Three days later, Liangshan's 10,000-strong army headed by Hua Rong, Lu Da, Shi Qian and others set off. Although they set off quietly, Liangshan's troop deployment still alarmed many people.
Lin Chong, Shi Jin, Yang Zhi, Shi Xiu and others also knew about this. Their reactions were different. Except for Lin Chong who was slightly worried, the remaining people were indifferent.
Lin Chong hesitated whether to tell Yunze about this, but he didn't know how to contact Yunze, and he couldn't do it if he was asked to betray Liangshan all of a sudden.
However, he felt relieved again when he thought that Yunze had an insider in Liangshan. Or maybe this is all part of the other party's calculations.
Hua Rong and others appeared around Hujiazhuang with an army of 10,000. They surrounded Hujiazhuang. Always be ready to attack.
Hujiazhuang is the backing village of Zhuangzi. It is surrounded by the Liangshan army from three directions in front, and there is no possibility of escaping.
In Hujiazhuang, Hu Sanniang stood on the huge sentry tower in front of the village, looking at the Liangshan army in front, with anger in her eyes, and of course, shock at Yunze.
She didn't expect that Yunze was right. At first, she still doubted that Liangshan's army would come to attack them so soon.
After all, above Liangshan, Huang Gai had just died for almost half a month, and Song Jiang should not have stabilized the situation yet. But who would have thought that Song Jiang would launch an attack on Hujiazhuang so quickly.
She turned to look at Yunze beside her, with a worried look in her eyes.
"Hey...since you guessed that Liangshan will attack, you can take countermeasures..." Until now, she has always called Yunze "Hey."
Calling him "Sir" or "Young Master" made her feel a little embarrassed, and she didn't know what was wrong with her. Anyway, she just wanted to call Yunze "Hey."
"Women, you can either call me husband or husband-in-law. If that doesn't work, you can call me husband. It doesn't matter if you call me hey... If you want to retreat from the enemy, you might as well call me dear and come and listen!"
Yunze looked at Hu Sanniang playfully, with a hint of teasing in his voice.
When Hu Sanniang heard this, her face turned red with embarrassment. She glared at Yun Ze and turned her head to ignore him. But I couldn't tell that I had a strange feeling in my heart.
There is a hint of sweetness and a hint of panic. There is still a hint of impulse to actually shout out these titles.
"You asked Zhuang Ding to guard everything. Although there are not many things made in the past few days, it is still possible to deal with the emergency temporarily. Moreover, Zhujiazhuang has also sent a lot of them. If you save some, you will definitely be able to save them. Block. After their first wave of attacks are defeated, you only need to persist in attacking for two more times. At that time, it will be time for us to counterattack."
Yunze stopped teasing Hu Sanniang. He looked at the Liangshan soldiers in front with a slight smile on his lips.
Hujiazhuang occupies a favorable geographical position, and with the arrows and bamboo thunders it has created, it can defend against three waves of attacks and turn defeat into victory.
The Book of War says... one great effort will be followed by failure, and three times it will be exhausted. If Liangshan's attack had been repelled three times instead of them retreating three times, their morale would have basically dropped to the extreme.
Instinctively, there will be an illusion in the heart that Hujiazhuang cannot be captured. Both morale and military morale will be severely hit. At that time, a counterattack is the best time.
Not to mention, Yunze has a backup plan.
Hu Sanniang had doubts in her eyes when she heard this. She didn't believe what Yunze said. Although those arrows and bamboo thunder were powerful, could they really stop Liangshan's three attacks?
This is not the most important thing. What is important is that Yunze actually said counterattack. What counterattack will they use? This small number of troops is too much to defend the village. If we attack, why don't we just go over and deliver food?
But she opened her mouth, and finally endured the doubts in her heart, and decided to believe Yunze. After all, it is absolutely impossible for Yunze to be so calm and unprepared.
I don't know since when, Yunze's calm and confident attitude also infected her, and even infected the entire Hujiazhuang people.
At this moment, the Liangshan army had just reorganized its troops, and instantly sent a thousand men from three directions to attack the village. Their morale is high. He screamed and rushed towards the village.
All of them were excited and brave, and each had a killing intent. He was still shouting.
"Storm into Hujiazhuang, burn them all, kill them all, and steal them. The women and money are all mine...it's all mine!" At the end of the sentence, his voice was a little slurred.
The attack of three thousand people immediately made Zhuang Ding, who was guarding in three directions, turn pale. They remembered the scene during Liangshan's previous attack. They paid a heavy price before barely repelling the enemy.
If there hadn't been an incident in Liangshan and the people in Liangshan were forced to retreat, Hujiazhuang might have been captured. This time, Liangshan's morale seems to be higher. If nothing happens on Liangshan's side, Hujiazhuang is very likely to be breached.
