Chapter 186: Confrontation (9)

The defense line of the Great Earthquake Pass, the third line of the White Tiger Army's cottage defense line is still in a fierce battle, but the cottage is already in danger at this time.

"Kill, kill, kill......"

The shouts of the Xirong thief army crossed the wall and entered the village, and due to the lack of troops, the soldiers of the White Tiger Army were suppressed and retreated, and many people died on the way back.

"Withdraw, retreat...... one of the team shouted after killing a Xijon thief who had caught up.

However, there are too many Xirong thieves who have caught up, and they can't withdraw at this time.

Under the protection of a group of guards, Yu Chitong climbed the wall of the cottage, looked at the White Tiger Army who were evacuating in a panic, and ordered: "Order the front army to follow the attack and take the opportunity to seize the gate of the Great Earthquake Pass." ”

"Commanded by humility." A general took the order and left.

After the general left, a commander came to report: "General, I found a granary in the north of the village, when the enemy army guarding the grain was about to burn the grain and grass, the humble duty arrived in time and killed them all, only a small part of the grain and grass did not have time to rescue the north and burned it out, but most of the grain and grass were saved. ”

"How much grain and grass is there?"

"At least twenty or thirty thousand stones."

"Good! That's great. Wei Chitong patted the commander on the shoulder and said, "The general will definitely report to the marshal to ask for credit for you." ”

"General Xie." The commander of the thousand gave the order with excitement on his face.

"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper...... General Yu found a large amount of wood, tung oil, and fierce fire oil in the south of the village, all of which were captured by our army. Another centurion came to report.

Then one after another good news was sent to Wei Chitong, in general, the breakthrough of this cottage not only made the Xirong army one step closer to the Great Earthquake Pass, but also captured a lot of grain and grass; It can be said to be a rare victory since the Xirong Army's Eastern Crusade.

On the other side, more than 1,000 Xirong thieves were chasing the soldiers of the White Tiger Army who had fled eastward, and in order to be able to run faster, the soldiers of the White Tiger Army threw away their weapons, armor and other objects while running.

"Open the gates of the city and receive the brothers into the city." Seeing the soldiers of the White Tiger Army retreating from afar, Hu Qiong decisively issued a military order.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

The gate of Guanxi was slowly opened, and a brigade of soldiers walked out of the gate and lined up outside the city, so as to receive the withdrawn brothers into the city.

After the Xirong thief army entered the range of the crossbow, the brigade commander gave a military order very decisively: "Crossbowmen, throw." ”

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"

Due to the scattered bandit army of Xijon, the rain of arrows did not cause much damage to them.

"Brothers run from both sides, run from both sides......" shouted the brigade commander and his men.

When the retreating officers and soldiers of the White Tiger Army heard this, they immediately divided into two groups and bypassed the military formation from both sides and headed towards the Great Earthquake Pass.

"Meet the enemy, attack ......," the brigade commander drew his saber and pointed at the Xijon thieves who came down and ordered.

The neatly arrayed White Tiger Army collided head-on with the pursuing Xirong thief army, and the Xirong army at this time pursued so far that it was already the end of the crossbow; Despite their superiority in numbers, the Sijon Bandits were still inferior in close combat.

After being attacked head-on by the White Tiger Army, the Xirong Army decisively chose to retreat, and the White Tiger Army did not pursue it, but withdrew to the Great Earthquake Pass instead.

After the situation in the cottage stabilized, Wei Chitong invited Murong De to the cottage.

"Marshal, in this battle, our army not only captured this cottage, but also captured a large amount of grain and grass baggage of the White Tiger Army, which can be described as a complete victory!" Yu Chitong said very proudly.

"Did you catch any prisoners?" Murong De then asked.

"I've caught a few, and I'm interrogating!"

"Interrogate all the defenders of the Great Earthquake Pass and report it to the commander as soon as possible."

"The last general commands."

In a remote hut inside the cottage, screams could be heard from far away, and the captured White Tiger Sergeant was being tortured.

About half an hour later, I heard shouts from inside: "I said, I said, I said it all......"

"The last general, Captain Chi Tong, see the marshal." Wei Chitong came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"It's all said."

"Handsome and wise; The last general had already learned from the captives that the total strength of the three fortresses on the north and south mountains of the Qingshui River and its rivers was only nearly 5,000 people, of which the two fortresses in the north had 600 defenders, the southern fortress had 500 defenders, and the rest of the men and horses were stationed in the Great Earthquake Pass. ”

"Why is the White Tiger Army so many, will there be any fraud in this?" Murong De said very cautiously.

"Marshal, as far as the last general knows, the entire Yong army is forty or fifty thousand people, and the White Tiger Army is more than 10,000 people. It would be nice to have nearly 5,000 people to defend the city. ”

Seeing that Murong De was a little hesitant, Wei Chitong continued to persuade and said: "Great Marshal, now that the White Tiger Army is empty, if our army launches a fierce attack at this time, it will definitely be able to capture the pass in one fell swoop. ”

"The congregation will come to the council."

"The last general commands." Yu Chitong said excitedly.

After the generals arrived, Murong De directly ordered: "The generals obey the order, gather 30,000 elite infantry troops early tomorrow morning, storm the Great Earthquake Pass, and strive to break the city within one day." ”

"Obey the commander's orders."

This night, the Xirong army was extremely busy, a large number of siege equipment was transported from the rear camp, assembled in the open space outside the cottage, building cars, rushing cars, nest cars, ladders, catapults, battering rams, etc., in order to be able to win the earthquake pass in one fell swoop, Murong De took out all his family resources.

"Woo, woo, woo......"

Early in the morning, with a low sound of horns, 30,000 elite foot soldiers of the Xirong army drove out of the camp and pushed the siege equipment straight to the Great Earthquake Pass.

"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper...... General, there are 30,000 or 40,000 Xirong troops carrying a large number of engineering equipment and coming straight to our Great Earthquake Pass. "The scouts came in to report.

"Two brothers, the Xijon army is coming; We will carry out the battle plan according to the battle plan we have just discussed, and we will also bother the two virtuous brothers, and lead the two cavalry guards to gather at the gate of the city. Hu Qiong said very politely to Wei Ying and Hou Ji.

"When I came, the lord said that everything is under the command of the general, and the two generals will go to prepare and wait for the general's military orders at any time." Wei Ying said righteously.

The Flying Bear Guard and Flying Lion Guard led by Wei Ying and Hou Ji rushed to ten miles east of the Great Earthquake Pass early yesterday morning, but in order to prevent being detected by the Xirong spies, they never entered the city, knowing that they only quietly drove into the city last night.

After arranging all the combat missions, Hu Qiong came to the Xicheng Tower of the Great Earthquake Pass, from where he could overlook the entire battlefield; At this time, Hu Qiong was waiting nervously.

The front line camp of the Xirong Army (the third cottage of the White Tiger Army) in the north of the grain and grass tun is put on the ground, one of the grain stomping, this grain stomping is very special, the middle part is hollow, at this time a hole suddenly appeared in the ground of the grain stampede, and several people wearing Xirong military uniforms drilled out of the hole.

"Hurry up and go out and see if there is any Xijon army outside."

"No one was found."

"Acting on the plan......"