Ding Mianchen personally led a team of elites to defend a high rock in front of the parameter, so that the Kou soldiers could not directly attack the retaining wall, and the back and sides of the high rock were covered by bows and crossbows in the retaining wall, and the Kou soldiers could only launch an offensive from the front of Gao Yan. Although the high rock protruding parapet wall is only fifty steps, it has an angle to shoot at the bottom of both sides of the ramp, dozens of bonfires are burning up and down the hillside, and the arrows shot by the condescending crossbow draw a faint shadow in the void, drill out of the **, and reveal bloody arrows from that end. The soldiers who piled up shrubs and hay there were forced to find ground to cover their bodies.

Attacking from both sides may not be much easier than from the front, seeing the Blue Flame Army rushing out of the parapet wall and occupying that high rock, Lin Ji had the intention to consume the strength of the Green Flame Army there, but the attack surface was too narrow, and the superior forces could not be pressed, but the casualties were heavier than those of the Green Flame Army.

Lin Ji's face was gloomy, silent, his eyes were fixed on the high rock, three hours into the night, four waves of offensive had been blocked at the high rock, and the defenders on the high rock had also changed three batches.

Although the terrain is easier than the steep slope in front of the parapet, and the defense there is more difficult and the casualties will be heavier, but the offensive surface is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the opponent's superior forces, and it took three hours of continuous attack before the Qingyan army suffered 100 casualties.

The Puji army suffered losses in the terrain, and the casualties were heavier, only 1780 people.

A general who was supervising the battle in front ran down, gasped and said: "The green flame thief seized that high rock, pressed down the people who were about to burn the forest at the foot of the slope on both sides of me, and made it impossible for our army to put their forces into the front of the parapet. ”

Lin Ji frowned, and said secretly: Wei Yu is really waiting for reinforcements? said: "How do you think you fight?" ”

"Bring 3,000 men up, use 2,000 men to attack the front parapet wall non-stop, cut off the connection between the parapet wall and Gao Yan, and just send another man to storm Gao Yan."

Three thousand people are used to attack, so it takes six thousand people to transfer to the island to avoid letting the garrison on the island bite back, Lin Ji couldn't help but glance at the black and dark hole, if Wei Yu's intention is to lure the soldiers of the water battalion from the ship to the shore, if I storm the retaining wall, wouldn't it be his calculation, and I thought that if Wei Yu really stubbornly waited for reinforcements, he would fight so tepidly, and finally wait for his reinforcements to come over, he would inevitably retreat.

Lin Ji was very happy when he first heard that Wei Yu was on the island, but now he hesitated. After thinking for a moment, he only said: "You lead people to continue to attack that place, as long as the fortress wall on the high rock is destroyed, there will be no danger that the Qingyan Army will still occupy there." ”

The man groaned and departed. Taking advantage of the gap, a left lieutenant led more than 100 people to replace Ding Mianchen and others. Ding Mianchen didn't have time to rest, walked to Wei Yu's side, and said: "Lin Ji is much more cautious than before, if he doesn't get to the dawn, he won't press his troops." ”

Wei Yu stood in the dark where the bonfire could not illuminate, his eyes were slightly constricted, but they were surprisingly bright, like a fierce beast lying in the dark and watching his prey.

"The terrain on the island is not complicated, there are not many tactics to choose from, Lin Ji does not dare to press his troops in front of the parapet wall, and most of them will choose to burn the forest. You see, although the slopes on both sides are dangerous, only the footing is the most dangerous, and beyond the high rock, the sides are not so dangerous, but you can bypass the front parapet. ”

Ding Mianchen looked there and said, "The Kou soldiers rushed up again, and I will lead a group of men and horses to rush out from behind the parapet wall, follow behind the rout, and take the high rock." ”

Wei Yu knew the bad habits of the Puji Kou soldiers best, if you wanted to lead the troops to follow behind the rout and approach there, most of the Kou soldiers guarding Gao Yan over there would probably shoot with crossbows from here to Gao Yan, and it would take two hundred steps to rush to Gao Yan from here, which was enough for the bows and crossbows in that place to shoot four rounds. Wei Yu shook his head and said, "It's too far away from the parapet wall, and even if it is attacked, it can't be defended." Lin Ji could probably see the subtlety of the terrain, and he didn't need us to remind him. ”

At this time, the tide rises and laps on the rocky shore, and small streams of sea water flood in from the rocks. Lin Ji was startled at first, thinking that the sea was going to rise, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers in the low-sunken area to retreat, and when the two thousand soldiers were withdrawn from Haiwei, he found that the low-sunken ground was only slightly wet.

