The fierce battle continued, and in the blink of an eye, several hours passed, and the officers and soldiers had launched seven or eight offensives, and the four or five arrow towers and earthen forts closest to the foot of the mountain had collapsed under the attack of the officers and soldiers, and the thieves stationed inside had dropped a dozen or so corpses and retreated to a higher place after smashing all the stones.

As for the casualties of the officers and soldiers, they were at least ten times that of the thieves, and a large number of corpses were left on the mountain road, all of which were stoned to death, and the wounded soldiers who retreated to the bottom of the mountain were as many as hundreds.

The farthest of the officers and soldiers rushed to the halfway point of the mountain, but they went to a high place, the more strict the defense of the thieves, and the higher they went, the more difficult it was for the follow-up troops of the officers and soldiers to keep up, and a small group of brave officers and soldiers who rushed to the halfway point of the mountain were attacked by a large number of stones and a few rolling logs, and the bed crossbow at the gate of the mountain also spit out two sharp giant arrows, which beat the officers and soldiers back in embarrassment.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the top of the mountain with a calm face, watching the officers and soldiers relentlessly attack, and his brows stretched slightly.

"Brother Zhu, you seem to be very happy?" Wang Er was a little curious: "The officers and soldiers are attacking very tightly, why are you not nervous at all, but seem to be relieved." ”

Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to answer, Xu Renjie rushed to the interface and said, "Second Brother Wang, this is not simple?" The tighter the officers and soldiers attacked, the more anxious they were, this must be the great chaos in Shaanxi foreseen by Zhu Baba has begun, and Du Wenhuan must have received the news that the rebels in various places are in rebellion again, so he is in a hurry to capture us here, so that he can go back to deal with other rogues. ”

"I see!" Wang Er suddenly realized: "In other words, as long as we resist this encirclement and suppression, the future will be bright." ”

"Second Brother Wang!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke: "You and your wife take five hundred people and go to the back mountain trail to set up an ambush!" ”

"Huh?" Wang Erleng was stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang explained: "An experienced veteran like Du Wenhuan should know that no matter how urgent he is, it is unlikely that he will succeed in attacking the mountain road like this, but he still launched an offensive in the front mountain for so long. Perhaps it was to disguise his intention to send a small force from the back mountain through the trail. ”

Wang Erdao: "We have arranged scouts and sentinels in the back mountain, and they haven't called the police yet!" ”

"When they call the police, it becomes a frontal battle, and the officers and soldiers will withdraw when they see that the situation is not good. If we want the officers and men to suffer more losses, we must not wait for the scouts and sentinels to give warnings before taking action, but must take the lead in making arrangements. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Go!" ”

Wang Er smiled: "Then I'll go too, it's finally my turn to fight, hahaha!" ”

"Don't be in a hurry to laugh, there may be an ambush and you won't be able to fight." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

"Haha!" Wang Er beckoned to Yingshanhong: "Xiaohong, let's go, let's go to the back mountain to fight." ”

"Little Red?" This title fell into everyone's ears, and an exclamation suddenly sounded. Zhu Yuanzhang, who didn't shed a drop of sweat from the cannon just now, wiped his sweat violently, and Xu Renjie almost stood unsteadily: "What is your name Yingshanhong?" Little Red? ”

Wang Er said with a face: "What's wrong with me calling my mother-in-law a hot spot?" ”

"This ...... Cough...... There's nothing wrong with ......" Xu Renjie was speechless.

Desperately Saburo couldn't hold it back, and laughed wildly and said: "Your lady should be called Dashan, as for Xiaohong or something, it's too unsuitable for her, hahahaha...... Wowha......"

"Fuck, don't laugh!" Wang Er was a little annoyed: "My mother-in-law looks a little rough, but her heart is small, a few days ago I looked at the daughter of Old Man Li's family twice, and when she came home, she fought with me, I think there is nothing wrong with calling her Xiaohong." ”

"And who won?" Xu Renjie couldn't help but ask.

"Cut, isn't this nonsense?" Wang Er laughed: "Of course Lao Tzu won, tell her to make trouble with me, see if I don't convince her." ”

The leaders shook their heads together with a smile: "Look at other people's daughters, it's your fault, and in this case, you still beat your wife, it's really yours." Wang Er, we can't see it, you are really a negative man! ”

"Grandma, I don't have any other ideas, if you see what the daughter of Old Man Li's family looks like, I am sure you will not gossip about me." Wang Er cut it, turned his head and ran towards the back mountain, Yingshanhong took five hundred thieves and ran with him.

After such a fuss, the leaders became curious about what the daughter of Old Man Li's family looked like.

