Ding Mu led his troops into Kamu County, Chizhou and launched an attack on Taji County, the border.

Taji County Magistrate He Song was panicked and quickly sent a letter to inform the prefect of Kamu County Han Chang to request reinforcements. At the same time, he led 2,000 county soldiers to mobilize the people of the county to help defend the city.

The 50,000 troops arrived in Taji County and divided them into four routes in accordance with Ding Mu's orders, surrounding the four gates of the entire county town, southeast, west and northwest.

Ding Mu shouted in front of the formation: "Who is the county magistrate of this county?"

He Song appeared on the city wall and looked down at the bottom: "I am the magistrate of Taji County, He Song, who guards the territory for His Majesty! The people of Taji County are here, and they will never allow you to take a step forward! The general is not like a treacherous person, so why should he obey the traitor and lead the troops to rebel?"

Ding Mu raised his head and responded: "My lord Liu Yuanxiang is the bloodline of the late emperor, and his kindness is spread all over the world! Emperor You was in a wrong position, plotting to murder the late emperor forged suicide notes, massacred the late emperor's loyal ministers, and hiding the truth. Liu Zhe, King of Fujiang, was just a puppet of Lu Cong. He lost all the imperial power, which was even more humiliating the majesty of the royal family! Are you doing Dacheng loyal minister or Lu Cong's retainer? This general was ordered by the lord to support Dacheng's country and clear the power and rebellion of the Lu family. It was not Dacheng's country, but the traitor Lu Cong! If He County Magistrate wants to Dacheng's country, why not open the city gate and take the initiative to surrender, so as to avoid war and harming the people!"

He Song replied: "Emperor Hui succeeded to the throne, and he was justified. The prime minister assisted the country and was loyal! The general said cleverly and despised, and it was difficult to change the reality that Princess Yuanxi planned to rebel! There was no princess in the world in power, and the hen was in charge of the morning, which was a disaster for the world!"

"Bold!" Ding Mu said angrily when he heard this, "How dare he slander my master, and he is not afraid of death?"

"I am dedicated to the country, what are you afraid of death?"

"Since that's the case, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Ding Mu saw that he could not persuade the other party to surrender, he immediately ordered, "Transfer to my general order to break through the city."

"Kill——!" The soldiers under his command immediately rushed towards the city gate.

"Everyone, fight to the death to serve the country!" He Song was quite tough and personally pulled his sword and stood on the city wall to command the army.

The two sides launched fierce offensive and defense at the city gate, and the war was raging.

The city walls of the county town are incomparable to those of the county town, and the defense strength is not as large as that of the county town.

Ding Mu had a 50,000 army under his command, He Song had only 2,000 county soldiers, and tens of thousands of local people mobilized, whose strength was far different.

The people have not been trained or have weapons and armor. With the farm tools in their hands, they are actually a mob with limited functions.

What's more, Ding Mu's siege equipment was fully equipped, and the morale of the entire army was high, and the high and the low were immediately judged.

Even though he tried his best, Taji County could not stop the fierce attack of the army.

Ding Mu entered the county town, and He Song died on the battlefield.

All the soldiers of 2,000 county were wiped out, and the people who participated in the war gave up their weapons and surrendered on the spot.

Arranged his subordinates to take over the county town, Ding Muma continued to advance and conquered several county towns such as Liufeng, Tik, and Antu, and approached Kamu County Town.

Han Chang, the prefect of Kamu County, received information one after another. First, Taji County asked for help. Before the army left the city, he received news that Taji County was conquered. He quickly sent troops to help. Halfway through the road, he learned that Liufeng, Tik, Antu and other counties had been lost, and Ding Mu's army came towards him.

So fast and unstoppable, Han Chang was frightened and quickly led his soldiers back to the same route and retreated to Kamu County to arrange a defense line.

Ding Mu led his troops to kill him and ordered the siege.

Han Chang led the soldiers of Kamu County to guard the city gate and resist Ding Mu.

The two sides fought fiercely for several days without any victory or defeat, and each other was damaged.

