When the tribesmen cried and told Gao Tangsheng that Bao's soldiers had robbed them of what they had captured, slapped them in the face, and even took off their clothes.
Gao Tangsheng was furious, and he immediately led the rest of his troops to chase Bao Tao, vowing to seek an explanation. Their two families were in the same county, and they helped each other, but they couldn't do this to the Gao Tang family.
When Gao Tangsheng caught up with Bao Tao, Bu Qu had copper coins strung around his neck and a cloth under his arm. He was very proud and sang folk songs all the way:
"Pingyang Bao, Wei! Pingyang Gaotang, coward!"
Gao Tangsheng was so angry that his face turned purple. He found Bao Tao in the team and angrily shouted:
"Why would you care to plunder my children with your army?"
Bao Tao smiled and said:
"Mr. Gaotang, what you said is wrong. These seizures belong to me, so how can we talk about looting?"
Gao Tangsheng was so angry that his nose twisted, and he cursed:
"You, the Bao family, are also from a respectable and wealthy family. How could you be so obscene and shameless just for these idiots?"
When Bao Tao heard that Gao Tangsheng started to accuse his family, his face became solemn:
"Gaotang Sheng, you are also a scholar. Don't you know that taking something without telling you is a thief? You, the Gaotang family, are an innocent family. Don't tarnish your family name."
Seeing that Bao Tao was the first to complain, Gao Tangsheng was so angry that all three corpses were gone. He pulled out his knife and cut off the hem of his own clothes, thus severing the friendship between the two families.
Then Gao Tangsheng led his troops back, no longer willing to join forces with Bao.
Seeing Gao Tangsheng returning in frustration, some clan brothers asked Bao Tao if he wanted to persuade him to come back and give them a share of the capture, otherwise the forward force would be thin.
Bao Tao said arrogantly: "The high hall is gone, and I should take it alone."
Then he added bitterly:
"The thieves had a lot of baggage, and when the Gaotang clan retreated, there were only a few people to capture it."
Seeing how the bandits had surrendered in the face of the wind, the tribesmen also felt that the bandits could be wiped out with the Bao family's soldiers.
After that, Bao Tao continued to lead his troops and headed straight for the bandit camp in Mount Tai.
As soon as Bao Tao arrived, he asked the guards to put on his armor. After putting on two layers of armor, he took a rifle and started attacking the wall like a fire.
The wall that Bao Tao attacked was guarded by Guo Liang. Guo Liang was originally a general under Heifu. He was promoted to the commander of the village for his repeated military exploits. Now he was guarding the west wall with a hundred spearmen.
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In the camp behind him is a battalion of Sheshengtun. The leader is his good friend Zhao Jian. They are the same generals who were released from Zhang Chong's collision team. At this time, Zhao Jian is leading his battalion of one hundred people.
Archer, draw your bow and prepare to shoot.
Thanks to the large number of lodges in the Orion Mountains of Mount Tai, Zhang Chong organized and trained five battalions of archers, and Zhao Jian was one of them.
But Guo Liang refused Zhao Jian's support. He looked at the Bao soldiers outside the wall of the stronghold who did not have any attack equipment and sneered. Are these weak soldiers trying to trap him?
Here Dong Fang led Wang's soldiers, and Zhao Chong led Zhang's soldiers and rushed to a slope in the west.
They looked down and saw a large camp lying on the plain below the slope, and an army with a "Bao" flag attacking the west of the camp.
Dong Fan squinted his eyes, and Zhao Chong laughed when he saw the place where the stronghold was. Dong Fan was curious and asked why, Zhao Chong laughed and said:
"This Taishan bandit thinks he knows the soldiers and has set up a strong camp, but a certain family can tell at a glance that it is just a fake. Look at the location of this camp. It is actually stationed on a plain. You and I are on this high slope, and we can see it at a glance. Can clearly see the reality of this village.
If you look at the trench dug outside this village, it seems useful, but in fact, there are no horse and wooden stakes, and the stockyard is actually arranged outside the trench. This really makes me embarrassed."
