Yaoshan, Zhangliao cottage.

It was late at night, Zhang Liao was wiping his armor in the cave, and so far he had repelled eight attacks by the Han army, and the morale of more than 1,000 defenders in the village was rising day by day.

Now the Wei army has launched a strategic counteroffensive, and the defenders in the wall are even more excited.

These Wei soldiers naturally did not know about the restoration of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Yanyu, Qingxu, and the four prefectures of Liu Xie as the emperor.

Between the cliffs behind the cottage, fifteen tigers fluttered and jumped, moving along the rugged mountain streams and steep ridges, and the weathered gravel fell into the cliffs and valley streams from time to time.

Tian Xin held a light Teng shield to cover the fine sand and gravel dust that fell one after another above his head, and watched the traces of the tiger disappear at the end of his sight.

It's a pity that these tigers can't be allowed to bring ropes up, and the tigers' IQ can't be overestimated, and tigers, including Mondo, can't go up with ropes, and then find a suitable place to fix and tie knots.

Listening to the dense barking of dogs above the mountainside, and looking at the cliff again, Tian Xin put away his reckless thoughts of climbing and climbing.

It was not difficult to climb up by himself, but suddenly a team of Wei army crossbowmen appeared...... If you fall from a great height, you will definitely die.

Turning to the main gate of the cottage, the passage under the mountain has been heavily besieged by the Han army, but there are sufficient water sources and grain storage on the mountain, and the siege has not had an effect.

A group of Bajun mountain light infantry who had followed Liu Bei for several years had assembled here, which was a strong force dominated by Ba people.

This strong force of Wang Ping's moderation took the white tiger as a totem, and conformed to the atmosphere of the barbarians of Bashan and Jingshan, and had cut off their hair.

Tonight, he wore rhino leather armor and waited quietly for the attack order with a huge shield.

Wang Ping also didn't know why he suddenly transferred them to attack Yaoshan, before the fire attack almost broke through the Wei army's defense, and now the most important thing to do is to attack with fire, invading the defenders with fireworks and burning the fortifications with fire.

"Attack!"

With Wang Ping's low shout, the Ba people in the front row held shields above their heads, connected front and back, and launched an attack along the mountain road that had been opened up and paved.

They were all advancing steadily, and the vast majority of the officers were hanging their heads, following the guidance of the soldiers in front of them, and walking on the hillside roads that were neither steep nor exaggerated.

Halfway up the mountainside, the Wei bloodhounds barked incessantly, and intermittent rockets were ejected, clanging to nail the white tiger battalion's infantry shields, or falling into the already burned soil layers on both sides of the road.

The rockets fired in the soil gradually went out.

Only the rockets that landed on the shield could still burn along the shaft of the arrow, illuminating a small area around it.

Zhang Liao was already wearing a golden helmet and armor, and he stood behind the second low stone wall to watch the Han army advancing in the dark at the foot of the mountain.

The night wind blew past the top of the mountain, and the trees on the top of the mountain swayed and rattled.

Zhang Liao closed his eyes, as if this would warm up around his eyes.

There was an indescribable cold air coming to his face, Zhang Liao opened his eyes and looked at the trenches on both sides, there were a total of four trenches around him, each with a radius of about two feet, and behind him was the third layer of the cottage stone barrier low wall, behind which there were many grass balls hoarded.

The center of these grass balls is a stone, which is made of a straw curtain rolled with stones, made of grease, and then tied with straw rope to reinforce.

The Han army had successfully broken through and occupied the outer wooden wall twice, but it was precisely because of the continuous impact of burning grass balls that the Han army's offensive order was disrupted, forcing the Han army to abandon the wooden wall position it occupied.

The fireballs that roll down at high speed are terrifying for everyone.

As long as it is affected by tomorrow, the Wei army will capture Luyang Pass and open up the connecting channel...... Then the troops can be withdrawn.

The rugged, hidden caves were the biggest source of morale for the Shanzhai defenders.

The retreat was always in the hands of the defenders, relying on the geographical advantages and fortifications, so they were naturally not afraid of the Han army's attack.

As for how difficult and narrow this cave tunnel is, it is not for ordinary officials to know.

"Our army is about to break out, and it is not easy to carry the hounds, why not slaughter them at dawn and reward the soldiers?"

Zhang Liao's ears were full of dog barking, and the remaining thirty or so hunting dogs in the cottage were all barking wildly.

He vaguely heard the proposal of a military official around him, Zhang Liao turned his head to look, attracting attention, Zhang Liao only bowed his head slightly to show his approval.

The breakthrough is imminent, what do you want to do with the hounds?

The dilapidated wooden wall defense line on the periphery of the Wei army was not very precipitous, and Tian Xin and more than 20 personal guards mixed in the shield array to advance.

