At the request of the barbarian Wang Gaigong, Taishu Wang rode his horse and rushed to the front line under the darkness of night.
"Mr. Taishu, the tiger of Dingzhou is difficult to deal with." When he said this, Gai Gong almost gritted his teeth. According to the previous, most perfect plan, Lu Xiu should be killed within a few hours and then tackle the key problem.
But now, it has been delayed until dark, and Lu Xiu has changed his robe and armor, which will make it even more difficult.
"No more than two or three thousand people, as cunning as loaches."
"If you don't have these abilities, you won't be the Tiger of Dingzhou." Taishu Wangye looked unhappy. He realized that he had underestimated it after all.
"Mr. Taishu, now -"
"It's easy to hide when it gets dark. Furthermore, Lu Xiu has changed his robes and armor, making it even harder to catch. I have a plan. Lu Xiu was able to escape before, but it was only because of the initial formation of the siege. But now, the siege has stabilized. , it is better to surround them with a large army and then gather them layer by layer."
"I have observed that there are no dense forests in the Wild Wolf Valley area. As for those thorny grass stone forests, they cannot be hidden for long. Lu Xiu also understands this truth. He should be using his horses to maneuver and run for his life, trying to escape pursuit."
"Closing up layer by layer will certainly take a lot of effort and delay time, but it is already dark, so this is the only way to do it. In addition, you can set up several weak defenses in the closed encirclement. In these defenses After that, each of them hid four or five battalions of men and horses. If Lu Xiu falls into the trap and breaks out, he will definitely be killed."
Uncle Wang frowned and raised his head.
"We can't delay the time any longer. As soon as dawn arrives, the army will immediately divert to Dingbeiguan."
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"kill!"
As Tai Shuwang said, there is no dense forest in the Wild Wolf Valley. As for the stone forest strategy, it can only be used once. Otherwise, if he is discovered again, he will be blocked from both sides and there will be no way to escape.
Thousands of Hu cavalry troops gathered around and started another encounter.
Without retreating, Lu Xiu and his men continued to gallop forward with the surviving Dingzhou Army after several rounds of charges, each suffering casualties.
At this time, the smell of blood was spreading everywhere in Wild Wolf Valley, which was four or five towns in size. Not only the enemy troops, but also the Dingzhou Army.
"General, Lao Wu can't stand it anymore!"
Lu Xiu turned around and found a blood-covered horseback general who had fallen headlong into the ground at some point.
There were at least four or five bloody knife marks on the chest in front of General Pi, which was shocking.
"General, please go... I will be reincarnated and return to Dingbeiguan to join the army and follow the general."
Pi Jiang surrendered his hands, closed his eyes and died.
"Let's go!" Lu Xiu tightened his grip on the reins, his voice thick with hoarseness.
After only running for a while, Lu Xiu heard the report again.
"General Lu, the barbarians are closing in!"
Once the siege is closed, even a fly will be unable to fly. Generally speaking, the best time to close the circle is to wait until dawn.
"Line and cone formation, follow me and wait for the opportunity to break out!"
"Roar!"
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Standing on a soil slope, without seeing anything in return for a long time, Taishu's eyes finally showed a trace of anxiety.
The army of nearly 200,000 people, including Hu people, Rouran people, and Hebei troops, are all considered to be fierce soldiers. It just so happens that it can't kill a Dingzhou tiger that's in a urn.
"Military advisor, it takes so much effort——"
"He's delaying!" Taishu Wang turned back coldly, interrupting Gongsun Qi's words.
"He knows that I've led him into a trap, and he wants to use it as a trap?"
Gongsun Qi was slightly dissatisfied, "Strategist, this is of no use. We have such a large army, even if we directly attack the key point, it is not a bad idea. Strategist, we should not have exhausted the army in order to kill Lu Xiu."
"You don't understand." Taishuwang's tone slowly became calmer.
"Lu Xiu is the soul of the Dingzhou Army. With him around, the difficulty of attacking the key point will at least double. This is why, before I attack the key point, I want to kill Lu Xiu first."
