When Qi Liu and Han Benshan were still waiting for Song Jiang in the Liangshanbo cottage for them to make a final decision, when Liangshanbo began to discuss how to send troops to maximize their own interests, and when they all thought that there was still time and it was impossible for the Qingzhou army to conquer Erlong Mountain again in the short term, Sun Tu had once again led more than 1,000 Qingzhou troops to the foot of Erlong Mountain.

Deng Long and the others on the mountain saw that the powerful official army began to camp at the foot of the mountain in an orderly manner, arranging the preliminary work of attacking the mountain, many banners hunting and hunting under the autumn wind, everyone showed an unbelieving and uneasy look on their faces, and many people were deeply angry: "This Sun Tu and his soldiers and horses are really arrogant, really one or two thousand brothers in Erlongshan are all clay sculptures and wood carvings?" ”

Before Deng Long could say anything, the leader with a strong temperament asked for battle and said: "Village master, we can't let them gain a firm foothold at the bottom of the mountain so unscrupulously, it's better to let the little brother go down the mountain first and kill once, even if you can't kill many people, you have to frustrate their arrogance." ”

Deng Long frowned slightly, the previous battle of Dongshi Kip had made him deeply jealous of the Qingzhou Army, if he sent people down the mountain this time to defeat again, it would definitely be extremely unfavorable to the next plan to defend the mountain. But it was not good for him to directly reject this proposal, otherwise it would also dampen everyone's spirit. In a dilemma, he could only turn his gaze to Lu Yuan, the military advisor on the side.

Lu Yuan nodded after some thought and said, "It's a good thing that the big guy can have this fighting spirit. However, I have also heard about the previous battle of Dongshi Kip, and this official army is indeed much stronger than us in the plains, and if you rashly go down the mountain to attack, I am afraid that it will fall into their hands. It's better to do this, and it is not necessary to lead the army to fight head-on, we can also let the brothers fight with them, so that the strengths of the officers and soldiers will not be revealed. ”

Deng Long was immediately overjoyed when he heard this: "Why did I forget this...... Sun Lian, Zhao Sheng, the two of you will go to the Qingzhou army under the mountain in the name of my Erlongshan to invite the battle, if you can win a few battles against him, it will be a great credit, and it can also frustrate the spirit of the official army. ”

The two leaders who were named were all good players in the cottage, and they all immediately agreed with their fists, and then immediately rushed down. When they came to the Jintang City at the lowest checkpoint, they shouted loudly to the officials and soldiers below: "Listen to the people under the mountain, you dare to offend my Erlong Mountain, you really don't know whether you are alive or dead." Today, the two leaders of my family want to fight a fair battle with you, but will anyone dare to fight? ”

The words soon spread below, and the guards guarding the gate of the barracks heard it and reported it inside. At this time, Sun Tu was discussing with several people who had surrendered to his own original Erlong Mountain how to attack this mountain.

"Jintang City, a line of heaven, Pingtian Pass, this is the three natural danger passes on Erlong Mountain, if it is a frontal attack, as long as the people guarding the mountain do not make mistakes, I am afraid that no 10,000 men and horses can not beat the three passes. Especially the first line of heaven, because the terrain there is high and steep and narrow, the soldiers and horses cannot be deployed at all, and it is really a matter of ten thousand people. These people didn't mean to hide it, so they told everything they knew about Erlong Mountain, and many generals in the account frowned, this mountain is really not easy to attack.

"What if you sneak up from the left and right sides or from the back mountain?" Sun Tu came up with his own idea.

"No, the army division has always been careful, and these three sides are guarded day and night. Moreover, the terrain there is more dangerous than the front mountain, and once something unusual is detected, as long as the arrows and stones are thrown together, no matter how many people will definitely die. ”

Sun Tu sighed: "It seems that you can only attack one way from the front, these two dragon mountains are worthy of being the first of the three thief mountains in Qingzhou, and it is really a difficult bone to gnaw." ”

The others were silent, they all felt that this time the forced dispatch of troops by the capital eunuch was indeed a bit chaotic, even if they had obtained a lot of money and food by confiscating the property of a large number of officials in the city, but this was far from enough for more than a thousand soldiers and horses to consume here. After all, these two dragon mountains are different from the White Tiger Mountains that were captured before, and they can't be defeated in just three or five days. And once the time drags on, the situation is quite bad for your own family.

Just when Yang Zhi was hesitant to say something, a personal soldier opened the curtain and reported: "Metropolitan Eunuch, there are thieves from Erlong Mountain calling for war outside, and they want to fight with us." ”

Sun Tu was stunned when he heard this: "Is there really such a rule on the battlefield now?" ”

In many scripts after the Ming and Qing dynasties, as long as it is written that the two armies are facing each other, many of them will spend a lot of space describing the two sides setting up their positions and sending their respective generals to catch and fight in front of the two armies...... It seems that this kind of soldier-to-soldier and general-to-general battle has become a regular mode of military warfare in ancient times.

But in fact, Sun Tu knew very well in his heart that although there were tactics of such fighting generals, they were not common, because many times the generals of an army did not rely on martial arts at all, but on the use of the art of war and the ability to judge the situation. Moreover, if you really fight in front of the two armies, there is a high probability that the enemy archers will find an opportunity to give you a ruthless blow, and at that time, as soon as the main general dies, the battle will be lost immediately.

