After the battle, the city wall was full of corpses of soldiers on both sides, Xiao Tang had already sent the organized people to carry the wounded down for treatment, and at the same time, some logistics personnel also began to clean up the battlefield on the city wall with the help of the people, and the engineers also seized the time to repair some damaged areas with the help of the people. Watching the corpses being carried down, Wu Feng couldn't help but think of a poem in his mind: "One will make ten thousand bones dry." "Many soldiers, due to extreme mental tension or physical exhaustion, were paralyzed on the ground when the enemy's call to collect troops sounded, and some even fainted on the ground. Wu Feng also felt a little tired, this has not been for many years, mainly because the psychological pressure is too great, he checked the situation of the various departments, arranged for his subordinates to seize the opportunity to rest, and tried to relax himself, the master taught himself, one relaxation, is the way of civil and martial arts, only those who can rest, will work better-

After counting the losses, a total of 7,082 people were killed and 7,529 wounded, of which 1,355 were seriously wounded. Just one day of fighting caused the loss of more than one-third of his combat effectiveness, and it seems that in the next few days of fighting, the more than 8,000 recruits will inevitably be pushed onto the battlefield. But the enemy's losses were at least three times that of his own side, and his own soldiers would only truly become qualified warriors after such a fierce and vicious battle.

Rope Camp. Kurdo, Geya, and Haxian sat in the big tent with gloomy faces, "It seems that the enemy's combat effectiveness is still quite strong, we have underestimated the opponent a little, and the commander is also a veteran, but we don't have any news about the other party, and we are behind in this regard." As usual, it was Haxian who spoke first. "Have we counted our damage?" said Kurdo, looking at Geya, "The count has been completed, 12,658 people were killed in battle, 5,543 were seriously wounded, and minor injuries were not counted." Geya replied. Sighing lightly, Kurdo felt a little headache, his intuition that this battle would not have a satisfactory result if it continued, the infantry was seriously insufficient, the siege equipment was extremely lacking, and the other party seemed to have no intention of taking the initiative to attack at all, and the superior cavalry on his side was not useful at all, and it was not realistic to re-recruit or transfer infantry and siege equipment back to the territory, but to withdraw his troops back like this, not to mention that Geya and Haxian would never agree, even if they felt a little unacceptable-

"Geya, what do you think?" After thinking about it, Kurdo was still a little undecided, so he had to ask Geya and Haxian's opinion, "I think that although the enemy is very tenacious, there will definitely not be many of them, otherwise when our attack is frustrated, if we suddenly go out of the city to attack us, our losses will be greater." So my opinion is to continue to strengthen the offensive tomorrow, and I estimate that the enemy will also have a hard time at this time, that is, he is competing with whom's tenacity. I don't believe that our three warriors led an army of 100,000 can't even take a small Qingyang City. Geya is still full of confidence. "Haxian, what is your opinion?" Kurdo looked at Haxian again, "Well, we do have some difficulties now, but if we go back like this, the clansmen will definitely laugh at us, and it will not be easy to explain to the general." However, it's up to you to decide whether you're the manager. Haxian's tone was obviously not as firm as Geya's, and he seemed a little hesitant. Kurdo pondered for a while before making up his mind, "Then we will spend two more days to concentrate on the attack, what Geya said also makes sense, although we are difficult, the enemy will not be much better, it depends on who can hold up first." ”――

On October 16 and October 17, there were two consecutive days of overwhelming and crazy attacks, and after the Luope people paid a great price, the Wufeng side could not support it. The walls of the southwest corner had collapsed in several places, and in the face of the wild onslaught of the Ropes, it was completely flesh and blood to hold back the enemy's charge. Almost all the power that can be used has been used, and if you persist, you can only let the defenseless people do it. Looking at the corpses and wounded soldiers everywhere, Wu Feng also felt a little exhausted, less than 4,000 of the more than 8,000 recruits and combat effectiveness remained, plus more than 3,000 veterans with combat effectiveness, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on even tomorrow. Wu Feng walked through the soldiers, encouraging the soldiers, and at the same time cheering with the soldiers with great interest, and the soldiers who were originally very nervous and tired relaxed one after another.

