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Chapter 418: Burning White Horse Mountain

Even if Lu Jiawen was fortified all the way, but this kind of oil-adding style of play was difficult to stop the opponent's army with a higher fighting spirit, Zeng's army witnessed the bloody battle on the river beach, and was shocked, the blood of the man hidden in the bones was completely stimulated, occupying a huge advantage in numbers, even if the terrain was extremely unfavorable, but still went forward one after another, wave after wave of stepping on the corpses and blood of his companions all the way up, in Lu Jiawen arrived at the White Horse Village, just closed the gate of the village, the army commanded by Zeng Xin also rushed to the village. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A bloody battle of attack and defense ensued.

The stockade on the hill is much stronger than the White Horse Fort, most of them are built with boulders and big trees, and the mountain is steep, Zeng Xin can only launch about 200 people to attack at a time, so when there are sufficient defenders in the stockade, it is simply impossible to do anything, and the casualty ratio of the two sides cannot be compared at all.

After several strong attacks in a row and the loss of hundreds of men, Zeng Xin finally stopped this senseless sacrifice with a frustrated face, and when Zheng Zhiyuan stepped on the top of the mountain, Zeng Xin's depressed expression was difficult to hide.

"General Zheng, I tried my best, and my soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice, but this kind of fighting is really worthless to die!" Zeng Xin hung his head and said dejectedly.

Zheng Zhiyuan looked at the stockade standing on the White Horse Mountain, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously, he was also a little troubled in his heart.

"Big brother, let's go give it a try?" Zheng Zhiqiang is eager to try.

Zheng Zhiyuan snorted, "Do you think you are stronger than General Zeng?" General Zeng can't beat it down despite all his might, just go up? Soldiers are lost in vain. ”

Zheng Zhiqiang's face was full of unconvinced, but Zeng Xin's face was full of gratitude, Zheng Zhiqiang's words were inadvertently accusing Zeng Jun's combat effectiveness, but Zheng Zhiyuan's inadvertent words made him feel a lot more relieved, it was not that he couldn't do it, but the situation was too bad.

With Zheng Zhiqiang's unconvinced face, Zheng Zhiyuan remembered something, and his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Zhiqiang, do you remember the battle of Lianshan Island?" ”

"Lianshan Island?" Zheng Zhiqiang was inexplicable, "What does that have to do with the current war?" ”

Zheng Zhiyuan smiled, "You forgot that you were almost roasted into a suckling pig, if I hadn't rushed back in time, you would have been roasted fragrantly!" ”

Zheng Zhiqiang grinned and scolded: "Turtle son Zhong Xiang, when Lao Tzu catches him, he must be put in a steamer and let him taste it, no, big brother, what do you mean?" ”

Zheng Zhiyuan smiled, "Zhong Xiang's trick at the beginning, we might as well try it, at the beginning of Lianshan Island, the fortress you were stationed in was all made of boulders, which is much stronger than the village in front of you!" ”

Zheng Zhiqiang jumped up suddenly: "Yes, yes, roast suckling pig, roast suckling pig!" ”

Zeng Xin was inexplicable when he heard it, but when he saw Zheng Zhiyuan's expression, he knew that the other party must have a clever plan to break the enemy, and he also cheered up at the moment, "General Zheng, what is the best plan to break the enemy in front of you?" ”

Zheng Zhiyuan smiled and told Zeng Xin about the battle of Lianshan Island, and when it came to the tense situation, Zeng Xin was also in a cold sweat, and the situation at that time was really a big deal.

Lu Jia asked embarrassed and retreated to the mountain top village, and in shock, he took stock of the strength in his hands, there were nearly 4,000 soldiers, and the stockade was well stocked, with the favorable terrain, it should not be too much of a problem to hold on until Lu Zhaoting's reinforcements came.

While repelling Zeng Xin's two attacks, Lu Jiawen was relieved, and the defenders in the stockade gradually recovered their calm from the panic, and they also saw that under such a terrain, the enemy army could hardly rely on the numerical advantage to besiege, and no matter how fierce the enemy's long-range weapons were, in the face of this kind of strong fortress built of huge rocks and huge trees, the destructive power was also very limited.

"General Lu, those Dingzhou soldiers in pale blue clothes have also come up!" A captain stepped forward to report that Lu Jia was apprehensive about these Dingzhou soldiers, and if it was these soldiers who chased his ass and beat him, it was really difficult to say whether he could return to the village.

"What are they doing, are they preparing to attack the stockade?" Lu Jia asked.

The lieutenant shook his head, "They didn't do anything!" ”

Lu Jia asked Daqi, could it be that some people climbed up just to see the scenery of White Horse Mountain? Climb to the top of the plug and watch the enemy troops under the stockade.

The enemy seemed to have given up on the attack for the time being, and was struggling to move the trebuchet parts up from the bottom of the mountain, and began to assemble them quickly, except for the Dingzhou soldiers in pale blue costumes who were on guard in front of the stockade, and the Zeng army was scattered around the White Horse Mountain, cutting down trees and cutting thorns with waist knives and axes.

