Outside the Guyi Temple, Ding Congshi, the capital of Zhenhai, was also looking at the green flag on the wall, and then held the whip handle to the left and right.

"This is known as the most courageous of the thieves, and the most like the official army. These methods of arranging the camp do seem to be very methodical. ”

"It is said that this time the thieves took advantage of the barbarian rebellion to get the legacy of the Long March warriors in Guiguan and Annam. So he was able to get acquainted with the battle formations and conduct of the officers and soldiers, and he began to stand out among the thieves. ”

Someone immediately replied based on incomplete rumors and news.

"This time, I was ordered by the order of the public to attack the thieves in several ways, and the first thing to worry about is the majority of the Gai clan who have a large number of thieves, and then the Taiping thieves who steal Jiangning."

Ding Congshi nodded slightly and continued.

"Now the head of the Gai thief has been trapped by Zhang (Quan) Jinwu, like a fish swimming at the bottom of a kettle and surviving; The Taiping thieves also poured out. But I don't know who can take down the head of this peace thief for me. It is said that several of the earth regiments that he went to capture have all been frustrated and returned. ”

"A certain family is willing to go to the capital and pull out this head."

But it was a rough-looking and shrewd-eyed military general, Lu Guanfeng, a newly established general from Jingshan Town in Changzhou.

"Please be a little cautious, before..."

Someone else opened his mouth to admonish, but was stopped by Ding Congshi's eyes turned from the horse.

Then, in the sound of whining horns, five or six hundred Jingshan town soldiers wearing short cross-leather armor and holding wicker cards, short shuttle darts, iron forks, and plate axes were arranged into three horizontal formations with the front tip, the middle side, and the back width. Slowly stepping in, he slowly turned into a trot and accelerated, continuing to maintain a loose formation and swooping towards the location of the ancient temple.

"This is the horn stacking formation that Jingshan soldiers rely on to become famous. It is known as a tactic of counterattacking like waves. Once the enemy can block the forward, it will rain down on the squadron, and the rear team will also cover it. ”

Suddenly, someone introduced Ding Congshi on the spot.

"It's because of repeated defeats and thieves, and this time it's another achievement."

Then I saw that the vanguard of this Jingshan town soldier suddenly broke out into a jagged noise, and they all dropped the wicker row in their hands as if they were a little shorter, and hugged their feet and cried out in pain; It seems that he was caught off guard and stepped on the ground sign laid by the enemy on the periphery. The rest of the people also hurriedly stepped forward to help and rescue.

However, their pause was completely exposed by the squadron in the rear, which was about to throw with pikes and darts separated by more than ten paces; I saw that the figure on the wall that had not moved suddenly flashed, and the short and rapid flying arrows rushed over the heads of the front team like rain, and penetrated into them in a dense turn.

Suddenly, the dense crowd of squadrons, like a rice harvest that had been cut down, penetrated and overturned a large area of blood; The startled rest of the town soldiers suddenly dodged and scattered in all directions; At this time, the largest rear team finally caught up.

I saw them stride over in batches with the remnants of their remaining remnants, and those lying in pools of fresh blood were covered with corpses and wounded, and they rushed bravely to the mutilated earth enclosure, and shouted and shouted through the gaps everywhere and swarmed in.

Ding Congshi breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and then suddenly saw a faint fluffy sound rising continuously, and suddenly many gray smoke came out after the gap in the soil enclosure; Then, after a short and poignant tearing and shouting, the sound and movement of these rushing in gradually disappeared.

In the mood of anticipation or expectation among the officers and soldiers watching the battle, the fluttering cyan Taiping battle flags were still floating in the air as if they were unmoved, while the remnants of the Jingshan town soldiers outside the town's soil fence had already turned around and fled back one after another.

Then, he was shot over his back by arrows from the wall and nailed to the dirt floor. Seeing such a scene, the officers and generals who watched the battle were a little dumbfounded and dumbfounded; Even the troops behind them, who were responsible for waving flags and shouting and cheering, were a little sluggish and gradually stopped

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"A bunch of garbage."

Immediately, Ding Congshi's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he spit out these words slightly in his mouth. Then, he looked around the generals with his gaze and said in a breezy voice.

"I don't know who else would like to go."

"You can go somewhere."

After the generals looked at each other for a moment, someone else took the initiative to stand up and say loudly. But it is another step of the Mingzhou Tutuan general Bai Yixing, who has thousands of people.

"I'm just afraid that the number of thieves in this town is wrong, and there are at least hundreds of them."

However, he immediately bowed his hand and demanded it.

"Yes, please also send troops to suppress and respond for me. In addition, please ask other people to make a feint attack from other places, thinking that our department should respond. As soon as our troops invaded the thieves, they waited for an opportunity to move. I think it's safe and thorough. ”

"Zenya."

Ding Congshi couldn't help but nodded.

However, after half an hour, what appeared in front of him was the Mingzhou Tu Tu Tu who had already braved the rain of arrows to attack, and only the routs and defeated soldiers who had escaped from the Tu Wai were left;

And the men and horses who were responsible for the feint attack on the other three sides actually only rushed to the edge of the earthen fence all the way to the edge of the earthen fence, and fought with the Taiping thieves behind the wall; The other two were slowly moving up, and then quickly scattered under the wall and fled back.

