At the lowest level of the Guancheng city, there are 428 people neatly arranged, which are all the students in the teaching camp. However, there are only 120 muskets. The remaining students are all equipped with horse-huang crossbows, jumping crossbows and even

There are also some divine arm bows.

Di Lie was giving pre-battle instructions: "There are one hundred shooting holes in the fort, one hundred muskets, and the remaining twenty, all placed on the inner city defense wall. Three hundred crossbowmen, two hundred in the fort, one

There are hundreds of inner city defense walls. The inner city defense is the first line, and the inner city defense is the second line, which is the reserve team. Muskets and crossbows take turns to fire, and everyone has a chance to fire. When each team of students shoots,

Afterwards, the waiting trainees took notes. Every time a person was hit, a horizontal line was crossed and the word 'positive' was crossed to determine the team's record. After the battle lasted for more than two hours, the first and second lines rotated. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" More than four hundred people, their voices were loud and uniform, as if they were one person.

"Everyone," Di Lie gave the last instruction.

More than four hundred students filed up the three-story staircase according to the steps they had rehearsed in advance. The bottom floor was Team D, with thirty musketeers and sixty crossbowmen. The second and third floors were Team B and Team B.

Team C also has the same number of musketeers and crossbowmen. The small sealed arc-shaped house on the top floor has ten musketeers and twenty crossbowmen, which is Team A. In this way, the first line

The one hundred musketeers and two hundred crossbowmen in the bunker have all been arranged.

After the two envoys returned in embarrassment, about half an hour later, the Wuzhai Allied Forces set up a crude camp at the foot of the mountain. Few of these bandits were regular soldiers of the Song Army, and they were self-sufficient.

There was strength in numbers. It was unusual for Pingzhai to have the courage to resist that day. How could he still dare to rush down the mountain? Of course, if the other party really did not care about life and death, the Wuzhai Allied Forces would be just what they wanted. After all, it is better to fight in the mountains.

Used to chew on such hard bones as a stone castle.

After beating the drums, the Wuzhai Allied Forces launched their first offensive.

The first wave of attacks consisted of the following: Heiya Village, 200 people, including 50 armored soldiers, led by "Skinny Tiger" Xu Qing; Dashiling Village, 100 people, armed with standard swords, guns and homemade guns and clubs, led by the Second Village

The leader Wang Jin led the troops; the remaining three villages each sent out thirty or fifty people. A total of four hundred troops were assembled. There were also fifty auxiliary soldiers, each of five carrying a four-foot-long ladder, a total of ten ladders.

, this is the bandits' only siege tool.

From the number of troops sent by the attackers and their armor and weapons, it can be seen that Jiao Wentong, the commander-in-chief of the Wuzhai Allied Forces, was very determined. He was planning to win in one battle. To this end, he did not hesitate to use the most elite troops at hand.

All the forces were sent out. In fact, if the road in front of Weize Pass was not too narrow and only five or six people could travel at a time, which was not conducive to the deployment of troops, the leader of Jiao Dazhai would have wanted to send more troops.

Strive to break through in one blow.

However, there are 400 elite troops from each village, which is probably about the same. As long as they can rush across the moat and climb the city wall, Master Jiao Dazhai believes that in such a hand-to-hand hand-to-hand combat, even if the opponent has a thousand young warriors, they will definitely be able to do it.

He can't resist his own subordinates.

Four hundred bandits, led by fifty elite armored soldiers from Heiya Village, moved along the winding mountain road like a long squirming worm, moving little by little toward the east gate of Weize Pass.

The fifty so-called elite armored soldiers were only wearing rather worn-out leather armor, and most of them were the half-body thin leather armor of the Song Army's spearmen or crossbowmen, and even many of the iron-inlaid leaves had fallen off.

That's almost it. The level of protection of this kind of armor is so low that it can't prevent the eight-dou walking bow fifty steps away or the five-dou cavalry bow shooting thirty steps away.

Only Taihang bandits would consider such armor as a treasure.

It is understandable why Jiao Wentong actually made such a big noise this time. A coalition of ten villages came to surround Tianping Village. Not to mention the flowing water of supplies that Ping San of Xiaoshiling Village revealed with his own eyes.

, just what Xu Qing said about the dozen or so people wearing heavy infantry armor and holding standard swords and axes was worthy of a big fight.

The first two rows of these fifty armored soldiers still held a brand new but not old side card. It was made of wood and covered with cowhide. Although it was poorly maintained and the leather had fallen off a lot, it still had a certain effect.

It has a protective function. And among the bandits behind, many people also have a pair of temporary nailed wooden shields in their hands. The thing is a bit crude, but it can play a certain role, and it is a super-sized five-bow bow.

