"The last general will knock on the prince!"

As soon as he saw Hongqing coming, Li Minxing didn't care about reprimanding the generals who were unfavorable in battle, so he rushed to Hongqing, made a thousand, and respectfully saluted.

"Excuse me, how is the battle going?"

Hongqing raised his hand and called out calmly.

"Back to the words of the prince, so far in the fierce battle, our department has annihilated more than 630 thieves, and more than 200 remnants of the bandits are now cowering in the courtyard above, and the last general has sent people to rush several times, but they have not succeeded, and the last general is incompetent and ashamed."

Hearing Hongqing ask about the progress of the war, Li Minxing's face couldn't help but turn red, and he replied with a guilty face.

"What about our casualties?"

Hongqing didn't care about the remnants of the enemy hiding in the courtyard above, but first asked about his own casualties.

"Wang Ye Mingjian, our department killed 28 people in the battle, and more than 30 wounded, most of them were caused by the previous unfavorable attack."

Li Minxing is from the rivers and lakes in the end, when it comes to martial arts, he is certainly the top master in the world, but when it comes to commanding operations, the level is just average, and it is not possible to fight a melee battle, and this kind of tough battle is beyond his ability, at this time, he heard Hongqing ask about the casualties, and his already red face suddenly turned a little redder, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Hongqing's face, and replied with a slightly low mood.

"Hmm."

Hongqing didn't ask any more questions, and walked slowly to the front of the formation, looking at the big compound on the high slope with a slight frown, and her brain teaser was running rapidly.

The slope is not steep, it is only 30 degrees up and down, but it has a 60-degree angle, there are more than 150 steps of stairs on the slope, all of which are made of stones, both sides of the road are planted with bamboo, densely connected into a piece, basically there is no possibility of passing through, but there is more than ten zhang of open space in front of the house, even if you want to attack with fire, you can't hurt the courtyard wall, moreover, the house is built according to the cliff, the other side of the cliff is also a steep cliff, it is difficult to climb up, it is obvious, it is impossible to copy the enemy's rear road, if you want to attack the house, There is only a frontal assault, but the frontal road is not very wide, the force is difficult to deploy, the defender only needs to arrange a dozen strong bows, it is enough to block the frontal road, unless the human life is piled up, otherwise, it is difficult to approach the possibility of the house, and this is obviously not a good way, the corpses of more than a dozen palace guards who fell on the ramp have proved that the assault is not feasible.

It's a pity that there are no artillery, otherwise, a few cannons on this terrain can open up the situation, huh? Pregnant!

After carefully inspecting the terrain for a while, Hongqing couldn't help frowning, it's not that this house is really unbreakable, in fact, if there is artillery in hand, it will be over for a while, and it will be over, but this time for the sake of secrecy, Hongqing can't bring the artillery, at this time facing the stubborn enemy on the high slope, he can't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, and when he is anxious, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and the corners of Hongqing's mouth immediately showed a clear smile.

"Minxing, let people chop some bamboo, the thickness is all right, go quickly!"

Hongqing has always been a man of action, and since he has an idea, he will not hesitate at all, and he has already given an order with a wave of his hand.

"Wow!"

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, Li Minxing couldn't help but be stunned, he really didn't understand Hongqing's intentions, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly answered, and commanded his subordinates to get busy.

"What are those bastards doing?"

The palace guards opened up like this, and the bandits who were guarding the wall of the mansion were all dumbfounded, and one of them was because the monk was the most anxious, so he asked out loud.

"It's hard to say, I guess I want to open the way."

Zheng Mingrui was also ignorant, and the answer he gave was naturally just a random guess.

"If you don't do it, such a dense bamboo forest, if you want to open the way, just with such a few people, you can achieve a lot of things, is it planning to cultivate the plank road in the dark, and we have to beware of those bastards touching from behind, or the poor road will bring some people to stay behind?"

Lu Dingsheng obviously had something else in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but took advantage of Zheng Mingrui's words, and after a few perfunctory words, he immediately recommended himself to guard the back road.

"Well, this matter must be guarded against, just go to three or five people, I just have to hold on to the end, the reinforcements at the two checkpoints will arrive, and by then, that bastard boy will definitely not be able to eat and walk around."

Last night's battle was fought to the extreme, with nearly 1,000 troops sneak attack, was actually beaten by more than 300 palace guards, not to mention the loss, all the leaders of their own side were also wrapped in dumplings, such a tragic thought of it, it made Zheng Mingrui's teeth itch, but he was not worried that the task could not be completed, there was no side, just because he still had two big cards in his hand, he thought that he had the absolute certainty of turning the tables, but he didn't mind a stalemate with Hongqing's department here.

"Well, the front guard will rely on the two, and the poor road will lead people to ensure that the back road is safe."

