Not long after Lu Biao and others captured Xiguan, Yancheng's night attack was staged again, but this time Shaerzhu was not so lucky. Zhao Bin had been prepared for it. After attacking the city in the middle of the night, the Jie people were abandoned again under the city. There were three thousand corpses.
Sha'erzhu, who returned to the camp, roared. He didn't believe these two-legged sheep were so brave, and half of his tribe's 30,000 warriors had been lost after experiencing the siege of Xiguan and Yancheng.
Modohar and Ousachaha lost their initial arrogance and no longer said anything about taking Xiguan in one day.
Modohar said: "Big Chief, it seems that this King Yan is different from the Xia Dynasty people we have encountered before. Our warriors have already suffered a lot. If we continue to fight like this, the Sand Wolf Tribe will be doomed."
Sarju raised his stern eyes and looked at Modohar. Modohar did not dare to look directly into Sarju's sharp gaze, and lowered his head deeply.
"Big Chief, why don't we send someone to send a message to the Great Khan and ask him to send reinforcements quickly? We only need to surround Yancheng. Sooner or later, Yancheng will be ours," Osa Chaha said. .
"Hmph, are you afraid? Don't you want other tribes to see the shame of our Sand Wolf Tribe?" Sarzhu roared.
"Big leader, we don't have large-scale siege equipment. If we continue to fight like this, our warriors will be exhausted, and our tribe will most likely be annexed by other tribes." Osa Chaha reminded.
After hearing that he was being annexed, Shaerzhu calmed down a little, but he still did not give up the idea of attacking Yancheng.
"Don't worry, the Great Khan is my biological brother. I will ask him to replenish your manpower from other tribes. The most important thing for us now is to capture Yancheng and wash away the shame of our Sand Wolf Tribe, you know."
"But we only have more than 10,000 warriors now. It may not be that easy to capture Yancheng." Osachaha said.
"If not, then build it. From tomorrow on, let those Han prisoners build siege equipment for my leader."
"Our prisoners are all ordinary Han people. No one can build large siege equipment. At most, these people can only build some siege ladders."
"Damn it! These useless Han people."
Modohar suddenly thought of something, so he said: "Big leader, have you noticed anything wrong?"
Sarju and Osachha were both stunned when they heard this.
"What's wrong?"
"Our intelligence says that Yancheng only has five thousand defenders, but have you noticed that during the siege yesterday, the number of arrows fired from the city wall at one time was far more than five thousand. From this, it seems that Yancheng's current The garrison must be more than 5,000 strong."
"Could it be that the defenders of Xiguan fled to Yancheng?" Osa Chaha said suddenly.
"There are about 50,000 defenders in Xiguan. When we fought for Xiguan, not many died in the battle. If these 50,000 troops are really in Yancheng, we will not be able to capture Yancheng anyway."
When Sharzhu heard this, he seemed to have a bad premonition. Although he was still not afraid of an army of 50,000 in terms of momentum, if he still had an army of 30,000, he would continue to attack the city without hesitation, but if he only had more than 10,000 If so, then he would have to think about it.
The sun has risen. On the city wall, Zhao Bin and others looked at the Jie tribe's camp in the distance.
"Your Majesty, the Jie tribe's attack this day and night has suffered a great setback. What should we do next?" Qin Fang asked.
"The Jie people will not make any big moves next. They don't have many people now. Except for the 5,000 people blocked in the south of the city, the number of people in the Jie camp now should only be about 10,000. I don't know about Lu Biao. Did they succeed?" Zhao Bin said lightly.
Wang Wu looked around with a telescope on the city wall, and far away on the west side of Yancheng, a man and a horse were approaching.
"My lord, where are you looking?" Wang Wu said, pointing to the northwest.
Zhao Bin looked in Wang Wu's direction and saw nothing.
"My lord, use a telescope!" Wang Wu said as he handed over the telescope.
Zhao Bin took the telescope and searched carefully in the direction pointed by Wang Wu, and finally saw a very small figure. It seemed that the servant should be the palace guard.
