Chapter 64: The Beginning of the War

In the following days, Tianluo Village was spent in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. Liu Li and his coalition forces had been stationed outside, and there was no movement to be seen.

The people in the cottage have become accustomed to it these days, and fortunately with the forward-looking when the site was first selected, there is no shortage of water in the cottage, and the food is relatively abundant, and there is no hunger crisis. The only thing that worries people is the forage for cattle and sheep, which is not particularly stored in the cottage, and needs to find a way to solve it.

Compared with the ease of Tianluo Village, Liu Li and his coalition army were a little nervous.

These days, Liu Li and his coalition army of more than 500 people eat horses every day, and the consumption is really amazing. Even if Liu Qian had a seizure that he didn't collect overnight, it would be a bit unbearable in the face of such consumption. What's more, those coalition forces don't do anything every day, eat and drink for nothing every day, which also makes the flag planting village very unhappy.

Liu Qian has the capital to wait, but Zhang Qing can't wait. His cottage is too far away from the Heavenly Wolf Village, and the supplies he brought with him this time are also very limited, although he has been frugal these days, plus the prey he has captured to replenish, but he still can't support the large number of people, and the food has long been exhausted.

When Liu Li received the news of Zhang Qing's request to join the coalition army, a smile finally appeared on his face that had been gloomy for several days.

"Haha, welcome, welcome!" Liu Qian took the initiative to come out to greet Zhang Qing, saying welcome, with a smile on his face, but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes.

"Master Liu Zhai, I really couldn't help it before, the little brother spoke without proportion, and I hope that Lord Liu Zhai will not remember the villain's mistakes, and forgive the little brother for his previous offense!" Zhang Qing was so shrewd, knowing that he had angered Liu Qian before, so he apologized directly as soon as he came up.

"Where is it, Zhang Zhai can explain that he can trust me Liu, how can I hate you because of a few offensive words. Come, come in with me, we are just discussing how to capture this wolf village, I have heard that Zhang Zhai host is very smart, just to help us come up with ideas. ”

"Lord Liu Zhai praised it falsely, the little brother just likes to shake a little cleverness, how can it be compared with Lord Liu Zhai's wisdom and bravery." Zhang Qing complimented Liu Li on his lips, but he didn't stop at his feet, and walked straight towards the big tent.

The people in the big tent are basically acquaintances, and everyone eats together in a mountainous area, and they have met more or less a few times. Especially Zhang Qing, who has invested a lot of energy in understanding the owners of these cottages in front of him.

Feng Laosi, the owner of Fengsha Village, He One-eyed, the owner of Bafang Village, He Fatzi, the owner of Bafang Village, these are all small village owners, and there are only fifty or sixty people under them.

These three villages advocate Qing and don't care, their strength is limited, what really makes Zhang Qing vigilant is the owner of Baqi Village. Stille was a Hu man, with a cavalry of fifty men under his command, and an infantry of about fifty men. If it weren't for the limited number of horses, these fifty men would have been proper cavalry.

Such a force is no weaker than the current Sky Wolf Village. Liu Qian specially spent a lot of money to ask Tuo Ertie to come to help, just to deal with the cavalry of Tianluo Village.

Now in this coalition army, the strongest is Liu Li's flag planting village, with about 300 people. The strength of Eight Banners Village and Flying Snake Village is about the same, both of them are about a hundred. The last three were the weakest, a total of one hundred and twenty people.

The total number of people in the three parties reached more than 600 people, completely crushing the Heavenly Wolf Village. With such strength to deal with Tianluo Village, no matter how you look at it, there will be no problem. The only thing to worry about now is whether the wolf village will destroy the method of making salt, so that several families will be busy in vain.

The ultimate purpose of the siege but not attack in the past few days is to create pressure on the Sky Wolf Village and force the Sky Wolf Village to surrender on its own initiative.

However, the performance of Tianluo Village is very calm, and it just uses various methods to strengthen the gate every day. At the beginning, it was made of wood, and the gate was widened by one meter. Later, the outside of the gate was coated with mud, which could not only strengthen the gate, but also prevent fire. After that, I was afraid that the defense of the walled gate was not enough, and it was easy to be climbed, and countless spikes came out of the cracks in the walled gate.

"Master Liu Zhai, we can't wait any longer, if we continue like this, I'm afraid that even if we take the Heavenly Wolf Village, we will suffer heavy casualties." Looking at the increasingly solid gate in front of him, Zhang Qing was very anxious. He had just arrived, and if he really wanted to attack, it would be absolutely impossible for him and his men to hide behind and watch the excitement.

"Well, what Zhang Zhai said is reasonable, since Zhang Zhai is so concerned about the battle situation, then this head will be fought by Zhang Zhai." Liu Qian said lightly.

Zhang Qing felt like he had eaten a fly at this time, and he was undoubtedly going to die in the lead, but Zhang Qing couldn't refuse, after all, Zhang Qing's subordinates still needed supplies from Liu Li.

"Thank you Lord Liu Zhai for your trust, I will take the lead, but I have only about 100 people, and most of them are archers, who are vulnerable to the attack of the other party, and I hope that Lord Liu Zhai can send someone to help."

Although Liu Qian was unhappy with Zhang Qing in his heart, now was not the time to target him, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will send a shield player to cover for you." ”

With Liu Li's assurance, Zhang Qing was a little relieved, turned around and beckoned his men, ready to start the battle.

Liu Wei sent a hundred shield men, with Zhang Qing's hundred men, to launch the first attack on the Heavenly Wolf Village.

The first attack was usually tentative, with both sides showing restraint. After the other party entered the firing range, the wolf village rained a round of arrows, and the other party did not achieve much effect because of the presence of a shield hand.

Soon, the other party also launched a round of arrow rain towards the Sky Wolf Village, and it was basically blocked by the wooden planks on the top of the cottage. The two sides exchanged several rounds of arrows, and the casualties caused were very limited, but the distance was much closer.

Seeing that he was about to come to the door of the cottage, Zhang Qing slowly retreated with a group of subordinates.

"Master Zhangzhai, what do you mean by this?" The battle ended as soon as it began, which made Liu Qian very dissatisfied, and he came up and questioned Zhang Qingdao.

Zhang Qing had already prepared, but he was not in a hurry, and slowly explained: "Master Liu Zhai, I just took a closer look, the defense of Tianluo Village is very tight, and if we attack strongly, the casualties will be very large. So I propose a feint head-on and a breakthrough from other fronts. ”

"What are the plans of Master Zhangzhai? Listen to it! The owner of the Eight Banners Village said. Delthep's main task is to keep an eye on the cavalry of the Sky Wolf Village, and he is not needed for the siege, so he has the least pressure and does not have any scruples when he speaks.

Zhang Qing pointed to the towering cliffs on both sides in front of him and said: "Now we have the advantage in numbers, if we can occupy the peaks on both sides, that day the wolf village will be the turtle in the urn, and we can only slaughter it." ”