Four hundred meters away at the foot of Hongduo Mountain, the Hongzi Daxu penetrates into the earth.

Under the banner, Hong Jian, Hong Sheng, Li Shenji, Chi Liangbi, and Cui Jiashu were looking at the cottage.

"The poplar tree has a very deep root system, and there must be water underneath the place where it grows."

The second master of the Cui family rubbed the iron ring on his finger and said.

"The man surnamed Wu said that there is a dark river with a large flow under the cave of Hongduo Mountain, and it seems that what he said is true."

"Since there is no shortage of water on the sea, then we have come from afar, but we may not be able to consume them."

He frowned as he watched as the bandits drove the flock of sheep and horses up the mountain and into the cave.

Hongduo Mountain is only a hundred zhang high, and compared with the continuous mountains in Liangzhou, it is a small stone ridge.

But Wan Guangji chose the nest here, not just for the water source.

"As Wu Guangzhi said, the road up the mountain is divided into three sections, which is about a '匚' shape."

Li Shenji raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and said.

"These three sections are like three levels, each of which is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"In my opinion, the more vigorous this battle is, the easier it is to fight; If it drags into a tug-of-war, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties! ”

As he said, Hong Fan, who was standing nearby, raised his eyes and could vaguely see the sand bandit fortifications.

The horizontal below the word "匚" is about 100 tens of meters long, and the sand bandits come and go on the road, and more than a dozen layers of horses have been placed.

The word "匚" is a dangerous path sandwiched by a mountain cliff, only three or four meters wide and narrow, the average drop of the rock platform on both sides is twenty or thirty meters, and there is a female wall made of stones on the top.

The horizontal leading to the entrance of the cave above the word "匚" is relatively better, but the attacker who ascends first will inevitably be surrounded and suppressed from three sides, and it is not easy to gain a foothold.

After looking at the overall situation, Hong Fan's heart floated with the eight characters of "one husband is the key, ten thousand people are not open".

He glanced left and right, and everyone around him had a sad look on his face.

But the arrow is on the bow and has to be sent.

After the tea kung fu, the forty penetrating realms and five hundred soldiers were all armored and fully armed.

On the top of the red stacked mountain, the banner of "10,000" on a black background was erected, and hundreds of archers stood behind the stone wall, facing off with the team under the mountain.

Under Hong Jian's order, Hong Shengda walked to the foot of the mountain and stood still, shouting to the sand bandits to persuade him to surrender.

The sound shattered, and there was no response.

A moment later, He Liangjun leaned out of a cliff more than 100 meters high, raised his hand and shot an arrow, which was broken by Hong Sheng's bare hands.

At this point, the two sides have nothing more to say.

"According to the scout's observation and Wu Guangzhi's intelligence, Hongduo Mountain is steep on all sides, and there is only one way up the mountain, and there is no secret road."

Hong Jian holds a long sword in his hand.

"Dozens of feet of cliffs, and there are archers waiting for them, and even the warriors can't go up."

"Mountaineering three passes, you have to take the hard bridge and hard horse in turn, there is no other way."

He said and looked around at everyone, as if he was waiting for someone to take the initiative to ask for help.

And Chi Liangbi really took the initiative to come out.

"Brother Shi, west of Liangzhou, don't you know that Jin Hai is brave and brave in iron clothes, and he is fearless."

He bowed his hand and asked.

"In this battle, my Chi family is willing to lead the first battle!"

Hong Jian waited silently for a moment, and when he saw that there was no second person to speak, he gave a military order.

After a short time, ten brave horsemen lined up with their own team of 100 people.

Chi Liangbi put on a heavy armor of more than fifty catties, and carried a steel axe collar at the forefront.

"The battle must be the first, Chi Wuye is brave in the end!"

In the Zhu Yi riding formation, Hong Bo praised.

But Hong Lie crossed his arms and disagreed: "There is bravery, but there may not be pride." ”

Several people were puzzled, but only Hong Fan agreed with the head.

"How?"

Humb asked.

Not only him, but Hong Yu, Shen Hong and others were also puzzled.

"Generally speaking, the first battle is the sharpest and the most dangerous; This is also the reason why several others are hesitant. ”

Hong Fan and Hong Lie glanced at each other and explained.

