Seeing that such a mindless charge was not an option, the commander grabbed Ye Xing and shouted loudly,
"General, let the brothers withdraw. The mountain road is too narrow. Up to twenty people can go up abreast at a time. The enemy occupies a good location and shoots from a high position. It is difficult for us to cause effective casualties to them!"
Why didn't Ye Xing know this truth? It was just his first time leading an army into a war and he suffered such a setback that he really couldn't save his face.
At this time, the subordinates beside him shouted, and he also stepped down.
Ye Xing looked around, and when he was about to give the order to withdraw, he suddenly saw the forest next to him, his eyes widened, and he said,
"What the hell, you can't walk on the mountain road, and you can't walk in the forest? Let's go, let the whole army go into the woods, bypass this wall, go around behind them and beat them!"
"As you command!"
Following Ye Xing's order, the officers and soldiers turned their guns and walked around the forest nearby.
After they all entered the forest, Lin Guang directly ordered the village wall to be abandoned, and led the soldiers of Qingfeng Village into the forest.
There are countless traps in the woods of Qingfeng Mountain. The people in Qingfeng Village are naturally familiar with the locations of the traps, but the officers and soldiers did not know that as soon as they entered the forest, screams were heard.
Their fate was the same as that of the two masters of Black Wind Ridge. They kept falling into traps and were harvested by sharp arrows shot from invisible places.
This tactic was learned by Lin Guang from what Nie Chen said during the first battle. Now he has learned it and used it flexibly, giving full play to his mobility and concealment. He can retreat while fighting, and launch sneak attacks with cold arrows to delay the enemy's advance. Speed, delaying the city-breaking crossbow's retreat to the stronghold.
Ye Xing was troubled by the unpredictable trap and worried that he would also fall into the trap, so he drove the officers and soldiers forward to clear the way for him and the soldiers behind him.
The scale of this battle was far greater than the battle with Heifengling against Qingfeng Village. At that time, Heifengling only sent 600 people, and Qingfeng Village only had 200 or 300 people.
But now, there are eight thousand enemy troops, Qingfeng Village also has five thousand troops, and the battle is much more intense than before.
It took Ye Xing most of the day to lead the soldiers out of the woods and back to the mountain road. By this time, the soldiers and horses led by Lin Guang had already withdrawn to Qingfeng Village.
Ye Xing tapped his manpower and found that he had lost two thousand men. His men had suffered heavy losses from attacking the wall and being shot and killed in the forest.
Lin Guang gritted his teeth and said,
"Weng Huan, the bastard, has turned into a bandit and still has such a strong fighting ability. This general will kill you off his horse today and take your head to claim credit!"
"Brothers, the top of the mountain is right in front of us. As long as we can get to the top of the mountain, these bandits in Qingfeng Village will be far from our opponents. If we capture Qingfeng Village, I, the general, will be rewarded heavily!"
Encouraged by Ye Xing, the officers and soldiers finally regained their energy and charged towards the mountain.
However, when they arrived at the large open space in front of the village gate, they were dumbfounded.
The wall in front of them was taller and thicker than the one they saw at the foot of the mountain.
Now, Ye Xing finally understood why the county guard insisted on letting him bring the trebuchet.
The county guard had long reminded him that the walls of Qingfeng Village were so high that a trebuchet was needed to attack the city. He had always ignored it, thinking that bandits from a mountain could build a wall, and thought that the county guard was making a fuss out of a molehill.
Now, he finally understood, but it was too late. The enemy had destroyed his trebuchet, and now he could only rely on human lives to fill it up.
Ye Xing also knew that the soldiers were frightened and shouted loudly,
"All officers and men listen to the order and the whole army attacks. The first one to attack the stronghold wall will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. The one who conquers Qingfeng Stronghold will be rewarded with one tael for each person in the army. I will give it to you from my own pocket, come on!"
There must be brave men under a heavy reward. These soldiers have no loyalty to Ye Xing, and it is impossible for him to go there and die on his orders, but for the money, they can fight for it.
Although the trebuchet was broken, they still kept the ladders and carried them up the mountain.
Immediately, the soldiers carried ladders and brandished swords, and rushed towards the wall of the village in a mighty manner.
Siege battles are basically the same, with no special features. Generally, the trebuchets hit a wave first, and then the soldiers rush over with ladders, gritting their teeth against the attack on the top of the city and rushing up. After going up, they take the knife. Just start cutting.
You cannot use spears to attack a city. You cannot go up with a spear.
If the conditions are better, the archers below will shoot arrows at the top of the city to suppress the defenders, or they can push the archery tower over and shoot with the defenders to create conditions for the siege.
It's a pity that Ye Xing doesn't have a trebuchet, an archery tower, or a siege ram in his hands now. He can only use the stupidest method to let the soldiers rush up against the rain of arrows.
However, Qingfeng Village has the city-defending weapons of military crossbows and repeating crossbows. The firepower output is so fierce that the officers and soldiers, let alone rushing to the wall, can't even get within twenty steps of the wall. One fell down.
On the wall of the village, Nie Chen and other generals stood above the gate of the village, watching the scene in front of them.
Nie Chen sneered and said,
“What a stupid general, he just let his brothers come and die for nothing.
The ancients said that you have to outnumber the enemy three times before you can attack a city. Now their numbers are about the same as ours, and their equipment is far inferior to ours. They still dare to attack the city like this. If they can attack it, I will write the character Nie upside down. "
Wang Hao on the side smiled and said,
"There is nothing we can do about it. Siege warfare, no matter what the equipment, is all about killing people. Most siege warfare is actually accomplished by consuming the enemy's combat readiness materials and weakening the enemy's fighting spirit. of.
After all, one side is standing on a towering city wall, and the other side has to charge with a ladder while climbing up against the rain of arrows, rolling wood and rocks on the city wall.
Even if they could climb to the top, the number of people would be small and they would be directly hacked to death by the defenders.
Unless the disparity in numbers between the two sides is too great, the siege cannot be won in a short period of time. "
"Yes, if we encounter a defender like you again, it will be even more of a nightmare for the attackers."
Nie Chen smiled, pointed at Ye Xing in the distance and said,
"Do you know the origin of Ye Xing? Is there any value in winning over him?"
Wang Hao said,
"I know that this person is the Ye family, one of the four major families under the command of King Anton. The Ye family can also be regarded as a family of generals. This Ye Xing has just grown up among the younger generation and has been familiar with military books since he was a child.
But he was too young, had never fought in a war, was impatient, and was very happy with his achievements, but he was just talking about war on paper.
In matters like fighting, talent is very important. Some people can win battles when they go into battle. Some people have been serving as soldiers all their lives, but they are just mediocre people. "