After traveling a certain distance, the man stopped moving forward because there was a camp of Jie people ahead. He took out his telescope. Then he jumped off the horse and danced on the spot.
"What do you mean?" Zhao Bin looked at the people in the distance with a puzzled look.
Wang Wu took out another telescope from his pocket. Qin Fang couldn't help but be speechless after looking at it, thinking to himself, why do you bring so many telescopes?
Wang Wu watched for a while and said with an uncertain tone: "Your Majesty, he seems to be saying that they have captured Xiguan, right?"
"how do you know?"
"He pointed to the northwest for a while, clenched his fist for a while, and then laughed. I guess he meant holding a fist in his hand."
Qin Fang glanced at Wang Wu and reminded: "Are you trying to say that victory is certain?"
"Yes, victory is guaranteed."
Zhao Bin looked at these two people: "Then you communicate with him."
"Prince Haole," Wang Wu responded, then moved a few steps to the side and began to dance and make gestures.
Sometimes he pointed to the west, sometimes he patted his chest, sometimes he cupped his hands, and then made a gesture of drinking water. After drinking the water, he waved his hands.
"Brother Wu, are you sure he can understand?" Zhao Bin asked with a frown.
"I don't know, but if he understands it, he should go back. If he doesn't understand, he should do other actions!"
Zhao Bin picked up the telescope again and looked into the distance! "Wocao! Did you run away?"
"Then he should understand?"
"What do you mean by what you did just now?" Zhao Bin asked hurriedly
"I pointed in the direction of Xiguan, and then I patted my chest, which meant that you have won Xiguan, it's reliable! Then I cupped my hand, which meant congratulations, congratulations, come back and drink."
"Then what does waving your hands at the end mean?"
"Hey, of course I know, you can go back!" Wang Wu said proudly.
"Fuck, who told you to let him go back?" Zhao Bin cursed.
Qin Fang on the side was also helpless. He looked at the Jie tribe's camp and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"
"Just wait and see what happens! We don't have many troops right now. Many brothers are injured. Now we can only defend."
After a day and night of fighting, both sides were exhausted, but the Jie people still stood guard outside the city. There was only a brief lull so that everyone could take a rest.
A team of 500 people was dispatched from the Jie tribe's camp, and Sarzhurang captured all the nearby villagers as prisoners. However, unexpectedly, only two hundred people came back, and many of them were injured.
"What's going on? Didn't you go capture the prisoners?" Shaerzhu asked.
"Reporting to the chief, we went to capture the prisoners, but we didn't see anyone in the village. They hid in the holes like mice. They also attacked us with bows and arrows. We visited several villages and it was the same. ." the soldier replied.
"Damn it, damn it, these despicable Xia Dynasty people, they all deserve to die! Order, the entire army will be dispatched tonight to capture Yancheng at all costs!"
Modohar hurriedly spoke to dissuade him: "Big leader, no, there is probably an army of 50,000 in Yancheng! It is invincible."
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Modohar pondered for a while and said: "Big Chief, doesn't King Yan like to do business? How about we do business with him once?"
"Business? What business?" Shaerzhu asked curiously
"The young leader is still detained by them. We can offer to exchange the young leader. As long as they are willing to release him, we can agree to any request!"
"Hmph, that idiot, he should have died a long time ago. He is a disgrace to our sand wolf tribe. What can we do to save him?" Sharzhu said angrily.
"Don't get angry first. The young leader is locked up in the city. He must know how many soldiers and horses there are in the city. The main reason for replacing the young leader is to get useful information from him!" Modohar said.
"If there are not many troops in Yancheng, we can attack again. If there is a large army in the city, we can only wait for the arrival of the Great Khan."
"Well, when the sand sculpture comes back, this leader will never let him off lightly!"
In the afternoon, Shaerzhu came to the outside of Yancheng with his personal guards, and a Han prisoner was brought to the front of the battle. The prisoner shouted loudly towards the city: "The leader of the Sand Wolf Tribe wants to see His Highness King Yan, go and report it!"