When I came to Xichengtou again, I looked at the people who were busy repairing the city wall, how useful it was, such a simple repair could only sustain a charge. Liang Chongxin, Liang Chongxin, now it depends on your performance, all hopes are pinned on you. Wu Feng looked at the northwest direction and thought silently-

At this time, Liang Chongxin didn't know the difficult situation in Qingyang City at all, and he led three squadrons of cavalry to quietly ambush near the logistics supply point of the Luope people about thirty miles behind the Luopei camp. Since the Luope people were mainly cavalry, the need for forage was particularly large, and in order to prevent the enemy from attacking, Kurdo set up a grain and grass supply point thirty miles behind his large camp, and sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison it.

Liang Chongxin has been in ambush in the woods here for three days. Three days ago, the scouts discovered this food and grass supply point of the enemy, so he led the nearly 600 cavalry to lurk here, but the enemy was very well guarded, and the troops were several times more than his own side, so there was no chance. Liang Chongxin admired his boss's accurate judgment, and he remembered that before leaving, Wufeng warned himself that he would either succeed in one fell swoop or wait for the time to come. In the past two days, the enemy has transferred troops from here twice in succession, and now there are only about 1,000 garrison troops here, and the time is ripe.

Taking advantage of the dark sky in the evening, Liang Chongxin led 600 cavalry to cover the horse's mouth with a chew, and then wrapped the horse's hooves with a thick cloth, and quietly rushed to the target, seeing that he had arrived at the edge of the camp, Liang Chongxin shouted: "Brothers, rush with me!" With the thunderous sound of iron hooves, the accompanying rockets flying all over the sky, this is a special rocket, the arrow has yellow phosphorus on it, which can spontaneously combust, and immediately caused a sky-high fire in the supply station. This place is full of forage, once it is led, it can not be extinguished at all, in addition to the ensuing unknown number of enemy sneak attack cavalry troops, the unprepared Luo Pei soldiers suddenly became a mess, for a while, fire snakes are running around, thick smoke is billowing, and the ensuing imperial cavalry takes advantage of the situation to cover up, Luo Pei soldiers can not resist at all, just flee for their lives, in an instant, this extremely important logistics supply depot of the Luo Pei people will be wiped out-

Rope Camp. The mood of Kurdo, Geya, and Haxian is obviously much better than two days ago, and after two days of fierce fighting, the enemy's resistance has been significantly weakened, and looking at the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Qingyang City is conquered. However, Curdo always felt that something was wrong, and the enemy's commander could see that he was not an idle person, and he must have known what the result would be if he continued like this, but so far the other party still had no movement, and it seemed that he wanted to live and die with the city, and if so, he would overestimate the wisdom of his opponent. Seeing that Kurdo was a little unsettled, Geya and Haxian, who were talking and laughing, couldn't help but feel a little strange, "Kurdo, what's wrong with you?" or Geya asked first. "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that I'm always a little bit up and down, always thinking like something is going to happen. "What will happen? The enemy has been surrounded by us like a barrel, and I have ordered all my troops to be on strong guard to prevent the enemy from breaking through, just waiting for the turtle to be caught in the urn. In fact, it is better for the enemy to break through, we can take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, and it is easier to win. And the intelligence also shows that there are no reinforcements sent from the surrounding Tang River Empire territories, they are just a lone army, and when the time comes, I will make them die without a place to bury. Speaking of the back, Geya was already gritting his teeth a little, after all, the hard fighting in the past few days had caused the Luope people to suffer heavy losses, which had already exceeded the losses suffered by the more than 200,000 troops of the empire's westward expedition. "Yes, now that the enemy has been firmly trapped in the city by us, and there is no foreign help, I think they can only be captured this time. Kurdo, have you been working too hard these days, wait for the capture of the city, and choose a few beautiful women among the captives to relax. Haxian, who has always been cautious, also seems more optimistic. "I hope so. "Kurdo couldn't think of anything else wrong.

