The next morning, as soon as Mu Sheng woke up, he began to inspect the military camp and observed the surrounding environment. Sure enough, the stream at the foot of the mountain had stopped flowing. He said that he was lucky and had been prepared.
At this time, Mu Sheng stood on the top of the mountain and observed the enemy's status with his generals. The enemy troops surrounded the hill where he was, tightly surrounding the Jin army.
When Mu Sheng saw this, he couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, sir, did this Captain raid your ancestral graves or something? Do you have to completely surround me here to be done?"
Yan Kun looked serious and stepped forward and said: "Captain, the main force of our army is retreating along Dalong Mountain. If we receive the news and rush to Mocheng to rescue our army, even if it is a forced march, it will take ten days. I will have at least It takes ten days to get out of trouble."
Hearing this, Mu Sheng nodded. He knew that it would be difficult to hold on for ten days under siege with multiple enemy forces. Even if he succeeded in holding on, he would be afraid that the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command would not be able to come back alive by then. Less than half.
Mu Sheng also knew that scolding people would not help at all, and now he could only stand still and wait for help. He was puzzled now. Why did the mountain puppets have to deal with his people? It really doesn’t make sense?
Common sense says that the strategic value of this small force of the Jin Army is basically negligible. Even if the Jin Army is used to boost performance, is it not worth the loss of almost all the puppets?
After all, there must be a monster. There must be something going on here. Suddenly he thought about it. Could it be that the other party knew his true identity and had to press him down and use his identity as Lord Changping to blackmail the court? Mu Sheng thought about this possibility the most...
After withdrawing his thoughts, Mu Sheng ordered that before the enemy came to attack the mountain at noon, he would bury pots and make rice first, so that the soldiers would have a good meal and be full of wine and food so that they could defend themselves against the enemy.
A few hours later, Mu Sheng saw that the enemy troops were still surrounding them without fighting, and he didn't know what kind of medicine he bought in the gourd!
In the afternoon, the Shanpu army began to attack the mountain. The Jin army greeted them with a hail of arrows. Seeing the fierce firepower of the Jin army, the Shanpu army retreated down the mountain again, as if this was just a tentative attack.
In the afternoon, the morale of the enemy army was greatly boosted. Thousands of soldiers and horses held up wooden shields and attacked the Jin army's position from all sides on the top of the mountain. After the two sides engaged, the sounds of soldiers fighting could not be heard.
The two armies fought bloody battles until three o'clock in the morning. Mu Sheng's command was firm, and he finally repelled another wave, and another wave came up. It was not until dusk that the enemy troops retreated, leaving corpses on the ground. Mu Sheng counted his own losses. It was not small, with more than 400 casualties. At this time, he was anxious. It was obvious that the enemy was also attacking with all their strength. According to this method of attack, he would not be able to hold on until rescue came.
The next day, the enemy troops raised their shields and tried to attack again. An hour later, they retreated and continued to surround the Jin army. After a while, the enemy troops in the distance seemed to be pushing several wooden carts covered with cowhide.
Seeing this situation, the officers and soldiers of the Jin army didn't know what the enemy was doing. Only when the enemy pulled off the cowhide did everyone understand what it was. It turned out that the enemy had been waiting for this moment. These wooden carts turned out to be light trebuchets.
Mu Sheng's heart sank. Now that the attack was over, it became much more difficult to defend the top of the mountain. At this time, the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain were ready. The commander of the mountain puppet army gave an order, and the Nanman ignited the fireballs in the trebuchet, one after another. The fireball hit the top of the mountain, and flames suddenly shot into the sky on the Jin army's position, causing the Jin army to be in chaos and the formation was scattered.
The Shan Puppet Army took this opportunity to blast the drums and trumpets, and then marched up the mountain to attack. The Jin soldiers were also very brave, and they kept cutting down the barbarian soldiers who came up in formation. The enemy troops almost took turns to attack the Jin regardless of the cost. military position.
Seeing that they were outnumbered, the Jin soldiers fell one after another in front of the formation. As the commander-in-chief, Mu Sheng was anxious, but he had no choice but to hold on.
At this moment, the Nanman monk that he had encountered in Lingxi appeared again, but now she was the only one left, the Spear Warrior.
The spear warriors took the lead, and in a few breaths they rushed to the Jin army's position with a group of personal guards. They came at just the right time. Our own monk Hua Zilan had already fought for a day and had almost exhausted his spiritual power. Although he was tired, , and had no choice but to work up his energy and rush forward to fight with him.
As the commander of the entire army, Mu Sheng could not step forward to show off his courage at this critical moment.
An hour later, the two sides fought until noon. Finally, under the brutal attacks of the barbarians, the Jin army's formation was overwhelmed.
Mu Sheng ordered: "The reserve team is on top."
He quickly ordered his soldiers to form a second line of defense, but the barbarians kept attacking the Jin army's line like crazy.