After hearing Zhao Chong's introduction, Dong Fan nodded, but after looking at it for a while, he realized something was wrong. He pointed to the camp below and asked:
"Do you listen to this sound? The west side of the village is noisy, but the other three sides are silent. Is this empty or just for leisure?"
Hearing what Dong Fang said, Zhao Chong also felt that something was wrong, because the other three sides of the stronghold were too quiet, as if there was no one there. But Zhao Chong didn't believe that such a big stronghold only had so few people, so there was only one possibility. There were elite soldiers in this stronghold. , when one side is attacked by an enemy, the rest of the soldiers can remain calm and composed.
So, Zhao Chong sighed:
"This Taishan soldier is worthy of being the best soldier in the world. Even though this general is really not good, this is just the right time to collect his army." After saying that, Zhao Chong also joked with Dong Fang, saying that you have two hundred loads of hemp rope, why not share fifty loads with me? , he was afraid that there would be too many prisoners captured and there would not be enough hemp ropes.
The two were chatting freely when something suddenly changed below.
I saw a sudden fire shooting into the sky in the west, and a wall of fire suddenly ignited in the deep chasm here, directly dividing the Bao soldiers who were attacking the wall into two sections.
Dong and Zhao were shocked and immediately led their troops to meet Bao Tao, but they could not leave him here.
What's going on?
It turns out that when Yang Mao and Xie Bi were stationed here, they specially built a deep moat on four sides, laid firewood inside, poured kerosene on it, and finally covered it with turf grass. It turned out that the pasture that Zhao Chong saw above was actually empty. Firewood and mulberry grass had long been spread into the trenches.
Bao's soldiers also saw that the trench was full of grass at first, and thought it was abandoned by the thieves in a panic. Then Bao Tao was in a hurry, so he rushed over without thinking too much.
Guo Liang, who was on the south wall, saw that Bao's soldiers were almost rushing towards him, so he immediately asked Zhao Jian behind him to fire rockets. Suddenly, hundreds of rockets hit the firewood and grass poured with kerosene, and the fire suddenly started.
Bao's soldiers who had not yet crossed the trench were frightened and kept retreating due to the fire.
Bao Tao, who was swiping Bu Jin under the wall, saw a wall of fire igniting behind him. He was shocked and thought that he had fallen into a trap. Then he threw Bu Jin away, pulled out the Huanshou knife, and took a large cowhide bag handed over by the guard. , it is necessary to walk around the camp with the song.
Unexpectedly, groups of archers suddenly emerged from the three previously silent walls. Rockets were fired and landed directly on the trench. The four walls of fire that were ignited directly sealed the camp within fifty steps of the perimeter.
Now Bao Tao could no longer run away. He looked at Zhang and Wang's Yanzhou troops rushing down the west slope, looking up to the sky and shouting. After all, he was a warrior, and such adversity inspired him to fight even to the death. Heart.
He turned around and led his troops to attack on the south wall. He led more than 20 guards and took the lead. With his sword in his mouth, he climbed up the wall with both hands.
These walls are made of logs and are very easy to climb. The more than 20 warriors are like apes, climbing left and right, and from time to time some people are stabbed and knocked to the ground by Taishan soldiers on the wall.
Bao Tao grabbed a Chang Ge and jumped up the wall with all his strength. Then he covered his head and started hacking randomly to protect himself.
He was killing like crazy, but the few Euphorbia warriors here hesitated and did not step forward, leaving Bao Tao to occupy this area. Then in the blink of an eye, five guards climbed up from behind Bao Tao.
Six people formed a circular formation and guarded this area so that the people below could continue to climb up.
"Whoosh" "whoosh" "whoosh".
Before Bao Tao could react, a military officer from the crowd opposite shot three arrows. His three guards didn't even make a sound, they just grabbed the arrows and fell to death.
Bao Tao was shocked. He immediately picked up a large wooden frame on the ground and covered himself and the remaining two guards. But this time they were covered by the large wooden frame and could not see outside for a while.
At this time, a group of Taishan soldiers started to attack with long stiles. These soldiers were so powerful that all the Bao soldiers they hit fell outside the wall.
