Militarily, wherever there are ridges and posts where troops are stationed, most of them are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After hundreds of years of accumulation, the Xiang family has already operated several fortresses around it, and Tiesuo Ling, as the outermost military stronghold in the south of the Xiang family, is naturally no exception.

On a large scale, Tiesuo Ridge is an iron chain bridge erected between two mountains, forming an artificial barrier. To put it in detail, the two hills of Tiesuo Ridge are almost identical, about 200 meters high, about 300 meters apart, there is a small forest at the top of each mountain, the mountains are full of thorns, and there is only one path to go up the mountain. And the chain bridge is composed of more than a dozen arm-thick chains. Below the chain bridge is a straight avenue leading to Xiangjiacheng, not to mention anything else, just from the chain bridge down can still be stones, can crush people to death. And these two mountains don't look like much, but the Xiang family has been operating here for hundreds of years, and they have already hollowed out the belly of the mountain, set up countless bunkers and gun holes, and are absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wang Shihua took the third battalion as the vanguard to the forest more than a mile away from the south of the Tiesuo Mountains, carefully observed it with a telescope for a while, and asked suspiciously: "Why don't you even have a patrol sentry?" ”

"Master, there were still people patrolling the chain last night, but now there is no one, apparently they already know that we are coming."

Wang Shihua nodded and asked, "Have you caught it alive?" ”

"The head of the house, they didn't send anyone out to reconnoitre, we have nowhere to arrest. They made it clear that they were going to defend it. ”

Peng Shuihu, who was on the side, saw Wang Shihua pick up the telescope again to observe Tiesuo Ridge, and whispered: "Family master, why don't I take someone to attack it once?" Test their firepower and let the artillery blast them away. ”

"Don't believe it!" Wang Shihua refused with a solemn expression: "Until the last resort, you can't use soldiers as a pathfinder." ”

"Shall we go around then?"

Wang Shihua glared at him fiercely, and didn't even bother to explain: It's easy to go around, but the problem is that leaving this only avenue, the transportation of heavy weapons such as cannons will be more difficult, and it is inevitable that there will be a situation where you can't keep up. Besides, as soon as the large army leaves, they come out to sneak attack the transportation supply line, what should they do? Besides, although the Wang family has some cannonballs in reserve, they can't produce them at home, and such checkpoints rely on cannonballs to open the way, and I'm afraid that they will be exhausted before they reach Xiangjiacheng - human lives are precious, and cannonballs are also expensive.

Wang Shihua frowned and thought!

When the large army arrived, he was still thinking, except for the deeper frowning of his brows, he did not come up with any way: it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the water and grass were luxuriant, and it was impossible to attack by fire; There is no large water source around, so naturally there will be no flooding; It is estimated that it will not work with smoke, and the other party must have thought of this and did a good job of ventilation...... The whole fortress of war makes it difficult for you to swallow.

At the makeshift headquarters set up in military tents, a dozen generals looked at the map, their brows furrowed, but no one could mention an effective solution.

"Shihua, I think so, let the soldiers cut down the wood now, stack the wood one by one, make a heavy baffle, add wheels to the bottom, and when they finish eating, we will push the baffle and force the mountain."

Before Wang Shihua could speak, Uncle Jing shook his head and said: "This method was used in the early days of the Qing Dynasty, at that time, the Qing army used this method to attack the mountain, and as a result, Xiang family rolled a boulder down the mountain, and hundreds of people died at once. What's more, they now have grenades, such a heavy baffle, and they are attacking from the back, and their actions will inevitably be slow, and when the time comes, they will definitely become a live target for the other party. ”

Silence is back again!

In the end, Wang Shihua shouted a little irritably: "Since you can't attack them, then just lure them out to fight!" ”

When He Mei heard this, her eyes lit up, and she slapped the table and shouted, "Yes! Give them a snake to lure out of the hole! ”

Everyone applauded, but after applauding, it was inevitable to murmur in their hearts: Xiang Jia is not stupid, it is clear that he received an order, and he can't shrink back from it, what do you take to make them feel deceived?

Thinking of the strategy, it depends on how to implement it, Wang Shihua's thoughts are like electricity. Suddenly, he smiled.

"Everyone, do you say, is the Xiang family most afraid of us?"

"Afraid of the head of the house!"

Wang Erlin's words got everyone's eyes - your kid's fart is too shameless.

"I'm afraid there are too many of us."

Everyone rolled their eyes at the dog.

Instead, Pete said coldly: "Afraid of my cannon!" ”

Wang Shihua slapped the table excitedly and said with a smile: "Yes! They are most afraid of our artillery! According to intelligence, the Xiang family now also has heavy machine guns and small steel cannons, although there are not many, but they can be courageous. But they didn't have mountain artillery, so they were afraid that when we attacked the city, we would first use the cannon as a target from a distance. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shihua looked at everyone with a smile and asked confidently: "You say, if I use the cannon as bait, will the people of this Iron Lock Ridge risk going down the mountain to blow up our cannon?" ”

After speaking, he added with a smile: "This is a great credit~!" ”

Everyone had a sad face, and Uncle Jing was the first to come forward to object: "Family master, don't do it!" Mountain artillery is now owned by our Wang family, and this is a weapon of war. Even if you don't open fire, just swinging it there is enough to make the enemy feel terrified......"

