Xiao Tang still doesn't know that Bian Xiang and Sun An have taken Qingfeng Mountain and Erlong Mountain respectively, nor does he know that Wang Jin has also found Jiuwenlong a year earlier than the original trajectory due to his own request. Shi Jin.
After all, according to Shi Jin's temperament, once he knew Wang Jin's abilities, he would be convinced to accept Wang Jin as his master. Then he would also be able to meet Shi Dalang, who was once praised as "giving birth to a son like a dragon with nine patterns" .As for Qingfeng Mountain and Erlong Mountain, the climate is not good at this time. It is not difficult to obtain them with the bravery of Bian Xiang, Sun An and others.
Now all Xiao Tang's attention is focused on how to exterminate the Fangshan bandits led by Duan Sanniang, Liu Min and others. At this time, the army has entered Fangling County, which was recently broken by the thieves. The bodies of the people who died during the burning, killing and looting by the army and Fangshan thieves have all been collected. However, hundreds of houses in the city have been burned to rubble. The people in the city have already died. Some people saw the official army stationed in Fangling City. There was just dullness written all over his face.
"This place in Fangzhou is named after 'thousands of miles across, surrounded by mountains and forests, with high mausoleums and houses,' and Fangshan is an even more dangerous place. Although the Fangshan bandits did not occupy Fanling City, they were more than just spies in Fangshan. Stand guard, I'm afraid the thieves have already built defenses and are just waiting for us to attack." When the Song army under Xiao Tang entered Fangling City to reorganize, they reported the current situation to Xiao Tang at Fuya Zhongguan Sheng.
Xiao Jiasui also stood up and said in a deep voice: "I have also explored the terrain around Fangling. The Fangshan bandits dare to be so confident. They rely entirely on staying high to defend the danger. There are more than a few stone chambers in the mountains, which lead to the gangsters in the deep mountains. The mountain roads leading to the camp are all narrow paths. It is said that the three battalions of forbidden troops from Fangshan Kouzhou and the elite troops from the capital gathered nearly 15,000 men and horses this time. If they attack the mountain with force, they may not have enough manpower... "
Xiao Tang held his chin in thought and said calmly: "Even if our army is better than the Fangshan bandits in terms of number of soldiers, weapons and equipment, the right way is to encircle it if ten, attack it if it is five, and fight if it is doubled. Now the thieves are only waiting for our army." If you go to attack the mountain, you are ready to fight for a long time."
There is another point that Xiao Tang must be concerned about. If the confrontation with the Fangshan bandits continues in Fangshan, and the commanders of the military prefectures on the southwestern route of Jing Dynasty have dispatched troops and supervisors to gather in Fangzhou, there is no guarantee that strongmen from other walks of life will not wait for opportunities to cause chaos. When there is a fire in the backyard, will Xiao Tang fight? Or stay? How could Liu Min, who is praised as Liu Zhibo in the world and has a lot of scheming ideas, not make a fuss about this?
It should not be too late to exterminate the Fangshan bandits, but how can we take Fangshan without incurring a large number of casualties among the officers and soldiers?
Except for Xiao Tang, Xiao Jiasui, Guan Sheng and others who were discussing in the hall, the other soldiers and horses on the southwestern road of Jingjing all watched with their eyes and noses, but said nothing. Since Xiao Tang killed the general and established his power, all the soldiers and horses When the governor looked at Xiao Tang again, it was like looking at a butcher's knife hanging above their heads. It was sharp and murderous, so they didn't dare to have the slightest intention of being passive and sabotaging, although they didn't have any more strategies to defeat the enemy. Good advice, just wait for coach Xiao Tang to decide on the battle strategy, and they will just act according to the order.
Yang Tai, the commander of the army and horses who looked like a decoration, glanced at Xiao Tang, and couldn't help but secretly said: Huh! Suppressing thieves and bandits, how can it be so easy? I hope that the Fangshan bandits can do something, so that Xiao Tang can be praised. Losing soldiers and generals to fight against thieves is useless! Even if this guy intends to go against me, I can join him in the Privy Council!
