The dead snake road in the mountains. Except for the sound of wind and snow, it seemed like nothing could be heard for a moment.
Shentu, who was wearing thick armor, stood coldly outside the walled city with a calm gaze, looking at the scene ahead. In the snake path ahead, nothing could be seen clearly except the white snow.
In the past few days, there will be many Shu soldiers every day, wearing thin armor that cannot withstand the cold, trying to escape from the snake path. Of course, they were all forced back by Feiya.
This round was originally intended to trap King Xu Shu to death. Now it seems that it was successful. Lack of food and clothing, coupled with the snowy winter, it has been nearly a month now, and the people of Shu are almost ready to die.
"General, I'm a little surprised. Why haven't we seen any fleeing Shu soldiers in the past two days?" General Pi next to him said.
Shentu was silent for a while, "Could it be that he died? Or that he went to the entrance on the other side?"
"It's possible."
Shentu was a little disappointed. No matter what, he liked to see the ugliness of those Shu people. He had an old friend in the north who had been bullied by the Shu people when he was in Chengdu. It would be great to help with revenge.
"General, there is smoke ahead!"
"Where did the fire smoke come from? Could it be from the snake path?" Shentu frowned, stood on the wall and looked into the distance. Sure enough, far away, on the snow, there was an extremely unexpected thing. A few streaks of gray smoke.
Shentu was startled and asked around, "If I remember correctly, the location over there should be the little military advisor's stronghold."
"Exactly, but the little military advisor led the troops out. There are only more than 10,000 people staying outside the snake road."
"The Shu people are trapped in the Snake Road. They have already killed horses to satisfy their hunger. How can they still have the strength to break out? I don't know how many days they have been hungry!" Shentu gritted his teeth. After all, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
"Scout, where is the scout!"
"General——"
Just as Shentu was shouting, not long after, several mounted scouts finally appeared, one or two with panic on their faces.
"Report to General Shentu, at the other end of the snake road, the Shu people are breaking out!"
"This is impossible! Are Shu people going to die?"
"Outside the Snake Road... reinforcements from the Shu people appeared, attacking the walled city over there from both sides!"
Shentu trembled. He also thought for a moment that the fleeing army of the Shu people had not been seen for two days. It was hard to say that there were reinforcements and a chance to break through.
"How's the war going?"
"It's a double attack, and the young military advisor has brought most of the troops, so the battle is a little unlucky."
"Damn it!" Shentu cursed angrily.
He couldn't understand that it was snowing in winter, but reinforcements from the Shu people really dared to come. Moreover, it was taking advantage of the time when the little strategist was going on an expedition.
However, there was no previous news about this Shu reinforcements.
"General Shentu, what should we do now?"
"I, Shentu, have been familiar with the art of war since I was a child. I can't tell you that this is a trick of the Shu people. Don't pay attention to it... I will just follow the military commander's orders."
Shentu forced himself to calm down, but... he couldn't calm down after all. If King Xu Shu breaks out and escapes, what's the point of being a fool if he stays here.
He raised his head and looked at the rising smoke, then turned his head and looked at the scouts riding back. Worried that it was a scam, he went out of his way to recognize the outlines of these people's faces.
"Xu Buyi...don't even think about escaping!" Shen Tu gritted his teeth and pressed the knife firmly on his waist, "Send my military order to mobilize an army of 20,000 people and rush to another part of the snake road to rescue our colleagues!"
"Also, the troops left behind must not slack off and continue to defend the city."
"Get the horse!"
…
Xu Mu stood on the snow, looking at the walled city in front of him, his expression neither sad nor happy.
After Chang Sheng left, the garrison side did not break out, but feigned an attack. As for the purpose, it was for Shentu to see.
The place where he really broke through was the southern exit of Shentujiu. Only by going out from here can we go around to Kezhou in the fastest time.
"My lord, Mu Yuan sent a message, and Shentu fell into the trap!"
"How many more defenders are there?"
"Including the additional troops, there will be at least 10,000 people."
If he had enough time, Xu Mu would plan to cheat again. But now, Lao Huang is in danger, and he can't wait.
"Chen Sheng, order the entire army to prepare to break out from the south exit!"
"Lord's order!"
Xu Mu clenched his fists. Chang Sheng had been trapped in the Snake Road for nearly a month. If it weren't for Mu Yuan, they would have been trapped to death. But now, it's the best time to fight back.
Unfortunately, there are no trees in the snake path. When the time comes to attack the walled city, we can only use rope hooks. But before that, there is still a chance for a surprise attack.
…
Boom, boom.
Snake path, south exit. Suddenly, the sound of toms sounded. Accompanied by the muffled sound of horns.
As soon as Shentu left, a Beiyu general who stayed behind suddenly turned pale after hearing this.
"Send someone to investigate quickly. We can't tell. It's the Shu people who are attacking."
"General, look at the sky -"
"What?"
General Beiyu frowned, looked up, and became frightened as well. At some point, many strange birds suddenly appeared in the sky.
"How could there be such a huge flying bird? The flag above is the 'Xu' flag of Western Shu..."
"General, it seems..."
For a time, many people in the walled city were frightened by the strange bird in the sky. In addition, there were tom drums and horn horns from earlier, and for a while, the city became a little commotion.
Bang.
On the watchtower, a Beiyu bowman raised his head and stared. Before he could move, a flying arrow pierced his head.
Immediately afterwards, in the snake path, countless flying arrows quickly started shooting while the Beiyu defenders were distracted.
"Enemy, enemy attack——"
Finally, a Beiyu Pi general took the lead in raising his sword and shouting.
In the snake path under the city wall, countless Shu soldiers followed one after another, using rope hooks to climb up the stone wall blocking the road, and headed towards the city wall to kill.
"Kill!" Chen Sheng, who had broken his arm, held a knife in one hand. After climbing over the stone wall, he and many soldiers used rope hooks to attack and ascend to the wall first.
"Quick, defend the city wall immediately!" The former Beiyu general immediately understood that there was no strange bird. It was clearly a poisonous trick of the Shu people to distract them and then take advantage of this opportunity to make a surprise attack.
"These damn Shu people, they came over just as General Shentu led his troops to leave! Could it be, could it be... a plan to attack the east and attack the west!"
"Fire arrow!" Under the wall, Xu Mu spoke in a solemn voice.
Trapped in the Snake Road, he had been saving supplies and food. Now, he finally had a chance to fight back. But no matter what, he must seize the exit city in front of Shen Tu before he comes back. Otherwise, when the enemy becomes stronger, they will have to retreat to the snake path again.
"Everyone, we are the heavenly army. We will not die from winter snow or hunger. Only now can we avenge our past humiliation by killing the enemy and attacking the city!"
"Kill!" Chen Sheng, who was the first to arrive, waved his long knife and kept raising his head and roaring.
