After the Jie people retreated, several scouts were put down from the city wall to investigate the movements of the Jie people.
The Jie people had suffered heavy losses at the mouth of the valley before, and now all the camps were far away from the mountains and set up camp outside the range of bows and arrows.
At night, Fan Zhi led a group of more than a hundred cavalry quietly out of Xiguan and marched slowly towards the mouth of the valley.
At this time, the Jie camp had torch posts set up more than a hundred meters away to prevent sneak attacks by the Daxia army.
After the cavalry met with the scouts responsible for reconnaissance at the mouth of the valley, they advanced under the night in the predetermined direction.
As we get closer and closer to the Jie tribe's camp, we can see Jie tribe soldiers standing guard outside through the light of torches in the distance.
Fan Zhi ordered the more than a hundred cavalrymen behind him: "First shoot the sentry soldiers with crossbows, and then sprint towards the Jie tribe camp with all your strength. Remember not to get too close, just beat the gongs and blow the horns. Once the enemy As soon as the army leaves the camp to pursue them, they immediately withdraw."
Then more than a hundred cavalry fired the first batch of crossbows on their horses, and then all the soldiers rushed towards the Jie tribe's camp. The soldiers clamped their legs on the horses' belly and kept ringing the gongs in their hands. Other soldiers He blew the horn in his hand to create the illusion of attack.
The Jie Clan guard soldiers who noticed something strange immediately shouted in Jie Clan language: "Enemy attack, enemy attack"
"Buzz~~~" The defense horn also sounded. When the horn of the former military camp sounded, the horns of other camps also sounded, and the Jie Clan camp became commotion again. Because of the loud sound of the horn, Shi Le, a big man of the Jie tribe located in the central area, also heard the sound of the horn.
Shi Le walked out of the camp and shouted angrily: "What's going on?"
The Jie clan guard on duty in front of the camp replied: "Returning to the Great Khan, there should be a Daxia army attacking the camp ahead."
Shi Le showed anger on his face and cursed angrily: "Asshole!"
In the Jie tribe's camp, the soldiers who heard the horns ran out of the camp to check. Because they had encountered the previous burning of the camp, they thought that this time the Daxia people came to set fire again.
However, after they ran out of the camp, they found that except for the restless Jie soldiers, there were no signs of burning in the entire camp, and no Daxia army was found.
A group of patrolling soldiers rushed to the camp gate. The leader, General Jie, asked, "Where are the enemy troops?"
The soldier in charge of the lookout on the wall replied slightly awkwardly: "No, it's gone!"
Hearing this answer, the patrolling general suddenly became angry: "What do you mean missing? Isn't the enemy attacking the camp?"
"It is true that Daxia's cavalry just shot and killed the soldiers standing guard in front of the camp, rushed towards the camp, and then quickly disappeared into the darkness." The soldiers on the wall replied.
The patrolling general thought for a while and then said: "Isn't there a patrol outside the city? Where are they?"
"Not long after the patrol passed by, the enemy rushed over!"
Seeing that he couldn't find any useful information, the patrolling general immediately ordered: "Open the gate of the village and follow me out to check!"
Then twenty patrolling Jie soldiers followed the general out of the camp holding torches and went to the outside of the camp to check the situation!
Under the dark night, except for a dozen corpses lying on the ground, no one could be seen. The Jie tribe general took courage and led the people to continue walking forward. However, after walking a few hundred meters, there was still no one. Discover.
"You guys go over there and watch, you guys come with me over here!" The patrolling Jie tribe general divided the soldiers into two teams and headed in two directions.
But they didn't know that in the darkness further away, a monocular telescope was looking at them under the torch.
"These bastards are really cautious, they actually chased them so far!" Fan Zhi cursed softly!
A soldier next to Fan Zhi asked softly: "General, there seems to be a boil in the Jie tribe's camp, and there are many people."
"They were frightened by the last sneak attack!" Fan Zhi said proudly.
"Then what should we do now? Go back?" the soldier continued to ask.
Fan Zhi glanced sideways at the soldier next to him, and said with a smile: "What's the hurry? We're already here. How can we go back if we don't set fire to them? We'll harass them in an hour."
Then Fan Zhi ordered again: "Go, look for the brothers nearby and see if they are all back."
"yes!"
Because it was too dark, it was difficult for the soldiers to see each other clearly, so they could only retreat in the general direction of the valley entrance. The soldier led a few soldiers to explore the surrounding night. After a while, they heard two whistles of mountain birds, and several responses came from the darkness. The soldiers took advantage of the night and slowly moved closer to the place where the whistles were heard. Come.
