"Emperor Gao once said that I am better than Zifang when planning and winning thousands of miles away."

After hearing the description of Han Gandang and Sun Baiwan's verbal statement about Ren Hong's hiring army and cleverly using a plan of disagreement, Xi Chongguo was quite proud of Ren Hong's actions, and a happy smile appeared on his face, which was usually bitter and revengeful.

"When I was reading military books, I was still wondering what kind of person Liu Wen Chenghou was? Why was he able to win and defeat the enemy when he was thousands of miles away? Today I know that you have a long way to go, and you are just like Liu Hou!"

"Yes, Ren Jun can be called "Little Marquis"!" Sun Baiwan and others started to cheer.

Han Gandang also teased: "Ren Jun, your calligraphy should not be far away, so it's better to change it to Zifang."

Ren Hong shook his head: "This character was given by Gong Fu, and it matches my name quite well. How can I change it randomly?"

"Daoyuan" is the name of Ren Hong. Fu Jiezi left Quli and returned to Yumen last year to help Ren Hong get it. Generally, only people with similar status would call him this way.

It is said that Lao Fu himself said that he picked up the Confucian book that he threw away with the wooden goblet at the age of 14 and read it several times, based on the sentence in "The Analects of Confucius": "Scholars must not be broad-minded and resolute, and have a long way to go."

Ren Hong said he liked it, but in fact, he was angry when he thought of this word. It was a long way to go, and his "easy" mission was indeed heavy and far.

Running from Luntai to Wusun and back, I crossed the Tianshan Mountain twice, and I'm afraid it's five thousand miles away. Old Fu is really blatantly sucking himself!

At present, they were still standing outside the iron gate. Because the west gate was sealed by soil and stones, they could not enter for the time being. Xi Chongguo and others fell down the rope. The two stood in a herd of scalpers moaning and urinating everywhere and flattered each other.

Xi Chong Kingdom praised Ren Hong for being a marquis, while Ren Hong praised Xi Chong Kingdom for being a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was a man who was

"It's not my credit, thanks to the idea you came up with when you built the pass."

Xi Chongguo turned around and shouted, "Has the door been opened yet?"

"It's open!"

In fact, the Ximen has been completely burned down and is blocked with only soil and stones. Judging from the smoke and chiseling marks on the rammed earth wall, the iron gate has been blocked in a very fierce attack in the past two months.

Ren Hong could imagine that when King Puyin and King Yiwu first arrived at Tiemen Pass, they still attacked several times seriously. According to Xi Chong Kingdom, the Huns actually brought together a batch of Han-style iron armored iron helmets, with more than a hundred. Although many of them were already rusted, they were also stronger than leather armor. The small-strength crossbows could not pose a threat to them.

"armor?"

Although the Huns also had iron smelting and forging skills, they were far inferior to the Han Dynasty. The iron armor was only equipped with over 100 cavalry lengths or the elite wise kings.

Ren Hong thought that these iron armors were probably seized by the Huns from Li Guangli, the leader of the transportation brigade, more than ten years ago. In his later years, when Emperor Wu of Han took three waves of Han army, traitors such as Li Xu helped to train troops, and their combat effectiveness was immediately improved to a higher level.

Relying on these temporary armed heavy soldiers, the Huns were able to hold their skinned shields, hold the Han army's crossbow arrows, chop and burn at the city gate, and finally break the hole and move away the earth and rocks stuffed in the city gate.

But when the Huns thought they had finally entered the Ironmen Pass, they were shocked to find...

Behind the city wall, there is another city wall!

"Wencheng." Ren Hong and the others also entered the door and looked at the fortification he proposed, and were very pleased.

The prototype of the urn city was found in the era of Yu Shun, but the designs of the ancients that flashed their minds were quickly lost in history, and it was Mozi, the master guarding the city, who was reinvented.

Since the Han Dynasty, the abbreviated version of the Wengcheng was called "Qucheng" and "Huimen". The Jiaqu Houguan in Juyan had Huimen, and the Yuzezha in Xiaogu County had Qucheng. Ren Hong had been to Yuzezha, and the shape was basically the same as that of the later generations of Wengcheng, except for the slightly strange parallel wall...

