Li Yang's face was full of surprise when he heard it: fire attack

The ancestor nodded slightly: Well, that's right, only in this way can you attack the maple village from this dense forest, remember not to be greedy for merit, otherwise your achievements will be wasted

Li Yang put his hands together and saluted his ancestors: The younger generation wrote down thanks to the ancestors for their guidance, and if it wasn't for the ancestors' guidance, I don't know how many people would die in the dense forest

The ancestors stared at Li Yang with their eyes: The enemies on the battlefield are not terrible, the real killers are those invisible enemies, I don't know when they will stab you in the back, and this knife is often pierced in the door

Li Yang said respectfully: The words of the ancestors are remembered by the younger generations

As soon as the words fell, a mist rose in the dense forest, the ancestors and the dense forest disappeared into the mist, and then the surroundings became dim, Li Yang suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the ground, sweating profusely, panting and looking around, it turned out to be a dream

After sighing lightly, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his head, looked at the outside of the camp tent, and the sky was about to dawn, picked up the kettle "Gu Dong - Gu Dong" and drank a few sips of water to the outside of the camp tent, looking at the towering Maple Ridge in front of him There was a mist in several mountains in the dense forest

Gao Yuan, Yuan Kui and the others also walked out of their respective tents, and everyone raised their hands and stretched their waists, and as soon as Gao Yuan saw Li Yang, he asked: When will we attack Maple Ridge

The eyes of Yuan Kui-Li Long and the others all looked at Li Yang

Li Yang looked at everyone: We will not attack Maple Ridge today

Yuan Kui was a little surprised when he heard this: This is a military order to march to Maple Ridge, if we don't attack Maple Ridge, General Yuan asked how we should explain, this is a crime of disobeying military orders

Li Yang smiled slightly: In the dense forest, the bandits have laid countless traps, and once the brothers venture into the mountain, they are afraid that they will suffer heavy casualties and return in vain, so what face will we have in the future to see the people of the Ten Villages

Gao Yuan looked at Li Yang with a mouth: Then what are you going to do?

Li Yang looked at Maple Ridge and said: Set fire to the mountain

After listening to Li Yang's words, Gao Lin followed up and said: This is a good idea, these traps in the dense forest of Maple Ridge - falling wooden stakes - jumping on the ground will fail, and the casualties of the brothers in marching towards Maple Ridge will be much smaller

Li Long became a little excited when he heard this: The young master wants to say that Li Hu and I are best at arson, and we were responsible for burning the wasteland in front of the cultivated land in our manor in the past, and there is something to say about this arson

When Li Yang heard this, a trace of doubt leaked from his face: Let's hear it

Li Long made a serious statement: first of all, he had to dig a three-foot-wide ditch on the periphery that the fire could not burn, so that the fire would not spread to other places if it was large, and when the fire burned to the ditch, it would slowly be extinguished

Ignition can not be chosen in the early morning, the fog is on the ground in the early morning, once the fire smoke can not disperse, once the fire becomes larger, the person who lit the fire will be smoked to death, the ignition should be in the middle of the morning (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.), when the sky is clear, the smoke will quickly disperse

When igniting the fire, we should also pay attention to the direction of the wind can not be ignited against the wind, once the fire is big, it will burn to ourselves, it is best to ignite the fire when there is no wind, and finally leave a hole for the living creatures in this dense forest to leave a way to live

Gao Yuan looked up at the sky: it was 5 o'clock in the morning (5 o'clock in the morning-7 o'clock in the morning) and there was still some time to get there, so it was better to let everyone go and prepare separately

Li Yang nodded, "Hmm" is fine

The brothers Li Long-Li Hu and Yuan Kui, with hundreds of soldiers, dug a ditch about a hundred meters outside the camp, and Gao Yuan and the others found some shabby clothes and tore them into strips of cloth, wrapped them around arrows and sticks, and then soaked them in fire oil, and by the time the time the hour came, everything was ready

