When everyone from Liangshan returned to Dazhai, Wu Yong asked the scholar Xiao Rang who was traveling with him to record everyone's achievements, but it was Zeng Shen who was killed by Dong Ping and Zeng Kui who was killed by Lu Zhishen.
Wu Yong thought that he had achieved such results when he led the army for the first time, so he immediately ordered the whole army to have extra meals, and tomorrow the whole army would attack Zengtou City.
When Lin Chong heard what Wu Yong said, he couldn't help but said: "Although we have killed the second son of the Zeng family today, Shi Wengong was brave enough to be worthy of all men, and Ding Zhuang from Zengtou City was not afraid of death. Although it was a small victory, we
The military casualties are not small. Zengtou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we attack by force, I am afraid that if we win, we will lose our troops and generals. We in Liangshan are planning a big thing. For this reason, a small market has suffered many casualties. I am afraid that the gain will not be worth the loss."
Wu Yong held a grudge against Lin Chong for halting his troops in front of the battle today. In his opinion, if Lin Chong hadn't stopped him, Liangshan's troops might have killed Zengtou City. Although that might have killed many soldiers,
But in his opinion, as long as he breaks the Zengtou market, it will all be worth it.
Seeing Lin Chong contradicting him again, he couldn't help shaking his feather fan and said: "How can we avoid casualties in the battle formation? We are about to attack Liangshan, and we are about to destroy Zengtou City before we can show our momentum in Liangshan. Otherwise, a little
Zengtou City cannot be moved, how can we seize those state capitals?"
Seeing what Wu Yong said, Lin Chong had no choice but to sit down helplessly.
After a night of silence, at dawn the next day, Wu Yong gathered all his troops and came to Zengtou City.
When they arrived outside Zengtou City, the army was in position. Wu Yong once again challenged people to fight, but Zengtou City was guarding the gate of the village and did not go out to fight.
Wu Yong saw that Zengtou City was not going to fight, so he immediately asked people to fill in the traps in front of the stronghold, and planned to storm Zengtou City.
Although Zengtou City was not willing to let Liangshan easily fill in the trenches and let the archers on the village fence shoot arrows to stop them, Liangshan rushed to build a batch of trench-filling trucks last night and filled in the densely packed trenches in front of the village without incurring many casualties.
Trap.
It took half a day for the army to fill up all the pits in front of Zengtou City.
Seeing that the road was smooth, Wu Yong ordered Li Kui's thousand regiments of card players and Hua Rong's thousand archers to attack Zengtou City.
Li Kui saw that the pits had been filled up, and his scars immediately healed and he forgot about the pain. Bento rushed forward with his teeth and claws open.
Shi Wengong personally led his men to guard the stronghold. When he saw the Liangshan soldiers and horses attacking, he gave an order and the archers in the stronghold fired thousands of arrows.
Suddenly, it was like a hornet's nest was stabbed, and there was a buzzing sound in the air. Sharp arrows pierced the sky one after another, scattering towards Liangshan soldiers and horses.
When Xiang Chong and Li Gun saw this, they quickly danced the group cards to protect themselves and Li Kui.
"ding-ding-ding-ding-ding"
After a dull sound, most of the arrows were blocked by the shield hand.
Shi Wengong watched a volley from the village gate, and only a few Liangshan soldiers were shot down. He couldn't help but was stunned, and shouted again without believing in evil: "Fire arrows."
Another round of arrows fell, and Shi Wengong stared at the poker players in front of the village.
I saw that the players in the front group calmly looked at the sharp arrows falling from the sky, and then either used their shields to fire them, or they just shrank and hid behind their shields, and then they all withstood this round of arrows.
The shield bearers at the back quickly formed a shield wall, and the archers at the rear hid behind the shield bearers. Only a few archers slowed down and were shot to the ground.
Shi Wengong was confident that if he was given a group of taiwan cards, he would be able to shuttle through the arrows more easily, but he couldn't do it if he had to train such a group of calm and composed taiwan players.
Even those who are highly skilled in martial arts will panic when they see thousands of arrows being fired. Even if few of them fall on themselves, the sky is filled with sharp arrows.
Creating such a group of shield bearers is not something ordinary people can do.
Although Shi Wengong knew that bows and arrows could not achieve much results, he did not dare to let the archers stop. Otherwise, when the Liangshan archers advanced to the village gate, thousands of arrows were fired, and it would be their turn to avoid those sharp arrows. Zengtou City Ding
Zhuang is not as capable as the Liangshan regiment players. If the casualties are high, the gate of the village may not be able to be defended.
Although they had to avoid the rain of arrows in the air from time to time, the people in front quickly pushed forward to the village gate.
When Li Kui saw that the village gate was dozens of steps away, he couldn't help but feel happy. All he had to do was rush to the gate and with just a few axes, he could split open the gate and kill them.
Shi Wengong, however, did not pay attention to Li Kui who was leading the way, but looked at the archers behind him.
Seeing that the test arrow from the Liangshan archer landed a few steps in front of the village gate, Shi Wengong did not dare to delay any longer. Seeing that Li Kui and others in front had already entered within twenty steps of the village gate, a trace of cruelty flashed across his face.
, with a wave of his hand, Ding Zhuang, who had already carried the rolled logs and stones, rushed to the stockade fence and threw them down together.
Li Kui saw a stone as big as a millstone whizzing towards him. He shouted loudly and hit the side of the stone with an axe, knocking it aside.
However, although the other players in the group could protect themselves from bows and arrows, they could not stop the rolling logs and rocks coming from the village. In addition, the terrain of Zengtou City was already high, and the rolling logs and rocks from top to bottom became even more unstoppable.
In just one encounter, hundreds of people were killed or injured.
However, rolling logs and stones continued to fall from the stockade.
