Fortunately, at this time, Song Jiang and his leaders were preparing to use the secret passage to escape, when they happened to discover the crisis.
Otherwise, the entire Qingfeng Village may soon fall into an extremely critical situation.
Song Jiang led his leaders and fought with Tong Guan's army in the secret passage for a full hour before returning from the original route.
In order to prevent Tong Guan's army from using this secret passage to conduct a sneak attack again, Song Jiang could only order to seal the exit of the secret passage with sand and gravel.
At this point, Qingfeng Village's method of using this secret passage to escape was completely unfeasible.
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On the tenth day of the battle between the two sides, all the arrow towers located outside Qingfeng Mountain Stronghold had been cleared by Tong Guan's soldiers.
At this moment, a large-scale attack is being carried out on the wall of Qingfeng Village.
If this obstacle is broken through again, then everything will be smooth sailing before Tong Guan's army.
Tong Guan saw that the battle in front of him was getting smoother and smoother, but the soldiers under his command were suffering more and more casualties.
Gradually, it made him more and more upset.
After all, these soldiers under his command will be used to unite the Kingdom of Jin to attack the Kingdom of Liao in the future.
If he loses too many soldiers in this battle, then who will he send to fight in the future battles?
Similarly, Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others located in Qingfeng Village are also facing the same situation as Tong Guan's army.
That is, as the battle continued to deepen, the number of soldiers and horses in Qingfeng Village became less and less.
To date, three to four thousand soldiers and horses have been defeated.
If this battle continues, it may not take long for their entire Qingfeng Mountain Stronghold to be wiped out.
Of course, in the course of several battles, it was not just the minions who suffered losses, but also General Shi Yong, Du Mars Kong Ming, Sick Bug Xue Yong, and Jin Yan Biao who were less skilled in martial arts.
Shi En, Iron Fan Song Qing and others were also decorated one after another.
Either his arm was chopped off by the opponent's general, or a leg was broken.
His injuries were also quite serious.
If it weren't for the miraculous doctor An Daoquan in the village to support his rejuvenation, I am afraid that the above-mentioned leaders and even more leaders would have died long ago.
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This night.
Tong Guan was lying next to his pure copper desk, pressing his head with one hand, with a sad look on his face.
Although he himself did not care much about those lower-level soldiers, if the losses were too great, he would not be able to explain to the court, and he would not be able to lead his army northward to attack the Liao Kingdom together with the Jin soldiers.
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Therefore, he has not had much rest in the past few days.
Just when he was repeatedly struggling in his heart about what to do in this battle.
His godson Tong Chenglin limped in from outside the tent.
If you want to ask why this boy is like this, is it not the sequelae left after being castrated by Li Kui?
Although Tong Chenglin could barely walk now, every step he took made him grit his teeth in pain.
When Tong Guan saw his godson coming to see him injured, he felt unspeakably uncomfortable:
"Son, why don't you take a good rest in the camp and come and do something for me?"
Tong Chenglin did not directly answer Tong Guan's words, but first found a softer place and sat down:
"It's not that I don't want to have a good rest, it's just that my godfather has been worried about the recent war and can't sleep for a long time, so I wanted to come here to see my godfather."
"I would like to offer you a piece of advice in case my godfather needs it in case of emergencies."
After hearing this, Tong Guan's face was immediately stunned.
Then, he laughed in surprise.
Because in his impression, his godson really left him speechless.
If you let him play with birds in a cage, tease good women, oppress good people, and play with prostitutes...
Perhaps, it can even be called the best among them.
But if you ask him to do some serious things, it will be really difficult.
So today, when he heard these words from his great son, he was naturally puzzled and surprised.
After Tong Guan was surprised for a long time, he looked at his eldest son helplessly:
"Cheng Lin, my father knows that you want to help, but I also know your abilities very well."
"So Cheng Lin, your kindness is appreciated by my father. You'd better go back and rest first."
But after Tong Chenglin heard what his godfather said, a look of dumbfounding suddenly appeared on his face:
"My godfather, I really thought of a good idea here. I'm not kidding my godfather."
"Okay, okay, godfather, please listen to what the child has to say to you. Then godfather, can you come to a conclusion?"
"No matter what, godfather, you have to give your child a chance, right?"
Tong Guan saw that his eldest son was so determined this time, so he could not refute his good intentions.
At this moment, he could only wave his hand lightly:
"Okay, Cheng Lin, please tell me and let my father listen."
Tong Chenglin smiled strangely at first, and then slowly expressed his long-premeditated thought:
"Dad, as far as I know, haven't Song Jiang and other homeless bandits always wanted to be recruited by the imperial court?"
"Then why don't we agree to those bandits on behalf of the imperial court?"
"In this way, can't the battle of attrition in front of me, which is so confusing for my adoptive father, be temporarily stopped?"
After hearing this, Tong Guan immediately frowned, and then said something rather unhappy:
"Having said that, wouldn't it make those grassroots bandits more advantageous by doing this?"
"And since those grassroots bandits have tortured you like this, why do you still help them like that? What's the point?"
Tong Chenglin smiled sinisterly:
"Help?
Not necessarily!”
As the smile on Tong Chenglin's face grew stronger, he also told his godfather exactly what he was really thinking.
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At noon that day, for some unknown reason, Tong Guan suddenly sent back all the soldiers who were besieging Qingfeng Village.
This approach really puzzled the leaders in the village.
Just when Song Jiang and Wu Yong were worried about each other's actions...
Two messengers rushed in from outside Zhongyi Hall:
"Report..."
"Brother Qi, sergeant, just now, when our team was patrolling outside, we met the messenger under Tong Guan's command."
"And when the messenger met us, he very politely handed a letter into our hands, and told us in every possible way that we must personally deliver the letter into my brother's hands."