At first, the guards and horses organized a plan to enter the mountains and forests to search and arrest, because judging by the situation of the other side shooting their own people, there should be a small number of people. Each shot was just three or two, and they were scattered across the harvesting surface. According to preliminary estimates, there may be only a few hundred people hiding in the mountains and forests to sneak attack.

When the Jiangbei army entered the mountains and forests to search, they mobilized more than 20,000 people, they thought that this was enough, but after entering the mountains and forests, they found that this was simply an impossible task. After 20,000 people entered, they soon found that they were hidden in it, and it was impossible to even communicate with each other. In the midst of trees and thorns, propulsion is also a big problem. You can't walk the road, let alone round up the enemies in the forest.

Half an hour after entering the forest, the 20,000 people were forced to withdraw. There were 20,000 people who entered, and more than 1,000 people were missing when they came out, some were separated from the team in the mountains and forests and could not find their way out, and some were killed and wounded by the enemy and died in the woods.

In the dark and deep woods, there was no daylight in sight, and ordinary people could not see clearly, and the soldiers often walked with their heads probed, and out of nowhere an arrow flew and shot him.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses did nothing, and only a few people saw the figure moving quickly in the canopy and moving freely through the forest, but they could not reach it.

The trembling logging is still going on, and the soldiers and horses are still being shot. The arrogance of the other party became more and more arrogant, and even several logging soldiers were not killed by arrows, but by the traps they set.

What's more, in a corner on the hillside in the southeast of the mountain, more than a dozen logging soldiers were hunted down en masse, and their corpses hung around their necks on trees and wandered in the wind, making the other soldiers who rushed to hear the news scream in horror.

By the time of the hour, the number of dead and missing soldiers had reached more than 3,000. The loggers finally broke down, they left their axes and saws and refused to continue their work, who wanted to stand on the edge of the forest like a fool and be hunted like a boar, but do nothing?

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses went into the mountains and forests empty-handed, even if they caught one, not only did they not catch one, but even thousands of people who went in were missing, how can this ensure safety? As a result, the entire logger came to a standstill.

The generals can't do anything, they can't force the soldiers to die, right? If this continues, everyone has the possibility of being shot, this is not logging, this is sending themselves to be a live target.

The generals had to report the matter to Zhang Wenbiao. Zhang Wenbiao was so angry, everything was going well, but how could this happen again. After arriving at the scene, Zhang Wenbiao immediately judged from the situation and reports at the scene and his previous experience as a general in Langzhou that this must be the barbarian soldiers from Dongxi making trouble in the mountains and forests.

The land of Dongxi is now under the rule of Li Yuan, and Peng Shiyu, the lord of Dongxi, is Li Yuan's brother-in-law, Li Yuan's army must have incorporated a lot of Dongxi barbarians, and those blowing needle traps that shoot soldiers are also necessary for Dongxi people, which is enough to determine that it was done by Dongxi barbarians.

Zhang Wenbiao couldn't do anything about this situation, he knew that there were huge mountains and forests, and it was a fool's dream for soldiers and horses to enter them to search for hundreds of barbarians. In this kind of place, Dongxi is quite like a fish in water, and any rest of the people are stuck in a quagmire, so it is impossible to catch them and remove the threat.

In this case, encircling and suppressing Dongximan is a waste of time, and in order to ensure the normal progress of logging, he can only ignore the threat in the forest. The only thing that can be done is to order people to be on guard within a few dozen steps of the forest surface, because it is close to the edge of the woods, but there is no need to worry about falling into it, it should be able to deter the other party. The soldiers who entered were equipped with large shields to defend against arrows, and there should not be too many casualties.

The commander gave the order, and the soldiers cursed in their hearts, but there was nothing to be done, and the soldiers had to go back to the edge of the woodland on the hillside to cut wood. Tens of thousands of soldiers with large shields and bows and arrows went thirty paces deep on the edge of the mountain forest to guard these loggers, which made the loggers feel a little more at ease.

