Hua Rong is a marksman. In terms of force, he is not as good as Lin Chong and other masters, but in terms of archery alone, almost no one in Liangshan Bo can compete with him except the mysterious and unusual Lin Zhai leader.
At this time, Hua Rong, in order to cover Li Kui's attack on the city, almost caused a rain of arrows on the distant city wall with one person's power.
Being nearly a thousand meters apart, the crossbowmen on the city wall couldn't shoot that far, but Hua Rong could easily draw a crossbow with more than three stones and shoot a barrage of arrows one after another, so that the defenders at the head of the city did not dare to take the lead.
With Hua Rong's cover, Li Kui led hundreds of elite soldiers, carrying a giant log, and charged to the city gate screaming.
Boom, boom, boom!
Dozens of soldiers carried giant trees and kept hitting the city gate. But unfortunately, Zhujiazhuang spent a lot of money to build this city gate. Li Kui's little tricks alone could not break through the rock-like city gate.
Door.
Whoosh!
Arrows rained down like rain, and the soldiers at the top of the city suddenly appeared in the gap between Hua Rong's continuous arrow strikes. Thousands of sharp arrows swarmed in, killing dozens of Liangshanbo soldiers on the spot.
Li Kui was not weak in strength. He danced the two big axes so tightly that he fought and retreated, and finally got out of the range of the arrow rain!
"This battle was really unlucky!"
After returning to his own army camp, Li Kui pulled out an arrow from his arm and threw it angrily on the ground. Looking at the remaining seven or eight brothers behind him, he felt very unhappy.
There is no progress on our side. If Chao Gai breaks the city, won't Brother Song Jiang never have a chance to take the third position in the future?
"Brother Song Jiang, if you give me more troops, I will charge again!"
Li Kui refused to accept it and wanted to continue charging. In his opinion, if he brought more men and horses and more giant trees this time, he would eventually be able to break open the city gate!
"Report!"
At this moment, a scout came from behind the military formation. He quickly rushed to Song Jiang and put a secret letter into his hands.
"Please send the village master's secret letter to the commander for review!"
Song Jiang opened the secret letter. On the slightly yellowed kraft paper, there were only two vigorous and powerful characters.
"retreat!"
Seeing this, Song Jiang showed a subtle smile. He knew in his heart that there must be something wrong with Chao Gai, otherwise the village leader would not be able to directly order the troops to retreat!
"The leader of the village has ordered the whole army to retreat!"
After giving the order, the front army changed to the rear army, and began to return along the original route. Fortunately, they were not ambushed along the way, and they returned to the boundary of Liangshan Bodi smoothly.
On the Zhujiazhuang city wall, thousands of troops watched Song Jiang and others leave without any pursuit.
"Father, just let them run away?"
At the top of the city, the three sons of the Zhu family were all dressed in military uniforms, all with expressions of unwillingness on their faces.
"According to the prisoners we captured in Liangshanbo, we learned that the invasion led by Chao Gai and Song Jiang this time was just for the purpose of fighting for power and profit. Just let them go back to fight among themselves first. There is no need for us to risk going out of the city!"
The owner of Zhujiazhuang shook his head. Facing a large force like Liangshan, he was cautious and prudent. Unless it was absolutely necessary, his army had better not go out of the city to fight.
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Liangshan Bo, in Juyi Hall.
Lin Nuo sat at the head of the table, looking at the leaders in the hall.
Chao Gai had a look of shame on his face and looked very miserable sitting in the third position.
Song Jiang, on the other hand, although his face didn't look good on the surface, the secret joy in his eyes could not hide from Lin Nuo's perception.
"Two leaders, do you have anything to say?"
Facing Lin Nuo's words that could not be heard as emotions or anger, Chao Gai stood up suddenly and knelt directly in the hall, looking like he was begging for death.
"The leader of the village, Chao Gai is incompetent. Not only was he unable to capture Zhujiazhuang, but he lost his troops and generals. He also killed Brother Bai Sheng. He also asked the leader of the village to kill Chao Gai to pay homage to his dead brothers!"
After Chao Gai finished speaking, there were not many people in the hall who interceded for him. Except for the three Ruan brothers, only a few lower-ranking leaders interceded. It was obvious that everyone really cared about Chao Gai.
Totally disappointed.
"Commander Song, what do you think about this matter?" Lin Nuo had no reaction to Chao Gai's apology, but instead focused on Song Jiang.
"Go back to the village master, we are guilty, please punish the village master!"
Lin Nuo glanced at Song Jiang. This old boy was really cunning and ruthless. He kept saying he was guilty, but did not tell where the crime was. He was clearly telling everyone that he, Song Jiang, was not guilty.
"Zhu Wu, what do you think?"
Zhu Wu stood up, cupped his fists and begged, "Master of the village, Commander Chao Gai underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. Although he made mistakes, his crime is not worthy of death. I hope that the master of the village can be given a lighter sentence!"
"As for Commander Song, although he has done nothing, he has done nothing wrong. I hope the leader of the village will not be angry because of this!"
Lin Nuo hummed, glanced at Chao Gai, and said calmly: "Come here, pull Chao Gai out and hit twenty big boards again. Bai Sheng died because of it, and his leader order will be changed to the one before Bai Sheng."
Ranking!”
As soon as Lin Nuo finished speaking, Song Jiang couldn't help but smile, but before the smile appeared on his face, he suppressed it forcefully, causing his face to turn red. For those who didn't know,
I thought he was ashamed because he was not doing well in the war.
"Commander Song!"
"Master, please speak!" Song Jiang responded excitedly.
"This time you led the army to attack Zhujiazhuang. Although it was fruitless, there was no fault, so I won't punish you. You can go down and have a rest. You can go out again with the leader of the village in the future!"
When Song Jiang heard this, his heart was full of disappointment. He understood that he had no chance to sit on this third position for the time being.
Sure enough, Lin Nuo didn't have any arrangements as to who would hand over the vacant third position. Instead, he waved his sleeves and directly issued another order!
"Leaders, listen!"
Wow!
Dozens of leaders stood up in unison, waiting for Lin Nuo's next order.
"Everyone go back and have a good night's rest. Tomorrow, the leader of the village will personally lead the troops to go on an expedition. If Zhujiazhuang is not destroyed, I swear not to return to the mountain!"
"We have taken the order and will not return to the mountain until Zhujiazhuang is destroyed!"
In the hall, everyone responded to the order, with excited expressions, and thunderous shouts resounded throughout the entire village.
If someone else were to be the leader of the stronghold, it is estimated that there would already be opposition in the stronghold. As the leader of a stronghold, how could he personally lead the troops on an expedition? If something unexpected happened, wouldn't the stronghold be in chaos in the future?
But Lin Nuo was too powerful in Liangshanbo, and his words were like an imperial edict. After this order was issued, even Lin Chong, the eldest brother, did not dare to refute.
From then on, under the obedience of all Liangshan leaders, the small court of Liangshanbo began its second offensive against Zhujiazhuang.