On the 12th day of the first month of the first year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, Dulonggang, Jeju Prefecture, Shandong Province.
As soon as the genius dawned, the thundering sound of drums and trumpets had already resounded throughout the countryside. Under the urging of the drums, nearly a thousand Liangshan soldiers and horses, led by more than 20 leaders of different sizes, surrounded them on three sides and attacked Zhujiazhuang. The roars and shouts of death enveloped the entire village ahead of them in an instant.
This time he sent troops to attack Zhujiazhuang. In order to completely suppress it, Song Jiang brought more than 1,300 brothers down the mountain. There had been a lot of damage during the previous days of attack and defense, but now there were only a thousand men available. This time, in addition to leaving more than a hundred people to protect the Chinese army's tent, he went out in full force, completely looking like he was going to accomplish everything in one battle. .
Covering an area of dozens of acres and with a circumference of more than ten miles outside Zhujiazhuang, the Ecstasy Forest is the outermost perimeter of Zhujiazhuang and the most powerful protection. Previously, no matter how many soldiers and horses Liangshan sent, they would be trapped in it, thus unable to pose much threat to the high wall of the village.
But this time, as they had mastered the secrets of the Forest of Ecstasy, the forest's obstacle to them no longer existed. In just one meal, all these thousands of people had broken through the Forest of Ecstasy, which was densely covered with traps. , without paying almost any price, actually killed under the high wall of the village, and then launched a strong attack on Zhujiazhuang in three directions: east, west and south.
The defenders in the village could hardly believe their eyes when they saw this scene. They were so frightened that they could only fire arrows desperately to prevent the enemy from advancing, and at the same time quickly sent people inside to ask for help. It was just getting dark at this time, and they did not expect that the Liangshan bandits could easily pass through the Confused Forest, so their defensive power was quite insufficient at this time.
In fact, there was no need for them to send anyone for help. When the fierce fighting started, the Zhu brothers, Luan Tingyu, and other people in the village also realized that the situation was not good and rushed over one after another. After climbing up to see the situation in the village, a few people said nothing and led people to defend all sides, leaving only Zhu Long in the village to take care of everything.
Suddenly, arrows rained down from inside and outside the village, flying through the air, and people kept falling down after being hit by arrows. But even so, it did not slow down the forward pace of the Liangshan army too much. While they were holding the front line with shields, they had organized dozens of wooden ladders. They were just waiting to set up the ladder when they approached Zhuangzi. storm. After all, Zhujiazhuang is just a village and not a city. Even if it has a high wall, the high wall of only three to four feet cannot stop the Liangshan army from attacking with all its strength.
After paying the price of hundreds of casualties, the Liangshan soldiers and horses in the east, led by Guo Sheng, Lu Fang and others, had already reached the wall. As they shouted: "Build the ladder!" More than ten wooden frames were raised. The ladder was quickly moved over, and before the ladder could stand firm, twenty or thirty agile men clamored and climbed up the ladder.
Their movements are extremely flexible. Even on a narrow ladder, they can easily dodge the arrows that are constantly being shot from above. Then in a few breaths, they can climb up to the top of a wall several feet high, draw their swords and He chopped at the villagers on the wall.
In an instant, there were screams on the east wall of Zhuangzi, and even the arrows shot out became sparse. This gave the Liangshan people behind the opportunity to wait, and more people kept coming and came, scrambling to be the first to follow. Climb the ladder up.
Seeing that the situation was in danger, Zhu Biao, who was guarding here, was so blind that he immediately
Then he roared: "Young and old men, follow me to kill the enemy!" He held the gun in his hand and jumped up to the high wall with a single step. With a shake of his hand, a gun shadow spurted out like a wave, and the gun that had just climbed up was Several Liangshan bandits who came from the wall were assassinated on the spot. Then, he followed the people with his gun, constantly stabbing the enemies who were coming up to kill him.
Zhu Biao's performance finally inspired the others and boosted the morale of the village guards who were already in despair. They no longer thought about shooting arrows, and they all raised their weapons and stood on the high wall. Formed a line of defense and launched a desperate fight with the enemy.
In this way, the seemingly bluffing Liangshan offensive was really blocked.
Although the defense force on this side is only a hundred or so, it is enough to take care of an entire line of defense. Especially among them is Zhu Biao, who is so mobile and flexible and can support weak points at any time, which makes the situation that was almost collapsed. Living.
As for Liangshan, although they have more soldiers and horses, because the battlefield is too narrow, hundreds of people cannot invest all at once, so they can only add as many people as they fall, which is completely a tactic to add fuel to the fire. Moreover, compared with the Zhujiazhuang people who were clinging to the wall, they had a bigger problem, that is, there was not enough room for maneuver, so they lost three points in terms of combat power.
In the end, even in such a melee, the bows and arrows of everyone in Liangshan lost their effect. The enemy and we are all in one mass, and it's hard to tell which side the arrows will kill, so they can only fight head-on, unable to fully demonstrate their superiority in military strength.
Seeing that the east wall of the village that was about to be breached was actually defended again, and brothers were being killed and fell down one after another, the eyes of Guo Sheng and others turned red, and soon they spotted the man who was still killing people on the wall. Zhu Biao also confirmed that this should be the leader and soul of this Zhuangqiang.
