Su Shifang led the soldiers to collect the materials left on the battlefield. Many Jie soldiers were killed by rolling rocks on the mountain. Most of the swords and arrows they carried with them were intact. They were originally best at bows and arrows, but it was difficult for them to exert their power in this narrow valley. , the saying goes that one man can block everything, but ten thousand men cannot open it. This is the truth.
Many war horses had their legs and feet broken by rolling logs or falling rocks, and were lying on the ground panting. Once a horse's legs were broken, it would be difficult to use them. Most of these injured horses would be slaughtered and used as rations.
After counting, a total of more than 7,000 Jie soldiers were killed in the canyon. Su Shifang looked at the corpses all over the canyon and felt worried for a moment. How to deal with these corpses became a problem. It would be impossible to bury so many corpses in this narrow valley. If he stays here, the weather will get hotter and hotter. By then, corpses will rot and plague will easily occur. It will be difficult to keep people stationed in the canyon. Fortunately, there should be no problems in a short time. Thinking of this, he will no longer worry about the matter. .
The soldiers transported the collected materials back to the camp again and again. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking again, Hou Tai ordered people to transport some of the collected arrows to the top of the mountain through ropes. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers on the top of the mountain to cut down the rolling logs again and pile up thunder stones.
The Jie tribe had 20,000 cavalry, including 10,000 vanguard troops and 10,000 follow-up troops. After this ambush, 70% of the vanguard troops were lost. Because the follow-up troops maintained a certain marching distance, they were unable to enter the ambush range. After exiting the original route, the Jie people did not retreat completely, but stationed themselves at the mouth of the valley.
Tugodami successfully escaped from the canyon under his personal escort and returned to his army, while his son Tugeshike stayed in the canyon forever. Tugoda Mi took a deep look at the deep canyon, his eyes full of anger and unwillingness, and he vowed to avenge his son.
Tugodami, who did not dare to go deep, finally led the remaining more than 10,000 Jie soldiers to retreat and headed towards Xiguan. He wanted to join the Jie Khan.
On a mountain ridge at the mouth of the valley in front of Xiguan, two scouts in crawlsuits were using binoculars to look at the Jie tribe's camp outside the valley.
One of the scouts said in confusion: "These Jie people have been here for two days, why don't they attack?"
"Why, are you still hoping that they can't attack?"
"It's not that I'm expecting them to attack, I'm just wondering what conspiracy they are up to."
"How about we go to the valley entrance to check it out?"
"The mountain is so steep. It's good to be able to lie down here. Going up is the ridge. There are cliffs on both sides. If you are not careful, you will fall."
"But if you don't go there, you won't be able to see the situation outside the valley at all. You can only see the location of the valley entrance from here."
Another scout looked up at the higher terrain: "It's difficult to climb here. Let's go back and go around to the other side of the mountain from the front. The other side is relatively gentle."
After the two agreed, they returned the way they came. An hour later, they turned back to the mountain near Xiguan, climbed over the ridge, and detoured to the other side. Due to the interlacing of trees in the mountains, the march was slow. Originally, they went from Xiguan to the entrance of the valley. The location was only less than half an hour's journey away. They were traveling in the mountains for more than two hours before they arrived near the mouth of the valley.
At this time, the two of them were in a low-lying part of the mountain. The front was blocked by the mountain wall. If they wanted to see the situation outside the valley, they needed to climb up the mountain wall more than ten meters high in front of them.
A soldier threw the flying claw in his hand hard towards a thick tree growing on the mountain wall. After making sure it was safe, he gradually climbed up with the strength of the rope. After going up, he took off the flying claw and chose a relatively convex tree. After he came out and settled in a place without branches and leaves, he threw the flying claw in his hand towards another tree diagonally above.
After he climbed up the mountain wall, the yellow setting sun in the west suddenly appeared in front of him. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the ground outside the mouth of the valley. The scout was stunned by the scene in front of him. It is the camp of the Jie people.
The scout waiting below saw that he didn't react at all, so he shouted: "Hey, what are you doing, put the rope down?"
Hearing the cry of his companion, he recovered from the surprise, then took off the long rope he was carrying, selected a bulge, fixed the rope, and then dropped the other end.
The companion below climbed all the way up the rope. When he reached the top of the mountain wall, he was also shocked by the scene in front of him.
Many people may have never seen an army of 100,000 people in their lives.
The scout who came up earlier seemed to have discovered something. He pointed in one direction and said, "Look over there."
Another scout put the telescope in front of his eyes and looked in the direction of his finger. "It's a catapult. It turns out they haven't attacked since they were building a catapult."
