Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 20
In the Xixia military camp, in the tent in the middle.

Xie Luo looked at his subordinates and said, "Nurshan will be on duty tonight, and Zat will continue to lead people to attack the city tomorrow morning."

"General, count the time. The reinforcements from Wuning City should arrive tomorrow morning. Should we withdraw our troops?" Zat reminded.

After a day of attack today, although more than half of the defenders of Minshan Fort were killed or injured, his soldiers were not much better. Leaving aside the casualties, there were only more than 300 people who could fight.

The reason why there were so many casualties was because Xie Luo asked him to attack by force but could not really capture Minshan Fort.

He was acting, but the defenders of Minshan Fort didn't know it, so they naturally defended with all their strength, so his losses were very heavy.

If he really attacked the city and suffered more casualties, he wouldn't say anything. At least he could get some credit for taking Minshan Fort.

But he was a little reluctant to let his soldiers continue to die like this.

"General, please order the night attack. If Minshan Fort cannot be breached before dawn, please come and see me!" Nuershan asked for orders.

Zate curled his lips, if he hadn't consumed the strength of the defenders of Minshan Fort, how could Nuershan be so confident.

Although he was unwilling to do so, Zate didn't say anything. He only had more than 300 troops left. Even if he really attacked the city, he didn't have much confidence that he would be able to capture it.

"Have you forgotten our purpose this time?" Xie Luo asked coldly.

He naturally saw that the defenders of Minshan Fort were at the end of their strength. It was not that they did not want to attack Minshan Fort overnight and capture Sun Qi, which would be a huge achievement.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he gave up this tempting idea.

Once the city is broken, Sun Qi will definitely flee. They came over the mountains and mountains. Except for him and a few captains who have horses, the rest are on foot. How will they chase them then?
Without capturing or killing Sun Qi alive, there is no point in breaking Minshan Fort.

As for the arrival of reinforcements, he wasn't worried at all. There were only a few thousand soldiers in Wuning City, and it was impossible for all of them to come. When the strength of the two sides was about the same, if he didn't attack the city and confront Da Zhou, Da Zhou couldn't do anything to him. On the contrary, he could Drag Sun Qi here.

"General, An Guogong prevented me from attracting the Zhou army, but we can't even break the city now, how can we force Da Zhou to send reinforcements?" Nuershan retorted.

"Enough!" Xie Luo said angrily, "I will have my own plans. If Duke An is held accountable, I will be responsible."

The people in Nuershan didn't know Sun Qi, and Xie Luo didn't want to tell them.

After all, Sun Qi's temptation is too great, if he can bear it, others can't.

As for whether disobedience to military orders will be punished, there is no need to worry at all.

If Sun Qi could be killed or captured alive, he would be able to climb to the top of Xie Luo based on merit alone, and disobeying military orders would not matter.

"Yes!" Seeing Xie Luo say this, Nuershan and others did not dare to say anything more.

"Go down, Nu'ershan must be careful at night to prevent Zhou's army from attacking." Xie Luo warned.

Nuershan didn't take it seriously when he heard the words. He watched the siege today, and almost broke it a few times. If Xie Luo didn't say that they couldn't really break through, maybe they were already in Minshan Fort by now.

Under such circumstances, the defenders of Minshan Fort did not increase their troops to Chengtou Mountain. Obviously, there were no other troops in Minshan Fort.

With the less than a hundred people left in Minshan Fort, let alone coming to rob the camp, they were probably worried about whether they would attack at night.

Because of what happened just now, Nuershan just responded perfunctorily and left the camp with the others.

Returning to his tent, Nuershan ordered all the centurions under his command to be summoned, arranged the duty at will, and sent them away.

These centurions have followed Nuershan for many years, and they know his temper very well. Seeing that Nuershan just made a simple arrangement, they feel confident.

They each went back to explain to their men, and then went back to the camp to sleep.

The weather was cold now, so it was not as comfortable as sleeping in a tent during the night vigil, and they didn't think the Minshan Fort defenders would come to rob the camp.

The corps commanders followed suit and pretended to patrol a few times before finding a place to sleep.

Ordinary soldiers were not so bold, but they also became lazy. Although they didn't dare to go back to their tents to sleep, they found a leeward place and took a nap.

In the middle of the night, the whole of Daying was very quiet, only the firewood in the brazier made crackling sounds from time to time.

In a jungle to the west of the camp, Yuan Wenshao carefully leaned out and frowned slightly as he looked at the camp.

It has been half an hour since he arrived here, and he has been observing the situation in the camp, in order to find out the law of patrolling in the camp.

However, for half an hour, he had not seen any of his patrolling team.

For this sneak attack, Yuan Wenshao chose to sneak attack from the rear of the camp after careful consideration.

The camp is facing Minshan Fort. The front is the most heavily defended, while the rear is probably the most lax.

Moreover, food and grass are usually placed in places where they are not easily attacked.

The Xixia army came over the mountains and ridges, and they must not have much food and grass with them. If they could burn the food and grass, the Xixia army would definitely be in chaos.

But the Xixia army didn't even have a patrol team, which was really abnormal.

Yuan Wenshao had some doubts as to whether the Xixia army had anticipated this and deliberately loosened and tightened unexpectedly to induce him to rob the camp.

"Captain, if this drags on, it will be dawn soon, when shall we do it?" Zhang An rubbed his hands and whispered.

Yuan Wenshao gritted his teeth and said, "Act according to what I said before!"

After speaking, Yuan Wenshao picked up the spear and carefully touched the camp.

Zhang An and [-] of Sun Qi's carefully selected soldiers hurriedly and quietly followed.

When they came to the edge of the camp, several people carefully moved the horse away, crossed the horse pit, and entered the camp.

Yuan Wenshao's nerves were tense all the time, and he was relieved to see that he had already entered the camp and no ambush appeared.

Hiding on the side of a tent, Yuan Wenshao carefully looked around, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and opened the tent.

As soon as the tent was opened, many sacks were revealed. Yuan Wenshao opened one of them, and the grain inside was exposed.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Wenshao showed a hint of joy and pointed to other tents. Zhang An and others behind him understood and touched them in various directions.

Not long after, the nearby camps were opened, and food and various supplies were piled inside.

Although Yuan Wenshao couldn't figure out why the Xixia camp didn't even have such important things as food and supplies on duty, he didn't think that Xixia would spend such a large amount of capital as bait.

Making a fire gesture to Zhang An and the others, Yuan Wenshao took out a fire pocket and blew on it, setting the tent on fire.

The others followed suit, and not long after, all the tents were set ablaze.

Before the fire spread, Yuan Wenshao took Zhang An and others straight to the Chinese army.

Although the food and grass in the Xixia camp had been set alight, they could not hide it for long. Soon the Xixia people would react and put out the fire.

What Yuan Wenshao and the others want to do now is to create chaos and not give Xixia time to put out the fire.

"It's flooded, come and put out the fire!"

Sure enough, before Yuan Wenshao and the others left the area where the grain and grass were placed, a Xixia soldier discovered the fire and shouted.

This shout was like a thunder, causing the originally quiet camp to boil.

(End of this chapter)