, after penetrating these wooden shields, the damage to the targets behind must be much weaker.

The closer they got to Weize Pass, the two commanders and deputy commanders Xu Qing and Wang Jin became more and more ecstatic - there were no defensive soldiers on the female wall of the pass. Although I don't know why, but this

Definitely an unexpected surprise.

"Speed ​​up, hurry up, hurry up, don't wait for them to react." Xu Qing waved a heavy hand knife that was incompatible with his thin body, and issued a series of instructions eagerly, "The soldiers in front get out of the way.

The ladder team divided five ladders and passed quickly. Use all your strength to climb over the sheep and horse wall as quickly as possible, run to the edge of the moat, and place the ladder across the moat. If you don't want to die, give it to me.

Run back as fast as you can. Archers, all come to the front. Once you see someone on the parapet, shoot for me!"

Twenty-five auxiliary soldiers carried five ladders and ran to the sheep and horse wall about fifty steps away from the front of Guancheng. This sheep and horse wall was just a short wall, not more than ten feet high, but three feet thick.

And it is also covered with stones. The main function of the sheep and horse wall is to block cavalry. Of course, it is unlikely that cavalry will attack in such a dangerous place. Its existence is just a relic of the battlefield a hundred years ago. But Di Lie used it to originally

The foundation was rebuilt, a new sheep and horse wall was built, and the wall was also covered with stones.

When such a wall fell on Xu Qingyan, he really made him curse. He secretly cursed that the new owner of Tianping Village was so full that he did such a boring thing. Could it be that he thought that this low wall could block his own house?

The attack pace of hundreds of people? This group of guys, dare not say anything else, is a common thing to climb over mountains and ridges. Who would put a small stone wall in their eyes?

Xu Qing nonchalantly asked the auxiliary soldiers to put up the ladders on the sheep and horse wall. The more than 20 auxiliary soldiers divided the work and cooperated. Half of them climbed over the wall and waited on the other side of the sheep and horse wall to take over; the other half squatted on the wall.

Wait for the other twenty or so auxiliary soldiers to pass the remaining five ladders to their hands from below.

Everything seemed to be going well. Not a single figure appeared on the female wall in Guancheng, and the defenders seemed to have given up resistance.

If it weren't for the opponent's unusually tough attitude when trying to persuade them to surrender, Xu Qing would have thought that the opponent had really given up the city and retreated to Tianping Village. However, they are so calm now, which is not a good sign...

Under the protection of fifty soldiers, Xu Qing gradually approached the sheep and horse wall. For no reason, his eyelids twitched...

A vague command came out from the many holes in Guancheng: "Team D, prepare! Target. Sheep and horse wall fifty steps away, volley!"

Following this long and drawn-out sound, a series of dense explosions came...

Due to the low terrain and the obstruction of sight by the sheep and horse wall, no one among the more than 400 bandits from Xu Qing on down could see clearly what was causing the sound. All they could see was the front of Guancheng.

, a burst of green smoke rose up for no reason. With this large piece of green smoke as the background, seven or eight auxiliary soldiers who were squatting on the sheep and horse wall were preparing to pass the ladder.

Blood flowers. One by one, they screamed loudly and fell down with their hands and feet tied. Several auxiliary soldiers riding on the edge of the sheep and horse wall even fell directly to the cliff. The shrill screams broke the tranquility of the valley.

.enduring...

The voice from Guancheng rang again: "Team C is ready, target, fifty steps away under the sheep and horse wall, volley!"

Bang bang bang! There was another burst of explosion like fried beans. On the other side of the sheep and horse wall, more than ten auxiliary soldiers who had previously climbed over to the other side of the wall let out bursts of death screams. The smoke became thicker...

The mountain wind blew, and thick smoke filled their nostrils. The choking smell of gunpowder smoke made Xu Qing and the others choke and cough, making it difficult to open their eyes.

"What happened? Who told me... ahem... what happened?" Xu Qing wiped away his smoked tears and roared loudly, "Wang Jin, Wang Jin! What did you see? You

Say, what the hell is going on... ahem... what the hell is going on?"

Wang Jin, the second master of Dashiling Village, used his body as broad as a door panel to squeeze out a path from the chaotic bandits. With great difficulty, he squeezed in front of Xu Qing, his nose filled with snot (choking) and tears (

Smoked) and wailed: "I...I don't know what's going on? I heard bursts of firecrackers, and then this thick smoke appeared... Oops, this smoke smells like

The kind of 'thunderbolt fireball' used by the army..."

As the mountain wind blew strong, the smell of gunpowder smoke gradually faded away, and the bandit soldiers slowly returned to calm. However, due to this chaotic squeeze, at least seven or eight bandit soldiers standing on the outside of the mountain road were pushed down the cliff, and their bodies were

No existence.

