Chapter 195: Making final deployments

Hearing the other party praise his stronghold so much, Jiang Jinshi blushed: "You flatter me, brother!"

"I admit you have some brute force, but what I'm praising now is Menghuzhai, it has nothing to do with you!" The bandit leader curled his lips, as if the other party couldn't be compared with the person he admired in his heart.

The bandits behind Jiang Jinshi were blushing, and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Great Chief, this person is too funny!"

"Is our Menghuzhai's reputation already this good? I really didn't expect it!"

"Still admiring? Don't even know what our Great Chief looks like!"

The bandit leader turned his head mechanically when he heard these words and looked at Jiang Jinshi: "You... you you you you are the Great Chief of Menghuzhai?"

"Don't I look like it?" Jiang Jinshi asked back with a smile.

"Don't look like it!" The bandit leader opened his mouth and shook his head, then added anxiously: "No, I don't know what it looks like either! I haven't seen it!"

Jiang Jinshi looked at this person who was quite funny, and was too lazy to care about the other party, "Let the road go! I'll spare your life this time!"

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't seem to hear Jiang Jinshi's words, leaned forward and asked: "Are you really the Great Chief of Menghuzhai?"

"Didn't I tell you from the beginning? I'm a fellow traveler with you!" Jiang Jinshi was helpless. He didn't expect to feel the feeling of being a 'star' in this world.

The bandit leader recalled that the other party had really said so at the beginning, but he didn't believe it at that time.

Thinking of this, the bandit leader knelt down on the spot: "Great Chief of Menghuzhai, take us in!"

"No, no!" Jiang Jinshi shook his head. Now he was going to Guansong Ridge and didn't have time to play with them.

"I beg you, Great Chief, you can let us do anything!" The bandit leader thickened his face and stepped forward, hugging Jiang Jinshi's foot.

Jiang Jinshi's face was black. This person was like a rogue, "Let go of me quickly!"

"If you take us in, I'll let go!"

"No!"

"Then I won't let go!"

"If you don't let go, I'll behead you with one halberd!"

"Being able to die under the Great Chief's halberd is my honor!"

Bandit camp, in the central tent.

Luo Feng looked at the squad leaders: "Is there any response from the city?"

Xiexiezi nodded, "Received a reply from the North Gate last night. The Deputy Lieutenant guarding the North Gate expressed dissatisfaction with Zhang Chengze's strictness.

He hinted that if we can give enough benefits and exert enough pressure outside the city, he might... be able to make things convenient."

This was Luo Feng's third strategy. The headless arrows shot onto the city wall at night were intended to let these dissenters unite with them.

Clearly, it had already been effective!

"Enough pressure?" Luo Feng pondered.

"Yes, he needs chaos, needs an excuse." Xiexiezi's eyes shone, "Can't fully trust him for the time being, so I suggest proceeding with the tunnel matter at the same time."

"I understand! Then you continue to connect with him and strive to make him surrender to us." Luo Feng was overjoyed. Now that this indestructible city wall of Panjiang City finally had a crack, victory was one step closer.

"Yes!"

"Next, I'm going to speed up, let them be exhausted, and also avoid Zhang Chengze being too idle and seeing through our tricks!" Luo Feng had plans early on. Now it was time to make them nervous.

Following Luo Feng's order, long-range harassment began.

More than a dozen simple catapults were pushed to the front, throwing stones at the city day and night.

These stones didn't have much power, mainly for harassment, manufacturing panic, and fatigue.

Occasionally, a few ignited oil cans would be thrown, causing several small fires, keeping the garrison busy.

Zhang Chengze immediately felt the pressure, could only increase the number of people patrolling the city, and ordered the garrison to be ready to fight the fire at any time, but he knew nothing about the tunnel silently creeping toward the foundation of the city wall under the city.

Not to mention the secret collusion between the Deputy Lieutenant and Menghuzhai, he still chose to believe in his comrades-in-arms and didn't have any suspicion.

Three days later, after the unremitting efforts of a team of brothers, the tunnel finally reached directly under the city wall.

It's just that the city wall foundation was deeper and sturdier than expected, requiring more time to dig and set up supports.

In this way, the strategy of digging tunnels was basically scrapped, and the time to break the city became an unknown.

It was also at this time that Xiexiezi received news from the Deputy Lieutenant in the city: Zhang Chengze would no longer guard the city tonight, and ordered everyone to watch the city wall.

These days of harassment clearly had an effect. Zhang Chengze was exhausted and hadn't slept well for a long time.

So he decided to let everyone watch, while he himself went home to take a bath and have a good sleep.

After all, in Zhang Chengze's view, this group of bandits didn't dare to attack strongly, and could only do some meaningless things, so he didn't need to guard there all the time.

Seeing this news, Luo Feng knew the time had come.

Immediately summoned all the leaders to make final deployments.

"Tomorrow, launch a general attack on Panjiang City!"

Luo Feng's voice echoed in the tent, "First, I will make a feint at the East Gate, the more momentum the better! Put out all the battering rams and scaling ladders, archers all press up, catapults smash it for me!"

"Jiang Ze and Zhang Honghong, after nightfall, quietly move the team to the North City Gate. Remember not to be discovered, and show that there are people active in the camp."

Jiang Ze and Zhang Honghong stood up, the excitement in their eyes couldn't be hidden at all, "Yes!"

Luo Feng continued: "As long as you hear the killing sound at the East Gate and see the fire on the city wall as a signal, immediately attack the city at the North Gate."

"Pay attention to the time when attacking the city. To prevent the Deputy Lieutenant from feigning surrender, if the city gate is not broken within two sticks of incense, then retreat immediately!"

It could be said that Luo Feng considered it very thoroughly. If the Deputy Lieutenant really surrendered, then two sticks of incense would be more than enough. If the city couldn't be entered after two sticks of incense, it meant the Deputy Lieutenant had dissent.

"Old Xie, if the Deputy Lieutenant really surrenders, after breaking the city, take him to find Zhang Chengze at the first time. As long as you behead Zhang Chengze, Panjiang City will be taken!"

"Do you all understand?"

"Understand!" The squad leaders roared low, their eyes flashing with warlike light.

The next day, the sky gradually darkened, and the thick fog of late autumn began to permeate all around.

Luo Feng was overjoyed. Such fog could better cover the transfer of troops in the West City and South City. It seemed that even God was helping Menghuzhai.

"All troops, listen to the order, line up!"

Outside the East Gate, two thousand bandits were lined up. The bandits at the very front held shields, the long spears behind the shields were countless, and dozens of scaling ladders and three huge battering rams were pushed to the front of the formation, quite showing off their muscles.

The garrison on the city wall looked at this scene and felt a bit panicked. For these days, these bandits had mainly been harassing, and had never appeared in such a state of readiness.

It could only be said that this timing was very coincidental. At the moment, Zhang Chengze had just left the city wall, and ordered not to call him unless it was a big deal.

So the garrison couldn't make up their minds for a while, and could only wait and see what tricks these bandits were going to play. ===== CHAPTER 196 =====