At the foot of Baihu Mountain, many soldiers were wary when they saw the Kong family brothers leading their troops to attack the A-shaped camp's military formation head-on. The White Tiger Bandit was indeed stronger than they imagined. If it weren't for their hard training, In a few months, it may not be able to withstand their ferocious attack.
But Lin Chong narrowed his eyes at this time and said: "Du Jian, although this group of thieves is not weak, they only rely on the two leaders. It is better to let the generals go up the mountain to kill them and capture the stronghold like this." It will be much easier." He could easily defeat them earlier, and now he will definitely win in one fell swoop if he goes up the mountain to fight again.
But to his surprise, Sun Tu shook his head: "No, we shouldn't take action this time."
As soon as these words came out, Yang Zhiluda and others around them also looked puzzled. In fact, if Lin Chong had not spoken, both of them would have asked for a fight. Although there was a chaotic battle on the mountain, they could still clearly see the role of the Kong brothers in the battle, and they were already eager to take action to defeat the enemy.
Sun Tu glanced at them, and then said with a serious expression: "The attack on Baihu Mountain this time is not only to suppress them, but also to train our Qingzhou soldiers. If we go up the mountain at this time, we can easily defeat the enemy, but against The soldiers below have not improved much. I just want them to experience life and death, so that they can make great progress."
"But..." Lin Chong still hesitated, because he had seen that under the fierce fighting of the Kong brothers, the shield soldiers at the front of the army were already disintegrating. If this continued, the damage would be great.
"There are three mountain bandits in Qingzhou. Among them, Baihu Mountain has the smallest number of troops and is the lowest mountain. If we can't capture them, we will only suffer greater casualties when we attack Erlong Mountain. So we might as well spend more time here. Even if there are more casualties, the soldiers must understand the way to attack the mountain and kill the enemy!" Sun Tu stated his intention with a firm face, and then shouted loudly: "You all can see clearly, the thieves on Baihu Mountain have already So powerful, the Erlong Bandits are twice as strong as them. If we want to pacify the Three Mountains, we must practice hard and use our brains more when fighting the enemy!" These words were told to the surrounding soldiers.
These people also saw the hard fighting on the mountain. They were shocked and felt sad when they heard these words. They immediately agreed, and everyone's eyes became determined at this moment.
Sun Tu was a little satisfied when he saw it, and then looked at Feng Yu, the commander of Camp B: "Get ready, you will soon be the ones to replace the brothers from Camp A." Although he said harshly, , but after all, we don’t want the A-shaped battalion to suffer too many casualties, so it’s time to switch troops and continue attacking the mountain.
Just when the soldiers of Yiziying began to gather into formation and planned to go up the mountain, the battle situation on the mountain changed again.
The Kong brothers slashed with power, creating a passage, which greatly boosted the morale of the men behind them, and they all immediately roared and charged forward while waving their weapons. But at this moment, dozens of spears suddenly flew out from behind the shield soldiers, piercing the chests of those who rushed forward. And at the moment when they started screaming, the middle of the military formation suddenly separated, and a group of swordsmen rushed out. The severely injured enemies were chopped to the ground in the flash of swords.
Afterwards, the spearmen continued to draw their spears and stab them again, killing the few people in front who were affected by this sudden change.
The frightened bandits were all stabbed to the ground, and then the swordsmen struck again... In just a blink of an eye, as many as forty or fifty people of the Baihu Mountain bandits fell, scaring the others to the point where they could only quickly retreat. For the first time, fear appeared in his eyes.
After all, the Jiazi Battalion is the most elite force in the Qingzhou Army, and Zhou Xing is not a fool who can only fight to the end. When he discovered that the enemy was in a menacing manner and the two leaders were fierce in their attacks, he had already planned a strategy to defeat the enemy in the formation. While letting the shield soldiers carry him to death in front, he had already made arrangements for the change of formation behind him. He used spear soldiers to attack and then used sword soldiers to harvest. With the cooperation of both sides and the sudden attack, he really killed him. The enemy was caught off guard.
Not only the people in Baihu Mountain, but also the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain were a little surprised. Sun Tu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said with his hands: "Zhou Xing has some ideas. He knows how to change things before the battle." But even so, he He still had no intention of letting the people from Camp A take any more risks, so he turned around and said, "Ming Jin, let them come down, and those from Camp B will go up and take care of them!"
At that moment, the soldiers took the order and rang the bronze bell, and the clanging sound immediately spread to the mountain.
At this time, the morale of the Jiazi Battalion was greatly boosted. Under the command of Zhou Xing, they were about to continue to kill on the mountain. When they heard the sound of gold ringing from below, the soldiers were suddenly stopped in their forward movement.
At the same time, the Kong brothers, who had to retreat due to excessive losses, were also very angry. Just now, the two of them wanted to rush in the same way again, but they rushed in front of the officers and soldiers. Their swords were still some distance away from the enemy, but several spears were thrust from below, forcing them to just attack. He was able to return his sword to defend himself, but at the same time his body kept retreating involuntarily. His original plan was completely in vain.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two of them were really panicked, so just before the officers and soldiers were about to call for gold, Kong Ming had already shouted loudly: "Fire the arrow!" Then they quickly crouched down and retreated, putting behind them the weapons that had been prepared for a long time. The Liannu team was revealed.
