The news of the barbarians slowing down their crossing of the river soon reached Zhuge Jun's ears.

Knowing that the barbarians had restored the order of crossing the river, Zhuge Jun turned his head to Xu Chu and Dian Wei on the side and smiled slightly and said: "The barbarians are not defeated, but they are showing a great defeat. ”

Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were standing behind him, both nodded.

Among the generals of the Han army, Xu Chu and Dian Wei are both well-known brave generals, but their wisdom is ordinary, and it is impossible to be as transparent as Zhuge Jun sees.

I heard that Zhuge Jun said that the barbarians must have set up ambushes, although they did not say anything, they still didn't believe it.

The barbarians' retreat to the other side of the river was indeed slow, but in the eyes of Xu Chu and Dian Wei, the barbarians just wanted to use the pretended chaos to attract the Han army to come forward and fight, and as for the ambush, they really couldn't see where they could set up.

There was a look of disbelief on their faces, and Zhuge Jun did not continue to explain.

There are some things that are said too much, and it is better for them to see them with their own eyes.

Leading the army, slowly advancing to the barbarian soldiers who could see the river crossing from a distance, Zhuge Jun raised his arm and shouted to the army behind him: "Stay in place, no one is allowed to fight lightly!" ”

Receiving the order to station, the soldiers of the Han army dispersed one after another, and set up camp tents in the area they had reached.

The Han army set up camp tents at the place where the barbarians crossed the river, and Mrs. Zhurong, who was standing on the opposite side of the riverbank, saw it from a distance, and her pretty brows tightened even tighter.

The barbarian army is still retreating to the south of the river bank, and if the Han army attacks them at this time, the rattan armor soldiers who are ambushed in the dark can take advantage of the situation and hit the Han army from the waist and ribs.

The Han army, which passed through the jungle and entered the southern barbarian realm, was originally inferior to the barbarians in terms of numbers.

If the barbarian soldiers use tactics to obtain, Mrs. Zhurong is confident that she can defeat this Han army in the shortest possible time, capture the main general of the Han army, and return to Nanban in exchange for Meng Huo.

It's a pity that the Han army seems to have seen her intentions, and the barbarians on the river bank are in chaos, but the Han army has no intention of taking advantage of the situation to cover up the killing.

This made Mrs. Zhurong very disappointed.

If the two armies face each other across the riverbank, they will enter a protracted showdown.

After many battles, the Han army had already taken a lot of food from the barbarians.

For nearly 20,000 Han soldiers, that little bit of food simply didn't last many days.

However, the Han army out of the jungle had already advanced a lot to the barbarian realm along the way, and behind them, it was no longer a primeval jungle where food could not be found at all, but a patch of abundant mountain forests.

As long as the soldiers of the Han army were willing, relying on the mountains and forests, they could continue to confront the barbarians for several years.

Standing on the bank of the river, looking at the Han army on the other bank, Mrs. Zhu Rong's face became colder and colder.

Han Jun was not fooled, she already vaguely felt that the situation that Nanban would face might not be as optimistic as she imagined a few days ago.

It is likely that the conqueror of the Southern Barbarians was less than 20,000 Han troops stationed on the other side!

The Han army was stationed, and the tents set up by the soldiers confronted the barbarians on the riverbank.

The soldiers of the Han army in the barracks looked at the barbarians who had not completely crossed the river in the distance, and their eyes were full of strong fighting spirit.

For several days, dozens of battles were fought between the Han army and the barbarians.

In each battle, the number of participants is not very large, but the Han army has maintained a record of never being defeated since the beginning of the war.

Looking at the barbarians on the riverbank, almost every Han army had an idea, that is, once they rushed up, the barbarians would be in chaos, at least the barbarians on this side of the river bank would be wiped out by them.

To the disappointment of the Han soldiers, Zhuge Jun apparently had no intention of ordering the barbarians to charge the riverbank.

Standing at the outside of the barracks, with his hand on the hilt of his sword, looking at the barbarians on the bank of the river, Zhuge Jun's face always had a smile of contempt.

The last barbarian army withdrew to the opposite side of the riverbank, and Zhuge Jun did not immediately return to the barracks, but continued to stand there, staring at the riverbank.

Seeing that the barbarian army had crossed the river one after another, many of the Han soldiers in the barracks even felt a sense of loss.

In the eyes of the soldiers, if they rushed forward to fight, the barbarians would have lost many horses, if not really retreated, and the expedition would have been most successful.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhuge did not allow the soldiers to fight, which made many Han soldiers have some doubts about his command at this moment.

Suspicion is suspicion, but the soldiers of the Han army will not make trouble with Zhuge because of suspicion.

After all, Zhuge Jun is the commander of the three armies, and his order is the decision that the army should fully comply with.

Seeing that the barbarians had withdrawn to the other side of the river, the soldiers of the Han army returned to their tents one by one with a heart full of loss.

