The troops were withdrawn at dusk, and the atmosphere on both sides of the White Tiger Mountain was solemn. The result of this battle was somewhat beyond their expectations.
Only then did the bandits on the mountain realize that the combat power of this Qingzhou official army was far superior to their own. Without the advantage of the terrain, they would have been completely defeated after successive fierce attacks, and they would not even be able to defend the stronghold. This made the Kong brothers, after returning to the stronghold, quickly order their men to take advantage of the darkness to take advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers did not dare to attack again, so they moved the accumulated stones to the front of the stronghold and set up new traps.
At the same time, Kong Ming said with a serious expression: "We can no longer hold back when we fight again tomorrow. Take out the crossbows and make sure to cause enough damage to the officers and soldiers so that they cannot bear it!"
"Brother, that is our last guarantee in Baihu Mountain, and the crossbow consumes arrows too fast... How about you let me lead the brothers to kill, maybe we can kill them back!" Kong Liang said uneasily. .
Kong Ming shook his head: "We can't hold on without using this trick. Don't forget, the gunman who defeated us outside that day did not show up today. If he comes to kill us tomorrow, can you stop him?"
This time, even Kong Liang no longer persisted. The pressure brought by Lin Chong was too great, so he had no choice but to obey his brother's wishes and use the most powerful weapon.
In the military camp at the foot of the mountain, the Qingzhou Army was also full of sadness and anger. After all, they had never really been on the battlefield, let alone experienced such heavy casualties. Seeing that Pao Ze, who had been chatting and laughing with them just now, had turned into corpses at this moment, the shock was really too great. Some people Both of his eyes were red, almost ready to cry.
When Sun Tu saw this, he shouted loudly: "Why are you crying? Since we are the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, we should be ready to sacrifice our lives for the country at any time. I train you rigorously on weekdays so that I can let you in during the war. There will be few casualties. But you have never fought, so you will always make mistakes when attacking the mountain today. Only when you learn these lessons and correct your mistakes will you be able to truly kill the enemy and protect yourself in the future, and you will not be considered as living up to the past. The hard work, and the deaths and injuries of these brothers!
"The soldiers of Camp A and Camp B have all returned to camp to rest. Camp B will be guarded in three shifts tonight to prevent thieves from sneak attacks at night." After a few words of encouragement to the soldiers and making corresponding arrangements, Sun Tu took the Several important generals entered their central military tent.
After the soldiers looked at each other for a few times, they finally obeyed the order and dispersed, leaving only dozens of soldiers from the Y-zi battalion standing guard around the military camp, either openly or covertly.
It wasn't until he entered the Chinese army's tent that Sun Tu's stiff expression relaxed, and he sighed softly: "Although it was expected, the casualties were still too high." Today's two rounds of attacks on the mountain killed thirty or forty people, and the casualties were nearly Hundreds, this is still a considerable damage to the more than a thousand Xiang troops in Qingzhou.
A look of self-blame appeared on Zhou Xing's face. He immediately took a step forward, knelt on one knee and said, "Captain, it was the last general's improper command that caused today's mistakes. Please punish me!"
Feng Yu, the commander of the Y-zi battalion, was stunned for a moment and then stepped forward: "Even humble positions also have responsibilities, and we will be punished together."
After Sun Tu sat on top, his eyes swept back and forth between the two of them. After a moment, a smile appeared on his face: "You guys get up. When it comes to responsibility, I, the supervisor, have the heaviest responsibility. You guys It is rare for you to behave calmly today when you first encounter a war, especially Zhou Xing. You did not lose your position due to sudden changes. Otherwise, Jia Ziying
The casualties will only be greater.
"It was my idea to use war as training, and casualties are inevitable. Again, as long as we can learn lessons from this battle and make progress, then the sacrifices of our brothers will be valuable. Yes. I summoned you and others today not to investigate the guilt, but to arrange a plan to attack the mountain tomorrow." By the end of his words, his eyes had moved away from the two commanders and fell on Lin Chong and others.
However, Lu Da and Lin Chong remained silent this time. Although both of them were born in the military, and their martial arts skills were far superior to others, when it came to leading troops in combat, they were not good at it. Qi Desheng, on the other hand, spoke after a slight hesitation: "Captain, as far as today is concerned, although there are not too many bandits in Baihu Mountain, their defense is extremely stable. Although a strong attack is not impossible, the casualties will be extremely high." It is unwise to be too big. Therefore, the general thought that we should use other strategies, such as luring them to take the initiative to go down the mountain, or attacking slowly and slowly encroaching."
"I'm afraid it won't be easy for them to take the initiative to go down the mountain after these two wars." Yang Zhi frowned and said, "Since those thieves know how strong our officers and soldiers are, even if we pretend to retreat at this time, I'm afraid they won't Dare to pursue boldly again. So slowly nibbling away is one way to do it."
Sun Tu nodded in approval: "Actually, I think so too, but what kind of strategy should we use? Should we continue to attack the mountain in turns?"
"The general thought that it would be of great benefit to us to bluff and let them expose all their defense methods or consume their rocks, arrows and other weapons. As long as the soldiers of the third battalion pay attention to the distance to protect themselves, don't rush to the mountains. The situation should be under our control." Qi Desheng said his tactics.
