In the lobby of the military camp, Qin Guan was looking at a map. This was a map of the territory of Xiongzhou. It marked the mountains, rivers and the border with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. There were many red circles drawn on it, about a dozen. On the map

Each red circle represents a bandit force.

Xiong Da said from the side: "Xiongzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and borders the Xia Kingdom and Liao Kingdom. These places have become a paradise for bandits and horse bandits. Only those who can name them in our Xiongzhou territory are

There are about ten hills."

"Erlongshan is one of them, but it is not the most powerful. The most powerful is a group of horse bandits, whose leader is named "Golden Eagle". It is said that this group of horse bandits has about three to four hundred people, and everyone rides back and forth.

Rufeng was very tough, and often robbed the fleets of merchants traveling between Liao and Zhao. However, I had never heard of any harassment of the people of this state. It was at the border between Xiongzhou and Liao, and other situations were not very clear.

"

Qin Guan looked at the map and said: "The first goal is to eradicate Erlong Mountain first. Tomorrow the whole army will set off to attack Erlong Mountain."

The Xiang army set off in a mighty manner with great momentum.

Eight thousand soldiers and two thousand logistics, complete arms, and even a thousand cavalry, to deal with Erlongshan with less than a thousand people, it seems a bit fussy, but this is to train troops and run in the new army. Only through battle can we discover the existence of it.

question.

The infantry is okay, but the cavalry is not a one-day achievement. Xiong Er still tries his best to choose people who know how to ride a horse. This can only ensure that these cavalry can not get lost in the battle. As for the battle, they cannot exert their combat effectiveness at all.

"Da da da......"

There is the sound of horse hooves.

The three horses quickly ran into Erlong Mountain.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain stronghold, one of them shouted urgently: "Hurry up and put down the suspension bridge. I have something important to report to the boss."

The bandits guarding the gate of the village were very familiar with these three people. They were all spies from the village. Without any delay, they untied the rope and lowered the suspension bridge. The three of them clamped their horses' legs together and ran towards Wangshan. They advanced seven to eight hundred meters and crossed again.

There is a gap in the stone cliff that is only three or four people wide, and a canyon appears in front of it.

Someone ran over and held the horses of the three people. The three people jumped off the horses and ran quickly up the mountain without stopping for a moment.

Wang Song, the leader of Erlong Mountain, was talking to the military advisor. The three of them ran into the hall. The leader said breathlessly: "To report to the leader, a large number of officers and soldiers are coming to Erlong Mountain."

Wang Song stood up suddenly, "How many officers and soldiers are there?"

"We took a look at it from a distance, and there was an endless line of people, no less than ten thousand people."

Wang Song scolded: "Fart, there are no less than ten thousand people. How can there be so many officers and soldiers?"

The military advisor next to him frowned and said, "Master, I heard that Xiongzhou has recruited tens of thousands of troops. I'm afraid they all came this time."

"Damn it, are the government planning to attack us in Erlong Mountain?" Wang Song cursed.

"My boss, the officers and soldiers are coming fiercely. I'm afraid they are coming to avenge the robbery of the grain truck last time, so we need to prepare early." Junjun said.

Wang Song thought for a while and said: "Our Erlong Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we close the mountain gate tightly, I don't believe those officers and soldiers can come in."

"Come here, sound the gong and gather the crowd, let the little ones get ready for battle."

"Boom, boom, boom."

Erlongshan Village began to gather its men and prepared to face the enemy.

Qin Guan, Xiong Daxiong Er and the Xiang Army rushed to the foot of Erlong Mountain. It was already evening. Qin Guan saw that it was late, and a night battle was not good for him, so he ordered them to camp on the spot and light a fire for cooking.

The three of them rode close to the Erlong Mountain village to observe the terrain.

Erlongshan Village is built on the mountain. In front of the gate of the village, there is a ditch five or six meters wide and seven or eight meters deep, with a river flowing through it. There are huge rock cliffs on both sides. It is really easy to defend but difficult to attack.

At this moment, the suspension bridge at Zhaimen has been hung up. Looking from a distance, one can see that there are people on the arrow stack at Zhaimen looking this way to observe the situation of the officers and soldiers.

Qin Guan asked Xiong Da: "Is there any way to break through this village gate?"

Xiong Dadao: "There are many ways to attack the city. For example, the village gate in front of you is not wide. You can use cloud boards to build a bridge directly. You can rush over and break open the gate to swarm in."

"You can also fill the soil into beams, but this method is slower. Or you can directly attack with fire and burn the gate of the village. It is easier if you have a trebuchet. These villages are made of wood. If you bombard them directly, they will fall apart in a few rounds.

"

Qin Guandian nodded, "The soldiers have traveled more than a hundred miles today and are indeed exhausted. We will launch an attack tomorrow and use all the means you can think of in front of the gate of this small village."

"I didn't agree with your suggestion before and used Song Ke's identity to deceive Wang Song. The main reason was to train troops. You have to fight every battle as a real war. We come out this time.

The main purpose is to improve the overall quality of soldiers."

Xiong Daxiong Er nodded yes.

In fact, the real reason is that there are only 8 face-changing masks left, and Qin Guan is reluctant to part with them, and these soldiers really need training, so he chose the stupidest way, to attack by force.

In the early morning of the second day, it was just dawn. The bandits who had not slept all night were now a little tired. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The officers and soldiers are attacking."

This voice immediately made everyone feel sleepy.

One by one they picked up their bows, arrows, swords and guns and looked nervously into the distance.

The officers and soldiers advanced unhurriedly and stopped two hundred steps away from the village gate. Xiong Da raised his hand to signal the team to stop. Then someone lit a torch. The archer took out a rocket, lit it on the torch, and ran to

After about a hundred steps, he started throwing rockets into the stronghold.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Arrows with flames flew towards the gate of the cottage.

A thousand archers were very powerful when shooting rockets. Wang Song, the leader, was startled and immediately shouted: "Archers, fight back, fight back."

"Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh..."

The people inside the stronghold began to fight back, shooting sporadic arrows.

However, after the officer and soldier archers fired the rockets, they ran back quickly without stopping for a moment. By the time the bandits started to counterattack, they had already run out of the range of the bows and arrows.

Duh duh.. duh.

The rockets were set up on the wooden doors and walls of the cottage, with strips of cloth soaked in kerosene attached to the wood and started to set off.

Some unlucky bandits were even shot directly by rockets and died tragically on the spot.

Wang Song was shocked and immediately shouted: "Put out the fire, put out the fire quickly, put out the fire."

Qin Guandian, who was watching the formation from a distance, nodded. The rocket was very effective against Muzhai.

The archer commander shouted again: "Rocket preparation, second round."

"Swish swish..."

Another swarm of rockets flew out, covering the sky and the earth.

After three rounds, the entire village gate of Erlong Mountain burst into flames.

boom,

The gate of the village was overwhelmed and finally collapsed.

The sword and shield soldiers rushed forward, carrying countless temporary cloud boards made of mountain wood in their hands, erected them on the ravine, and began to charge.
Chapter completed!