"Since the thief is determined to defend the mountain, that person can be of use..." Xiao Tang smiled slightly and ordered the sergeant to say: "It is said that the artilleryman Hong Tianlei Lingzhen, deputy envoy of the capital, and Tang Long came to discuss matters!"
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In Fangshan Mountain, which has high mountains and steep slopes and is lined with strange peaks, Liu Min had already ordered people to build more than a dozen camps for the city in strategic locations surrounded by wooden fences. The camps were filled with hammers, cannons, stones, hard crossbows and strong bows, and were surrounded by winding trails. There are hundreds of feet of high rocks, and there are also huge rocks below. As soon as the thieves on the sentinel see the army attacking the mountain, they will smash down all the rocks, big and small, and use short crossbows, bows and arrows.
In the first camp set up on the hillside of Fangshan Mountain, the bandit leader Lu Changchang yawned. He rubbed his eyes and lazily looked down the mountain, looking quite leisurely and contented.
"That guy Xiao Tang, unless his officers and soldiers have wings, how can they get close to us?" Zheng Jie, the thief general who was guarding the camp with Lu Cheng, also walked over slowly, he sneered.
Lu Cheng raised the corner of his mouth and said: "The officers and soldiers on the southwestern road of Beijing are weak, so what can Xiao Tang do if he can gather some troops and horses? Don't say that there are only more than 10,000 officers and soldiers. If you want to kill them and come up the mountain, call them first." He lost half his life."
Zheng Jie also echoed: "That's right! However, the hero Xiao Tang is very famous in the world, and now he is the pacifier of South Jingxi Road. This time we just wait for him to fall into our hands, so he can be called our brother." Make a name for yourself on the road.”
While the two thieves were talking to themselves, a subordinate suddenly came to report urgently: "Report! A group of officers and soldiers have reached the foot of the mountain not far away!"
"Hey! Are the officers and soldiers really going to waste their lives to attack the mountain?" After hearing this, Lu Cheng and Zheng Jie immediately rushed to the archery tower at the entrance of the camp. When they put up their awnings and looked down the mountain, they saw that there was an appointment at the foot of the mountain that they had not fulfilled. Three to four hundred officers and soldiers were not in a hurry to climb the mountain. Instead, they were driving horse-drawn carts, pulling ropes and setting up poles to install several platforms several feet high.
Lu Cheng squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then he realized what he was doing and yelled at the top of his lungs: "Zhi Niang thief! This is the catapult of the army!?"
The rolling logs and rocks prepared in each camp in Fangshan could only rely on their falling momentum to kill the officers and soldiers attacking the mountain, but they could not reach farther than the catapults that used the principle of leverage to shoot rocks. When Lu Cheng and Zheng Jie were at a loss, they I heard a heart-stopping sound of breaking wind. After a loud thunderous noise, a corner of the watchtower was hit, and most of it collapsed immediately! The masonry and tiles rolled down, and dozens of minions were hit by the flying masonry. Among them, several people were even buried in the pile of rubble that had just collapsed.
The Fangshan bandits did not expect that Xiao Tang would use such a large formation. In the past, they fought with the officers and soldiers, so how could they have seen such stone-throwing weapons?
There were several loud noises again, and Ling Zhen below was slowly adjusting the angle of the trebuchet. Only relying on his experience as the "first gunner of the Song Dynasty" and his naked eye judgment, the stone bullets thrown hit the Fangshan bandit camp accurately. The key point. Ling Zhen gave another order, and the handle at the front of the gun barrel yanked the rope to swing the gun barrel. After the gunner put it into the back of the gun, the stone bullet roared out with a loud buzzing sound!
A corner of the camp on the hillside exploded again, and dozens of thieves were smashed to pieces. The rest were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were split apart.
Ling Zhen looked at the chaos in the thieves' camp above. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "The thieves have been defeated. It's time to use such sharp tools to make the thieves no longer able to resist!"
Immediately, Ling Zhen turned around and said to the gunner behind him: "Get on the 'Zhentian Lei'!!!!!"