Sun Tushen agreed: "This is a way, but in the final analysis it is just a matter of waste. Okay, then according to what you said, in the next two days, we will focus on waste. Let the Bing camp go to battle tomorrow and don't rush to the mountain. Charge, consume their rocks first! The two battalions A and B will follow the same strategy and be ready to switch troops at any time."
"Here!" The commanders of the three battalions stepped forward and crossed their hands in response.
Baihu Mountain is the first battle for the Qingzhou Army to wipe out the bandits in the territory. They must not allow themselves to make any mistakes.
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Early the next morning, as soon as it dawned, the loud sound of drums and trumpets sounded again from the bottom of the mountain. Afterwards, the sergeants of the C-shaped battalion started shouting and marching towards Baihu Mountain.
Hearing this movement, the bandits on Baihu Mountain quickly gathered together, and many of them came to the rock traps that had been re-layed in the middle of the night without any instructions from the Kong brothers. They raised their swords and waited for the officials. When the army rushed to the mountainside, they broke the rope and released rocks.
At the same time, following Kong Ming's order, more than thirty archers in the village also picked up more exquisitely designed repeating crossbows and aimed downwards. Once the rocks roll down and the officers and soldiers come up again, they will have to give the enemy a head-on blow.
As soon as they were ready, the officers and soldiers rushed to the mountainside. Kong Liang gave an order, and as soon as the rope was broken, the rocks blocked by the net rolled down again, pressing directly towards the officers and soldiers with a roar.
But this time, the reaction of the officers and soldiers was very different. They did not put up shields to block it like yesterday. Instead, they directly changed from the rear team to the front team and quickly withdrew downwards. And judging from their quick reactions, it was obvious that they were well prepared, and in the blink of an eye they were all in the open space dodging around. Those dozens of rocks almost ignored him.
We pose no threat…
"What cunning officers and soldiers!" Kong Liang turned pale with anger when he saw it, and immediately shouted angrily: "Brothers, they are afraid, come down with me and kill them!" Before he finished speaking, others were already jumping up high, He jumped off a cliff about ten feet high, raised his knife and rushed down.
After hesitating for a moment, the bandits plucked up the courage and charged straight down with their swords and guns. But just after they rushed down for a while, a hail of arrows came towards them. The first few people were hit and fell over. If Kong Liang hadn't reacted quickly enough, they would have been injured. In desperation, we can only retreat upward temporarily.
But this time, the C-shaped battalion actually learned the lesson. Instead of attacking and charging after gaining the upper hand like yesterday, they regrouped into a formation and then slowly pressed forward.
Kong Ming was unable to hold his brother back, and became anxious. Seeing that Kong Liang was defeated, he quickly ordered people to go down with a serial crossbow to help him. However, until the two sides gathered and retreated to the stronghold, the opponent was still some distance away from the range of the serial crossbow. Well, this leaves them waiting to defend.
But at this time, the officers and soldiers suddenly stopped in front, blocked the front with large shields, and set up a defensive formation. It seemed that they had no intention of continuing to attack.
When Kong Ming saw this, he was even more frightened: "Are they... actually planning to besiege us?"
"Surround them, and we are still afraid of them? After all, we have a geographical advantage, and we can take the initiative to repel them at night!" Kong Liang said angrily. He was almost injured just now, and he felt really unfair.
"That's not what you said. If this is the case, it will be difficult for us to build stone formations. Moreover, their military strength far exceeds ours in Baihu Mountain. If they are exhausted, we are no match at all!"
Just after Kong Ming finished his judgment, another army of officers and soldiers moved down the mountain. They didn't need to worry this time. They ran directly up the mountainside as fast as possible, and then quickly changed places with the people from the C-shaped battalion. , and replaced the people from the C-shaped battalion who had just fought hard to kill them.
"This..." Kong Ming's face turned pale. What he was most worried about had happened. The other party was going to confront him on the mountainside. As long as the brothers showed any flaws, the officers and soldiers would take the opportunity to kill them. By then, with such a small distance, they would not even have a chance to make amends.
"We can't just sit back and wait for death. We must fight!" Kong Ming quickly made a decision in his heart and gritted his teeth and said: "All the brothers will follow me to kill and disrupt their formation. The crossbowmen will come down later. As long as they are in chaos, they will be killed." I shoot arrows with all my strength, this time I will make them pay a heavy price!"
The people on the mountain also knew that this was a critical moment of life and death, and they all became fierce at the moment. They all agreed and prepared their weapons. At Kong Ming's order, the remaining two hundred members of the White Tiger Mountains shouted and rushed down. This momentum was actually greater than the falling rocks just now.
The officers and soldiers of the A-shaped battalion guarding below immediately cheered up when they saw this. Although there was no defensive formation here, they still lined up front and back in the most defensive posture, and fifty archers even nocked arrows. Whangxian glanced over.
The moment the enemies rushed forward, their arrows shot out, shooting down more than a dozen of them at once. But this could not stop the rest of the people in Baihu Mountain at all. The Kong brothers took the lead, swooped forward, split open the shields at the front with a few bangs, and then rushed into the military formation. middle.
A head-to-head confrontation begins again...