Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 19 Raid Camp
"How could it be him?" Sun Qi asked in surprise.

Yuan Wenshao looked at a group of people more than 100 steps away. Hearing Sun Qi's words, he wondered: "Do you know him, Duke?"

Sun Qi pointed to the leader and said, "That man's name is Xie Luo, and he is the guard of Lingzhou City in Xixia."

"It turned out to be the guard general of Lingzhou City who personally led the troops." Yuan Wenshao was also very surprised when he heard this.

The location of Lingzhou City is very special. Although it is not an important city, it is the only way to the Western Regions.

If Dazhou can take back Lingzhou City, he can get war horses from the Western Regions.

Xixia also knew this, and stationed tens of thousands of defenders in Lingzhou City, and heavy troops were also stationed in Lingzhou City and two nearby cities.

The three cities are at the horns of each other, making it difficult to break through in a short period of time.

Once it is delayed for a long time, Xixia's reinforcements will arrive.

Lingzhou is very important, and Da Zhou has always wanted to take it back.

But Xie Luo, the guard of Lingzhou, was very cautious. No matter what tricks he used, he would never survive the city.

The Xixia troops who came to Dazhou to plunder these years were all sent from other cities, and Lingzhou City had never participated.

However, at this time, Xie Luo led thousands of people to sneak attack on a Minshan fort, which looked weird no matter how you looked at it.

Sun Qi thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why Xie Luo appeared here.

When Sun Qi recognized Xie Luo, Xie Luo naturally also recognized Sun Qi.

At first Xie Luo thought he had seen it wrong, but when he was sure it was Sun Qi, he was ecstatic.

Sun Qi was the commander-in-chief of the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he died, the northwest would be in chaos. Let alone conquering Dingzhou City, there was hope of capturing the entire northwest.

But Xie Luo soon calmed down. Although Sun Qi was important, Sun Qi was not a fool. Once he attacked, Sun Qi would definitely flee.

Before sending the troops, An Guogong said that Sun Qi had extraordinary abilities. Although this plan was auspicious, it was very possible for Sun Qi to see through it with his ability.

If Sun Qi could be dragged here, Sun Qi's news would be delayed and it would be difficult to discover their plans.

Moreover, Dingzhou City has no leader, so the difficulty of breaking it will be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, Xie Luo said: "Zate, I will give you another chance to make meritorious service, and order your troops to continue the attack. You cannot really break Minshan Fort, and you cannot let the other side see it. Do you understand?"

"General, why is this?" Zat was very happy to hear that Xie Luo had done his crimes for him, but he was a little dumbfounded when he heard Xie Luo's request.

Attacking a city would kill people, and he even suspected that Xero wanted to consume his strength.

But after thinking about it carefully, this speculation was rejected. His soldiers and horses were originally assigned to Xie Luo, and it would not be good for Xie Luo to consume his strength.

Moreover, he was already a target of crime, and Xero had the right to deal with him, so there was no need to do anything extra.

Xie Luo glanced at him coldly, and said lightly: "Just do what I say, and I won't blame what happened before."

"Yes!" Zat couldn't guess Xie Luo's thoughts, and didn't dare to ask more.

Nu'ershan wanted to fight for the right to attack the city at first, but when he heard Xie Luo's request, he immediately kept silent, and looked at Zat's distant figure with a mocking smile.

After this battle, how many soldiers and horses under Zate will be left?

……

"kill!"

"Ah~"

"Help me~"

The battlefield is like a meat grinder, people on both sides die from time to time.

Although defending the city occupies an advantageous location, in the first battle, Yuan Wenshao's soldiers and Sun Qi's personal soldiers also killed more than ten people in battle.

More than 60 people were injured, which was equivalent to a reduction of one-third.

Fortunately, some of them were only slightly injured and were able to continue fighting.

When Zate attacked for the second time, for some reason, Yuan Wenshao felt that the opponent's attack was much weaker than the first time.

