Luo Tong, who pretended to be You Fanglang, returned to the village where the rebels were hiding, and Ying Niangzi and a few of them hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Have you found out the news?" ”

Luo Tong wiped his sweat and said, "I found out." Outside the mountain, it was rumored that the prefect Jin Liren wanted Li Buqi to attack Zhuantian Peak, and Li Buqi was building a stone cannon, so the officers and soldiers had been standing still. ”

The leader of the self-proclaimed Sprinkle family said: "Just drill the terrain of Tianfeng, and no stone cannons can be made, so you can only besiege it." Either you can't cast that far, or it's not too big, and you can't hold it on flat ground. ”

"It's strange to say," Luo Tong said. I heard that Li Bu didn't give up the wood much, but he collected a lot of silk and linen, and asked for iron pots and sesame oil, and he also went to the kiln to customize a lot of thin-tired pottery, I don't know what it was used for. ”

"Could it be that Li doesn't give up and wants to do it? The Sprinkler family saw that Li Buqi said that building a stone cannon was a trick, and he must be using a spell. ”

"If Li doesn't give up, if he knows how to spell, he will still use trickery to get away from us?"

"What if he didn't bring a magic weapon last time?"

If Li didn't give up here, he could only shake his head. The sense of secrecy in Yingchang Mansion is too poor, and now everything Li Buqi has purchased is spreading on the market, if he encounters a master like Yuan Hao, the battle will not be able to fight. But fortunately, this time the opponent was just a few thieves.

Everyone guessed and couldn't think of a reason, and in the end it was Ying Niangzi who said: "Don't guess, when the official army attacks the mountain, I'll just know if I see it from a distance." ”

Then she asked Luo Tong: "Does the eldest brother know when Li Buqi will attack the mountain?" ”

Luo Tong said: "I heard that it has been only a few days. But I don't know what day it will be. ”

When everyone dispersed, only Shi Ling and Ying Niangzi were left, Luo Tong whispered again: "I ventured to a close place this time to see the soldiers led by Li Buqi, and it was really different from others. Every line and movement is something I've never seen before......"

Shi Ling sighed: "Xiucai, you still don't give up on those officials." No matter who you are, as long as you become an official, you can't be trusted. ”

Seeing Luo Xiucai's constipated look, Ying Niangzi hurriedly said, "You can't say that." I heard that Fan Zhongyan is a good official. Let's see if Li Buqi can capture Diamond Heaven Peak. If he can even drill the Heavenly Peak, I am afraid that there will be no place for us in this world. If he is a believer, you can talk to him for the sake of everyone's livelihood. ”

The rebels were puzzled by Li Buqi's actions, and neither was the Jin prefect of Yingchang Mansion. Li Buqi said that he did make some iron tools and some timber to build stone cannons, but he called He Dujian to ask, and just that bit of wood was just a matter of building a few ladders, which didn't play a role at all. Moreover, Li Buqi said that it was an experimental stone cannon, which was quietly at night and did not let people see it.

Based on all kinds of signs, with the understanding ability of the Jin Governor's government, it can only be believed that Li Buqi is playing tricks to delay time. Jin Zhifu's brain melon is still bright in terms of power struggle, so he actually thought of a possibility - is Li Buqi planning to scare the strongman away by building momentum?

That's not going to work. I finally transferred you out just to make you ugly, if the thief escapes, Li Buqi is useless but there is no fault. But now he can't command Li Buqi, so he can only personally write a brilliant recital, how Li Buqi cowered, snubbed the army's morale, and wrote a stroke ruthlessly, so that people should send it out immediately, and they should be publicized along the way. I believe that just by relying on this recital, coupled with the fact that some people in the DPRK and China are fueling the troubles, Li Buqi's reputation can be stinky.

There are also people around the prefect who sell information for a little money. Coupled with the deliberate propaganda of the Jin Governor's Mansion, Li Buqi naturally knew it. This was an unexpected surprise for Li Buqi, so it was estimated that the concert arrived in the capital and began to ferment, and Li Buqi announced that he could attack Diamond Sky Peak.

As a result, three days later, the sentry of the rebel army reported that the official army had entered the mountain. Ying Niangzi, Leader Shi, Luo Xiucai and others came to the mountain near Diamond Sky Peak to watch how Li Buqi attacked the mountain. The sentinel reported that there were only more than 1,000 officers and troops, and it was impossible to search all the surrounding hills, so it was safe to be on the nearby hills.

