When E Huan saw this, his face was livid, he returned to the camp angrily, picked up the kettle, and took a swig.
The Yi soldiers were not good at attacking fortresses, and he was not a wise man. Now that the first battle was unfavorable, he was annoyed, but he had nothing to do, so he had to order someone to bring wine and drink it first.
"Brother E, why are you drinking alone here?" Li Qiucheng opened the curtain and walked in carelessly.
E Huan heard his sarcasm, snorted dissatisfied, and shouted: "You are still making sarcastic remarks here. Didn't you say that you want to annihilate the Han people in the valley? Now they are refusing to defend on the mountain, we are waiting But it’s hard to conquer.”
Li Qiucheng said with a smile: "General E, there has been a change in strategy. No one expected this. It has already happened, so there is no need to say more. Aren't the Han people still surrounded by our army? Although this meal was served late, It’s a little too much, but it will eventually be eaten by us, so why should you be impatient?”
"It's normal for the first attack to fail. If these hundreds of officers and soldiers occupied a good location and couldn't even catch the first formation, Your Majesty would have already ordered his army to go north."
After hearing this, E Huan quickly understood the truth, and his sullenness gradually dissipated.
It’s just that he has never been accustomed to Li Qiucheng claiming to be the brains of King Gaoding. Therefore, although he has accepted Li Qiucheng’s persuasion, he still asked unconvincedly: "Having said that, does General Li have any clever plan to defeat the enemy at this time?"
Li Qiucheng had no good strategy to defeat the enemy immediately, so he could only reply calmly: "The Han soldiers are few, and we have many soldiers. As long as our army is surrounded on all sides and attacks continuously, the Han people will be exhausted and lose sight of one thing. Let's be patient." , we can eventually find the enemy's flaws, and even if we can't, we will still wear them out."
Huh, I thought you had some good way to defeat the enemy instantly, but it turns out you don’t just know how to besiege them honestly.
E Huan glanced at Li Qiucheng with disdain, said lightly that he thought so too, and then made some sarcastic remarks.
Although Li Qiucheng was very deep in the city and would not get angry easily, his temper grew at this moment. He set a time for the next attack with E Huan, flicked the horse whip with his right hand, and left angrily.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the tent, he ran into a barbarian soldier. Li Qiucheng was even more angry. He raised the whip in his hand and was about to strike, but suddenly stopped.
He always looked kind and kind in front of the soldiers. Although he was angry at the moment, he still held back his anger. He only glared at the barbarian soldier fiercely, then got on his horse and left.
On the way back to the camp, Li Qiucheng's anger was still lingering, and he thought fiercely: "E Huan, E Huan, originally I only intended to monopolize the credit for capturing and killing Yang Qing. Since you despise me so much, hehe, I can't say that this time someone will It’s really going to be all to yourself.”
Soon, the war drums of the Yi soldiers were sounded again, and E Huan and Li Qiucheng gave orders at the same time to launch a second attack.
Most of the barbarians in the south were rebellious and rebellious. Driven by E Huan, this attack was a wave of waves charging towards the mountains without fear of death.
It turned out that E Huan had just been provoked by Li Qiucheng, and now he became ruthless and vowed to trade his life with the Han soldiers on the mountain.
The barbarian soldiers attacked like a tide, and soon brought a severe test to Liu Yin and Lu Shun who were defending the south and east. They walked back and forth in front of the formation from time to time, directing the soldiers to meet the enemy.
Fortunately, they won a victory not long ago, and the morale of the army was at its peak. Coupled with the advantage of the terrain, although the casualties of the county soldiers began to increase, they were still able to stabilize the defense line.
Yang Qing stood on the top of the mountain and observed the battlefield situation, and soon discovered that although the enemy's offensive in the south and east had increased significantly, the enemy in the north and west were much weaker than the first attack.
It is said that although the Yi soldiers were repulsed just now, they were surrounded and attacking, and they were so numerous that they could not be unable to attack. So what were the enemies to the north and west doing?
He looked at it intently for a while with doubt, and suddenly a smile appeared on his lips. It turned out that he found that the two enemies were not really unable to attack, but did so deliberately.
Although the enemy's killing sounds were loud, few actually charged towards the mountain, only arrows shot sparsely.