Fortunately, as the so-called "the east is not bright, the west is bright", it can be seen that the eastward part of the people, which is a feint and containment, has gained a firm foothold under the wall.

"Lu Zhencho has already led his troops to attack."

Someone shouted in surprise.

"Hurry up and cheer on the drums, and send troops again."

Before the words fell, these town soldiers who attacked it suddenly escaped from the ditch and the wall again in the midst of screams and screams. There were also heart-rending shouts:

"Lu Zhen is strangled, thieves have demon methods."

"Blow the attack horn, and the rest of the departments that are on standby are all pressed on me. Tell them that the thief who breaks the thief first will be rewarded with a thousand silks, and a hundred collars. ”

After giving this order, Ding Congshi sighed slightly. If it weren't for the fact that his gains from recovering Jurong City were really far lower than expected, why would he use the expected promises and benefits to rely more on these external forces with varying strengths.

Although Ling Gong gave him a well-equipped man as a team as promised, in addition to supporting the grain and grass for several months, the rest had to rely on his own efforts to fight and plan;

After all, there was a newly recovered territory to collect money and food, and the baggage seized by the brave thieves was used as a support; Only then can it be possible to further expand the ranks and support the soldiers, and even gather people's hearts with continuous rewards. This, in turn, strengthened his capital to make contributions to the thief, which was a snowballing process.

On the other hand, only after achieving certain achievements and achievements can it be possible to further increase more financial and material support for him. This is also the general status quo of several officers and troops who have taken the initiative to attack in Runzhou today.

Although it was Ding Congshi who first proposed this strategy, he was not the only choice for the marshal; It's just that he can do it as an attempt to get ahead of others.

Therefore, he can only use his name and title to attract and gather these local troops who have come to Runzhou, thinking that he will be a temporary wings and help to strengthen the momentum and strength on the books.

Then, while balancing the internal interests and driving them to attack the thief army, on the other hand, after it has been weakened and reduced, it is justifiably annexed in the name of the whole army; Of course, there were also a few reluctant Tu group leaders and generals during this period, so they were very regrettable and lost among the thieves.

Then, after he defeated several thieves who were active near Dantu, and preemptively sent more than 2,000 heads of various colors to the Jiezhen Institute, boasting about the merits and raising the morale of the army and the people; He also received a reward from Zhou Zhijun as scheduled.

Although there was no increase in the ministry of the official, he received 1,000 newly recruited sons of unity, 3,000 pieces of armor, and two months' salary; Soon after, however, his rivals followed; Among them, Dong Chang, the newly awarded Hangzhou Badu regimental training envoy to Hangzhou Assassin History, and Hailing Town, who is known as the first commander of Su Changzhu's town, also suppressed Gao Ba.

But the most powerful opponent is still a figure that is both strange and familiar; It was under the command of Wang Ying, the former envoy of the Wolf Mountain Suppression Force, who had caused trouble in most of the two provinces of Jiangdong, but led the boat division to abandon his surrender to the imperial court and was awarded the General Jinwu, and now he is Zhang Quan, who is the envoy of the coastal naval army.

Because he gathered Wang Ying's old departments from Changzhou and Mingzhou, and he had a boat master to travel; Therefore, it can be said that the fight against thieves can be said to have both geographical advantages, people and convenience, and show the trend of latecomers prevailing. Even if he was the latest to enter Runzhou, he was good at attacking inland rivers and land, and repeatedly defeated the main formation of the thief chief Gaihong under Yanling, Qu'a, and Jintan City.

Now, together with Hailing Town's suppression of Gao Ba and Badu Tuanlian's envoy Dong Chang, they have besieged it within a radius of several miles between Maoshan and Changtang Lake in Jintan County. And only Ding Congshi became the one who was arranged to block the enemy's reinforcements.

However, he was not able to get more support from the festival; The reason is simple and rightly founded. On the one hand, the grass thief's sailor is still on the river and threatens the outside of Dantu City, and on the other hand, he must make every effort to guard against the Huang Rebellion headquarters that is still in Xuanzhou.

Therefore, after the high-flying thief army broke several roads and won tens of thousands, it was repeatedly frustrated outside Guping Town; This inevitably made his face dull and consciously anxious.

"Where are the Xuanrun crossbowmen, where are the Yangshan archers, and I will quickly cover the thief formation."

Ding Congshi suddenly waved his horsewhip and said sharply.

"Please take care of them, those people who came out of the battle haven't completely retreated."

At this time, someone couldn't help but shout urgently.

"The military situation is urgent, but I don't know the truth that the fighter plane is fleeting in a moment."

Ding Congshi is unmoved

As the military order was handed down, the Yangshan archers who had been waiting for a long time took the lead in stepping forward, and shot a rain of arrows from the sky; Then the crossbowmen who lowered the firing angle also completed the winding and charging, and radiated indiscriminately covering the two sides in Guping Town, which were tearing into a mess.

In an instant, it was as if in the midst of screams and angry shouts and scolding, a layer of blood-mottled arrow feathers grew on the flat ground, walls, and tile roofs in Guping Town.

At this time, there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance, which made the officers and soldiers who were waiting for help but look up, but the large clouds still revealed the sky with fine dappled sunlight.