After the war began, the officers and soldiers quickly discovered that the bandits had actually changed their combat strategy today. They began to stay on the slope and refused to fight, but tried their best to hold their position.
Another difference is that the bandits of the Flying Eagle Society have obviously made new arrangements, because their arrangements are no longer as messy as they were yesterday.
Today's bandits are divided into several parts. Some people fight the bandits head-on on the ramp, and they will rotate every hour. What troubled the officers and soldiers was that there were actually some bandits in the woods behind the ramp.
These bandits were all agile people. They climbed onto the trees in the grove and shot arrows at the officers and soldiers from a high position. This strategy of the bandits was obviously very effective. Although they did not have many bows and arrows, it greatly distracted the energy of the officers and soldiers, making it impossible for them to break through the bandits' defense line.
The bandits' fighting style made the officers and soldiers feel uncomfortable. They felt that they had no strength but could not find a place to vent. The people in front can't move forward even a step, and even if the people behind want to help, they can't rush over.
In this way, the entire war entered a stalemate stage. The bandits stood on the slope and refused to retreat. Although the officers and soldiers worked hard, they could not break through the bandits' defense line. They can only think of consuming the opponent's manpower to find opportunities for breakthrough.
The battle on this day was very dull, not as majestic as yesterday. Fortunately, the number of casualties on both sides was not too many. It was still some time before dark in the afternoon, but seeing that the officers and soldiers could not get any benefits, Chen Zhi had no choice but to announce the withdrawal of troops.
On the third day of the war, the officers and soldiers changed their tactics. They brought some crossbows and made large trebuchets. They used these crossbows and trebuchets to bombard the bandits on the hillside indiscriminately.
It must be said that this move of the officers and soldiers was very effective. The crossbows and boulders not only smashed the trees and grass on the slope into chaos, but even some stones were smashed.
The officers and soldiers made this change, causing the Fei Yinghui bandits to suffer a lot. Chen Gang, who was in charge of commanding at the front, immediately ordered the team to retreat toward the mountain, while the officers and soldiers pressed forward step by step from behind.
In this way, both sides moved forward and retreated slowly. By noon, the officers and soldiers had advanced several miles, forcing the Feiying Hui bandits to retreat to a higher steep slope.
This is the second line of defense for the bandits. If you follow this line of defense for a few miles, you will reach the Eagle Club's stronghold.
The success of this battle greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers. They ate something in a hurry and launched a new round of attack in the afternoon.
But this time, the officers and soldiers encountered trouble. As the mountain roads became narrower and narrower, the large catapults and crossbows that could be transported were very limited. The pressure on the bandits was greatly weakened, allowing the bandits to rely on the advantages of the terrain to hold on. this important location.
After a day's accumulation, both sides were exhausted. Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Zhi had no choice but to order the end of the day's battle.
It was a cloudy night, and the sky was dark. There were only a few stars hanging in the sky, which could not light up the dark mountain road at all. The officers and soldiers were unfamiliar with the terrain and were afraid of losing their footing and falling off the cliff, so they chose to go back to camp early to sleep.
At three o'clock in the evening, a group of dark figures quietly walked out of the Feiyinghui's village. They relied on the cover of the night and quietly came towards the officers and soldiers' camp.
If it were during the day, the bandits of the Flying Eagle Society would definitely stand quietly on both sides waiting for them to pass when they saw this group of people. Because this pair of bandits are the personal followers of Ye Ying, the head of the Flying Eagle Club. Their appearance often means that the boss Ye Ying is behind.
These personal bodyguards of Ye Ying are all carefully selected by Ye Ying in the Flying Eagle Association, and they are loyal to Ye Ying. Another difference is that Ye Ying often personally guides them in practicing martial arts, and he has a relationship with them that is both a teacher and a friend.
Ye Ying has strong night vision and is good at climbing cliffs. The personal guards he personally trained also have strong climbing abilities and the ability to identify directions and roads in the dark.
This group of black-clad bandits numbered less than a hundred, and the leaders were Ge Gen and Ge Niu'er. The two of them had followed Ye Ying for so long, and now they have become very important people around him.
Ye Ying gave Ge Gen and Ge Niu'er the responsibility of his escort team and seriously considered it. The two of them were clear-headed and would think of solutions when encountering problems. The other one dares to fight and rush forward, and never flinches or shrinks from difficulties. Their cooperation can be said to complement each other.
Today's operation was very important to Ye Ying. He was a little worried about letting ordinary people go, so he handed over this important task to his own escort.
Under the leadership of Ge Gen and Ge Niu'er, everyone chose remote roads in the mountains, tried not to make any noise, and sneaked towards the location where the officers and soldiers were stationed as quickly as possible. The steep cliffs along the way were overcome without too much effort thanks to the ropes and hooks everyone carried.
The Songzhou Army's camp was already in sight, but due to the narrow mountain road, the soldiers could not set up camp according to certain conditions as usual, and could only arrange some tents on some gentle slopes.
