The Huns are nomadic peoples, but they do not mean that they do not want to eat.

The source of food for the Huns was cattle and sheep. The army would bring large herds of cattle and sheep on an expedition, treating them as food that could walk. The cattle and sheep were slower, so when the army was operating, most of the cattle and sheep would stay behind except for the dried meat they carried with them.

The Huns came from the east and Liang Xiao went east. Regardless of whether he wanted to bypass Pulehai or not, the first thing he encountered was the baggage and horses behind the army. The Huns were used to rampant on the grasslands and had large troops in front of them, so they were not worried that anyone would rob them. Even if some small tribes took risks, their strength was not enough to deal with the accompanying Hun knights, and at most they could steal a few sheep.

But Liang Xiao is different. Although there are not many people around Liang Xiao, he is a real elite. He once led more than a hundred cavalry to the camp of 10,000 people in Wudan, and isn't it more than enough to deal with those Hun cavalry with average strength?

The more Wu Dan thought about it, the more he became more and more afraid. Arikan was also worried. She didn't bother to argue with Wu Dan anymore, and immediately turned around and returned to the city, sent someone to inform Li Jiaomi, and at the same time passed Wu Dan's suggestion to him.

After Aruikan left, Wu Dan sat next to the bed, and the more he thought about it, the more he became more and more afraid. If Aruikan had not forced him, he would not have considered Liang Xiao's whereabouts. Once he noticed this issue, he immediately realized the danger.

What would I do if I were Liang Xiao? Wu Shan thought. What would Liang Xiao react to the embarrassment of the Huns? Will he do his best to drag the war to winter like last year and force the Huns to retreat voluntarily?

When Wu Dan thought of the heavy snow last winter, he couldn't help but shudder.

At the end of August, King Ri Zhu led his troops to Suye City, and 20,000 troops surrounded Suye City and were blocked.

Because he got the news early, both Creon in the city and Ashana outside the city were fully prepared. According to Liang Xiao's reminder, Creon asked the Han merchants to help and pressed dozens of wells to solve the problem of draft. In order to persist for a long time, he purchased a large number of cattle and sheep in advance, slaughtered them and stored them in the air. In order to solve the problem of military strength, he not only hired all the mercenaries, but also sent people to recruit many mercenaries in neighboring cities.

Of course, he also took this opportunity to make a big profit.

In these preparations, the Han merchants played a decisive role. They not only helped Creon dig wells, but also sponsored Creon to acquire cattle and sheep, hire mercenaries, but also provided suggestions and suggested Creon strengthening the city walls. Although they were not professional soldiers, most of them came from the frontiers and had participated in the city defense work. They still had some experience in defending the city.

They did this not just for Creon. With Liang Xiao's help, they monopolized many of Suye City's businesses, and their lives were in Suye City. Protecting Suye City was also protecting their own property, so they naturally made great efforts.

The defenses in the city were strengthened, and the Yuezhi people outside the city were also on high alert. Because there was plenty of time. Ashana built two wooden fences outside the city, which were connected to the city wall in the north and stretched to the south to the Suye Water. The Yuezhi people were raising their energy in the wooden city, waiting for the opportunity to attack.

Although Suye City is not as solid as a god, it is also a strong city, which is enough to make the king think twice before moving.

After checking the city defense of Suye City, King Rizhu checked the city without hasty siege. While he ordered his troops to go around to capture the people of Dayuan and collect food and grass, he sent people to build siege equipment. For this expedition, he also made a lot of preparations. In addition to the ladders used for siege, he also captured some Han craftsmen who could build siege cars. For the Huns, siege cars were rare siege weapons.

Even so, siege is still not easy. The Huns practiced riding and shooting since childhood. When they got on horseback, they were all heroes. When they got off the horse, their crocodile legs were a little inconvenient. In the process of competing with the Dayuan soldiers for the city, they were obviously at a disadvantage. They took a lot of effort to climb up to the city. Before they could gain a foothold, they were driven down by the Dayuan soldiers on the city. They attacked for two consecutive days, with more than a thousand casualties, but they could not see any hope of breaking the city. King Rizhu was anxious and angry, so they had to send someone to report to the Right King and ask him to quickly lead the main force to come for reinforcements.

Siege is a war of attrition. Before the main force arrives, King Rizhu is unwilling to pay unnecessary casualties to avoid being taken advantage of by others.

When the Youxian King received the news of King Rizhu, he also received a report that the baggage troops in the rear were attacked. At the beginning, the Youxian King didn't take it seriously, but just regarded it as the small tribes looking for reasons and did not want to march. When the news came one after another and the isolated incidents gradually became connected, he realized that this was not accidental, but a series of conscious tactical actions.

Even so, the Youxian King did not take it seriously. He just ordered the Chief King Tu of the Later Army to lead the army to pursue the situation and ensure the safety of the baggage. At the same time, the Youxian King left King Youguli and several small kings, and ordered them to attack the fortress in the mountain road from the west and attack the east and west with the Liejiaomi in order to open up the mountain road as soon as possible and communicate with the east and west.

Afterwards, the Youxian King led 50,000 main forces to Suye City.

In the mountain pass, there was a shout of killing in the east fort.

Jianmi held the stone wall with his hand and looked coldly at the Wusun people who were sieging the city.