Therefore, when building the Iron Gate Pass, Ren Hong, as a participant, made a proposal directly in accordance with the appearance of Song Ming’s urn. Because of his reputation as "building a city overnight", Fu Jiezi also agreed.

Therefore, the first defense that the Huns broke was actually just a urn city, which was connected to the main city wall and was semicircular. The Huns rushed in were like turtles drilling into the jar, and were shot by crossbow arrows in four directions above their heads. Even if they were covered with iron armor, they would be broken and shot into sieves.

Just look at the thick blood stain on the ground and you will know the consequences of the Huns. They suffered heavy losses and had to leave more than a hundred bodies and retreat. Then they began to siege them blindly and dared not to force the city gate.

In addition to the wall that adds double insurance to the most fragile wooden gate, there are two "horse faces" on the wall, protruding from the outside of the city wall, with a narrow and long appearance, just like the face of a horse.

In fact, this was also Mozi's invention, which was called "Yangqian" earlier: guarding it as Taicheng, facing Yangqian, and leaving the distance between the left and right, 20 feet each, walking thirty feet in the city, and shooting it with a strong crossbow. You can attack enemies that are stuck to dead corners on the city walls with left and right.

Therefore, the iron gate is more difficult to attack than the ordinary barrier. Ren Hong was worried about passing Luntai and Quli, but he never worried that the iron gate that was attacked on both sides would be broken.

Because the north side of Guancheng is on a cliff, there is the turbulent Peacock River under the cliff. Relying on pulleys and wheels, you can always get some water every day.

The only hidden danger is food. In Ren Hong's expectation, the food rations of the three hundred soldiers in the Iron Gate had been exhausted a month ago. At most, they dig earthworms and threw long lines to catch some fish from the stream to make soup, which is a drop in the bucket.

But although Xi Chongguo and his soldiers were thin, they still had the strength, and they didn't look like they were hungry for more than half a month.

Before he could speak, Sun Baiwan, who almost starved to death in Luntai, asked a question.

"Mr. Xi, what are you eating these days?"

"Meat."

Xi Chongguo stopped laughing, took out a piece of smoked meat from his arms, took a bite, and stuffed it into Sun Baiwan's hand.

“Try it.”

Sun Baiwan threw a piece into his mouth because the fuel was thin and not cooked, it was a bit fishy and a little choked. He put too much salt and tasted weird and couldn't taste what kind of meat it was.

"If you don't put more salt, you can't hold it."

At this moment, Xi Chongguo smiled gloomyly, took them into the city and uncovered the large clay tank with salt.

Next is a creepy scene: In the large jar filled with salt, there were several naked people who were broken and bare, and most of the flesh on their bodies had been cut away!

"vomit!"

Sun Baiwan was stunned at first, and then immediately spit out the suspicious meat he had just eaten, along with the naan for breakfast.

"The Huns who died in the siege of the city."

While Xi Chong skillfully patted Sun Baiwan's back: "The last little rice and grain at Tiemenguan was exhausted half a month ago. We know that reinforcements will arrive at least one month, and the fish they catch every day are only enough for everyone to prolong their lives, because the Huns clamored, and even birds in the sky were flying."

"At the beginning, I used water to boil armor and crossbows and swallowed the animal tendons and leather on it to satisfy my hunger, but later I didn't even have fuel and I could only burn the manure."

Xi Chongguo shook his head and said, "Ten days ago, we were so hungry that we couldn't even lift the crossbow machine. When the Hulu attacked the city, he lost his energy to push them down."

"So, I could only eat the meat of the Hulu. I was disgusted for a day when I ate it for the first time. Many robes were vomited, but I gradually got used to it. There was no way. If I didn't eat it, I would die in battle because of my slow hands and feet. If I didn't eat it, the iron gate might be broken. The Huns rushed in and we would be buried here. The great situation that many robes had to sacrifice their lives to defeat was wasted."