In order to avoid sneak attacks by bandits, Songzhou soldiers not only arranged a large number of personnel to patrol at night, but also placed many branches and stones on the mountain road as obstacles. Once the bandits come to attack, these things can not only slow down the marching speed of the bandits, but the noise they make can also alert the soldiers in the camp.
However, these obstacles could not stop Ge Gen, Ge Niu'er and others, because they almost climbed over mountains and ridges along the way and did not follow normal mountain roads at all.
The patrolling soldiers focused their attention on the top of the hillside and did not notice Ge Gen and others sliding down the cliff. With the help of ropes, iron hooks and other objects, these people quickly sneaked into a place between dozens of sergeant Songzhou's tents. Hidden corners.
But the strange thing is that they did not rush towards the officers and soldiers sleeping in the tents, but walked towards an open space where supplies were piled. When they saw the trebuchets and ballistae placed in the open space, everyone had smiles on their faces. , because the purpose of their trip is these things.
In the daytime battle, these crossbows and catapults caused a lot of suffering to the bandits of the Eagle Society, who both envied and hated these strange-looking things.
"It would be great if we could move these things back to the village." A bandit whispered.
"What are you thinking about? Maybe our lives have been left here before the things have been moved." Ge Niuer glanced at the bandit and lowered his voice.
"Let's do it. Make these things as bad as possible. We can't let them harm our brothers again." Seeing that the officers and soldiers did not notice him and others, Ge Gen gave the order decisively.
These Ye Ying's guards also knew the importance of this matter and listened to Kudzu's words. They didn't hesitate at all. They rushed towards these trebuchets and ballistae and dismantled them as much as possible.
Although everyone tried not to make any noise, in such a quiet night, dozens of people were moving at the same time, especially the ballistae, which were all made of iron. It was inevitable that they would make noise when they were dismantled.
And these sounds that are not too loud on weekdays can be heard very far in the quiet night. It didn't take long for the patrolling soldiers to notice the movement here.
Seeing the patrolling soldiers walking in this direction, this kind of people simply stopped hiding their bodies and began to desperately destroy these weapons that had caused many casualties to their brothers.
"Someone sabotaged the catapults and ballistae!" As a Songzhou soldier shouted, the entire camp exploded. The Songzhou sergeants rushed out of the camp and ran towards the place where supplies were stored. go.
"They are bandits. Hurry up and block the exit. Don't let anyone go." At this time, an officer in the Songzhou Army discovered the traces of Ge Gen and others and immediately issued an order.
These soldiers acted quickly. Some of them rushed to the intersection to block the mountain road where the bandits might escape, while more people came directly to the location where the supplies were stored, hoping to prevent the bandits from destroying their way of killing the enemy. Sharp weapon.
"Let's go!" Seeing that the officers and soldiers were getting closer and closer, and that he and others had basically achieved the goal of their trip, Ge Gen immediately gave the order to retreat.
At this time, the officers and soldiers had already lit torches, and the entire camp was brightly lit. Ge Gen and others had already anticipated the possible outcome, and ran to the dark place. After a while, they relied on their familiarity with the road to get rid of the pursuers. of officers and soldiers.
"Almost all the trebuchets and ballistae have been destroyed. Find them all and kill them all." A young man dressed as a general saw the supplies in a mess and became furious.
But what makes these officers and soldiers strange is that they have obviously blocked all the exits, but these bandits seem to have disappeared out of thin air and have not appeared in everyone's sight.
The young officer reluctantly led people to search around, and finally found traces of someone walking up and down a steep cliff, as well as some ropes that had fallen to the ground. It was immediately clear that these bandits had no intention of evacuating from the normal road, but climbed up the steep slope.
What happened that night gave the officers and soldiers a big headache, because these things were damaged, and it would take at least half a month to repair them or transport them again.
Without these offensive weapons, the Songzhou soldiers were like wolves without claws. In the following days of fighting, although they thought of many ways and the soldiers were not afraid of death, they could no longer attack them. Take one step forward.
In this way, the war fell into a stalemate, although there were dozens or even dozens of battles, large and small, taking place every day. However, apart from increasing some casualties, neither side achieved much results.
The morale of the soldiers has been greatly reduced after consecutive days of defeat, but what makes the general officers and soldiers feel even more serious is that some rumors have appeared in the camp in recent days, saying that their General Ning Yuan, Chen Zhi, and the head of the Flying Eagle Club, Ye Ying, are close friends. Therefore, Chen Zhi deliberately delayed the attack and prepared to delay the war until winter, so that Chen Zhi could use the cold weather as an excuse to withdraw his troops and return to Songzhou.
This news began to spread from the mouths of some civilians. Many people in the military camp did not believe it at first, but the rumors became more and more popular, and they were spread vividly by everyone, and some people began to believe the authenticity of the rumors.
The most important thing is that although officials at all levels in the Songzhou Army tried their best to block the news, the incident inevitably reached the ears of the supervisory army, leaving Chen Zhi in a very passive situation.
