Chapter 54: The low-key scout
He looked at Zhonghui and said, "Commander, this gang of bandits is not simple, now we have no siege equipment, and the soldiers can't go up, how can we break the village?"
Zhong Hui looked around and said, "Let the soldiers cut down trees on the spot, make battering rams, siege ladders, and we will try to attack them." ”
Zhang Dabiao arched his hand and said, "Get the order." ”
Then he turned his horse's head, ran to the back, and moved his troops to cut down trees.
Zhong Hui asked the soldiers in front of him to set up a formation in case the bandits came out to sneak attack, and carefully observed this cottage, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, such a city defense structure would definitely not be made by this group of bandits who had never seen the world, it seemed that there were people behind this group of bandits, and it must be someone from the military.
After waiting for almost an hour, the siege equipment was basically ready.
And the bandits in front of the village were not idle during this time, and from time to time one or two cold arrows were shot. There were one or two unlucky ones who were shot in the leg.
After everything was ready, Zhong Hui gave the order, and the army began to attack the village.
Because the whole mountain road is not spacious, it is difficult to attack the village, and only about 100 people can attack at most.
Moreover, these bandits had been prepared for a long time, and waves of soldiers rushed up, and before they could climb the wall, they were knocked down. Some people fell from the ladder one after another, and the ram that attacked the fortress could not shake the gate.
Zhong Hui watched the army's casualties grow bigger and bigger, and decided to retreat first and then find a way.
Before Zhong Hui could order the troops to retreat, Zhang Dabiao was the first to rush forward, followed by more than 100 people.
This Dabiao was behind Zhong Hui, watching everyone attack the city, he was also in a hurry, he didn't care about his identity, and rushed up with his phoenix eyebrow knife.
Chung met him with a worrisome and expectant gesture on the one hand. He asked the archers to storm the city wall to cover Zhang Dabiao.
Zhang Dabiao is also brave, taking the lead, looking at the arrows that are shooting quickly, he flicks the head of the knife, bounces all the arrows away, and then rushes to the wall, and steps on the ladder.
The bandits had already noticed him, but Zhang Dabiao was too fierce, and arrows were shot from below, and before the bandits could make a move, he had already rushed to the wall.
A group of bandits were ready to beat him down, but Zhang Dabiao was too strong, not only swept everyone away, but also killed him all the way.
Then more soldiers climbed the wall, and everyone followed behind Zhang Dabiao, gradually opening a hole in the wall.
Along this opening, people climbed up one after another, and scuffles began to appear on the wall.
Zhong Hui looked at the situation on the wall, very happy, seeing that the village was about to be broken, only as soon as the gate of the village was broken, he led the soldiers to rush in.
Sun Laohu was originally under the wall, urging the thieves to guard the gate of the village, and when he saw that people kept falling down the wall, he knew that something was wrong, and he carried a ghost head knife on the wall.
As soon as Sun Laohu went up to the wall, he saw Zhang Dabiao holding the phoenix eyebrow knife and opening and closing, killing in all directions.
When he saw that his brothers were dying all around him, his eyes widened with rage, and he screamed angrily. He cried out, "Brothers, shoot him with arrows." ”
"Yes. ”
As a result, there began to be random arrows on the wall, some soldiers were shot, and some bandits themselves were shot, but Zhang Dabiao didn't have a.
Seeing that Zhang Dabiao was not injured, Sun Laohu snatched the bow and arrow of a person next to him, and shot at his back while Zhang Dabiao was not paying attention.
This Sun Tiger is also stronger than the bandit, the bow he pulls is relatively full, and the arrow is too fast, although Zhang Dabiao noticed it, but he was still a little late, and only swept the tail of the arrow.
The arrow hit Zhang Dabiao in the right shoulder.
However, at this time, he was already killing and didn't care about this little injury.
Sun Laohu saw that Zhang Dabiao was injured, and his courage did not diminish at all, and he rushed forward with a big knife.
When the two first met, they fought together. It's just that this Sun Tiger is obviously at a disadvantage, if it weren't for Zhang Dabiao's right hand with an arrow, he couldn't use his strength, and this Sun Tiger would have been slashed alive by him a long time ago.
However, he Zhang Dabiao was brave, the soldiers behind him were not good, the bandits continued to make up, Zhang Dabiao was restrained by Sun Laohu, this group of bandits took spears and stabbed at the soldiers who had just climbed the wall, the soldiers had no time to defend, and began to be beaten down the wall.
The soldiers on the wall also began to be unable to resist, and were knocked down one after another. After a while, there were only a handful of soldiers on the wall.
Seeing that the brothers around him had suffered heavy casualties and that the surrounding situation was very bad, Zhang Dabiao condensed his whole body, swept away with all his might, bounced a group of bandits away, and then shouted loudly: "Retreat." As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Laohu slashed over, his body was full of battle energy, looming, and he lifted the knife handle upside down to block Sun Laohu's split, and then, a sideways deflection, the phoenix eyebrow knife dragged behind him, and slashed away.
When Sun Laohu saw Zhang Dabiao's knife traces, he knew that something was wrong, and raised his knife to block it. Unexpectedly, the knife slashed at him and slashed him out.
Zhang Dabiao, who broke out in battle, showed great power on the wall, and the surrounding bandits were afraid of his knife and did not dare to approach.
Zhang Dabiao saw that the soldiers had almost retreated, and he shouted, and the phoenix eyebrow knife swept away, and after sweeping away the bandits, he jumped off the wall.
Zhong Hui had already noticed Zhang Dabiao's situation, and when he was worried, when he saw Zhang Dabiao jumping off the wall, he immediately sent archers to shoot arrows to cover, and let people pretend to attack the village, while covering Zhang Dabiao, while bringing back the corpses of the soldiers under the wall.
When Zhang Dabiao retreated safely, Zhong Hui stared at the wall, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and shouted.
"Retire. ”
In an instant, the soldiers receded like a tidal wave, leaving only a mess all over the ground.
When the bandits saw the officers and soldiers retreating, they all cheered on the wall, this was the first time they faced the officers and soldiers head-on, and it was a great encouragement to their confidence.
As soon as Zhong Hui returned to the barracks, he first asked people to take care of the wounded and let Zhang Dabiao go down to recuperate.
Then Zhao Ming and some generals were called into the account to discuss how to attack the village.
This discussion lasted for a day, and by the afternoon, everyone had not come up with a good solution.
Zhong Hui was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks in the tent, but this Huotou Mountain was like a fast hard stone, and he couldn't gnaw it down. If you can't bite Huotou Mountain, you won't be able to explain to the prince, which will inevitably attract the attack of some people in the court.
Just when everyone was anxious and clueless, a "report" came from outside the tent. This "report" attracted everyone's attention.
After a while, a scout entered the account. This is the scout sent by Zhao Ming to investigate the surrounding situation after Zhong Hui led the army away in the morning.
I saw that he was covered in injuries, looking embarrassed, and there were traces of blood at the corners of his mouth.
When Zhao Ming saw him like this, he was surprised and said, "What happened? I asked you to go out to investigate the terrain, how did it become like this?"
When the scout heard Zhao Ming's several inquiries, he immediately cried.