It can be said that the tactics of such fighting generals are more just legends, or idealized descriptions of the battlefield by ancient literati, but it is difficult to appear such scenes on the cruel real battlefield.

But today, the people of Erlong Mountain actually challenged their own family, which really made Sun Tu feel a little funny, today he was leading troops to exterminate them, but it was not a competition for territory on the green forest road, but a fair duel or something.

But the other people in the tent didn't think so, and soon some people shouted loudly: "These thieves are really so big, they dare to provoke my Qingzhou army." Eunuch, let the last general go out to meet them for a while, so that they can know the strength of our Qingzhou army. ”

Sun Tu was stunned again, these people really have the heart to fight, can it be said that the tactics of such fighting generals are really popular in the world today? But he quickly thought about it again, and when he had an idea, he nodded and said: "It's not bad to send someone to fight to raise the might of our Qingzhou army, in this way, Cao Zheng, Yang Zhi, Zhou Xing, the three of you will go out of the camp to meet the enemy first." Be sure to show our prestige! ”

The three of them immediately clenched their fists and took their orders, and quickly went out of the tent to prepare, while the others also discussed it, followed Sun Tu out of the tent together, and went to the camp to see this rare battle of generals.

At this time, because there was no response in the Qingzhou military camp, the people on the mountain shouted more and more: "I thought there were a few heroes in the official army, but now it seems that we overestimated you, it turns out that you will only bully others, but your true ability is far inferior to our brothers in Erlongshan." ”

A wave of ridicule and ridicule drifted to the military camp below with the wind, which made many Qingzhou soldiers annoyed. If it weren't for Sun Tu's strict military discipline, I'm afraid that some people would have rushed out to fight on their own.

Just when everyone was not angry and some people were going to fight with the capital supervisor, Yang Zhi and the three of them had already walked out striding out with their soldiers and came to the gate of the village, Yang Zhi immediately ordered: "Send a message to those thieves on the mountain, just say that we accept their challenge, and let their people quickly wash their necks and come down to death!" ”

The words soon spread to the top, and Sun Zhao, who was still a little worried about the official army not being excited, was suddenly overjoyed, and no longer delayed, and immediately led one hundred and ten men to rush down the mountain, and then Zhao Sheng rushed to the front of the official army village first, and shouted: "I am Zhao Sheng, the leader of the front mountain of Erlong Mountain, but does anyone dare to fight with me?" ”

Cao Zheng saw that he was arrogant, so he shouted: "Then let Cao Zheng, the deputy general of my scout battalion, come to take your life!" While shouting, he rushed out of the gate, came to the other party, raised his knife and slashed head-on.

That Zhao Sheng's reaction was also quite fast, and he hurriedly swung his gun to block the grid, although he was chopped back two steps because he lost the opportunity, but soon he slammed his gun and stabbed directly, and his momentum was extraordinary.

Cao Zheng and Zhao Sheng are both fighting on foot, so it is much faster to fight than to fight immediately, and after a few faces, they have attacked and defended each other more than ten times. Although both of them were injured because of this, they did not retreat at all, but became more and more fierce as they fought, and the soldiers on and off the mountain were nervous.

However, Sun Tu in the village was a little unimpressed by this: "What's the use of fighting like this, don't really let Cao Zheng hurt too much, Zhou Xing, you go out and replace him back." ”

Zhou Xing agreed, and then raised his knife and killed it, and then Sun Lian over there also hurried to kill when he saw this, replacing Zhao Sheng, who was already exhausted, and the two sides fought again, until the sky was almost dark, and they still couldn't tell the winner.

Seeing this, Yang Zhi finally couldn't hold back: "Du Jian, why don't you let me go out and kill two or three of him?" ”

"It's fine, but you have to remember not to get too close to Erlong Mountain, or I'm afraid they'll poison you."

Seeing that Sun Tu agreed to come down, Yang Zhi immediately slapped his horse to meet him, and as soon as the person rushed out of the gate, he shouted loudly: "Bold thief, don't give the head!" Then he slashed at Sun Lian.

Sun Lian was already exhausted from the battle, and when he saw Yang Zhi rushing towards him, he hurriedly retreated, but how could his speed be compared to the war horse that was sprinting with all his strength, only for a moment, Yang Zhi had already killed him, and the sword flashed, straight to his neck.

This startled him a lot, and he quickly raised his gun to block it, but he heard only a click, and the barrel of the gun was cut off with a knife, and then the blade did not pause in the slightest, and in the blink of an eye it struck his shoulder, and unloaded one of his arms alive.

Just as Sun Lian was screaming, Zhao Sheng had already rushed forward again and shouted: "Despicable!" The gun in his hand has been directly taken to the door of the war horse under Yang Zhi's crotch, but he wants to force him back. At the same time, those minions also rushed over quickly and rescued Sun Lian, who was injured and fell to the ground.

At the same time, two more roars came from the mountain, and the two figures also rushed down like a whirlwind, and it was Luda and Wu Song who came down the mountain......