Just after most of the Han troops returned to the camp, a shout suddenly came from outside the barracks: "Is there a society?" ”

Hearing shouts from the outside of the barracks, the soldiers of the Han army who had already entered the barracks ran out of the tents one after another.

Crowded at the entrance of the barracks, the soldiers stood on tiptoe one by one, looking at a shadow that appeared in the distance.

The shadows were still some distance from the riverbank, and they sprang out of a forest and advanced towards the riverbank with great speed.

was organizing the soldiers to return to their respective tents, and when they heard the shouts from the outside of the barracks, Xu Chu and Dian Wei hurriedly ran over to Zhuge Jun.

Behind Zhuge Jun, the two of them arched their fists at him, stretching their necks, but their eyes stayed on a figure that appeared in the distance.

When I first spotted the figures, I couldn't tell if they were humans or beasts.

It wasn't until they got closer and closer to the place where the barbarians had crossed the river that the Han soldiers saw that they were barbarians in strange armor.

Those barbarians were wearing dark armor, and from a distance, the armor looked very heavy, but for some reason, the barbarians wore that armor, and they didn't feel heavy at all, and when they ran up, they were light as if they were not wearing any heavy objects.

Seeing that the figure was getting closer and closer, Zhuge Jun frowned tightly, and did not speak at all.

Xu Chu, who was standing behind him, smacked his mouth twice and said: "The general is really like a god, the barbarians actually deployed such a large army in secret, if they want to stab them from behind, maybe they will really suffer a big loss!" ”

Zhuge Jun didn't say anything, he expected that the barbarians must have made a deployment in secret, but he didn't expect that the ambush soldiers deployed by the barbarians would be such a strange army.

This barbarian army does not seem to have a lot of numbers, at most only more than 5,000 people.

But the armor on their bodies was unusually thick, although they didn't look at the armor on the barbarians up close, Zhuge Jun could feel that the armor was probably not an ordinary sword that could be cut lightly.

Looking at the barbarians who had just appeared from afar, Xu Chu said to Zhuge Jun: "General, this barbarian is obviously secretly ambushing and trying to attack our army behind the back, since they have withdrawn, it is better to lead the army to cover up and kill for a while, and frustrate the barbarians' spirit!" ”

Earlier, Xu Chu had asked for war several times, but Zhuge flatly refused, but this time he did not refuse.

Staring at the thousands of barbarians who rushed out of the forest in the distance, he didn't look back at Xu Chu, but nodded silently.

Seeing Zhuge Jun nodding, Xu Chu waved behind him and shouted: "Follow General Ben into battle to kill the enemy!" ”

As soon as Xu Chu gave the order, thousands of Han troops immediately rushed out of the barracks.

The Han army that rushed out of the barracks behind Xu Chu was not much less in number than the barbarians who were rushing towards the river.

The barbarians who were running towards the bank of the river suddenly heard a shout from the Han army camp, and they all turned their heads and looked towards the Han army camp.

When they found that a Han army had come out of the camp and was coming towards them, they did not panic, but calmed down and turned their heads to look at the Han soldiers who rushed out of the camp one by one.

Running quickly, Xu Chu raised his broadsword and pointed forward while galloping his horse, shouting to the thousands of Han soldiers following behind him: "Winding up the crossbow!" ”

The Han army, which was speeding up, heard Xu Chu's shout, and set up arrows on the strong crossbows one after another, aiming at the barbarians who were retreating towards the river bank.

When the barbarians saw the Han army rushing over, they stopped retreating to the shore one after another, and one by one they carried their swords and shields in their hands, and turned to face the Han army.

Wielding a big knife and rushing towards the barbarian, the closer he got to the barbarian, the more secretly frightened Xu Chu felt in his heart.

The armor on these barbarians in front of him was completely different from the barbarians he had met earlier.

The barbarian army, most of which were shirtless, covered in and down, did not have much protection other than a shield.

But the barbarian soldiers and horses in front of him were not only wearing thick armor, but even the shield in his hand seemed to be much thicker than ordinary shields.

"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the barbarians, Xu Chu raised his war knife high and let out a shout.

With his order, the soldiers of the Han army who rushed out of the camp behind him pulled off the reeds of the crossbow arrows in their hands one after another.

Arrows caught in the wind and flew towards the barbarians on the opposite side.

When the arrows covered the barbarians on the opposite side, not only Xu Chu, but even the soldiers of the Han army who followed him out of the camp were shocked by the barbarians' strong defense.

Thousands of arrows flew into the barbarians, except for three or four who were not very lucky, and the barbarians who were shot through the front door fell to the ground, and the rest of the barbarians actually stood tall, as if the arrows did not bother them at all.

The feather arrows shot by the strong crossbow were extremely powerful, and when they hit the barbarian's shield, they broke off and fell to the ground, which was not unexpected, but when they fell on the barbarian's armor, they were powerless to pierce the armor, which really surprised the Han soldiers.