The temporary commander-in-chief Ba Dong ordered: 1. Strengthen the city of Ba Dong and several dangerous strongholds, organize a large number of arrows, rolling logs, stones, cauldrons, firewood and other defensive equipment, raise and economize on the use of food, and make preparations for long-term defense;

2. All the people are soldiers, and the women and the elderly, including children, of all the local tribes, as long as they have a role, all join the defensive army;

3. No one is allowed to go out of the city or out of the stronghold to meet the enemy, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!

General Qu Rong of Chu got the news that Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince of Ba Guo, had also left Ba Tong, and knew that his own plan was being implemented step by step, hoping to take Ba Tong as soon as possible in order to conquer the territory of the Yu clan and the Gong clan. If you are slow, the great credit will be someone else's.

Qu Rong ordered, using all kinds of siege equipment, to storm Batong, was warmly greeted by the Ba people with arrows, stones, wood, and even boiling water, the Chu army changed several rounds of attacking troops, thousands of casualties, and never entered the city of Batong in front of them, or went in, and was driven out.

Chu General Qu Rong thought that the Ba people divided their troops twice, not only the enemy troops they faced were greatly reduced, but also the enemy's morale would be greatly affected. He also believes that the main general defending Ba Tong should be the famous Ba Xiu of Pakistan.

So, Qu Rong asked people to send a bamboo slip written in Ba Chinese symbols to the Ba army, proposing to meet with General Ba Xiu and talk about it, of course, with the meaning of persuading him to surrender.

Only a few people knew about Ba Xiu's death, and the others were still in the dark, and most people thought that they had gone to Duting Mountain with Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince.

Ba Dong received Qu Rong's letter, smiled, and asked Gu Menglong, who was also a lieutenant general, to see the joke.

After the Longsheng general Mu Mangzi did not die in the Panhu Cave, the relationship with the dream dragon also underwent a qualitative change. On this expedition, Zhan Menglong often took him with him, one was to discuss, and the other was that his body had not yet returned to the best state before, which was easy to take care of.

Seeing that Lu Li, the commander of the remaining army of the Zongdu Mountain Division, had already arrived first, he stepped forward to greet him.

Lu Li, the general of the Zongdu Mountain Division, was once the deputy of the red-faced tiger Fan Yuntong, with ability, qualifications, martial arts, military exploits, character and popularity among the samurai, he should have been a general who stood alone, because of his humble background, he has not been given the status he deserves, until in recent years, many generals have died in battle, and there is a shortage of talents, so he was promoted and became one of the "five tiger generals" in the Zongdu military camp.

This time, Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince, took away famous generals such as Eyue, Ezhuo, and Fan Ju and his cronies, and needed a person who was both at ease and really useful to lead the regular army of Zongdu that stayed here. This glorious and arduous task fell to Lu Li, who had only begun to get lucky in recent years.

Ba Dong told Lu Li, Zhu Menglong, and Mu Mangzi about the meeting of Chu General Qu Rong and Ba Xiu, and said with a smile: "Qu Rong is trying to persuade him to surrender, it's just an idiot talking in a dream." How do you reply to him?"

Lu Li and Qi Menglong both said: "Ignore it." ”

A few days ago, Ba Dong had already met Mu Mangzi, and knew that he was a character who was in Tingzi Pass to deceive and surrender to break the Chu General Yangming, and when he saw him coming together, he smiled and said, "General Longsheng, what do you say?"

"If you don't come and go, it's rude, so I'll give him a letter back. And so it goes. Mu Mangzi smiled.

Ba Dong laughed and said, "Wonderful, but I invite you here, of course, there is something more important than this. ”

Lu Li and Zhu Menglong said: "Listen to the general's orders!"

Ba Dong said: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the army cannot be without a master for a day." In this battle, life and death are unpredictable. Therefore, there are some things that must be arranged in advance. If I die in battle, who will lead on my behalf and continue to fight against the Chu army?"