"But this battle is different."

"Although the first section of the road is long and narrow and densely packed with barricades, the difference between it and the bottom of the mountain is too small; It is unlikely that the sea flies and will deploy heavy troops here......"

Hong Bo is experienced and reacts after just listening to one sentence.

"Yes, the highest point of this section of the road is only three or four feet, and with my foot strength, even if I am heavily armoured, it is not difficult to go up."

"If the sand bandits send a hundred and ten people in a vain attempt to delay the layers by rejecting the horse, the family monarch only needs to order a few people to lead the two teams to penetrate from the side, and then they can cut off their way back and change their holding to annihilation."

He smashed his fist in the palm of his hand, but he couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at Hong Fan's gaze - the latter was only the third time he had experienced actual combat, how could he be so sharp?

"I don't really know much about the battle formation."

Hong Fan saw what he was thinking and explained with a smile.

"But Chi Wuye's performance just now made me guess a little bit of intention, and that's why I came out of it."

"Later, the Chi family will clear the rejection, and if you lose a little manpower in the second level, you should be withdrawn."

"There must be a balance between the multiple coalition forces on the surface."

"Since the Chi family has topped the first formation, and then it comes to the second and third levels, which are more difficult, it is not good for the family to use them again."

The logic of his words was meticulous and well-deduced, but even Hong Lie was a little surprised.

The two lives are human beings, and the social forms in which Hong Fan lives are very different, but the hearts of the people are not different.

For each of the great forces in the coalition, the first goal is not to win, but to preserve their own strength as much as possible.

On the other side, more than 100 warriors went up the mountain road and began to experience the baptism of arrow rain.

Chi Liangbi, who had five veins, held an axe in both hands, ignored the cluster of arrows hanging on his armor, and strode forward with his face down.

Ten brave riders lined up in two rows, shielding themselves, and followed closely behind.

The two-zhang wide gravel road, whether it was a horse rejection or a fence, was easily shattered by the warriors wielding heavy weapons.

Things went as expected.

The two teams of sand bandit archers at the end of the trail retreated to the top after a few rounds of random shooting.

The battle did not take place, and the arrows fired directly from the height became the embellishment of the sappers' work.

The 100 soldiers of the Chi family took cover with a large shield top, filling the pit with the sand they carried on the one hand, and sweeping the remnants of the wooden fence on the other.

In this steady way, most of the road had been cleared in a short time, and there were only five or six casualties.

But He Liangjun made a whistle and changed the situation.

On the top of the cliff more than 100 meters high, the archers carried their bows on their backs, took materials from the women's wall on the spot, and threw stones the size of human heads with all their might.

Along the steep mountain wall, the sand and gravel bounce and descend, and you will reach the bottom of the mountain between breaths.

"Throw rocks from above, be careful!"

Chi Liangbi raised his head in a hurry, shouting warnings while grabbing a few steps and throwing a heavy punch.

Thunder exploded on the mountain road.

The stone that had been smashed at a speed of nearly 100 kilometers per hour was shattered, shattering his fist armor.

It's a pity that this kind of ability is only rare in the Chi family.

Three meters away, a brave rider had no time to dodge, and used his arm shield to catch the falling stone, and the shield shattered his arm.

More movement came from behind.

Chi Liangbi looked back, only to see the screams in the soldiers' formation, and several blood springs gushing.

In a round of more than 20 rolling stones, one out of three or four hits was hit, and six casualties were added.

The sand bandits at the top of the cliff continued to move.

Chi Wuye saw dozens of eyes converge towards him.

"Don't look up!"

With a roar of rage, he ignored the stones that had fallen from his helmet and swept through the crowd with blood-dipped eyes.

"Shield, forward!"

Chi Liangbi strode up the mountain.

The hundred-man team followed and resumed moving.

After the tea effort, all the barricades on the mountain road were cleared.

Then Chi Liangbi took a few brave horses to the second level and rushed tentatively, and was immediately pressed back by the powerful arrows that were far denser than before.

At this point, he finally felt that the weight was enough, so he led the remaining more than 80 people back, all the way back to the wounded and bodies that had been left in the same place before.

PS: Come and count the brothers~~~

(End of chapter)