"My lord, you must understand that the Dingzhou Army did not gain military power only because it took refuge with the King of Western Shu. This military power has been passed down for decades, even hundreds of years."
Uncle Wang rubbed his forehead, "I just hope that before dawn, there will be military reports from the front line that killed Lu Xiu."
Listening, Gongsun Qi gradually understood. He swallowed his saliva and thought about expressing his opinions again, but in the end he did not speak.
"Report to the military advisor, a military report has been sent back from the front line." Finally, a scout came galloping back.
"how?"
The scout hesitated to speak, "Lu Xiu, the Tiger of Dingzhou, saw through the military advisor's plan and did not break out to the weakly defended area. Instead, he chose another direction and used the strategy of setting fire to the horse's tail to break through the defense line. After killing more than 300 people in battle... we successfully broke through the closed siege."
The uncle paused for a moment, then coughed violently in the night wind.
"Once the siege is broken, there is no point in closing it. It has to be spread out again to form a new round of siege."
"If we don't get rid of the tiger in Dingzhou, we will definitely be a serious problem!"
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The sky is getting brighter, and the dawn has turned into a large red glow in the beginning of summer.
In the Wild Wolf Valley, the group of sand wolves that howled all night began to hide deep in the stone forest again and disappeared.
Click.
Lu Xiu raised his knife and cut the throat of a sand wolf, then picked out the meat and swallowed it alive. It's not that there is no military rations, but that in the fierce battle all night, too much strength has been lost and needs to be replenished.
There were only 1,500 men and horses left behind him. Since the beginning of the siege, this group of people has experienced too much life and death.
"General Lu, the enemy army did not continue the encirclement and suppression. Instead, the army turned back and seemed to be heading in the direction of Dingbeiguan."
"But there are still many enemy soldiers and horses left in the Wild Wolf Valley. General, if not, we will fight back to Dingbeiguan!"
Lu Xiu shook his head, "You also saw it. The army last night was not just the Hu people, but also the Hebei army."
"General, and Shenlu Banner, they should be from Rouran."
Lu Xiu frowned and fell into deep thought.
"General, are you trying to hold back the enemy?"
"Not only that." Lu Xiu said in a solemn voice, "I said before that what I admire the most is the master's fighting in the mountains and rivers. This time, I want to imitate the master, so I don't hesitate to use my body as a bait."
"The general wants to annihilate the enemy... but the army we are waiting for, even with the reinforcements from Liangdi, is only 40,000 to 50,000 people."
"You are wrong. There is still a large reinforcement force. When I left the city, I sent a reinforcement letter in the name of my lord."
"The wilderness outside Dingbei Pass is a desert to the west, and Hebei is to the east. As long as this enemy army and horses are exhausted, over time, the army will inevitably become defeated."
"Don't forget that these enemy soldiers can be gathered together due to nothing more than profit. One hit will definitely lead to a rout."
Lu Xiu raised his head and stared at the morning glow in the sky.
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in Hebei.
Tsuneshiro held the letter in his hand, his face full of disbelief.
"Lord, whose letter is it from?"
"The letter from my little boss came from Dingzhou. My guess is that it was Lu Xiu, the general of Zhenzhou in Dingzhou, who borrowed the name of my old friend. He knew that I could see it, but he chose to report the situation in Hebei. Make it clear."
"Uncle Lao Gou prides himself on being a good strategist, but he never thought that he would encounter a serious problem due to his carelessness."
The old counselor beside him also looked shocked after reading the letter, "No wonder there was some feint attack strategy before. This is obviously a cover-up."
"That's right. He couldn't conquer Hebei, so he wanted to break through Dingbeiguan and go south. But the Tiger of Dingzhou is also a tough nut to crack."
Tsuneishiro laughed to himself.
"The letter said that if Dingbei Pass is broken, the inner city may suffer disaster. The Tiger of Dingzhou has touched my heart."
"Zhongde, go and send an order to mobilize an army of 100,000 troops. Arrange troops at the border between Hebei and Dingzhou to support the Dingzhou army at any time!"
"I, Chang Shiro, will smash all the eggs of my uncle, old dog, Gongsun and the dwarf, and those Rouran bandits!"
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