The generals also showed a lot of joy on their faces at this time, and Xiao Keding, who knew more about barbarians, quickly replied: "Your Majesty, barbarians have always been poor, and they are especially not good at preparing ordnance and armor, so only people with a high enough status can wear armor.

"And generally speaking, the head level only fights in leather armor, and if it is in chain mail, most of them are the leaders of the clan patriarch level."

"Your Majesty, the minister remembers that during the battle last night, I saw that there were indeed several barbarians in chain mail in front of our military camp, and it is said that one of them is still the patriarch of the five tribes of the bear, Xiong Dare, if he ......"

Chen Qingyun also said expectantly, and even pointed out the identity of the person who was hit by the arrow.

These words made all the soldiers present shake up, and some people almost shouted out with joy.

Sun Ning was stunned, is it such a coincidence?

If Nie Long really shot Xiong Dare with an arrow, then the barbarians in Hezhou City would definitely be leaderless at this time, and the army would be in chaos.

Then the little mistake he made is really not worth mentioning, after all, compared to the credit, Mingjin is only a small mistake.

"Are you sure you really hit the target, that guy is really wearing chain mail?" Sun Ning suddenly stared at Nie Long again, and his momentum also pressed over.

This made Nie Long nervous for a while, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't even make a sound.

After a moment, he nodded vigorously: "The little one can be sure...... I really shot this brute leader......"

"Well, if that's the case, you have indeed done a great job, and I can also make the decision not to hold you accountable for the sin of not returning the money. But if what you say is wrong, it is a crime on top of a crime, and the punishment is changed to beheading, do you understand? Sun Ning asked in a solemn voice.

"The little one didn't lie, and he was willing to wait to find out the truth!" Nie Long gritted his teeth and bowed his head again.

"Military discipline officer, lock him up for the time being, and then make a decision after finding out the truth of the incident." Sun Ning commanded, "If it is true, I will reward you heavily." ”

"Your Majesty Xie......" Nie Long kowtowed again to thank him, and then he was obediently escorted by several soldiers and locked in a small tent on the side.

The other people around also showed joy, and bowed down in unison: "Your Majesty is wise......"

"I know that you are all eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but military discipline and military law must not be violated, and I hope you can take this as a warning!" Sun Ning took the opportunity to preach the rules of the army to these soldiers.

"In addition, this time the barbarians are broken, the whole army is meritorious, I have made people record, and after completely taking Hezhou, all of you can be rewarded, and the sacrificed soldiers will also be compensated, I will never break my word!"

After saying these words to calm the hearts of the army, in another burst of praise from the generals, Sun Ningcai led the generals to return to the big tent and continue the previous topic.

If you are still a little worried about it before, you are afraid that the next war will be repeated or unfavorable. Now, knowing that Xiong Dare might be killed or injured by an arrow, everyone suddenly increased their confidence, and some of them were so anxious that they even proposed that they should take the opportunity to attack the city again.

Sun Ning has his own opinion on this: "I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to continue attacking Hezhou now."

"First, as far as I am concerned, after all, after the half-moon trek and the great battle, the soldiers are already tired, and if I attack again, the casualties will be too great.

"Don't forget, we came north this time, not just to take a Hezhou, our target is the entire Sichuan and Shu!"

The generals were also shocked when they heard this, and then nodded thoughtfully: "What Your Majesty said is that we are eager to win and too impatient. ”

Sun Ning smiled and said: "Second, as far as the enemy is concerned, if the bear dares to be killed or injured, the blow to them is not small, but it is by no means a complete collapse.

"The five departments of the bear, it is natural that the bear dares to be the mainstay, but there is still a leader between the various departments, and the death or injury of a patriarch will not completely mess up the hearts of all the people.

"If we attack the city with all our strength at this time, it will make the five of them work together, and then under the mourning army, it is really difficult to say whether the victory or defeat will be said.

"Hold it off, maybe we can wait until the various tribes in his city have a dispute over the position of the patriarch, and then they will be torn apart, and we can take advantage of the situation, wouldn't it be better?"

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this is the safest, and the damage of our army will be the least." Yan Hu immediately expressed his support.

Chen Qingyun followed: "The way of using soldiers, yin and yang are indispensable, and the minister thinks it's good to take a look!" ”

Several other generals also had no opinion on this, after all, the Japanese camp was limited in manpower now, and it was also beneficial to slow down and let the whole army rest for a few days.

In this regard, the next strategy for Hezhou has been decided, that is, only to confront each other on the periphery, but not to rush to launch an offensive.

At the same time, the army also secretly sent some spies to infiltrate the city to investigate the situation of the enemy army, especially the life and death of Xiong Kang.

It was also thanks to the barbarians who destroyed the city gates on both sides of Hezhou, so that the Vietnamese army spies could sneak in quietly and find out the news in such a battle between the two armies.

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Just when Sun Ning and the others began to settle down and made the decision to postpone the siege of the city, in Hezhou City, at this time, there was a gloomy cloud and mist in the city, and all the barbarians were already panicking.

This is not only because of this rout, but also because Xiong Dangzhen was seriously injured and only had one breath left.

A large number of young and strong people died in battle, and the blow to the five tribes of the bear was quite big, after all, the barbarian tribes have always spoken with strength, if the number of young and strong men in a tribe is greatly reduced, it means that the entire tribe is in crisis, and may be invaded by other tribes at any time, or even annexed.

The night battle completely destroyed their so-called confidence in the Vietnamese army.

It turned out that these officers and soldiers, who had always been despised by themselves and others, were so fierce and sharp that they were able to kill the warriors of all parts with a considerable number of troops, and in the end they didn't even have the strength to fight back.

When such thoughts continued to breed and spread, most of the barbarian warriors in the city had already thought about abandoning Hezhou and running back to the mountains and forests to hide.

If that's the case, the chiefs of the various tribes can still revive their morale in various ways, at most they can kill a few guys who disturb the morale of the army.

But the problem now is that even they are afraid because they have no backbone.

Xiong Dang, as the patriarch, was actually shot in the back of the heart by an arrow from the Vietnamese army on the way back to the city, and now he is seriously injured and dying.

This made many leaders of the leaders want to find someone to make up their minds, but they can't find it, and no one is convinced by anyone between them......

As a result, no one in the upper echelons of the barbarians in the city was convinced, and there were many suspicions and competitions.

The lower-level soldiers are everyone in danger, and they don't know what to do.

And now, for these barbarians still guarding the city, the only hope is that reinforcements from the mountains in the distance can arrive.

In this way, they can completely crush the Vietnamese army outside the city in terms of troops.