Meng Shu gathered a lot of barbarian soldiers, and the surrounding caves all got the news, so the caves that returned to Dong Zhen sent the news to the Nanye camp. Nan Ye let Meng Huo go several times not to convince him, but to use him to lure out all the potential threats to Zhurong Cave, so that he could solve them once and for all. So when he heard that Meng Shu had reunited the barbarians, Nan Ye was not worried but happy, and continued to march into the army.

Nan Ye led the troops to go, and suddenly there was a big river blocking the way in front of him, the water of this river was slow, and there was not a single boat raft on the river. Nan Ye ordered the logging to cross the raft, and the trees sank to the water. This surprised Nan Ye, and called Hua Bei and brought inquiring.

Hua Bei said with a smile: "This river is called Xi'er River, boats cannot cross the water, and if you want to cross the river, you can only build a pontoon bridge." There is a mountain in the upper reaches of the river, and its mountains are full of bamboos, and Brother Wang can make people cut down and build bridges. ”

Xu Shu said: "This river is strange and can be used to block the enemy. Shao Dart Head may wish to be stationed here and occupy a favorable position to lure Meng to attack. ”

Nan Ye used Xu Shu's strategy to let people go into the mountains to cut down 100,000 bamboos, put them down along the river, and set up a bamboo bridge in the narrow part of the river, which was more than ten zhang wide. The army went down to the village on the north bank of the river, with the river as a moat, the pontoon bridge as the gate, and the soil as the city, waiting for the barbarians.

A few days later, Meng Shu led 50,000 barbarian soldiers to come in anger. When he arrived on the bank of the Xi'er River and saw that Nanye had already fallen to the north bank, he ordered his men to camp on the south bank, and ordered 10,000 sword fangs to come forward to fight.

Nan Ye led the generals to stand on top of the earth city, and saw that the fangding army was bare-chested and bare-backed, and they were all wearing no clothes. I don't know what to smear on my body and face, black and white, which looks very scary. Don't look at these fangding soldiers, they don't cover their bodies, but they have all the weapons in their hands, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, hitting the shield with a knife, shouting in front of the battle, and I don't know what to shout.

Huang Zhong asked for battle: "Young dart, and let me fight, I will meet these wild people." ”

Nan Ye used his skills to glance at it, and found that the force value of these fangding armies was extremely high, with an average of about 40. Although this kind of combat effectiveness is not as good as the mage's personal guard and the trapping camp, it is much stronger than ordinary barbarians, and it is already comparable to the soldiers in the Jiaozhou army when fighting alone.

In the face of the strength of the 50,000 Jiaozhou army, Nan Ye did not dare to come out lightly, and asked Xu Shu directly. Xu Shu said: "The morale of Meng Shu's soldiers is strong, and they are invincible, so it is advisable to hold on for a few days, and then use the plan to break it when they are lax." ”

Nan Ye thought so, so he ordered the gate of the village to be closed and not allowed to fight. When Meng Yu saw that Nan Ye was not out, he ordered the Fang Ding army to forcibly cross the river. These fangding troops were not afraid of death, and clashed directly on the pontoon bridge. Nan Ye ordered the defenders to release arrows, and the Fangding army used shields to block, although there were casualties, they were not very serious.

Seeing that the Fang Ding army was about to rush across the pontoon bridge, Nan Ye ordered the camp to come out of the camp and shoot it with a strong crossbow. Although these swords and fangs all have shields, most of their shields are wooden, and the barbarians of the Eight and Ninety-Three Dian cannot afford to use iron shields. These wooden shields can withstand ordinary bows and arrows, but they can't resist powerful crossbows. Several rounds of crossbow arrows were fired, and the 10,000 Fangding army was killed and wounded, and thousands of them did not dare to rush hard, so they had to retreat to the south bank.

Meng saw that the width of the pontoon bridge was limited and his soldiers and horses were blocked, so he also ordered people to go up the mountain to cut bamboo, wanting to rebuild the pontoon bridge. How could Nan Ye let Meng succeed? Only waiting for Meng Shu to build half of the bridge, Nan Ye ordered people to lead the troops to destroy it, shooting a rain of arrows. No matter how brave the Fang Ding army is, it is impossible to build a pontoon bridge in the rain of arrows, so they can only retreat. As a result, the two sides were at a stalemate on both sides of the Xi'er River.