The Zong brothers led their respective 100-man teams to form 8 phalanxes as the vanguard battalion, and nearly 1,000 township soldiers formed a large phalanx as a reserve army, and began to set fire to the mountain as soon as the hour came

Taizhou guard Yuan Bin wore iron armor and walked out of the camp with a long sword hanging from his waist, and came to the front of the people, followed by a guard covered in iron armor, Yuan Bin's face was very solemn: Why don't you attack Maple Ridge yet

Li Yang saluted Yuan Bin and said respectfully: Lord Hui - there are countless traps in this maple ridge, and if you venture into the mountain, you will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and your subordinates are ready to set fire to the mountain, but now everything is ready, just wait for the auspicious time, and as soon as the fire is extinguished, your subordinates will immediately attack

Yuan Bin glanced at the soldiers who were ready to go: So that's the case, then you should hurry, you must not let Ningbo Mansion and Shaoxing Mansion steal the first credit

Li Yang said softly: The subordinates obey the order

After saying that, Yuan Bin and the general returned to the camp tent, as soon as he entered the camp tent, the guard looked back and saw that there was no one around, so he put down the curtain, and the guard came to Yuan Bin and whispered: Uncle and nephew, look at this Li Yang and his brothers don't take you in their eyes at all

Yuan Bin pulled his face when he heard this: Yuan Ji, what are you talking about

Yuan Ji said softly: Uncle It stands to reason that Li Yang wants to set fire to the mountain, he should report to his uncle first, after all, you are the commander of the Taizhou army, but he is good at making claims, this is obviously not in his eyes, when my uncle just asked Li Yang why he still did not send troops to Fengshuling, he should have sent troops immediately, instead of using the matter of setting fire to the mountain to prevaricate you

Yuan Bin looked at Yuan Ji with an angry face: Yuan Ji, you remember that those who become great things must first learn to know people and make good use of them, Li Yang and his brothers are just a chess piece in the eyes of Ben Shuai, let them go and fight with the bandits to fight a road to Maple Village for us, and when they are seriously injured, you will lead the Taizhou Army as the main attack, Yuan Ji's encirclement and suppression of the Maple Ridge bandits this time is your opportunity to make contributions, and then my uncle and I will take this opportunity to promote you as a general to the national capital

Yuan Ji listened to Yuan Bin's words and was refreshed: Uncle is a nephew who is stupid, and the nephew has thanked his uncle here

A smile leaked from Yuan Bin's face, and he nodded slightly

Li Yang looked up at the sky and saw that it was almost time, raised his right hand and looked at Li Long and waved it forward

Li Long shouted: Go into the mountain and light the fire

Nearly 100 people lit the torches in their hands and walked into the dense forest, and the soldiers took the torches to look for dry wood in the dense forest - the dry grass was lit, and the soldiers threw the torches into the dense forest and white smoke rose up without a single return

The plateau raised his hand: the archers were ready

The soldiers lit the cloth on their arrows and aimed them at the Maple Ridge forest, drawing their bows to the fullest

Gao Yuan waved his hand: put

"Whoosh-whoosh" more than 100 rockets across the sky to shoot towards the dense forest, the grass in the dense forest was the first to catch fire, and soon spread to the entire maple ridge, a warm wind blew over the maple ridge and the trees in the dense forest also ignited a raging fire, the birds waved their wings and flew out of the dense forest, rabbits-deer-squirrels and other living creatures ran out along the gap left in advance, the black smoke rose to make the day like the night, the golden red fire made the night like the day, standing 100 meters away from the people can feel the scorching high temperature, The fire burned for a day and a night before stopping

In the maple village, the big boss Hengqi is discussing with the second boss Heng Yan Kang Ze and others how to deal with the officials and troops who came to encircle and suppress the mountain

A bandit hurriedly ran in and shouted out of breath: "The big boss is not good, the officers and soldiers have begun to set fire to the mountain."