Han Chang said to the civil and military officials around him: "Ding Mu is coming with aggressive force, and his troops are more than five times that of our side. After days of attacking the city, our soldiers were exhausted. Can we have any plans to withdraw the troops for the time being?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the chief official Guan Shun stood up: "The Lord of the Mansion, although Ding Mu has many soldiers, his main force is all heavy armored. It is better to take advantage of his rest at night and send a general to attack the cavalry. If the enemy is in a strict manner, he will rely on war horses to attack. If the enemy reveals a flaw, he can break through the camp in one fell swoop."

Han Chang was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Who is willing to send troops?"

A general stood up and bowed his hand with his fists: "I am willing to go!"

Turning around, it turned out to be Wei Tong, a captain.

"I will return after victory, and I will remember your great achievements!" Han Chang said excitedly.

So he allocated 1,000 cavalry to Wei Tong, and ordered other generals to rectify their troops to serve as a supporter.

That night, Wei Tong led 1,000 cavalry out of the city, with people holding pieces and horses taking bridles, and quietly rushed to Dingmu's camp.

The camp was well garrisoned, and the soldiers on duty patrolled back and forth.

Seeing this, Wei Tong knew that the strong attack was useless, so he sent a signal to the cavalry, took the lead in charge, and launched a raid around Ding Mu's camp with his maneuver, and released rockets to the camp with his riding shooting.

Suddenly attacked, Ding Mujun immediately alerted and fought back quickly.

But I don’t know how many enemy troops are late at night, so I can’t leave the camp easily and fall into a trap. I can only defend the camp and shoot at the enemy.

The cavalry was highly mobile, and Ding Mu was unable to figure out the number of things with the cover of night, and set fires everywhere to create chaos.

The camp fire caused Ding Mu to suffer a lot, which made the army fall into chaos and retreat ten miles overnight.

Wei Tong won a great victory and led his troops to withdraw back to the county city.

Han Chang was delighted and celebrated his achievements.

The next day, Ding Mu counted the losses, more than 300 soldiers were killed and injured, several food and grass were damaged in the fire, and several boxes of baggage were packed.

In anger, he led his troops to attack the city again.

Facing the angry Ding Mu, the soldiers of Kamu County were even more struggling. They were almost blocked by the ladders on the city wall several times.

Han Chang was worried that the city would be destroyed, so he hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss.

The chief official Guan Shun thought of a person and stood up and said, "Kamu County was originally a wasteland. The previous dynasty established a county and moved to Dacheng people to prosper today. There were originally barbarians in the county, named Di. This tribe is good at taming animals and is quite brave. Although most Di people went north to the west of Dangliang and settled in the wasteland. There is still a group left in the county. The prefecture master can order the dikes to assist in the war, which may be effective!"

Han Chang followed the advice and immediately sent someone to invite the Di tribe.

Li Duochi, the leader of the dike tribe in Kamu County, came here in person.

Han Chang said to him: "Ding Mu's army attacked the city day and night. Once the city is broken, the dike tribe will be in danger. For the sake of protecting Kamu County, please help the leader!"

Li Duochi laughed when he heard this: "Don't worry, I have 3,000 beast soldiers, and I can be an enemy army of 30,000! Wait for me to leave the city to defeat the enemy."

Han Chang was overjoyed: "I personally put the team on the leader!"

Li Duochi gathered his tribe members and gathered at the city gate.

Han Chang was shocked when he saw that the dike clan members were carrying poisonous snakes and beasts, and he played with them casually.

Although this barbarian tribe is in Kamu County, it has its own territory and is far away from other people. Even the government rarely deals with it. Although I heard that the dike tribe can tame animals, I didn't expect to see it myself, and the scene was so shocking.

The defenders in the city were frightened by poisonous snakes and beasts. Han Chang expected Ding Mu's army's reaction, so he opened the city gate and personally led his troops out of the city.

Ding Mu led his troops forward, and both sides stood in formation.

Han Chang led the generals to the front of the formation, and Li Duochi was riding a war horse and scanning the other party.

The soldiers of the Dike clan were all in the rear, and Ding Mu was not aware of it.

