The mountain road of Zongqiu Mountain is extremely quiet.

The army marched slowly on the official road. The sound of horses' hooves shook the surroundings, but no birds or animals were disturbed, as if everything was silent in silence.

The vanguard of the army was finally given to Ding Jiang, and at this moment he was leading five thousand front troops, marching at the front of the team, and Tu Xingping, the captain of the Wolf Military Academy, was also in this team. Ye Guan commanded, move forward slowly, and if in danger, immediately warn.

Ding Jiang also knew the key to this battle, so he did not rush forward, but only opened a distance of about three miles from the large army and slowly moved forward.

Ye Guan rode on a horse, walking in the middle of the army, the two generals of the Guards followed him to his left and right, and behind them was Ye Guan's direct subordinate, Xu Bao.

There was no one in the ranks to gossip, and the caution of the generals also led to the whole army being like a great enemy, and in the process of advancing, they constantly observed their surroundings, and the roads were lined with dense trees, and if they suddenly rushed out of the ambush or triggered the trap, they would have nowhere to escape.

The atmosphere was a little depressing, Ye Guan didn't say a word all the way, and let the horses lead him forward, but he sat on the horse, closed his eyes and recuperated, looking like an old god was there. Although Ye Guan's order was to move forward cautiously, he had always been confident, which also made several generals feel a little calmer.

From the five cities of Zongqiu Mountain Pass and Daoqiuchang, about one hundred and thirty miles away, according to the current speed, it should be possible to arrive at ten o'clock at night, Ye Guan didn't say much, he believed in the judgment of the forward Ding Jiang, if the news came from the front army, he would immediately order to camp on the spot.

Yesterday, after Ye Guan investigated, he had learned that there was a strange big array on this Zongqiu Mountain, and a radius of 100 miles belonged to the forbidden land of Zongqiu Mountain, even if Shen Tuyan wanted to set up an ambush in this place, I am afraid that his soldiers would not dare to enter. Therefore, although Ye Guan ordered caution, he knew in his heart that until he reached the vicinity of Qiu Changcheng, he was afraid that he would not encounter any ambushes.

In the blink of an eye, forty miles have passed. When the scorching sun was over, Ye Guan squinted his eyes and looked up at the peaks on the left and right, the forests on the peaks were lush and extremely lush, from this distance, he couldn't see anything wrong with this mountain, but Ye Guan knew in his heart that this was caused by the illusion formation on the peak, if he didn't crack this formation, he couldn't know what was on this peak.

Quietly retracting his gaze, Ye Guan closed his eyes again, no longer thinking about Zongqiu Mountain. Although this matter is secret, it is not something to do now, and when the matter of the East King Mansion is completed, he will definitely return to this place and solve this secret.

Without saying a word all the way, the team slowly marched forward, and after about three hours, it was already dusk, and the news came from the front army that the enemy was found in the front.

Immediately, Ye Guan ordered the entire army to stop advancing and carefully observe the surrounding environment.

After three hours of advancement, at this moment, it has entered the hinterland of Zongqiu Mountain for more than 100 miles, and it should have been out of the range of the mysterious array long ago, and it is not abrupt to find traces of enemy troops in this vicinity.

Ordering the herald to call the herald forward, Ye Guan listened carefully to the herald's news.

The front army, at this moment, was about fifteen miles away from the large army, and at the end of the road, found a wooden city wall that spanned the entire road.

Hearing the news, Ye Guan showed a smile on his face, the environment of Zongqiu Mountain is unique, there are several roads, and there should be such a city wall blocking the way. Ye Guan made one thing clear in his heart, he was afraid that he had seen this wooden city wall, behind this city wall, it was completely the boundary of Qiuchang City, and outside this city wall, even if he was afraid that Shen Tuyan would not dare to touch it, there was a mysterious big array on Zongqiu Mountain, and Shen Tuyan, as a local native, naturally knew the danger.

"Send out scouts, watch carefully, and report the details to me. Ye Guan gave an order to the herald softly, and after the herald went down, Ye Guan turned his head, looked at Kou Long behind him, smiled, and said softly: "General Kou, spread the word to the whole army, meet the enemy in front, and prepare for battle." ”

"Honorable Order!" Kou Long received the order, and he could give an order to the three armies, and when the military order was issued, all the sergeants were shocked, and the weapons in their hands were grasped more firmly.

The terrain here is not flat, and it is blocked by the city wall, so Ye Guan ordered all the men to dismount, concentrate the horses, and place them in the Chinese army, and put the army into a defensive posture, ready to deal with the possible arrival of the enemy.

The formation of the troops began to change rapidly, all the sergeants dismounted one after another, changed the formation in an orderly manner, concentrated all the war horses in the middle army, and took off the equipment carried on the horses, forming a defensive formation, the first and last sergeant formations were quickly formed, and the entire army, a sense of slaughter spread.

Not long after the formation was completed, the heralds of the front army sent news that the situation ahead had been ascertained, except for the traces of enemy troops on the city wall, no ambush soldiers were found in the surrounding mountains and forests, and the enemy troops on the city wall were no more than 100 people.

Ye Guan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he made a quick calculation in his heart, and then spoke: "Order the front army, immediately build siege equipment, and take the city wall." ”

"Honor!" the herald clasped his hands into fists and quickly disappeared into the ranks.

"Slowly marching forward to join the front army. After the herald left, Ye Guan gave a soft order, and the army began to advance slowly, the first and last sergeants were still in charge of guarding, and the marching speed was relatively slow, because they had found traces of the enemy, which proved that this vicinity was not safe, and all the sergeants raised their round shields in their hands as if they were facing the enemy, and slowly moved forward.

