Ji Han Liu Zhang

Lueyang.

A group of Qiang and Hu people dressed in rags and holding various weapons, like strolling in a vegetable market, rushed towards Lueyang County in an unorganized and disorganized manner.

As the Qiang and Hu people rushed forward, they kept muttering to themselves, opened their mouths wide, showing their yellow teeth, and made different kinds of strange noises, hoping to scare the Shu army in Lueyang City and make them lose their will to fight.

When the Qiang and Hu people stepped within a hundred steps of the city wall, unexpectedly, they were not hit by the arrows shot by the Shu army from the top of the city wall.

As a result, the Qiang and Hu people, who were originally a little worried, felt relieved and charged straight towards the city wall of Lueyang. They thought that the Shu army in the city was frightened by them and was so scared that they couldn't even shoot arrows.

"They are just Han troops." This thought flashed through the minds of the charging Qiang and Hu.

It is no wonder that the Qiang and Hu people had such thoughts. After all, the Qiang and Hu people had been wreaking havoc in Liangzhou for more than a hundred years and had fought with the Han army for countless rounds. In the years of war, the Qiang and Hu people had more or less lost their respect for the Han army and no longer feared it.

"Give it to Naigong."

The leader of this Qiang and Hu army, Shao Ge, spoke Chinese with a slight accent and commanded his Qiang and Hu men to approach the city wall of Lueyang as quickly as possible.

After living together with the Han people for many years, many Qiang and Hu tribes began to speak Chinese. Therefore, when they burned their weapons and gave orders on the battlefield, they spoke Chinese and not the Hu language.

"Hurry up, move forward, move forward, put the ladder on the city wall..."

While the Han army on the top of Lueyang City seemed to be still in a state of doubt and suspicion, so that no arrows had been fired from the top of the city yet, Shao Ge intended to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Lueyang City with a single charge.

Ma Teng said it, Han Sui promised it, and the two heroes of Liang Province swore an oath to their commander Shao Ge that as long as the Qiang and Hu people under Shao Ge could be the first to climb up the city wall, they would be allowed to attack the city for three days.

This is why Shao Ge was willing to be the first to launch an attack on the city.

The Han people were wealthy, and one village was enough to feed his tribe. Now that there was a county town in front of him, it would be difficult for Shao Ge to refuse.

Seventy steps away from Lueyang city wall...

Fifty steps away from Lueyang city wall...

Thirty steps away from Lueyang city wall...

'It's getting closer! It's almost there!!!'

Qu Shuai Shaoge was very happy, they were already very close to the city wall of Lueyang, they were about to touch the city wall of Lueyang, no, they were almost touching the top of Lueyang city.

They were about to capture Lueyang City and start a large-scale burning, killing and looting.

With the desire for wealth and beauty, the greedy Shao Ge led his Qiang and Hu men to a distance of twenty steps from the wall of Lueyang, and was about to touch the wall of Lueyang.

But at this moment, when Shao Ge was immersed in the illusion of taking over Lueyang City and venting his animal nature in Lueyang City, he heard a series of "bang bang" and "whoosh" sounds above the originally quiet Lueyang City.

Shao Ge lowered his head subconsciously. Having been tempered by the flames of war for a long time, he had some subconscious movements on the battlefield.

Shao Ge's body told him that the 'bang bang' and 'whoosh' sounds just now were the sounds of the Han army's powerful crossbows and bows being fired. At this time, he needed to hide and stand behind the crowd, otherwise he would die.

Shao Ge frowned and stopped charging forward. Instead, he stopped where he was and took a few steps back without leaving a trace, standing behind his men.

Things did not go as Shao Ge expected. After a while, he heard the screams and wails of his men. A sudden rain of arrows shot out from the top of Lueyang City caused heavy losses to them who were close to Lueyang City. At this time, Shao Ge was still thinking about letting his men rush to the top of Lueyang City, but soon he gave up the idea.

There was no other reason. The rain of arrows shot down by the Shu army from the top of Lueyang City was like the drizzle in the plum rain season in the south of the Yangtze River, boundless and without end.

Under such an endless rain of arrows, they definitely had no chance of reaching the top of Lueyang City. Now that they could not enter and capture Lueyang City, Shao Ge knew that he had only one choice...

"Retreat, retreat, retreat..."

As high-spirited and arrogant as they were during the charge, Shao Ge's mind and tone now showed panic and trembling. He shouted, wanting his men to quickly escape from the range of the Shu army's arrows.

However, they were only twenty steps close to the wall of Lueyang. If they wanted to retreat at this time, they had to rush in the opposite direction for eighty steps to completely escape the range of Lueyang Shu army's arrows.

'It's bitter.'

While fleeing, Shao Ge felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He had not expected that the Shu army in Lueyang City would be so patient. They waited until they were twenty steps close to the city wall before they drew their bows and arrows. Their psychological quality was simply terrible.

Most of the time, the defenders of a city would panic and shoot arrows as soon as they saw the enemy with their naked eyes, and would not dare to let the enemy get close to the city wall. However, the Shu army in Lueyang was so bold that they allowed them to get within twenty steps of the city wall.

"I don't want Lueyang City anymore. I want to go back to the tribe."

As he ran wildly, he heard the soldier behind him falling to the ground after being shot by an arrow, screaming shrilly. Shao Ge regretted it, and an endless amount of regret rose in his heart.

Shao Ge no longer dared to think about the glamorous world in Lueyang City. He just wanted to go home and return to his tribe.

In this wave of siege, his Qiang and Hu men suffered heavy losses. He needed to return to the tribe to heal his wounds, manage the city well, and recover his strength.

Thinking of this, Shao Ge quickened his pace. He didn't want to die here. As the leader of the tribe, he was responsible for the hopes and respect of his people, and he shouldn't die here.

"The words of the elders in the tribe are indeed true. Greed will kill a person."

Shao Ge recited the teachings of the elders in the tribe. If it were not for his greed, the greed for the reward that Ma Teng and Han Sui promised him for the three-day cleansing of the city, his tribesmen would definitely not have suffered such heavy casualties.

The dying cries of the Qiang and Hu men who were shot by arrows and fell to the ground behind him were like sharp swords, piercing straight into the heart of the fleeing Shao Ge, making Shao Ge very distressed.

On the top of Lueyang City, Gan Ning looked forward and saw that the Qiang and Hu people who came to attack the city with great momentum had left a pile of corpses in front of the city wall, and those who were lucky enough to survive were still running for their lives, just to get away from the city wall of Lueyang.

"It's like a gust of wind, coming fast and going fast." Gan Ning shook his head and sighed. The Qiang and Hu people would advance when there was an advantage and avoid when there was a disaster. They truly pursued profit only.

When the surviving Qiang and Hu ran to a distance of seventy steps from the city wall, Gan Ning raised his hand and signaled his soldiers to stop shooting.

As the distance gets farther, the lethality of the bow and arrow becomes smaller, and the results of continuing to shoot will be smaller, so there is no need to continue shooting.

"Stop it."

"Stop shooting arrows."

Gan Ning issued an order, and as his order was passed down, the rain of arrows that were shot from the top of the city stopped in an instant, and no more arrows fell from the top of the city.

The orders were carried out. (End of this chapter)