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Chapter 13: The battle begins

Ren's envoy covered his face and cursed Xu Kuang incomprehensively:

"Damn Xu Kuang, how dare you do this to me. When I go back, I must report it properly and let Baron Lane kill him!".

The four followers behind him didn't talk to each other, nor did they stop talking. They could only pretend not to hear. No one knows the consequences of offending this ancestor.

Suddenly, the ground began to tremble slightly.

The messenger's expression changed, he quickly dismounted his horse and fell to the ground to listen.

"It's coming from the direction of Mushroom Ridge. There are at least forty riders!"

The messenger looked at the four people behind him with an ugly expression.

He glanced at the woods on both sides and made an immediate decision:

"Quick, enter the woods!".

The five men quickly led the horses into the forest.

Not long after, Chen Xiaobao passed by with someone.

When the messenger saw this scene, he was startled and felt a little lucky in his heart. He knew that his caution saved his life.

Chen Xiaobao commanded the team to stop.

The deputy platoon leader on the side quickly asked:

"What happened to the platoon leader?".

"There were horse hoof prints just now, but they are gone now.".

"You mean they went into the woods?".

"It's very possible to let everyone disperse and search separately. Don't let any of this group of people get out. Most of the relationship between this battle lies with us. If we don't deal with this messenger well, it will be extremely harmful to the attack on the follow-up troops." unfavorable.".

The deputy platoon leader nodded, he understood this very well, so with a wave of his hand, more than thirty of his men went directly into the forest.

After a while, the sound of a rifle echoed in the forest.

The messenger looked at the follower whose head was like a bloody gourd, and had no intention of resisting at all.

Chen Xiaobao came to him, looked at the slap marks on his face, and determined his identity. Chen Xiaobao asked:

"Are you a follower of Baron Wren?".

There were ten guns pointed at his head at the moment, so the man didn't dare lie.

"yes……".

"Then you must be familiar with the terrain of Tomato Town, right?"

"No...no no, familiar, familiar.".

The hot muzzle was slightly further away.

"Then please draw a defense map."

The messenger looked shocked:

"Are you crazy? You actually want to start a war!".

Chen Xiaobao had really heard enough. He pulled out his pistol, pointed it slightly in front of the messenger's crotch and fired.

The splashed gravel hit the little messenger, causing him heartbreaking pain, but the messenger didn't dare to say anything now. He knew that if he didn't cooperate, he would soon turn into a bloody gourd.

He began to draw.

Chen Xiaobao's voice came out again:

"Squad leader, you lead people to sneak into Tomato Town, reconnoiter the defenses, draw a picture and come back. If what you draw is different from what he drew, I will kill this guy!".

After receiving the order, the squad leader led his men and rushed to Tomato Town.

After the messenger heard these words, his hands shook and he began to seriously recall the deployment of Tomato Town.

As for things like loyalty, he has long forgotten them.

Not long after, Xu Kuang also arrived here with his people.

Chen Xiaobao told Xu Kuang what happened. Xu Kuang was very happy and praised Chen Xiaobao.

"If we win this time, you should take the lead."

But the envoy was looking at the dozens of carts below with shock on his face.

Then he looked at Xu Kuang and his voice became shrill:

"Are you crazy? Do you really want to attack Tomato Town? There are thousands of Tomato Town defenders!".

But then he looked at the cart, and his heart suddenly pounded.

"He shouldn't be able to shoot it down... What are those two iron pipes? What are the boxes at the back? Why are the arrows on this ballista in a row? And what are those carts covered with cloth? ?...".

The envoy felt guilty after seeing this. Only now did he realize that Xu Kuang had probably been prepared for it, and he regretted being so tough before.

Soon after, the squad leader came back and brought back the defense map.

Xu Kuang compared the two defense plans and found that there were no problems.

"Then let's start formulating tactics now. When the cannon fires, there will be a platoon of infantry and a platoon of chariots and crossbows. You will start a feint attack from the west gate and try your best to attract the enemy's troops."

The chief officers of both teams were ordered to go.

"The cavalry platoon harassed in roundabout ways and tried its best to prevent the enemy from merging. If possible, blast a hole through the north gate to allow the people of Tomato Town to escape from the north gate. Of course, we must also be careful about Ren escaping from the crowd. go.".

"The artillery platoon first bombarded his stable with training shells to shock his horses and leave him with no horses to use. After five rounds, they immediately switched to high-explosive shells to attack the east wall to cover the attack of the infantry platoon. ".

"The infantry platoon waited until the cannon platoon fired and immediately began to approach the city gate. No matter what the cost, the outer city gate must be blown open."

"Crossbow platoon, it's time for you to take the field. Aim at Rennes' castle and fire without any base! No signal, no stop!".

Everyone went forward as ordered.

Xu Kuang looked at the envoy, smiled, and then said to him:

"You don't have to go back, because your lord will come to keep you company soon.".

The messenger looked horrified and shouted "impossible.".

Chen Xiaobao led people around the village and approached the earthen city wall in the distance that didn't look too tall.

The feint attack troops are also in place.

Two forty gates were also placed at the northeast and southeast corners of the city.

All troops are in place.

Xu Kuang took out a signal gun and fired it into the sky. A bright red signal flare quickly rose into the air.

After getting the signal, the two 40-gun guns immediately started firing.

"puff!".

"puff!".

After two muffled sounds, two coaching bombs flew towards the stables not far from the castle.

"boom!"

"boom!".

The shell exploded violently, and although no shrapnel flew out, the huge explosion and the falling sand still made the horses panic. The horses seemed to be crazy, pulling on their reins frantically.

The instinct of survival was fully demonstrated at this moment. Naturally, the beam that tied the horse could not withstand the pull of eight or nine horses and was directly disconnected.

This happens in every horse pen.

Countless horses galloped out of the stables. Occasionally, a coach bomb fell to the ground, scaring the nearest one or two horses to the ground. Then countless horses trampled past...

Ren suddenly got up from the bed, pushed aside his charming lover, walked out of the door, and asked:

"What's wrong?".

The guard who reported the report said:

"have no idea……".

When Ren heard this, he was furious. He grabbed the guard by the collar and prepared to treat the guard to dinner and slap him in the face.

But the next moment, a coach bomb fell not far from him.

With a bang, Ren fell to the ground and shouted:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!".