"What do they want to do?" Lu Jia asked in horror as the trebuchets in front of the pass were being assembled more and more, as if the enemy had unloaded the ship-borne trebuchets and moved them up, "Do they want to fill up the whole stockade with stone bullets?" "It's ridiculous to think about it, trebuchets can be brought up, but the stone bullets needed can also be transported in large quantities? If you want to fill the whole stockade, how many stone bullets do you need?

"Be on guard and keep the soldiers on the lookout for each other's long-range strikes!" Lu Jia asked.

A trebuchet test-fired a stone projectile, the range of the stone projectile was obviously far beyond the location of the stockade, and it swept over the head of the stockade with a scream, looking at this somewhat outrageous test firing, Lu Jiawen's heart was suddenly full of uneasiness.

"General, the stone projectile is heavy, the firewood is light, this launch distance should be about the same!" A trebuchet operator replied to Zheng Zhiyuan.

"Alright, prepare to attack!" Zheng Zhiyuan ordered with satisfaction.

Bundles of firewood were placed on the trebuchet, and immediately a soldier poured some grease on the firewood, and at the same time, among the soldiers of the Dingzhou Marine Division, dozens of shooters shot out the rockets that had already been ignited, and the rockets caught up with the bundles in the sky, and the firewood bundles immediately burst into flames.

With a bang, the bundles of firewood fell in the stockade, scattered and scattered, and before Lu Jiawen could react, the second batch of burning bundles of firewood fell again with a roar, and the fire immediately became even bigger.

Lu Jia asked what the other party wanted to do, looking at those Zeng soldiers who were chopping firewood like ants, Lu Jia asked his scalp numb, and shouted: "The first wing extinguishes the fire, the second wing, open the door, and assault the opponent's trebuchet!" ”

Lu Jiawen's reaction was not unpleasant, but what was even more desperate was that after the opposite side projected three rounds of burning firewood in a row, it was suddenly replaced by stone bullets, and smashed into the stockade intensively, and the northern army that had just run from the dodge to put out the fire was immediately hit by a devastating blow, and was smashed to the ground in pieces.

Outside, bales of firewood began to be projected again.

Open the gate of the fortress and come out of the second wing of the Northern Army to counterattack the second wing of the North Army is Zheng Zhiqiang's Marine Corps, narrow terrain, both sides can not carry out too much art of war, at this time, it is more dependent on the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and in this regard, the Dingzhou soldiers have too many advantages, at this time, Zeng Xin, who has nothing to do, also picked up the big knife, joined the ranks of blocking the other party, and Zheng Zhiqiang stood side by side, the two steel knives flew, and the blocker was clothed.

The second wing collapsed extremely quickly, and they not only had to withstand the powerful blows of the Dingzhou Marine Division in front, but also the rain of scorpion cannons behind the opponent, as well as the baptism of a bow and crossbow of the Zeng army.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, at this time, the whole village has fallen into a sea of fire, and outside the pass, more bundles of firewood are still being projected in an endless stream, Lu Jiawen clay carving wood sculpture like standing on the top of the fortress, I can't imagine that the white horse village that I think is strong has fallen so quickly. Seeing the soldiers who had been burned into flames shouting and roaring in the fire, Lu Jia asked and ordered in pain: "Open the door, assault, as much as you can protrude!" ”

When the whole stockade was in flames, Zeng's army regrouped, and columns of archers and crossbowmen were ready to fire, and the scorpion cannon was also aimed at the small open space in front of the stockade. In front of the archers and crossbowmen, groups of spearmen held their spears tightly in a grove of spears.

The gate of the wall opened, and the northern army that was burned to nowhere to escape screamed and ran out, and on the wall, some soldiers who were on fire couldn't wait to run out of the crowded gate, and jumped directly from the wall, most of them fell to the head and bled out, their tendons were broken and fractured, and they couldn't move, and they screamed in the fire until the sound slowly subsided.

"Shoot!"

There was no emotion at all when the order sounded, and the rain of arrows, crossbows, and scorpion cannons completely covered the clearing, shooting down the soldiers who ran out of the stockade in pieces and smashing them to the ground.

Zheng Zhiyuan didn't look at the gate of the city, he looked up at the top of the fortress that fell into the sea of fire, there was a person standing there, that was the enemy's commander, he knew from Liu Yuan, this person was called Lu Jiawen, at this moment, his whole body was on fire, and the whole person became a burning man, but he was still standing on the top of the fortress.

Zheng Zhiyuan took off his helmet and bowed deeply to him, no matter what the position of both sides, such an opponent is always worthy of respect.

There was a smell of meat in the air, although the soldiers had no time to eat at all since the morning, but they did not have the slightest appetite, but many soldiers squatted on the ground and kept retching, and the nearly four thousand defenders in the fort were all killed, either burned to death, or shot to death, they did not even have a chance to surrender, and as soon as they escaped from the sea of fire, they were hit head-on by the rain of arrows and stones.

"Clean up the battlefield, bury the pot, and make rice!" Zheng Zhiyuan's face was expressionless, and he gave an order loudly, his eyes had crossed the White Horse Mountain, and the other party's reinforcements should have come, annihilating him, and then taking Baliji, there was no more power on the Tuojiang River that could stop the Dingzhou Water Division.