"Who is Ding Mu?" Li Duochi Zong immediately stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Ding Mu came out of the battle and carefully looked at the leader of the dike tribe who was dressed in a strange manner: "I am the general!"

"Are you Ding Mu? If you don't want to die, you should withdraw your troops quickly." Li Duochi said, "Otherwise, don't blame me for not reminding me!"

"Who are you?" Ding Mu frowned.

"I am Li Duochi, the leader of the branch of Kamu County of the Di tribe!" Li Duochi replied, "You rebel against the imperial court has nothing to do with me. Just attack Kamu County, you have to ask me first!"

"I'm so arrogant!" Ding Mu sneered, "What can you stop our army?"

"You can't imagine my ability!" said Li Duochi, "If you don't want to die, withdraw your troops immediately!"

"Do you want to see how you stop me?" Ding Mu gave the order, and the army advanced forward.

"Master, you can retreat temporarily!" Li Duochi turned his head and said, "Wait for me to defeat the enemy."

"I'm here to be the leader!" Han Chang immediately led his subordinates and led his troops to retreat to both sides, making way for the soldiers of the Dike clan in the rear.

The soldiers of the Dike clan quickly stepped forward, took off their backpacks in the first wave, released an astonishing number of poisonous snakes, and then took out their homemade bamboo flutes and blew them beside their mouths.

Hearing the sound of the flute, dense poisonous snakes surged wildly, and rushed towards Ding Mu's army like a tide.

Ding Mu was shocked and quickly ordered the entire army to be on guard.

The front army raised its shield and slashed forward with swords in its hands.

However, the venomous snake is extremely fast, and the shield cannot defend against every corner, nor can it stop the venomous snake.

The poisonous snake rushed to Ding Mu's army and attacked quickly, and wailed everywhere for a moment, and the scene was chaotic.

In an instant, countless soldiers were bitten and frightened.

The tide-like poisonous snake did not stop and entered the military formation from all directions, causing Ding Mu's army to disintegrate. All the soldiers made sincere cry of fear in the face of the poisonous snake, running around, unable to even hear the orders from their superiors.

Seeing this, Ding Mu ordered the retreat and the army quickly evacuated the battlefield.

Han Chang was extremely happy to see that the Di tribe used only poisonous snakes to scare Ding Mu's army away. They had more than poisonous snakes. If they released all the ferocious jackals, tigers and leopards, how could Ding Mu be afraid?

So he invited Liduochi and the Di tribe soldiers back to the city to hold a banquet.

Ding Mu led his troops to retreat twenty miles and ordered military doctors to treat the wounded. However, six or seven hundred people had died of poisoning when retreating. After that, more than one hundred people had no time to treat them, and died before the military doctor found the prescription.

The dike tribe released all highly venomous snakes. If there is no antidote prepared in advance, it will not be cured at all.

"I didn't expect these barbarians to be able to control poisonous snakes and beasts," Ding Mu had a headache. "Although our army uses it, it can't withstand the severe poison. What's more, there are a large group of beasts in the Dike clan, what should I do?"

"General Wuyou!" A general around him said, "The poisonous snake and beast are afraid of flames, and can attack and drive them to the fire!"

"It makes sense!" Ding Mu immediately thought of this as soon as he reminded him, "Immediately prepare tung oil and then take some canned phosphorus fire."

The next day, Ding Mu, who was ready, led his troops back.

Li Duochi left the city again and led the soldiers of the Di tribe to fight.

With a command, the soldiers of the Dike clan released a poisonous snake and rushed towards Ding Mu's army like a tide with the sound of the flute.

"Set the fire!" Ding Mu immediately ordered the soldiers to take out the tung oil and sprinkle it forward, which was everywhere, just pouring it on the way to advance by the poisonous snake. Then, one can of phosphorus fire was thrown out, and the fire suddenly rose up when it hit the ground. With the tung oil, it ignited a raging fire.

In the fire, the poisonous snakes were unable to cross the tung oil, and kept tumbling and died in large numbers.
Chapter completed!