Seeing the officers and soldiers constantly throwing these strange jars and jars up, and smelling the pungent smell, Du Hu and the others could clearly feel that something was wrong. But before they could come up with a countermeasure, the drums at the foot of the mountain rang again, and an army of officers and soldiers galloped over on horseback and quickly rushed towards the mountain road.
Seeing the army launching another offensive, Du Hu did not dare to slack off and immediately ordered: "Take out all our bows and arrows and ask them to prepare the stones. This time I will make them suffer enough!"
The minions immediately agreed loudly, and then moved quickly, estimating the advance distance of the army so as to give the opponent a head-on attack. After Shen Laoqi, who had an eye injury, glanced at the approaching officers and soldiers, his expression became more solemn: "Be careful, they are the elite officers and soldiers who came up the mountain yesterday. Don't be careless!"
Yesterday's battle in which they forced their way to the mountainside was still vivid in everyone's mind. Naturally, they didn't dare to slack off at this time. Someone immediately began to set up defenses, and some people had already pried up rocks and smashed them at the officers and soldiers who were coming up. Go ahead and give the other party a big blow.
Du Hu personally led the people to rush down. Although he believed that the defense line of Hutou Village was enough to block the strong attack of these elite officers and soldiers, he still felt a little worried in his heart. He always felt that there must be something hidden behind the silence of the officers and soldiers for half a day. What a bigger crisis.
With yesterday's lesson, Suo Chao and others had more experience going up the mountain. Even when faced with rolling rocks, they could easily dodge, with almost no impact on their speed of going up. In just half a cup of tea, they were already After rushing upward for seven or eight feet, there were only a few steps left from the mountainside where they were repulsed yesterday.
At this time, the bandits had already launched a blockade, and arrows were fired towards them with a whistling sound. The density was even higher than yesterday. But this was as expected by all the soldiers. Without Suo Chao's order, the shield soldiers in front of them had erected shields to block everyone, so that the arrows could only hit the shields and send out a burst of clicks. Voice.
Behind the shield, Suo Chao had solemnly ordered: "Light the fire and prepare to shoot arrows. Aim them all, only shoot at the wall of the village!"
As the soldiers agreed, the torches were lit, and arrows soaked in oil were wrapped around the arrows and they were thrown towards the fire. After a while, flames appeared on the heads of the arrows. Then, after Suo Chao shouted in a low voice: "Fire the arrows!", the soldiers suddenly raised their hands and drew their bows, and fired rockets at the huge target sixty or seventy steps ahead - the village of Hutou Village. wall!
As a dynasty that generally lacked horses, the Song Dynasty army paid special attention to the power of its own bows and arrows in order to protect itself. Therefore, this point is often taken into consideration when selecting soldiers. According to military regulations, a truly elite Forbidden Army should be able to fire a hard bow of more than eight fights and be able to hit a target a hundred steps away to be considered qualified.
But now the Song Dynasty's armaments have long been depleted, and there are not many military officers and soldiers who can do this. Even the soldiers from Damingfu, an important town in the north, could not meet such high requirements, not to mention the rural soldiers in Yuncheng County. It was enough to hit the target thirty steps away.
Because of this reality, when it was time to attack Hutou Village with rockets, Suo Chao would take people to risk climbing again, hoping to shorten the distance to the target so that he could hit it accurately. And the results presented now show that his decision is quite correct -
Dozens of rockets pierced the sky like fireflies, leaving streaks of light in the sky before hitting the seemingly tough wall.
"Not good!" Du Hu, who was directing his minions to release arrows to stop the enemy, felt his heart sink suddenly after seeing the rockets, and a terrible suspicion emerged. He quickly turned around and looked back, and then saw a shocking scene -
After those rockets hit the wall, the flames on their heads quickly clung to the wall, and the slightly sticky brown diesel fuel ignited. Immediately, the flames burst out and spread quickly. The flames jumped out like crazy beasts. In just a blink of an eye, the entire wall of the village was swallowed up in the flames. .
