After three battles and three defeats, Bitatu, the patriarch of the Horn Tribe, finally began to panic.

In all fairness, the battle of August 23 was quite satisfactory to Bitatu, not to mention that he lost as many as 80,000 slave soldiers in that battle, but he also managed to make the city side pay about 6,000 casualties, the ratio of 1 to 13 casualties seems a bit exaggerated, but in Bitatu's opinion it is not unacceptable.

You must know that at this moment, the food of the Qiangjiao army is getting more and more tense, rather than keeping those Hu slaves to grab food with their Qiangjiao people, it is better to pull them all out to fight with the Wei army, and if a slave dies, there is one less mouth to be fed, and if you are lucky enough to kill a Wei army, it will be an unexpected gain.

What Bitatu never expected was that on the second day, the battle on August 24, the Hu slaves he had enslaved by his horns would have a "powerless successor".

On the other hand, the soldiers and soldiers of the merchant and water soldiers on the west wall of the city of Luocheng, they gave Bitatu the feeling that they were like a rainbow of morale, and they were even more brave than yesterday's fierce battle.

It's incredible!

Because it stands to reason that after any army in the world has suffered heavy casualties, its morale will be reduced. The losses of the merchant army on 23 August were not insignificant, and they were estimated by Bitatu to be at least 3,000 or more.

And as far as Bitatu knows, there are only 20,000 merchant and water troops who set foot in the land of Sanchuan, and 3,000 people died in a single day, how is this not a "major casualty"?

But the reality is that after the Shang Shui Army suffered such heavy casualties, their morale on the second day did not fall but increased, and they were even more brave than the first day.

"Could it be that this is what the Central Plains people say, 'mourning soldiers will win'?"

General Bitatu was suspicious, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable to his side, he quickly chose to withdraw his troops, only waiting for a comeback tomorrow.

On the 25th of August, Bitatu again led a large army to besiege the city.

But what I didn't expect was that the battle situation on their side of the Qiangjiao side that day was even worse than yesterday, and those slave soldiers, there were more than 100,000 empty, and they actually became a unilateral slaughter by the Wei army.

On August 23, the Hu slaves, who had brought great oppression to the Wei Shang and Shui Army, today it is as if they rushed to the Wei people's blades to die, whether it is their fighting spirit or bravery, not to mention that they are not as good as yesterday.

"The people of the Qi people in Yucheng, couldn't it be that they fed those Wei people with the blood of the blood?"

Shocked and angry, Bitatu was amazed in his heart.

Drinking the blood of the ibam is a custom of the Sanchuan tribe, who believe that the blood of the treasure sheep (羱sheep) will increase the strength of the warrior and make him stronger.

Of course, this is just a saying in the land of Sanchuan, but it is undeniable that the custom of drinking the blood of the lamb is still preserved among the Sanchuan tribes today. For example, in the Qiang tribe, the tribal warriors must drink a bowl of goat's blood before going out to fight, which probably means to bless them to defeat the enemy and return triumphantly.

This is the same reason that the soldiers of the Central Plains country drank a bowl of "Zhuangxing Wine" when they swore an oath before they went out to fight.

"The morale of the Wei people...... Why don't you lose it?'

After returning to the camp where the army was stationed, Bitatu couldn't figure it out.

He didn't know that in fact, the morale of the Shang Shui Army had also dropped sharply on the night of August 23, but Zhao Hongrun happened to bump into this incident at that time, and skillfully raised the morale of the Shang Shui Army and the warriors of the Shan tribe through a grass flute song and some inspiring words.

Bitatu, on the other hand, returned to camp that day without leading the slave army, which had suffered more heavy losses, so it was obvious that the morale of the slave soldiers had plummeted due to the heavy casualties.

It may even be that many of the slave soldiers no longer have any hope in this battle, and are simply fighting with the belief that if I die on the battlefield, my family will survive.

On the one hand, under the encouragement of Zhao Hongrun, the merchant army tried to "stubbornly survive this battle", and on the other hand, there were slave soldiers who had almost no fighting spirit.

Advance, can not advance, now there are still more than 20,000 troops on the city side, occupy the city to the death, do not give Bitatu the slightest opportunity to take advantage of, and retreat...... Where can they retreat?

Yesterday, Bitatu and the chiefs of the small and medium-sized tribes under his tent once again received news from the rear that the Dangshan army of the Wei State had indeed attacked the camp of the Wuho tribe and killed all the men and sheep of that tribe.

Although women and children were not slaughtered, the problem was that when a tribe loses its flock of sheep for survival, it loses everything.

You know, it's autumn now, and winter will soon be ushered in, and the tribes that have lost their flocks will not be able to survive this winter unless they have the support of the rest of the tribes.

But the question is, which tribe will be supported?

Now the tribes in the Bitatu felt tent, except for the Wubian tribe who only came to ask for help and hope to fight against the 'Qin' together, the rest are all the targets of the Dangshan army's attack, and these tribes themselves are difficult to protect, so what can we talk about helping other tribes?

"Great Patriarch, this battle cannot be fought again."

As one of the core tribes that make up the Qiangjiao tribe, Gu Yigu, the patriarch of the Gray Horn tribe, couldn't help but persuade: "If you continue to fight, even if you capture the city, it will be more than worth the loss." Two tribes, Wujiao and Wuho, have been viciously retaliated against by the Wei army, and the men left behind and the sheep grazing have all been killed......"

