Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 125 Offense and Defense ([-])

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On the pass, behind the city wall.

Zhu Jing and Ou Peng moved to Guanghui's side.

Ou Peng asked: "Master, what should I do? Withdraw to the second pass?"

Without waiting for Guanghui to answer, Zhu Jing said: "No, although the order I received was to lure the enemy into deep, but this is the first battle of my first battalion. If we withdraw like this, what face will we have to see other soldiers?" Brother? And retreating so easily, I'm afraid Hu Yanzhuo won't be fooled."

Guang Hui said: "That's right, my brother said that an army must have a military spirit, if we do this, we will be defeated, and our battalion will probably be destroyed."

Ou Peng hesitated and said, "But the trebuchet and bed crossbow..."

Guanghui said: "I was caught off guard by the trebuchet and the bed crossbow, and I suffered such a big loss. The shot speed of the trebuchet and the bed crossbow are very slow, so be careful, be vigilant, the trebuchet And the bed crossbow may not be able to do anything to us."

Zhu Jing said: "That's right, and I'm waiting on this pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I am well prepared, why can't I fight?"

Guanghui said again: "I still have Thunderbolt and explosives."

Hearing Hong Tianlei and the explosive kit, Ou Peng's spirit was also lifted. Obviously, Ou Peng was very confident in Hong Tianlei and the explosive kit!

The three reached a unity, and Guanghui immediately ordered: "The crossbowmen are ready to fight back!"

Hearing this, the crossbowmen cautiously poked their heads into the arrow openings where arrows and boulders would fly out from time to time.

Seeing that the Liangshan army was about to fight back, Han Tao immediately ordered: "Go up to the two crossbowmen, and hold them down for me!"

Following Han Tao's order, two more crossbowmen rushed forward, and together with the previous bowmen, trebuchets and bed crossbows, they pressed down on the Liangshan army!

The two Liangshan crossbowmen raised their heads too high, and were shot by arrows, and then fell to the ground!

Seeing this, the little courage that the Liangshan crossbowmen had just raised was immediately vented again!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the siege team continued to advance rapidly!
It can be seen that there is still a big gap between the Liangshan Army and the well-trained regular army.

Seeing this, Zhu Jing picked up a magic arm crossbow, rushed to the archery opening, and then shot a crossbow arrow at the crossbow soldier and shield soldier on the opposite side!

"what!"

An archer of the official army fell in response!
Zhu Jing shouted: "The shield soldiers resist the arrows, and the crossbow soldiers fight back with me!"

Ou Peng gritted his teeth, took a god arm crossbow and rushed to the archery port, aimed at the crossbowman and shield soldier on the opposite side and shot an arrow!
I don't know if Ou Peng's crossbow arrows were accurate, or if the people on the other side were too crowded, Ou Peng also shot one person!
Ou Peng said: "The shooting speed of the catapult and the bed crossbow is very slow, so be careful. When you see the catapult and the bed crossbow shooting, hide behind the wall. As for the arrows shot by the officers and soldiers, don't be afraid of them. Can't break our shield!"

Guanghui even directly picked up two crossbows and rushed to the archery opening, then opened the bow left and right, and shouted: "On the battlefield, the more afraid of death, the faster you die, don't fight back with the Sa family!"

With Guanghui, Zhu Jing, and Ou Peng taking the lead, the soldiers of the Liangshan army slowly began to try to fight back...

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: "Ten will surround it, five will attack it, and double it will fight."

The overall quality of the army brought by Hu Yanzhuo is stronger than that of the current Liangshan army, but the Liangshan army is the defender after all, and has a huge advantage in terrain.

You must know that the three passes in Liangshanbo are all built in dangerous places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and in order to cope with this battle, Tao Zongwang also firmly reinforced it with concrete, and its strength is definitely unmatched by other city walls in this era However, unless the officers and soldiers shot the soldiers of the Liangshan Army through the archery port, or were hit by a boulder thrown by a trebuchet, they would not be able to do anything to the soldiers of the Liangshan Army.

On the other hand, the government and army have no barriers, and can only rely on chariots, wooden curtains, and giant shields for defense.

In addition, Han Tao and the others had to go up a steep slope if they wanted to attack. It is also the main reason why the siege troops of the officers and soldiers have not been able to rush up to now!

Therefore, as the battle progressed, the soldiers of the Liangshan Army who gradually adapted were no longer as passive as before.

Moreover, Guanghui quickly directed the archery masters in the battalion to shoot rockets at the dry firewood that had already been filled with sulfur, flame and nitrate to ignite the fire wall that had been prepared long ago to stop the siege team from the official army.

Seeing that the Liangshan Army had begun to adapt to the war, Han Tao, the commander-in-chief at the front, and Hu Yanzhuo, who was sitting behind, all sighed inwardly—the thing they were most worried about happened!If they can't quickly break through this dangerous pass, they will have to pile up their lives, and it can even be said that their siege troops have to pave the way with bones every step forward!

Hu Yanzhuo said in a deep voice: "Buy the pot to cook the food, let the rear battalion of the Chenzhou infantry eat first, replace the front battalion of the Chenzhou infantry after eating, the Yingzhou infantry and the Runing infantry eat next, and sleep after eating."

The hearts of all the officers and soldiers were terrified—the old soldiers had already heard that Hu Yanzhuo was planning to use the wheel tactics to grind through this pass, and he was afraid that he would attack the city at night.

Some officers and soldiers who are sensible and understand the importance can understand Hu Yanzhuo-knowing that they must take down this Wanzi City in one go, otherwise they will be caught in a dilemma when they go deep into the water and Liangshan!

on the battlefield.

The officers and soldiers paid the price of dozens of lives and finally pushed those piles of matches away, and the siege team moved forward again.

pity!

The officer's army only advanced less than ten feet, and another wall of fire ignited!
With a blank expression on his face, Han Tao sent another group of soldiers with hooks to rush forward under the protection of shield soldiers to open the way.

On the pass.

Ou Peng commanded the Liangshan crossbowmen: "Let me shoot those hawks with hooks!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

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A shower of arrows shot past!

More than a dozen officers and soldiers fell in response!
The rest of the officers and soldiers took advantage of the time when the crossbowmen were loading their crossbow arrows, and used the hooks in their hands to quickly hook away the dry wood with raging fire.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

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Another round of crossbow arrows came, and twenty officers and soldiers fell down again in response!
Taking advantage of this gap, the remaining officers and soldiers quickly used hooks to continue to push away the dry sticks with raging fire to completely clear this section of the road.

An officer and soldier accidentally set himself on fire because of nervousness and haste!

He quickly rolled on the spot!
But there are sulphur, saltpeter, clear oil, asparagus and other flammable things on the fire, how can it be so easy to extinguish it?

Soon he turned into a burning man, howling heart-piercingly!

It's not that no one on both sides saw him, but no one dared to pay attention to him at this critical moment, because if they distracted their attention from him, they might be the next person to die!

In the end, it was Peng Qi from the rear who drew his bow and set his arrows to give him a relief.

Before dying, he gave Peng Qi a grateful look.

The offensive and defensive sides continue to...

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(End of this chapter)