Just as the three of them were looking forward to what to do after the city was breached, a soldier who stumbled in shattered their illusions. "Report to the general, it seems that there is a fire in our rear!", looking through the curtain of the tent that was lifted, you can see that the sky dozens of miles behind the camp has been half reflected red, and you can imagine what the fire below has burned, and the direction is where the grain and grass supply point on your side is located. In an instant, the three people in the big tent were stunned, you looked at me, I looked at you, and even Haxian's originally dark face became a little pale.

"Such a vicious method, such a deep scheming. Kurdo muttered these two sentences in his mouth, he was able to ambush this strange army five days before his side found them, he had to admire the foresight and scheming of the other commander, but his head was quickly thinking about how to deal with it, now is not the time to think about how to attack the city, how to bring these tens of thousands of men back with dignity, has become a top priority, a little careless, the whole army may be wiped out here. "Haxian, how much grain and grass is there in the camp at present?" "It's only enough for tomorrow morning, and according to the plan, it should be delivered tomorrow morning, but now...... I knew that the convoy of grain and grass sent back to the territory would be a few days late. "From here to the nearest place in one's own territory where food and grass can be supplied, it will take at least five days to march under normal conditions, and if there is a rapid march, it will take three days, and I don't know how many men and horses can do it without food for three days? Seeing the flickering face of Kurdo, who was secretly calculating, Geya and Haxian did not dare to disturb, and for a while, only the heavy breathing of the three people was heard in the big tent. It's just that retreating overnight like this will definitely not hide from the enemy, and if the enemy still has the strength to take advantage of the opportunity to pursue, I'm afraid the result will be very unfavorable, but that's the only way.

After making up his mind, Kurdo immediately ordered the whole army to pack up immediately, and at the same time strengthen the vigilance, preparing to withdraw the army overnight, and asked Geya and Haxian to quickly go down and arrange, Geya was still a little unwilling, "Kurdo, can we fight to the death tomorrow, in case we can break through the city......", "There is no case on the battlefield, the fire just now, I'm afraid the soldiers of the whole army will know about it, and where can they still raise their fighting spirit." Kurdo replied in a flat tone. "Geya, carry out the order. Haxian also understood the current situation and urged Geyadao. "Report that the enemy army in the city has sent a negotiator and has arrived at the gate of the camp. ”――

"It's more appropriate to say it's more of a blackmail than a transaction. "Excerpt from "Quotations from Famous Persons of the Empire" -

Xiao Tang was full of excitement mixed with admiration for Wu Feng, and stepped on Curdo's handsome tent with a relaxed pace. After seeing the fire behind the enemy camp, Wu Feng immediately summoned Xiao Tang, Cui Wenxiu, Mu Lige, and Lu Man to discuss, when Wu Feng put forward his idea, everyone felt a little unbelievable, but under Wu Feng's explanation, everyone felt that they could give it a try, Xiao Tang volunteered to be willing to send to the enemy camp, Wu Feng was a little worried about safety, but under Xiao Tang's strong request, he finally agreed-

