Although Dong Ping, who was the military supervisor of Yunzhou, wanted to take the lead, when he led his troops to follow Yun Tianbiao to the foothills of Erlong Mountain for several days, his martial arts did not show up;
At this time, Tang did not know that among the reinforcements from the state capital on Jingdong Road, there were two more Liangshan figures, Bing Yuchi and Bing Yuchi.
Because no matter who he is, he is too insignificant in the battlefield of thousands of troops.
Now Yun Tianbiao has gathered the Qingzhou Eighth Battalion under Qin Ming's command, the Yunzhou Fourth Battalion led by Dong Ping, the Dengzhou Five Battalion led by Sun Li, and the Qingzhou Qianxiang Qianxiang led by Ha Yunsheng and Ha Lansheng.
In addition to the fact that there are more than 15,000 soldiers and horses under the command of his headquarters, according to his understanding, the combat capabilities of the official army should be far better than the green forest bandits who make a living by robbing homes and houses, so even if they lack catapults, heavy ballistas, etc.
To remotely suppress the siege equipment of the thieves on the city wall, Yun Tianbiao still ordered his officers and soldiers to use flying ladders, hooks and chariots to try to break through the dangerous pass in front of Erlong Mountain.
In this kind of war, where both armies have defeated more than ten thousand people, individual bravery will gradually be lost among the thousands of troops, and fall among the corpses at the pass. Maybe some of them were famous in life.
There may be martial arts that a hundred or ten people cannot get close to, but when random arrows and falling rocks on the city wall hit them head-on, they were as helpless as ordinary soldiers and could only turn into unrecognizable corpses.
The first force to attack the dangerous pass of Erlong Mountain was the Qingzhou Forbidden Army led by Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming. Qin Ming first ordered the crossbowmen to use hemp-backed bows and step on the crossbows to suppress the rebel army on the city wall from a distance, and then ordered the heavy-armored shield soldiers to clear the way and cover the city.
Rush the car close to the city wall.
However, in front of the defense system of two trenches and three walls in front of Erlong Mountain, the Qingzhou crossbowmen were suppressed by several rounds of arrows and crossbows. The other heavy armored infantry had just laid out the wooden pontoon bridge, causing the hook to crash through the trench.
The crossbow arrows stopped pouring down crazily. Not only did the crossbowmen below the pass fall down like mowing grass, the crossbow arrows with extremely strong penetrating power could even shoot out the armor of heavy armored infantry!
How could the officers and soldiers attacking the city expect that they were just fighting bandits in the green forests of Qingzhou, but most of the thieves' crossbowmen guarding the checkpoints were equipped with long-distance weapons such as divine arm bows, which were used by the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers?
It turns out that when he was serving in the commander's office of Bianjing Palace, Xiao Tang was able to come into contact with powerful crossbows such as the Divine Arm Bow in the weapons inspection. What's more, when he rescued Mei Dalang Mei Zhan at the foot of Mangdang Mountain, when Cheng Ziming, Hu Chun and others
After Gao Qiu's confidants were killed, all the divine arm bows equipped by the palace commander's troops were also seized. Xiao Tang kept a hundred divine arm bows and left the remaining crossbows to Fan Rui and Li in Mangdang Mountain.
After Gun and Xiang became the three leaders, they ordered Tang Long, who was good at making ordnance, to take the divine arm bow to the blacksmith workshop of Erlong Mountain and make it in the same way. So now there are more than thousands of crossbowmen in Erlong Mountain, all equipped with this weapon.
A type of crossbow known for its power.
When the rebel troops guarding the pass were almost unscathed, but eight or nine hundred of his own Qingzhou officers and soldiers were suddenly shot and killed, Yun Tianbiao, who was watching the battle in his formation, was shocked to realize that the dangerous passes in front of Erlong Mountain were not just construction.
He did not follow ancient laws, and the thieves guarding the pass were not as he thought. They were only equipped with ordinary hunting bows and short crossbows. When the opponent's long-range firepower was extremely lethal and the defensive measures on the wall were very complete,
With the existing equipment and long-range suppression, the conventional tactics of occupying the wall may be difficult to succeed.
Yun Tianbiao's face was as dark as water. He carefully observed the defenses of Erlong Mountain in front of him. If he wanted to attack the traitor's lair, there was only a steep mountain road in front of him. However, from the foot of the mountain to halfway up the mountain, there were layers of dangerous obstacles.
The mountain is steep and dangerous, and it is impossible to climb it... This means that the thieves only need to hold on to the pass in one direction, instead of having to divide their forces to resist the attacking party from the east and west like in a city defense war.
, simultaneous attacks from four directions: south and north.