Hearing this, the patriarchs of the large, medium and small tribes in the tent couldn't help but glance at Gorgan, the patriarch of the Blackhorn tribe, and Lil Hachi, the patriarch of the Blackhoof tribe.

I saw that the two patriarchs had a dejected expression, drinking wine in their tents, as if they didn't care about this council.

That's right, because their tribe is finished, and it doesn't matter to them if they can't go back.

If Bitatu wants to continue to attack the city, then continue to fight, anyway, even if he doesn't die on the battlefield today, once winter comes, the remaining warriors of their tribe will still have to take refuge in other tribes in order to get food to survive the winter, such as the "Karma tribe" in the south, I heard that the Karma tribe is fighting with the Ba country, and more warriors should be needed.

And blackhorns, blackhooves?

What is the use of waiting for those tribal warriors to defect to the Karma tribe for food, and their two patriarchs carrying a tribal title on their shoulders?

Whether it's the Blackhorn tribe or the blackhoof tribe, it's all over.

Of course, the two patriarchs of the Wujiao tribe and the blackhoof tribe have looked down on life and death, victory and defeat, which does not mean that the rest of the tribes are willing to give up their homeland, and are willing to watch the iron hooves of the Wei army crush on their tribe and kill their flock.

Therefore, when Gu Yigu, the patriarch of the Gray Horn tribe, made a plea to "disband the army and return to the tribe", he immediately won the support of the other tribal chiefs in the tent, and he was angry and turned blue and angrily drove the group out.

"A plate of loose sand! A plate of loose sand! ”

After driving away the chiefs, Bitatu flew into a rage in the felt tent and kicked everything he could.

"Don't those people understand that if they don't unite to contain the Wei people at this time, the Wei people will wantonly occupy Sanchuan?!"

Just as Bitatu was furious, the young Horned warrior Bossile stepped into the felt tent and, seeing Bitatu in flames, waited quietly.

After a long time, Bitatu finally finished venting the anger in his heart, glanced at Bosil, and asked in a low tone, "What do you say?" ”

Bosil shook his head and said in a low voice, "The leader of the 'Tribe', Ordmer, and the commander of the 'Flame Horn Army', Ulubatu, both of them refused to participate in the war. ”

"Refusal? Why refuse?! Bitatu roared angrily: "Don't he know that Wei will be my Sanchuan's henchman?" ”

Bossil hesitated for a moment and said, "Regarding this matter, Erdemer also has some explanation. He said that the Wei State had destroyed the Song State to their east more than ten years earlier and occupied its territory, and that the Wei people did not have an urgent need for land, and there was no reason to send troops to retake Sanchuan. The tribe will not be an enemy of a powerful country that does not have a conflict of interest. ”

"Fart!" Hearing this, Bitatu scolded: "Could it be that he still supports peace and neighborliness with the Wei State?" In this case, why didn't they, the 'Yi tribe', send a ...... to participate in the joint hunting supported by the Wei people in the first place" Speaking of this, Bitatu was suddenly stunned, and then seemed to understand something, and scolded tremblingly: "Okay, these guys, it turned out that they wanted my Jiaojiao to test the reaction of the Wei State for them...... Hmph, what a good idea! ”

After that, Bitatu spat and asked, "The Yanjiao Army also refuses?" ”

"Yes." Bosil nodded and said, "Ulubatu, the commander of the 'Yanjiao Army', said that the Wei people in Yucheng have the tribe of the Yan tribe to support them, and since there are the Yan people, their Yanjiao Army will not intervene in this war. ”

Bitatu opened his mouth, speechless.

It is no wonder that after all, the Yanjiao Army does never aim their weapons at the Shan and Qiang tribes, they are only responsible for defending the Wuxu Royal Court, and this time the Yanjiao Army sent Urubatu, a thousand-commander, just to observe the Wei people's intentions up close and see if they will pose a threat to the Wuxu Royal Court.

And now that Zhao Hongrun has established the "Luoshui Alliance" and successfully won over a number of tribes of Yan and Qi, it is obvious that the Yanjiao Army will not participate in this war.

"It seems that we can only ask for help from the 'Karma tribe'......" After thinking for a moment, Bitatu said wistfully.

However, it turned out that the Qiang tribe at this moment could not help Bitatu at all, because Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao army of Wei State, established a military camp in Yishan, although he did not send troops to the hinterland of Sanchuan, but made a posture of coercing the "Qiang tribe" and the "Antelope tribe", which frightened the two tribes to hurriedly withdraw troops from the front line and return to the tribe, causing them to suffer several defeats in the war against the Ba people in recent days.

What's even worse is that although they all heard that the Wei State was fighting with the Qianjiao tribe, they did not dare to attack the Chenggao army, the Wei army, after all, they were fighting with the Ba people in full swing at the moment, and it was rumored that the Wei people and the Ba people did not get along, so although the "Qian" tribe and the "Lingjiao tribe" were coerced by the Chenggao army, they still maintained restraint.

It was as if all this state of affairs was becoming more and more unfavorable to Bitatu.

"It seems...... Almost. ”

On August 26, when the soldiers of the Lun tribe who had left the city to spy on the situation in the camp in Qiangjiao reported to Zhao Hongrun what they had seen and heard, Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and muttered thoughtfully.

At the end of the month, there are only four days left. (To be continued.) )