"How could it be like this..." This thought flashed through Du Hu's mind in surprise, and then he heard a burst of cheers and noise coming from the bottom of the mountain. His heart sank even more, knowing that this could boost the morale of the officers and soldiers. .
Sure enough, when the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain saw that Hutou Village was indeed lit by fire, they naturally felt ecstatic in their hearts. Maybe the fire could really help them knock down this den of thieves!
Lei Heng and Zhu Tong reacted very quickly. They immediately pointed their knives forward and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the opportunity has come to defeat the thief. Come with us!" After saying that, the two of them took the lead. He took off and rushed towards the west hill.
The other soldiers only hesitated for a moment, and then some were encouraged by this and boldly followed. When Sun Tu saw this, he also shouted: "Folks, are we Shandong men cowards? We can also kill thieves to defend our homeland, kill!" As he said this, he followed up with three steps and two steps at a time.
His move really inspired everyone, and immediately many bloody men joined in, shouting, raising the sticks in their hands and running towards the west hill in a hurry.
For a moment, the sound of killing at the foot of the mountain was so loud that it was unprecedented, making both Shi Wenbin and Liu Yuan dumbfounded.
But the bandits on the mountain were already in great trouble at this time. When the fire spread, it not only completely engulfed the wall of the village, but also extended out and burned into the village.
Seeing the huge fire, Shen Laoqi, who stayed behind in the village, immediately ordered his men to get water to put out the fire. In order to guard against the army's fire attack, they had stored several large tanks of spring water in the stockade, which could be used at this time.
Water was quickly brought in from wooden barrels, and then some minions picked it up and poured it on the flames in front of them. Immediately, an unexpected scene occurred. The fire that was supposed to be doused by water not only did not go out, but instead, after being doused with water, a bigger flame rose to the ground, and the flames became even thicker. Smoke billowed out, and the pungent smell quickly filled the entire cottage.
The minions were completely stunned by the scene in front of them that went beyond common sense. Some people did not believe in evil and actually still poured the water they brought over the wall in front of them. The result will naturally be that the fire becomes more intense.
After a while, the two- to three-foot-high wooden wall was finally loosened by the fire. After making a strange creaking sound, it suddenly collapsed in the direction of the village.
The thieves who were standing behind the wall did not expect such a change at all. Before they had time to react, more than ten people were directly pressed under the wall, and screams and exclamations suddenly broke out.
"Hurry up, save people, put out the fire!" Shen Laoqi shouted repeatedly, but it was already too late. These minions were frightened by the strange fire in front of them and didn't know what to do. When they saw the flames spreading, only their instincts were left. He was running away and dodging, and he had no time to save his companions, let alone put out the fire.
This strange fire that not only does not go out but burns more and more intensely after water is poured on it, is really too scary in their eyes, and running away is the most correct choice.
After hearing the loud noises and screams from the mountain, and seeing the billowing smoke and blazing fire, Du Hu and the thieves were completely confused. They wanted to go back for support and to understand what was going on, but the officers and soldiers below had already taken the opportunity to attack, so they did not dare to retreat at all.
Du Hu could only shout with a hoarse voice: "Let me shoot the arrows and push the rocks down, they can't withstand it!" However, the panicked men's movements when they acted according to the order obviously lost their original accuracy. , not only did the arrows hit the empty space, but the rocks were also pushed to the side by them, and they did not go straight to seize the opportunity to rush towards Suo Chao and others to smash them.
When Suo Chao saw this, he was even more happy. With a loud shout, he jumped up. After pressing his toes a little harder on the mountain wall, he was flying high like a big bird, heading straight towards the busy thieves ahead. He struck with an axe: "You are a bold bandit, why don't you kneel down and surrender quickly!"
Inspired by this, the other soldiers also shouted and rushed forward quickly, slashing at the enemy with swords and guns in their hands.
Although they were only more than forty people, they had the momentum to swallow up the one or two hundred thieves in front of them!
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