Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 78 Hit by an Arrow

"Send them! But only to our team. Go count the number of people and have them come quietly to get the steamed buns."

Chen Wuhou waved his hand and said, "Come in batches to receive them. Don't let anyone see anything."

At present, the team is besieged in the city of Wulei by more than 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry. As all the baggage vehicles are lost, each unit can only take care of its own food and drink.

Yesterday, some soldiers slaughtered the uninjured horses and ate their meat. If the Huns don't withdraw, the Han army will probably be doomed.

The two guards agreed and quickly ran towards the position on the city wall.

After a while, three or five people came over.

The team led by Chen Wuhou originally had 500 soldiers, but due to the fierce battle with the Huns, they lost about 100 people and now only have more than 350 left.

They hadn't eaten for a day and were starving.

"Hey! You Wu go down first and go to the camp to get food from Wu Hou." The guards whispered, "Don't let others see you, or you'll have nothing left."

The five men were delighted and quickly got down from the city wall and ran towards their camp.

He received two steamed buns from Wu Hou, quickly put them in his arms, and returned to his position.

Afterwards, more people came to get the steamed buns until everyone had received one.

Shen Xun sent the rest to the house where the wounded soldiers lived, cooked steamed buns for them in his own small pot, and fed them medicine at the same time.

The guards also brought two large quilts and covered the shivering wounded soldiers: "These are the quilts and steamed buns that Shen Xun bought. You all squeeze together and cover them. Remember his kindness in the future."

The injured soldiers nodded one after another: "When we return, we will definitely repay Brother Shen and Marquis Wu for their kindness."

"There's no need to repay me. When you recover from your injuries, just return the money for the medicine to me." Shen Xun said seriously.

These things were bought with my sister's own money, and I can't let her keep paying for them.

The wounded soldier said, "Of course. Don't worry, Brother Shen. When we have money, we will pay you back for the medicine immediately."

Coming out of the house, Shen Xun stood in the camp and looked around.

There are not many civilians in Wulei City, and now they are all hiding in their houses and refusing to show their heads.

The three thousand Han troops had been trapped in the city for several days, and there was not much food left in the warehouse of the Protectorate before they arrived.

Even if they looted all the homes of hundreds of people, it would probably still not be enough to last for long.

I hope the reinforcements can arrive in time, otherwise the soldiers will be in danger.

Shen Xun sighed.

What my sister said was indeed right. We had no chance of winning this battle. Unfortunately, I was powerless and could not give orders to the commander-in-chief.

Even Chen Wuhou did not have the ability to disobey the orders of his commander.

Two more days passed. The Huns continued to guard outside, pretending to attack the city from time to time, making the defending soldiers panic.

The Huns also killed all the people around them. Since they also lacked food, they sometimes sent a group of people to plunder farther places.

Shen Xun whispered to Chen Wuhou: "Why don't we attack their camp at night and burn their tents so that they have nowhere to hide."

The Huns are also human beings. They also need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep. If they don’t have warm tents and fur bedding, they will freeze to death.

"This is a good idea. I will go and talk to the general about this right away." Chen Wuhou happily ran to the commander's tent and did not come out for a long time.

He said with a happy face: "The general agrees with this plan, but we will let our team go out to do this task at night."

Shen Xun said nothing, but took out a few lighters from his backpack: "This can light a fire quickly, Wu Hou, give them to the captains of each team."

Chen Wuhou had seen Shen Xun use this thing before, and was surprised to see him take out so many at once: "Why do you carry so many lighters?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to light a fire when I'm out." Shen Xun put the lighter into Wu Hou's palm: "Wu Hou, I've kept a record of the account. I'll ask my brothers to pay me back later." "Of course." Chen Wu Hou called his guards to call a few cavalry captains over and distributed the lighter in his hand to them: "Come on! Follow my example, this is how to use it! We're going out of the city tonight to attack the Huns, and each team must light a few Hun tents. The more the better."

The captains agreed and left with their lighters.

It was evening now. Shen Xun put on a dark cotton robe, packed the things in his backpack, put it on his back, rode a horse and followed Chen Wuhou.

As the sky gradually darkened, more than 300 cavalrymen stood on horseback at the city gate, and did not leave through the quietly opened city gate until night fell.

After leaving the city, the archers quietly shot and killed two Hun scouts, and then rushed towards the Hun camp at full speed.

The Hun camp was divided into three parts, with different distances from the city wall.

More than 300 cavalrymen rushed directly to the nearest camp. When they got close, they suddenly lit torches and threw them at the Hun tents one by one.

Shen Xun took out glass bottles from his pocket. These were alcohol that his sister bought for him. She said that the liquid in the bottles would be very easy to ignite if poured onto objects.

Of course, this thing is also very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will burn yourself, so he did not give it to Chen Wuhou.

Shen Xun smashed the glass bottle against a tent pole.

With a snap, the bottle shattered.

Shen Xun rode over on his horse and lit the tent with the torch in his hand.

In an instant, flames shot up into the sky and many Huns ran over.

One of them screamed and raised a knife to fight, but was suddenly hit by a bottle. The liquid splashed all over his body and then he was set on fire by a torch.

The Huns suddenly turned into fire men and fled in all directions with flames.

The other Huns did not bother to attack the Han army and hurried to put out the fire.

For a moment, the Hun camp was in chaos, and blazing flames could be seen everywhere.

Shen Xun rode his horse through the camp, setting fire to tents one by one.

In the end, he was accidentally separated from Chen Wuhou and his companions.

Shen Xun quickly looked for the shadow of Chen Wuhou, but there were people and horses everywhere, and he couldn't see who was with whom.

Fortunately, he met several cavalrymen, and they formed a team and went to the rear of the Huns to find their granary.

With the chaotic camp as cover, they searched for a long time before finding it, hiding in the woods several miles away.

A few people walked over slowly and found that there were many tents stationed here, with three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding the food and grass convoy in the middle.

Shen Xun gave each of them two glass bottles and instructed, "Let's rush in, and when we see the grain cart, pull out the corks, light the bottle mouths with torches, and smash them against the cart from a distance."

The action is somewhat dangerous, but it must be done in order to drive away the Huns as soon as possible.

Several people nodded in agreement, took the bottles and urged their horses to rush into the Hun camp.

Before the Huns could react, several people imitated Shen Xun's operation and pulled out the cork. They brought the bottle mouth close to the torch and suddenly flames burst out.

Then he smashed the bottle onto the pile of food and grass, and instantly, flames broke out.

The Huns screamed loudly and some rushed towards Shen Xun and others.

Shen Xun and his companions urged their horses to gallop, smashing bottles as they ran, and immediately set the entire granary on fire.

"Let's go! Don't fight!"

Seeing that the mission was accomplished, Shen Xun did not linger and urged his horse to gallop into the night.

Several people followed, but two of them groaned: "Oh no! I was hit by an arrow!"

(End of this chapter)