"My lord, something bad happened. The men and horses who had been slaughtered in front suddenly separated into the second and third battalions and turned around to fight. The remaining men and horses took wood and withered grass from somewhere, and suddenly they burned into a fire and blocked the snake path. Ahead." In front, Chen Sheng hurriedly reported back.
"I know." Xu Mu frowned.
Chang Sheng, who is far away in Hezhou, has spent the past two months not resigning, but making plans. Just like the Qianli attack back then, it caught everyone by surprise.
They were blocked in front and back, and winter was approaching. They were just waiting for the temperature to drop sharply and the food and grass to be exhausted. They were really trapped here.
But these are not the most terrifying things. He is the king of Shu and the core of the Western Shu regime. In other words, Chang Sheng is very likely to take advantage of his trapped situation to make a big fuss.
Even if Lao Huang, who was the closest, knew it was a trick, there was no way he would really come to the rescue.
Just like a noose, the person this noose used at first was Lao Huang, but as he entered the game, it was clear that he was also caught by Chang Sheng.
"Chen Sheng, take people to the fire ahead and recover the dead horses first to use as military rations."
Xu Mu didn't know, given the current situation, how long he would be trapped if he couldn't think of a good way. Other issues can be postponed, but the matter of food and grass cannot be postponed.
With a calm gaze, Xu Mu did not despair. Instead, he kept observing the terrain nearby. Seriously speaking, since the war with Beiyu, this is the first time that Chang Sheng has been forced into such a dangerous situation.
"Can the mountain walls on both sides be climbed with rope hooks?"
"My lord, it's not possible, it's too steep."
Xu Mu frowned and nodded.
However, the snake path is five to six people wide, and the longer the queue stretches, the more dangerous it becomes. But Xu Mu understood that under this situation, even if Chang Sheng wanted to attack from a flank, he would wait until their morale collapsed.
"Camp on the left, leaving an aisle to the right."
At this time, if not handled properly, a camp roar is very likely to occur.
Camp roar is an unexpected event in the army. Morale collapsed, food and fodder were insufficient, and they were on alert for a long time. They were extremely nervous. Whenever there was any disturbance, they thought it was an enemy attack. Over time, it is easy to cause violent mutiny, with soldiers killing each other.
"Don't be nervous." Walking up a huge boulder, Xu Mu looked around at the army below, and the first words he spoke were gentle words of comfort.
"After so many lives and deaths, I, Xu Mu, have come through just like you all. I have already anticipated the ever-victorious road blocking strategy and have a way to defeat the enemy. Of course, this will take some time to prepare. "
When the soldiers below heard Xu Mu's words, their originally irritable expressions slowly calmed down. It is true as the lord in front of me said, all the way to Xishu, there have been many lives and deaths to get this half of the country.
"My sons in Xishu all go to war with eggs, and being trapped in the snake path is nothing more than a trivial matter. One day, we will fight our way out of the snake path and scare the hearts of people in Beiyu, okay?"
"Roar!"
Countless soldiers followed and shouted.
The 20,000 people, in addition to the 10,000 people brought by Xu Mu from Dingzhou, the other 10,000 people were also mixed with many new troops. Although they were not elite, they were solid Shuzhou soldiers.
The seventy-mile tombs outside Chengdu are also inspiring future generations to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors, to sacrifice their lives and defend their homeland.
"Lord, General Chen Sheng is back."
After walking off the boulder, Xu Mu turned around to look.
It was found that Chen Sheng and others brought back not many injured horses and horse corpses, only sixty or seventy.
Now, there are about 18,000 Shu soldiers left, and each of them only has five or six days of dry food left. Added together, it can last for more than ten days at most.
After more than ten days, if there is no accident and they are trapped in the snake path, they will run out of food. The most terrible thing is that when winter comes, it is located in the south of Lizhou. According to the situation in previous years, it will snow. Food is out and winter comes again, and there is another snowfall...
Xu Mu exhaled and forced himself to calm down. Chang Sheng's unexpected attack undoubtedly gave the entire Xishu a blow.
"Brother Sheng."
Chen Sheng, who had just returned, hurriedly walked to Xu Mu again.
"Be more prudent and take people to check in person. Are there any holes or groundwater near this mountain wall?"
Chen Sheng didn't say anything, took the military orders and turned around to leave.
Xu Mu stood in the snake path, raised his head, and looked at the sky above his head. If the guess is correct, the next step will be the most severe test moment.
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Beyond the Snake Path.
In front of an army of nearly 40,000 people, Chang Sheng remained silent and stared straight ahead, trying to see what was going on in the snake passage.
As early as yesterday, the fire blocking the snake road had stopped. Of course, in order to prevent the Shu people from escaping, he even mobilized his soldiers and painstakingly built a small walled city at the entrance.
It won't take much. With the reinforcement, the walled city will become taller and larger, completely blocking the Shu people's way out. Winter is approaching again, and with lack of food and clothing, this beleaguered army will eventually lose morale and even mutiny.
"Bai Feng, you lead ten thousand people and rush to join Shentu. Remember, what you have to do is to trap King Xu Shu in the snake path at all costs. If there are other military orders, I will send them separately Passed from person to person.”
General Beiyu named Bai Feng hurriedly accepted the order.
"Remember my words, I have worked so hard to win this round, don't be careless! If King Xu Shu escapes due to negligence, I will kill him without mercy!"
"Don't worry, military advisor!"
"Go ahead."
Chang Sheng exhaled and fell into thought again.
The matter that trapped King Xu Shu was not a simple fight. Next, he had many things to consider. For example, the lame man's countermeasures, or Qingfeng's decision... In short, if this round of events can be used to cause more war disasters against Xi Shu, it will undoubtedly be a great victory.
After a moment of silence, Chang Sheng squatted down, picked up a branch, and started paddling something on the mud. Yan Pi, who was standing by, looked at him with a look of shock on his face.
On the ground, there was first a straight line, then three stones, one in the middle and one at each end of the straight line.
Chang Sheng's face darkened, he grabbed a stone with his left and right hands, and pushed them towards the middle. With a "bang" sound, the stones in the middle were suddenly blown away, and mud and sand splashed around.
King Xu Shu in the snake path was like a falling stone.
Lifting his face, Chang Sheng stared at the sky. The gray sky, no more migratory birds and blue sky, signaled that winter was about to begin, which made him smile again.
"Yan Pi, slowly spread the information that King Xu Shu was trapped in the snake path."
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