Lu Li said: "When the city is broken, it is when we all die in battle, and the general is too worried. ”

"Otherwise, there should have been an explanation of this matter a few days ago, just in case. ”

Lu Li said: "If it really comes to that time, Menglong is a lieutenant general, and Menglong will naturally be in charge." ”

Dreaming Dragon said: "No. Menglong knows that General Lu's ability, regardless of qualifications and experience, is above me, and he is the general of the military camp in the capital of Tongdu, which is very suitable. May General Lu not shirk. ”

Ba Dong said: "I'm optimistic. If General Lu dies in battle, the whole army will be commanded by General Long Wu and Menglong! I will give this order immediately. ”

Let's say that Chu General Qu Rong received a reply from Ba Dong in the name of the late general Ba Xiu, opened the bamboo slip and looked at it, and there was only one sentence: "I would like to meet with the general, under the Yellow Spring." ”

Qu Rong didn't know that Ba Xiu was dead at this time, and sighed: "It's me who is amorous." Ba Xiu's intention is to fight with me to the end and die together. ”

Qu Rong is a Ba Guotong who has more in-depth research on the national conditions of Pakistan than Yang Ming, an old opponent of the Pakistani army, otherwise he would not be so reused by the King of Chu, but he is better at field warfare, and the siege is slightly worse, so he feels that he has met a real opponent.

In desperation, Qu ordered to rectify for a few days, and then, no matter what the cost, must break through the strong gateway to Pakistan's interior in one battle.

The Chu army did not attack, the Pakistani army did not come out, and the battlefield calmed down temporarily, all wondering what the other party would do next.

On the morning of the 5th, the generals of the Pakistani army discussed their next move at the temporary command post. Most people proposed that the Chu army was tired, and it was better to continue to hold on, consolidate the results, and wait for the news from the eighth prince Ba Yuan'an, of course, it was better to have good news.

was discussing, and someone hurriedly came to report: "According to the spy report: Chu General Sun Ke led the army to copy the Mao Dog Road, and it is estimated that he went to attack Longtan. ”

Gongjun, the leader of the communist clan, said in shock: "Longtan guards the grain route of our army, and the Chu army must be saved if it attacks me." Previously, there were 5,000 people left in Longtan, but later Ba Tong was tight, and most of them were transferred, and now, there are only more than 1,000 people in Longtan, and hundreds of women must rush to help!"

So they discussed, and the Gongbiao and Qian Hu of the communist clan led the elite of the headquarters to save Longtan.

Before leaving, Gongbiao said to Meng Menglong: "Recently, we have been fighting hard, and our troops have suffered heavy losses. Chu will attack Longtan secretly, and he will ambush me on the way, and there will be a fierce battle. Brother Menglong, can you lend me a few useful people. ”

Gu Menglong said: "Brother just commands." ”

Gong Biao said: "I want to ask General Long Fei, Wu Cheng and others to accompany me." ”

Yu Menglong smiled and said, "Brother, how could you choose the people of Chu first?"

"You don't know. A few days ago, there was a truce, and he often came to my side, and we fought fiercely. ”

"This time, the third brother doesn't seem to be here to fight, but like he's here to visit the mountains and rivers and make friends. Since his brother asked him by name, how dare he disobey. Longtan is also the grain road of my department, and I also help my brother Chu Wei and Mu Zhong two Hushi and their leaders, although there are not many people, they are all warriors who are a hundred. ”

"Thank you, brother!"

Finding out that the Pakistani army had once again divided its troops to rescue Longtan according to his own wishes, Chu General Qu Rong ordered the siege of the city, and at the same time captured several defense strongholds near Batong.

The Chu army made full use of the numerical advantage and took turns to storm the city of Batong, not giving the Ba people a moment of rest and respite, and for three days and three nights in a row, the blood flowed like a river.

Finally, at a huge cost, the Chu army broke through the city defenses, broke the east and south gates, and poured into Batong City.

Ba Dong and Yu Jun, Yu Teng father and son died in battle.

The new commander, Lu Li, saw that the city was broken and irretrievable, and in order to avoid the destruction of the whole army, he ordered the rest of the troops to withdraw from Batong.

At this point, more than a month before and after, Ba Dong was lost when the defenders were exhausted. The clan of the Snake clan is scattered like a bird.