However, just when Zhang Wenbiao thought that this method had worked and rode away satisfied, a series of attacks occurred again under Zhang Wenbiao's nose. As if agreed, at dozens of logging sites, these cave creeks appeared from the canopy above their heads in front of the vigilant soldiers, flew over the canopy of branches, and quickly shot the loggers.

More than 100 logging soldiers died, and the cave creeks screamed a few more strange screams into the mountains and forests. The vigilant soldiers were so angry that they scolded their mothers, and they all shot arrows at the canopy, and finally shot two of them, and the two brutes who had lost their footing fell down and fell into a blur of flesh and blood.

Shooting two people can't turn the situation around, two for more than a hundred, no matter how you count it, it's a bloody deal. Moreover, after this attack, the soldiers went on strike again, and they were reluctant to cut down trees anymore.

Zhang Wenbiao's thick eyebrows tightened, he knew that this must be Li Yuan's idea, Li Yuan's purpose was to make his plan to cut down wood and build siege equipment infinitely blocked, and force himself to attack the city without preparation, this kind of hooligan style of play is simply a scoundrel.

But Zhang Wenbiao could not allow Li Yuan to succeed, since there was no way to solve the problem of the attack, then he would exchange human heads for wood. The other side only has two or three hundred people at most, and each attack only causes dozens or even more than 100 casualties, and he has so many soldiers and horses, he is not afraid of losing so many people, the key is to cut down trees as soon as possible.

So Zhang Wenbiao ordered to ignore the attack order and the soldiers immediately went back to cut wood, and the soldiers were unwilling to go again, the generals persuaded to no avail, and finally under Zhang Wenbiao's approval, hundreds of people who took the lead in making trouble were killed, and the rest of the soldiers cursed in their stomachs, and returned to the hillside to cut wood in a state of death with the whole family surnamed Zhang viciously cursed.

Although the logging started again, the wood had to be transported to the camp again in a steady stream, and Zhang Wenbiao breathed a sigh of relief. But in fact, he was really panicked in his heart, as a commander, who was willing to disregard the lives of the soldiers, who was willing to force them to cut down trees in that situation, and who was willing to do this kind of careless and disregard for human life?

But there is no way, the overall situation is important, and those soldiers who are about to be shot will be regarded as contributing to the victory of the battle.

Zhang Wenbiao's mood is bad and gloomy, and he has never encountered such a depressed time. The previous swore that he would lead the army to take the initiative to enter Chu and clamored for a decisive battle with Li Yuan, how confident was that, but it had only been a few days since he arrived in Tanzhou? Before he even had a formal battle with Li Yuan, he had been forced by Li Yuan to be clumsy and in a bad mood.

It's a terrible feeling, as if everything is dominated by the other person, everything seems to be going wrong, shrouded in invisible clouds, shrouded in heavy pressure. Li Yuan is capable, he is really a capable person, Zhang Wenbiao can't help but admit this from his heart.

But what Zhang Wen was thinking about was to complete the preparations as soon as possible and make a big move with Li Yuan to see who was the final winner. He didn't want to go on with Li Yuan like this, because he didn't know what other means Li Yuan had to harass and attack him, and if he continued like this, his morale would collapse.

After the logging was carried out until sunset, the number of dead and wounded soldiers and horses exceeded 5,000, and as for the Chu army, more than 30 Dongxi barbarians were killed. It's simply an asymmetrical battle. The soldiers who cut the wood were simply live targets, they could not prevent the attack of the Dongxi Barbarians, but they had to cut the wood head-on.

The whole process of logging is like gambling on luck, betting on whether Dong Ximan has taken a fancy to him, betting on whether they will shoot an arrow at his throat. The 5,000 soldiers who died tragically were the losers of the gamble, and their deaths and injuries were exchanged for the survival of the rest.

But this is not worthy of celebration and joy, being pressed into such a appearance and shot by the other side, while the commander of his own side has no choice, inhumane choice to ignore the life and death of the soldiers, which caused violent fluctuations in the hearts of the soldiers and some generals, and caused great dissatisfaction.