At this time, Wang Dayong, who was standing on the city wall, heard the Chinese language below, so he replied, "His Royal Highness, King Yan, has gone to bed. You can come back later."
The captive looked timidly at Sharzhu on the horse and said, "They said King Yan has gone to bed and asked us to come back later."
Sarju was furious and struck the prisoner's shoulder with a whip. Blood blossomed on the prisoner's shoulder, and the prisoner fell to the ground screaming in pain. "Stand up and tell them that if King Yan doesn't come out, I will kill you."
The prisoner endured severe pain and got up from the ground, pleading at the top of his lungs: "Master Jun, please be kind. If King Yan doesn't come out, he will kill the villain. Please forgive me, Master Jun."
Wang Dayong was immediately furious, but he couldn't bear to see the Han prisoners across from him die like this. In desperation, he had no choice but to agree to invite His Highness King Yan.
Zhao Bin did not go far, but fell asleep in a private house under the city. When Dayong came, Wang Wu was taking a nap at the door. It must be said that even Wang Wu, who was taking a nap, could remain vigilant. Dayong The sound of footsteps made Wang Wu wake up again, and he couldn't help but grab his own knife first. He opened his eyes and saw that it was Dayong, and then he put down his guard.
"Is the prince awake?" Dayong asked softly.
"Not yet? What's wrong?" Wang Wu asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"Salzhu wants to see the prince." Dayong said.
While the two were talking, the door was opened and Zhao Bin walked out.
"Your Majesty!" Dayong cupped his hands and said.
"what happened?"
After Dayong told what happened outside the city, the three of them went up the city wall together.
"Sharzhu, what do you want from me?" Zhao Bin shouted into the tin loudspeaker.
"Tell him that we want to exchange sand sculptures! He can make a condition."
The prisoner conveyed the message to Zhao Bin on the city wall.
"Okay, as I said before, hand over all your horses and I will return the sand sculpture to you!"
"Delusion!"
"It seems that you don't want your son. I heard that Sharzhu is your only son. If he dies, who will inherit your tribe? Otherwise, how about trading you for a sand sculpture?" "
"Okay, my leader is here. As long as you, King Yan, dare to come out, I will let you do whatever you want."
Zhao Bin looked at Salzhu in the distance and couldn't help but have an idea, that is, what would happen if Salzhu was really left behind and the sand sculpture was put back? He didn't know, but he wanted to give it a try.
"Dayong, bring the sand sculpture here."
Soon the sand sculpture was brought to the city wall. The sand sculpture kept struggling and making loud noises along the way. When he came to Zhao Bin, he bared his teeth and was about to rush towards Zhao Bin, but several people behind him immediately held him down.
"Put him down with the rope, and don't let him fall to the ground halfway."
"Okay, Prince, you guys come here," Dayong said with a smile.
Several people were busy using ropes to lower the sand sculpture down from the city wall. Halfway down, the rope suddenly stopped, and the sand sculpture was seen struggling and swinging.
"Asshole!" Sarju yelled angrily.
Zhao Bin, who was on the top of the city, saw Sha Erzhu's angry look and said to Wang Dayong: "Dayong! Shoot Sha Erzhu to death. He should not be attacking the city anymore. They replaced the sand sculptures, and they should have plans to retreat. "
"It's the prince!" Dayong quickly ordered.
Twelve three-bed crossbows were aimed at Sharzhu at the same time. Sharzhu suddenly had an ominous premonition when he saw the tarpaulin torn open on the city wall, but he was too far away to see clearly what was on the wall. Just as he was about to turn his horse's head, twelve spear-like arrows shot at him quickly. Shocked, Sarzhu hurriedly tried to dodge, but a three-bed crossbow with an aiming device was not so easy to dodge. , the three arrows that arrived first flew Salzhu away, and one of his thighs was almost cut off by the arrows, and the soldiers behind him were also penetrated and killed. He had never seen such a powerful bow and arrow, and now he saw it.
