What is a strong general? At this time, Lu Da and Wu Song, who were leading the army to attack the mountain, explained the specific expression of the term "fierce general" with their actual actions - they charged at the front of the team, even if the defenders in front kept dropping random arrows. To be able to block their charge, as they waved the double swords and Zen staffs in their hands, all the arrows shot from above were deflected, and the two of them were swept under the stone wall like two whirlwinds. .
While throwing out the hook rope, the two of them jumped up almost at the same time. Their feet only touched the wall at a few points, and they had already climbed up the high stone wall one after another. At this time, the Liangshan minions guarding behind the wall had not had time to prepare to resist. Seeing the two of them pounced on them like tigers, some screamed and stabbed them with swords and guns, but more people subconsciously attacked them. He stepped back, but was frightened by the murderous aura emanating from the two of them.
Before the trap camp was established, the position of Lu Dawusong and Lu Dawusong in the army was actually a bit embarrassing. Both of them had a close friendship with Sun Tu, and both had martial arts skills that far exceeded those of their colleagues. Logically speaking, their status in the army should be It's very low. However, they were deficient in matters such as training and using troops, which made it difficult for them to lead an army on their own like Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and others. After all, martial arts was not the most important thing for a general in the army, but commanding ability was.
And as Sun Tu built this camp, the two of them really found their place of use. In this army, what they had to do was to lead the army to kill, without too many worries and particularities, and they could also use their high martial arts skills to fight. Their strengths are fully displayed. It can be said that this camp is tailor-made for the two of them.
The two of them did not disappoint Sun Tu's arrangement. As soon as they climbed onto the wall, they did not flinch in the face of the many swords and spears coming at them. In the roar of the tiger, they all rushed forward, raising their swords and staffs. During the dance, not only did he break the weapons handed to him and throw them away, he also took advantage of the situation and pounced directly into the crowd, launching a completely one-sided killing.
Wu Song and Lu Da were like two tigers and wolves rushing into the herd of cattle and sheep to hunt. There was no enemy in front of them. In just a moment, they had killed those minions and kept retreating. More people were frightened. They had to retreat directly from the wall. Even if there were some who did not go down, they were already out of control at this time, and they were unable to fight back and obstruct the officers and soldiers who kept climbing up the wall.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Zhong, Zhou Tong and others also led their soldiers and horses to the wall. Compared with the price they paid for storming this pass a few days ago, their damage this time was almost negligible. In just one meal, hundreds of people trapped in the camp had completely entered the city, and the first barrier in Liangshanbo, the Tiansuo Pass, was broken!
Once they lost the support of the stone wall and were frightened by the two murderous gods Wu Song and Lu Da, these Liangshan troops guarding the pass completely lost the courage to resist and could only keep screaming and going After retreating, after more than half of them suffered casualties and were captured, the others finally retreated up the mountain in a hurry, with several leaders fighting behind them. At this time, Li Kui and others had just gathered up the manpower to go out for rescue. Seeing this situation, everyone looked in disbelief, so they could only help these brothers go up the mountain first.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain once again sent a group of troops up the mountain quickly, cooperating with the soldiers trapped in the camp to quickly rescue them.
Completely occupy Suotian Pass to prevent the Liangshan bandits from counterattacking while their foothold is not stable.
When the number of soldiers and horses accumulated here reached a thousand people, everyone really relaxed and confirmed that the first pass was under the control of the army. Cheers continued to ring out for a while, and the morale of the army was greatly improved. boost.
In fact, the pressure on the government and army during this period was not small. They took turns to attack the mountain but achieved nothing. On the contrary, people died every day. This may not affect the Qingzhou Army, but it did make other state capitals The Xiang army was slightly shaken.
Especially in these days, Sun Tu only sent the troops from various prefectures to attack Suotian Pass, which made people have some doubts. Could it be that Sun Dujian wanted to retain his direct troops, so he only sent troops from other prefectures? To die
It wasn't until today that hundreds of people in the Qingzhou Army broke through the barrier as quickly as the wind and the remaining clouds, and everyone really started to obey. It turned out that the elites of the Qingzhou Army were indeed much stronger than their own. Perhaps Sun Dujian made this arrangement just to sharpen the fighting spirit of the three armies. This also boosted Sun Tu's reputation in the military, and many local officers looked at him with a little more respect.
"Send the order and ask the soldiers who are trapped in the camp to withdraw first, and then let others hold the pass. There is no need to rush to attack from above." Sun Tu was not dazzled by this small victory. Issue orders calmly.
However, Zeng Kaigan, who was forcibly brought by him, couldn't help but mutter: "Shouldn't our army take advantage of the victory and pursue it? This is a tactic clearly written in the military book..."
