"Are you sure that their number has always been this and has not increased?" Mangchai asked, looking at the leader of the Songbe tribe next to him.
"It's the big leader. That's the number of people in the Tang Dynasty. They have been trying to attack these years, but the number they sent was not very large, about five or six hundred people, but they failed. Even the amount of arrows we consumed was not enough. "Young Master." Chief Matsube said quickly.
"What are their casualties?" Mangchai asked.
"Well... there are no deaths... there are dozens of injuries." Chief Matsube hesitated for a moment, and then said awkwardly.
"Huh?" Mangchai frowned, "The opponent attacked the city and was not injured?" Mangchai looked in disbelief.
"Yes... the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are all wearing full-body iron armor. Our arrows can hardly cause any harm to them. In other words, stones thrown from the city wall can cause some damage, but the city wall is not high in the first place. The damage caused by the stone is also limited.”
"On the contrary, more than a dozen of our people have died these days, and more than thirty people have been injured." Chief Matsube paused and said helplessly.
Mangchai was silent for a moment, and he suddenly understood why the Tang Dynasty only sent two or three thousand soldiers. If it were not in such a jungle, if it was in the plains, these two or three thousand people could chase and kill his ten thousand people.
Because the total number of armors he has here does not exceed 200, and they are all very old, and the protective area is not as large as that of Datang.
"Don't worry, we have 10,000 troops here! Ten thousand against two thousand, I want to see how they can attack. As long as they can't attack, they will retreat after a while." Mangchai sneered and said. road.
But while Mangcai was calculating how to fight here, Hou Junji here was also asking Zheng Yuan and the scouts if there was any chance of cutting off the enemy's escape route.
"It is impossible to completely cut off without alerting them, but their large forces have already arrived in Matsube's village. If the main retreat route of their large forces is cut off, as for the remaining mountain roads, it is almost impossible for a large number of people to escape up the mountain. impossible."
"The mountain behind Matsube is not too big. It is very easy for us to cut off the main downhill roads. A large number of people go up the mountain. As long as the downhill roads are cut off for a month, they will all die on the mountain." Zheng Yuan He shook his head and said.
He knows very well that in such deep mountains and old forests, it seems that the forest peaks are connected together. It seems difficult to isolate the enemy and escape, but in fact, there are really not many ways down the mountain. Of course, if you risk your life and climb from the cliff, Now, if no one can stop them, just let them run away. How far can they run away?
There is no problem for such a mountain to support a small village, but if thousands of people go up the mountain, just eating and drinking is a huge problem.
"Don't worry about alerting them. We will attack tomorrow and order two thousand forwards to cross directly in front of their mountain stronghold and forcibly cut off this main road."
"If they want to maintain their retreat, it's very simple, come out and fight us!" Hou Junji sneered and said, fighting on the plains, even if the number of soldiers from these tribes increased ten times, Hou Junji wouldn't be afraid.
"If they dare not come out to fight us, it would be much simpler. Cut off their retreat, attack the city directly, and use siege mines. I don't want to mess with them anymore. We have been here long enough."
"yes!"
There was no talk all night, but both sides thought that the other side would definitely react the next day. In Mangchai's opinion, Datang could not capture it before, so they should retreat today. After all, they had another ten thousand people, and as long as the Tang Dynasty could not capture it, they should retreat today. If Tang is not a fool, he should retreat.
But what Hou Junji was waiting for was today, but he still had to do the superficial work. For example, the next day Hou Junji still sent an envoy as usual, and that was Zheng Yuan's deputy general Bali.
Bali is also from Shanyue, but he is fluent in Chinese and is relatively familiar with Mangbu.
"Is the leader of the Mang tribe Mangchai coming?" Bali went directly to the city wall alone and shouted loudly.
Datang's soldiers were still hundreds of meters away, so these people didn't have to worry about the threat from Datang.
"I am Mangchai, why did your Tang Dynasty invade my Mangbu territory?" Mangchai glanced outside, then walked to the sentry tower on the city wall and asked loudly.
"It is now announced that His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty has ordered that the Mang tribe willfully attack our tribe of the Tang Dynasty, causing the death of five people of our Tang Dynasty. Now you are given a chance to surrender. You will now lead the entire Mang tribe to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. I will give you a If you have a chance to survive, don't... don't say you didn't predict what you said!" Barry said loudly.
He almost didn't remember the last sentence because he had memorized it for a long time. However, even though he said the words, Barry was still muttering in his heart. With these people being illiterate all their lives, they didn't know this sentence at all. What means.
"Hahaha, are you out of your mind? Your King Qin of the Tang Dynasty has no control over my Mangbu. Go back and tell your general to either go back or attack." Mangcai laughed proudly. Said several times.
Bali also sneered and said loudly: "My general knows that you will not surrender, so my general has something to ask you. If the Tang Dynasty just surrounds your poor village and does not attack, how will you respond? Huh? Do you have enough food to eat? Is Matsube’s old bag enough for you to eat for a few days? "
"Since you refuse to surrender, let's see you on the battlefield."
After saying that, Barry turned his horse's head and left here.
Ba Li's words stunned Mangcai, who was still laughing proudly just now. What should he do if Datang is surrounded without fighting? This... To be honest, Mangchai really hasn't thought about it.
Mang guessed that this big leader had never read any books. How much military attainments could you expect from him? Their army did bring dry food with them when they arrived, which could probably last for about ten days.
If Datang sieges but does not fight, what will happen ten days later? Matsube may have grain storage, but Matsube itself is only a small tribe of more than 3,000 people. How long can the stored grain be enough to feed 10,000 people?
But as a besieged city, Datang could be replenished anytime and anywhere. At that time, they could only go out of the city to fight against Datang.
This...he instantly became worried.
But think about it, the Tang army only had two to three thousand...
"Woo..." Mang guessed that the thought in his heart had not yet settled, when a clear horn sounded in the distance. As the horn sounded throughout the valley, in the distant jungle, there were at least two thousand fully armed soldiers. The elite soldiers were within their sight and ran quickly towards the edge of the jungle at the foot of the mountain in the direction they came from.
Looking at the direction in which these soldiers are heading, it doesn't take much to know that the other side is going to cut off their way back!