Lin Ji looked at the crescent moon on the horizon, and suddenly understood that the crescent moon was gradually rising, the tide was gradually rising, and in another four or five days, the moon was full in the sky, and the tide could overflow the stone polder and soak into the low depression behind the stone polder. At that time, there was no open space on the front of the ramp to line up the superior forces, and no matter how many troops and horses he led, he could not attack the island.

This is the supply point set up by the Qingyan Army, and he will be trapped for a year to lead the army, and the food, grass and fresh water on the island may not be exhausted.

Wei Yu stood in the dark, Lin Ji couldn't see his face clearly when he walked to the forefront, he was secretly anxious, but he had no choice but to think of a way to capture the island before the tide poured into the low depression.

Although the Qingyan Army said that the fierce generals were like clouds and ministers were like rain, Wei Yu was definitely one of the core figures, otherwise when Xu Ruyu was adventurous in the Northern Tang Dynasty, Jiang Ning would not have to promote his rank to stabilize the army's morale.

Wei Yu and Ding Mianchen watched Kou Bing exit the low ground in panic and smiled at each other. When Lin Ji rearranged his troops into the low-sunken land, Wei Yu pointed to the low-sunken land and said, "Lin Ji would never have imagined that this low-sunken land would surprise him again,"

Hundreds of soldiers approached Gao Yan from the dead end of the bow and crossbow of the parapet wall, but it was a group of people wriggling on the sea polder that attracted Ding Mianchen's attention.

More than a dozen soldiers were slowly descending into the low ground carrying the two clapsticks that had been dismantled from the giant ship.

The clapper is about six feet long, with a heavy hammer falling at one end, which is mounted on a large battleship, and can be used to slap the approaching enemy ship and sink it. Lin Ji wanted to slap the heavy hammer hanging from the pole to attack the Blue Flame Army behind the wall. A cantilever weighs tens of pounds, and a drop on the island rock can stir up a stone chip. Ding Mianchen summoned a man and asked him to attach the hook to the long pole, and before the rod stretched over the wall, he used the long hook to cut the rope tied to the hanging hammer.

Lin Ji ordered those Kou soldiers to directly hit the wall with a crossbar under the cover of Gao Dun, and Ding Mianchen ordered someone to connect the spear to the long pole to stab the Kou soldiers who were carrying the pole. Lin Ji saw that the shooting rod was ineffective, so he gathered a group of longbowmen, went to the bottom of Gao Yan, soaked the arrow cluster in oil, and shot it back behind the wall. Ding Mianchen asked people to open the curtain, and the rockets went out together on the curtain. Lin Ji also ordered someone to wrap the oil-soaked cloth on the arrow shaft, and the front end of the arrow shaft was tied into a small cross rod with a short branch, and the arrow was shot, and the front end was stuck in the cloth curtain, and the oil-soaked fire cloth ignited the cloth curtain at once. The Blue Flame Army threw the burning curtain out of the wall and replaced it with a soaked curtain.

Lin Ji had no choice but to dismantle the three stone-throwing crossbows on the ship and erect them under the high rock wall, but it was Ding Mianchen who pushed the dao wall at the right time, allowing him to get many stone bullets in the air. Lin Ji ordered people to assemble the stone-throwing crossbows, and on the other hand, he ordered people to knock down the walls on other high rocks to make stone bullets. Ding Mianchen had people weave thick wooden rows out of shrubs, covered with a drenched cloth curtain, and erected diagonally on top of the high rocks. The high rock rampart wall was not a big target, and the stone-throwing crossbow tried for a long time before it could be thrown accurately, but it smashed on the sloping wooden raft and rolled down. Seeing that the wooden raft was about to rot, another one was arranged behind the parapet wall and sent to the high rock wall.

Lin Ji had no choice but to temporarily move the stone-throwing crossbow to the back, if it was a direct attack on the long parapet wall, the stone-throwing crossbow would be of great use.

Ding Mianchen has no talent in strategy, but he has his own set of defending the city, and the high rock wall less than 20 steps square is forced to be taken away by the Kou soldiers until dawn.

The red glow was about to burn, and the morning sun jumped out of the sea level violently, reflecting the faces of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy and us red. Since the early hours of the morning, Lin Ji has been constantly transferring Kou soldiers from the ships to shore, his patience has become limited, and he is determined to prepare a major attack on the front parapet.

First, 300 Kou soldiers advanced to the high rock wall, and more than 100 condescending defenders fought for the high rock wall, hundreds of Kou Ming bypassed the high rock wall, advanced to the retaining wall, and when Ding Mianchen realized that something was wrong, the high rock wall and the retaining wall had been cut off by the Kou soldiers, and the third wave of thousands of Kou soldiers advanced along the ramp in one fell swoop.