Without much thought, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng rushed over with their halberds, and in a few steps they were on top of the wall. After quickly killing several villagers who were blocking their way, they and Lu Fang and Guo Sheng realized that the situation was not good and ran over to kill them. Zhu Biao collided with each other. As the two shouted, the two halberds joined together to strangle them like a python coming out of its hole. Zhu Biao had no intention of retreating. He roared, and the spear in his hand turned into a dot of gun shadows, completely covering the two of them. , and at the moment when the weapons of both sides collided, the shadow of the gun suddenly closed up, flew through the air like a dragon, and stabbed Lu Fang who had taken the first step.
Guo Sheng and the others originally planned to consume the opponent's strength first and then kill the enemy with a machine gun, but unexpectedly, they used such a fierce killing method. By accident, Lu Fang only dodged to the side and was still shot in the shoulder. At the same time, some villagers also saw the opportunity and stabbed him, forcing him to retreat to protect himself. Then he stepped on the air, his body sank, and he fell directly from the wall.
"Lu... Damn it!" Seeing this, Guo Sheng became even more furious. He no longer had any scruples or hold back. He fully deployed his halberd. After sweeping over the three people in front of him, he stabbed Zhu Biao straight in the face. This forced Zhu Sanlang, who originally wanted to kill more Liangshan soldiers, to return his gun to defend, and then the two sides fought again.
This time, Guo Sheng no longer relied on himself, and fully displayed his martial arts. He actually fought Zhu Biao to a close. Even though he was indeed inferior, it was not a problem to sustain thirty or fifty moves.
But as a result, the situation of other people in Zhujiazhuang is quite bad. Following the two bodies of Guo and Lu
The pioneers went up to the wall, and several other leaders finally couldn't bear it anymore. They all shouted and went up the wall. Cooperating with their brothers, they quickly suppressed the villagers on the east wall. Maybe it won't be long before this is the place. was breached.
In fact, not only the east side, the situation on the other two sides is not much different at this time. After all, Liang Shanbo had many soldiers and generals, and this time he attacked with all his strength. Even if Zhu Hu and Luan Tingyu led their men to fight to the death, they could only hold on for a while, and all three lines of defense showed signs of failure.
Zhu Long, who stayed in the village, was even more anxious at this time. If only one side was in danger, he would have taken the initiative to save it. Now that all three sides were like this, how could he and his mere fifty or sixty people be saved
"Hujiazhuang, why is there no movement in Lijiazhuang? Could it be that those people last night have really reached an agreement with the two villages?" Zhu Long was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.
At this time in the Hujiazhuang, Sanniang Hu Rong was already fully dressed, holding two swords and wanted to mount her horse to fight out, but was stopped by her father and brother: "Rong'er, no!"
Hu Rong's face was red, but she was anxious, and she said loudly: "Second brother, dad, what are you doing to stop me? Didn't we agree before that we would support Zhujiazhuang? Now Zhujiazhuang is being attacked so fiercely by the Liangshan bandits, Their army is empty, isn't it a good time for us to send troops to rescue them?"
Unlike Zhu's family, Ding Wangsheng, Hu's family now only has one son and one daughter, and the eldest son has already died. Now that Hu Taigong is old, the person in charge of Zhuangzi's affairs has become Hu Cheng. At this time, he looked serious and said: "Sanniang, I know that you are still engaged to Zhu Biao, but it is related to the survival of my Hu family. You can't be willful." You're here. Liangshan is so powerful that it can't be rivaled by Hujiazhuang, which has no more than a hundred villagers. Moreover, not only us, but even Lijiazhuang has not moved at all."
"That's because they have colluded with the Liangshan bandits. Second brother, you saw it last night, right? The Liangshan bandits actually sent people to Lijiazhuang and stayed there for a long time... He Li Ying has ignored the original agreement. Could it be that our Hujiazhuang Is it the same?" Hu Rong looked anxious and shouted angrily.
"That's why we can't move even more. Once we send out troops, Zhuangzi will be completely empty, and Lijiazhuang may take advantage of it... Sanniang, Zhujiazhuang has even destroyed the Soul Forest, and I'm afraid it has been supported. Unless we come to rescue you." Hu Cheng said, and shouted loudly: "Secure the gate of the village, and we must not let the third lady leave the village!"
"You..." Hu Rong was so angry that she was shaking all over, but there was nothing she could do.
The three Zhuangzi on Dulonggang have always been in the same offensive and defensive body, and they are connected with each other. However, because of Song Jiang's clever move, the alliance collapsed. After all, the three villages and three surnames are not one family after all. Everyone has selfish motives and there are even more conflicts. Once faced with the test of life and death, almost everyone will choose to protect themselves.
Hu Rong helplessly looked at her father and brother who had made up their minds. She could only snort, then went up to the wall and looked from a distance: "What should we do... Can Zhujiazhuang be defended?"
Just as she looked forward with fear, she suddenly caught sight of the other side with her peripheral vision. There were many black spots in the vast snow-white mountains, rushing towards Dulonggang like lightning. Hu Rong couldn't believe her eyes. She rubbed them hard to make sure she wasn't dazzled: "Then... what is that?"