When Hengqi and the others heard this, they hurriedly came to the outside of the cottage, looking at the smoke and fire raging in the Maple Ridge under the mountain, Hengqi scolded: Damn, I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to be so cunning, the brothers picked up the guys and rushed out with me, let's fight with them

The bandits raised their steel knives and shouted "oh-oh"

Heng Yan grabbed Heng Qi and shouted softly: Big brother, this matter must not be done

Heng Qi looked at Heng Yan with a puzzled face when he heard this: Why not

Heng Yan looked at the bottom of the mountain: If the eldest brother rushes down now to fight with the official army, we will not take the slightest advantage, in the past, in the dense forest, the brothers fought with the official army by raids and traps to win a few small accounts, the official army set fire to the mountain is to destroy the trap in the mountain, and as soon as the fire is extinguished, the official army will swarm up to attack Maple Ridge, and now lead people to rush down the mountain will be attacked on all sides, according to my opinion, the brothers under the mountain should be called back to defend the cottage

Yu Wenzhi stepped forward: The second boss is right, our maple village is also a natural danger, and there is only one way to the cottage, although the officers and soldiers are numerous, but once they get here, they will have nowhere to go, spend a few days with them, and when they are tired and tired, we are rushing out

Hengqi thought for a while: it is good to sound the gong so that the brothers under the mountain will withdraw to the cottage

A gong sound of "bang-bang" sounded in Maple Ridge, and the bandits in the dense forest began to retreat to Maple Village immediately after hearing the gong

Yuan Kui looked at the messy Maple Ridge and sighed lightly: This time we should go into the mountain

Li Yang pulled out the long knife and swung it forward: Enter the mountain

Gao Yuanlin-Yuankui-Yuanhong led four hundred-man teams as the left vanguard, Li Long-Li Hu-Da Niu-Erniu led four hundred-man teams as the right vanguard, and Li Yang-Jiang Yu-Di An led nearly 1,000 township soldiers

As soon as I entered the dense forest, there was still this unextinguished flame on the branches and weeds, and the mountains were full of black and gray ashes, and the soldiers in the front row of the plateau ordered to hit the ground with wooden sticks and move forward step by step to prevent the soldiers from falling into the trap, at this time there was no place to hide in the dense forest, and the longitudinal people also attacked the maple ridge very smoothly

And the peak of this maple ridge is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the maple village is built in the high mountains, all around are cliffs, only a small road up the mountain is very narrow, it can accommodate 8-9 people walking side by side, there are many bandits on the stone wall of the cottage, if the frontal attack is to face the rain of arrows on the stone wall, a large number of horse rejection piles are also arranged in front of the wall

Gao Yuan looked at the maple village and sighed lightly: This maple village is not easy to attack

When Li Yang heard this, he brought his brothers to see Yuan Bin: The general's subordinates have now led people to attack in front of Maple Village

As soon as Yuan Ji heard this, he stepped forward and said: The last general implores the general to allow me to lead my troops into battle to completely exterminate this group of bandits

Yuan Bin glanced at the people present and smiled slightly: Li Yang ordered you to attack Fengshu Village as the vanguard of the bandits

Li Yang said reluctantly: General

Yuan Bin's face leaked a little puzzled: Why are you cowardly

When Li Yang heard this, he said helplessly: His subordinates received orders

After saying that, he turned around and left with his brothers, and Yuan Ji was slightly dissatisfied on his face: Why didn't my uncle let my nephew lead the troops to battle just now

Yuan Bin looked at Yuan Ji and shook his head: You don't know that your uncle has worked hard, uncle, I am asking Li Yang and his brothers to pave the way for you, so let them fight with the bandits, and finally enjoy the benefits of the fisherman by your nephew

