A glint flashed in Li Anbai's cloudy eyes, as if he could see through the young bandit's heart with a glance. He said in a hoarse voice, "Young Hero, you don't have to worry. This old man has lived in the Southern Guard Pass for nearly 10 years, so I know every grass and tree here like the back of my hand. There's a secret room in the courtyard where my daughter lives. It's enough to hide for a few days. "
The young bandit's heart trembled. He felt that his thoughts had been clearly seen through by the old man in front of him. Suppressing his discomfort, he forced a smile and said, "That's great. Old Bandit Master and Miss, please move to the secret room."
Li Anbai's eyes flashed and he said, "Young hero, there's something I have to remind you of."
"Please speak!" The young bandit didn't dare to be negligent.
"This old man has some understanding of the bandit's temperament. This person is scheming and cautious. He's known as a cunning rabbit. This time, he seized the opportunity to seize power. This old man is almost certain that the bandit will definitely prepare a path of retreat. The Southguard Pass is located in the canyon and can escape from the north and south. Once the situation goes awry, the bandit might abandon the pass and escape from the north. "Otherwise, the person who understood you the most would often be your enemy.
The young bandit's face paled. If the bandit leader abandoned the pass and he didn't notice, it would be a major dereliction of duty. "Thank you for the reminder, Old Bandit!"
Li Anbai blinked his eyes in response. He had his own selfish reasons for reminding the other party. If the bandit escaped, it would be a scourge to his daughter.
After explaining everything, Li Anbai was seen fumbling at the head of the bed with great effort. With a "kacha" sound, the wall next to him suddenly opened, revealing a secret room. The secret room was only four or five square meters, with a bed and a chair. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
Time was tight, so the young bandit didn't dare to delay. He and Li Feixue moved Li Anbai to the bed in the secret room and brought in some rations.
Li Feixue followed them into the secret room under her father's signal.
Not long after, the secret room closed once more. Nothing unusual could be seen from the outside. The young bandit was still worried, so he made some arrangements for the beds outside before carrying the empty food box out of the small courtyard.
Before leaving, the young bandit reminded the guard once again that he was not allowed to enter and check, nor was he allowed to leave his post without permission in order to avoid arousing suspicion. The guard gratefully agreed.
The young bandit had a lot on his mind as he thought about how to stop the other party from escaping.
Outside Southern Guard Pass, the battle had already begun.
The first to show their might were the five ballistae and the archer battalion. The dense rain of arrows drew arcs in the sky and covered the top of the city walls.
The arrows fired by the ballistae were rapid and fast. Like a machine gun, the arrows were like bullets leaving a barrel, pouring out in a concentrated torrent, taking away the lives of bandits one after another.
As long as the bandits dared to show themselves, they would be met with a fatal blow.
"Cover! Cover us! "The bandit leader hid under a shield and shouted.
Upon receiving the order, the bandit archers didn't dare to disobey. Trembling with fear, they walked out of the cover of their shields. Without even aiming, they directly shot. The arrows rained down from above like the blades of the Grim Reaper, descending at high speed.
"Raise your shields!" the commander shouted.
With a "shua" sound, one shield after another was erected. From above, it looked like the ground was covered with a layer of shields.
The arrows hit the shields, producing ear-piercing "pop" sounds.
Some unlucky ones didn't hold their shields firmly and were hit by the arrows, causing them to slide to the side, revealing an opening. The arrows that followed mercilessly pierced into the bodies of the soldiers, reaping a life.
While both sides were attacking each other, ten scaling ladders were slowly pushed to the edge of the city walls. Hiding inside the scaling ladders were the First Battalion of the Forbidden Brigade.
At the same time, the ballistae changed their target and began to fire "Treading Arrows" at the city walls. Giant arrows shot through the gaps in the city walls, forming a dense forest of arrows.
The Treading Arrows were the starting gun. The saber and shield soldiers at the back began to move toward the city walls against the rain of arrows.
The scaling ladders stopped beside the city walls. With a "pa" sound, the folding auxiliary ladder was set up, and the hooks at the top of the ladder were firmly hooked to the edge of the city walls.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Brigade walked out from the inside of the scaling ladders and began to climb up along the ladder. In order to increase their speed, the soldiers put Tang sabers in their mouths and used their hands to climb.
"Boss, the scaling ladders are up!" The bandits panicked.
"I'm not blind, I can see." The bandit leader roared in exasperation, "Charge up, push the scaling ladders away, and drop them to their deaths."
The hooks of the scaling ladders were specially designed, and it was difficult to push them away without the proper method. The bandits who had risked their lives to rush out had not gone through city defense training at all. Looking at the death gods climbing up from below, they were all frightened.
"Smash them with stones!" The bandit leader realized his mistake and hurriedly adjusted his strategy.
"Yes!" In order to survive, the bandits lifted the stones and threw them down.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Brigade had almost climbed to the top of the city walls. The stones that fell down smashed the soldiers at the front off the scaling ladders, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive. The soldiers who caught up took the opportunity to quickly climb to the top.