At the foot of the mountain, there were still bows, arrows, cannons, rolling wood and stones, but several leaders on the mountain were itching like cat scratches, Xu Renjie glanced at the battlefield a few times, and found that the officers and soldiers had no possibility of attacking the mountain, so he took his attention back a little, turned his head to a few henchmen on the side and asked: "By the way, which of you has seen the daughter of Old Man Li's family?" What does it look like? ”

The soldiers are not as easy as the leaders, talking and laughing with soldiers, they are nervous, being asked by Xu Renjie, the soldier's nervous mood is slightly relaxed, he turned his head to the mountain and pointed: "Look...... The one behind the stone was watching the battle from the old man Li's family, and the one next to him was her daughter...... Her name is Li Sanmei......"

There is no level for the countrymen to take names, not only do men use numbers to name what Wang Er and Chu Jiu, but even the girl's name is also named by numbers, Old Man Li's family has two sons and a daughter, so this girl was named Li Sanmei, which is really a very common name.

Several leaders turned their heads to look together, only to see a delicate face behind the stone, really a beautiful little girl, but a little malnourished, there is not much meat on the face, it looks very thin, judging from this face, the figure should also be very slender, it is estimated that even the belt bones add up to less than eighty pounds.

Desperately Saburo laughed and said: "See clearly, this is indeed not the type that Wang Er likes!" ”

"Hahaha!" Xu Renjie also smiled.

"Don't make a fuss, the firecrackers of the Shenji Battalion have finally been dispatched!" Ma Xiaotian suddenly shouted, and when the leaders heard this, their relaxed expressions were closed, and they all became nervous, especially the two of them who were desperate San Lang and Xu Renjie, and their hearts tightened again.

I saw that the officers and soldiers under the mountain once again organized a shield array, this time the shield array was not followed by archers, but the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who had broken through the No. 3 Branch, and the bright armor and banners were very flamboyant, which made the already relaxed atmosphere and tense again.

The thieves on the mountain had already been accustomed to the rhythm of the officers and soldiers attacking the mountain, and they were fighting more and more easily, but at this time, the sudden input of the Shenji Battalion made their blood that had just been excited cold.

"Du Wenhuan deserves to be an experienced veteran!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly: "We are fighting more and more easily, all the leaders on the top of the mountain are starting to laugh, at this time, if the officers and soldiers still use ordinary offensive methods, we can easily repel at ease, he obviously also saw this, and decisively put in the fire at this time, which can just suppress our high morale...... This person's grasp of the timing of the battlefield is really good. ”

"Here comes the firebolt!"

"The firebolt is up!"

The thieves who had once garrisoned the No. 3 branch shouted in unison, and then there was a self-hypnotic roar: "Can't hit me...... Can't hit my ......"

After the battle of the third village, the thieves already knew that the fire gun was different from weapons such as bows and arrows, swords and guns, and swords and halberds, and the bullets it fired were not blocked by wooden shields or rough battle robes, and the bow and arrow could not be compared with its power at all.

But Zhu Bugling taught them yesterday that the biggest shortcoming of the fire gun is that it has no hit rate!

If the musketeers could not assemble in a neat line of muskets and deliver a covering blow with a dense fire, it would be almost impossible to injure anyone.

"Don't be afraid!"

"Brothers! Try to disrupt the formation of the firecrackers with stones! Don't let them fire the platoon in a dense ......" the ten-captain and centurion all shouted loudly. Desperate Saburo also tore his throat and yelled hard.

In fact, all the leaders know very well that there are only 200 officers and soldiers, and there is almost no threat in essence, and the real trouble is their destruction of the soldiers, once the soldiers flee in panic in the sound of fire, it will destroy the state of unity of the generals and soldiers, so that the generals' orders cannot be conveyed properly, thus causing the entire army to collapse.

Watching the fire soldiers and shield soldiers slowly step on the mountain road, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly smiled slightly, and ordered Ma Xiaotian: "Go and light the beacon fire, and summon Miao Mei from the No. 1 branch and the poodle from the No. 2 branch to help!" ”

"Yes!" Ma Xiaotian didn't ask why, turned around and went.

Instead, Xu Renjie came over with a curious face and asked, "Brother Zhu, is there any purpose in summoning the people from the No. 1 and No. 2 sub-villages over at this time?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Du Wenhuan wants to use the firecrackers to break our morale, but I believe that our defenders can push the firecrackers back, and the defeat of the Shenji Battalion will greatly reduce the morale of the officers and soldiers......

Xu Renjie was stunned.

An army is like a sword and shield soldier with a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. When the sword and shield soldier is standing still, you want to attack him, which is very difficult, because he can defend against your attacks with his shield. But when the sword and shield soldier raises his sword and attacks the enemy, the shield will inevitably move away, and this is when he is most vulnerable to being defeated......

The same is true for armies, when an army puts out the most powerful spearhead to attack the enemy, it is also the most vulnerable to the enemy's counterattack, the key is who swings the sharper spear and who raises the stronger shield.

It's not a trick, it's a decent way to compete! With my spear, I will attack the shield of the other. With my shield, the spear of the other, the strength and strength of the competition! There is no room for half a penny.

This is the favorite tactic of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Hongwu! War has never been dominated by cunning to win.