After holding on for a few days, Nan Ye discovered the weakness of the Fang Ding Army. Although these fangding troops are not afraid of death and have strong personal combat strength, they lack discipline and do not obey constraints. In addition, these fangding troops were invited by Meng You from different cave villages, and they did not belong to each other, and if they disagreed with each other, they might fight, making the entire Meng Shu camp chaotic.

Seeing that the barbarians had slackened, Nan Ye summoned all the generals to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy. Huang Zhong said: "I see that although there are many barbarian soldiers, they are all rabble, and we can attack the camp at night, and a battle can be determined." ”

Xu Shu said: "No! Meng got too many soldiers and horses and strictly guarded the pontoon bridge, and if there were fewer people and horses crossing the river, he could not attack the camp, and if there were more people and horses crossing the river, he would be seen. Although Meng Huo's troops were lax, they were by no means ready to collapse. I have a plan that may make the barbarians frightened, but I don't know if it will succeed or not, and I have to ask the two small cave masters to refer to it. ”

Although Hua Bei and Bring are present at every military meeting, they are here for the purpose of learning, and it is usually not their turn to speak, but I didn't expect Xu Shu to refer to their opinions this time. The two of them have been in the Nanye camp for many days, and they know that this Wang Zhidart is a think tank in the camp and has a lot of clever plans, so they don't dare to underestimate it at all. Hua Bei said: "What's the trick of the dart? If there is a place for my sister and brother, I will never give up. ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Xiaodong's words are heavy. I just want to ask those who believe in the ghosts and gods? ”

Bringing Wen Yan nodded and said, "Believe! The tribes of the Eight Ninety-Three Dians believe in ghosts and gods the most. In some tribes, the priests were more powerful than the patriarchs. ”

Xu Shu said: "It's best if that's the case." When Meng Shu wanted to force the crossing, he cut down a lot of bamboo, but he couldn't build a pontoon bridge. These bamboos were intercepted by us when they went down the river, and we could build another small bridge downstream, and then ordered Wang Zhongdart to lead the soldiers to smuggle them over and do so......"

Nan Ye clapped his hands and smiled when he heard Xu Shu finish speaking: "This plan is very good! It's just that I don't worry about letting Wang Zhong lead the troops across the river alone, and this time I will personally cross the river to do this plan. and all the affairs of the camp will be left to you. ”

"Don't have a dart!" Hearing that Nan Ye was going to cross the river in person, all the generals became nervous.

Nan Ye waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say much, can anyone compare to me in this ability to pretend to be a ghost?" If I can't succeed, Wang Zhong can't succeed. ”

Everyone also knew that Nan Ye's temper was true, and Xu Shu could only persuade: "This trip has to deal with the 50,000 troops on the other side, which is very dangerous." If you go to the darthead, you must take all the dartheads with you to make sure that everything is perfect. ”

Nan Ye said: "No need! I have Wang Hong, Wang Fu, Wang Zhong, and Wang Qi to escort me! ”

Hua Bei spoke at this time: "If Brother Wang goes, I will go with me!" ”

Brought it and said: "If my sister goes, I will go with me!" ”

Nan Ye smiled bitterly: "This trip is dangerous, you are still young, just stay in the camp." ”

Hua Bei glanced at Nan Ye and said, "If Brother Wang is in danger, I can't live alone, it's better to live and die with Brother Wang." ”

Xu Shu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said, "The little cave master is infatuated, which is admirable. If the young dart head goes, take the two small cave masters, otherwise don't go. ”

Nan Ye knew that Xu Shu's intention was to make himself have scruples, as long as he brought Hua Bei and brought, Nan Ye would not dare to take risks for them. Nan Ye, who had already made up his mind, nodded and said, "That's good!" Bring it with me. It's just that you two must promise not to make a fuss about whatever you see, and to strictly abide by military orders. ”

Hua Bei, bringing joy, said: "The last general obeys!" ”