Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 215 Attacking the Stronghold
The sky was dyed black at some point, and the thick clouds stretched far away, with no end in sight. At a certain moment, a few drops of water dripped down, gradually forming a drizzle.

The rain soaked the flag, and the flag hung weakly and stuck to the flagpole. The generals running back and forth shouted loudly, and the sound of weapons touching the iron armor came from time to time.

Xi Sheng in military uniform walked up the watchtower holding his sword hilt, guarded by his own soldiers holding shields in front of him, turned around and looked back, and below him were several blood-vessel-like teams winding from the square, transporting them continuously. Arrows, stones, the archer standing in front stretched his palms and adjusted his breathing from time to time.

Countless people walked across the square with a half-person-high water tank. The wooden lid tightly covered the mouth of the tank, but there was still a smell coming out.

Under the wall of the village, several sheds were built in different directions. Not long after the water tank was carried in, there was a stronger smell, and the sound of vomiting came from the shed from time to time.

"This taste..."

Xi Sheng also covered his nose involuntarily, and looked towards the east side of the wall. Over there, Di Lei was wearing a bright silver armor with a long sword in his waist, and a pair of sledgehammers on the ground. There is still a long spear lying behind him, and now he is looking at the mountain with a positive expression and chanting. The leaders of Qingyun Mountain beside him are also walking around, and the fat figure raises his head from time to time and wipes his forehead, as if he is sweating.

Under the watchtower, E Quanzhong and An Renmei were fully clothed and stood separately, obviously preparing to take charge of a section of the city wall alone. In contrast, Xie Ning and Huan Qi in the south were standing together and muttering together. Seeing Huan Qi nodding frequently, it was obvious that Xie Ning was talking and Huan Qi was listening.

In the mountains to the west, a man wearing an ox horn helmet was wiping his great axe. Some of the soldiers sitting scattered in the forest closed their eyes to rest their bodies, and some were sharpening their knives. Chen Yun and Huang Shijun who came with the army were also doing the same. Excitedly feeding the horses, waiting for the fight that will come later.

In the mountains and forests to the east, the atmosphere was chilling. The dark man and the upright general were discussing the changes in this battle. Since it was confirmed that the infantry was the main force this time, the two were so excited that they couldn't sleep, especially Tang Bin. He hasn't accomplished anything since he threw himself into the mountain. Now he is standing in the woods, pressing the handle of the knife on his waist, and looking towards the direction of Yuanbi Village: "This is my chance to make meritorious deeds."

At the officer's camp, Wan Fuxiong, Shen Cha and other generals are already well dressed. This time, Gao Feng even dispatched a group of craftsmen to attack the mountain. Unfortunately, the mountain road is narrow and can only accommodate a ladder and guarding sergeants. The time at night was limited, and only one car was built for use, which made the commander Huang Kui feel a little regretful. Fortunately, the fortress above was not a strong city with limited defensive power, and the craftsmen built a lot of wooden ladders. The supervisor thought to himself that it was enough.

"There are so many generals, I think what this group of bandits will fight me with, they will definitely be able to win." Gao Feng stood on the watchtower at the gate, looking at the flushed faces of the officers and soldiers who filed out, he only thought It means that today we can destroy the stronghold and destroy the thieves.

Huang Kui rode a horse and stood under the watchtower. Hearing the words of Gao Feng from the watchtower above, he couldn't help frowning, looked at the cottage above, and murmured: "If it goes well, I must have thought too much."

He raised his head and glanced at the top again, and then rode out of the camp gate. He still had to command the army to attack the city and pull out the camp, so he didn't have time to think about it carefully.

……

At the same time, the knights in the village walked out of their resting place, got on their horses, and swung their cloaks. In the drizzle, the scarlet cloth soaked in rain became even more gorgeous.

"set off!"

The horses moved slowly and accelerated until they galloped wildly. The cavalry roared like the wind, thundering and thundering, and gradually went away.

……

The dense drizzle stopped for a while, and the sparse raindrops were still dripping from the sky, hitting the leaves and turning into smaller water droplets and splashing out.

On the wall of the cottage, Xi Sheng, who had been staring down, suddenly clenched the hilt of his sword: "Here we come! Beat the drum!"

The soldiers who sent the order below hastily turned around and waved the command flag.

Boom!
Boom—boom boom——

The brawny shirtless man on the high platform in the rear raised his arms vigorously, and the drum beat suddenly. Along with the drumbeat, the soldiers on the wall of the village instantly clenched their weapons.

"Hurry up, move faster."

The person carrying the supplies below suddenly paused, and immediately sped up his movements amidst the roar. The wet hair was dripping with sweat or water, and it slipped into his eyes, but no one bothered to wipe it.