This means that it is more than four times more difficult to conquer the Erlong Mountain than to capture the ordinary famous city of Dafu...
I thought the opponent was just a turtle in a jar, but I didn't expect it to be a bastard with an iron shell. Only then did Yun Tianbiao realize that this critical battle would be a rare tough battle in his life. Could it be that he really had to wait for the Yizhou army to deliver the catapult?
Only after using crossbows and other large siege equipment can we successfully attack the key points?
Although Yun Tianbiao wished he could level Erlong Mountain immediately, he was not reckless as a military commander after all. He knew that a forceful attack was a way of killing his own soldiers, even if they were lost.
A large number of soldiers and horses may not be able to conquer these dangerous passes in front of the mountain. What's more, Yun Tianbiao is also very clear about the combat power of the imperial army in the various states of the Song Dynasty. Most of the people in the green forest are a mob. Except for a few powerful forces of the Western Army, the other armies of the Song Dynasty
How many brave and capable warriors are there in the state's imperial army?
The officers and soldiers who defend the various states are mostly old, weak, weak and empty-handed. It is already very difficult to mobilize two or three battalions of usable men and horses from various military departments. If the war is very fierce, reinforcements from all the states will be sent from Jingdong East Road.
The morale of the guest army will inevitably be in turmoil. At that time, everyone will be afraid of death and refuse to move forward. Although Yun Tianbiao claims to be brave and strategic, he also knows that if it leads to that kind of situation, he will not be able to control it.
.So even if I feel unwilling to do so, I still have to wait...
It's just that Yun Tianbiao is willing to wait for the siege equipment to be ready before attacking the mountain again, but some people can no longer bear their temper.
"Chief manager, the thieves were defeated. They were just rampant at this moment. Before they could fight in front of the pass and get rid of a few of his leaders, they were already in enemy territory. While I was fighting with the thieves, I could still hide two groups of horses nearby.
The army, tigers and cavalry all took advantage of the situation and rushed to kill them. They rushed to the pass and took away a pass from the guys!"
In the commander's tent outside Erlong Mountain, Dong Ping asked Yuntian Biao for battle. His nickname was not only called "Double Spear General", but also the officers and soldiers in the army praised him as "Dong Yicheng". It was because of Dong Ping's
He usually leads the battle and is very good at rushing into battle and fighting in random battles. He is also a very ambitious person. Seeing that he cannot display his ability in the siege battle, he wants to suddenly take advantage of the dangerous situation by fighting with the strong leader.
The gate took the lead in conquering the strong men of Erlong Mountain.
Yun Tianbiao glanced at Dong Ping calmly. He also knew that Dong Ping had an arrogant temperament and refused to lag behind others, but the Dual Gun General was well-known, so it was better to send him out to fight than to wait here. So.
Yun Tianbiao also encouraged Dong Ping and allowed him to go to the pass and call the formation to the Erlongshan bandits.
Dong Ping was overjoyed and was about to prepare his horse and go to fight. At this time, Sun Li, a taciturn soldier from Dengzhou, also stood up, cupped his fists towards Yun Tianbiao and said: "General manager, I am willing to oversee the plundering formation for Dong Du.
."......
At the same time, Xiao Tang, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong and other leaders also climbed to the first dangerous pass in front of the Erlong Mountain Dazhai and were looking at the camps where the army was stationed. Not long after, they saw a group of people rushing towards the pass. The leading cavalry general took the reins a hundred steps away from the dangerous pass, and shouted loudly in the direction of the pass: "Green forest bandits, the heavenly soldiers are here, and they don't know how to die! Which of you bandits has the courage to fight with us?" I’m going to fight!?”
Xiao Tang and others took a look at the officer's attire and saw him: wearing a three-pronged purple gold crown inlaid with gold and gold, and a gold armor with brocade borders and beads and locks. His body was stained with orangutan blood, and his red robe was stained with brocade and gold. Winged carving. A white jade belt is tied around the waist, and a tiger head sign is inserted on the back. A carved bow is inserted in the left pocket, and hard arrows are stored in two pots. Two green sunken spears measuring two feet are carried in the hand, and he sits down on a nine-foot silver-maned horse.
And there were two yellow flags placed high inside the officer's bow bag and quiver. On each of the flags were written in gold letters: A hero with two spears, a man of great honour.
Lu Zhishen looked at Dong Ping's pretentious appearance and couldn't help cursing: "These birds are too pretentious. They are so pretentious that they are bragging! After all, these guys are here to fight. , or are you here to sing a big show?"
When Xiao Tang saw clearly the gold characters written on the two small yellow flags behind Dong Ping, he snorted coldly and thought to himself: So he is here too!
