Seeing everyone's panicked appearance, Zhang Xianzhong said angrily, "A group of cowards! We haven't seen any scenes in the Central Plains for so many years! Isn't it just a few lines of officers and soldiers? What are you afraid of! If this group of officers and soldiers is in Wu'an, we will still be afraid of him! Now that they divide their troops, we are still afraid of what he will do! They have four roads, we have more than 100,000 people, and there are only 3,000 people all the way! We can eat it! Lao Tzu will meet this Liu Fan today to see if he is really so powerful! ”

Hearing Zhang Xianzhong's words, everyone's hearts were a little calm, and some radical people such as the Black Demon God shouted: "What the Eight Kings said is right! I'm afraid of a bird! Can't we beat 20,000 of them? Eight kings, give your order! The sons and daughters are about to suffocate to death if they stay on this mountain! It just so happens that Liu Fan sent it to the door, as long as you say a word, the brothers will immediately overthrow them for you! ”

Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Good! Now listen to me! Over the stars, Cao Cao! The two of you will lead the people of the headquarters to block the officers and troops from Wu'an! Zhang Miaoshou, break into the sky, the two of you lead the people of the headquarters to block the officers and troops in the direction of He Jin! Flying all over the sky, Xing Red Wolf, Black Evil God, a few of you and I will join forces, and we will surround and attack the enemy army in the direction of Yangyi together! The rest of the people were led by Lao Huihui to block Zuo Liangyu of Cishan! Now, while the officers and troops have not yet blocked the encirclement, let's act immediately! ”

"Obey the orders of the Eight Kings!" A loud answer rang out in the hall!

Before leaving, Luo Rucai admonished: "Everyone, remember to take the path when you return in a while!" Don't run into the officers and soldiers! Don't blame me for not reminding you! ”

The leaders laughed and said, "Got it! We're not stupid! Don't touch the moldy head of the official army! Hit the muzzle of the gun yourself! ”

Just when the thieves in the mountains went back to contact the horse and prepared to give Liu Fan a good look, most of the broken army under Liu Fan's command had arrived at the predetermined position after two hours of rapid marching!

Liu Fan took more than 6,000 people from four battalions and five battalions, set off from Wu'an, and went to the foot of Qinglong Mountain, in the mouth of the villagers under the mountain, Liu Fan learned that Qinglong Mountain is also known as Qinglong Village, and there have been people on the mountain since the Tang and Song dynasties to build a city on the top of the mountain, and then it was gradually abandoned for some reason, but now it is occupied by thieves.

Liu Fan led the army to the foot of the mountain, looking at it from afar, the Qinglong Mountain is steep, the mountain peak is abrupt and open, the wall is unique, the top of the mountain and the ditch under the mountain are all brown round boulders, the surface is no edge and no angle, smooth as grinding. The main peak is like the double horns of the dragon, and the distance is like the dragon's head roaring to the sky. The thieves' cottage was built on the 10,000-high platform, because the thieves only occupied this place for more than a month, perhaps because of the rush of time, they had to take local materials, and most of their cottages were wooden structures.

Liu Fan was wearing silver delicate chain mail and a big red cloak standing at the foot of the mountain, looking at the steep terrain of Qinglong Mountain, and slowly asked, "Wu Tao, Li Xiaohu, Song Cheng, are they in place?" ”

Sun Liang beside him bowed down and replied, "In terms of time, it's almost there!" ”

Liu Fan nodded and said, "Hmm! Let's get started! The four battalions of Yongzi are still bright! The siege is up to your team! Plus, I'll give you another hundred musketeers! Be sure to take down Qinglong Village for me! Shang Ming shouted yes, and with a greeting, he rushed towards the mountain with his headquarters and a hundred smoothbore gunners!

Liu Fan continued to order, "Sun Liang told the artillery team to open the artillery, provide cover for the attacking troops, and smash their broken stockades for me!" ”

Sun Liang replied, "Yes! Handsome! "Trotted to the artillery position to deliver the order.

In fact, this time because of the long distance, Liu Fan did not carry too many heavy guns, all the artillery was six pounds and below, and the six-pounder guns only brought 10, considering the rugged mountain road, Liu Fan also allocated these 10 six-pounder guns to Wu Tao, and now Liu Fan only has more than 50 tiger squat cannons and 20 three-pounder cannons.

After Liu Fan gave an order, more than 70 cannons roared in unison, and the rain-like shells smashed on the wall of Qinglong Village with a sharp whistling sound, and the sound of explosions and screams rang out. The wooden wall was shattered under the blow of the artillery, the shells hit the wooden wall and ignited a fire at the same time, after a round of shelling, the Qinglong Village suddenly became full of desolation, the cottage that originally looked quite solid is now full of broken stones and broken wood, all kinds of stumps and broken arms are flying everywhere, and the fragrance of barbecue is pervasive in the firelight.

Where have these farmers who just put down their hoes have seen such fierce artillery fire, and they were immediately stunned by the artillery fire of the broken army, the tragic scene, the strange fragrance, so that these rogues who have never seen any big battles almost forgot their reactions, standing there in a daze and letting the artillery fire continue to "baptize" the rest of the people, most of them hid in the corner and shivered, no matter how the leader of the thieves shouted, there was no response, as if they were frightened stupid!

Under the cover of artillery fire, Shang Ming, who was in charge of the attack, led his team to seize the opportunity and quickly rushed towards the mountain! After three rounds of shelling, the sound of artillery has stopped, and the gunners of the Broken Army are busy cleaning their chambers and loading ammunition in preparation for the next round of attack!

"The boss is not good! The officers and soldiers rushed up! Just as the cannonfire stopped, relieving the power among the rogues, the leader's cronies shouted loudly at the leader of the cottage.

Pushing away the dead body on his body, the leader hurriedly looked down the mountain, and saw that the officers and soldiers were about to rush to less than 500 meters away from the cottage. If you don't want to die, beat them down! Otherwise, when the official army comes up, none of us will want to live! Smash me! He didn't stop while talking, he picked up the big stone around him and threw it down the mountain! The thieves around him were encouraged by it, and they began to fight back, and suddenly the thunder stone rolling wood rolled down the hillside!

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shang Ming reacted quickly and hid behind a rock, shouting, "Pay attention to dodge!" Gunner's firepower suppression! Beat them down for me! Although Shang Ming reacted in a timely manner and gave accurate orders, the soldiers of the Broken Army, who were mostly recruits, were still slow to react, and when they were caught off guard, they were suddenly hit by falling rocks and falling logs on the mountain, overwhelmed, blood splashed, and rolled down the hillside, and they couldn't survive! Dozens of people were smashed in a breath, and for the first time since the war began, there were casualties! Shang Ming was in a hurry when he saw this, but the dead were all his brothers! Hurriedly shouted: "Stop advancing!" Be careful to dodge! What are you riding horses doing, hit me! ”

Under Shang Ming's shout, the firecrackers reacted, and they lit the fire rope to fire at the enemy troops on the cottage, and the gunshots like bursting beans rang out, and the mountainside was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, Shang Ming was immediately relieved when he saw this! After the smoke cleared slightly, Shang Ming jumped out and shouted, "Brothers, rush with me...", the voice stopped abruptly, and the scene in front of him stunned him, it turned out that because the range of the smoothbore gun was only less than 300 meters, now they were more than 500 meters away from the cottage! The smoothbore gun did little damage to the enemy! (To be continued.) )