On October 24th, Erlong Mountain, sunrise in the early morning.

Accompanied by the rising sun, the rolling flags and the sound of drums that shook the sky, the Qingzhou army finally launched the first wave of strong attack on Erlong Mountain this morning.

Both sides of the battle yesterday were damaged, and judging from the final result, it was obvious that the Qingzhou army was at a disadvantage. Since this was the case, there was no need to do such useless efforts. So they attacked the mountain village and completely flattened the thief's nest in Erlong Mountain.

Erlong Mountain people who had been guarding the three dangerous passes also responded in time, especially in Jintang City, which was located at the bottom. There were even more people. With the loud scolding and orders of a group of small leaders, hundreds of minions had already stacked their spirits and pushed all the defensive weapons such as bows and arrows, rolling stones and wood to the front, staring at the officials who were constantly coming up the mountain to prepare for a head-on attack.

Although the battle between Dongshijiu caused great setbacks and even feared the Qingzhou army, now it is related to their own life and death, so yesterday's battle was quite inspiring to the people on the mountain, so they were determined to fight.

Seeing a team of officers jumping up quickly along the mountain road, and was about to reach the city made of roughly wood, the passman Zeng Tao shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow!"

Suddenly, more than a hundred arrows roared towards the official army below, and the wood and stones on the side were also smashing towards the lower part like hail. They wanted to use this most fierce defensive formation to defeat the official army, which made the official army worry!

This was indeed beyond the expectations of the attacking team. Although their front team hurriedly raised shields, many arrows still flew over from above and shot the troops behind. As for the rumbling and rolling down, the rumbling and rocks even used the power to crush everything, and smashed the dozen or twenty people who rushed in the front and fell to the ground.

After a charge of forty or fifty people, the momentum of the official army suddenly disappeared. Before the order was sent below, some people had stopped moving forward and even retreated. In the eyes of those people on the city, they were very energetic. They ordered their subordinates to keep shooting arrows down, vowing to defeat the official army in one go.

At this time, a fierce drum sounded from the bottom of the mountain. The generals below not only did not have the idea of ​​retreating, but instead urged the teams that went up the mountain to continue to attack. This made the first batch of officials who went up the mountain look confused. It was not until Li Zhong and Zhou Tong, the leader, roared and urged them to attack again that they could only rush up again. At this time, they also learned their lesson, and were still a distance away from the wooden wall of Jintang City, so they first shot arrows to suppress the enemy.

Yes, this army of officials who were the first to climb the mountain and wanted to retreat without even touching the enemy's guarding the road level was not the real Qingzhou army, but was composed of the three mountains' surrendered soldiers. The leaders were Li Zhong and Zhou Tong. Before they left the camp, they had received strict orders and were not allowed to retreat before the gold was sounded at the foot of the mountain, otherwise they would be severely punished by military law. Therefore, even if these people faced an extremely dangerous situation, they could only take risks to attack.

Because of preparation, they first used arrows to clear the way. Now they were able to approach the wooden wall of Jintang City. Some people were very skilled in climbing up the originally not smooth wall, trying to take the opportunity to complete the battle to climb the city in one breath. But then, stones fell on the top of their heads, making their heads bloody and screamed, and they fell directly from the wall, pressing down on many comrades behind... Although there was a wooden wall between the two sides, the battle seemed extremely intense from the beginning, and people were constantly injured and fell down or even died, especially the siege side, who died one or two hundred people in just half an hour, and countless injured people were even red.

Not only them, Deng Long and others from higher places were shocked: "Is the government army crazy? They were so full of strength as soon as they went out of the battle. Their troops were not much stronger than us. If they kept attacking like this, they would be unable to attack the mountain in a few days."

"Sun Tu is definitely not so reckless in a short period of time. And the camp leader has discovered that the team attacking the mountain this time is far from the combat power of the previous Dongshikun. At least it seems very unstructured in terms of siege strategy." Lu Yuan looked deeper and frowned and said, "So I'm afraid this army is not the main force of the official army, and their purpose is only to consume the defensive power of Jintang City."

Deng Long also reacted at this time: "It should be the White Tiger and the surrendered soldiers from the Peach Blossom Mountains. I didn't expect that Sun Tu was so cruel and ruthless, driving these people to die to achieve their goals."

