Chapter 232 Outsmarting the Evil Lion Ridge (Part 2)

Eishi Ridge, the gathering hall of the bandits' cottage.

"What's the situation?" The head of the family hurried over asked sharply, exuding a terrifying aura, ready to choose someone to eat, "Which one has the guts of a bear to attack our cottage?"

"It's a group of regular troops with more than 1,500 people. They used rockets to burn down the first checkpoint." The dog-headed military division has first-hand information.

"Hmph, how courageous!" The head of the family was even more angry when he heard that there were less than 2,000 people. "Order the brothers to fortify the second checkpoint and kill them."

"Here!" The military division ran down to issue an order.

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At the foot of the mountain, looking at the blazing checkpoint, Zhao Sihu was unmoved.

Inside the checkpoint, the bandits, who had no time to escape, uttered horrific screams and were burned to death. Although some bandits escaped from the checkpoint, their backs caught fire. They were so frightened that they rolled on the ground and asked their companions for help.

The burning checkpoint also prevented Zhao Sihu from attacking.

The fire burned for almost an hour before gradually weakening. Zhao Sihu ordered the sword and shield soldiers to fetch branches, extinguish the fire, and clear a way forward for the army.

Twenty minutes later, the army moved on.

Along the way, there was no bandit in sight, and they all retreated to the second checkpoint on the mountainside.

Zhao Sihu knew that the real test had just come.

He looked at the checkpoint made of stones in front of him, and the fire attack could no longer be easily effective. The level is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With these troops in his hands alone, it is really as difficult as heaven.

The bandit leader stood on the wall and shouted loudly: "Who is coming, dare to break through my checkpoint and break into my stronghold?"

"Those who take the lives of dogs like you, you have lost your conscience and robbed the mountain barbarians. Your crime is unforgivable."

"Haha~~" The bandit seemed to hear some big joke, "You guys want to do justice for the sky, ah bah, let's go home and pick up the baby!"

"Haha~~haha~~" A group of bandits laughed loudly, trying their best to ridicule.

Zhao Sihu was unmoved, and shouted loudly at the bandits on the checkpoint: "A group of turtles with shrinking heads, what's there to be proud of? Do you dare to come out and fight your grandfather?"

The soldiers supported their chief general, and taunted them together, what kind of bastard, son of a bitch, softie, anyway, whatever it sounds like, you can scold him.

"You!" The bandit leader was extremely angry, "Fire the arrows, shoot them quickly, and shoot them to death!"

The bandit archers received the order, drew their bows and set up arrows, and rained arrows on the enemy troops below the checkpoint.

Zhao Sihu had been prepared for a long time. The sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to block the rain of arrows, and retreated slowly until they were out of the opponent's range.

"Haha~~" The bandit leader became proud again, "Who is the coward now?"

As a general who was highly valued by Ouyang Shuo, Zhao Sihu was not simple. Seeing that the bandits were not fooled, he observed the direction of the wind and took it into consideration. He ordered his soldiers to cut down the wet Lulu branches and pour them with fire oil. The sword and shield soldiers put the shield on their heads, braved the rain of arrows, and piled piles of branches under the checkpoint, building a high pile.

The bandits on the checkpoint didn't know Menghuoyou at all. Looking at Zhao Sihu's actions, they were inexplicable and had no idea what the other party was up to.

After the sword and shield soldiers retreated again, Zhao Sihu repeated his old trick and lit the branches with rockets.

For a moment, billows of smoke rose from the woodpile, making a crackling sound. At this time, the direction of the wind was blowing in the direction of the checkpoint, and the thick smoke floated into the checkpoint with the help of the wind, and soon diffused.

Only then did the bandit leader suddenly realize that he had fallen into the opponent's trick, "Despicable, this trick again!"

Billowing thick smoke enveloped the entire checkpoint, and the bandits on the city wall soon couldn't stand it, and were almost suffocated by the smoke. They had to leave the city walls and flee.

Zhao Sihu seized the opportunity and ordered the troops to break through the checkpoint gate.

Before the attack, Zhao Sihu ordered that each soldier take out a water bottle, tear off a piece of cloth, wet the cloth with water, tie it around his face, and cover his nose and mouth.

The bandits couldn't take care of themselves, and there were no archers on the city wall to interfere, so the gate was quickly taken down. Zhao Sihu ordered the archers to remove the branches, and at the same time led the sword and shield soldiers to enter the checkpoint against the thick smoke.

The bandit was like a headless fly in the thick smoke. When the enemy came suddenly, he immediately became a frightened bird, fled around, and was chased and killed by the sword and shield soldiers all the way.

The thick smoke gradually dissipated, and Zhao Sihu led his troops to successfully win the second checkpoint.

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Cottage, Juyi hall.

"Report~~~" The messenger ran into the Juyi hall, "Report to the master, the enemy has already won the second checkpoint and is marching towards the third checkpoint."

"What?" The head of the family stood up, and the floor of the hall was shocked, "Heipi, a waste, lost a checkpoint so quickly."

