In the Han Dynasty, in addition to the six border counties, the Sanfu Liang family also had the tradition of joining the army. Moreover, Duyang was very close to the border counties and had a martial spirit. However, the area was mountainous and there were few knights. They were generally infantry officials, especially at marching and fighting in the mountains.

Tang Jingjiu was determined to join the army. Seeing that Yang Yin loved talents and was polite to the people, he immediately became interested in the results. Yang Yin liked heroes and promised him to listen to it in front of the tent after he took down Fengling Fort.

The next day, Yang Yin began to allocate troops and ordered General Jiao Hong of Dong'an to carry troops eastward and headed straight to Fengling Fortress. He ordered Tian Wuji to lead 5,000 Yulin troops to move westward to Shimo Township and directly to the Lianhuawu of the powerful Du family. He ordered the infantry captain Jiang Xin to lead the Southern Army to advance 10,000 northwards, defend the road, and guard against the reinforcements of Qi County. He himself was in Duyang County and coordinated various troops.

Jiaohong led 8,000 troops to the foot of Fengling Peak and saw an ancient castle among the trees, winding along the mountain, in irregular band shapes. There were tall arrow towers on the walls of the fort, and some were built on them with thick trunks. It must have been for fire prevention, and many trees around the fort were cut down.

The roads in the mountains were curved and narrow, and the army could not line up. As long as someone approached Fengling Fort, he was attacked by a rain of arrows.

Jiaohong arranged half of the team on the hillside opposite Fengtou Peak, and led 4,000 people to guard the intersection of the mountain, blocking the way out of the people in the fort.

Jiaohong gave Tang Jing five hundred elite soldiers, of which more than 100 were the main force climbing the cliff. Tang Jing himself brought 21 local herb collectors and hunters. He agreed with Jiaohong that when fireworks were ignited on Fengtou Peak, they would successfully climb and cut off the water source. Jiaohong would launch an attack on the front, restrain the soldiers in the fort, and relieve the pressure on the peak.

More than 500 people brought three days of dry food, bid farewell to Jiaohong, and disappeared into the mountains.

Jiaohong arranged some archers to shoot arrows in the fort, not to attack nearby, but also shoot outwards. There are many people outside the fort, and the terrain in the fort is high. Both sides are good at winning the game, but they shoot equally.

Jiao Hong only watched the battle from afar in front of the formation, and the people in the castle did not come out, just guarded it. The two sides shot at each other at a distance, and most of the arrows fell into the air. It seemed that the two sides had made some agreement, and they confronted each other slowly, and no one wanted to break the deadlock.

At noon the next day, light smoke suddenly floated from Fengtou Peak above everyone's heads, and it rose from the forest. When Jiaohong saw it, he immediately ordered an attack. The soldiers howled and rushed towards the fortress, hit the dock door with thick wooden stakes, set up a simple ladder on the wall, and quickly climbed up.

The young and strong in the dock became nervous, and more people were on the wall to guard the war, and the war suddenly became fierce. However, because the fortress was dangerous, there were only a few hundred people per siege, and the army could not rush forward. After attacking for a long time, until dark, Fengling Fort was still standing tall.

Jiao Hong thought to himself that this fortress is indeed difficult to defeat, and there is no hope of attacking from outside, so he has to wait for news from the top of the peak.

After entering the night, Jiaohong still refused to stay idle and sent crossbowmen to take turns shooting arrows into the castle. Both sides shot each other in the dark all night, and the damage was minimal.

The next morning, fireworks rose on the top of the peak, indicating that Tang Jing and others were still guarding the top of the peak. Jiao Hong sent someone to attack the fortress and continued to return without surprise.

The two sides fought until evening, and Jiaohong ordered a temporary cession. The soldiers were busy burying the pot and cooking. Suddenly, there was a clamor in the fortress. After a while, the fort gate opened wide and someone rushed out.

The Han army thought that the fort was about to break through, so they quickly stood up to meet the enemy. Suddenly, someone shook the flag and shouted, "Don't fight! We are willing to surrender, we are surrendered, we are surrendered!"

It turned out that the water suddenly broke in the fort at noon yesterday. Ma Cai sent people to the top of the peak, but was condescending and blocked the sky. Several attacks failed. By today, the soldiers in the fort were hungry and thirsty, and the morale of the army was floating. Jiao Hong continued to attack on the front, making the people in the fort even more irritable.

The young and strong man who was forced to recruit from the Ma family took the lead in rebelling. Ma Cai led his soldiers to suppress him. After the afternoon, the peak still couldn't reach the top. At this time, even his soldiers were dissatisfied and began to rebel. Everyone killed the Ma family and opened the fort gate to surrender.

Jiaohong led his army into the fort, received a large number of food, grass and weapons, and sent people to take down the mountain. The good news was passed back to Duyang, and Yang Yin was overjoyed.

Fengling Fort was successfully captured, but Tian Wuji was blocked in front of the Lotus Dock.

The terrain of Lianhuawu is not as steep as Fengling Fort, but the fortress is even stronger.

The Du family in Duyang is the largest local tycoon, and its strength is beyond the Ma family. Lianhuawu was built in Shimo Township. Shimo Township is a plain area between several mountains, through which a river passes through it, and the land on both sides of the river is fertile.

Most of these lands belong to the Du family, and the Du family also does some mountain goods business and has a very rich family foundation. Since the Tianfeng period, the Du family has begun to build dock walls. After decades of continuous repairs and operation, an extremely solid fortress has been built.

The height of the dock wall is comparable to that of Duyang City, but because of its small area, the troops are easy to concentrate and the defense is easier, and it is more difficult to break than the county town.

Tian Wuji led his army to arrive and launched several rounds of strong attacks, but only lost his soldiers, but was completely unable to break through. Tian Wuji changed his strong attack to siege and stationed outside the Lotus Dock.

Lianhuawu once sent troops to attack the camp at night, but the Yulin Army had a tight defense and failed to succeed. Instead, it lost hundreds of soldiers. Since then, the Lianhuawuwu Gate has been closed and no more soldiers have come out.

After five days of confrontation between the two sides, Tian Wuji still did not find a way to break the city. He knew that there was generally a large amount of food and grass stored in the wall of the dock, which was enough to support his long-term garrison, so he couldn't help but be helpless.

At this time, Yang Yin sent a team of men from Du Yang to support him. There were countless large chariots accompanying the army, and there were wooden racks on them. There were dozens of craftsmen who followed the car, and the leader was named Gao Laowu.

Gao Laowu said that they set out from Chang'an to take a boat, entered Dushui along the Wei River, went upstream and reached Duyang. As soon as they arrived the day before yesterday, they changed into a large cart yesterday and loaded these things to transport them to the Lotus Dock to help the Yulin Army break through the dock wall.

Tian Wuji looked at the truckload of wood, and asked inexplicably, "What is this?"

Gao Laowu replied: "This is a Thunderbolt Car!"

"What is the Pili Car?"

Gao Laowu thought for a while and replied: "It's the stone-starting machine for the event."

Tian Ji knew that the stone generator was a large siege device that could long-range eject huge stones to the other party's city. Its power was amazing and it began to be used in the Spring and Autumn Period of my country.

However, the actual combat effectiveness of the stone generator is not very good, because it is extremely bulky and can only be buried in front of the enemy's formation. The controlled soldiers will be exposed to the range of the enemy's crossbow, which will easily cause casualties and injuries.

It may be possible to use a stone generator to hit the dock wall, but there are strong crossbows on the enemy's city, so they will not obediently let people get close to the buried ones.
Chapter completed!