achievements. Moreover, after yesterday's battle, the soldiers were even more confident, so their morale was very high. After hearing Pang Gang's words, they all raised their weapons and shouted loudly.
Pang Gang was fully clothed, wearing a set of cotton armor inside and a chainmail armor outside. He pulled out his scimitar and led Wang Zhi and thirty gunners to the top of the mountain. Da Zhuang led thirty spearmen.
Follow behind.
When everyone was halfway up the mountain, one hundred and fifty steps away from the low wall, the gangsters behind the low wall began to throw down stones and rolling logs. The logs and large rocks as thick as a bowl rolled down the hillside with a rumble.
Pang Gang led all his soldiers to dodge the rocks and trees. Although the uphill road was not too narrow and there was room for shelter, three soldiers were still unprepared and were hit by stones and injured.
Pang Gang was furious and immediately used the famous gunman to suppress the gangsters who dared to show their faces.
"Bump, bump, bump..."
A burst of white smoke rose, and there was a scream behind the low wall. The gangsters did not expect that the muskets of the officers and soldiers could hit so far, and they were so frightened that they quickly retracted their heads. Pang Gang took this opportunity and led the soldiers to approach again.
More than thirty steps.
By this time, the soldiers were less than a hundred steps away from the low wall. Upon seeing this, Pang Gang quickly ordered the gunmen to stop, divided into three rows, and used the triple wave method to suppress the bandits on the spot with Lumi guns, and fired dense lead bullets.
There was a "pop" sound on the low wall. A hundred steps away from the low wall was already very close. Under the firepower of nearly sixty gunmen, the gangsters behind the low wall suffered terribly. As long as anyone
If you dare to show your head even slightly, you will be beaten by the dense lead bullets and run away. A dozen gangsters who do not believe in evil are now lying on the ground and turned into dead bodies. The remaining gangsters can only hide behind the low wall and stare.
"Brothers, follow me and kill the thief!"
Seeing that the gangsters had been suppressed, Pang Gang waved his hand, and dozens of spearmen rushed over. The strong one ran at the front, the spears in his hands whirring.
Because he was wearing a chainmail armor that weighed more than 30 kilograms, Pang Gang, who was not used to fighting in a piece of iron, fell behind. When he ran behind the low wall, he found Da Zhuang and dozens of spearmen.
Already surrounded by hundreds of bandits, several spearmen were injured and fell to the ground, protected by their companions.
"These bastards! Have you forgotten all your daily training?" Seeing this, Pang Gang was furious and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, hurry up and form a formation!"
When the soldiers who were in a bitter battle heard the familiar command, they got rid of their opponents like a conditioned reflex and quickly formed a formation of ten people in a row like usual training. The soldiers in the front row raised their spears.
Zhi Fu quickly confronted the gangsters.
Just like in previous trainings, Pang Gang shouted loudly: "Raise the gun!"
"kill."
"Raise the gun!"
"kill!"
Listening to Pang Gang's order, the spearmen raised their spears and stabbed forward one by one as they had been training in the past. At this moment, they did not pay any attention to how many gangsters were on the opposite side, nor how gorgeous their sword skills were.
, His spear skills are so amazing, he just listened to Pang Gang's order and raised his spear to stab.
Screams kept coming, "Puff, Puff!" The sound of spears entering flesh was frightening. These gangsters who usually kill without batting an eye faced these spearmen who had only trained for three months. The only result was that their bodies were broken.
They were stabbed to the core, and each one of them fell to the ground screaming in agony.
The completely different effects of formation and non- formation shocked everyone on both sides. The pikemen looked at the spears in their hands in confusion. The tip of the spear in their hands was dripping with blood on the ground. This discovery