Yuan Ji smiled when he heard this: My nephew understands

Li Yang ordered the plateau-Yuankui-Li Long to lead three hundred soldiers to launch a frontal assault to test it, more than 100 sword and shield hands surrounded a moving iron wall, and the others slowly moved forward in the iron wall, at the beginning the bandits shot a rain of arrows and could not penetrate the iron wall, when the bandits who walked under the wall of the stockade fell into the fire oil and ignited the surroundings, it instantly turned into a sea of fire

Li Yang shouted: Gao Yuan quickly bring the brothers back

When Takahara heard this, he immediately withdrew with his soldiers, and the soldiers who were burned by the fire screamed "Ahhh

Gao Yuan looked at the wounded soldiers: at least 40 soldiers were injured by fire in this attack

When the fire was extinguished, Gao Yuan and his soldiers launched a second round of attacks, this time the archers who had opened the way with the iron shield wall followed closely behind, and when they reached a distance of about 100 paces from Maple Village, they stopped and used the iron shield wall to block the rain of arrows fired by the bandits

The archers fired at the bandits on the top of the stone wall of the cottage behind the iron shield wall, and continued until night

Gao Yuan, Yuan Kui and others came to Li Yang's side, looked around, and whispered: The brothers fought with the bandits for a day today, but the Taizhou army led by General Yuan never participated in the battle

Yuan Kui looked at Li Yang: The patriarch, these brothers are the capital for us to settle down in Taizhou, and we can't fold it here, so we can't be used as swordsmen

Li Yang said softly: Even if you don't say it, I can see it, take the brothers to rest first, hurry up and treat the wounded, and leave the rest to me to figure out a way

When Brother Zong heard this, he nodded and dispersed

Li Yang came to Yuan Bin's tent with a listless look: The general's subordinates led his troops to fight fiercely with the bandits today, and suffered heavy losses for a day, so Master Wu can allow me to wait for a few days to rest

Yuan Bin smiled and said: I have seen the attack during the day, the enemy is good, the enemy uses fire to attack, you immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat, and then used the iron shield to open the way to cover the archers and the bandits to shoot countless bandits in one day, according to Ben Shuai, you will rest all night and continue to serve as the main attack tomorrow, this is the first work to destroy Maple Ridge, you are the only one, and the addition of officials to the knight is just around the corner

Li Yang said respectfully: Your Excellency, you are serious, today's war of nearly 200 subordinates were wounded, more than 30 people were killed in the battle, and most of the ordnance was also exhausted, it is really impossible to organize an offensive, and I hope that your Excellency can understand the difficulties of your subordinates

Yuan Bin's eyes flickered: Li Yang, you are too modest, don't you see that Ben Shuai intends to cultivate you, so he insists on letting you be the main attacker, don't let me live up to my hard work

Li Yang thought to himself when he heard this, Yuanbin, you old fox said so much just to fool me into continuing to attack, if he said that I would offend this boss if I postponed it at the end, no, I have to fight against the guest and strike first: My lord, you have said so, if your subordinates are delaying, they don't know how to promote, but most of the subordinates are village soldiers, if the adults can transfer some ordnance to their subordinates, they will lead the troops to fight to the death with the bandits

Yuan Bin's eyes lit up when he heard this: Tell me about it

Li Yang said softly: 100 bows, 20,000 arrows, 400 steel knives, 300 spears, 300 iron shields, 600 iron armors, and 300 armors

Yuan Bin's face became solemn when he heard this, Okay, you kid really dare to say that I only brought a total of 2,000 people on this expedition, and I lost a few hundred people in the last battle, if these ordnance are given to you, then these horses I brought will not be bare-assed

At this time, Yuan Bin really wanted to scold Li Yang, "You are really shameless", but after thinking about it, there are nearly 2,000 soldiers under this kid's hands, and the encirclement and suppression of this maple village really can't do without his help at the moment

Yuan Ji stepped forward to salute: The general turned out to be Li Yang, he is really in trouble, don't be embarrassed for him, the last general implores my lord to allow me to lead troops to battle tomorrow

