The military order given by King Youzhou to Qi Deqiang was to break through Toad Stronghold and chop off Cheng Dalei's head within three days. But how long did it take Qi Deqiang...ten days.
For ten days, he didn't fight Cheng Dalei.
Cheng Dalei's strategy was exactly the same as Xue Banchuan's, with only two words: no fighting.
No matter what kind of trouble you make outside, whether you are pretending to withdraw troops, showing weakness to lure the enemy, etc., I can't persist. Cheng Dalei will not carry out night attacks or anything like that.
In the mountains and forests, large-scale siege equipment such as trebuchets cannot be deployed. And the city gate of Toad Village is too small. Qi Deqiang led 10,000 people, and only a few thousand soldiers were actually used in each siege.
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Thousands of people cannot defeat this toad village.
When the two armies stopped fighting, Cheng Dalei would stand on the city gate and shout to Qi Deqiang.
"Old Qi, do you still remember the time when we held candles and talked all night long? You are going to a distant place, and I am going to find my girl."
"You and I hit it off right away. Although we are not real brothers, we are better than real brothers. I didn't expect that brothers would meet each other at war today."
"Lao Qi, I wrote a new poem that praises our brotherhood. Let me read it to you..."
"I still remember that we once sent a letter to Hongyan. In the letter, you said that if Yang Long stopped drinking wine and carrying rice bags, you would do better than him if you were the king of Youzhou."
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Qi Deqiang finally felt Yang Longting's fear of being dominated by rumors. Rumors can't hurt you, but they disgust you. Especially the last sentence, it is completely heart-breaking. If this statement is known to the King of Youzhou, first
Regardless of whether he believes it or not, he will definitely have a grudge in his heart, and his future will be ruined in the future. And if he prohibits soldiers from spreading it, it will look like he is guilty of a crime.
Cheng Dalei is by no means a strong opponent, but he is definitely a disgusting opponent.
Well, since you won't come out, I won't fight you, so I'll let the soldiers stationed at Qingniu Mountain to escort the grain transport convoy.
But it is really not worth it to have ten thousand troops guarding this place. Qi Deqiang had no choice but to ask the King of Youzhou for help, admitting the fact that he could not defeat Toad Stronghold.
Yang Longting asked him to bring some people back and leave some people to protect the grain transport team.
But in this case, Cheng Dalei became more energetic, attacking at night, setting fires, traps... Relying on his familiarity with the surrounding environment, Cheng Dalei led a team of people to rob the grain transport team. They robbed if they could, and burned them if they couldn't... And they were absolutely
Instead of fighting you head-on, as soon as they encounter a large group of troops, they will immediately flee back to the stronghold without even a shadow left.
In the end, the king of Youzhou transported ten carts of grain and lost at least three carts. After calculation, it was better to abide by the rules of Toad Village from the beginning and give Cheng Dalei 20% of the grain.
A hide-and-seek jungle battle with Cheng Dalei begins here, but Yang Longting's main battlefield is still in Black Rock City.
The battle to siege the city did not go well either.
Tunnels, night attacks, assassin infiltrations...all the methods that could be used to attack the city were thought of, which indeed put huge pressure on Xue Banchuan, but no real results were achieved.
The lack of food has always been a worry for Yang Longting. Cheng Dalei held the food channel. If he wanted to give you food, he would rest for a few days without grabbing food. If he wanted to give you food, he would work overtime.
The feeling of having someone's throat pinched was what Yang Longting felt now. Therefore, when he attacked Blackstone City, he was never able to go all out.
Yang Longting felt like he was stuck in a quagmire. After half his life as a soldier, he had encountered many enemies, powerful, cruel, cunning...but there was no enemy as disgusting as Cheng Dalei and Xue Banchuan.
Could it be that the routines used by the two were taught by a master, or there might be some kind of cooperation between them.
Yang Longting had already planned to kill Cheng Dalei, killing the toad first and then Xue Si. But as soon as he broke camp, Xue Banchuan, who had never shown his face before, came out of the city.
Okay, it’s finally out, let’s fight! Finally, I can have a hearty killing spree.
When he reorganized his formation and prepared to charge, Xue Banchuan went back again, and the city gate was closed tightly.
Then...continuing to break camp, Xue Banchuan came out again. When he was about to fight, he went back again.
Now, Yang Longting was convinced that Cheng Dalei and Xue Banchuan must have some kind of cooperation, otherwise they would not be able to cooperate so well.
War is a very complicated thing. It is not just a wave of the hand and the army comes. When the strength of the two sides is compared, it is clear who will win. War is not that simple. If you are delayed by plane, you will be delayed for two or three hours.
, not to mention an army of tens of thousands of people. The slightest incident to any one person is enough to brew an accident that destroys the entire army.
How long did this massive war last? Two months.
Two months later, Yang Longting's side was exhausted and panicked, and the same was true of Xue Banchuan's side. After two months of siege, the city was almost out of food. No one knew whether it could hold on any longer.
The war went to the end, and the battle was about who could carry it better. If Yang Longting couldn't bear it and withdrew his troops, Xue Banchuan would become famous in one battle, and his power would be enough to cover several surrounding cities.
You can break the city.
As for Cheng Dalei...Cheng Dalei is doing well.
He robbed Yang Longting's grain team from time to time. In the past two months, he had made a lot of money, and the bandits in Toad Village had gained weight as a whole.
It has been raining in the past few days, and the rain has been pouring down continuously, making the road bumpy and difficult to travel. Cheng Dalei has not been out for work (robbery). It was still raining lightly until this day, and Cheng Dalei and others were walking around outside, watching.
Can I have a robbery today?
Suddenly, I saw groups of remnant soldiers coming from the direction of Black Rock City.
"Why, Xue Banchuan defeated Yang Longting."
This was beyond Cheng Dalei's expectation, so he quickly led his people back to the mountain stronghold. If it was as he expected, the defeated Yang Longting would not be able to vent his resentment on himself.
He led his men to stand on the city gate and looked up the official road, and saw groups of defeated soldiers passing by. These people had no intention of attacking Toad Village. They were just a bunch of homeless dogs. Everyone had abandoned their helmets and armor, and their faces were filled with fear.
, looking at them all, it looked like there was a demon chasing behind them.
"What's going on? We lost so miserably!" Cheng Dalei frowned.
"The boss, the boss!"
A horse hurried over from the official road, carrying Huang Sanyuan and Zhao Zilong on their backs. Since the last time they went to Black Rock City, the two of them have not come back. This time when they came back, Zhao Zilong was covered in blood, and Huang Sanyuan was no better.
go.
Cheng Dalei quickly opened the city gate and let them into the mountain. As soon as they entered the stronghold, the horse fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth.
"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Dalei asked.
"Master, something bad has happened!" Huang Sanyuan breathed rapidly, his body trembling: "The Rong tribe, the Rong tribe is coming to kill us!"
"What!" Cheng Dalei was shocked.
The soldiers of Youzhou approached the city and fought hard for two months without stopping. In the far north, ten thousand men of the Northern Barbarians marched south.
Then, they defeated Youzhou soldiers in one day and Blackstone City in half a day.