At this time, three thousand people also rushed forward. The leader of Zhuang Ding, who was guarding in front of the crude city wall, shouted: "Under the rolling stones... the archers shot... the bamboo thunder..."
Following his continuous orders, rolling stones, arrows, and bamboo thunders all poured down, falling into the crowd in the blink of an eye.
Bang... There were loud noises, accompanied by screams. Before the Liangshan soldiers who had just rushed to the city wall understood what was happening, they were hit by rolling stones, shot by arrows, and even many people were blown away by bamboo thunder.
Especially the power of the bamboo thunder will instantly frighten those who hit it to the point of trembling with fear, and they will instinctively want to turn around and run away.
Fortunately, they still had some military discipline and knew that they had to rush forward at this time, but they had no chance to rush to the city wall.
Even though the city wall is not high, as long as the small ladder they brought is set up, they will have a chance to rush up. But the problem is that the weapons in Hujiazhuang Ding's hands are too powerful. There was no chance for them.
In the blink of an eye, a large number of Liangshan soldiers were killed. They were frightened by the killing for a while. The rapid death of their companions made them almost stupid.
Even the old veterans were frightened when they saw the power of the bamboo thunder and the broken limbs scattered everywhere.
Most of the people turned around and started running away. They wished their parents would give them more legs. Some ran so hard that their pants fell off. Naked buttocks. It's as ridiculous as it looks.
On the sentry platform, when Hu Sanniang saw this scene, her face turned red with embarrassment, then she looked excited and excited, and she even breathed a sigh of relief.
This was just the beginning of the battle, and Liangshan's side was directly repulsed, which frightened them to the point of breaking their nerves. She is more confident for the next battle.
Of course, Liangshan was completely frightened by the bamboo thunder. This was the first time they saw this kind of weapon on the battlefield. It's too lethal. It's harder than cutting with a knife.
Speaking of which, even if it was smashed with knives and axes, it would be impossible for the body to be separated instantly by an explosion like this.
The Liangshan soldiers quickly retreated to the front of the formation, leaving more than a thousand corpses behind. Just after the battle, nearly half of the people on Liangshan's side died.
This made the faces of Hua Rong, Luda, and Shi Qian change drastically, and their eyes were filled with disbelief. How could this be possible! Didn’t it mean that Hujiazhuang’s combat power was not as good as Zhujiazhuang’s?
Why were they defeated so miserably at the beginning? They originally wanted to defeat Hujiazhuang with only three thousand troops, so the people they sent out were all veterans.
But who would have thought that it would be such a miserable defeat. Hua Rong's face turned extremely ugly. For a while, I hesitated whether to send troops to attack again.
At this time, Luda on the side came back to his senses and said with evil eyes: "Brother Hua Rong, we will continue to send troops to attack. This will add another two thousand troops. In addition, you see a few people on the watchtower in the distance. Humans! Shoot them down. As long as Hujiazhuang loses its backbone, they will be defeated even if they are not defeated."
Ruda instinctively felt that the people commanding the watch tower must be Hu Sanniang and others. Of course, he couldn't see clearly the faces of those people above.
Otherwise, he would definitely scream in shock when he saw Yunze. Unfortunately, the distance was about two hundred steps, and his eyesight could not clearly see the people above.
Hua Rong, on the other hand, had amazing archery skills. From a distance of 200 steps, he would have no problem killing the commanding Hu Sanniang with one arrow. Since you have suffered a loss in the attack with troops, you can get it back from the general.
Hearing his words, Hua Rong nodded and asked someone to take the three-loaded bow he used. His eyes locked on Hu Sanniang who was standing there.
Hu Sanniang's fiery red robe was really easy to recognize. Even if Hua Rong couldn't see her face clearly, he knew it was Hu Sanniang, who was Yi Zhang Qing.
"Brother Hua, can you just shoot the wound and not kill him? Brother Song promised to introduce me to a wife, so I want Hu Sanniang! You can leave her to me... okay!"
At this time, a short fat man standing next to him, less than five feet tall, said to Hua Rong with a shy face.
He is Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying and one of Song Jiang's confidants. Although he is not the main confidant, he can be regarded as an absolute confidant.
Hua Rong glanced at Dwarf Tiger, and said with a smile: "You are such a pervert, you only think about women in your mind, okay, I promise you, I will only hurt but not kill! However, swords on the battlefield have no eyes. If she dies, what can you do?" do not blame me!"
"Well, brother Hua must be kind to her, my brother's happiness depends on you!"
Dwarf Tiger thought for a while and then asked Hua Rong for help. Hua Rong glanced at him lightly and ignored him. He took the bow and arrow and was ready to shoot at any time.
Ruda also quickly sent Liangshan soldiers to attack the village again, this time the force reached 5,000. Hua Rong stared at Hu Sanniang on the watchtower.