Dozens of people were lost without even looking at the enemy's face. Xu Qing's whole heart and lungs were swollen with a nameless anger, but he had nowhere to vent. He forced himself to endure and ordered to the soldiers in front of him.

: "Be careful. Go over and drag a few bodies over to see what's going on."

The six soldiers in the first row carefully held up the side cards and moved step by step to the auxiliary soldiers who fell. Most of these auxiliary soldiers were already dead - even if they were not shot on the spot, they were no more than ten feet tall.

They fell off the wall and were seriously injured, making it impossible for them not to die. However, there were still one or two who did not die on the spot and kept twitching and moaning.

Six soldiers dragged back two seriously injured people who were still alive. Xu Qing grabbed one of them by the collar, shook him and shouted: "What on earth is going on? How were you injured? You saw it

What?"

The injured man spat out a mouthful of blood and said one word with difficulty: "...fire...fire..." Then a large amount of blood poured out of his mouth as if for free, blocking his last breath.

"What kind of fire? Tell me clearly... Damn, he died so fast... As for you... you... this one died faster!" Xu Qing violently threw the two auxiliary soldiers who had just died to the ground.

He gritted his teeth and tried to say something, but couldn't come up with any words.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Look, over there——"

The soldiers looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a ladder set up on the other side of the sheep and horse wall. The soldiers' hearts suddenly lifted.

Xu Qing hurriedly summoned more than 20 archers, pointed at the ladder, and said in a voice that seemed to come out of his teeth: "As soon as you see someone showing his head, shoot him!"

More than twenty sharp arrowheads and hundreds of gazes were pointed at the top of the ladder... The ladder kept shaking, and it was obvious that someone was climbing. Slowly, slowly, a head emerged... but the arrows were

It was not shot, because all the thieves looked at it clearly, it was a human head with a face covered in blood...

"Xu Laoliu! He is Xu Laoliu! He is not dead yet..." someone he knew shouted.

This Xu Laoliu was an auxiliary soldier who had climbed over the sheep and horse wall before. His companions who climbed over to the other side of the wall with him were all killed by the second round of musketry. Only he was seriously injured, but because he was not injured

The key point was that he just used one breath and a strong desire to survive to hold up a fallen ladder and climbed up with difficulty.

"Two people go and get him over here. Maybe he will know what's going on." Xu Qing ordered.

The two soldiers came to the sheep and horse wall cautiously, holding a card in one hand and holding the ladder with the other. They took a few steps to see if they could reach it. They both reached out to Xu Laoliu at the same time. And on the sheep and horse wall

Xu Laoliu also tremblingly stretched out his blood-stained hand...

The three big hands were about to grasp each other. At this moment, a dull sonic boom sounded. All the thieves could see clearly that a blood flower suddenly exploded from the back of Xu Laoliu's head. It was very close at hand.

The two soldiers saw it more clearly, but when they saw that Xu Laoliu was shocked, the fire of survival in his eyes quickly extinguished, the blood-stained hand that was trying to reach forward suddenly stopped, and then fell down...

This scene was so frightening that all the bandits who witnessed it trembled and subconsciously took a few steps back.

"It's a witchcraft!" The two soldiers rolled down the ladder and even lost their side cards. They ran back to the formation in despair, and said to Xu Qing with pale lips and pale lips, "Tianping Village asked the witches to do the witchcraft.

There's smoke, poisonous gas, and all kinds of weird noises... We can't fight anymore, three leaders, please retreat..."

"Bastard!" Xu Qing slapped one of them on the spot, his face turned crooked with anger, "You have to withdraw before the battle even starts. You guys are shameless, and I still want to be shameless!"

But what happened next was even worse, because the two soldiers kept shouting "witchcraft", which caused panic among the thieves. Some of the thieves at the rear even turned back and fled. If not

Wang Jin hurried to the rear of the team to suppress them, fearing that these unqualified thieves would collapse on the spot.

"Bastard! Bastard!" Xu Qing didn't know what to do other than scolding her at this time.

At this moment, the accountant who had been kicked out as a messenger to death squeezed through the group of thieves and said sharply: "Three leaders, that is not a magic method, but the Taoist 'Thunder in the Palm'.

It can be broken with the blood of a black dog..."

When Xu Qing heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Sir, you are really knowledgeable. Good! Good! Come, go to the camp and get two black dogs... No, how many dogs are there? Get them all for me..."

Under the reassurance of this "dog-blooded demon-breaking method", the morale of the vanguard of the Wuzhai Allied Forces was finally temporarily settled. But a greater crisis was quietly buried - everyone had lost hope.

Relying on "dog blood"... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!