Ding Mianchen hurriedly threw the lit shrubs off the parapet wall in piles, and led a team of elites to kill Gaoyan, and the defenders there were only about 20 people left to support them.

Lin Ji saw that although there were no things like rolling stones and sasswoods on the parapet, the lit shrubs were also quite troublesome. Storming the high rock wall, on the one hand, he ordered people to tear down the wall, and on the other hand, he had people pile up hay and shrubs on both sides of the ramp to prepare for burning the forest, and then removed several stone throws on the front of the wall, and constantly bombarded the wall with stone bullets and the defenders hiding behind the wall.

Wei Yu and Ding Mianchen came to the dangerous slope of the stone polder yesterday, pointed to that place, and said: "Organize people to throw all the cut shrubs into the gap between the stone polder and the dangerous slope." He also said, "To prevent Lin Ji from becoming suspicious, open a path from here to the place where Lin Ji erected the stone-throwing crossbow." ”

Lin Ji demolished the wall to obtain a lot of stone bullets, the stone-throwing crossbow was a great threat to the parapet wall and the defenders behind the wall, Ding Mian wanted to send the dead to rush to the stone-throwing crossbow to destroy it, but more than a dozen crossbows supported on the four high rocks and hundreds of soldiers surrounded the place, from the side of the ramp to open a path, at least to avoid the crossbow on the high rock.

It is not easy to find another path in the dense bushes, Lin Jide has a report from his subordinates, laughing secretly, thinking: Wei Yu and Ding Mianchen are also poor. The nearest high rock was only less than a foot shorter than the parapet wall, and the two were fifty paces apart, and the Kou soldiers erected four crossbows on it, and poured arrows into the wall with a long group of archers. In addition to the sharp arrows, the stone-throwing crossbow also concentrated the stone projectiles in this place, and at noon, the stone-throwing crossbow actually made the stone-throwing crossbow smash out of a gap two feet wide. The defenders filled the gap with bushes and weeds, and the soldiers on the high rock on the opposite side set it on fire with rockets, and the gap closed a wall of fire. There are hundreds of soldiers hiding behind Gao Yan, ready to pour in through the gap as long as the fire is weak.

In addition to this, in other places, hundreds of soldiers directly embraced them. The defenders behind the parapet tied the shrubs into bunches, soaked them in oil and set them on fire, and threw them at the soldiers. The Korn held his shield aloft, blocking it and rolling it down. By noon, the Qingyan Army and the Puji Bandits were in close contact with each other under the parapet wall, especially at the gap, where the competition was the most fierce.

Several pillars of black smoke rose on both sides of the ramp, and the red flames in the black smoke gradually became blazing, and the less black smoke, the bigger the fire, and soon the fire spread into the bushes and burned towards the mountain.

Wei Yu took off the sword at his waist, handed it to Jingwei beside him, and said, "Give me your waist knife." He took the standard saber, held it in his hand, and said to Ding Mianchen: "You go and light the shrub behind the stone polder, remember to let the shrub burn there all the time." I'm leading the way. ”

Wei Yu pinched the bracket, and there was a sonorous sound, and a sword light leaked out. Wei Yu pulled out his long blade, threw the scabbard aside, and strode towards the Kou soldiers who poured in from the gap, swinging his knife left and right, and the two Kou soldiers separated from each other. The left and right Jingwei hurriedly embraced the attack of the Kou soldiers in front of Wei Yu.

Wei Yu looked cold and shouted, "Why don't you want to drive these thieves down in person?" The crowd shouted and pressed the soldiers back into the gap.

Wei Yu summoned a left lieutenant and said sharply: "I will stand here, if the soldiers force me back, from you down, the three generals of the left lieutenant, the sentry lieutenant, and the army will all be guilty of capital crimes." ”

Lieutenant Zuo stood in front of Wei Yu and said excitedly: "The last general is willing to fill the gap with his body to protect the general." With that, he came out with a loud shout and beckoned everyone to kill the soldiers at the gap, and with one blow they killed the soldiers at that place down the ramp, and then killed the soldiers on the high rock and retreated. When the lieutenant walked in front of Wei Yu again, his body was covered with blood. The leather armor on his body was cut open and stabbed in nearly ten places.

Wei Yu saw that his eyes were as firm and cold as a rock, and asked, "What is your name?" ”

"Zheng Cangsheng, the left lieutenant of the Longquan garrison."