"It's not just catapults, look over there, there are also floor carts and ramming carts."
"Damn it, these wolf bastards have really worked hard. It seems like there will be a tough battle ahead."
The two of them drew the layout of the Jie tribe's camp on the outside on a piece of paper. One of the scouts said, "You should go back immediately with the drawings to report the news. I will guard here."
"Okay, then be more careful." After the scout said that, he followed the rope down the mountain wall and returned along the way he came. When he returned to Xiguan, it was already night.
Lu Biao and others listened to the scout's report. Lu Biao was not surprised at all by such a thing. A real siege would inevitably use siege equipment. It is impossible for anyone to be as stupid and blindly confident as Sarju. A pass or a city can be breached with just a few hundred siege ladders.
After the scouts finished their report, Lu Biao asked: "Is there a path in the mountains that can lead to the outside of the valley?"
"Returning to the general, I have been exploring the mountains on both sides of the canyon for many days. There is no path that can be walked. You can barely walk along the mountain wall to the entrance of the canyon, but it is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will fall down the mountain."
Lu Biao looked at the generals under the observation platform, pondered for a moment and then said: "Okay, Fan Zhi listens to the order, tomorrow morning you lead a thousand crossbowmen to march on the south side of the mountain, ambush at the mouth of the valley, and take advantage of the situation at midnight. The wind launches a fire attack.”
"General, take your orders!" Fan Zhi stood up and responded.
"Jingde listens to the order, tomorrow morning you lead a thousand crossbowmen to march on the mountain on the north side, ambush at the mouth of the valley, and also launch a fire attack at midnight."
"General, take your orders!" Jingde stood up and responded.
"Tian Ying listens to the order. You will lead three thousand crossbowmen to march at the mouth of the valley at midnight tomorrow, and launch a fire attack together at midnight."
"The last general takes orders!" Tian Ying stood up and responded.
"It's just that you are attacking from the front. You must be well concealed. If you are exposed and cannot fight hard, retreat immediately." Lu Biao continued.
"Yes, General."
"Tong Wei listens to the order and orders you to lead five thousand men to ambush Tian Ying on both sides of the valley! If the enemy army is in chaos, you can take advantage of the situation to pursue them, but remember not to advance rashly."
"The last general takes command!"
Wang Dayong felt a little itchy when he saw that many generals had received tasks, so he said: "Lu Biao..."
Before he could say anything, several eyes turned to Dayong. Wang Dayong was also stunned when he saw this. Although he had a good relationship with Lu Biao, this was in the military camp, in front of so many generals. Calling Lu Biao by name surprised everyone present.
Dayong was quick-thinking and immediately changed his words: "No, General Lu. The three-bed crossbow that the younger one brought is very powerful and has a very long range. Why don't you let me go with General Tian?"
Lu Biao took a deep look at Wang Dayong and said: "No, I know that three-bed crossbows are very powerful, but these three-bed crossbows are more suitable for sniping generals. If you bring a few three-bed crossbows, they may not be of much use. Besides, three-bed crossbows The crossbow is inconvenient to carry, and it will be troublesome if it falls into the hands of the Jie people."
"Don't worry, these three crossbows are carefully designed by the prince. They are extremely easy to disassemble and assemble. If something goes wrong, I will destroy these crossbows immediately and will never let them fall into the hands of the Jie tribe."
"That won't work either. The three-bed crossbow must be used at critical moments. As soon as the Jie tribe's Great Khan shows up, he must be shot with the three-bed crossbow!"
Lu Biao objected.
"Okay, I'll go without the three-bed crossbow. Did you see the big barrel I brought? I'll bring that, right?"
"What on earth is that?" Lu Biao asked in confusion.
"The heartless cannon was developed by Wang Ye and I. It can move things very far. It's like a trebuchet." Wang Dayong explained.
"Nonsense, how can a Yuantong be like a trebuchet." Lu Biao retorted disdainfully.
"I don't know the specific reason, but he is just as capable as a trebuchet. If you don't believe me, you still don't believe the prince."
"If it's true as you said, then you won't be allowed to take him out."
"Hehe, don't worry, I am the only one who can use this thing. Even if you give it to the Jie clan for nothing, he will have to melt it as scrap metal for you." Wang Dayong said proudly.
Everyone here was confused and didn't know what Dayong was talking about. Lu Biao thought for a moment and said: "Okay, then you will act with General Tian, but you must be careful in everything."
"Accepted!" Wang Dayong shouted with satisfaction.