As soon as the officers and soldiers of the A-shaped battalion below stopped, a hail of arrows came from above, causing them to quickly put up their shields and wave their weapons to parry and block. But this time they faced a repeating crossbow that could fire several arrows in a row. After blocking one wave, before they could catch their breath, another wave of arrows rained down on them. This was really beyond their capabilities, and many sergeants immediately screamed after being hit by arrows.
Zhou Xing was shocked when he saw this. The thief actually had such a terrifying weapon in his trump card! He did not dare to entangle any more and immediately ordered a retreat. But even if they retreated, they still had to face the constant incoming crossbows, but the formation of these officers and soldiers was still not scattered, and they retreated steadily.
Seeing this scene, the White Tiger bandits were also frightened. The Kong brothers did not dare to risk losing their troops and pursue them again. They just let Lian Nu pair fire another round of arrows to force them back.
This sudden turn of events prevented the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain from reacting in a short time. The soldiers and horses of Camp B had not even had time to go up the mountain, but the people of Camp A had already retreated in confusion. Many people were injured. Obviously, it was impossible to organize another attack on the mountain in a short time.
And as a result, the mountain trail area that he had worked so hard to occupy was once again lost, which made Feng Yu not sure whether he should take people up the mountain anymore.
Fortunately, very quickly,
Sun Tu had already sent people to deliver the order, and only asked the B-shaped battalion to guard at the foot of the mountain, while the soldiers and horses of the A-shaped battalion returned to the barracks to recuperate.
Zhou Xing was also hit by an arrow, but after entering the camp, he didn't even bother to let people pull out the arrow and treat his wounds. Instead, he quickly knelt down in front of Sun Tu with a look of remorse on his face: "Captain, you are guilty of humble duty. Yes. I was so greedy for success that I even let more than thirty brothers be killed by thieves..." This time he was really heartbroken. In the two battles, the A-shaped battalion had nearly a hundred casualties. You must know that this battalion only has three hundred. There are so many people.
Sun Tu didn't mean to blame him at this time. Hearing this, he stepped forward and helped him up: "Commander Zhou, there is no need to be like this. The responsibility for today's mistake is not yours. If you really want to pursue it, it is also my responsibility, Sun Tu. It's mine." We underestimated these thieves, they actually have powerful offensive and defensive weapons like serial crossbows, otherwise we might be able to attack the mountain today."
The others also looked shocked and angry. No one could have imagined that such sharp weapons would actually appear in the hands of a group of bandits. You must know that Lian Nu is a top secret in the army, not to mention the civilians, even in the Xiang army. There will be some in the Western Army of the Song Dynasty that is fighting the Xixia people, and then the Forbidden Army will always have such magic weapons.
"Du Jian..." Zhou Xing wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Sun Tu: "You have all tried your best, and you are all meritorious. What you have to do now is to go down and rest, and let others do the rest." After he said this, Zhou Xing said no more, endured the pain and clasped his fists in salute before retreating.
Lin Chong and others also looked a little ugly at this time. If I had been waiting for someone on the mountain just now, I'm afraid I would have been injured. No wonder this White Tiger Mountain has been able to stand in Qingzhou for many years. It really does have something to it.
"Captain, what should we do next?" After a long silence, Yang Zhi asked.
Sun Tu glanced at Qi Desheng and said: "Still using the previous strategy, focusing on consumption. Although this repeating crossbow is sharp, it also has its shortcomings. As long as this is grasped, the threat is not too great."
"Yes, a repeating crossbow can fire several arrows in a row, but its single arrow is far less powerful than an ordinary crossbow. As long as we keep a distance from them, it won't be a problem." Qi Desheng immediately answered: "The other thing is Although this continuous crossbow is powerful, it consumes more. Baihu Mountain is just a stronghold, so how many arrows can be used. This time they just killed our army by surprise. Next time we are prepared, but it will be different. !”
"That's it. In the afternoon, let the Y-zi battalion slowly press forward and use shields to block!" Sun Tu immediately gave detailed tactics. It was just a waste of words anyway.
So, as Baihushan's trump card was revealed, a new round of fighting began again, and this time the army was more stable than before. It seemed to be offensive, but it was completely defensive. After an afternoon, the second battalion of the second and third battalions The successive attacks not only consumed a large amount of the opponent's defensive weapons, but also drove the army in front of the opponent's stronghold, making it possible to launch a frontal attack on Baihu Village.
In the evening, looking at the approaching military formations, the Kong brothers felt desperate and even began to think of surrendering. Because at this point in the battle, they were helpless, and there were not many soldiers left in the village who could fight.
And just that night, at the foot of Baihu Mountain and in Qingzhou City, an uninvited guest came...