"The three people on the throne must be the famous three generals of Kurdo, Geya, and Haxian, in Xia Xiaotang, today as the envoy of the Qingyang City army of the Tang River Empire, I have heard of the three great names for a long time, and I only saw them today. The faces of the three people on the main seat were a little ugly, and Geya, who was in a hurry, was even about to have a seizure, but under the expression of Kurdo's eyes, he finally endured it. "Mr. Xiao, I'm Kurdo, I don't know what to learn when I come to visit late at night?" asked Kurdo in a calm tone. "Oh, I came into the camp just now, and I saw that the general's subordinates were packing up, it seems that the general is planning to go home overnight?" Xiao Tang still had a lovely smile on his face, as if an enthusiastic old friend was concerned about a friend who was about to travel far away. "We don't have to go around in circles, let's just say what Mr. Xiao's intentions are here. Haxian couldn't help it. "Okay, hurry up, I'm on the orders of my lord today to come and make a deal with the three of you. Xiao Tang said unhurriedly. "Tell me about it. "Curdo, who was sitting in the middle, was also a little strange. "The opinion of my lord is to ask the three of you to leave 20,000 extra horses in your camp to us, and my lord will have a reward. "What are you talking about? What kind of thing is your family, how dare you say such a thing, I think he was frightened crazy by the war. Geya couldn't hold back any longer and stood up. Xiao Tang still had the same smiling look, but he showed a disdainful look for Geya's words. Kurdo stopped Geya from continuing with a stern gaze, and replied quietly: "Oh, this deal seems to be not small, what price is your lord going to offer?" Haxian was also very angry at this seemingly unreasonable request made by the other party, but thinking that the other party was not crazy, since he said this, he must be ashamed, so he also wanted to hear the other party's conditions. "There is definitely no food and grass in the general's camp now, and the way back is far away, and it will probably take three or four days to get to the next grain and grass supply point. Xiao Tang calmly put forward his own conditions. Curdo's gaze stayed on Xiao Tang, "What if we don't accept this condition?" "Oh, it doesn't matter, then if I haven't said it, I'll leave it at that." However, I believe that the three generals will understand the truth and will eventually agree to this deal. Xiao Tang shrugged his shoulders in a dashing manner. "What if we want five days of food and grass?" Curdo kept his eyes on Xiao Li's face, trying to find a flaw in Xiao Tang's face. Xiao Tang's mind turned sharply, "Of course you can, if you leave 30,000 war horses." After pondering for a while, Kurdo nodded with difficulty, "Okay, we agree." I'll finish the deal tonight. Geya jumped to his feet, "No, I don't agree. "I'm the manager and I'm in charge of the decisions I make. Kurdo replied in a resounding voice. Hassien also nodded slowly, "I agree with Kurdo's opinion. Mr. Xiao, then please go back to the city and report and prepare. Xiao Tang saw that the matter had been completed, so he didn't say much, nodded and said, "Okay, we'll see you later." ”――

As soon as Xiao Tang left the tent, Geya couldn't control himself anymore, and roared like thunder, "Kurdo, Haxian, are you two crazy, why would you agree to such blackmail?" Kurdo turned his back and didn't answer, he understood Geya's feelings, the war horse that he had worked so hard to cultivate was sold cheaply by a few catties of grain and grass, it should be said that it was not even cheap. "Geya, you calm down, if you don't accept it, you tell us that there is only one meal of food, and there are at least three days of travel, how can these tens of thousands of people still carry so many wounded soldiers? If the enemy attacks us again when we are half starved to death, can we resist it?" Haxian patiently persuaded the angry Geya. "Geya, if you want to drive some, the war horse can be tamed again if there is no one, and the warrior is gone, it will not grow in a day or two. Curdo said quietly. "Then the enemy will have such good intentions that they don't know how to destroy us?" "Then they also have to think about the consequences of the fish being killed." Curdo replied with a strange mixture of murderous and proud on his face—

The transaction went very smoothly, and the Luope people left 20,000 war horses according to the agreement, and Wufeng also gave the other party three days' grain and forage according to the agreement. Before leaving, Kurdo asked Xiao Tang, "What is the honorific surname of your family?" "My family's surname is Li Wufeng. "Li Wufeng, Li Wufeng. Chewing on this name that he will never forget for the rest of his life, "Send a message to your family Master Li, the gentleman takes revenge, three years is not too late, and we Luobei people will use blood to wash away this shame." Kurdo said word for word. "General Kurdo, we Lord Li also admire the general's talent, why do we have to meet each other? Xiao Tang replied with a sincere smile.

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