Yuan Wenshao would only do this when his first attack failed and morale was low.

"Woo~"

The golden sound sounded again, and the Xixia soldiers retreated in an orderly manner.

Yuan Wenshao quickly seized the short time to let the soldiers rest and treat the wounded.

However, the imagined attack did not come, and the Xixia army outside the city began to bury pots for cooking.

Yuan Wenshao hurriedly found Sun Qi and said, "Duke, the Xixia army is too abnormal."

Sun Qi looked at the smoke rising outside the city and said solemnly, "I feel it too."

Normally, the opponent has an advantage in numbers, so they should be divided into several batches to attack in turn, so as not to give the defenders time to breathe.

But now the Xixia army has stopped attacking, which is weird no matter how you look at it.

Sun Qi thought for a long time but couldn't understand Xie Luo's intentions, and said: "He only has a few thousand soldiers, no matter what his plans are, he can handle them when the reinforcements arrive."

Yuan Wenshao was not so optimistic when he heard this. He always felt that there was some conspiracy, but he could never figure it out.

In the afternoon, the Xixia army attacked twice more, each time the offensive was not very strong, and they were defended.

While Zate led the troops to attack the city, other Xixia troops were camping in the rear, as if they were going to fight a protracted war.

In the evening, a group of Xixia soldiers approached Minshan Fort empty-handed, while the Dazhou defenders on the top of the city had no intention of attacking.

These Xixia soldiers came to collect the bodies of their own soldiers who died in battle. According to the rules of the battlefield, they were not allowed to attack.

If corpses on the battlefield are not cleaned up in time, they will rot and breed plague, so this is why there is this regulation.

By the time the Xixia soldiers finished collecting the corpses, it was already dark.

Minshan Fort originally had a small number of troops, but more than half of them were killed or injured in one day, and those who survived were also very exhausted.

But in order to prevent Xixia from sneak attacks at night, they didn't dare to rest at all.

"My lord, I think we should retreat. The soldiers are very tired now. If the Xixia attack at night, they won't be able to defend at all." Yuan Wenshao said.

Not to mention those soldiers, even he could hardly hold on.

Sun Qi pondered for a while, then said: "At present, Xixia's purpose is unknown, so we cannot retreat."

"My lord, more than half of my soldiers have been killed or wounded now, and the remaining soldiers are exhausted. How can we still defend it? Even if Xixia takes Minshan Fort, they cannot march at night. Reinforcements should arrive early tomorrow morning, and then we can recapture Minshan Castle." Just use the mountain fortress." Yuan Wenshao advised.

Sun Qi thought for a while and said: "If Minshan Fort is captured, even if it can be taken back, there will be many casualties. But what you said is true. What I mean is to withdraw the wounded soldiers first. Once Xixia attacks at night, we will directly retreat."

Yuan Wenshao did not agree with Sun Qi's approach. Once bitten by Xixia, it would be very difficult to escape.

However, he knew that Sun Qi had already made up his mind and it was difficult to persuade him to change.

He gritted his teeth and said, "If the Duke is unwilling to retreat, please order me to attack the enemy camp at night."

"Night attack?" Sun Qi was stunned and said: "Although Xixia lost hundreds of people, it still has about [-] troops. We have only collected less than a hundred intact soldiers, and they are all exhausted. Isn't it courting death to attack the camp?"

Yuan Wenshao was a little speechless, since you knew, why didn't you want to withdraw your troops?

"My lord, you think so, and the Xixia army will naturally think so too. They shouldn't be prepared. My subordinate's idea is to choose 50 people to go down to rest first, and get up in the middle of the night. If Xixia doesn't attack by surprise, I will take them with them. Go ahead and attack the camp. Even if this fails, you can still cause the Xixia army to be in chaos and buy time." Yuan Wenshao said.

Sun Qi pondered for a while and said, "What you said makes sense, I agree."

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