There are not many houses in Huile City, and most of them are leaking everywhere, so the Chinese army tent is simply rooted in the open space in the city, after all, it is better to use the Chinese army tent directly to be safe than to let the generals and a large number of officials in the army live in these houses that look dangerous after being reinforced.

Huile City itself is not big, so the sound of fighting from the city can be heard here.

It was already the second day after the arrival of reinforcements, and the Turkic attacks were becoming more and more fierce, and the people around the sand table in the big tent of the Chinese army had an irrepressible look of worry on their faces.

"According to the news from our scouts, the Turks have gathered at least 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses here, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers from Turkic Tutun in front of this," Yu Yi stretched out his hand to support the wooden pole and looked at the sand table in front of him, "That is to say, the enemy in front of us is nearly 50,000, and the Turks are all soldiers, so this number is only a lot more." ”

"The Turks don't seem to want to come out of the river valley," Yu Xi next to him frowned, "Now they can't get out, and we can't kill them." ”

Hou Mi smiled bitterly: "So this is a stalemate at all, we have almost no good choice except to fill it with human lives little by little, the Turks chose this river valley as the direction of attack, it seems a bit risky, but in fact it is not unreasonable." ”

Although the wind in this river valley is not small from north to south, there are many sheltered places under the cliff itself, and compared to the strong winds on all sides on the Gobi snowfield, at least the situation here is better, and more importantly, it is close to the big river, not to mention that there is no shortage of water itself, and the pasture grass in the valley is also vigorous, which can timely supplement the consumption of some people to eat and chew.

Of course, the most important thing should be that this river valley runs through the north and south, there are only two entrances and exits, and the terrain is steep and the roads are rugged, and it is not easy to control both ends at the same time, so even if the Turks can't rush out, at least there is a way to retreat.

And the next thing is actually to fight for the lives of both sides, and at this point, the Han side obviously does not have much advantage, so if it continues like this, the Han will definitely suffer. Of course, there is a very serious problem, that is, after these bloody battles, the Turks have really piled up the corpses of their own people on the city wall step by step, and now the corpses, stones and other miscellaneous objects have almost reached half the height of the city wall, maybe they can really make the Turks get their wish.

This also leads to the fact that when the city continues to be watered and solidified into ice for defense, only these stones and corpses can be included in it, and the slope of the ice is getting flatter and flatter, and it is naturally easier for the Turks to go to the city than before.

"If we don't break this deadlock quickly, we will definitely lose." Hou Mi made a conclusion.

"The Turks have finally sent the main force this time." At this time, Cao Zhong, who had just come down from the city wall, strode in, and while handing over the blood-stained cloak to the guards, he rubbed his hands and walked over, "Ye Hu's banner has appeared, and it is much more fierce than the previous attack, it should be Ye Hu's elite or even personally go into battle." ”

"How many?" Yu Yi raised his eyebrows.

"Thousands of people," Cao Zhong said thoughtfully, "The offensive is very fierce, and the fight to the death will not retreat, and a certain person will also take his personal guards into battle to fight, after all, the city is narrow, and once it is broken through, it is really irretrievable." Moreover, the Turks also took the risk of sending cavalry to shoot arrows under the city to cover, although they were repelled by our bed crossbows, but it shows that the Turks' attack will inevitably be more fierce in the future. ”

"Reasonable." Yu Yi tapped lightly on the sand table, "Once the weather improves, the way of freezing and protecting the city may not work, and the Turkic attack is almost non-stop, we have no time to repair the city at all, not to mention that this small city itself can't withstand the fire of the Turkic catapults, if it keeps being like this, sooner or later the city defense will be broken through, and it is impossible for us to confront the Turks until the New Year." ”

"From now on, the Turks should still have a sufficient number of cattle and sheep, and even ······" Cao Zhong paused for a moment and looked around, "There are still many Han slaves. ”

Hou Mi, Yu Xi and other young people suddenly changed their expressions.

Obviously, they all know what Cao Zhong means, the Han people, in the turbulent times of the Sixteen Northern Kingdoms just a hundred years ago, there is also a title, two-legged sheep.

Even the Han people are not treated as real people at all, just the simplest food. Although the appearance of Ran Min and the killing order of Hu had temporarily hindered this countercurrent against human nature, it was quickly restored to its original state. It was not until the Northern Wei Dynasty began to accept sinicization that a new chapter in history was opened, but this does not mean that in the eyes of many nomads in the north, the identity and status of the Han people have changed fundamentally.

This is almost the darkest and most humiliating time, but no one can deny the existence of this fact. When the survival of the ethnic group was threatened, the Turks did not hesitate to extend their butcher's knives to these Han slaves, who were no different from their own cattle and sheep.

Therefore, although Cao Zhong, Hou Mi and even Yu Yi have not actually dealt with each other face-to-face, it does not prevent a kind of hatred that has been passed down from generation to generation and circulated in the blood and bones.

It seems that from birth, farming and nomadic people are only you and me.

In the previous battles, there was no Han slave as cannon fodder, and it can almost be concluded that in the Turks, Han slaves should be no different from cattle, sheep and livestock, so the Turks will not let some livestock that can work and serve as food go to the battlefield. It's just that this conclusion is very cruel, so cruel that Hou Mi can only acquiesce, and no one wants to say it.

Several people in the big tent exchanged glances.

At this time, it is tantamount to self-destruction, and even with them, there may be more Han slaves who would have had a chance to be rescued.

"Let's get in!" Hou Mi gritted his teeth and said.

Born in a family of generals, he was instilled with the idea of protecting the family and defending the country since he was a child, naturally he is his own race, so he can't watch them suffer such a massacre, as a general, as a descendant of the famous general Hou Andu, Hou Mi also has to have the face to see the ancestors and ancestors in the future.

"Don't be reckless." Yu Yi said lightly.

"Since there are two entrances and exits to the valley, let's block the other one." Cao Zhong raised his eyebrows and proposed a plan that was absolutely different from his usual way of thinking, "Come and see, if we send an elite army all the way north, we can completely cut off the entrance to the north side of the river valley, completely block the Turks in the river valley, and force them to surrender!" ”

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