Wang Dapao's crossbow arrows were fired forward as if they were free, but they were just fighting with the defenders, neither charging nor retreating.
According to the previous plan, if the opponent did not charge forward, the Tan family and Ouyang family would push the defense line outward, but the opponent's crossbows were too many, and they were pushed back several times in a row.
Several groups on the front line returned to the camp at the rear and said to Tanjia Tanshui Qing:
"Master Tan, the opponent's crossbows are too many, and our defenders simply can't charge through them."
"Can't you rush through?" Tan Shuiqing frowned and asked, "How many people are there on the other side?"
The messenger pondered for a moment and said: "The other party has so many crossbows and arrows, there should be at least thirty to fifty thousand people."
Tanshui Qing calmed down. According to what the messenger said, this should be the opponent's main force.
But they are the attackers after all, so why don't they continue to advance and instead garrison the border fortress?
As the commander-in-chief of the Tan family, Tan Shui Qing was an outstanding person in both intelligence and military strategy. He immediately judged that the other party's behavior was illogical, but he could not figure out what tricks the other party was trying to play.
"Send more troops to the first and second lines, abandon the encirclement strategy, and drive the opponent directly across the border."
"yes."
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On the first day of the conflict, the Tan family suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. The Yunxi County guards were mostly spearmen and swordsmen, but the other side was full of crossbows. They were shot to death by random arrows without even touching anyone.
The Tan family reported the information to the Ouyang family. Ouyang Huanxi has now left here and returned to Luo Yunzong. After learning the news, the head of the Ouyang family sent 30,000 troops to support the Tan family.
Two more days passed, and the Tan family still failed to capture the border fortress.
As a last resort, the Tan family changed their tactics again, trapping the enemy and causing them to be defeated.
Looking at the Yunxi County garrison slowly surrounding them in the distance, Wang Dapao turned around and asked:
"How many more crossbows do we have?"
"There are still seventy-five thousand."
"Is there enough military rations?"
"Enough, more than enough. The Qijia Chamber of Commerce has sent us a month's worth of food reserves. It has only been three days."
Wang Dapao nodded and fought for three full days. His soldiers were all a little tired, but the Tan family acted like no one was doing anything and continued to attack crazily day after day.
When he was studying in the dojo in his early years, Wang Dapao heard about the majesty of the "Tan Family Tiger Soldiers", but he didn't take it seriously at the time. Now after three days of fighting, he realized how strong the Tan Family Army was.
Everyone in the Tan family's army practices a technique - Honghu Pingchuan Technique. The greatest effect of this technique is that it can increase the strength of the entire army, and the more people there are, the greater the power.
"Calculate the time, it's time for Lao Shi to take action."
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There are three fortresses in the border town. In the past few days, the Ritan family's defenders have been aggressively attacking, and all three fortresses have shown signs of collapse.
"Master Taibao, I think we can retake the fortress tomorrow!"
Tan Shui Qing nodded, and considering the tight situation in front of the formation, he immediately ordered that part of the troops of the third line of defense be deployed to support the first and second lines.
"It's an order."
At night, on the other side of the mountain, three hundred light-armored soldiers carried a dozen yellow paper talismans in their waists, crossed the ridge, and ran towards the camp on the third line of defense of the Tan family.
Not long after, several rumbling explosions sounded in the camp. For a moment, flames shot into the sky.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The huge movement immediately attracted several surrounding camps to come over, extinguishing the flames while looking for enemies.
Each of these lightly armored soldiers had extraordinary skills. After the talisman exploded, they immediately ran into the mountains and climbed up a big tree to hide.
Three hundred light-armored soldiers stood high and watched the soldiers from the northern camp running towards this direction. After they finished, the light-armored soldiers jumped from the trees one after another and headed straight to the empty north.
The fire had just been extinguished when suddenly there was a loud noise in the north.
"Damn it!" the leader of Beiyingzhai quickly ordered to withdraw.
The third line of defense originally had eighteen camps, but after four were removed, there were still fourteen left.
Tan Feng, the son of Tan Shui Qing, who was responsible for commanding the third line of defense, learned that the two camps were attacked and immediately analyzed the opponent's next purpose.
"The opponent's late-night attack must be coming towards the granary. We must mobilize soldiers and horses from three camps to defend the granary. We must not let the opponent succeed!"
"It's the general!"
The granary is located on the east side of the main force of the third line of defense. It is guarded by another general and his 20,000 men. Soon, a total of 30,000 troops from the three camps also gathered to prepare to defend against the enemy.
However, these 50,000 people waited until dawn without seeing a single person.
Tan Feng frowned. The opponent didn't attack, which was obviously beyond his expectation.
However, in less than half an hour, several messengers ran into the tent in disgrace.
"Sir General, Lord Tanzheng's camp was attacked last night and he was captured by the enemy!"
"What?!"
Tan Feng flew into a rage and punched the table, causing the wooden table to shatter on the spot. Tan Zheng was his half-brother, how could he just watch him being kidnapped?
"Assemble me 50,000 elite soldiers of the Tan family, and we must rescue Tan Zheng!"
"yes."
Tanshui Qing read the letter sent from the front line and learned that Tan Zheng had been captured. He couldn't help but start to pay attention to the other party's people. Tan Zheng was his second son, the general who commanded the second line of defense. He was usually very intelligent, second only to Tan Zheng.
Feng, I didn’t expect that I would be defeated by the enemy this time.
Tan Zheng was captured, the second line of defense was penetrated, and now the first line of defense was surrounded by the opponent.
Tanshui Qing was not angry because his second son was captured. He ordered his servants to get a map and analyze where the mistake was.
Tan Zheng holds an army of 50,000 people. Even if he is attacked by surprise, the enemy should have at least 40,000 to 50,000 people. In other words, this army is the main force of the opponent, and guarding the border fortress is actually nothing more than a cover-up.
After understanding this, everything makes sense.
The enemy left an army to guard the fortress, while the main force took a big detour from the Wanli Forest Sea to the second line of defense, and then sent light armored troops to harass the third line of defense, making Tan Feng mistakenly think that the opponent was going to attack the rear granary, so
Send people to guard the granary.
Then, the enemy troops hiding in the second line of defense suddenly launched an attack, leaving the third line of defense with no time to support them.
Throughout the entire war, the Tan family had been on the side mobilized by the enemy forces and had completely lost the initiative.
In this battle, Qing Tanshui knew that the opponent's marshal was definitely not a simple man. To be able to control the battle situation so accurately, the opponent must not be an unknown person.
Tanshui Qing ordered the next person: "Tell Tanfeng not to pursue the enemy, so as not to be ambushed again. Also, find out for me who the commander of the enemy is!"
"Take orders."
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"Hey, Liu Baiyuan, your arm was reattached so quickly?"
"Did you do it?!" Liu Baiyuan was shocked and angry. One of his arms was inexplicably cut off that night. It wasn't until today that he knew it was Yi Xifeng's hand.