"Master, it seems that this group of officers and soldiers is not simple." The dog-headed army division reminded at the right time.

"En." The head of the family finally paid attention to it, "Come on, follow me to the checkpoint, I really want to see who is coming."

"Here!"

The head of the family personally led four thousand elites to the third checkpoint, which was also the most indestructible checkpoint. The checkpoint is like an iron wall, stretching across the mountain road, it is simply a fortress.

Zhao Sihu saw the third level and knew that this time, no matter what, he would not be able to win it.

The bandit master appeared on the top of the fortress and shouted down: "Who is coming? Report your name, my king will not kill the unknown."

Zhao Sihu chuckled. It's ridiculous for a little bandit leader to talk about the rules of the world. He was not afraid at all, "Listen well, we are the army of Shanhai County, so surrender quickly."

"Huh? Shanhai County? What is it? It's really arrogant." The head of the family has never heard of Shanhai County.

"Hmph, ignorance." Zhao Sihu saw that the other party's big bosses had all appeared at the checkpoint, and knowing that his mission had been successfully completed, he ordered to fire the signal flare.

After the flare was lifted into the air, it exploded in the air.

"What are they doing? Are they recruiting reinforcements?" The bandit didn't know why.

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Eishi Ridge, the back mountain.

The main force of Shanhai County was in the back mountain. After waiting in fear for two hours, they finally saw the signal flare go up into the air. Ouyang Shuo's spirit was shaken, he got up and said, "Everyone is there, attack!"

"Kill!" The mighty army ran out from the hiding place in the back mountain and entered the stronghold.

Before departure, Ouyang Shuo ordered his personal guards to wake up the pair of fateful mandarin ducks and untie them.

After the man woke up and saw Ouyang Shuo and the others, he was surprised and couldn't speak, and stammered, "You, you, who are you, why, how did you appear here?"

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, feeling somewhat disappointed. It was the barbarian woman who, after waking up, was very calm and asked nervously, "Are you here to exterminate this group of cottages?"

"That's right, this Marquis is the lord of Shanhai County. He was entrusted by the surrounding barbarian tribes to destroy this village. Miss, can you guide us?" Ouyang Shuo explained his origin.

Hearing that she was really a savior, the Shanman girl wept with joy, "I know the way, follow me."

Under the leadership of the mountain girl, the troops did not take any detours and successfully broke into the core area of ​​the village.

At this moment, more than half of the fighting bandits in the cottage were transferred to the checkpoint by the master. The rest of the bandits were not only shocked when they saw the troops falling from the sky.

Except for guards, most bandits usually don't carry weapons on their bodies. They only go to the arsenal to collect weapons when they have to act.

Therefore, the elite troops of Shanhai County faced such a group of unarmed bandits.

Massacre, only massacre can describe the tragedy that happened in the cottage.

Among the soldiers who went to the expedition, there were 2,000 mountain barbarian warriors, and most of them came from the mountain barbarian tribe who had been bullied by bandits. As the saying goes, when enemies meet, they are extremely jealous.

At this moment, the mountain barbarians are red-eyed. They were in the cottage, killing anyone they saw. Whether it is a combat bandit or a non-combat bandit. Some bandits tried to surrender, but were brutally killed.

After Ouyang Shuo heard the news, he immediately dispatched his personal guards to stop the massacre of the mountain barbarians.

Now time is so precious, they have to clear out the fighting bandits in the cottage before the bandits at the checkpoint come back to help, so there is no time to waste on non-combat bandits.

Besides, the army is not an executioner, unless it is absolutely necessary, Ouyang Shuo does not want the soldiers to attack ordinary people who are helpless.

After entering the cottage, the first thing Ouyang Shuo did was to order the guard camp to occupy the gate of the cottage. Archers take over the turrets of the cottage, guarding against reinforcements.

The cottage was full of blood, and the bandits who slipped through the net stumbled to the checkpoint, saying incoherently: "Da, the master of the house, no, it's not good."

The head of the family was wondering why Zhao Sihu's men were holding back. When he heard the report from the bandit, he couldn't help but feel a sudden rush. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed the bandit by the collar, and asked angrily, "Tell me, what happened in the cottage?" ?” In desperation, he almost strangled the bandit to death.

"Ahem," the bandit was half-dead in fright, "I'm telling you, a large number of officers and soldiers suddenly appeared in the village."

"How is that possible? Where did they come from? How many are there?"

"There are so many, I can't even count them. They were killed suddenly from the back mountain." The bandit was in a hurry, how could he count the number of enemy troops.

"Houshan?" The head of the family found that there were more accidents today than he encountered in his life, and muttered to himself: "Houshan is a cliff, how did they get up?"

Fortunately, the military adviser at the side was still sober, "Master, we have to make a decision now, whether to go back to reinforce the cottage, or go directly down the mountain."

"Yes." The leader said with a steady mind, "It's definitely not possible to go down the mountain. The road is too narrow. As long as the other side blocks the road, no matter how many of us there are." Cutting off their escape route is really a cocoon.

"Go back and fight with them!" The head of the family finally decided to fight with his back.