Soon after the bandit envoy returned, the attack began.

The closer we get to Liuliba Village Gate, the mountain road becomes smoother and wider. The widest point near the village gate is five or six meters wide. The bandits set up an offensive position on this wide mountain road. The mountain is rampant and can suppress the fierce folk customs of various villages. It is not a straw bag. It has some rules for managing bandits and arranging troops. Huang Dagen and Cao Ergou stood on the wall of the village and observed carefully. The lineup of bandit soldiers in the distance is somewhat rigorous. It can be vaguely seen that the bandits are well-trained and not an ordinary mob. At the forefront of the bandit formation, dozens of bandit soldiers are carrying more than 20 huge shields as high as one person. A tight shield wall was formed fifty meters in front of the village wall. Behind the shield wall were dozens of spearmen, followed by nearly a hundred crossbowmen. After that were more than a hundred armed with long knives and The sword and shield soldiers with small shields, and others were holding long ladders and long ropes with iron hooks, which were used to climb the wall. The bandit soldiers in the distance were busy installing siege equipment. In the array Finally, dozens of bandits gathered tightly around a large flag. Standing on the wall, you could vaguely see the word "bear" on the flag.

The bandit envoy's embellished description made Xiong Ben furious, and he immediately gritted his teeth and issued an attack order. At this moment, the siege weapons had not been installed. It is said that ballistas, trebuchets and other equipment are precision devices, and it will take at least until these things are installed. It takes an hour.

The bandits' messengers shouted and conveyed Xiong Ben's attack order, and the bandits waved their flags and carried out orderly operations. The crossbowmen began to prime the bows and ready to go, and the shield soldiers carried huge shields and advanced towards the wall of the village, and the shield soldiers held swords and He followed closely with a long ladder carried by a rope, preparing to approach the village wall and then climb up. Just before the bandit crossbowman started the first round of volley at the order, the militiamen on the wall hid behind their shields. Hearing the buzzing sound of dense rain of arrows in the air mixed with screams, Huang Dagen and Cao Ergou secretly screamed. After a moment, the dense arrows hit the shield and made bursts of "bang bang" The sound was occasionally accompanied by screams. In an instant, several militiamen on the wall were shot and lay on the ground wailing.

There were more than a dozen strong crossbows among the bandits this time, and they were very powerful. Some of the crossbow arrows penetrated the wooden shields and still had power, hitting several inexperienced militiamen who were close behind the shields. Huang Dagen has been in the army for many years. From the sound and strength, we can tell that some of the bows used by the bandits are no worse than the official bows, and there should be a few waist crossbows and step crossbows. Since the two Song Dynasties, due to the loss of horse-producing lands in the north and northwest, facing the Liao, Jin and Due to the threat of cavalry such as Xixia, the Song army developed the tactic of using foot to control cavalry, and the crossbow was a weapon to restrain the cavalry. The Song army infantry used waist crossbows and step crossbows, which were strung with two feet or waist strength. It is extremely powerful, and the arrows of the strongest ones such as the God Arm Crossbow can even easily penetrate iron armor. Therefore, among the Song Army's best-equipped Forbidden Army, the horse army's crossbowmen accounted for 80%, and the infantry's crossbowmen accounted for 70%. This is Xiong Ben was originally a junior high school student in the army, so he naturally knew the power of crossbows. Although crossbows are complicated and expensive to make, there is no shortage of good wood, tendons, glue and other materials in the mountains. In these years, the Wanjiaping bandits relied on The plunder slowly trained a group of nearly a hundred crossbowmen. Although these crossbowmen are far less sophisticated than the Mongolian army, and even not as elite as the official army, their combat power is higher than that of the ordinary official army, and they can defeat various villages in the mountains. , this is also the basis of Xiong Ben’s ability to run rampant in Jiguan Mountain.

The officers and soldiers under Ouyang Xuan belong to the Chongqing Prefecture Xiang Army, and another name for the Xiang Army is "service army". In fact, its main function is not to fight, but to engage in labor and chores. The entire Chongqing Prefecture Xiang Army

The training and equipment were insufficient, and because of Pan Tongzhi's exclusion, the food collection team was only equipped with a dozen military bows. After arriving at Liuliba and reorganizing it into a capture team, it only added two more people to the village.

There were more than a dozen hunting bows, but not a single crossbow. Under the heavy rain of arrows from the bandits' strong bows and crossbows, the archers on the wall could only take advantage of the gaps and occasionally fire cold shots from between the two shields.