The southern barbarian spear warriors stood in front of the formation. Seeing that it was possible to break the formation, she shouted a barbarian language that she did not understand, and then led hundreds of elite soldiers to charge forward. Especially the spear warriors had amazing combat power, Hua Zilan When he stepped forward to fight with her, he could only hold on with all his strength. Seeing the dangers surrounding Hua Zilan's resistance, Mu Sheng was afraid that she would die on the spot if she was not careful, so he had to call her back to the camp. His strongest combat power could not be easily compromised. .
Just when the Jin army was trying to support them, the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain suddenly paid for their troops and retreated. The Nanman warriors and barbarian soldiers retreated like a tide. Seeing this, Mu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the Nanman troops retreated. He found that the mountain puppets The Southern Barbarians are different from the previous tribes. Their soldiers are even more willing to fight and fearless of death.
He looked back at the battalion sergeants. Many of them could no longer stand up, and some had died on the spot. He lamented in his heart that if the fight continued like this, it would definitely not last ten days. After a brief truce, the two armies gathered together in tacit understanding. Corpses of comrades, cleaning the battlefield.
At this moment, the Jin army soldiers roared loudly. Mu Sheng turned his head and looked over, feeling overjoyed. So this was the reason for the Nanman retreat?
At this time, Mocheng finally realized that something was wrong here, or it may have been discovered a long time ago, and it was only now that it was willing to send reinforcements to assist Mu Sheng's troops. The reinforcements of Mocheng were waving their flags, but they did not dare to come forward to attack the mountain puppet army.
Mu Sheng and the generals stepped forward to take a look, and their hearts sank. The reinforcements from the city were only three thousand, and they could not reverse the situation at all. The mountain puppet army also responded quickly and directly sent out elite vine armor soldiers to attack the invading enemy. Before the Jin army could react, the Mocheng reinforcements almost collapsed at the first touch and quickly retreated. The Shanpu army did not pursue them, and the returning army continued to besiege Mu Sheng's lone army.
Seeing this, the morale of the entire army was low. Mu Sheng had no choice but to appease the sergeants, boost their morale, and wait for help. He knew in his heart that only the elite regiment under Lu Sheng's command could come here to save them. With these third-line troops in the rear, they could defend the city. If you have more than enough, don't even think about defeating the 60,000 elite mountain puppets. It would be a great honor for them to come out of the city to attack them.
In the early morning of the fourth day, as soon as Mu Sheng woke up, he heard the sound of drums and trumpets in the military camp. Military Marquis Yan Kun had already ordered his soldiers to form a military formation to meet the enemy.
When the enemy came up, dozens of fireballs from trebuchets hit the Jin army's formation, but the enemy soldiers did not take the opportunity to cover up and attack.
At this time, another burly Nanman warrior wearing a strange wolf-headed hat came in front of the Southern Barbarian army. Under his crotch was a giant white-haired wolf wearing iron armor.
The giant wolf stood in front of the Jin army's formation, looking up to the sky and roaring. With a roar, countless wild wolves appeared from behind the mountain puppet army's formation. The giant wolf roared, and tens of thousands of wolves jumped in a few seconds. So he rushed up to the top of the hill. These four-legged beasts were much more agile and faster than two-legged people.
The Jin army's arrows didn't even have time to fire a second round, and thousands of wolves had already rushed in front of the Jin army. The soldiers in the army's position showed fear on their faces.
Seeing this situation, Mu Sheng knew something was going to be bad. He immediately rushed to the front of the formation, raised his arms and shouted: "You guys are just a bunch of beasts, there is nothing to be afraid of. Come with me, rush up and kill these beasts, and you will have meat to eat!" "
After saying this, Mu Sheng took the lead and rushed forward. When he saw the wild wolf, he killed it with one sword. All the soldiers were also inspired by this, and they all roared and rushed forward to fight with the wolves. For a moment, there was a battle between man and wolf. Zhenglie.
At this time, the southern barbarian warrior riding a giant wolf at the foot of the mountain also moved. He drew out the long knife from behind. The armored infantrymen shot down the mountain, and the Jin army was so frightened by the ferocious beast that they retreated continuously.
Seeing that something was not going well, Mu Sheng called out to Hua Zilan, and the two of them rushed forward with their personal guards to stop the giant wolf from attacking. The giant iron-clad wolf slapped him and the soldiers away more than ten meters away with one palm, and landed on the ground. Hou Mu Sheng's throat gushed out a mouthful of blood, his brain blurred, and he lost consciousness.
Until he woke up again, he saw Hua Zilan, Yan Kun, Feng Wei, and all the soldiers surrounding him, looking at him with concern.
Mu Sheng asked anxiously: "How is it? Have the enemy troops retreated?"
At this moment, Yan Kun's face was stained with blood, and he said with a trembling tone: "Captain, please rest assured. For some reason, after the Nanman overran our army formation, and seeing that our army was about to be annihilated, they retreated with gold and sent a soldier. The envoy came to persuade us to surrender, but we dare not make the decision. We will only make a decision after you, Captain, wake up."
