Thousands of cavalry gathered and rushed towards Ran Min's camp, the shouts shook the sky, and the arrows fired in volleys, unexpectedly, Ran Min's camp did not seem to have much reaction.

Just when Wang Luan's men were about to approach the camp, suddenly, the war horse that rushed to the front for some reason suddenly lost control and fell to the ground, and the cavalry following behind had no time to stop their horses, and suddenly collided together, extremely embarrassed.

"Shoot the arrows!" Countless torches suddenly lit up in Ran Min's camp, and then countless rockets flew out of the camp, and the soldiers and horses who went to sneak attack were suddenly overturned by the people who shot them.

"Not good! Ran Min was prepared! Wang Luan was shocked, and immediately ordered his subordinates: "Order, withdraw!" ”

The herald held the horn and blew it "woo", and the Hu people who heard the horn hurriedly retreated, not daring to go any further.

Ran Min's camp was only thirty miles away from Xiangguo, and Wang Luan decided that as long as they retreated non-stop, there should be no problem, who knows everything, it was already in Ran Min's calculations.

After Wang Luan's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses retreated, they had just run three or four miles, when suddenly, a group of people rushed out of nowhere and hit their right flank.

"General! Someone sneak attacked! ”

"How many!" Wang Luan asked.

"I don't know, at least a thousand!"

"Thousands of people scared you like this!" Wang Luan scolded angrily: "Fight and retreat, don't entangle!" Quickly retreat into the city! ”

"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”

Wang Luan's originally carefully planned sneak attack turned into a sneak attack, the army's morale was in chaos, in the dark, he didn't know who the sneak attack was at all, and he couldn't see how many of them were, but the other party's ability was obviously beyond Wang Luan's imagination, just twenty or thirty miles, when he fled back to Yecheng, there were only more than 13,000 people left.

Wang Luan returned in embarrassment, which surprised Shijian and the noble capital. Wang Luan knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the last general is incompetent, and he has fallen into Ran Min's trap!" Lost the first battle, please punish Your Highness! ”

Shi Jian was quite stunned, although he was very angry, but reason told him that at this time, it was very unwise to kill his own subordinates.

"It seems that we have fallen for Ran Min's trick!" Gao Shangzhi said.

"For the sake of prudence, the last general also specially divided troops to lure and steal the camp again, who knew that Ran Min was not only prepared, but also on the way back, the wolf cavalry captain had attacked us! That's why there are so many losses! Wang Luan said.

"Captain Wolf? Didn't we say earlier that the wolf rider appeared to the north of us? Why is it outside the city? Shi Jian asked, "Are you sure it's Ran Min's wolf captain?" ”

"The last general is sure, it must be Ran Min's wolf cavalry, besides them, what other soldiers and horses can have such rare skills? We were like logs in front of them, and we had no power to fight back! ”

Gao Shangzhi nodded silently and asked, "General Wang, how many people are there who attacked you?" ”

"The last general is not sure, about one or two thousand!"

Hearing this, Shi Jian angrily reprimanded: "One or two thousand people will kill nearly six or seven thousand people of this king!" Wang Luan, you are guilty! ”

"The Last Will Be Convicted ......"

"Your Highness, that's right! Ran Min's wolf rider has always been elusive, and what Tanma found near Youzhou before should be only a part of it! It is said that there are a total of 3,000 wolf cavalry captains, all of whom are the elite of a hundred battles, and last year, Ran Min once took 500 people and almost wiped out the three thousand Huns Shan Yu's personal guards, and there were two Murong brothers at that time! ”

Shi Jian's hateful teeth itched, and Gao Shangzhi comforted: "Fortunately, Wang Luan is witty, and the soldiers are divided into two ways, if we press it directly, I'm afraid we will lose more than so many soldiers and horses!" ”

Gao Shangzhi sighed, and said: "It's only that the old minister is too naïve, I thought that I had seen through Ran Min's tricks, but I never thought that he was still calculated!" General Wang just acted according to the order, but it was the old minister who came up with the idea! If Your Highness wants to blame, blame me! ”

"That's it! Now is not the time to hold accountable! If this king kills you now, he will be in the arms of Ran Min! Save your lives first, and pay for your sins! Shi Jian scolded the two.

"Your Highness!" Wang Luan kowtowed and said.

After the defeat of the first sneak attack, Shi Jian fully realized that if he talked about strategy, he might be able to defeat Ran Min, but in terms of arranging troops, he was not Ran Min's opponent at all. Since then, Shi Jian has almost dispelled the idea of taking the initiative to attack, and can only defend the city and wait for help.