The soldiers held the Tang sabers in their hands and stood on the scaling ladders, fighting with the bandits.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Brigade were all soldiers who had gone through hundreds of battles, and the First Battalion was the elite of the elite. Every one of them was a tenth-grade elite soldier, and their lethality was extremely astonishing.
Ten scaling ladders, ten flowers blossomed on all sides.
The group led by Wang Feng was the first to climb the city walls.
Wang Feng shook his spear and said coldly, "Wang Feng is here, whoever is not afraid of death, come forward!"
"Kill him!" The bandit leader still did not personally go into battle.
"Kill!" There were still villains among the bandits. They were not afraid of anything else, but they were afraid of being called cowards. Wang Feng's words and actions had undoubtedly provoked them.
"Ha!" Wang Feng was not afraid at all. With a sweep of his spear, a large empty space appeared in front of him.
In the battle of the Evil Lion Ridge, Wang Feng had a breakthrough in battle, and his battle strength had become even more terrifying. His spear swept and stabbed, taking away the lives of bandits one after another. For a moment, no one could get close to him.
Wang Feng was like a death god, firmly guarding the scaling ladders, not allowing the bandits to get close. Taking this opportunity, the soldiers of the Forbidden Brigade quickly followed and nimbly climbed up the city walls.
Seeing their commander show his might, this group of battle maniacs brandished their Tang sabers, disregarding the fact that they had the advantage in numbers, and directly charged into the group of bandits, fighting with them.
The strength of the Forbidden Brigade caused the bandits to tremble in fear.
If one path was broken, another path would be broken.
The soldiers on the other scaling ladders also climbed up the city walls and fought with the bandits.
Seeing that they were about to lose the defense, the bandit leader made up his mind and mobilized the bandits responsible for throwing stones to surround this group of lunatics.
Unbeknownst to them, the saber and shield soldiers who were already waiting by the city walls were waiting for this opportunity. Under the leadership of their captain, they quickly climbed up the city walls using scaling ladders or climbing the "Treading Arrows" to support their allies.
For a moment, the top of Southern Town Pass was filled with the sounds of killing, and blood flowed like a river.
Seeing that the saber and shield soldiers had climbed up the city walls, Mu Guiying, who was in charge of commanding, decisively ordered the Shanhai County Heavy Infantry Battalion to start attacking the city gates.
Shi Hu received the order and did not dare to delay. He roared, "Brothers, charge!"
"Charge!" The barbarian soldiers raised their shields and piled up wooden blocks as they aggressively charged toward the city gates.
"Boom!!!" The barbarian soldiers collided with the city gates, producing a deafening sound that shook the entire pass.
"Hey!" The soldiers shouted as they pulled back the wooden blocks and repeatedly attacked the city gates.
Although the wooden city gates were wrapped in iron, they creaked under the continuous attacks of the monsters. It looked like they were about to collapse.
The barbarians were known for their great strength. The impact of the wooden blocks they pushed was more than ten thousand jin.
"Bang!" The first city gate was finally broken.
The main city gate of Southern Town Pass had three city gates. After the outermost city gate was broken through, there was another city gate in the middle. Fortunately, at this time, the soldiers had the door to cover them, so they could attack without worry.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! " A series of cries could be heard coming from inside the cave, followed by a series of earth-shattering rumbles, which made one's heart tremble with fear.
On top of the city walls, the bandit leader heard the rumbles coming from below, and his heart tightened. Looking over, a large number of enemy soldiers had already rushed up the city walls. Although their numbers were only half of the bandits', they were not at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, the bandits were scared out of their wits and were about to collapse.
"Sigh!" The bandit leader sighed unwillingly and signaled his trusted subordinates to secretly retreat.
At this time, the second city gate had been broken through.
At this time, Shi Hu had two choices in front of him. The first was to climb up the city walls through the passageway and assist the attacking troops. The second was to continue to break through the third city gate and cut off the enemy's retreat.
Shi Hu thought for a moment and already had an idea. He first sent someone to report the situation inside the door to the command center. Then, he left behind a platoon to continue to break through the last city gate. He led the remaining troops up the stairs to the top of the city walls to assist his brothers in the Imperial Guard Brigade.
After receiving Shi Hu's report, Mu Guiying frowned, not knowing what to choose.
At this time, a signal flare rose from within Southern Town Pass.
Mu Guiying was shocked. She knew that it was a signal flare from the spies in the pass, indicating that the situation was urgent.
She did not hesitate anymore. Other than leaving behind a platoon of cavalry as a precaution, she sent out the remaining four platoons to pass through the door and cut off the enemy's retreat.
Ouyang Shuo and Mu Lanyue stood at the side and did not say a word, allowing Mu Guiying to command them.
The cavalry originally thought that this battle had nothing to do with them. After receiving the order, all of them were fired up. Without another word, they charged out of their positions and went straight for the city gates.
At this time, the city walls were already in chaos. The mountain bandit archers could no longer shoot arrows outside with peace of mind and were drawn into the chaotic battle. Thus, the cavalry smoothly rushed to the city gates.
In just this one round, the third city gate had been broken through.
The cavalry gave the mountain barbarian warriors a thumbs up and led his subordinates through the city gates, going around to the north of Southern Town Pass to intercept the enemy. (To be continued.)
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