Li Xuan and Liu Bagou shook their heads helplessly from behind, while Butcher Chen in front led others to play a mouse-killing game.
However, I don’t know how to continue playing this game. The two sides played for half an hour. Butcher Chen and others used up all the kerosene and torches they carried with them. In addition, when setting fires, they had to run around holding shields.
, and really tired.
So after half an hour, Butcher Chen led his people to retreat. After putting out the fire in Shuilong Village, they did not catch up, so the mouse-killing game between the two sides came to an end for the time being.
During this half hour, both sides were running around and were very tired. However, after being noisy for a long time, neither side suffered any casualties.
When Butcher Chen came back panting heavily, he saw Li Xuan frowning, Liu Bagou also looked unhappy, and Fang Dongquan and the others looked like I don't know you, I would be embarrassed if I did.
Even though he was an illiterate old man, Butcher Chen knew that he had messed up his attack this time. He made a fuss for a long time without even farting.
So after he came back, he was not as high-profile as before. Instead, he lowered his head and looked like he was admitting his mistake.
Li Xuan looked at him. Although he felt unhappy, he also knew that there was no point in blaming Butcher Chen for this. He was just a rough guy, and he really worked hard when setting fires. He led people to run around and set fires.
But I am very tired.
He just doesn't know how to adapt and doesn't have the flexibility to adapt to situations.
At that time, I discovered that the people in Shuilong Village had prepared water, sand and gravel to extinguish the fire. They should not be tossing back and forth like mice to set fires. Not only was there no result, but the battle between the two sides was as funny as a game.
"This fire attack is ineffective. Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?" Li Xuan did not blame Butcher Chen, but asked everyone directly.
At this time, Fang Dongquan said: "I thought that since the rebel army has been prepared, the fire attack may not be effective, but our wooden shields in front are still effective, and we can lead people to rush up to the wall!"
Guards General Wang Danxu said: "General Fang means that we directly rely on giant shields to attack, but the wall of this village is not short, and the place is small, we can't let too many people go up together!"
Fang Dongquan said: "Even though the place is a little small, it can still accommodate dozens of people. When the time comes, we will break down their wall first. Even if the people behind follow, it shouldn't be a big problem. Even if there are some casualties, it will still be better than
Now hold on!"
Speaking of which, Fang Dongquan said: "We don't have much food left. Even if we save food, we can only eat it for four more days at most. If we delay it for a few more days, let alone attack Shuilong Village, it depends on whether we can go back.
question!"
Hearing Fang Dongquan's words, Li Xuan also began to think deeply. Fang Dongquan was right. If any tactics or the like didn't work, and there was not much time left for them, the only solution for now was to attack by force.
With this batch of wooden shields, at least they will not suffer too many casualties during the charge. As long as they rush to the village wall and open a gap, Huangzhushan's men and horses can be sent up in a steady stream. By then, both sides will be in the village.
A fight to the death.
No matter what, the number of troops on our side is larger, and we also have a Guards, so we still have a good chance of winning in a fight.
However, although he had made up his mind, he still asked Liu Bagou: "Prime Minister, do you have any good ideas?"
Liu Bago said at this time: "Your Majesty, I thought we could send people to surrender. If the bandit army in Shuilong Village can be recruited and surrendered, it would be a great good!"
Speaking of this, he also glanced at everyone, and then said: "Of course, we will go directly to recruit surrender. I am afraid that these thieves in Shuilong Village do not know the mighty grace of His Majesty, so before recruiting surrender, this forceful attack is still necessary. To do this
Once the bandit army sees the bravery of our Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they will be sure to surrender from now on!"
Li Xuan was speechless when he heard that Liu Bagou still wanted to surrender.
They are not officers and soldiers, and they are not really here to benevolent and bring a better life to the people of Shuilong Village. They are here to steal food and women. Even if the latter is not mentioned, food must be snatched. This
Under these circumstances, will people surrender?
If they were on the Shuilong Village side, they would definitely not surrender even if they were beaten to death. How could they survive after being robbed of all their food?
But fortunately, Liu Bagou also said that even if he wants to surrender, he should fight first and then make the opponent scared before surrendering.
Finally, Li Xuan made a decision. Now everyone will rest first, and then have lunch, so that the dozen or so strong bandits who were the vanguard to set the fire can recover their strength, and then everyone will come again in the afternoon with a big one.
After the meeting ended, people from Huangzhushan and Shuilongzhai began to wait for each other several hundred meters apart.
In the afternoon, everyone in Huangzhushan, who had eaten and drank enough, took action again, and this time it was not like last time that there were only a dozen people carrying wooden boards and rushing ahead.
This time, Fang Dongquan, who had fought many armed battles, personally took command and led about thirty strong and tough bandits carefully selected to serve as the vanguard. Some of them carried huge wooden boards to serve as shields, and some carried long
Ladder, ready to serve as the first wave of troops in the attack.
The second wave of troops was the Guards, and the last was a large group of ordinary bandits.
When the bandits from Huangzhu Mountain set off, Li Xuan once again climbed onto the wooden platform at the rear to watch the battle, just like in the morning.
This time, Huangzhushan's attack was much more powerful. Hundreds of people slowly moved forward, and the main force did not stop very far away like in the morning. Only a dozen people were allowed to step forward and set fire.
This time, Huang Zhushan's main force did not stop and continued to move forward with a steady pace.
When Liu Bagou saw this scene, he stroked his beard and said, "We in the Tang Dynasty have these heavenly soldiers, and we will be able to sweep across Kyushu in just a few days!"
Although his words were a bit exaggerated, Li Xuan still nodded. At least this time the Huangzhushan bandits' attack looked a bit like an army, not as funny as in the morning.
So he was also looking forward to it, Fang Dongquan, Chen Tufu and others would take this opportunity to attack in one go with their troops!
The vanguard led by Fang Dongquan himself is getting closer and closer to the wall of Shuilong Village!
Four hundred meters!
Three hundred meters!
Close, close again!
Two hundred meters!
One hundred meters!
They are ready to launch the final charge at any time!
However, at this moment, a white cloth suddenly appeared on the gate of Shuilong Village. This white cloth was very conspicuous in the battlefield with a solemn atmosphere. It was fluttering in the wind like a white handkerchief in the wilderness. Whether it was Fang Dongquan who was preparing to charge,
Li Xuan and others, who were still at the rear, saw this white cloth at first glance.
How is this going?
Are the people in Shuilong Village really going to surrender?
You haven't even had a real fight yet, so you're surrendering now?