Halfway up the mountain.

The officers and soldiers prepared to retreat. Without siege weapons, it would not be easy for them to attack the Qianhu Suo, so they withdrew first and waited for the prince's instructions.

Xiao Cheng also saw this scene at the foot of the mountain, and was immediately furious. Without the siege weapons, they would not attack? Aren't they still carrying the ladder?

It turns out that the palace soldiers are incomparable to the border troops. If they were border troops, they would still rush forward even if the siege weapons were destroyed.

"Yuan Zheng, are these the soldiers you brought with you?"

Xiao Cheng's voice was cold and hard, and he wanted to kick Yuan Zheng twice.

Yuan Zheng hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I've been to the Qianhu Office. It's built like a fortress, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Without siege weapons, it would be difficult to break through. If we force an attack, we'll probably suffer heavy losses. That's why the captain in charge ordered a retreat."

Xiao Cheng snorted coldly, "You raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a moment. Now that you have no siege weapons, you retreat. What use do I have for you?"

Yuan Zheng saw Xiao Cheng getting angry, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, he knelt on one knee and clasped his fists, "Your Highness, why don't we besiege Qianhu Suo for a few days, wait until their food runs out, then we attack, we will definitely be able to take it down."

Xiao Cheng said coldly: "If they have food all the time, will they just wait here forever? Do you know how much 50,000 troops consume every day?"

Lu Jingxuan had told him that there were a lot of supplies on the mountain, and he wanted to take these supplies for himself. If they were besieged, he would have no idea when the food on the mountain would run out.

"this……"

Seeing that his plan of siege was not adopted, Yuan Zheng gritted his teeth and wanted to order his subordinates to launch a violent attack, but Meng Chao at the side had already stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, Pei Yun once worked for Captain Yuan. Why don't you let me take charge of this battle?"

Yuan Zheng was so angry at the Yin-Yang.

What do you mean, Meng Chao? Are you saying that I am reluctant to attack Pei Yun because of our old friendship? He hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty..."

Xiao Cheng waved his hand and said, "Captain Meng, this thousand-household unit is now in your hands."

"Yes, sir!"

There was a smug look in Meng Chao's eyes. This was a great opportunity to gain merit in front of the prince, but Yuan Zheng, that idiot, didn't even know how to seize the opportunity.

It's just a thousand-household unit. Why are you making excuses here? We have 50,000 troops, and we can't even take down 1,000 people?

The reason why he wanted to step on Yuan Zheng was, of course, that he still wanted to climb up. Among all the captains in Yizhou, he and Yuan Zheng had made the greatest contributions.

If he wants to move up, Yuan Zheng is his competitor. If he does something to him now, he can leave a thorn in the prince's heart. When he takes over the Qianhu Suo and makes great contributions, and there is a chance for promotion, the prince will definitely give him priority.

After giving the order, Meng Chao's officers and soldiers began to gather and head towards the mountain.

Yuan Zheng watched coldly. Of all the people here, he was the only one who had been to the Qianhu Suo. He knew how solid it was. He also knew what Meng Chao was thinking, which was nothing more than wanting to steal the credit.

Then it would be fine to give you the credit. Besides, he really doesn't want to confront Pei Yun.

…

Boom boom boom!

The drums of war sounded again, and at Meng Chao's command, his captains began to lead the officers and soldiers up the mountain.

Inside the Qianhu Office, everyone used binoculars to see the soldiers going down and coming up again, and knew that the other side was about to start an attack. In fact, catapults did not cause much damage to the city walls built with reinforced concrete.

Previously, the Red Mud Tribe had used catapults, but they only managed to create a few cracks on the city wall. However, to be on the safe side, Pei Yun asked Chang Wei and others to burn the catapults.

After all, the Red Mud Tribe's catapults were made temporarily and were rather crude, while the Jing Dynasty's regular catapults should be more powerful.

Facing the attack of the regular army, Pei Yun should not be too careless. At this moment, seeing that many officers and soldiers no longer carried siege weapons, but came up carrying ladders, he relaxed a lot.

Soon, 3,000 officers and soldiers arrived at the open space outside the Qianhu Suo. They were dumbfounded to see the tall Qianhu Suo. When they saw it from the foot of the mountain before, they could not see clearly what the Qianhu Suo looked like due to the far distance and the trees blocking their view.

Now I am a little confused when I see it.

Is this a thousand households? Such a tall wall, what's the difference between it and a fortress?

But Mengchao gave a death order, requiring the capture of Qianhu Suo. These officers and soldiers had no choice but to go ahead, hoping to take the place with their numerical advantage.

"What kind of gear are they wearing?"

An officer and soldier spoke up, saying that all the people on the city wall were wearing explosion-proof suits and riot helmets. They looked very strange and were different from any armor they had ever seen.

Looking at this equipment, I inexplicably feel that the other party is an elite.

"attack!"

The captain took a deep breath and gave an order. Immediately, 3,000 soldiers rushed to the city wall like a tide. The soldiers carrying ladders ran in the front. However, after seeing the tall city wall, these soldiers were a little worried whether the ladders were long enough.

"Shoot!"

Seeing the soldiers entering the shooting range, Sun Gan gave an order.

Suddenly, 1,100 people on the city wall raised their bows and arrows and aimed at the ground below. Sun Gan went to Ruifeng County to ask carpenters in the county to make these bows and arrows.

The wages for making a bow were one or two taels of silver, and an arrow was 500 coins, which made these carpenters very happy.

I was just worrying about having nothing to do, but I didn't expect such a big business to come.

They made a lot of money by selling a bow for one tael of silver, so they worked very hard and made a total of 3,000 bows and tens of thousands of arrows.

Following Sun Gan's order, arrows suddenly rained down like a swarm of locusts. Thousands of arrows flew into the air, dimming the light for a moment.

"Raise your shield——!"

The captain's roar resounded in the army, and the shield soldiers who were rushing in the front to protect the ladders raised their shields instantly.

"Knock, knock, knock--!"

Arrows poured down and nailed onto the shields densely, like heavy rain hitting a tin roof.

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