Several commanders on the wall of the stronghold stood up straight involuntarily, and were a little surprised to see the giant slowly moving forward on the mountain road.

Amidst the creaking sound, the huge figure of the ladder was revealed, and several rows of shielded sergeants in front protected the young and strong cart, and they were moving forward with vigorous steps.

"Ladder? It's really extravagant..." He muttered something, Xi Sheng didn't wait long, went down the stairs and said, "Notify the two deputy commanders, Song Wan and Jin Bigui, to pay attention to the movement of the ladder and be ready for support at any time."

The messenger clasped his fists, and then hurried down the city wall and ran towards the reserve team, while Xi Sheng walked to the crenel and looked down secretly.

The officers and soldiers were flying several flags, and according to the scouts' scouting in recent days, Xi Sheng could recognize most of them. The soldiers commanded by these people were all dressed in leather armor and armed with knives.

Only Xi Sheng is also from the army, so he knows what is hidden under the appearance, showing a look of indescribability, turned to the back and said: "I inform all the commanders, don't panic when the battle starts, rely on the wall Guard according to the danger, use more stones and wood, pay more attention to the ladder, if it can be destroyed, destroy it as soon as possible.”

The people who received the order did not hesitate, and they all raised flags to indicate that they would obey the command, and let the shield soldiers waiting behind come forward with guns, and the archers turned to the back, and spearmen on both sides also came with shields. Following Xi Sheng's order, A whole three battalions of infantry were rolled out layer by layer.

"Hold the shield on your chest, pay attention to the arrows for a while, and remember to protect the archers behind you!"

In the ranks, the low-ranking generals shouted loudly at the soldiers. When they saw someone raise their shield over their heads, slapped them on the back of the head, and then helped them standardize their movements, someone suddenly shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming up!"

Several commanders stood up abruptly, wielding their weapons. Di Lei even jumped out of the wooden box, reached out and picked up the long gun from the box, danced around, and looked forward nervously.

E Quanzhong and Xie Ning, the two men who wielded the sword, tied the handle of the sword with their hands by coincidence, and then strangled them tightly with their teeth. In the team, many veterans who had experienced fighting were also doing the same thing .

In the officer's camp, as the yellow general flag and commander's flag moved closer to the front, the sergeants standing still finally moved again. While holding their shields forward, the archers also stepped out of the formation.

Riding on a horse, Huang Kui in golden armor nodded to the side. The moment he waved the flag, Wan Fuxiong in black armor raised his knife and shouted: "Archers are ready-" The sound of hula leather armor sounded, and many archers The moment he raised the longbow in his hand, the bowstring "creaked" and pulled away.

On the wall of the stronghold, Xi Sheng was behind the stronghold soldiers holding shields: "Get ready!" The moment the flag was waved.

boom--

The shields were all lifted upwards and stretched out on the wall of the village. The archers behind them staggered the shields and also raised their bows upwards. The three commanders took a step forward at the same time, roaring: "Put—"

hum-

Whoosh whoosh—

Black arrow locusts generally rise from the formations of the two sides, scrambling to fall staggeredly.

"Hidden!"

Amidst the shouts, many experienced archers squatted under the wall of the village, and there was a crackling sound in their ears. Arrows kept shooting at the shield. While the shield was shaking, some pierced into it, some bounced off, and some The arrow passed by, and shot into the wood with a "do", and some unlucky people were hit by the arrow and fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.

However, compared with the losses on the wall of the village, the casualties of the officers and soldiers attacking the village below were even more severe. The falling arrows not only killed the sergeants who rushed forward desperately, but also the young and strong people who were pushing the ladder and protected by the shield wall. few.

At the vanguard, Wan Fuxiong held up his shield and followed behind the ladder. Seeing this, he quickly shouted: "Fill your seat, push the ladder and move on!"

Several soldiers rushed forward regardless of life and death. Not far away, there were also soldiers holding shields and taking over the wooden ladder, and ran forward together with Pao Ze.

"Archers ready! Shoot—"

The general who made up behind quickly took over the command of the archer. While shouting, a piece of flying arrows rose into the air, drew an arc and fell like raindrops, and immediately shot down another piece.

For a while, the two sides were in constant communication.

"Damn it! Why did the thief get so many arrows!"

Under the banner of the commander in chief of the Chinese army, Huang Kui's eyes were burning, and he couldn't help complaining that the armaments in Yuanbi village were obviously more than he expected.

"Don't worry, Mr. Dujian, you will be able to climb the ladder soon."

A general beside him said comforting words, and in the front view, the wooden ladder with a hook was already on the wall of the village.

"Smash them down!"

General Liang Shan on the wall of the stronghold shouted, bent over and picked up a stone and smashed it down. The heavy stone hit the shield with a muffled sound and bounced away. It fell down, "Ah" screamed, someone hit the shoulder, and fell down with a cry of pain.

