On September 10th, the Yuanling Renaissance Army moved westward.
Going upstream along the Lu River, the first stop is Lu River.
Luxi is a small town.
The location is not as important as Chenxi and Xupu.
Jiu'an didn't station troops here at all.
After the natural disaster, the place was basically abandoned.
In recent years, some people have spontaneously lived here, and the total number is only four to five hundred.
The army did not stop at Luxi. Song Yang asked the local people to nominate a village chief to go to Chenxi to report.
Continuing westward for more than a hundred miles, we reach the border of Jinzhou.
Most of Wuling Mountain is within Jinzhou.
Qianshanzhai is at the entrance of a canyon east of Wuling Mountain.
Song Yang personally looked at the terrain of the former mountain stronghold and found that it was indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even taking a detour would be difficult.
It is adjacent to the Lu River in the north and a broken ridge in the south.
Taking down the former mountain stronghold also controls the gateway to Wuling Mountain.
"Try blasting for a while first." Back at the camp, Song Yang greeted Song Chengwang.
"Okay. I'll go right away." Song Chengwang walked away in a hurry.
After a while, a rumbling sound was heard.
About half an hour later, Song Chengwang came back in disgrace.
"Alas! Don't mention it! The city wall of this former village is actually made of mountain rocks! It's really stronger than Yuanling City!" Song Chengwang said angrily.
"Fire the explosives! I can't handle a copycat!" Niu Laosan said.
"Go. Be safe!" Song Yang waved his hand.
Niu Laosan took someone out again.
Not long after, an earth-shattering rumble sounded.
Song Yang also ran outside to check with a telescope.
The cottage in front was full of smoke and dust, and it was impossible to see clearly.
After a while the smoke dispersed.
The stone wall is still there!
"YoYo!"
The stone wall did not fall down, and the barbarians on top of the wall let out strange screams.
"Holy shit!" Niu Laosan jumped up in anger.
"Your Majesty, this stone wall is too low and too thick! It will be difficult to explode from below!" Wang Yongning saw the clue.
"What good idea do you have?" Song Yang looked at Wang Yongning.
Wang Yongning thought for a while and said: "How about a tree branch? Tie the explosive package to the tree branch, and then push the tree branch against the city wall. This way the explosive package will be higher!"
Niu Laosan, Song Chengwang and others were overjoyed and felt that this was feasible.
Song Yang shook his head and said: "The height is not high enough. His stone wall is at least five meters long. But it is difficult to stand a five-meter-high tree branch."
"Twig...that's right! There's a way!"
Song Yang started to think about it, and suddenly he had an idea and thought of a way.
"Go chop the bamboo!" Song Yang ordered.
There are many bamboos on Wuling Mountain.
I quickly read a lot and came back.
Song Yang pointed to the bamboo poles and said: "Put the bamboo poles into a frame that will be higher than his city wall!"
"Then pick up the bamboo pole and hit it directly to the top of the city. Then slide the explosive package along the bamboo pole!"
When Song Yang explained the method, everyone's eyes lit up.
It was difficult to throw the explosive packet over the city wall, and it was not high enough to support it with tree branches.
But if Song Yang uses this method, he can easily blow up to the top of the city wall.
The method Song Yang came up with came from a TV series.
Of course, later Song Yang went to visit his mother and really found the source. It was indeed true in history.
This time Song Yang happened to use this method.
After deciding on a plan, the Renaissance Army soldiers immediately began to put up a fight.
On top of the city, Jiu An looked over carefully.
The shelling just now scared him so much that he didn't catch a cold.
There was no movement for a while before he dared to stretch his head and take a look.
As a result, we saw that the Renaissance Army was putting up airs.
"They want to attack us from high places! Big-headed people! What should we do now? How about rushing out to destroy them?" Jiu An's cronies suggested.
Jiu An looked nervous and didn't know what to do at this time.
Those artillery pieces are too powerful. If you go out now, won't you risk your death?
But if there is no action, then it is not just sitting there waiting for death.
Jiu An hesitated for a while. The bamboo scaffolding over there was almost higher than the city wall.
"Go! Let the warriors charge for a while!" Jiu An finally decided to go out and harass them.
Of course, he will not go out by himself!
"Boom boom boom!"
Soon, Jiu An realized how stupid his decision was.
The artillery of the Renaissance Army is facing you. As soon as the people here come out, they will be immediately turned upside down by the bombs.
The Renaissance army therefore rushed forward and almost captured the city gate directly.
Jiu An was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. He was so busy that he had people close the city gate tightly, and he never dared to say anything about it.
After a while, the bamboo frame had reached the top of the city.
Jiu An saw several Renaissance Army soldiers climbing up.
"It's broken!" Jiu An frowned and immediately ran down the city without thinking.
At the other end, the Renaissance Army soldiers on the bamboo frame stretched their bamboo poles towards the top of the city.
On the other end of the bamboo pole, an explosive package slid straight down.
"Boom!" There was a loud noise.
The huge impact knocked Jiu An straight off the top of the city.
"It's over! Evacuate! Evacuate quickly! Enter the mountain! Enter the mountain!"
Jiu An fled forward on his knees and crawling.
"Boom boom boom!"
There was another series of explosions, and debris was blown up from the top of the city.
Several explosives were packed down, and a gap was actually created.
Immediately afterwards, there was another burst of artillery output, and not a single barbarian soldier could be seen in the gap.
"Charge! Capture the former mountain stronghold!" Niu Laosan waved the command flag, and the Renaissance Army soldiers swarmed forward.
"Put down your weapons and surrender without killing!"
The Renaissance soldiers quickly rushed to the city.
In fact, when the explosive package exploded at the top of the city, Jiu'an's people no longer had any hope.
Because their big leaders have all run away.
Jiu An arrived at the city and immediately ran away from the back door with his close clan soldiers.
The only ones left in the former village were some soldiers from the Manyue tribe.
When the elder of the small clan saw Jiu An running away, he couldn't help but slap him, and immediately asked the clansmen to put down their weapons and surrender.
The battle at the former village only lasted for most of the day, and the village was captured before dusk.
"Wu Ming, I'll leave it to you to appease the Yue people in the village."
"Yes! I will definitely try my best!"
After Wu Ming and Hua Dongfu returned, Song Yang asked Wu Ming to accompany the army, while Hua Dongfu stayed in Yuanling to assist Jiang Fei in guarding the city.
Wu Ming was brought along because Wu Ming understood the language of the Yue people and he also had connections with the Juluo people.
It is more convenient to let him be responsible for communication.
Wu Ming chatted with the leader of the former village, and then took out a Juluo token.
The man at the end surrendered.
Ju Luo was unable to show up for the time being, so he asked Wu Ming to help him persuade the Man Yue people to defect.
In all, Ju Luo saved Wu Ming's life, and by persuading the barbarians, he also helped Song Yang.
So Song Yang agreed to the matter.
"Prince Jiu'an has retreated to Wuwuling Mountain." Wu Ming got the news from the little-headed man.
"We are not familiar with the terrain in the mountains, and we will definitely suffer losses if we enter rashly." Song Yang frowned.
This was the moment he was most worried about.
The battle in the front is basically about firepower output, while the battle in the back will test your mountain combat capabilities.
"Then what should we do now? How about encircling Wuling Mountain?" Niu Laosan suggested.
"No. After the mission of eradicating evil is over, Jiu An must be eradicated!" Song Yang said in a deep voice.
After listening to Song Yang's words, Liu Manqing's eyes flashed with gratitude.