The defense system of the main village of Luoyan Valley is not a joke, and the safety of the main village has been the top priority for many years. To put it bluntly, the peak where the main village of the East Mountain of Luoyan Valley is located has been armed to the teeth. The eastern slope, in particular, faces a gorge leading to the outside of the mountain, and is the first place where the officers and soldiers bear the brunt of the attack, and almost every inch of the place has a means of defense.

In addition to manpower fortifications such as fortifications and arrow towers, it is essential to design rolling wood and stones. The fortifications of Luoyan Valley adopted a method of killing two birds with one stone. The boulders used to build the fortification walls are stones, so the fortification walls are both high and thick. In the event of an enemy attack, simply tear down the fortification walls to turn the hillside into a dead ground of rolling stones. In fact, there was a large amount of wood in the fortifications, but last night it was carried away for fear that the enemy's fire attack would be effective.

The terrain of the Higashiyama slopes is also steep, and the few gentle slopes that have been modified have been made, and the more gentle they are, the more inadmissible they are. The trail up the hill was the only gentle point, but the enemy forces were approaching, and the road was worried about being destroyed. A few slightly gentler attacks actually hide great danger. Because there are a lot of defensive measures above. The weaker the area, the more important it is.

The tide of rolling stones rolled down, and half of the hillside rumbled as if the sky was collapsing. The smoke and dust obscured the hillside, and the officers and soldiers in the valley could not see what was really happening on the hillside. Everything was shrouded in smoke and dust. But the terrible and frightened cries of terror from the terrible rumble could be heard. One can imagine what cruel and terrible things are happening in the smoke.

Countless soldiers rushed out of the smoke and dust, and they ran away from the hillside with their heads in their hands. This is the soldier below, who has a chance to flee when they see the rolling stone fall. Because the terrain from the bottom of the hill to the valley is gentle, there are several ravines blocking the rocks rolling down to the base of the mountain, and as long as they break out of the ravine, they can survive. And they undoubtedly did. But it had to be the soldiers who were out of the way, and even their weapons and shields were quickly discarded. If you get in the way, you may not be able to get out.

The rockslide happens quickly and ends quickly. After tea time, the hillside has returned to a basic calm. After the smoke and dust were blown away by the valley wind, the entire hillside was filled with a scene of post-disaster. In the rubble, swords, guns, armor, shields were everywhere, and there were flesh and blood and corpses everywhere. Some of the bodies were half buried, and some were only the hands and feet that stretched out. It's just unbearable.

The attacking soldiers and horses returned defeated, and under the rolling stones, who would dare not escape? The defeated soldiers returned to the front of the battle, and counted the number of dead and wounded, and there were as many as four thousand dead and wounded. Many people dragged their broken arms and legs and were dragged back by others, but those who did not escape were basically all confessed to the hillside.

This is the steepest part of the slope of Higashiyama, and if you are halfway up the mountain, the terrain will be gentler. Even with rolling wood, the stone is not so powerful. It is precisely the rugged terrain under this mountainside, the most suitable place for rocks to resist the enemy, that the Luoyan Army, with the cooperation of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, staged a good show of landslides and ground cracks.

In front of the valley formation, Guo Xu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his heart seemed to be about to explode. It has only been less than two days since entering the mountain, and it has been ruthlessly attacked by the Luoyan Army in a row, and its psychological endurance has reached its limit. He looked up at the misty place on the top of the mountain, and seemed to feel that Lin Jue and Guo Chong, father and son, were standing on the top of the mountain, pointing at him and mocking loudly.

Yes, he is a dignified emperor of Zhou, and he led so many soldiers and horses to come to exterminate the thieves with great ambition, but now, he has killed only a few hundred enemies, and his own losses have exceeded 5,000 people, which is simply to make the world laugh off his big teeth. He, the self-proclaimed emperor of martial arts and wisdom, only has this ability, not only his opponents will laugh at him, but even his own courtiers and people will ridicule and laugh at him.

"Tell me my will, and don't retreat. Kill me! Those who retreat will be killed! All the soldiers and horses, give me a charge! Guo Xu yelled.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Yuankang hurriedly shouted, he wanted to remind Guo Xu to keep his sanity, wouldn't it be too impulsive to do so. Who knows how many means the other side has.

"Zhao Yuankang, needless to say, you are the vanguard yourself, and I will supervise the battle for you. Whoever dares to retreat will not be spared. If anyone kills Lin Jue and Guo Bing's father and son, I will give him a third level in a row and a heavy reward. I can even crown him a king. Before dark, you must climb the stone beams on the mountainside. Otherwise, you Zhao Yuankang will come to see you. Guo Xu shouted.

Zhao Yuankang was helpless, so he had to grit his teeth and promise loudly. He also knew that Guo Xu was really forced to be anxious. If he didn't work hard at this time, Guo Xu was afraid that he would really kill himself. Yesterday, he was defeated in the battle of Bowangpo, and Guo Xu forgave himself for a lot of face. In this situation, if he doesn't do his best, Guo Xu will definitely settle the old accounts and the new accounts together.