After thinking about it, Yuan Bin can also do this: Well, it's okay that Yuan Ji will lead the entire Taizhou army to take the lead tomorrow as the main attack, and Li Yang will lead the people and horses of the headquarters to cooperate with General Yuan to launch an attack

Li Yang put his hands together and gave a salute: His subordinates have thanked him

Yuan Bin's face became a little more easy-going: Okay, you go down

After Li Yang returned to his camp, Gao Yuankui-Li Long and others were already waiting here, Li Hu raised the door curtain lightly and looked around, no one looked back, and everyone nodded

Gao Yuan asked: How did you discuss with Yuan-sama?

Li Yang told everyone about the decision that the Taizhou army led by Yuan Ji would take up the attack tomorrow and cooperate with the attack, and everyone was relieved when they heard it

Li Long smiled and said: This is also the best result

Li Yang smiled: As long as all the injured people are left behind tomorrow, everyone should rest early after a tired day

After Li Yang sent the Zong brothers away, he suddenly had some urgency, so he ran to the outside of the barracks alone and found a remote and unoccupied place to facilitate it

Suddenly, a sharp steel knife was placed on Li Yang's neck

Li Yang pulled his face: Jiang Yu, I told you a few times, people are scary, and people are scared to death

As soon as he turned his body, he was covered in a cold sweat, because the person holding the knife in front of him was none other than Hengqi, the big boss of Maple Village

Hengqi pressed the steel knife in his hand fiercely: You kid is not kind, you actually led troops to attack Maple Village, and today you shot more than 200 of my brothers

Li Yang sighed lightly: Uncle, I can't help myself in this matter today, if I openly disobey the military order, then I will die, and today I didn't let my brothers do their best to attack Maple Village

Hengqi put away the steel knife in his hand when he heard this: Even if you kid still have a little conscience, it's not in vain that my sister is still thinking about you, you don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you, I have something to do this time

Li Yang listened: Uncle, please say that as long as I can do it, I will never postpone it

Hengqi looked at Li Yang: Whether you like my sister in your heart or not, after all, you have worshiped heaven and earth, the so-called one-day husband and wife hundred days, and when the officials and soldiers of the three governments gather together, it is only a matter of time before the Maple Village is breached, I know that the crime is deep and I am afraid that I will not survive, I am here this time to ask you to wait for the Maple Village to be breached, you must rescue Hengyan, and I will die without regrets

After speaking, Hengqi knelt in front of Li Yang, and Li Yang quickly helped Hengqi up: Uncle, don't worry, even if you don't say it, I will definitely do my best to save Hengyan

Hengqi burst into tears with excitement: A gentleman's words

Li Yang then said: The horse is difficult to chase, uncle, I think you don't want to consider surrendering

Hengqi sighed lightly: What you said is that it is easy to surrender lightly

Li Yang smiled slightly: If the eldest brother wants to surrender, you must first beat the official army to the pain, so that you have the qualification to be surrendered, and then I will raise the surrender in the official army, as for whether the Maple Village can beat the officials and the army, it depends on the will of God, what I can do for the Maple Village is not to do my best to attack

Hengqi said: Even if you don't say it, I will resist desperately

Li Yang looked at Hengqi: "Uncle, how do you know that I am here."

Hengqi said happily: I was going to sneak into the barracks at night to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come out by yourself, maybe it was the will of God, you go back, don't let people see that you are guilty of collaborating with the enemy

Separated from Hengqi, Li Yang returned to his camp and found Jiang Yu: Jiang Yu has a hard time, you go down the mountain to Taizhou City, tell Master Sun about the battle situation here, and ask him to come here to sit in the town, only your martial arts are the highest and sneak out without being aware of it, this is about thousands of lives within a radius of dozens of miles

Jiang Yu put a weed in his mouth: I'll go