"Are you sure their numbers have always been like this, and they haven't increased?" Manchai asked, looking at the Matsube tribal patriarch beside him.

"It's the big leader, the number of Datang is like this, they have been trying to attack all these years, but the number of people sent is not much, about five or six hundred, but they have not succeeded, that is, the number of our arrows is also a lot." The patriarch of the Song tribe hurriedly spoke.

"What about their casualties?" Manchai asked.

"Uh...... There were no deaths...... There were dozens of wounded. The patriarch of the Song tribe hesitated for a moment before speaking awkwardly.

"Huh?" Manchai frowned, "The other party attacked the city and was not injured?" Manchai looked incredulous.

"Yes...... The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are all wearing iron armor all over their bodies, and our arrows can hardly do any damage to them, that is, the stones thrown from the city wall can cause some damage, but the city wall is not high, and the damage caused by the stones thrown down is limited. ”

"On the contrary, we have killed more than a dozen people these days, and more than 30 people have been injured." The patriarch of the Song tribe paused for a moment and said helplessly.

Mangchai was silent for a moment, he suddenly understood why Datang only sent two or three thousand soldiers, if it wasn't in such a jungle, if it was in the plain area, these two or three thousand people would be able to chase him and kill ten thousand people.

Because the total number of iron armor here is no more than two hundred, and some of them are very dilapidated, and the protective area is not as large as that of Datang.

"Don't worry, we have an army of 10,000 here! Ten thousand against two thousand, I'm going to see how they get in. As long as they can't get in, they will obediently retreat after a while. Manchai sneered and spoke.

However, when Mangchai was calculating how to fight here, Hou Junji here was also asking Zheng Yuan and the scouts if there was a chance to cut off the enemy's escape route.

"It is impossible to completely cut them off without alarming them, but their large forces have already arrived in the villages of Matsube, and if the main route for the retreat of their large forces is cut off, as for the remaining mountain roads, it is almost impossible for a large number of people to escape and go up the mountain."

"The mountain behind Matsube is not too big, and it is very simple for us to cut off several major downhill roads, a large number of people go up the mountain, as long as they cut off the downhill road for a month, they all have to die on the mountain." Zheng Yuan shook his head and said.

He knows very well that such a deep mountain and old forest, it seems that the forest peaks are connected, and it seems difficult to isolate the enemy from escaping, but in fact, there are really not many ways down the mountain, of course, if you risk your life to climb down the cliff, then no one can stop them, just let them run, how much can they run away?

It's no problem for such a mountain to feed a small village, but thousands of people go up the mountain, and just eating and drinking is a huge problem.

"Don't worry about alarming them, attack tomorrow and order two thousand forwards to cross directly in front of their cottage and forcibly cut off this main road."

"If they want to keep their way out, it's simple, come out and fight us!" Hou Junji sneered and said, fighting on the plains, just the soldiers of these tribes, Hou Junji is not afraid of ten times more.

"If they don't dare to come out to fight us, it's much simpler, cut off their retreat, directly attack the city, use siege mines, I don't want to rub shoulders with them, we've been here long enough."

"Yes!"

There was nothing to say all night, but both sides thought that the other party would inevitably react the next day, in Mangchai opinion, Datang could not be captured before, and it should retreat today, after all, he came with another 10,000 people, as long as Datang is not a fool, he should retreat.

But what Hou Junji is waiting for is today, but the superficial work that should be done still needs to be done, for example, the next day Hou Junji still sent an envoy according to the usual practice, that is, Zheng Yuan's deputy general Bali.

Bali is also from Shanyue, but he is fluent in Chinese and familiar to Mangbe.

"Mangbu, the leader of Mangbu, is coming." Barry went straight to the bottom of the city walls alone and shouted.

Datang's soldiers were still hundreds of meters away, so these people didn't have to worry about the threat of Datang.

"I'm Mangchai , why did you Datang invade my Mangbu territory?" Manchai glanced outside, then simply walked to the watchtower on the city wall and asked loudly.

"It is hereby announced that His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty ordered that Mangbu wantonly attacked my Datang tribe, causing the death of five people in my Datang, now give you a chance to surrender to Mangbu, you now lead the entire Mangbu to surrender to Datang, give you a chance to live, don't ...... Don't be unpredictable! Barry said loudly.

He almost didn't remember the last sentence, because he had memorized it for a long time, but even though the words were spoken, Barry also muttered in his heart, and they didn't know what it meant because these people had been illiterate all their lives.

"Hahaha, are you having a broken head, your King Qin of the Tang Dynasty can't control my Mangbu, go back and tell your general, either hurry back or attack." Mangchai laughed proudly and said.

Bali also sneered and said loudly: "My general knows that you will not surrender, so my general has something to ask you, if I only surround your broken village and do not attack, how should Your Excellency deal with it?" Do you have enough food to eat? Matsube's old bottom is enough food for you to eat for a few days? ”

"Since you refuse to surrender, let's see you on the battlefield."

With that, Barry turned his horse's head and left.

Barry's words made Mangchai who was still laughing proudly just now stunned, how should he deal with it if Datang didn't fight? This...... To be honest, Manchai really didn't think about it.

Manchai, the big leader, has not read any books, how high can you expect him to be in military attainments, when their army arrived, he did bring dry food, which could be eaten for about ten days.

If Datang surrounds and doesn't fight, what will happen after ten days? Matsube may have food storage, but Matsube itself is only a small tribe of more than 3,000 people, how long can the stored grain be enough for 10,000 people?

But as the besieging Datang, they can be replenished anytime and anywhere, and at that time, they can only go out of the city to fight the Datang.

This...... He instantly became worried.

But think about it, the army of the Tang Dynasty is only two or three thousand......

"Woo......" Before the thoughts in Mangchai could fall, a clear horn sound was heard in the distance, and as the horn sounded throughout the valley, in the jungle in the distance, at least two thousand or more heavily armed elite soldiers were within their line of sight, close to the edge of the jungle at the foot of the mountain, and quickly ran in the direction they came.

Looking at the direction of these soldiers, you don't have to think about it to know that the other party is trying to cut off their way back!