In the lobby of a military camp, Qin Guan was looking at a map, this is a map of the territory of Xiongzhou, marked with mountains, rivers and the border with the Western Xia of Liao, at this moment there are many red circles drawn on it, there are about a dozen, each red circle on the map, represents a bandit force.

Xiong Da said beside him: "Xiongzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and borders the Xia Kingdom and Liao State, these places have become a paradise for those thieves and horse bandits. ”

"Erlongshan is one of them, but it is not the most powerful, the most powerful is a group of horse bandits, the leader is called "Golden Eagle", it is said that this group of horse bandits has about three or four hundred people, everyone rides horses to and fro like the wind, is very strong, often robs the merchant convoy between Liao and Da Zhao, but I have not heard of harassing the people of this state, just at the border between Xiongzhou and Liao, other situations are not very clear. ”

Qin looked at the map and said, "The first goal is to eradicate Erlong Mountain first, and tomorrow the whole army will set off and send troops to Erlong Mountain." ”

, the Xiang army set off in a mighty way, with great momentum.

Eight thousand soldiers, two thousand logistics, complete arms, and even a thousand cavalry, dealing with less than 1,000 people in Erlong Mountain, it is a bit of a fuss, but this is for the purpose of training troops and running in the new army, and only after fighting can the existing problems be discovered.

The infantry is okay to say, but the cavalry is not a day's work, Xiong Er still tries to choose people who know how to ride horses, and can only ensure that these cavalry can not run away when fighting, as for the battle, they can't exert their combat effectiveness at all.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of horses' hooves.

The three horses quickly galloped into Erlong Mountain.

When they arrived at the cottage, one of them shouted urgently: "Hurry up and put down the suspension bridge, there is something important to report to the big boss." ”

The thieves guarding the gate of the village are very familiar with these three people, they are all spies of the cottage, they did not delay, untied the rope and put down the suspension bridge, the three of them clamped the horse's legs, Wang Shanli ran, advanced seven or eight hundred meters, and passed through a stone cliff gap that was only three or four people wide, and a canyon appeared in front.

Someone ran over and took the three horses by the hand, and the three jumped off their horses, and without stopping for a moment, they ran quickly up the hill.

Wang Song, the big boss of Erlongshan, was talking to the military advisor, and the three of them ran into the hall, and the leader said a little out of breath: "Report to the big boss, there are a large number of officers and soldiers, and they are coming to Erlongshan." ”

Wang Song stood up suddenly, "A large group of officers and soldiers, how many people." ”

"We looked at it from afar, and the queue was endless, no less than 10,000 people."

Wang Song scolded: "Fart, there are no less than 10,000 people, how can there be so many officers and soldiers." ”

The military advisor next to him frowned and said, "Big boss, I heard that Xiongzhou has recruited tens of thousands of troops, I'm afraid they all came this time." ”

"Damn, is the government ready to attack our Erlong Mountain?" Wang Song scolded.

"The big boss, the officers and soldiers are menacing, I'm afraid that they are here to avenge the last robbery of the grain truck, so they have to prepare early." Military Road.

Wang Song thought for a while and said: "Our Erlong Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the mountain gate is closed, so I don't believe that those officers and soldiers can kill in." ”

"Come on, sound the gong and gather the crowd, so that the little ones are ready for battle."

"Boom, boom."

Erlongshan Cottage began to gather minions and prepare to meet the enemy.

Qin Guan and Xiong Daxiong Er rushed to the foot of Erlong Mountain with the Xiang army, the time was already evening, Qin watched the time was late, and the night battle was not good for him, so he ordered to camp on the spot and make a fire to cook.

The three of them rode close to the Erlong Mountain Cottage to observe the terrain.

Erlongshan cottage is built according to the mountain, in front of the gate of the cottage, there is a ditch five or six meters wide, seven or eight meters deep, there is a river flowing through, both sides are huge stone cliffs, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At this moment, the Zhaimen Suspension Bridge has been hung up, and from a distance, you can see that there are also people on the Zhaimen arrow stacks who are looking this way to observe the situation of the officers and soldiers.

Qin Guan asked Xiong Da: "Is there any way to break through this walled gate?" ”

Xiong Daodao: "There are many ways to siege the city, such as the walled gate in front of you, the ditch in front of the door is not wide, you can use the cloud board to build a bridge directly, rush over to break the walled gate, and you can rush in." ”

"You can also fill in the soil as beams, but this method is slower. Or directly attack the walled gate, burn the walled gate, if there is a trebuchet is simpler, these cottages are all wooden, directly bombarded, and they will fall apart in a few rounds. ”

Qin Guan nodded, "Today, the soldiers have traveled more than a hundred miles, and they are really tired, and tomorrow they will launch an attack on the city, and use all the means you think of in front of this small village." ”

"I didn't agree with your suggestion before, using Song Ke's identity to deceive that Wang Song, the main reason is that you want to train soldiers, you have to fight every battle as a real war, and we came out this time mainly to improve the overall quality of soldiers."

Xiong Daxiong nodded yes.

In fact, the real reason is that there are only 8 face-changing masks left, Qin Guan is reluctant, and these soldiers really need to exercise, so they chose the stupidest way, to attack.

In the early morning of the second day, when the sky was just dawning, the bandits who had not slept all night were now a little wilted, and at this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The officers and soldiers have attacked." ”

This voice suddenly made everyone sleepy.

One by one, they picked up bows, arrows, knives and guns, and looked nervously into the distance.

The officers and soldiers pushed forward unhurriedly, stopping at a distance of 200 paces from the gate of the village, Xiong Da raised his hand to signal the team to stop, and then someone lit a torch, and the archer took out a rocket, lit it on the torch, ran to a distance of about 100 steps, and began to throw rockets into the cottage.

Whoosh.

Arrows with flames flew towards the gate of the cottage.

A thousand archers, shooting rockets is also very powerful, the big boss Wang Song was startled, and immediately roared: "Archers, counterattack, counterattack." ”

"Whoosh.. Sou.. Whoosh....."

The cottage began to fight back, shooting scattered arrows.

However, after the officers and soldiers archers fired the rockets, they quickly ran backwards without stopping for a moment, and by the time the bandits began to counterattack, they had already run out of the distance of the bow and arrow.

Aggressive.. Duh.

The rockets were set up on the wooden walls of the wooden doors of the cottages, with strips of cloth infested with fire oil, sticking to the wood and starting to ignite.

There were even some unlucky bandits who were directly hit by rockets and died on the spot.

Wang Song was shocked and immediately shouted: "Fight the fire, hurry up and put out the fire." ”

Qin Guan, who was watching the battle from a distance, nodded, and the rocket had a very good effect on Muzhai.

The commander of the archers shouted again: "Rocket preparation, second round." ”

"Whoosh..."

Rockets flew out again, overwhelming.

After three rounds, the entire gate of Erlong Mountain was on fire.

Bang

The gate was overwhelmed and finally collapsed.

The sword and shield soldiers rushed forward, carrying countless cloud boards made of mountain trees in their hands, and set up them on the ravine, and began to charge.

Wang Song gritted his teeth and shouted, "Brothers, let's retreat and retreat to the first line of the gorge." ”