However, these sparse arrows not only had poor accuracy but also lacked power. In front of the bandit's giant shield, the suppression effect was very poor. Not only did they not hurt the bandit, but several people were shot by the bandit for leaning out.

Taking advantage of the suppression of strong bows and crossbows, the bandits quickly advanced to the base of the village wall, and used giant shields to form a semicircular protective wall more than ten meters away from the village wall. In just a few minutes, dozens of swordsmen

The shield soldiers swarmed to the bottom of the wall and climbed up along the long ladders and ropes that had been set up. For a moment, there were shouts of killing. When the bandit soldiers filed into the upper part of the wall,

At this moment, for fear of accidental injury, the bandit's crossbowmen stopped firing arrows. Huang Dagen hunched over and walked back and forth on the wall of the village, loudly ordering everyone to take advantage of this moment to use a fork to knock down the long ladder, and to use an ax to cut off the hanging ladders in the village.

He used the ropes on the wall to stab the bandits who climbed up the wall with spears. After cleaning the top of the wall, he threw down the bandits who smashed the base of the wall with stones.

The shouts of killing inside and outside the wall made Ouyang Xuan and others start to feel restless. However, although he was a little worried, he was not prepared to go to the wall. This was not because he was afraid of death but because he was afraid of affecting Huang Dagen's command. Although from a strategic perspective,

In terms of judgment and judgment, because he has thousands of years of historical experience, Huang Dagen is definitely not as good as him, but when it comes to commanding

In the specific battle, Huang Dagen, who had been in the army for many years, was obviously stronger than him. Sure enough, under Huang Dagen's command, although the bandit offensive was fierce, it only stopped at the top of the wall. On the contrary, under the condescending counterattack of the Liuliba soldiers, the bandits climbed up the wall.

He was beaten and rolled to the ground. For a while, the walls and walls were filled with curses, roars, and mourning...

Under the cover of the continuous rain of arrows from the crossbowmen, the bandits attacked several waves within half an hour, but they all failed under the stubborn resistance on the wall. This made Xiong Ben curse the incompetence of the second-in-command of the mountain village, Ni Shiyou, who led the attack.

.These attacks caused more than 30 casualties to the bandits, but only more than 10 people were injured in Liuliba.

They were mainly injured by bows and arrows. The bandits who failed in the attack ignored the wounded who were still wailing under the wall and fled behind the giant shield formation in front of the wall to catch their breath. From this distance, large stones could not be thrown, and small stones and bows and arrows could not be thrown.

Otherwise, it would be blocked by the giant shield. In the eyes of the frightened bandit soldiers, this was a safe place.

Continuous attacks were frustrated, so Ni Shiyou prepared to wait for the siege equipment to be installed and disperse the guards on the wall before attacking. However, the already angry big boss Xiong Ben disagreed. He had sent people twice to urge him.

Looking at his wailing and tired men, and then at the big banner with the word "bear" coming slowly towards him, Ni Shiyou gritted his teeth and loudly issued an attack order. For this attack, he planned to move the crossbowmen to

Behind the huge shield, they carried out close-range suppressive shooting, and the rest of the people rushed up to attack the stronghold wall and captured Liuliba in one fell swoop. This human sea tactic had been tried many times before when dealing with disobedient villagers, but the casualties were higher. But relatively

Compared with the casualties of his brothers, his own position and life were obviously more important, Ni Shiyou thought secretly. Although he was the second-in-command of the bandits, he was not willing to face Xiong Ben's wrath.

The power of the arrows fired by the crossbowmen at close range was indeed greatly increased, especially the sharp arrows fired by the waist crossbows were even more astonishing. This caused the archers on the wall to be suppressed and unable to organize an effective counterattack.

, this allowed the bandits who attacked the village wall to calmly rush to the base of the village wall, and gathered in an instant.

It is so dark that you can climb up by just waiting for a long ladder and rope. In this attack and defense battle, both sides understand that the wall near the village gate is the most important. After occupying it, they can open the gate and capture the village.

Ni Shiyou invested a dozen of his most elite people in this section to prepare

The resistance at this section of the wall was the fiercest. Under the suppression of the bandit archers and crossbowmen, they kept throwing stones down. When the bandits climbed halfway up the wall along the long ladders and ropes,

Ni Shiyou, who was hiding behind the giant shield and commanding, saw a strong black man on the wall of the village and looked at him.

During the interval between firing the crossbow, a black melon was thrown into the dense crowd under the wall. Ni Shiyou could see clearly that the black melon still had a burning tail. Just as he was wondering, a huge sound came from the base of the wall.
Chapter completed!