Ding Mu led his troops into Kamu County, Chizhou, and launched an attack on the border Taji County.

He Song, the county commander of Taji County, panicked, and hurriedly sent a message to inform Han Chang, the Taishou of Kamu County, to ask for reinforcements, and at the same time led 2,000 county soldiers to mobilize the people of the county to help defend the city.

The 50,000-strong army arrived in Taji County, divided into four roads according to Ding Mu's order, and surrounded the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of the entire county.

Ding Mu shouted in front of the formation: "Who is the county magistrate of this county?"

He Song appeared on the city wall and looked down: "This official is He Song, the county commander of Taji County, who guards the territory for His Majesty! The people of Taji County are here, and they will never allow Er and others to take a step forward! The general is not like a traitor, why should he obey the traitor and lead the army to rebel?"

Ding Mu raised his head and responded: "My lord Liu Yuanxiang is the bloodline of the first emperor, and benevolence is distributed in all directions! Liu Zhe, the king of Fujiang, was nothing but a puppet of Lu Cong, and he had lost all his imperial power, and he was even more insulted to the majesty of the imperial family! Are you and the others loyal ministers of Dacheng or Lu Cong's retainers? On the orders of the lord, this general has helped Dacheng and swept away the rebellion of the Lu clan, but it is not Dacheng but Lu Cong, a national thief! If He County's order is Dacheng's country, why not open the city gate and surrender on his own initiative, and also save the troops from meeting each other and harming the people!"

He Song replied: "Emperor Hui succeeded to the throne, and the name is justified. The prime minister assists the country and is loyal! The general's clever words make it difficult to change the fact that Princess Yuanxi is plotting rebellion and rebellion! There has never been a princess in power in the world, and Si Chen is a move that will cause chaos in the world!"

"Bold!" Ding Mu said angrily when he heard this, "How dare you slander my lord, and you are not afraid of death?"

"This official is dedicated to the country, what is there to fear of death?"

"That being the case, Hugh blames General Ben for being ruthless!" Ding Mu saw that he couldn't persuade the other party to surrender, so he immediately ordered, "Pass my general's order and break through the city." ”

"Kill ——!!" his soldiers immediately rushed to the city gate.

"Gentlemen, fight to the death to serve the country!" He Song was still quite tough, and personally drew his sword and stood on the city wall to command the army.

The two sides launched a fierce attack and defense at the city gate, and the battle was raging.

The city wall of the county town cannot be compared with the county town, and the defensive strength is not as great as the county town.

Ding Mu had an army of 50,000, and He Song only had 2,000 county soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of local people who had been mobilized, and his strength was too poor.

The common people were not trained, nor did they have weapons and armor, and with the agricultural tools in their hands, they were actually a rabble with limited effect.

What's more, Ding Mu's side has complete siege equipment, and the morale of the whole army is high, and the judgment is made.

Despite their best efforts, Taji County could not stop the onslaught of the army.

Ding Mu entered the county seat, and He Song died on the battlefield.

The 2,000 county soldiers were all wiped out, and the people participating in the battle gave up their weapons and surrendered on the spot.

Arranged for his subordinates to take over the county seat, Ding Mu pushed forward non-stop, and successively conquered several county towns such as Liufeng, Tike, and Antu, and approached the county seat of Kamu County.

Kamu County Taishou Han Chang received information one after another, first Taji County asked for help, and before the army left the city, he got the news that Taji County had been conquered. Hurriedly sent troops to help, and halfway learned that many county towns such as Liufeng, Tik, and Antu were lost, and Ding Mu's army came head-on.

So fast, the road was unstoppable, Han Chang was frightened, and hurriedly led the soldiers to turn back the same way and retreat to Kamu County to arrange the defensive line.

Ding Mu led the troops to kill and ordered the siege of the city.

Han Chang led the soldiers of Kamu County to guard the city gate and resist Ding Mu.

The two sides fought fiercely for several days without a victory or defeat, and each other suffered damage.