Zhao Yuankang quickly summoned the generals, gathered the soldiers and horses, and announced the emperor's strict order. Soon after, a new round of charges began. This time the charge has no limit on the number of troops, leaving no room for error. Although the entire battlefield could only accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers and horses attacking at the same time, the rest of the soldiers and horses were told to be on standby, ready to fill the void at any time. The so-called meaning of filling the vacancy is, to put it bluntly, that if the soldiers and horses attacking the mountain suffer heavy casualties, it is necessary to ensure a continuous flow of troops, that is, this attack will be carried out regardless of casualties and costs.

Guo Xu really moved down the hillside to personally supervise the battle, he sat on the horse, and stared at the soldiers in front of him who were attacking the mountain like ants with a blue face, his eyes were extremely cold. He didn't care about the life and death of the soldiers, he cared about whether the tactical goal could be achieved this time. Even if you can't capture the opponent's cottage before dark, you must at least attack the gentle mountain beam area on the mountainside and gain a firm foothold.

The battle was fierce, with the Luoyan army condescending, rolling wood, stones and arrows rolling down, and extremely heavy casualties among officers and men. Fortunately, the previous wave of rolling stones used almost all the reserves of stones, and after that, there were only sporadic rolling stones to block the attack, so the scale was not large. In addition, the attack of the officers and soldiers did not care about life and death, and the dead and wounded were quickly filled by the follow-up soldiers, which was completely a tactic of adding fuel and a sea of people. Later, it was obvious that the defensive materials of the Luoyan Army were exhausted, and they had to choose to evacuate the first fortification checkpoint and evacuate upward.

After attacking continuously for nearly an hour, the officers and men made a breakthrough and successfully occupied the gentle ridge area near the left side of the mountainside. And this is the minimum goal that Guo Xu wants to achieve today.

It is of great significance to occupy that gentle mountain beam. Topographically, the slopes of Dongshan are steep and gentle, and below this ridge is a steep and rugged terrain. From the defender's point of view, this is the best place to defend. Because it can be defended by a variety of means, whether it is rolling wood or a condescending bow and arrow strike, it is an excellent terrain advantage. From the top of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the terrain becomes gentle and the vegetation becomes dense. If you want to use rolling wood and stone to defend against enemies, it is a bit unrealistic. In such terrain, it is a question of whether a boulder can roll down from between the grass and trees. Rolling wood is even more impossible to use, as it is more likely to be hindered than stone. In such a terrain, it relies on a large number of dark forts and arrow towers to block it. And this is precisely the way in which officers and men are least afraid of defense.

By occupying this mountain beam, the officers and soldiers had a foothold halfway up the mountain. It is easy to gather a large number of troops here, and a large number of bed crossbows and ballista carts can be transported here to cooperate with the next attack. The bed crossbows and ballista carts are the greatest threat to the Arrow Towers and Bunkers. It can be said that by occupying this mountain beam, the officers and men have actually turned their passivity into initiative. Although it seems that the opponent still occupies the favorable terrain, in fact, the offensive and defensive momentum has inadvertently changed.

Guo Xu's expression softened slightly, to deal with a scheming person like Lin Jue, it is to use this simple and crude method, there is no need to play tricks with him at all, that is to attack his strengths with his own shortcomings. This is a truth that Guo Xu realized in this battle. Guo Xu wanted to give the order to attack upwards in one go, but seeing the sun setting and the sky dimming, Guo Xu decided that he didn't have to rush it. Anyway, the mountain beam has been captured, and it should be stabilized here, and it will be attacked tomorrow, and there is no hurry. Moreover, today's army has fought many fierce battles, and the losses are not small, and the morale of the soldiers has also been affected to some extent, so it is better to rest for a little night.

After dark, hundreds of crossbow carts and bed crossbows of officers and men were transported to the mountain beams. At the same time, the officers and soldiers on the ridges of the mountain built improvised fortifications in case the opponent attacked by surprise. The soldiers were puzzled and spent the night on their backs.

The Luoyan army did not move all night, neither taking advantage of the night to launch a counteroffensive, nor preventing any night attack on the camp. It was pitch black above the entire mountain beam, and the voices of the people were silent, as if they had fled in the night. But it turned out that they did not escape, and Zhao Yuankang sent a small team of officers and soldiers to touch it up to see the situation above. As soon as he left the mountain beam a hundred paces away, he was shot by a dense array of feathered arrows in the darkness and fled. Of more than 30 people, only seven or eight escaped. This shows that the other side has also been staring at the officers and soldiers below, and is always ready to guard against night attacks by officers and soldiers.

Except for that temptation, the two sides passed the night peacefully. At dawn, the officers and soldiers, shivering from the cold, were awakened by the sound of horns. Guo Xu, who couldn't wait at the foot of the mountain, had already gotten up early, dressed in military uniforms and riding on a horse, and ordered the forbidden army beside him to blow the horn and beat the war drums.

The soldiers got up tired, shivering with cold. It's late autumn in October, and it's actually cold in the mountains. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were not allowed to get out of the valley, and could only sleep on the mountain beams, and the biting cold of the night made them suffer greatly. Many people stayed up almost all night, exhausted. When they got up and looked at each other, they found that each other's eyebrows and beards had a layer of white frost.

The generals shouted hoarsely, shouting to the soldiers to prepare for battle. The soldiers ate some dry food on this cold water, and began to prepare desperately.