He turned around, looked at the thin-faced soldiers who supported each other and sighed:

"This is how we can hold on for more than ten days."

"I once heard from the elders in my family that in the spring of Emperor Xiaowu's third year of Jianyuan, the river broke, the Kanto famine was a great famine, and people ate each other. Today I finally know what it felt like."

"But if you want to ask me if it tastes delicious?"

Xi Chongguo covered the terrifying salt tank with disgust on his face.

"It's smelly and fishy, ​​not delicious at all!"

Sun Baiwan wiped his mouth and tried his best to rinse his mouth. Zhang Xiaoyan and everyone who came with Ren Hong also looked at each other with a strange expression.

"How might it be!"

Ren Hong suddenly laughed and recited a poem on the spot.

"I am determined to eat the meat of the Huns in hunger, and laugh at the thirsty and drink the blood of the Huns!"

This is war, what is eating the enemy? In China's long history, there are so many more sensational cannibal incidents.

With just one sentence, the slightly weird atmosphere ended. Everyone reacted and nodded and applauded.

"That's right, Rongdi jackals are also jackals. Eating jackal meat is better than eating jackals!"

Ren Hong said in his heart:

"Don't blame Brother Geng Gong, I really didn't steal the allusion this time!"

...

In addition to slaughtering cows, cooking porridge and breaking naan, the first thing the soldiers of Tiemenguan did after they lifted the siege was to throw all the terrifying "cured meat" and buried them.

Ren Hong and Xi Chong Kingdom climbed the city wall on the east side. The shape here is the same as the west side, but the difference is that there is smoke in the enemy camp ten miles away from the east.

Because the iron gate is blocked, there are tall rugged rocks on one side, and a hundred-foot abyss and rapids on the other side. The enemy troops on the east and west sides are not communicated and can only communicate through wolf smoke.

Xi Chongguo pointed to the other side and said, "The king of the Rizhu king and a thousand cavalry were in charge of the battle. The camp was right in front of the camp was Yuli, Weixu, and Yanqi, with five thousand troops, and the camp was connected for several miles in a slightly wider place in the canyon. They came to siege and invite war every day, and wanted to use your original method to anger us."

"What method?" Ren Hong didn't react. He had no idea how much harm he had caused to the psychology of the Hun people.

Xi Chongguo compared his posture: "Small explanation."

Ren Hong coughed twice and suggested, "Brother Xi, although I am a 'breaking enemy thousands of miles away', the three kings of Youguli, Yiwu and Puyin were just suspicious of each other and were deceived. Even if Wu Zongnian was really willing to help, my plan still had many loopholes, which could deceive stupid people, but could not deceive the heroes."

"What's more, the real leader of the Huns in this battle was the Right King. Once my strategy was discovered, the Huns would be angry and counterattacked again. It would take more than ten days to arrive at the fastest time, so you must be careful, so you can take advantage of the internal strife of the Huns, and if you can solve one side, you should solve the other side first."

Xi Chongguo and the others were held in the Iron Gate for two months, and even forced to eat human flesh, so they had already endured it: "Yes, they have to repel them and use a victory to make Yuli and the dangerous ones. Yanqi's three kingdoms dare not spy on the Iron Gate again!"

"But the enemy army has a total of 6,000 people, and we are only 3,000 or 400 people. With a small number of enemies, I don't want the soldiers to suffer too many casualties."

Ren Daoyuan laughed: "No, no, you are missing half of your troops."

He turned around and pointed to the herd of cattle that were locked in the East Gate City, because there was no forage and was so hungry that he moaned.

"Don't forget, we still have more than a hundred heads wearing thick armor, with a bad temper. We are helping the narrow canyon with the help of the local area, and we will surely move forward when we rush forward!"

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ps: Today is still two updates. I have not been in good condition these days. I am trying my best to adjust o(╥﹏╥)o.

In addition, I recommend the new fantasy book "My Senior Sister Can Magic", which will be available today.
Chapter completed!