Han Chang said to the civil and military forces beside him: "Ding Mu is menacing, and his strength is more than five times that of ours. After attacking the city for several days, our soldiers are tired, can we have a plan to make them withdraw for the time being?"

As soon as the words fell, the chief official Guan Shun stood up: "Fuzun, although Ding Mu has many soldiers, the main force is heavy armor. It is better to take advantage of its rest at night and send a general to lead the cavalry to raid. If the enemy army is heavily defended, it can be attacked by horses, and if the enemy army shows a flaw, the camp can be breached in one fell swoop. ”

Han Chang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Who wants to send troops?"

A military general stepped forward and clenched his fists and arched his hands: "The last general is willing to go!"

Turning his head, it turned out to be Captain Wei Tong.

"Win and return, you will be credited!" Han Chang said excitedly.

So he allocated 1,000 cavalry and handed it over to Wei Tong, and ordered other generals to reorganize their troops and horses in order to respond.

That night, Wei Tong led 1,000 cavalry out of the city, with people and horses picking up bridles, and quietly rushed to Ding Mu's camp.

The camp was heavily guarded, with soldiers patrolling back and forth.

Seeing this, Wei Tong knew that the strong attack was useless, so he sent a signal to the cavalry, personally led the charge, and with his mobility, he launched a rush around the Ding Mu camp, and released rockets to the camp with cavalry.

Suddenly attacked, Ding Mujun immediately alerted and quickly counterattacked.

It's just that I don't know how many enemy troops there are in the middle of the night, and I can't easily leave the camp, and I fall into a trap. You can only hold the camp and shoot at the enemy.

The cavalry was highly mobile, and under the cover of night, Ding Mu could not figure out the number, and set fire everywhere to create chaos.

The fire in the camp caused Ding Mu a lot of losses, and the army fell into chaos and retreated ten miles overnight.

Wei Tong won a great victory and led his troops back to the county seat.

Han Chang was overjoyed and celebrated his achievements.

The next day, Ding Mu counted the losses, more than 300 soldiers were killed and wounded, a number of grain and grass were damaged in the fire, and several boxes of baggage were loaded.

In a fit of rage, he once again led his troops to storm the city.

In the face of the angry Ding Mu, the soldiers and horses of Kamu County struggled even more, and several times they were almost blocked by the cloud ladder on the city wall.

Han Chang was worried that the city would be breached, so he hurriedly convened his subordinates to discuss.

Guan Shun, the chief official, thought of a person, and stood up and said: "Kamu County was originally a wasteland, and the previous dynasty set up a county with this, and a large number of people moved into Dacheng, so that there is today's prosperity." There was originally a barbarian tribe in the county, named Di. This tribe is good at taming beasts and is quite brave. Although most of the Di people went north to the west of Dangliang and settled in the wasteland. One remained in the county. The Mansion can order the levees to help in the battle, or it may have a miraculous effect!"

Han Chang listened to the suggestion and immediately sent someone to invite the Di clan.

Li Duochi, the leader of the Kamu County Di Clan, came over in person.

Han Chang said to him: "Ding Mu's army is attacking the city day and night, and once the city is broken, the Di tribe will also be in danger. For the sake of Kakamu County, please also ask the leaders to do their best to help!"

Li Duochi laughed when he heard this: "Don't worry, I have 3,000 beast soldiers, and I can be the enemy 30,000! ”

Han Chang was overjoyed: "This official personally pressed the battle for the leader!"

Li Duochi gathered his people and gathered at the city gate.

Han Chang saw that the members of the Di clan each brought poisonous snakes and beasts, and they played with them casually, which was quite shocking.

Although this barbarian group is in the same county, it has its own territory, which is far away from the rest of the people, and even the government rarely interacts with it. Although I heard that the Di tribe would tame beasts, I didn't expect to see it in person, and the scene was so shocking.

The defenders in the city were all frightened by poisonous snakes and beasts, and Han Chang expected the reaction of Ding Mu's army, so he opened the city gate and personally led his troops out of the city.

Ding Mu led the troops forward, and the two sides stood in formation.

Han Chang led the generals to the front of the formation, and Li Duochi rode a war horse beside him, scanning the other party.

