The fire mercilessly devoured lives, and Zhi Cheng's face was covered with clouds. Only kerosene could burn so vigorously in the humid jungle. From this, it can be inferred that the Minyue King Wu Zhu had expected it, and the Han people had been prepared for it.
Cheng's sneak attack failed.
The wooden wall was also set on fire, turning into a wall of fire that stood between the Yue people and the Han people. Sometimes the figures on the other side could be clearly seen through the gaps in the flames, but no one could get through.
Li Gan wiped the black ash on his face, turned around and walked back: "Go back and be prepared. Those guys may not be willing to leave."
At this time, Li Gan looked like a general, with a resolute expression that was completely incompatible with his young face. The soldiers naturally followed Li Gan to the second wall. The fire caught everyone off guard.
They will be cautious when attacking again, so the second wall is built stronger than the first wall and is more difficult to break, at least that's what it seems.
General Feihu pointed at the Han camp and said to Zhi Cheng: "General, look!"
Zhi Cheng squinted his eyes and followed General Feihu's hand, and the cloud on his face became darker: "There is actually a village wall? Why didn't the scouts detect it?"
General Feihu said quickly: "The Han people are well-defended. It is difficult for our scouts to get close to them. They cannot get inside at all. No one knows what traps there are."
"Wait until the fire is out and attack again!" Zhi Cheng gritted his teeth: "The Han people are full of tricks, but if it doesn't work, we have to find another way."
"You mean to retreat?"
Zhi Cheng looked at General Feihu: "Do you dare to retreat?"
"Don't you dare! If you don't capture the Han camp, the general will never withdraw his troops!"
"Okay, this time you go in person, and you are not allowed to come back until you take down the wall!"
"ah!"
"Huh?" Zhi Cheng's eyes widened, and General Feihu immediately lost his temper: "Here, I will obey your orders!"
The Minyue Kingdom is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface. Like all countries, once the old king is in poor health, his descendants will have many ideas. Although the Minyue Kingdom is small, it cannot escape this long-cherished wish. Wu Zhu has always been in good health.
Unfortunately, no one knew when he would die, so his descendants also had evil intentions. Coupled with the sudden and tragic death of his son Wu Ming, the Minyue Kingdom suddenly became turbulent.
General Feihu was originally very close to Wu Ming, but after Wu Ming died, he immediately turned to the Third Young Master Yu Shan. Although Zhi Cheng was upright, he was not a fool. He had a clear understanding of the situation in Minyue. According to
His simple thought was that since the prince Wu Ming died, the person who succeeded him should be the second young master Wu Ying, so he didn't like General Feihu very much.
After receiving the order, General Feihu had no choice but to personally lead his men towards the second village wall. This time they walked very carefully, with tall wooden shields erected in front of them, and everyone hid behind the wooden shields.
No matter how much the Han people cursed, the Yue people would never show their heads. They regarded themselves as turtles, and as long as they could reach the bottom of the wall, they would have a way to climb up the wall.
"Bang! Boom...ah!" With a scream, General Feihu quickly turned his head and looked to the side. A huge stone was rolling in the crowd. Everyone in his path dodged and panicked. The Han people also took advantage of this opportunity.
At this opportunity, a large number of arrows were shot into Yue's body.
Before General Feihu could figure out what was going on, he saw a huge stone fall from the sky and hit him hard. Under the action of inertia, it jumped three times and rolled along the hillside into the woods on the side.
A ravine appeared in the Yue people's team. There was a layer of corpses at the bottom of the ravine, and there were people injured on both sides. General Feihu frowned and opened his shield, wanting to see how the Han people threw such a big stone.
Nothing could be seen, only large rocks suddenly flew out from behind the village wall and fell into their team. The thick team could not be dispersed. Once dispersed, they would become living targets. When they gathered in a pile, they were surrounded by large rocks.
The target of the attack. Everyone is hoping that those big rocks will not fall on their heads. They speed up their steps, hoping to rush to the wall of the village and maybe save a life.
There is no need to climb the city ladder or flying tiger claws. The wall made of linked logs is nothing in front of the Yue people. With a knife in his mouth and hard work on his hands and feet, he can climb up to a height of more than ten feet in a few clicks.
The Wall. Unfortunately, they miscalculated. The Wall is just a wall. The top of the sharpened log cannot stand on. On the other side of the Wall is a large wooden stick stuck upside down in the ground. If it falls, you will die.
end.
The people on the wall did not dare to go down, but the people behind had already come up. When they hesitated, arrows were killing them. General Feihu was very puzzled as to why so many people went up without hearing anything.
What a fierce fight. When he climbed up, he was completely dumbfounded. Sure enough, it was another trap. An arrow passed by his scalp, making him shrink his neck quickly.
"Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows!" Li Gan, holding his sword, stood behind the archers and kept urging. The Yue people's arrows also shot in, but unfortunately they could not penetrate the Han people's armor. For the success of this plan, Su
Ren sent all the five hundred auxiliary soldiers sent by the Zhuo family to Li Danghu camp.