The reason is not difficult to guess. It is simply that Li Qiucheng and E Huan were at odds and competing for credit.
Li Qiucheng at the foot of the Western Mountain really thought so. He sat under the tree, drinking wine and eating meat comfortably while watching his men attack the mountain with bluff. Turning his head and looking south again, he saw that E Huan's troops were still trying their best to attack, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Since the enemies in the west and north did not use their full strength, Yang Qing immediately ordered Feng Chong and Wu Que to send half of their troops to the south and east to support them.
With the addition of fresh troops, the fighting situation in the south and east suddenly changed. The mountain roads were narrow and it was difficult to deploy troops. Although there were many Yi soldiers, only the one or two hundred people in front of them could really attack the Han army on the mountain.
Moreover, in this attack, although many of the Yi soldiers were finally able to get close to fight, the Han army was not only blocked by antlers, but also had spearmen who took advantage of the terrain to safely harvest, but the casualties of the Yi soldiers were greatly increased.
Liu Yin forcefully pulled out the spear in his hand from the chest of the barbarian in front of him, coldly watching him fall down with a look of reluctance on his face, and then let out a long breath.
Although there were antlers blocking the way, there were many brave and alert people among the Yi people. They used many methods to jump over the antlers, causing a period of chaos to their own side.
Fortunately, although the battle was fierce, he still held a dozen personal guards as a reserve team. When he found that the barbarian soldiers broke through the defense line, he immediately rushed forward with his men. Fortunately, there were only a dozen Yi people who turned over the antlers. He led his people around to rescue them and killed them in time.
Now that the crisis was over, he returned to the heights with his personal guards and continued to direct his men in fierce battles.
Although in his opinion, the second attack of the barbarians would soon be repelled by his own side, it would not be an option if it continued for a long time.
He looked towards the top of the mountain where the prefect was sitting, and saw Yang Qing still watching the battle with a calm face. He thought to himself: "Master Fu, Master Fu, how long until the reinforcements arrive?"
Now that he had seen through Li Qiucheng's treacherous plan and came to attack in disguise, Yang Qing was fully prepared. When the time came, he could activate his backhand and reverse the situation of the battle in one fell swoop.
Before sending troops, Liu Yin, Lu Shun, and Feng Chong were summoned by Yang Qing to tell them everything exactly. Therefore, Liu Yin knew that he did it deliberately by going up the mountain to lure the barbarians to gather in one place. It can be attacked from both inside and outside and annihilated in one fell swoop.
Only Yang Qing knew when the reinforcements would arrive. Liu Yin and the others only knew that the reinforcements were nearby. It was already past noon and they should arrive soon.
Yang Qing on the top of the mountain looked at the sun and calculated in his mind when the reinforcements would arrive. If nothing unexpected happened, the backup plan he had prepared should be arriving soon.
Wu Erlang fired his spear and stabbed the barbarian soldier who had rolled up from the flank to death. Before he could pull out the spear head, he suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head and felt someone coming from behind.
He didn't have time to turn around, so he had to instinctively duck to the left, barely avoiding the blade.
Before he could think about it, he pulled out the sword from his waist and turned around, just in time to block the second sword of the intruder. Only now did he see clearly that it was a bearded barbarian soldier who was glaring at him viciously.
The Yi man was condescending and held Wu Erlang firmly with his knife, preventing him from getting up. Wu Erlang could only hold on with all his strength, but the enemy was not only very strong, but also had a positional advantage. He gradually lost his strength. Seeing that the enemy's blade was about to scratch his right cheek, he suddenly heard the sound of a golden drum.
The Yi man couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. Seeing this opportunity, Wu Erlang couldn't let it go. He raised his hands with force and held the blade away.
The Yi soldier came back to his senses and was about to bully him again, but Wu Erlang had already taken the opportunity to get up and hit him in the chest with a kick, knocking him to the ground. Then he stepped forward and slashed with his sword, killing this man. The barbarians killed him.
Wu Erlang counterattacked the enemy and took a breath. Only then did he hear the sound of golden drums coming from the bottom of the mountain. Not only the sound of the enemy's golden drums, but also the sound of his own attacking drums.
Wu Erlang was confused for a moment, and when he was about to find someone to ask, he saw a brother running over, covering the wound on his arm, and shouted happily: "Chief, reinforcements have arrived."
