Not only was Qing Mulan paying attention, but the soldiers behind her, Chang Xin, also stretched their necks.
Qing Mulan was able to gather the soldiers so smoothly. In addition to Amei's fierce determination, the most important reason was that the soldiers of the Changxin Army saw the reinforcements and saw the hope of rescue.
Most of the soldiers were farmers, and it would be good if they could remember their own battle flags. Most of them could not recognize the flags of the Guangyuan soldiers, and thought that the soldiers brought by Jin Feng were all bodyguards.
In the previous anti-bandit operations, Sergeant Chang Xin had long been impressed by the combat effectiveness of the veterans.
Twenty male soldiers, paired with forty female soldiers, controlling catapults and heavy crossbows, could cause huge casualties to the bandits every time. It is not an exaggeration to say that one is against ten.
If the two thousand people who come are all bodyguards, then what are you afraid of?
But several officers looked worried.
Ordinary soldiers could not recognize the flags of the Fu soldiers, but they knew them and knew better the fighting power of the Fu soldiers.
As for the bandits on the mountain, they dismissed Jin Feng's actions.
After they got the catapult and heavy crossbow, they experimented many times and tested the effective range of the catapult under different circumstances.
From Jin Feng's location, it is impossible to throw stones at Wulang Mountain.
While all parties were thinking about their own thoughts, the three catapults of the female soldiers had all been filled.
Zhang Liang glanced back, saw Jin Feng nodded slightly, and shouted coldly: "Do it!"
Under everyone's gaze, the female soldier responsible for filling picked up the kerosene and poured it on the jar loaded in the throwing basket.
Then light it with a fire stick.
The next second, the three female soldiers simultaneously picked up the hammers in their hands and smashed them against the trigger.
Whoosh!…
Seven burning jars roared towards the mountainside and accurately landed on two heavy crossbow positions.
Snapped!
The jar was smashed, and the kerosene inside was splashed everywhere.
The two heavy crossbow positions were all ablaze with fire.
The heavy crossbows deployed by the bandits on Wulang Mountain were all submerged in the sea of fire.
Although a lot of steel was added to the heavy crossbow, many parts were still made of wood. If burned by a fire, they would almost be scrapped.
"How could their catapults throw things so far?"
The several bandit leaders who gathered on the mountain were all frightened.
They couldn't figure out why the catapult of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau was not as big as the one they captured, so the throwing distance was half as far as the one they captured?
Little did the bandits know that the catapults they took away were just the most common ones.
The advantage of that kind of catapult is that it is simple to manufacture and easy to control, and it can throw a large number of stones each time. It has huge lethality against dense enemies.
The disadvantage is that it is large, inconvenient to move and carry, and the throwing distance is not far.
The three catapults currently used by Jin Feng are improved models from the back mountain warehouse. Although the stones that can be thrown each time are light in weight and the operation is relatively complicated, the throwing distance is long and the landing point is accurate.
"good!"
All the Changxin troops on the mountain roared excitedly.
Qing Mulan and the few guards behind him also breathed a sigh of relief.
They have been tightly surrounded by bandits these past few days, with no chance of breaking out. The main threats come from heavy crossbows and catapults.
Since Jin Feng can deal with the heavy crossbow, he can definitely deal with the catapult.
Sure enough, after the female soldiers killed the heavy crossbow, they did not stop. Under Jin Feng's command, they started a new round of filling and charging.
"Quick! Move the catapults to other places!"
The bandit leaders also realized Jin Feng's plan, and they all roared and ordered the catapults to move.
But before the bandits who passed the order reached the catapult position, a new round of attacks from the female soldiers arrived.
With the sound of the jar breaking, the bandits' catapult position was also engulfed in flames.
At this point, the catapult and heavy crossbow that the bandits had snatched from Qing Mulan were all gone.
These two rounds of attacks also dealt a huge blow to the morale of the bandits.
Many bandits looked panicked.
Captain Xiao, who was at the bottom of the mountain, looked at the two seas of fire on the mountainside and clenched his fists involuntarily.
What he fears most is that Jin Feng lets the soldiers attack and rescue Qing Mulan regardless of the cost.
Looking at it now, Jin Feng indeed has a backup plan.
"We don't have to fight so hard now."
Lieutenant Xiao was silently relieved.
Next to him, Zhang Liang asked Jin Feng: "Sir, do you want to send someone to shout again?"
The tone that Lieutenant Xiao had just relaxed suddenly picked up again.
The body of the person who was sent to shout was not cold yet. If we send someone to send someone now, wouldn't it mean that someone is going to die?
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across Captain Xiao's mind, revealing a look of astonishment.
When the government soldiers were encircling and suppressing bandits, they never shouted, they just beat them.
Captain Xiao felt a little strange when Zhang Liang asked him to send someone to send a message.
But thinking that it might be a habit left over from Zhang Liang's military service, I didn't think much about it.
Now he understands.
Just now, Zhang Liang asked him to send people to make a message, not really to persuade him to surrender, but to confirm the bandits' heavy crossbow and catapult positions!
So this shouting should be to confirm whether the bandits have hidden catapults and heavy crossbows.
After understanding this, Captain Xiao not only did not blame Zhang Liang, but felt that it was natural.
He is also someone who has been on the battlefield, and is very aware of the cruelty of the battlefield. He understands just as well as Zhang Liang that people will inevitably die in war.
If you can find out the true and false identity of the enemy, what does it matter if a few people die?
Even if you sacrifice an army of 100 people, it is still worth it.
Captain Xiao was already thinking about which centurion had been disobedient recently.
But he saw Jin Feng shaking his head: "No need, the bandits don't have heavy crossbows and catapults anymore."
What Zhang Liang and Captain Xiao understood, Jin Feng naturally understood too.
So even though he couldn't bear it, he didn't stop Zhang Liang just now.
Each bandit suppression team is equipped with a specific number of heavy crossbows and catapults.
We had previously seized a batch from the Double Hump bandits in Huxiaoling. I just counted the fire balls and it was easy to calculate the number of catapults and heavy crossbows.
Now that it is confirmed that the bandits do not have catapults and heavy crossbows, there is no need to test it with human lives.
"What's next?" Zhang Liang asked tentatively.
"Brother Liang, you can make the decision for the rest. You don't need to discuss it with me." Jin Feng replied.
Zhang Liang had been in charge of training veterans and female soldiers in the village before. Jin Feng mainly valued Zhang Liang's loyalty.
But during this operation, Jin Feng discovered that Zhang Liang was also very capable in formulating combat plans and commanding operations.
The action at Huxiaoling was arranged by Zhang Liang.
Facts have proved to be very successful.
Jin Feng had used the advantages of weapons and terrain in several previous battles to win with fewer people, but this time the bandits were scattered throughout Wulang Mountain, and it was difficult to rely on catapults and heavy crossbows to kill them on a large scale.
In this case, the only option is to attack forcefully.
Jin Feng asked himself that he was not capable of commanding a battle involving thousands of people, so he simply handed over the command to Zhang Liang.
"yes!"
Zhang Liang was not polite, agreed, and ran to the side to find Captain Xiao.