The dense rain of arrows streaked across the sky, and finally more soldiers climbed up with their shields on the wooden ladders, and waves of blood rushed up.

The moment his footsteps stepped on the top of the wooden ladder, the Liangshan soldiers behind the shield swung their knives and slashed down, yelling with a ferocious face: "Kill!"

The blood burst out, the sharp edge of the knife slashed at the man's face first, and the corpse with half of his face fell down. Another officer and soldier followed up and stabbed the man's arm with a gun. An arrow pierced the cheek and fell down the ladder in pain.

Shocking shouts of killing exploded, and flowers of blood bloomed one after another on the front line of the wall.

The sound of sharp blades piercing flesh and the sound of shields colliding was like a wave of slapping waves at this moment, one after another, hundreds of figures fighting with red eyes shouted to kill, while the Liangshanzhai soldiers in the front row shouted, they slashed with knives and spears. After stabbing, the moment a forbidden soldier rushed forward, several spears pierced his body, and the person who was hanging in the air vomited a mouthful of blood, and was thrown down immediately, and more people rushed up from below.

Xi Sheng, as the commander in chief, did not stay at the front line, the high platform erected in the open space at the back just happened to be able to watch the battlefield. There are still enough troops, and the reserve force does not need to be invested yet, and the backup...

Xi Sheng glanced at the simple beacon tower aside, and now is not the time.

bang-

The heavy ladder was pushed up, with arrows stuck all over his body, and the stretched pedals rested on the wall on the east side of the village. Wan Fuxiong below was lifted up: "Kill the thief!"

"Kill!"

The officers and soldiers rushing forward slammed over the heads of the people, hacked to death a village soldier, and then was hacked and killed by the people behind him on the spot, but more figures from behind rushed up and rushed into the crowd, Wan Fuxiong in light armor and Li Feibao has also shown his figure.

"kill!"

There were shouts of killing all around, countless weapons were raised and lowered, bringing out a cold light, the wall under his feet was already covered with blood, Yao Shun bumped away an officer soldier with his belly, and swung his sword to kill him on the spot. When he was still about to kill the second person, Li Feibao on the ladder over there suddenly jumped high with his legs, and the black figure swung his arms, and a sword flashed out.

puff--

The astonished head flew up, and Yao Shun's fat, headless body ran two steps forward, and fell to the ground with a bang.

"Yao Shun!"

Cui Hao looked at him from the other side, his canthus was about to burst, and with a loud roar, he held his long knife and wanted to rush through the crowd to fight with Li Feibao, but he didn't want Wan Fu, who had been waiting for his opportunity for a long time, to kill the Marquis of Liangshan in front of him with all his strength. Taking advantage of Cui Hao's distraction, he rushed in, stabbed Cui Hao's abdomen with a knife, and chopped off his neck with another knife.

"You wait until the general is dead, why don't you hurry up...ah——"

Wan Fuxiong wanted to shout twice to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the defenders, but he didn't want several spears roaring towards him, so he quickly swung his knife to smash them open. On the other side, Di Lei, who was fighting, looked over.

"...This gang of thieves is really great." Under the commanding banner, Huang Kui pointed his horsewhip at the figures fighting in the distance, and some officers and soldiers fell off the wall of the village, shaking their heads and saying, "Let the Zhao family and his wife attack the front, and get here as soon as possible." Take it down."

Immediately after the order came out, Zhao Xin, who had been gearing up for a long time, received the military order and looked at his wife: "It's time for you and me to make meritorious deeds."

Gao Liang was wearing a plain tasseled helmet and plain silver armor, with 16 throwing knives pinned to his waist. Hearing this, he looked at Zhao Xin and said, "Swords and swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Officials should be more careful."

Zhao Xin was wearing a golden chain mail, and waved the gold shovel in his hand: "On the battlefield, I am afraid of who will come."

After finishing speaking, he was about to step into the battle, Shi Gugong hurriedly said from behind: "Boss, Wan Wang be careful, Xiao Ke thinks something is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Gao Liang frowned and looked at the scholar beside him.

"Xiao Ke can't say it. I always feel that there is something strange on the battlefield today." Shi Gugong shook his head, his eyes were looking at the wall in front of him, and his brows were tightly knit into the word Sichuan.

"Professor is so paranoid, and sit quietly in the formation, and watch me kill thieves and make meritorious deeds." Zhao Xin didn't take it seriously, his handsome face was full of arrogance, and the scar on his face turned red with excitement.

At that moment, the husband and wife ignored Shi Gugong and rushed towards the front wall with Xiangyong.

On the other side of the ladder, someone roared: "You are so talented, you dare to kill my brother!"

(End of this chapter)