Mu Sheng said anxiously: "Hurry up and help me up. I want to meet the envoy for a while."
Hua Zilan and Yan Kun helped him stand up and passed by their own military formation. Mu Sheng took a look at the Jin army's position and saw how miserable it was. There were corpses of humans and wolves everywhere, and some of the sergeants had been bitten through. Even though his throat was cut, he still maintained his fighting posture. He stabbed a wolf to death with a spear and died with him.
When all the soldiers saw Mu Sheng coming, they all moved out of the way. He glanced at the entire army. After the bloody battle, this field was really at the end of the field. This time the wolf attack suffered the most heavy losses. Half of his own people could no longer stand up. .
If the southern barbarians took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, their entire army would definitely be wiped out. Fortunately, the other party sent an envoy, so there might be room for a turn.
Everyone came to the front of the formation. The Southern Barbarian envoy was indeed the spear-barbarian warrior who had fought against him before, but he still wore that strange mask.
Seeing Mu Sheng's arrival, the envoy stepped forward and bowed his hands in greeting, saying: "I have seen the general. The general is brave and brave, and he looks forward to death. Although I am a mountain puppet, I still admire heroes like the general."
Mu Sheng heard her voice as sweet as an oriole, and thought to himself, is such a difficult opponent actually a girl?
Mu Sheng smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to say these polite words. You can make whatever conditions you have."
The spear warrior said: "Okay! General, please introduce yourself first. I am the Supreme Heavenly Lord of Yucheng of the Shanpu Clan, one of the three guardians under the Changsheng Emperor, and Master Muyinaqi. May I ask what my name is, General?"
When Mu Sheng heard this, he was stunned. Now the Southern Barbarians don't even know who I am? My previous speculation that they might know that he was a member of the royal family and want to use his identity to blackmail the imperial court was completely overturned. The mountain puppet was such a beggar and mobilized troops for nothing, and he had to pay such a high price to kill them. What is this army for?
Mu Sheng complained in his heart, could it be that he wanted to catch me up the mountain and become his son-in-law? It’s so unreasonable…
Mu Sheng retracted his thoughts and said calmly: "My surname is Mu, which means Sheng. I am the captain of the Jin Army."
Muyinaqi nodded slightly and said: "Lieutenant Mu, our army's conditions are very simple. Let your men lay down their weapons and surrender unconditionally. Lieutenant Mu will be the hostage of our army and we can spare your lives."
Mu Sheng sneered and said: "You said you asked us to put down our weapons, do I really want to put down our weapons? If your army comes to kill us while we put down our weapons, wouldn't we all become lambs to be slaughtered?"
Muyinaqi smiled through the mask and said: "It seems that Captain Mu still can't trust me? Don't worry! We Shanpuppet people are not as cunning and changeable as you people from the Central Plains, and we regard faith as nothing. Do it, as long as you surrender, we will definitely let your army survive."
"Besides, your army is now like this, can it still stand up to a fight? If you don't agree, our army will attack the mountain immediately. It will only be a matter of time until the whole army is wiped out. We will only spend a little effort." That’s all, Captain, you have to think carefully, this is your army’s only way to survive.”
Mu Sheng looked at the dense army of mountain puppets behind her, as well as the terrifying wolves, and sighed secretly. He knew that she was right. In his current state, he might not be able to survive even an hour. , in the war, it is just increasing casualties.
Mu Sheng cupped his hands and said: "General Naqi, we can lay down our weapons and surrender, and we can leave these baggage weapons to you, but we have to go home, back to Mocheng City, and the brothers I bring out must bring a lot of them." Go back, this is my bottom line."
Muyinaqi nodded and said: "Okay! I promise you, I can ensure that your men and horses return home safely, but Captain, you must go with us to Yucheng to meet our mountain puppet, the Supreme Heavenly Lord, the Immortal Emperor, otherwise there will be no need to discuss anything. "
Mu Sheng pondered for a while and said, "Okay! It's settled."
At this time, Yan Kun shouted sternly: "The demon girl can't even think of detaining my captain. The worst is that my brothers and I will live and die with the captain, and we will be a good man again twenty years later."
Yan Kun turned to the soldiers behind him and shouted: "Brothers, our Jin army has always only had loyal souls who died in battle. You sacrificed your lives to join the army and fought to the death. Brothers, the captain has always treated you well. Today we will never treat you badly." I promised them to detain my captain, don’t you think so?”
The army lieutenants also roared in unison: "We won't agree! We won't agree!"
The three armies shouted loudly in unison.
Mu Sheng was deeply moved when he heard this, but he knew that he could not continue to fight. As long as there was a way out, it would only leave him alone.
Mu Sheng turned around and waved his hand to the soldiers before they became quiet.
