The night has been dispersed by the rising sun. On the banks of the not-so-wide river outside Luomen Camp, the Qiang army has gathered again. Although Chen Mo is the lord, the guard of this camp is Wang Biao. As someone who has followed

The Qiang people fought against the generals for more than ten days. Wang Biao could clearly feel that the Qiang army today was obviously different from the past.

No longer scattered, the mighty army moved forward, kicking up dust all over the sky. In the winter morning light, catapults were pushed onto the battlefield, and large siege equipment such as rams and ladders were carried onto the battlefield.

At that time, Wang Biao's mood became a little heavy. More than a thousand soldiers had gathered behind the wooden wall and were preparing to fire arrows. The shooting range of ordinary catapults is about 80 steps, but the range of crossbows in the army is only 60 steps.

It would have been fine if there were only one or two, but this time there were as many as fifty catapults launched by the opponent, lined up in a row, almost across the entire battlefield.

The casualties caused by catapults were secondary, but the destructive power of the wooden walls was extremely terrifying. Even after continuous reinforcement by military craftsmen, Wang Biao was not sure whether the reinforced wooden walls could block the attack of the opponent's catapults.

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Attacking a large camp but taking the posture of attacking a fortified city, Wang Biao didn't know whether he should be happy that the enemy recognized him or worry about how to defend next?

After all, the military camp is not a city wall. The casualties caused by the dozen catapults here are limited after all, and the enemy has no wooden wall to destroy. As for the catapults that hit the opponent... Judging from the poor hit rate of the catapults, this is not

Not realistic.

"Lord, how come this horse-Korean alliance suddenly..." Dian Wei followed Chen Mo and Xu Shu and stood on the arrow tower, looking at the lineup of the Qiang army in the distance, he was a little surprised.

The Qiang army brought out quite a lot of siege equipment today.

"It should be the baggage sent from the rear. It is not easy to transport these things." Xu Shu frowned and took a look, shook his head and said: "But with these equipment coming up, the camp will be difficult to defend!"

Chen Mo nodded, of course it would be difficult to defend. This was an siege posture. If it were used to attack a camp, the stone bullets thrown by the catapult could easily destroy the surrounding wooden walls.

"Lord, why don't you send troops yet?" Dian Wei was a little eager to try.

Chen Mo raised his head, looked at the sky, shook his head and said: "The time has not come yet, inform Wang Biao to prepare to withdraw the troops!"

"Withdraw troops!?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in surprise: "Then the camp was so easily given to the opponent?"

"Retreat to Ji County and reduce unnecessary casualties!" Chen Mo nodded and said: "Let the army withdraw slowly, set fire to the camp, and let this camp stop the opponent."

"Here!" Although Dian Wei was puzzled, since Chen Mo had already given the order, he could only follow it. He jumped directly from the arrow tower, found Wang Biao, and conveyed the order to retreat to Wang Biao.

When Wang Biao received Chen Mo's order, he was slightly relieved. He really didn't have the confidence to defend this battle with only one military camp. Of course, if Chen Mo didn't give the order, he wouldn't persuade him, he would just put his own

Do your job to the best of your ability.

You cannot withdraw your troops directly, otherwise the enemies will rush up to you in a swarm, and you have to retreat slowly. Wang Biao was born as an Orion, and he had an army specializing in setting traps. He ordered all the troops to withdraw from the camp one after another while ordering people to set traps.

At the same time, pour out the tung oil in the camp and prepare to set it on fire.

The coalition forces over there have begun to attack the city, and the stone bullets thrown by the catapults continue to streak through the void. Many of them fall directly into the camp or bombard in front of the village wall, but there are always a few that can bombard the wall.

Stone bullets as big as a person's head or as big as a millstone were blasted down, and even a reinforced wall could directly open a crack. The Qiang army pushed their chariots amidst the passionate sound of horns and began to attack the wall again under the cover of bows and arrows.

Launch a charge.

But when they rushed in, what they saw was the Guanzhong Army that had not completely retreated and traps all over the ground.

Enemy troops want to withdraw?

At this time, the Qiang army naturally did not want the enemy to withdraw, as the military camp was in dilapidated condition, but if they were facing a city, the catapults would not be so effective. They howled and rushed forward against the trap, hoping to keep the Guanzhong army behind.

"Light the fire!" Wang Biao waved his hand, and the shooter who had been prepared shot a row of fire arrows at the opponent. The wall of the village covered with kerosene immediately burned, scaring the surrounding Qiang troops to disperse quickly, and the tents in the military camp were also set on fire.

, with the breeze in the valley, the fire gradually spread and completely blocked the Qiang army. Only then did Wang Biao lead the last troops to withdraw from the military camp and go to Ji County.

"It's a pity that we lost a lot of baggage!" On the way back to Hebei County, Dian Wei felt a little distressed. He left in a hurry. Chen Mo didn't want to fight to the death with the Qiang army at this time, so he didn't bring a lot of baggage with him in the camp, and was fired upon.

It was burned.

"Those things can be made again if they are gone, but my soldiers are more valuable than the baggage. There is no need to engage in meaningless fighting here." Chen Mo rode forward and comforted casually.

Of course, if you defend it to the death, you can defend it, but it is meaningless. It is just a big camp. Although it is a choke point, if a large number of lives are lost because of this, it will be more than worth the loss.