An hour later, Fan Zhi divided the team into two teams. One team headed to the west of the Jie Clan camp, and the other headed to the east of the Jie Clan camp. Soon after, the sound of horns and gongs sounded on both sides of the Jie Clan camp.
The soldiers in the Jie tribe's camp blew their horns again, and the whole camp once again became commotion.
Several times in a row, Fan Zhi led more than a hundred people to harass the enemy. In the middle of the night, the entire Jie Clan camp was almost completely brightly lit, and the Jie Clan soldiers complained.
A tribal leader had no choice but to lead more than 2,000 people out of the village to search. However, they searched the valley and found nothing. The main reason was that they were wandering around with torches. Fan Zhi and others in the darkness could clearly see the movement of the search and adjust their position in time.
The sky gradually turned white, and Fan Zhi knew it was almost done, so he led everyone back to Xiguan.
As soon as it got dark, a group of Jie soldiers rushed to the entrance of the valley in Xiguan and began to build the wall.
When the sun rose, tens of thousands of troops once again poured into the canyon area in front of Xiguan, carrying more siege vehicles.
The furious Shi Le gave an order, and tens of thousands of troops began to attack the city for the second time! What everyone didn't expect was that after a night of tossing, this group of Jie soldiers almost went crazy and rushed towards the Xiguan City Wall with all their strength.
The main reason was that they were very annoyed by Fan Zhi last night. Most of the Jie soldiers were filled with resentment, so they attacked the city even more desperately.
The person in charge of commanding on the city wall today was Tian Ying. Tian Ying cursed angrily: "Fan Zhi, you bastard, this is the result of your harassment all night. Not only did you not tire out the Jie people, but you made these bastards Even more excited!”
Fan Zhi had been busy all night yesterday and now went back to catch up on his sleep. Although the shouts of killing outside the city wall were loud, Fan Zhi slept extremely soundly!
It was already evening when Fan Zhi woke up. Because the enemy's offensive was too fierce today, Tian Yingrang poured a large amount of lime powder down the city wall.
Lime powder spreads a layer of gray mist under the city. Once the lime powder enters the eyes, it will burn the eyes and cause blindness, which can effectively slow down the enemy's attack.
The Jie soldiers did not know the function of this white powder at all, so they were not afraid of it. The nomads on the grassland all lived in tents, while the Han people lived in city walls. In the process of building houses and city walls in the past, people The use of lime was discovered and it was also used for defense.
Countless Jie soldiers under the city wall were burned by lime powder. Some were inhaled into the lungs, and some were squinted by the lime powder and burned their eyeballs. The Jie soldiers who were still charging gradually slowed down when they saw the terrifying nature of this white powder and did not dare to move forward.
Tian Ying, who seized the opportunity, immediately ordered Zhuge Liannu to continue firing, shooting arrows wildly at the Jie soldiers staying not far away.
Looking at the Jie soldiers who were gradually retreating, Shi Le couldn't help but become furious. He hurriedly ordered his supervisory troops to step forward to stop them. Anyone who retreated without mercy would be killed without mercy! The Jie soldiers had no choice but to charge in again.
Coupled with the fatigue from last night and the fear of white powder, although the attack continued, the pace had slowed down a lot.
For four consecutive days, the Jie tribe's attacks continued, and part of the Xiguan City Wall had been damaged by stones and was in dilapidated condition. It was feared that it would collapse in just two days.
In the conference hall, Lu Biao asked about the casualties!
Counselor Dong Yu said: "Back to the general, our army suffered about 5,000 casualties and wiped out about 20,000 enemies!"
Lu Biao looked around. The casualty ratio of 4:1 was relatively reasonable. Most of his own side suffered minor injuries, while most of the Jie tribe's side suffered casualties.
The Jie people had previously lost nearly 10,000 people in the Daijun Gorge area, and the fire camp had lost 4,000 to 5,000 people. Now after several days of siege, they have lost more than 20,000 people. After all, the Jie people's current military strength is also Just over 60,000! At present, there should be 30,000 defenders in Xiguan, so holding Xiguan will definitely not be a problem.
The current plan is to hold back the 60,000 troops as much as possible and ensure that they will not retreat before Princess Leyang arrives. As Lu Biao expected, some of the leaders in the Jie Clan camp had begun to make sounds of retreating.