The soldiers of the Di tribe were all in the rear, and Ding Mu did not know about it.

"Who is Ding Mu?" Li Duochi immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Ding Mu came out of the battle and carefully looked at the leader of the Di tribe who was dressed strangely: "This general is!"

"Are you Ding Mu, if you don't want to die, withdraw your troops quickly. Li Duochi said, "Otherwise, don't blame me for not reminding!"

"Who are you?" Ding Mu frowned.

"I'm Li Duochi, the leader of the branch of the Di clan in Kamu County!" replied, "You and the other rebel court have nothing to do with me, just attack Kamu County, you have to ask me first!"

"Don't be ashamed!" Ding Mu sneered, "How can you stop our army?"

"I can't think of it!" Li Duochi said, "If you don't want to die, withdraw your troops immediately!"

"I want to see how you stop me?" Ding Mu gave an order, and the army advanced to the front.

"Fuzun, you can retire for the time being!" Li Duochi turned his head and said, "Wait for me to break the enemy." ”

"There is a leader of Lao!" Han Chang immediately led his subordinates and led the army to retreat to both sides, making way for the Di soldiers in the rear.

The Di soldiers quickly stepped forward, and the first wave took off their back baskets, releasing an astonishing number of poisonous snakes, and then took out their homemade bamboo flutes and put them to their mouths to blow.

Hearing the sound of the flute, dense poisonous snakes surged wildly and pounced on Ding Mu's army like a tide.

Ding Mu was shocked and hurriedly ordered the whole army to be on alert.

The front army raised their shields and slashed forward with their swords.

However, the speed of the poisonous snake is extremely fast, and the shield cannot defend every corner, nor can it stop the poisonous snake.

The poisonous snake rushed to Ding Mujun's army and attacked quickly, wailing for a while, and the scene was chaotic.

In an instant, countless soldiers were bitten and terrified.

And the tide of poisonous snakes did not stop, and drilled into the military formation from all directions, causing the formation of Ding Mu's army to disperse, and all the soldiers screamed in fear in the face of the poisonous snakes, running around, and even hearing the orders of their superiors.

Seeing this, Ding Mu ordered a retreat, and the army quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

Han Chang was overjoyed when he saw that the Di tribe only used poisonous snakes to scare off Ding Mu's army. They have more than poisonous snakes, if all those ferocious jackals, tigers and leopards are released, why should Ding Mu be afraid?

So he invited Li Duochi and the Di soldiers back to the city and held a banquet to entertain them.

Ding Mu led the troops to retreat for 20 miles and ordered the military doctor to treat the wounded, but six or seven hundred people had already died of poison on the way to retreat, and then more than 100 people had no time to treat them, and died before the military doctor found a solution.

The people released by the Di people are all highly venomous snakes, and they cannot be treated at all without the antidote prepared in advance.

"I didn't expect these barbarians to be able to manipulate poisonous snakes and beasts," Ding Mu had a headache, "Even if our army uses it, it can't withstand the poison." What's more, there are still large groups of beasts in the Di tribe, how can it be good?"

"The general is worry-free!" a general next to him came out and said, "The poisonous snake beast is afraid of flames, and can attack and drive it away with fire!"

"Makes sense!" Ding Mu immediately thought of this as soon as he was reminded, "Immediately prepare tung oil, and then take some phosphorus canned food." ”

The next day, Ding Mu, who was ready, led the troops back.

Li Duochi went out of the city again and led the Di soldiers to meet the battle.

At the sound of an order, the soldiers of the Di tribe released poisonous snakes and rushed towards Ding Mu's army like a tide with the sound of the flute.

"Set fire!" Ding Mu immediately ordered, and the soldier took out the tung oil and splashed it forward, all over the place, just on the path of the poisonous snake. Then one by one, the phosphorus fire cans were thrown, smashed on the ground, and flames broke out in an instant, igniting a raging fire with tung oil.

In the midst of the fire, the poisonous snakes could not pass through the tung oil, and they kept churning and dying in large numbers.