"This strategy is indeed smart and decisive, but this will inevitably lay hidden dangers. Once the war is unfavorable, the remaining people may not be loyal to the orders." Lu Yuan smiled disdainfully: "Of course, this method may not be decided by Sun Tu. He was injured before, and maybe he is still lying in the tent now. How can he command the battle? Give Zeng Tao the order to let him be more at ease and not use up all the accumulated arrow stones. Our biggest threat lies in the main force of the official army at the foot of the mountain."

When the people on the mountain started running down to convey orders to Zeng Tao in Jintang City, many generals in the official army camp also looked gloomy, especially Qi Desheng, and he opened his mouth several times to say something, but when he saw Sun Tu's pale face, he was afraid to speak. After a while of such a tangle, he stuttered: "Maintain, is there anything wrong with doing this? Such a strong attack, there are too many casualties, and those people..."

Sun Tu looked at the scene of fighting in front of Jintang City with a cold face, and his voice was not loud: "These surrendered soldiers had just been incorporated into our Qingzhou army and were negligent in training this time. This time, they thought it was used to train instead of fighting. As long as they don't die, those who come back can make great progress. As for too many casualties, it is inevitable, otherwise there will be so many people in the army who don't follow the rules, and a group of them must be cleaned first."

In the half month before going to Erlong Mountain, Sun Tu did not feel a headache because of these surrendered soldiers. Once these thieves were out of the military camp, they would have had old problems. They did a lot of things to steal, robbery and cheat, and many people in Qingzhou City suffered. Although Sun Tu had severely punished some people, he did not blame the public after all, which made the reputation of the official army much lower. He even worried that these guys would lead the Qingzhou army, which was originally simple.

So this time he attacked the mountain, he simply decided to abandon some people. However, their deaths were not worthless, at least it would make the Qingzhou army easier to attack the city. As for the possibility of resentment by the three mountains in the future, he would not take it seriously. In the face of absolute power, these people were not afraid at all.

But soon, Sun Tu found that Jin Tangcheng's counterattack became smarter. He no longer shot down the arrow stone like he had no money as before, but became more targeted. It was obvious that the other party also realized his intention and did not dare to waste it too much.

"Send the order to Mingjin, let the people from the Jiazi Camp launch an attack immediately after they retreated from the mountain, and then let them lure more rockets and set fire to the city!" Sun Tu ordered immediately.

When they heard the crisp sound of gold coming from below, the three mountain soldiers who had already complained immediately turned around and ran down. Many people had fear and resentment on their faces. They had never fought such a terrible battle.

The defenders on the city also breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Although their damage was not large, they consumed a lot. Not only were the weapons such as arrows, wood, stones, and more than half of the battle had also consumed almost all their energy. Now they just wanted to have a good rest.

But before they could find a place to sit down, there was another clamor in front of them. An army with a much more sturdy military appearance than the previous ones had already been lined up. And unlike the team that had only been rushing forward, their progress seemed very organized and the formation was orderly. There were even large shields in front of them covering the entire army, making it difficult for the city's arrows and stones to pose too much threat to the entire team.

Then, when they reached a distance of one road from Jintang City, they quickly lit the torches, ignited rockets, and kept firing arrows at the wooden wall. They were not in a hurry to attack Jintang City head-on, but planned to use the fire attack strategy to burn the entire Guancheng first.

After confirming the strategy of the government army, the people and others on Erlong Mountain were surprised, but then they laughed again. If Jintang City was so easy to be broken by fire, it would be impossible for them to stand here for many years.

Sure enough, just as the rocket was about to ignite the city wall, a bucket of water fell down along the wall, and quickly extinguished the fire that had just spread, without hurting the wall at all.

Everyone at the foot of the mountain sighed disappointment, and Sun Tu shook his head gently. At this time, he missed the diesel that had been taken out from the warehouse. If he could take out the diesel to burn the city now, then the Jintang City would be completely destroyed in one or two hours. Unfortunately, the diesel was used to attack Hutou Village a few years ago and was used up all, so now he can only sigh.

So next, there is only one way to continue to attack!

Suddenly, at Sun Tu's order, the inspiring horn sounded again.

The official troops of the Jiazi Camp, which had already kept a distance from Jintang City, had no hesitation and rushed towards the city walls. The archers behind them cooperated with the continuous shooting of arrows to delay the defenders, creating a more favorable environment for their climb to the city.
Chapter completed!