Ye Guan's face was calm, he walked in the team, looked around and looked around, and found that this place was obviously much wider than before, and the peaks on both sides were not as tall as before, and became low, but the dense jungle did not change much. At this position, the enemy army is very likely to set up an ambush nearby, although there is a large array found before, but Ye Guan is still very careful, if Shen Tuyan really ignores the name of the forbidden land of Zongqiu Mountain, and sets up an ambush nearby, when he can attack the city gate, he will rush out of the enemy army in the forest twice, which will inevitably cause great losses to his own troops.

Fortunately, the army on this expedition is full of divisions of a hundred battles, and many things do not need Ye Guan's orders, among the advancing troops, there are sergeants on the left and right sides of the defense, if there is an enemy rushing out, it will definitely be the first to find out. And the sergeants are in units of 1,000 people, led by the captain, even if the enemy army that suddenly kills breaks through the formation, it is absolutely sure that they will kill it again.

The distance of more than ten miles is very soon, far away, you can already see the camp of the front army, at this moment, the camp is in full swing to manufacture engineering equipment, the surrounding trees have been cut down several, the city car has been built, at this moment the sergeants are quickly building the city tower, the simple trebuchet was carried on the war horse before, and it has been formed at this moment.

Where the two armies converged, Ye Guan immediately ordered a brigade on each of the peaks on both sides to cut down all the nearby trees, push the weeds to open up the field of vision, and prevent the enemy from sneaking attack, and the rest of the sergeants were on standby, on alert in battle.

Immediately, the two thousand sergeants of the two brigades immediately drew their swords and stepped forward, each on one side, and the trees in the forest were quickly seen, and the sight that was originally blocked by the trees quickly became clear.

At this moment, Ding Jiang's troops, rushing to the wooden gate, launched an attack.

In the siege battle, the cavalry did not play any role, Ding Jiang and all the sergeants dismounted, placed three hand shields together, formed a larger shield, taken by the forward, escorted in front of the city car, a whole brigade, followed by the city car and the city tower, the team ended, followed by the trebuchet, the mighty advance towards the enemy city wall.

The enemy army had already discovered the troops of the East Wangfu and made a defensive posture, and a middle-aged man who looked like a commander above the city was pacing back and forth, shouting something, and the arrows on the city wall emitted a slight coldness, and the tip of the arrow pointed directly at the East Wangfu army not far away.

Ye Guan did not go to the front line to command the troops, but stayed in the Chinese army. With such a simple wooden city wall, Ruoding Jiang can't even take such a fortification, and he doesn't have the ability to get the canonization of the Qitian Empire.

The advancing troops slowly entered the enemy's range, the front row sergeant raised his shield, hid his vital points behind the shield, and slowly approached, just after the first row of sergeants entered the enemy's range, the arrow feathers shot down quickly, and the sound of breaking the air was endless, from time to time there were Dongwangfu sergeants who fell to the ground with arrows, and the flaws in the formation exposed after falling to the ground were immediately filled by the people behind them.

The troops advanced slowly, with occasional casualties among the sergeants, and not a single retreat. The sergeants in the front row carried large shields to resist the arrows falling from the sky, and they had seen a lot of such a formation, and they did not have the slightest fear at all.

The arrows shot down from the city wall could not resist the advance speed of the Dongwangfu army at all, and as time went by, the sergeants on the city wall also entered the range of the Dongwangfu army.

"Huh!"

The crossbowmen, who had been hiding behind the sergeants in the front row, flashed out from behind their shields neatly, aimed at the enemy sergeants on the city wall, and shot arrows in their hands, and a wave of arrows rushed towards them, immediately taking the lives of several enemy sergeants.

At this moment, the formation of the Dongwangfu army changed, and the charging cart continued to move forward, and the big shield sergeant who had advanced neatly earlier was only half forward at this moment, and the other half remained in place to provide protection for the crossbowmen in the army.

At this time, the proposed trebuchet was also pushed up, and ten sergeants raised their shields and surrounded the trebuchets, and the arrows shot down from the city wall could not be shot at all to the sergeants operating behind.

Two strong sergeants stepped forward, opened the trebuchet, placed the boulder, and pulled the rope suddenly, only to hear the sound of breaking the sky, and the huge stone rose into the air and went straight to the city wall.

"Boom!" there was a loud bang, and the boulder was smashing into the wall, leaving a huge pit in the wooden wall.

At the same time, the advancing troops continued to move forward slowly, without stopping.

The commander on the city wall was obviously anxious, and immediately ordered loudly, and the crossbowmen on the city wall immediately took out their strong crossbows and shot crossbow arrows at the Dongwangfu army that was slowly advancing in front of them.

The power of the crossbow arrows is not comparable to the arrow feathers, the power is extremely great, and a wave of crossbow arrows is fired, which immediately caused a large number of casualties to the Dongwangfu army, and several sergeants in the front row fell. But the advance did not stop, and the rushing car still slowly moved forward, heading straight for the wooden gate wall.

"Whew!"

Another boulder struck and smashed straight on the city wall, and two enemy soldiers were hit head-on by the boulder, and they died instantly. The powerful impact smashed the battlements of the city walls, revealing the enemy forces behind them. Then a rain of arrows came up, and the panicked enemy army behind the battlements was immediately hit by the rain of arrows and died.

In the face of such an offensive in the East Palace, the commander on the city wall was like an ant in a hot pot, his face was anxious, and he immediately gave a quick order.

With the commander's order, several enemy soldiers immediately appeared on the city wall, holding stones, and suddenly smashed at the soldiers under the city.

The battle ahead was in full swing, although there were mutual damage, but Ye Guan knew that it was only a matter of time before he took down this city wall.

What he was worried about now was not this, at this moment, he looked back at Xu Bao, and his eyes flashed.