Bao Tao also felt a strong attack, and his body leaned back uncontrollably. Just like that, Bao Tao and the two guards behind him fell down the wall.
But Bao Tao was fine. He had two bodyguards as cushions, so he was fine, but the two men had their necks broken and died.
Bao Tao was furious and wanted to take the remaining guards and charge again. But at this moment, the gate of the west wall of Dazhai opened, and nearly a hundred swordsmen poured out. They carried the flag with the word "king" on their backs, and a brave general
Under his leadership, he bumped into the scattered fleeing Bao soldiers along the way, and cut down everyone he saw. Corpses were strewn across the field, and the entire battlefield was immediately filled with a fishy smell.
Bao Tao roared angrily and was about to lead his men in a counterattack, but was suddenly stopped by his own guards. One of the tribesmen, whose face was covered with blood, cried:
"Fifth brother, let's retreat quickly. The walls on the front and right have also been opened. They can't be stopped."
Only then did Bao Tao see that hundreds of thieves were coming not only from the west, but also from the north, and from the east, with flags of all colors waving, shouting to kill the sky. No matter what kind of counterattack his people organized, they could not make any waves.
Bao Tao cried, hating that he had neglected his troops and missed the lives of many children in his hometown. When he got angry, he picked up the ring-headed knife and wanted to kill himself.
He is surrounded by his clan members. How can he let the clan leader's brother die here? They can die, but Bao Tao must live. If Bao Tao lives, their family can continue to be supported by the Bao family, and if he dies
, everything is rested.
So the few remaining guards gritted their teeth, removed Bao Tao's armor, and then covered Bao Tao with all their clothes. The last few people threw Bao Tao over the wall of fire with all their strength.
The remaining Bao soldiers who were cut off from the outside were anxious because of the wall of fire blocking the road, and followed Bao Tao to the south. They had bows and arrows, but they did not dare to shoot for fear of hurting Bao Tao.
At this time, Bao Tao, who was covered in fire, was suddenly thrown out. They were overjoyed and quickly took off the clothes on Bao Tao's body. Bao Tao's skin and flesh had been stuck to his clothes and would be torn off directly. It was so painful that he tore off.
Heartbroken.
But what made him mourn even more was the wailing sounds that came one after another in the fire wall. They were all his descendants and tribesmen, who would be slaughtered by those Taishan dog slaves. He cried, with blood in his eyes, and beat the ground:
"Shoot, shoot for me. Don't leave an arrow behind."
After saying this, his eyes darkened and he fainted.
Bao's archers received the order, and arrows were flying. The soldiers of Zhang and Wang who came over also began to draw their bows. The whole battlefield was filled with cries and howls. After a while, the whole place was silent.
Dong Fang and General Zhao Chong, who came in a hurry, felt sorry for each other when they saw Bao Tao's miserable appearance. This Taishan soldier was too vicious.
In this way, the remnants of the Bao family from the two families looked at the enemy's stronghold with flames on all sides, billowing black smoke, and the smell of burnt meat, blood, feces and urine mixed with the smell of firewood. Many of them couldn't hold it back and vomited. .
Zhao Chong stared blankly at the enemy camp in front of him, looming in the black smoke, and felt frightened in his heart. What kind of soldiers were there on the other side? Even with such a great victory, they did not cheer.
Dong Fang beside him sighed:
"Now we have to send Bao Tao back. If he doesn't get treatment for his injury, he might not be able to survive. By the way, let's ask Mother Hu's family why they are marching so slowly. He can't be a thief who sells Langya, so he comes here to sell it. Let’s do it.”
Zhao Chong nodded. In this situation, they couldn't fight even if they wanted to. Not to mention the miserable situation of Bao's soldiers, which frightened the soldiers of both tribes. Even with the huge fires on all sides, they had to be burned out before they could attack.
Just as the two generals were reorganizing their troops and temporarily retreating, a piece of news came, which shocked Dong Fang into confusion and sent his troops to the ground. Zhao Chong was not much better, and he fainted as soon as his eyes darkened.