When Xu Ruyu first entered Southern Fujian, the first thing he met was Zheng Cangsheng and Zheng Cangzi's brothers. After the Battle of Southern Fujian, Zheng Cangzi followed Zheng Menghuai's side to learn art, and later let Shao Xiaoqi trick him here, became familiar with Li Yin, and followed Li Yin at this time. Zheng Cangsheng originally stayed under Yang Shang, and later formed the Southern Fujian Garrison, transferred a group of generals from various departments to fill in the Southern Fujian Garrison, and strengthened the control of the Southern Fujian Garrison, and Zheng Cangsheng went to the Longquan Garrison as the left lieutenant. Xu Ruyu washed his muscles and cut down his veins and laid a deep foundation, Zheng Cangsheng's martial arts cultivation can be regarded as advancing by leaps and bounds, and he can be regarded as a master in the Longquan garrison.

Wei Yu had vaguely heard this name, but he didn't have time to think deeply, the garrison here was directly under the jurisdiction of Ding Mianchen, and one of his left lieutenants only had a vague impression in Wei Yu's mind.

Wei Yu saw him rushing out to fight, he didn't show any tiredness, and he thought that his cultivation in Dan Xishu was quite profound, and asked, "Your martial arts have to be passed on to the Dongyang Zheng family?" ”

Zheng Cangsheng said: "My lord once used Xuangong to recreate my muscles and veins, but Zheng Jiawu's learning was not deep. ”

"Oh." Wei Yu glanced at him again and said, "Mr. once mentioned your two brothers, Cang Zi is now by Li Yin's side, and that Mo Nian also came out of Gantang Bay with you. ”

Wei Yu knew a lot about the generals of the water camp, not to mention that Mo Nian commanded a battalion of water camp under Li Yin, and said: "The defense of this side will be handed over to you, if you let the soldiers break through from here, I will punish you with death." Without waiting for Zheng Cangsheng to answer, he turned around and walked away. Until dark, the gap no longer fell into the hands of the Kou soldiers, but the stone bullets were smashed, and the Green Flame Army guarding there only dodged outside, and none of them retreated behind the parapet wall.

The bushes on the left burned to the halfway slope, and on the right, except for the raging fire in the bushes, the more than 200 Qingyan troops on it kept throwing the cut shrubs into the gap between the stone bank and the steep slope, where the fire was even more vigorous. The fire on both sides licked the night on the island mountain to the end, the night sky showed a bright dark red strange color, the string moon compared to yesterday and a point, in the firelight, eclipsed, the power of the moon is not weak, pulling the tide to the northeast of the island to the stone shore.

Lin Ji was still relieved, and although the offensive on the front ramp had not weakened, he still sent people to inspect along the stone bank of the polder. A group of patrolmen walked to the southeast side of the island, only to see that there was a blazing fire and a scorching heatwave, and the waves crashed on the rocky shore, and the droplets stirred up met the raging tongue of fire and turned into misty water vapor, covering the place.

Lin Ji got the report of the patrol, and he felt strange, and he also rushed there, he didn't care about the fire there at the beginning, he just thought that the shrub branch that the Qingyan Army threw down to clear the path was inadvertently ignited, but at this time it seems that there is something strange. He didn't know that one side of the stone bank was extremely hot from the raging fire, and the other side was soaked in cold seawater, and the steam-filled stone bank had been squeezed by the force of heat and cold.

The more the tide became more and more turbulent, a huge wave rushed in, and the surging tide overflowed the rocky shore and poured inward, only to hear the scorching rocks pouring water, "sizzling" sound, and there was the sound of rock cracking. Lin Ji was horrified in his heart, and shouted urgently: "Quickly pass the order, and all the soldiers will immediately attack the top of the slope." After that, ignoring the contempt of the people behind him, he turned around and lifted Dan Xi and ran towards the big tent in the middle of the sea polder.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the whole island shook. The sergeants of both sides, who were fighting up and down the parapet, were temporarily deterred by the sudden loud noise, and they all slowed down the movements of their hands, and looked towards the place where the loud noise was made, only to see a white mist rising there, and beyond it was the sound of the boulder cracking.

The tide opened the gap in the rocky bank continuously, forming a gap more than ten zhang wide in an instant, and the tide continued to pour in.

Twenty miles away, a huge formation of warships was marching on the sea, and the loud sound of the earth-shattering sound clearly reached Li Yin's ears.

Li Yin led the fleet to ambush Puji's grain fleet, and found that it was just some small empty ships, and had already guessed that this was Puji's plan to divide the troops, while sailing towards the island where Wei Yu was, while ordering the warships of the other two supply points to converge with him on the way, but Shao Xiaoqi, who gave the order, did not know the situation there at this time, and heard the loud noise at first glance, and was shocked and anxious, only when Wei Yu had an accident, he shouted in a deep voice: "Sons, whoever let a bandit escape, he will be killed." ”

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