Hua Rong's strong bow had a longer range, and his arrows knocked down a few young men in Zengtou City, but there were many young men throwing logs and stones at the stockade.
Hua Rong saw that the regimental players and archers in front had suffered heavy casualties. Although there was no military order and no one dared to retreat, everyone was already busy avoiding the rolling logs and rocks and could no longer move forward. He also knew that he would not be able to attack like this, and would only be able to retreat.
The whole army was wiped out, and he quickly shouted: "The whole army retreats."
When the Liangshan soldiers who were fleeing in panic heard Hua Rong's order, they immediately turned around and fled back, as if they were receiving a general amnesty.
Li Kui split a rolling log with an axe, and was about to rush up, but was held back by Jiao Ting. He couldn't help shouting angrily: "We are only a dozen steps away, don't drag me, I will split the gate of the village, and everyone will rush in.
Split those birds."
Hearing this, Jiao Ting hurriedly said: "Everyone can't rush in. If you go in alone, you will only be shot to death by random arrows."
"I don't believe it anymore, don't pull me."
Li Kui looked at the village gate a dozen steps away, but refused to give up.
Shi Wengong saw at the village gate that the Liangshan army had retreated and only a few people were left in front of the village, so he ordered to stop throwing wood and stones, so as not to consume a lot of troops and not be able to support the officers and soldiers.
Zeng Sheng looked at Li Kui and Jiao Ting being dragged in front of the village. He couldn't help but feel resentful. He picked up his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at Li Kui.
Xiang Chong and Jiao Ting saw it and hurried forward to use their shields to cover themselves.
Shi Wengong saw that there were only a dozen shieldmen charging in front, and he immediately ordered the archers on the fence to fire arrows again.
There are still so many archers, but everyone has arrived below the stockade fence. The archers no longer need to shoot, but can shoot from a high position, and the accuracy is naturally much improved.
With just one salvo, most of the dozen or so surviving players were wiped out.
Since there were fewer targets and the density of bows and arrows was much higher, Xiang Chong and Li Gun were suddenly unable to cover them all.
Li Kui loved to fight fiercely when he went into battle. He thought his armor would get in the way, so he always went into battle shirtless. Xiang Chong and Li Gun could only protect his upper body, but he was suddenly hit by an arrow in the leg, staggering and falling to the ground.
Jiao Ting saw it and quickly pulled Li Kui back.
Xiang Chong and Li Gun were struggling behind to block their bows and arrows.
Li Kui was dragged back by Jiao Ting, and he kept yelling and cursing, which prompted Shi Wengong to pick up his bow and arrow, look at Li Kui's face and shoot.
Xiang Chong hurriedly danced the tuanpai to protect Li Kui, but when he heard a clicking sound, Shi Wengong's arrow actually shot through the shield, and it didn't get stuck on the shield until it reached the feathers. Xiang Chong quickly turned his head and saw that the arrow had already
It was only an inch away from Li Kui's mouth.
If Xiang Chong's shield had been closer to Li Kui, or if Shi Wengong's arrow had been one inch longer, the arrow might have hit Li Kui's mouth.
Li Kui looked at the arrow in front of his mouth and was so frightened that he closed his mouth and did not dare to scream again.
Shi Wengong saw that Xiang Chong's shot could not penetrate Xiang Chong, and Li Gun and Li Gun put down their shields angrily.
Everyone finally retreated without any danger.
Wu Yong saw that he had suffered many casualties and still could not attack by force, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.
After this battle, there were many groans of wounded soldiers in the camp. Liangshan soldiers and horses had fought many times, and this was the first time that they had suffered many casualties. They could not storm Zengtou City, and their morale suddenly became low.
Wu Yong walked around the camp with the leaders, but he was also worried.
After entering the big tent, Lu Zhishen couldn't help but said: "Everyone is thinking about some strategy to break this Zengtou market. Attacking by force is not an option."
Wu Yong also knew that Lu Zhishen was not targeting him, but it was always him who came up with the idea of a strong attack, so he was still a little unhappy in his heart. He was just worried about Lu Zhishen's prestige, and it was not easy to scold him directly like Li Kui and others.
When Guan Sheng was doing inspections in Pudong, he was engaged in suppressing bandits. He often fought in some villages and mountain peaks. Hearing this, he thought for a while and said: "In such a big market, if you don't believe it, there are no small roads."
When entering, it is better to send people to find some nearby people to ask for directions. If you can find a small road, you can just take advantage of them and select a team of elite soldiers to rush into the stronghold and cooperate with each other inside and outside to break the Zengtou market."
Wu Yong also knew at this time that he was a little anxious. He thought that he could conquer Zengtou City in one battle today, but he didn't expect that he would lose his troops and generals. He was frustrated for a while.
However, he did not want to admit his mistake. Instead, he covered it up and said: "What General Guan said is true. Tomorrow I will ask Mu Hong, Fan Rui, Ou Peng, and Ma Lin to lead some light cavalry to investigate. If not
We don’t have much food and grass with us, so I won’t try to attack by force today.”
Li Ying had been in charge of money and food before, and he was more concerned about food and grass. Hearing this, he couldn't help but ask: "I wonder how many days of food and grass our army has?"
Wu Yong shook his head and said: "Excluding the provisions for the return trip, there are only five days left."
Hearing this, Li Ying couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Then we will have to withdraw our troops if we can break through Zengtou City in five days. I'm afraid the nearby state capitals have already gotten the news and are on tight alert. We won't be able to get food."
Wu Yong did not want his first expedition to lead an army to end in failure. He shook his head and said: "This battle is related to our reputation in Liangshan. Everyone must fight bravely to be the first to break Zengtou City."
Everyone could see Wu Yong's thoughts to some extent, so they could only respond in unison. (To be continued)