However, they did not see Li Buqi attacking the front mountain, but only saw that after the officers and troops lined up in the front mountain to seal the road down the mountain, they divided about 300 people and took many donkeys and mules around the back mountain.

"There's no stone cannon. They want to take Shiliang and then attack the stockade? The stone beam is so narrow, and there is a wall, how can they attack it? By the way, what about their instruments? The stone leader leaned on the tree and stretched his neck in wonder.

At this time, Li Buqi left a hundred crossbowmen and thirty sword and axe men on the front mountain, and then led the rest of the officers and soldiers around to the peak that was connected to the mountain beam with Zhuanyun Peak. The mountain was much flatter, and they had been leading the mules and horses to climb halfway up the mountain, and the knife and axe men who searched in front of them found no trace of the enemy.

There was a small pier-like fortress at the top of the mountain, and Li Buqi ordered the squad leader training team to put on armor and form a battle formation to climb to the top of the mountain to prepare for the attack. But when I went up, I saw that the people had already run away. In this way, it saved hands, and Li did not give up the order to act according to the original plan. So the crossbowmen guarded the mountain beams, and the soldiers set up perimeter guards, unloaded all the things that the donkeys, mules, and camels had, and then cut down trees and buried them in pots to make food—it was getting dark, and Li Buqi did not want to fight at night.

The strongman who drilled Tianfeng was probably accustomed to seeing the officers and soldiers look helpless with them, although they must have inquired that Li Buqi came with a stone cannon, but he was very confident, because as long as people hid well, the stones could not hit people, and the officers and soldiers still could not rush up.

The bandits didn't move all night, and the next morning when the officers and soldiers were in line, they all ran to the wall to watch the excitement. Several leaders of the rebel army who turned to the nearby hill were also wondering: What are the officers and soldiers doing, haven't they had breakfast, and why are they still making fires.

On the back mountain, the soldiers of the Zhenwu Army set up a cauldron on the edge of the stone beam and boiled the sesame oil and soybean oil in the pot with the firewood cut yesterday, and at this time the war drums sounded, and more than 70 soldiers wearing heavy armor lined up in a neat eight-way column and slowly advanced towards the stone beam. At the front of each team is a shield-bearer, behind him are two pikemen, behind the pikemen is a sword-and-axe man, and behind him are the crossbowmen.

There were thirty crossbowmen in the entire ranks. The projection of thirty crossbows would be terrifying on this narrow stone beam. Therefore, Hao Daworm, the owner of the Drill Heaven Village, who was watching on the stone wall behind the stone beam, had no intention of attacking at all.

Jiang Ying, the owner of the second village, was a little uneasy: "Brother, this Li Buqi seems to be a bit evil." Are they really going to attack? Even with heavy armor, a stone stoned them to death. There is nothing else on this mountain, but there are enough stones. It is said that Li Buqi has ability, and he will not not understand. What do you think he is going to do? Isn't it true that Li Buqi really wants to cast a spell? ”

Hao Da Worm said coldly: "There is a fart spell, didn't Wang Zhisi say it, Li Buqi didn't use much wood at all, what do you want to build?" It's just that I'm afraid of delaying time, and the prefect is not angry, and he went to impeach him, so he sent troops. It's not like the county hasn't invited a mage to arrest us before, isn't it all the same thing? Don't be afraid, just watch out for their strong crossbows. When the officers and soldiers reached the wall, they smashed them with stones and poured boiling water. If Li is repulsed, if you don't give up our brother's fame, you can find a recruit, and you can also get an official job. ”

At this time, Jiang Ying's courage was also stimulated, and he ordered his minions to erect wooden planks to block arrows, prepare stones and boiling water, and wait for the official army to arrive. But when the ranks of officers and soldiers reached a distance of thirty paces from the stone wall, they suddenly stopped. Following the officer's command, only to hear the sound of the crossbow, the crossbow began to shoot, and immediately a few of the minions who stuck their heads out to see the minions that were not hidden screamed, and the rest of the minions hurriedly retracted their heads and hid behind the battlements and planks.

Of course, there were also counterattacks with bows and crossbows, but they immediately found that at a distance of thirty paces, their bows and arrows could not penetrate the armor of the officers hiding behind the shields, and even their crossbow arrows could not be used, but because of the outcropping arrows, two more people were shot and killed, and everyone could only bow down and not move.

At this time, many officers and soldiers ran out from the side of the mountain beam, carrying various things, and ran to the back of the heavy armor team to get busy.