Hearing Zheng Mingrui's words, Lu Dingsheng's eyes rolled quickly, and he said a perfunctory sentence with a smile, and then, regardless of what Zheng Mingrui and Monk Yin said, he led a few henchmen and went straight to the backyard.

"Alright, a few people, move a rock and test the range."

Hongqing's natural desire is not to open the road, there is no other, although the opening of the road is one of the countermeasures to broaden the line of attack, but if you really do this, when the road is opened, all the guards' physical strength should be exhausted, if it is really at that time, let alone attack, it is difficult to defend it, in case it is taken advantage of by the bandits to break through, wouldn't it be a lot of fun? Obviously, such a stupid thing, Hongqing will definitely not do, all he has to do is to build a simple trebuchet with his own hands, after it is assembled, Hongqing clapped his hands with satisfaction, and then smiled and beckoned a few strange-looking guards, and commanded excitedly.

"Wow!"

Since Hongqing had already given the order, the guards did not dare to slack off, so they responded to the promise with a bang, and rushed up, laughing and ready to launch.

"Woo......"

The trebuchet made by Hongqing was very simple, but it was just a rudimentary device made by using the principle of leverage, and it was not difficult to operate, and several palace guards fiddled with it a few times, and they had successfully shot a stone the size of a basin more than 20 zhang away.

"Change to a longer bamboo pole and do it again!"

The first test shot was successful, which was a good result, but Hongqing was obviously not satisfied, and after estimating the distance, he gave the order again.

"Woo......"

As soon as the lever is long, the range is much farther, and the stones of the same size are shot out more than 30 zhang away this time, and the fly in the ointment is that the lever is long, and the force required is more, and the lever that was originally enough for two people to manipulate must be increased to three people.

"Okay, let's build four more according to this specification, Minxing, send someone to carry a few boxes of grenades, and bundle every four into a bundle."

Seeing that the range was sufficient, Hongqing was no longer demanding, nodded with satisfaction, and gave the order in a loud voice.

"Wow!"

As soon as he heard Hongqing's order, Li Minxing reacted even if he dared Hongqing to build a trebuchet for the purpose of throwing grenades, and when he thought of the scene of the cluster grenades exploding in the courtyard of the bandits, Li Minxing couldn't help but be happy, and he agreed with a smile, and commanded a group of palace guards to open up.

"Set it up, fuck it up!"

The hands and feet of the palace guards were extremely sharp, and in less than half an hour, everything was ready, but seeing more than 30 palace guards carrying five simple trebuchets up the ramp, the five trebuchets were lined up in turn at the corner, and with Li Minxing's order, all the palace guards launched in unison and threw the stringed cluster grenades to the courtyard above.

"Boom, boom......"

After all, the improvised trebuchet was a hurried thing, and there was no guarantee on the head, only three of the five cluster grenades were thrown into the courtyard, one of the other two was thrown in the open space outside the courtyard, and the other was exploded in the air before it landed, but despite this, the shock to the bandits in the courtyard was terrifying.

"Don't mess up, lie down, all lie down, steady!"

As soon as the cluster grenade exploded, the bandits who were originally in the front yard of the courtyard suddenly became a mess, although the casualties were not very large, only a dozen unlucky people were shot to the ground by the flying shrapnel, but the momentum caused made the bandits frightened, and the courtyard was full of bandits scurrying around.

"Don't stop, keep casting, and kill those bitches!"

Listening to the sound of ghosts crying wolves from the courtyard above, Li Minxing's heart suddenly rolled through a burst of relief, and he would not let go of such a great opportunity to beat the water dogs, so he waved his hand and gave the order in a loud voice.

Throwing, throwing, a group of palace guards were busy happily, constantly smashing bundles of cluster grenades into the courtyard, there was no need to worry about the counterattack of the bandits, no side, the distance of thirty zhang has long exceeded the range of bows and arrows, unless the bandits risk death to attack, otherwise, to the palace guards, there is really no threat at all.

"Follow me and kill it!"

With the continuous bombardment of the palace guards, the casualties of the bandits in the courtyard are getting heavier and heavier, not to mention, the morale of the army is already completely gone, as soon as he sees this, Zheng Mingrui's heart is already half cold, and he knows that if he does not fight back, he will definitely not be able to defend the hospital, and in a hurry, he can't care about much, so he jumped up, brandished a big knife, and roared wildly.

"Kill, fight with them!"

"Killing one is enough, killing two earns one, killing!"

"Rush, rush out!"

……

The bandits are all swordsmen licking blood, but there is no shortage of bravery, this hearing Zheng Mingrui's order, they all went crazy, unloaded the bolt on the gate of the courtyard with all hands and feet, rushed out of the courtyard with a shout, and rushed along the ladder to the trebuchet position where the palace guards were located......