Before they could engage in battle, Wang Ping led the White Tiger Battalion to break through the wooden wall defense line and fight with the Wei soldiers.

The White Tiger Battalion skillfully cooperated, biting the Wei army head-on, but sacrificing their lives on both sides to assault, piercing and chiseling at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if two curved horns embedded in flesh and blood, one left and one right, converged and closed as they went deeper...... Besieged more than 100 Wei soldiers who could not retreat.

Not surprisingly, the Wei army ignited the grass ball in an orderly manner, and the fireball with burning flames up to more than zhang rolled down, crashing into the oblique shield formation of the White Tiger Battalion, and one after another fireballs flew up against the oblique shield array under the impetus of inertia, flew over the heads of the three rows of White Tiger Battalion soldiers, and landed in the array of Wei soldiers who were surrounded.

The Wei soldiers were still fighting, but they didn't expect that their own fireball failed to break through the Han army's shield soldiers, but fell into their own formation...... There was no time to think, and there was no time to insult, so they could only disperse to avoid the burning fireballs, flames, and grease from contaminating themselves.

Four rounds of sixteen fireballs fell into the array of besieged armor soldiers, and the Wei army had spontaneously stopped the fireball to drive the enemy tactics, and the military officials ran to Zhang Liao's side, anxious: "Marquis of Jinyang, the enemy army is prepared, and it is really difficult to divide and disperse." ”

At this moment, Zhang Liao's eyes widened, and he searched for the combat style of the Han army in the illumination provided by the fireball, but did not find a particularly conspicuous and brave elite detachment.

It seems that Tian Xin was really seriously injured, and I don't know if the imperial court has confirmed the matter. I'm afraid that Tian Xin will come up with a plan to increase the stove and then reduce the stove, and the truth will be tossed, so that the court will not be able to judge...... That would be a waste of all your preparation and dedication.

Use the Wankou defense line that will be lost for a long time, and exchange it for a chance to hit and kill Tian Xin...... So far, Zhang Liao feels that he is not at a loss.

Contrary to Tian Xin's expectations, Wang Ping and his White Tiger Battalion fought not only bravely, but also took various countermeasures, cracking the fireball tactics of the Wei army that succeeded several times.

When Tian Xin's more than 20 people arrived at the wooden gate, they saw that the White Tiger Battalion had fully engaged the Wei army.

The Wei army divided the battlefield with fireballs several times to hinder the follow-up reinforcements of the Han army, although this time it did not work...... But the anti-charge armor soldiers were already ready to attack and had to be fired.

In the melee, the White Tiger Battalion soldiers often work in pairs, with the big shield standing in front of them, one looking to the left, and the other looking to the right, often two people can stand up to the confrontation of three or five Wei troops.

Relying on the big shield and the trust in his comrade-in-arms, the White Tiger Battalion formed five or six charging points, repeatedly tearing the Wei army armor soldiers who launched a counter-charge.

On the hillside, the enemy and the enemy overlapped, and they were all killed.

When Tian Xinzheng was thinking about Zhang Liao's countermeasures, he saw that a larger grass ball was ignited on the slope platform a hundred steps away, with a diameter of one zhang, and it was ignited, and it was pushed by the spear halberd to slowly approach the gap in the low wall at the edge of the platform, rolling down from the gap and accelerating.

The rolling flaming fireballs quickly ploughed out a passage four or five feet wide, and the belligerents on both sides dodged one after another.

This huge fireball rushed towards the wooden door, Tian Xin saw that there were fires everywhere, and he couldn't find where Zhang Liao's battle flag was, and saw that the big fireball was getting closer and closer, so he didn't hesitate to charge to the side, and the surrounding soldiers followed closely with the big shield, and one after another the big fireballs hit the wooden door, and the flames piled up, blocking the follow-up Han army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The war drums of the Wei army's silence were beating, and the Wei army everywhere tried their best to eat this Han army that cut off the retreat.

Zhang Liao stretched out his hand to catch the iron halberd from the hands of the guards around him, and in order to defeat the Han army, he shouted and led the personal guards into the battlefield.

At this time, Tian Xin also shouted, and the tigers on the top of the mountain roared again and again, one after another, faintly overshadowing the sound of Wei Jun's drums.

Tian Xin rushed forward, and the seven bells on his body rang immediately.

In just a moment, the enemy and the soldiers around Tian Xin were stunned and paused.

Under the light of the fire, the Wei army fought excitedly and the hideous face quickly lost its blood, the hands and feet were stiff and did not obey the call, and many brave officials were afraid at this moment, watching the Han army in front of them raise their knives and slash between their necks.