Two days later, all the men and horses of Ran Min were assembled in place, and according to the topography of Xiangguo, Ran Min carefully arranged the troops, almost cutting off all communication between Xiangguo and the outside world, and Xiangguo became an isolated city.

After everything was ready, Ran Min decisively ordered the siege of the city, from top to bottom, the soldiers all rushed forward, indomitable many times, the catapult threw stones, and soon filled the moat outside the city, and the siege vehicle also rushed to the city gate many times, but in the end it was always a failure. On the other hand, Shijian's defenders did not dare to take it lightly for a moment, under the fierce offensive of Ran Min's army, the same casualties were heavy, the catapult threw oil cans many times, many people of the Qiang tribe did not die under the sword, but were burned alive, and a large part of the city wall was burned to pitch black. Before the war, Li Chang was full of confidence, he believed that with the current strength and morale of Great Wei, it would take only half a month at most to take Xiangguo, but the fact is that after more than ten days of continuous siege, Xiangguo City is still as solid as a rock.

"Your Majesty, today is the eighteenth day of siege! Our soldiers still can't get to the city of Xiangguo, and if we go on like this, I'm afraid it's not a way! Zhang Mufeng said.

Ran Min looked serious and asked, "What is the situation of the soldiers' casualties?" ”

Li Chang replied: "More than 10,000 people died, and more than 20,000 were injured!" ”

Ran Min nodded slightly, and sighed: "Xiangguo is really not easy to take!" ”

"Your Majesty! Tomorrow I will personally lead the charge of the troops! I must take Xiangguo! Li Chang saluted and said.

Ran Min shook his head slightly and asked, "Second Uncle, how sure are you of breaking the city?" ”

"I ......" Li Chang lowered his head stupidly and said, "I'm not sure...... But I'm willing to give it a try! ”

"No! If we continue like this, it will only damage the morale and lives of our army! Ran Min directly rejected Li Chang's request.

For a while, no one could think of a way to break the city, and all that everyone could think of was a desperate charge, but no one was sure that they could take Xiangguo, so everyone fell into silence.

"Your Majesty, there will be a sentence in the end, I don't know if I should say it or not!" Zhang Mufeng said.

"Speak!"

"I'm afraid the assault won't work! We have to find a way to lure out Shijian's soldiers and horses! ”

Ran Min raised his head, looked at Zhang Mufeng, and commanded, "What plan do you have?" ”

"Earlier, Shi Jian sent people to steal the camp in the middle of the night, and suffered a great loss, with his cautious temper, he would not easily go out of the city to fight us! Even if he scolds his ancestors for eighteen generations, he can hold on! Zhang Mufeng said, looked up at Ran Min, and said, "But the bones of Shi Jian's biological mother are still in Yecheng, if you use this as a threat, ......"

Before Zhang Mufeng finished speaking, Ran Min got up and raised his hand to slap him and scolded: "Bastard thing!" The dead are great, such an idea that has lost its conscience, you can think of it! If I do this, the whole world will point at our backbone and scold! ”

Ran Min's anger surprised everyone, and Li Chang hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, Zhang Mufeng is also trying to break the enemy's strategy, this idea is really not good, don't blame him!" ”

The corners of Zhang Mufeng's mouth were bleeding, he felt guilty, and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins!" ”

"Get out!" Ran Min scolded.

Zhang Mufeng lowered his head, knowing that he was guilty, and silently retreated.

"Is there any movement among the Xianbei people in the north?" Ran Min asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, not yet!"

"It seems that Murong Jun doesn't see rabbits and eagles! Shi Jian didn't have a life-or-death moment, he wouldn't make a move! Vice Admiral Gou said.

"We poured all the strength of the whole country into the Northern Expedition, and so far we have not even touched the head of the city of Xiangguo!" Ran Min sighed.

"It's all my fault, the soldiers didn't practice enough! That's why I missed the big thing! Li Chang said dejectedly.

"There is no point in saying it at this point!" Ran Min glanced at Li Chang.

"Your Majesty, according to the opinion of the last general, let's withdraw the troops first!" Adjutant General Gou said.

"Withdrawal? Adjutant General Gou, you are shaking the morale of the army! Ran Min scolded.

"The last general has no other intentions, but I just think that if we continue to consume like this, even if we defeat Xiangguo, we will suffer heavy losses!"

"Nope! I will not withdraw my troops! Ran Min gritted his teeth and ordered: "Pass the order to go down and Tuntian on the spot!" Since Shi Jian wants to hide in the city and be a turtle with a shrunken head, then I will never let him out! See who can afford whom! ”