The Yue people came to the city in batches and were shot to death. General Feihu fought hard before he got down from the wall and shouted: "Bump into the wall, bang into the door!"
The huge log was carried over, and dozens of Yue people slammed it against the wall. The strong wall trembled. Li Gan raised his hand: "Stop! Hold the halberd!"
Numerous small holes suddenly appeared in the half-man-high wall of the village. Long halberds protruded from the inside and were stabbed randomly. The Yue people outside the wall were suddenly in chaos. If General Feihu hadn't been able to hide quickly,
Even so, a long gash was cut under his ribs. He endured the pain and gritted his teeth and said, "Back off!"
It failed again. Although Zhi Cheng was angry, he couldn't blame him too much. General Feihu must have been injured, so he waved his hand to let him go down to rest. Zhi Cheng looked at the camp opposite: "Do you really want to fight us here?
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The general asked quickly: "General, our army has suffered heavy losses. Why don't we retreat? Your Majesty, please increase your troops and fight again before it's too late!"
"We will never retreat until we capture Crouching Tiger Ridge! Organize your troops and continue the attack!"
"Can……!"
"Those who disobey orders will be killed!"
The Yue people's third attack came again, and the second wall became an insurmountable barrier for them. Whether it was attacking or defending the city, it was not the Yue people's strength. They were more suitable for moving around in the jungle.
, such conspiracy-like traps and mechanisms were not what they liked. Seeing that the third attack ended with more than a hundred corpses being thrown away, Zhi Cheng finally thought of asking.
“What are our human losses?”
The general said quickly: "Three thousand soldiers and horses, five hundred were killed in the battle, and more than a thousand were injured, but less than half of the soldiers were standing."
"In other words, if we destroy a wall, we will lose half of our troops?"
"This..." The general did not dare to answer directly: "We suffered the most losses in front of the second village wall."
"Hey!" Zhi Cheng sighed: "The Han people are well-deserved for their good defense. If we fight against them in a siege, we will always suffer."
"General, what should we do now?"
"Stop the attack and send someone to report everything here to the king!" Zhi Cheng said to himself: "There may be another chance after dark.
The soldiers from Kuaiji County cheered. From the beginning, they were not very optimistic about this battle. A certain number of people were left there. Although their camp was well prepared, who knew that the Yue people would really come as Li Danghu expected? When the Yue people
After the people finally stopped attacking, everyone was extremely excited. They relied on their own strength to defeat the Yue people and made it difficult for them to move forward. Such a result had never been thought of before.
Li Gan rushed into the tent excitedly: "Brother, brother, we won, those Yue people don't dare to come again!"
Li Danghu did not raise his head, his eyes were always on the map: "Well! How are the casualties?"
"More than a hundred people died and more than two hundred were injured, but they were all minor injuries. With a little treatment, we can still fight."
"Very good, let them go down to rest and let the other half take over. Pay special attention tonight. The Yue people are best at sneak attacks. Don't be careless."
"Brother, don't worry! I will personally be on duty tonight and will never let anyone come in."
Li Danghu still didn't raise his head: "Okay, let's go! Be careful!"
Li Gan went out happily and arranged the defense change. Li Danghu studied the map carefully by himself. This map was also given to him by Su Ren. It was drawn based on the information obtained by Tiangang Disha and was better than the one provided by the Kuaiji Prefecture.
Those maps are much more accurate. Li Danghu's hand knocked heavily on a valley. This place has a strange name called Shiba Rao. It is said that the roads in the valley are twists and turns. Anyone who doesn't know the road will not get lost if they go in.
That's not normal.
"It should be here!" Li Danghu straightened up. According to the information returned by the scouts, he had been looking for a place where Wu Zhu's troops were stationed. After searching around, Eighteen Circles was the most likely.
Shibabao is backed by Yuecheng Ridge, and over it is the Minyue Royal City. Directly across from it is Shibabao on the border with Xi'ao. This place is densely wooded and has abundant water. It is an excellent place for the Yue people to set up camp. If
The royal city is in danger, and we can rush back in one day and one night. If we want to attack Xi'ai, we can reach it by walking through the Eighteen Circuits. Without any choice, this place is indeed the most suitable.
"Come here!" Li Danghu shouted.
"exist!"
"Go and ask Marquis Xiao to come find him!"
The scout military commander Xiao Zuo was originally an ordinary scout. After Li became the deputy captain of the school, he discovered him and promoted Xiao Zuo from an ordinary scout to the military commander level. He led fifty scouts under his command. This
Once Li Danghu's troops and scouts were all controlled by Xiao Zuo.
It was not long before Xiao Zuo came in wearing armor: "The last general, Xiao Zuo, pays homage to Sima."
Li Danghu waved his hand: "This place is called Shibalao. I will take people there myself. I must check it out clearly and make sure there are no mistakes!"