On the other side, in order to make Ma Teng take his guard down, Han Sui sent his elite soldiers into battle today, and took out the siege equipment that had just been delivered, preparing to have a good fight with Chen Mo, but who knew that Chen Mo would not fight at all?

Meaning, they abandoned the camp and left. A fire blocked their way, and they could only watch Chen Mo leave.

Originally, this was nothing, but in the eyes of Ma Teng and his son, it was too much of a coincidence. It was just as agreed upon by both parties. Han Sui had just sent his elite troops up, and Chen Mo left. It was too suspicious.

However, no one told the story. Ma Teng and his son were even more suspicious, while Han Sui was a little regretful. After the fire ceased, he set up camp again and rushed to Ji County.

"Brother Shoucheng, the transportation of this equipment is slow. How about we call a truce for the time being and wait for the equipment to arrive before attacking the city?" Han Sui invited Ma Teng, and the two discussed in front of the army.

"That's fine." Ma Teng looked at Han Sui. For a moment, he wanted to kill Han Sui directly, but he still held back. He also hoped to defeat the enemy. If Han Sui was killed at this time, then

It's completely out of the question.

Moreover, Ji County is different from the military camp. The city is more than two feet high and the city is strong. It is indeed more difficult to attack the city without siege equipment than to attack the military camp. Ma Teng can only suppress the doubts in his heart, but he is more wary of Han Sui.

A little stricter.

According to the strategy discussed by the two people before, after breaking Chen Mo's camp, it was time to send a group of troops to capture the street pavilion and cut off Chen Mo's retreat. However, when it came to this, Ma Teng was obviously unwilling to divide his troops, and Han Sui

Yan Xing was the only general around him who could take charge of his own affairs, and he was unwilling to divide his troops. Neither of them took the initiative to mention it. In the end, it was as if this decision had never been made.

Three days later, the army arrived at the city of Ji County, but Ji County had already made sufficient preparations. The city gates were tightly closed, and many ditches were dug outside the city to block the approach of the opponent's siege equipment. On the city wall, a famous Guanzhong general in armor

Neat and high-spirited.

Three more days later, after the siege equipment arrived, the Qiang army began to attack the city. However, compared to the military camp, the city was not at all strong. Even the huge rocks thrown by catapults could not shake the city wall at all.

The trenches dug in advance could only be temporarily slowed down, allowing the Qiang soldiers to fill in the trenches under the rain of arrows before sending them to the battlefield.

Here in Ji County, there are a lot more city defense equipment. In order to save boiling oil, except for the oil pan set up above the city gate, boiling water is poured down in other places, although it is not as direct as boiling oil.

It can even burn down ladders and battering rams, but if boiling water is poured on a person, even if it cannot kill them directly, it can instantly make them lose their ability to fight.

This time, the Qiang army's offensive was more fierce. After Han Sui sent the Shaodang Qiang, they were much more powerful than the previous skirmishers. However, the Qiang army was not good at attacking the city, and what they encountered was that they were very good at defending the city.

Even though Wang Biao rushed to the city wall several times, he was driven down by Wang Biao and his troops.

The two sides fought fiercely for half a month, and the weather became colder and colder. The boiling water that was poured out quickly cooled and froze. The soldiers rushing on the road stepped on it, making it easy for people to slip. In addition, many Qiang soldiers who were soaked by the water but were fine that day, afterwards

Many of them were infected with the cold, their combat capabilities were greatly reduced, and the Qiang army's offensive became more and more decadent.

"It's almost done." That day, Chen Mo stood on the enemy tower, looking at the enemy troops retreating like a tide, feeling the coldness in the air, and looking at the gloomy sky, and said inexplicably.

"What did my lord say?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in confusion.

"The first snow this year is coming!" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and said with a smile, "The fighter plane I'm waiting for is here too."

"Ah?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo with a confused look on his face. The fighter planes are coming when it snows?

Xu Shu on the side explained patiently: "Winter is not suitable for fighting, let alone siege the city. The Malayan and Korean coalition forces have been unable to break the city for more than a month, and their morale is already low. Now the weather is getting colder. If it snows again, it will

We have no choice but to retreat, as this will demoralize us and our army can send troops to pursue them."

Hearing this, Dian Wei's eyes lit up and he looked at Chen Mo expectantly: "My lord, the last general..."

"Let's start the smoke. It's time for Ziyi to take action." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Taishi Ci had already lurked in an abandoned city in Longxi, but he never took action. Xun You sent people to contact Chen Mo. Only when the opponent retreated and Chen Mo pursued, Taishi Ci would send troops to quickly cut off the opponent's food route. In this way,

Come, not only can Mahan be completely defeated, but the land in Longxi will also be owned by Chen Mo. After this battle, Mahan's power will be greatly damaged. After this battle, the Qiang people may not be enemies with Chen Mo again for a while.

It's time to change the government order.

"Here!" Xu Shu agreed with a smile.

Soon, a thick column of smoke rose from the top of the city of Ji County, and soon a column of smoke also rose from the top of the mountain in the distance, stretching back. The columns of smoke continued to rise, making Ma Teng and Han Sui in the military camp aware of it.
Chapter completed!