"Shi, you should mobilize 30,000 soldiers to surround and attack the valley.”Shi Xie sat on the chariot and shouted as he pointed ahead.
"Here."
"Shihui, Shizhi, Shigan, and Shisong, help your uncle. Each of you will lead an army to cut off the valley's water vein. Also, select some barbarians who came with us to cross the mountains and see if they can go up the steep slope to surround the valley's flank.”
"Here."
Shouts of killing rang out on the battlefield. After attacking Cangwu County for nearly ten days, Shi Xie had lost more than 20,000 of his 50,000 troops. Fortunately, he had been in Jiaozhou for many years and had a reputation among the barbarians in the forest.
With a wave of his arm, 30,000 to 40,000 barbarians dressed in armor and holding wooden spears came down the mountain to help him.
At this moment, half of the people attacking the valley were barbarians and the other half were Jiaozhou soldiers.
Shi Yi rode his horse forward." Brother, I've already selected the best men from our farm slaves and given them armor and weapons. I've also allocated 50,000 troops to the north. I've also given orders to the barbarians in the mountains and forests of Jiaozhou. I've asked them to come down the mountain to help us. After we take Jingzhou, we'll give them the four counties of Jingnan.”
Shi Xie narrowed his eyes." South Sea County, is there any news from there?”
"Not yet."
"Then continue to attack. Liu Feng has gone to Nanhai County. My brother Shiwu is no match for him. If anything happens to Shiwu, I will take Sun Shangxiang's life to pay for it.”
"Here."
Four hours later, the 3,000-strong army that had left the valley had been slaughtered. Sun Shangxiang had underestimated the strength of the barbarians. After returning to the valley, she ordered the soldiers who were lying in ambush on the mountain ridge to push down the big stones and block the valley entrance. Then, she ordered the soldiers to quickly build three barriers behind the rocks at the valley entrance.
"General, aren't we going to help Young Madam?”Twenty miles away, on the city wall of Guangxin, Huo Jun was standing with a group of generals.
"Looking at the flag, Xiang Chong should be following them. Even if there are only two thousand soldiers left in the valley, they can hold on for more than ten days.”Huo Jun narrowed his eyes, his expression unmoved.
" But…that's the Young Mistress. I saw that the maids around her were all brought over from River East. In today's battle, we lost more than ten people. If she's really injured, it'll be difficult for us to explain to the Young General.”
The deputy general said very heroically.
They held on for ten days, while Shi Xie attacked every day, losing more than twenty thousand soldiers.
Cangwu County's 3,000 troops, Huo Jun opened the granary to release grain, gathered 20,000 strong men from all counties.
Right now, there were only 3,000 casualties, and the Battle Break Camp still had some fighting power.
No wonder they had the confidence to fight outside the city.
"No." Huo Jun closed his eyes." This is Shixie's plan to lure the enemy. Most of his barbarian soldiers are good at climbing trees. If he wanted to kill his way into the valley, he would have withdrawn the Jiaozhou soldiers and let the barbarians fight. However, he is still using half of the barbarians and half of the Jiaozhou soldiers to attack the valley. In other words, the remaining barbarians are left to deal with us.”
"But General…"
Huo Jun suddenly raised a hand." Pass down my order. Close the city gates and do not come out. Those who leave the city to fight without permission will be regarded as traitors. Those who open the city gates will be executed immediately!
"Here."
After all the generals had left, Huo Jun looked in the direction of South Sea County." Young General, Huo Jun can only hold out for ten days. After ten days, if the valley is in danger, Huo Jun will have no choice but to fight.”
"Huo Jun is indebted to you for your kindness. Could it be that Huo Jun would really watch as the Young Madam is surrounded and not help her?”
As night fell, more than a hundred corpses were thrown down from the steep slopes on both sides of the valley. They were all the barbarian soldiers who had secretly climbed up the steep slopes.
"This female general is really amazing. She actually sent people to station troops on both sides of the valley before leaving the valley. With such a high vantage point, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to attack.”Shiyi glanced at Shixie.
"Elder brother, it seems that the plan of sending the barbarians up the mountain ridge won't work.”
"Then continue to attack. We still have 60,000 soldiers, and there are at most 2,000 defeated soldiers in the valley. Within three days, we must break through this valley.”
"Here."
When the exhausted Jiaozhou soldiers began to respond, the barbarians lit a bonfire, leaned their weapons together, and began to sleep on the ground.
Rope began to be put down from the mountain ridges on both sides of the valley. Armored Han soldiers slid down from the mountain ridges one after another. They had short knives in their mouths. In just half an incense's time, more than eight hundred people had gathered in front of the mountain.
The leader was a thin figure. If it wasn't Sun Shangxiang, then who was it?
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