More than a hundred archers stood by the city wall, posing bows and arrows, and kept shooting. They all wore Greek bronze helmets and shot through half-body iron armor to protect their heads and upper bodies from attacks by Wusun archers under the city. In order to kill the enemy as much as possible, they even poked their bodies out of the city wall and shot fiercely.

More than a hundred soldiers holding shields and stair spears stood behind the archers and were ready to go forward to the battle formation at any time. Once the Wusun people rushed to the city wall, they would pounce on them, kill the Wusun people who were not stable, and throw them down the city.

Behind them, there were more than ten guards holding long swords. These guards did not kill enemies, but only killed those who were afraid to fight. Anyone who was cunning and ineffective in fighting was the target of their killing. They had armor all over their bodies, without shields, and stood on the city wall like ten death stakes, executing Jianmi's orders and not giving anyone a chance to be lazy.

Under the blockade of these three lines of defense, although the Wusun people suffered considerable casualties, they were still unable to defeat this small stone fort.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lie Jiaomi had to issue an order to retreat.

Sitting in the big tent, waiting for the latest casualties report, Liejiaomi was very distressed. The unfavorable attack was only a matter of distressing him. The situation in Akagu City was the most worrying thing about him. Wu Dan, who thought he had died long ago, suddenly appeared in Akagu City, and persuaded Alikan and lured Aliusu into the valley. This accident of Hunting Jiaomi caught him off guard.

It is naturally a good thing to trap Aliusu, but it is an unbearable way to trap both sides of the Chigu Shui River by Aliusu. Chigu City is his royal city, and being killed by Aliusu to the royal city is something that has always happened in the battle with Aliusu for so many years. Because he had planned to resist the enemy from the beginning, he did not move the population on both sides of the Chigu Shui River to a safe place, so they would be slaughtered by Aliusu.

This is a considerable wealth. When Huojiaomi thought of Aliusu's horse hooves trampling on the grasslands on both sides of the Chigu River, he felt very distressed and scolded Arui for being ignorant and scolded Wu Dan for being damned.

Just when Liejiaomi was furious about it, Arikan's envoy came back and conveyed Arikan's suggestion: withdraw troops and return to Chigu City, concentrate troops, and encircle and annihilate Aliusu.

After listening to Aruikan's analysis, the furious Lie Jiaomi suddenly realized that this was indeed a rare opportunity.

As Wu Dan said, it would be no advantage to conquer Su Ye City. This pasture was originally from Wusun, but it was because Lao Wang was defeated by the Yuezhi people and Wusun declined, so he fell into the hands of Dayuan. Now that the Huns are coming, are they willing to leave? Liejiaomi grew up in the Shanyu royal court and saw the greed of the Huns. Once they were allowed to see the wealth of Dayuan, they would not let go easily.

On the contrary, Chigu City is his foundation. If Aliusu is killed, the south of the Tianshan Mountains will be the world of the Wusun people. Although there is no great pasture north of the Tianshan Mountains, there are a large number of oasis not north of the Tianshan Mountains.

Lie Jiaomi was moved, but he did not dare to make a sudden decision. He knew the cruelty of the Huns. If he left without saying goodbye, it would not take long for the Huns to kill Chigu City and completely destroy him.

Liejiaomi thought hard and called an envoy to go back and notify Arikan. He sent another envoy to report to the Right Xianwang, saying that Akigu City was attacked by Aliusu and was in danger, so he asked the Right Xianwang to send a large army to rescue him.

Before receiving the reply from the Right Xianwang, Lie Jiaomi stopped the attack and quietly dispatched 5,000 people to help Chigu City, preparing to encircle and annihilate Aliusu.

The war in Dongbao ended in failure, Jian Mi immediately seized this opportunity, strengthened the city walls, and prepared to fight again.

"Kill" Liang Xiao shouted loudly, galloped his horse and shot several arrows in succession.

The three Huns were caught in the arrow and the Huns following them didn't even have time to adjust their war horses, so they stepped on them. The fallen Huns were trampled on by the horse's hooves and screamed loudly. As the horse's hooves came one after another, the screams quickly disappeared.

Liang Xiao rushed to the front of the Huns. With Alpha and Beta shouted, two spears stabbed out and took the two Huns who were rushing towards him. Before they could pull out their spears, two more cavalry rushed towards him, pulled their bows and arrows, and shot two arrows "swoosh".

"Sister, be careful!" Sigma shouted loudly and shot two arrows, shooting one of the Huns to the ground.

"Puff!" Alpha was shot in the shoulder with an arrow, and his face turned pale. She shouted loudly, let go of her spear, pulled out the battle knife, and went up to meet it. The sword light flashed and beheaded the Huns.

"Alpha, how are you?" Liang Xiao asked loudly while shooting arrows.

"I'm fine." Alpha reached out and held the arrow shaft, and thrust it hard, breaking the arrow shaft, and throwing it on the ground.

A mercenary pulled out Alpha's spear from the body of the Huns and chased after him. "Alpha, catch it."

Alpha reached out to catch it, took the left spear and right sword, and rushed forward.

"Transfer, left front, assault!" Liang Xiao shot arrows while observing the battlefield and uttering the order loudly.

The messenger sounded the horn, and Xie Guanglong, who was rushing in front, raised his spear and shook it, turned his horse forward, and rushed towards the front of the left.

"Kill!" Liang Xiao gritted his teeth and looked ferocious.

(To be continued.)
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