On the other side, back at the foot of the ancient mountain, Gan Xingfan brought his rangers and joined forces with Huo Yun's forces.
"Old Huo!" Gan Xingfan entered the tent excitedly.
Huo Yun waved Gan Xingfan over and looked at the battle map together. He asked, "Hey, here you are. Tell me, how many people are there on your side?"
Gan Xingfan made a six-sign gesture and explained the number of people here: "Including me, there are 63 of us, and most of them are righteous men with great martial arts skills."
"Of course you can. You are worthy of being the leader of the Xiangchuan Rangers back then. You have such appeal." Huo Yun nodded with satisfaction.
Then, Huo Yun told them the arrangements for this battle and informed them of the mission of Gan Xingfan's team of Jianghu rangers.
At present, the number of troops on their side is roughly around 1,000, including about 800 Xiangjiang official troops, 120 people from Chengtian Academy, and 63 people from Gan Xingfan's Jianghu team.
As for Huxiaozhai, there are more than 500 people in the village, including women, the elderly and children, including 150 core bandits.
According to the previous arrangement, the government troops were responsible for containing Huxiaozhai from the front, while Chengtian Academy tried to attack from the back of the mountain, and the Jianghu wanderers looked for other mountain roads to climb from the side.
In the afternoon, the weather was gloomy and a cool breeze kept blowing on the mountain.
The boss walked out of Juxian Hall and made arrangements for the defense of the stronghold.
He and his younger brother, the Fifth Commander, went to defend the main gate of the stronghold. The Second Commander, who ranked second in martial arts, guarded the small road at the back, and the Fourth Command stayed at home to look after the stronghold.
"Call your boss out!" An officer was shouting at the door, while holding the shield tightly in his left hand in case of emergency.
"Bah! You are nothing but fresh carrot peels! How dare you call our boss out!"
The soldiers continued to shout, "We are government troops! If you don't call your leader out, don't blame us for being rude!"
The boss came out, his eyes full of anger.
He was already furious, his brother's death had clouded his mind, and the government troops were taking advantage of the situation to rob him, which was really unbearable.
"So what if they're government troops? I've killed so many government troops I can't even count them!" The leader spat at his men and then gave the order, "Shoot!"
As expected, the shields in the officers' and soldiers' hands worked just fine, blocking the rain of arrows flying down from the stronghold.
"Oh my god... I almost lost my life." The officers and soldiers retreated to a safe place while holding their shields.
Seeing this, Huo Yun no longer showed mercy and ordered his troops to shoot back with arrows.
The only difference is that the arrows shot by the government troops were different. They were rockets.
All the arrows were fired at the same time, and countless burning arrows hit the main gate of the stronghold and set fire everywhere.
Fortunately, the bandits were well prepared and started to put out the fire as soon as they saw it.
"Tsk." Huo Yun smacked his lips. This mountain stronghold was really not that easy to break through. If the wall was made of wood, it would be of great use.
"Keep attacking, not too hard, not too soft, just attract their attention!" Huo Yun conveyed the order to his subordinates.
On the other side, at the back of Huigu Mountain, the third elder brought all the disciples of Chengtian Academy to the west side of the mountain.
"Two elders, the terrain here is narrow and it is not convenient for everyone to attack." Ding Hanling reminded the elders.
The Great Elder nodded and responded, "Yes, that's why I waited here."
"Although there are many bandits here, there are only a few who can be considered strong among your disciples."
"The main gate of the stronghold is crucial, so they will deploy most of their troops there."
"As for this place, the road is narrow and it's difficult for a large army to pass through. I guess they will arrange for fierce bandits to guard it."
"Xuanyin, you will lead your disciples to charge forward quickly and capture the bandits while they are off guard."
Elder Xuanyin nodded, then organized all the disciples and waited for the order from the Great Elder.
After a while, the bandits changed their guard, and Elder Xuanyin immediately ordered an attack.
Dozens of disciples rushed forward and killed several bandits before they could react.
The second in command also reacted and quickly retreated to a place suitable for defense, and then defended based on the terrain advantage.
The people in Chengtian Academy are very powerful and cannot be forced. The best way is to adopt a defensive strategy.
The second in command firmly believes that there will be a way if we hold on firmly!
In a few hours, Chengtian Academy will be at a disadvantage!
Not long after the attack on Chengtian Academy began, the two elders received bad news.
"Report to the two elders! White Tiger Barbarians have been spotted in the south, numbering around 50!"
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