A team of men and horses entered the mountain, no one was seen alive, no corpse was seen, Tian Bao said: "Military advisor, let's attack strongly." It shouldn't be a problem for our tens of thousands of horses to practice day and night to storm a small pass. ”

Qiao Daoqing shook his head: "Although there are only thousands of soldiers in the mountains, there are many strong men in the iron mines and coal mines, and they can be used to defend the city with casual training, not to mention that Bian Xiang and Luda are both veterans, and it is not easy to attack, let's find a small road again, it is impossible for the huge Jingcheng Mountain Area to be without loopholes." ”

Qiao Daoqing is highly used by Tian Hu, even Tian Leopard has to listen to Qiao Daoqing. In the evening of the same day, Qiao Daoqing led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to avoid the pass and enter the mountain, this mountainous area is high and densely forested, the original place without trees is also full of thorny peppercorns and moon flowers, densely connected together is not suitable for the army to march at all, the front four soldiers with machetes to open the way, split the thorns on both sides, but within a few minutes, an arrow sounded in front, followed by hundreds of crossbow arrows shot over, the feather arrows were like rain, Qiao Daoqing's soldiers were fortunately prepared, with small shields, the casualties were not large, One after another, they began to fight back, but what was annoying was that they didn't see the shadow of the enemy at all, and the figure of the Jeju army could be seen everywhere in the greenery. The elite soldiers led by Qiao Daoqing didn't know where to shoot.

The evil door is evil, rush forward. Qiao Daoqing ordered the soldiers to rush forward, it's okay not to rush, as soon as they rush, they will be in big trouble, many people's feet and necks were roped, and they quickly hung to the nearby big pine trees, and some of them stepped into the small trap, the small trap was only more than half a meter deep, just enough to put a leg, the bottom of the pit was a sharp iron thorn directly pierced the soles of the feet, and the wounded screamed like wolves.

Qiao Daoqing was dumbfounded, he has been well-informed after walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, but this kind of tactics like today is still rare.

"Retreat." Qiao Daoqing saw that the situation was not good, and gave the order to retreat. But it's easy to get into the mountain and it's hard to get out, when you come, you can't find the road, traps, hidden arrows, sudden stones, Qiao Daoqing led more than 1,000 elite soldiers into the mountain, and there were only more than 500 people out, in just half an hour, Qiao Daoqing seemed to have experienced more than half a year, this unpredictable Taoist priest claimed to be a half-immortal, and he was also injured.

Morale is low, there is no way to enter the mountain through the path anymore, Qiao Daoqing has no choice but to return, Tian Leopard wants to laugh but doesn't dare to laugh, seeing Qiao Daoqing deflated, Tian Leopard said: "It seems that the sneak attack is no longer possible, let's attack." ”

Qiao Daoqing nodded: "Attack, you must take it as soon as possible." ”

In this way, Qiao Daoqing assisted Tian Leopard to start attacking Jingcheng West Pass, although Tian Leopard's strength was ten times that of the defenders, but the wall was only a short hundred meters, and there were giant crossbows, artillery and other sharp weapons on the city wall, and the soldiers who defended the city were trained soldiers for a long time, with high combat quality and high morale, and a contact was a fierce spark. Tian Bao divided his soldiers into ten teams and attacked in turns, but each round of attack was like a wave hitting a reef.

From morning to evening, Tian Bao commanded ten square teams to take turns to attack one side of the Xiguan Wall, thick smoke billowed inside and outside the Xiguan Wall, corpses were everywhere, and more than 4,000 Tian Leopard troops died in the first battle today. The Ruda Division, which was also the defender, also suffered tens of thousands, with more than 300 soldiers killed and more than 500 wounded.

Luda spat out a mouthful of bloody spittle and scolded: "Straight lady thief, Tian Leopard is crazy, such a desperate attack, more than a dozen artillery pieces have been damaged today, if it is still like this tomorrow, it can only be killed." ”

Luda was scolding, Bian Xiang led the army to arrive, and the 3,000 fresh troops came to the wall.

Bian Xiang said: "Battalion Commander Lu and Deputy Battalion Commander Shan led the troops and retreated to rest, and I will lead people to guard tonight." ”

Ruda said: "The Sprinkler family is not tired, but the soldiers are a little tired. ”

Luda and Shanshiqi let the soldiers retreat to rest, the wounded soldiers were bandaged and treated, and after settling the soldiers, Luda returned.

Luda said: "It's getting late today, Tian Leopard has retreated, but I'm afraid there will be a strong attack tomorrow morning, so let's rob the camp tonight." ”

Bian Xiang said: "If it was just Tian Leopard leading the troops, the camp would definitely be able to defeat their army tonight, but there is a military advisor in their army, Qiao Daoqing, this person is quite strategic, I am afraid that he has already taken precautions, rather than taking the risk of robbing the camp, it is better to wait for them to attack tomorrow, we will definitely be able to defeat them again by relying on the terrain and fortifications." ”

Ruda said: "Okay, I'm tired today, so I'll leave it to you at night." ”

Even Ruda, who is known as the Lud madman, feels tired, and today's battle can be imagined.

Bian Xiang took over the defense and did not prepare to attack at night, but cleaned up the battlefield, set up new traps, repaired the city wall, and replaced the damaged artillery.

The Tiger Squat Cannon is a cast artillery, and its service life is about 200 rounds, and if it continues to fight, there is a danger of exploding, so it needs to be replaced to a certain extent. Bian Xiang's battalion is mainly composed of mountain special forces, and there are more than 3,000 ordinary soldiers, and there are many people who know artillery and giant crossbows, but they are not as good as professional crossbowmen and artillery.

The next day, the sky was just bright, there was a whining horn and war drums outside the wall, Tian Bao and Qiao Daoqing led the soldiers to kill again, and after a night of rest, the soldiers were full of energy, one by one holding shields and resisting ladders, and there were dozens of catapults in the Chinese army. Don't look at the catapult, this thing is ancient and slow, but it is really powerful, and it can throw hundreds of pounds of stones hundreds of meters, and the power is extraordinary.

Bian Xiang looked carefully at the wall, and when he saw that Tian Leopard was tinkering with more than a dozen tall shelves in the army, he felt bad, and immediately asked people to call out Luda, who was resting in the back.

Bian Xiang said: "Battalion Commander Lu, look, it is the enemy's catapult, although this kind of catapult is not as good as artillery, but it is also amazingly powerful, it seems that we can only take out the red-coated cannon of the housekeeper." ”

Ruda said: "Take it, the Sprinkle family didn't agree." ”

The entire Xiguan Wall is only four red-coated cannons, and it is only a small cannon weighing 1,000 catties, which is much more powerful than the tiger squat cannon of more than 100 catties.

Bian Xiang ordered his soldiers to load the four red-coated cannons with incendiary bombs, that is, solid oil bombs, aimed at the enemy's catapults, and the cannons fired, boom, boom.

Four huge cannon shots rang out, and fireballs the size of watermelons erupted and headed straight for the enemy camp. The distance of more than 400 meters is not called a distance at all for the red-coated artillery, but the accuracy is not good, two of the four shells hit the infantry team, one hit the cavalry of the Tian Leopard Army, and only one shot hit the catapult, igniting the catapult.

Tian Bao smiled: "What kind of cannon is this, it's a mess." ”

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