After shooting several arrows in a row, Yue Fei gradually felt exhausted. Although he was born with divine power in his previous life, Ma Su's body cannot control this power now.
"The general is really a sharpshooter! Shoot a few more arrows at Huang Xi's side to help him break through smoothly!"
Zhang Xiu is really convinced now. Otherwise, the prime minister would hand over this important task to Ma Shenjun. He is really outstanding!
After seeing Le Zhao riding out of the Chinese army camp, Yue Fei once again drew his bow and shot an arrow at the defender closest to Huang Xi.
Huang Xi was about to give up, but when he saw Wei Bing falling in front of him, his strength immediately returned to his body.
"Brothers, reinforcements are here to pick us up, rush out with me!"
The Shu army of dozens of people burst out with extraordinary strength in the desperate situation. While the Wei army was afraid of being shot by arrows that they didn't know where, they were also frightened by the sudden appearance of the Shu army flag at the gate of the ancient city behind the camp and the sound of the ringing bell. The drums disturbed the mind. Huang Xi and the others actually tore a hole open in the midst of being surrounded by thousands of people.
In the mountain stream, Yue Fei clenched his trembling hands and ordered around.
"Zhang Xiu, Li Sheng, go and bring Huang Xi and the others back. Remember, don't be reluctant to fight, and return to the mountain immediately after picking them up!"
... ...
When Zhang He led his troops back, he saw several fallen war horses outside the Chinese army camp which had been well organized before departure, and several soldiers were carrying back the bodies of people who had been shot.
A group of soldiers outside the camp formed a circle with shields and looked toward the mountain stream alertly. When they saw Zhang He and the others, their first reaction was to retract their bodies into the shields. Then they found out that it was Zhang He who stood up excitedly to greet them.
"General Zhang! You're back!" A captain rode his horse to greet him. However, what surprised Zhang He was that the captain's body was close to the horse's back when riding...
"...What happened? Why is there such chaos in the camp?" Zhang He lowered his head and looked at the captain with disgust.
"General Zhang, Zhang, this place is dangerous. Let's go back to the camp first." The captain rubbed his face on the horse's back uncomfortably, motioning to Zhang He and the others to press their upper body against the horse's back like him, and then gently used both hands to He patted his horse and walked towards the camp.
With an unpredictable expression on Zhang He's face, he led the soldiers behind him back to the camp.
... ...
"Young man, Ma Su! How dare you do this!" Zhang He sat in the camp and listened to his subordinate's report, then he slapped the table angrily.
It seemed that they had underestimated the new commander-in-chief of the Shu Kingdom before. Not only did they predict their actions and ambush them on the mountain, they also took the opportunity to get water. The most unexpected thing was that they actually had a lot of garrison troops in the ancient city of Jieting. .
With such a strategy and ability, this man has been able to hold back until now. Could it be that he deliberately defended the mountain in order to form a pincer attack with the defenders in the city?
"General Zhang, what should we do next? How about we attack Jieting City first?"
Zhang He raised his head and looked down at Zhang Tong, who was leaning on the seat with a bandage, and then looked at Le Zhao, who was silent beside him, feeling depressed again.
Fortunately, he was only shot in the shoulder and his life was not injured. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain to his father Zhang Hu, let alone his deceased grandfather, General Zhang Liao.
Alas, these two children are still too young and need more experience in the army. Of course, it is best not to experience in our army...
"General Zhang... General Zhang!" Le Zhao looked at Zhang He who was so entranced that he didn't know what he was thinking, and couldn't help but remind him.
"Ahem... You two stay in the military camp for now. Tomorrow I plan to explore the news in Jieting City."
"According to what you said, the five hundred Shu soldiers did not return to the city after leaving the city during the day. The remaining troops in the city are probably less than a thousand. If we can really break the ancient city, some of them will go west to reinforce Longxi County, and some of them will occupy the city. Defend, the Shu army is mostly infantry, and their speed will definitely be slower than our army. After 10 days, our army's reinforcements arrive, even if Ma Su has the ability to reach the sky, he will definitely die here."
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Just when Zhang He was preparing to launch a feint attack on Jieting City, Wang Ping in Jieting City had already anticipated the next development of the situation.
"General Wang, Lao Qi is back. This time we sacrificed three brothers, and a dozen were slightly injured. Wang Da led them to temporarily rest in the mountains."
Gao Shan was originally in the same group as Wang Da. There were ten people in their group, and they were also the ten most capable among their tribesmen initially selected to join the Shu army. Their tribe was known for its strong warriors, and they would be convinced by whoever was stronger. He ranked ninth, and Wang Da took away five. Of the remaining five, he was the only one who was better at communication, so he could only temporarily take over Wang Da's reporting work.
"Take me to see him quickly. How is he? Is he injured?"
Lao Qi in Gaoshankou is the most agile among the ten and is good at concealing his whereabouts. Before, I had been responsible for gathering information. After Wang Da and others were exposed, they had no choice but to follow Yue Fei and others up the mountain. Then he came back alone to deliver the news. "General Wang, this is the letter General Ma asked me to bring to you."
Wang Ping took the letter from Lao Qi, unfolded the letter paper, and lines of elegant cursive calligraphy came into view.
After about half a cup of tea, Wang Pingping handed the letter to Lao Qi expressionlessly.
"... Do you know what the content of the letter is?"
Lao Qi looked at Wang Ping in confusion: "General, I have never read and cannot read..."
Then, the two of them looked at Gao Shan at the same time, and Gao Shan touched the back of his head honestly: "I know the Yi script, but I can't understand the Han script either."
Then, under the gaze of Gao Shan and Lao Qi, Wang Ping's dark face turned faintly red.
"General, you grew up here, why don't you..."
"Ahem! Go down and ask if there is anyone who can read?"
When Wang Ping was under Cao Cao, he was often ridiculed and ostracized because of his lack of education. Later, when he arrived in Shu, he spent most of his time hanging out with the soldiers of the Qingwu tribe. These Qingwu soldiers knew nothing about Chinese characters, so the lack of literacy did not have much impact on him.
Who knew that Ma Junjun suddenly wrote a letter to him. Not only the people of Shu, but also the people of Wei and Wu knew that he was illiterate. Did Ma Junjun do it on purpose?
Wang Ping's face turned red and white. Lao Qi instinctively felt that General Wang was not in a good mood at this time, and gradually distanced himself from him, for fear of being offended.
Recalling it, when Ma Canjun handed the letter to him, his demeanor and tone were normal, and there was no hint of a joke!
Just as their minds were turning over and over again, Gao Shan led a young soldier in.
"General Wang, find a literate..."
