"You say, if the mountains find out about our intentions, what will they do?" In front of the barracks at the foot of the mountain, Sun Tu looked at the large area of mountainside that had been cleared, and the hundreds of soldiers who were constantly transporting a large number of wood parts, and suddenly asked with a smile.

As Lu Yuan judged, this time the Qingzhou army was already planning to use a more powerful siege weapon catapult against Jintang City.

As early as after knowing that Erlong Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Sun Tu had already put his mind on these heavy weapons that had little effect on ordinary cottages. Because many of the thieves' cottages were built on steep, rugged and narrow mountains, the officers and soldiers could only fight in a few hundred or hundred, and those tall and bulky heavy weapons naturally could not go up.

Moreover, most of those cottages are still built on the top of the mountain, which is a hundred zhang away from the ground, that is, the catapult is full force, and the stone is hit ten zhang high, and the enemy's fur cannot be injured at all, so the general officers and soldiers can only use the simplest way to fight hard in the mountain.

But Sun Tu planned to try to attack the mountain by other means this time, and he didn't want to make the Qingzhou army pay an extremely heavy price in order to level an Erlong Mountain. Especially after the first unsuccessful attack on Jintang Castle, he was even more convinced of this idea, which led to the battle that followed a few days only to contain but not storm, and at the same time they quickly selected a location, cut down a large number of trees on the mountainside, and smoothed the road for the next catapult to carry the catapult up the mountain.

The results of a few days are quite remarkable, and now there is a clearing on the side of the mountainside less than twenty zhang away from Jintang City, which is enough to open up three or five catapults, and under Sun Tu's orders, the soldiers have already transported the disassembled catapult parts upwards, and when they are assembled, they can send stones to destroy the entire Jintang City.

Don't look at the hard work of the official army before, but in fact, this so-called Jintang City just relied on being on a steep mountain road to take advantage of the geography, if you really want to talk about it, this kind of city wall can't even compare with ordinary county towns, and it can't withstand several rounds of bombardment by catapults at all.

Yang Zhi and the others also showed joy at this time: "If they are smart enough, they can save their lives by withdrawing at this time." Otherwise, once we wait for our catapult to fire, then we won't even think about leaving. And if they dare to go down the mountain and sneak attack, they will only die faster. "This self-confidence is available from top to bottom, once the geographical advantage is lost, these thieves in Erlong Mountain will be vulnerable at all.

"yes, I really hope they can continue to defend and kill them more to make the next battle easier." Sun Tu said coldly: "Prepare everything overnight tonight, launch an attack early tomorrow morning, and tomorrow this Golden Soup City will be ours!" ”

In Jintang City, several leaders had also received the news from above, and after learning that the official army had actually arranged the catapult on the mountainside not far away, these people also showed panic, and they all looked at Zeng Tao, waiting for him to make a final decision.

This person also has many injuries on his body now, but his face is still resolute: "If you abandon Jintang City like this, the brothers will definitely not be reconciled, and it will definitely greatly hit the morale of my cottage army, and even affect the next battle." So I decided to continue to lead people to guard here, I want to see how much of his official army can break through my Jintang City! ”

"But ......" The person who came to deliver the message hesitated to say something, but was interrupted by Zeng Tao waving his hand: "But we can't take too many risks, so I only need two hundred people to stay here with me, and the others can retreat to the mountain first, especially those brothers with injuries, just so that they can raise them." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in awe of him. This Zeng Tao was not very eye-catching in the past, but he didn't expect that he was quite responsible at the critical moment. After some exchanges, everyone unanimously approved their decision, and immediately the men and horses in the city moved, and the remaining two hundred who could still fight with him stayed behind, and the other hundred or so wounded all retreated to the mountain at night, and then only waited for the officers and soldiers to launch a new round of attack tomorrow.

When the moon set and the sun rose, and a new day fell, the whining horn sounded quickly from the bottom of the mountain, and then the minions at the head of the city saw the catapults that had been erected, and the officers and soldiers who were busy putting countless stones and stones into the net pockets behind. Today, when the horn sounded, no official army launched a diversionary attack on Jintang Castle as before......

Because of the encouragement of Zeng Tao's selfless performance, all the minions who stayed in Jintang City today were in good spirits, and they only thought about killing a big fight, so that the officials and soldiers under the mountain could know the power of Erlong Mountain. But the momentum they had gathered had nowhere to vent this time, until a fierce drum sounded, and they saw that the three catapults suddenly rose and fell under the control of people, and the net that had been located behind them had suddenly been bounced high, and then countless stones, large and small, and wood and other objects were smashed above their heads like hail with a whistling sound.