"Yes! The head of the family, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case! If we are not careful, let an enemy slip up to an artillery position, and only need to blow up a shell box, it will cause a chain explosion, and then we will lose more than we gain. ”

Seeing that everyone was opposing, Wang Shihua was about to open his mouth, but unexpectedly, Pete suddenly shouted: "I have a way to use the cannon to attract and ensure that the cannon is foolproof." ”

The scene was silent, and everyone looked at Pete.

"A cannon without shells is a pile of scrap metal! We know this, and the enemy certainly knows it. So, why do we have to use cannons as bait, can't we use cannonballs as bait? ”

The crowd applauded.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the army of Wangjialu walked around the Iron Lock Ridge and was timing the snake out of the hole, Yang Sanfeng showed his cruel methods to the world for the first time.

After six hours of climbing mountains and mountains, we finally came to a place called Gufeng Village more than 20 miles northeast of Tiesuo Ridge.

The village has more than 30 households and a population of about 100 people, and it is an absolutely lonely village located in the deep mountains and old forests.

Yang Sanfeng took the spy company to hide around the village, and after some discussion, the spy company was divided into three strands to encircle the village on three sides.

To tell the truth, Yang Sanfeng doesn't look down on such a small village, and has no intention of taking advantage of this village, but just wants to drive the people in the village away and burn down the house, which will not only increase the strength of the Wang family, but also consume some of the strength of the Xiang family.

But the bad thing is that as soon as they acted, they were seen by a cowherd who was driving the sheep back to the village, and immediately shouted, "The bandits have entered the village." ”

As a member of the Xiang family, it is natural to be proud. The people in the village didn't expect the soldiers and horses of the Wang family to actually touch here, and when they heard that there were bandits in the village, they didn't think much about it, and immediately came over with knives and guns to fight the 'bandits'. The village chief also sent his son to ask for help from Xiang Jia.

"Bang!"

"Ahh

"Ahh

Yang Sanfeng rushed into the village with four squads, but he heard the sound of muskets suddenly coming from the house on the right, and immediately two brothers screamed.

Yang Sanfeng snatched the light machine gun of the people around him, and lifted the light machine gun to the door and window of the house.

"Da! Da! Da ......"

Several screams rang out from the house at once.

And Yang Sanfeng's murderous aura was also stimulated, and he felt that this was not enough to relieve his anger, so he took out a grenade from his waist, pulled out the lead, and threw the green smoke grenade into it along the broken window.

"Boom!"

There was a muffled sound, the humble house was torn down, and soon a fire was ignited.

"How are you two?"

"Company commander, my hand was bitten by iron sand, it's okay." The two wounded soldiers were covered with blood, and it can be seen that their heads were also injured by iron sand, but at this time, everyone was in full blood, so naturally they couldn't weaken their prestige and reputation, and gritted their teeth and held on.

"Yes! Hold on, and when you're with the rest of you, you'll have the Medic fetch you iron sand. After speaking, he changed the magazine for the light machine gun, pulled down the bolt, and shouted with the light machine gun: "Damn, Xiang family actually dares to shoot black guns, so what is polite?" Brothers, the time has come to avenge Camp Commander Peng, kill them all for me. ”

Immediately, with Yang Sanfeng personally taking the lead in the charge, this small village was finished. Thirty-four people were directly killed or burned to death, and nine prisoners, including three women, were all killed by Yang Sanfeng, who was red-eyed, and personally killed them one by one. It's just that before the killing, Yang Sanfeng shouted: "Let you die to understand, we are not bandits, we are the Wang family's spy company, the reason why we killed you this time is because you don't pay attention to the rules to your family, kill people first, and resist later, so, don't blame me Yang Sanfeng for being ruthless!" ”

The voice spread far and was heard by some villagers who were hiding in the mountains and forests, and Yang Sanfeng's reputation began to be widely spread, and he was also widely hated and feared by his family.

The whole village was then set on fire, and immediately rushed to the next village. The slaughter of Gufeng Village shook the whole county, but it did not attract much attention from outsiders - this kind of slaughter of the village seems to us to be extremely cruel now, but at that time, it was a necessary thing in the family war. Just because of the clan war, no one dares to be merciful, otherwise, it is a joke with the lives of the people of their own clan. And with the spread of this news, it also increased the determination to desperately resist the family.

But no one expected that this was just the beginning of Yang Sanfeng's cruel side...... After removing the spirit rings of the seven brothers and burying their corpses, Yang Sanfeng led his men to quickly advance to the next target - Niulan Village, which also had only more than a hundred people.

"Shihua, do you know why I will support your plan?"

Wang Shihua smiled and didn't say anything, in fact, he wanted to say: In addition to my plan, can you think of a better way?

The main force of the Wang family was passing through the forest path three miles away on the right side of Tiesuo Ridge. According to the plan, the 10th battalion of Goudan and the 3rd battalion of Peng Shuihu will set up ambushes on the left and right sides of the mountain on the right side of Tiesuo Ridge, and Uncle Zhong will take the first battalion of the temporarily formed militia to guard the far right, forming a pocket formation, and at the same time, behind the first battalion of the militia, four companies of the artillery battalion will be sent to prepare - nine small steel cannons, just to see if the other party will take the bait. Therefore, at this time, everyone's mood is both expectant and a little relaxed.

"Lao Jing, show Shihua the information about Xiang Renguang again."

Uncle Jing didn't want to deal with He Meihu's fake tiger order, but it was not good to care about it at this time, so he could only glance at He Mei angrily, and reluctantly took the notebook handed by his subordinates and handed it to Wang Shihua......