Sun Tu waved his hand to ask someone to pass on the order, then glanced at him and said calmly: "Military books are dead, but people are alive. It is better to believe in books than to have no books at all. Liangshanbo is steep and has many obstacles. They must have done it now. If you are fully prepared, continuing to attack will only increase casualties in vain." Moreover, he never thought that such a strong attack could really defeat Liangshan, so it was naturally impossible for him to act so recklessly.
Zeng Kaiqian was a little sarcastic, but Sun Tu seemed to say that he was just talking on paper, which made him feel a little embarrassed. But in his current situation, he didn't dare to fall out with Sun Tu, so he could only lower his head and keep silent, just to see what Sun Tu would do next.
Just as Sun Tu had guessed, at the checkpoints above Suotian Pass, the Liangshan defenders were working hard. Bows, arrows, wood, stone, and even the rarely used kerosene were all used by them. He took it out, just waiting for the officers and soldiers to attack them head-on.
However, the officers and soldiers actually retreated as soon as they were ready, which made all their plans come to nothing. They could only watch with dismay as the officers and soldiers increased their troops to Suotian Pass, turning their own pass into an opponent's attack. The outpost of Mt.
On the mountain, in front of Dazhai, Song Jiang finally persuaded Li Kui and other brothers who were eager to lead troops to recapture Suotian Pass. Then he sighed and said: "In the end, many brothers fell into the hands of the government and the army."
These words made Chao Gai and others blush. It was their objections that prevented them from withdrawing the people in time. Now it's better. Not only has the level been lost, but more than half of the brothers inside have been lost. Of course, with the speed at which the army attacked the mountain, even if they gave the order, the troops would not be able to retreat smoothly.
But this is not
Without affecting their recognition of Song Jiang's judgment, this time Chao Gai no longer cared about the rift between the two parties and asked sincerely: "Brother Gongming, what do you think we should do next?" With just one sentence, almost everyone present was stunned. Everyone's eyes fell on Song Jiang.
Song Jiang coughed dryly: "Brother, don't blame yourself. Although we lost for a while, I still believe that Liangshanbo is not something they can easily conquer. As long as the brothers at the next few levels are careful, they can't even think about it." Break through easily again.”
After a pause, he squinted at the military camp down the mountain and said in a very positive tone: "And I believe that as long as we can hold on for this period of time, a turnaround will come soon."
"How do you say this?" Chao Gai asked with some confusion.
"Because there is a problem with Sun Tu's rear, he shouldn't have too much food and grass. As long as we guard the stronghold for a month without being attacked, he will have to think about retreating because of the shortage of food and grass." said this. But it was not Song Jiang but Wu Yong.
When it comes to using troops to fight, Wu Yong is obviously not enough. But in terms of guessing and grasping people's hearts, he is better than everyone in the village: "There has been news coming back that Sun Tu is arrogant and domineering in Qingzhou, and even many officials in the imperial court are powerless against him. This Naturally, people will be suspicious of them. Especially now that there are still some treacherous people in power in the Song Dynasty court. As long as they are enemies of them, they must eradicate them no matter how high the price is.
"Now Sun Tu is facing such a situation. If he continues to make meritorious deeds and even captures Liangshanbo, it will only make the high-ranking officials in the court lose face and make them feel uneasy. In this case, they will never allow such a thing Happened. In their view, the threat from Liang Shanbo is no greater than that of Sun Tu."
"What the military advisor said is true. All these officials are selfish, and the officials are deceived by them, so Sun Tu will definitely not end well. If they can use our hands to convict him this time, they will definitely They will do things behind the scenes, such as making a fuss about the supply of grain and grass." Hu Yanzhuo also nodded in agreement. As a former military general in the DPRK, he knew very well the virtues of those who served as officials.
Song Jiang made his final conclusion at this time: "So even if we lose a city temporarily, there is no need to panic. We will win this battle! But if we want to win, we must be able to endure and not be frightened by Sun Tu's momentum. When the time comes, we can't be provoked by him and take the initiative to give him any chance. As long as we hold on for a month or two, our village will be freed from the siege, and then we can take the opportunity to counterattack and defeat them!"
If it hadn't been for the previous incident, some people might have raised objections to Song Jiang's proposal, at least people like Liu Tang would have said some weird things. But after the incident happened just now, which proved that his judgment was correct, but everyone failed to follow the instructions and failed, no one dared to question it anymore. Chao Gai quickly made the decision: "Just do what the leader of the Song Dynasty wants. Let's just guard each checkpoint and slowly grind it out with the army. Anyway, the grain and grass in our village are quite abundant now, so we can afford it!"
Sun Tu never expected that the successful capture of Suotian Pass would make the subsequent battle extremely difficult, and a tug-of-war of attrition began.