Without Zeng Tao's order, everyone spontaneously shrank and hid under the city wall, and many people even put up shields that were not very reliable. The roaring momentum alone had already crushed the momentum they had just accumulated to fight in the blink of an eye.

And something even more terrible followed, the stones in the sky had fallen violently after reaching the head of Jintang Castle, and many large stones smashed heavily on the wall, and immediately smashed the wall made of wood to pieces, and a large part of the wall collapsed and shattered. The small stones scattered in all directions, covering a large area of the city, and all of them smashed on the minions who were cowering behind the city.

The stones that fell with momentum could make holes even if they hit the wall, and now they hit those flesh and blood, and the consequences are naturally needless to say. Suddenly, there was a scream above the city, even the people with shields on their heads were smashed to the point that their heads were broken and bleeding, the shields were shattered, and the others were even more miserable, and dozens of people were completely lost their combat effectiveness by this stormy attack in the blink of an eye.

The catapults on the side of the Qingzhou army did not intend to just use the last round, after a shot of stones was knocked out, the officers and soldiers quickly began to act, reloaded the stones into the net pocket, and then fired them again with the power of leverage. In this case, in just one hour, they had fired five rounds of stones at Jintang City, and more than a dozen nets of stones had exhausted all the ammunition they had prepared before.

At this time, Jintang City had already become a ruin, the wooden wall in front of it that had resisted the officers and soldiers for five or six days had already collapsed more than half, and the city was covered by smoke and dust, and there was not a single living figure in sight. When he discovered the terrible lethality of this catapult, Zeng Tao had already led his men to flee from the city, but even so their losses were still serious, and less than 60 of the 200 people survived, and all of them were wounded. What's worse is that they have already broken their guts, and even their weapons are busy fleeing for their lives, and they don't know where they were thrown away.

When the offensive on the mountainside completely stopped, a horn sounded again, and the elite of the Jiazi Battalion, who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain for a long time, had quickly rushed upward, this time their speed was faster than any before, and the mountain road of five or six miles allowed them to rush through, and in a blink of an eye, they had reached the foot of Jintang City, which was no longer defended.

This time, they didn't have to climb the city wall anymore, they just picked up the log they had brought up and slammed it against the broken gate, which was already broken, and then they screamed and slaughtered into the city.

The people of Erlongshan, who were still in the chaos in the city, saw the officials and soldiers coming in, and immediately despaired, and did not have the courage to fight to the death with the other party, in the scream, they quickly turned around and fled backwards, quickly passing through the simple wooden gate in the rear, dozens of people jumped to the mountain like lost dogs, and even Zeng Tao, who was quite bold before, was no different at this time, and followed the others to run around.

Their fighting spirit has been completely destroyed by the powerful lethality of catapults, and they also know how huge the gap between their own homes and the official army once there is no city to defend, so at this time everyone has only one thought left, that is, to escape.

Seeing this, the people of the Jiazi Battalion were naturally full of momentum, and they immediately followed closely behind, and quickly went towards the mountain to kill. Many people even have an idea in their hearts, maybe if they kill all the way up like this, they can knock down the entire Erlong Mountain in one go. The great achievement is close at hand, and naturally no one is willing to lag behind, even Zhou Xing is also striding at the forefront with a knife, constantly slashing and killing one or two thieves and minions who fell behind.

The main generals of both sides on the mountain and under the mountain saw this scene in its entirety, and Deng Long and Lu Yuan's faces turned pale in an instant. Although they thought that Jintang City would not be able to stop the power of the catapult, they did not expect that it would be defeated so quickly and so miserably, and the two hundred people who remained there died almost in vain.

"Hurry, let people stick to the first line, and never let the officers and soldiers go any further. Drop arrows, drop rocks! Be sure to teach them a big lesson! Lu Yuan was already panicked at this time, and he didn't care about discussing it with Deng Long, so he had already given a loud order to block it.

Only then did the minions of the leaders on the mountain react and hurriedly ran down to convey the order. The more than 100 guards there are all ready to ......

At the foot of the mountain, after a burst of joy, Sun Tu and the others also noticed that Zhou Xing and them were in too much of a hurry, and he immediately shouted: "Hurry up and let the people of the Jiazi Battalion stop the pursuit and stick to Jintang City!" ”

By the time he gave the order, however, it was already a little late. Zhou Xing, who was eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, led people to chase the enemy, and when he turned a mountain road, a cold voice suddenly came from above: "Release the arrow!" ”

Then they found that the road in front of them had suddenly shrunk sharply, allowing only one or two people to pass sideways, and dozens of arrows and stones had been whizzing from a height of more than ten feet......