Although the Liangshan soldiers were full of fear, they still had to attack Hujiazhuang again. The five thousand people learned their lesson this time and dispersed.
But even if they were dispersed, after all, there were only 5,000 people, so they were still relatively dense. They didn't have shields, so they couldn't stop the arrows. They could only rush to the city wall with bravery.
The battle this time was relatively fierce, and Liangshan soldiers almost attacked the city wall several times. This made Hu Sanniang, who was watching from the sentry tower, look anxious.
At this time, Hua Rong had already taken advantage of this opportunity to draw his bow and arrow. Aiming at Hu Sanniang, he shot out an arrow in an instant. Wang Ying looked on with worry and pity in his eyes.
The arrow rushed towards Hu Sanniang quickly, with a whistling sound. Hu Sanniang, who was anxious, felt the danger, and turned around instantly to see that the long arrow had already shot in front of her eyes.
She had no time to react and saw that the long arrow was about to hit her. Suddenly, Yunze on one side drew a knife and slashed at her.
The long arrow that had just reached her was immediately chopped down by Yunze. Yunze then turned to look at Hua Rong opposite, with a cold look in his eyes.
"My woman, you actually dare to sneak attack and seek death..."
As soon as he said these words, the frightened Hu Sanniang suddenly felt shy. She turned her head and rolled her eyes at Yun Ze, but that look was a bit charming. Make her look more attractive.
As for Hua Rong and others on the opposite side, their expressions changed when they saw that the sword missed, especially Hua Rong, whose face was full of shock. He was able to react instantly and cut off his sword with one strike. That man was very strong.
Several people couldn't believe that such a master could appear in Hujiazhuang. Just when Hua Rong and others were shocked, Yunze had already asked someone to bring a five-ton bow.
This was left over from the ancestors of the Hu family. Unfortunately, no one in the entire Hu family village can use it. When Yunze asked for this bow, Hu Sanniang was worried that Yunze wouldn't be able to use it.
Yunze wanted this bow in order to sneak attack and kill the Liangshan master. It’s really easy to use now.
He drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and nocked three arrows at once. His behavior made Hu Sanniang a little surprised. Shooting one arrow at a time was very good. Yunze actually shot three arrows, was he accurate?
Just when Hu Sanniang was suspicious, Yunze had already drawn his long bow in an instant. Not only that, Yunze seemed to still have some strength left.
Hu Sanniang looked at Yunze in shock, her eyes full of disbelief. She originally thought that Yunze would not be able to pull the bow, but she never expected that Yunze could pull it so easily.
Just as she was shocked, the long arrows were shot out instantly, and the three long arrows rushed past at a faster speed than the arrows shot by Hua Rong.
The astonishing speed caused the expressions of the three people to change drastically. They instinctively wanted to hide, but the speed of the arrow was too fast, even if they were able to dodge. But he still didn't escape. Hua Rong, Wang Ying and Shi Qian were hit by arrows in an instant.
Fortunately, they reacted and the arrow only hit their shoulders. On the other hand, Ruda was spared. Hua Rong reluctantly pulled out the long arrow. At this time, he was no longer able to shoot arrows.
Because of these three arrows, the morale of the Liangshan side suddenly dropped a lot, and those who attacked the village rushed to the city wall several times after several attacks.
But they were still beaten down, and the arrows and bamboo thunder caused them great losses. Killed for nearly an hour. After killing and wounding nearly 2,000 people, they finally couldn't hold on any longer and retreated.
Liangshan's second attack on the village was repelled. However, Hujiazhuang also paid a huge price, with nearly a thousand people dead.
The total number of troops in Hujiazhuang is only more than 5,000, less than 6,000. This time it was almost a loss of nearly one-fifth. If there were several more attacks like this, even if Hujiazhuang was not breached, its troops would probably be exhausted.
Hu Sanniang's eyes were as heavy as water, and her eyes were full of worry.
Hua Rong's face was even uglier than that of Hu Sanniang, because not only did they fail to capture Hujiazhuang during the two attacks, they actually lost nearly 4,000 people. They only brought a total of 10,000 people here, so how could they fight this battle!
Although only about 2,000 of the 4,000 people lost were actually dead, the remaining 1,000 or so people were all seriously injured. Even with treatment, it was doubtful whether they could survive.
"What should we do now! Attack or not? We only have more than 6,000 soldiers who can fight. Hujiazhuang has those weird weapons. If we attack again, we will suffer heavy losses. Do you want to go back to the mountain and ask big brother!"
Hua Rong looked at Luda, then at Shi Qian and Wang Ying. The four of them were responsible for this expedition. It would be a loss of face if they went back in such a dejected manner.
After dealing with Hujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang so many times, this is the first time they have suffered such a big loss.
