Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

All right, let's fight! Shanyu and Zuo Xian Wang have both decided to attack Zhen'an City. What can they say? Besides, if they really take it down, it will be a great achievement.

However, the reality was not as easy as the generals imagined. Zhen'an City was too difficult to capture, and there was not enough time and manpower to accomplish the goal.

Seeing that they could not take the city, they tried their best to persuade Lan Ba, and finally managed to get him to leave, but they were hindered by the tiny city of Ding'an.

Some smart generals knew that the best way now was to retreat immediately. Since it was so difficult to fight, why bother fighting here? Wouldn't it be better to retreat to the grassland to recuperate and then attack when Daxia was off guard?

Honest advice hurts, and the generals knew that what they thought was right, but they could not say it or even show it, otherwise Lamba would get even angrier and accuse them of disrupting the morale of the army.

If the enemy leads his troops to war for the first time and returns without any achievements, it will be a huge blow to his reputation, and taking over the position of Chanyu will become a distant dream.

This was the most unacceptable result for Lamba, who was determined to gain the position of Chanyu.

Unable to retreat, they could only charge forward. All they could do now was to keep attacking, attacking, and attacking again. They had to break through this small town before the reinforcements from Daxia arrived, rob the things inside, and leave quickly, so as not to make this expedition look so ugly.

However, things soon took a turn for the worse, as several dishevelled Hun soldiers were brought in.

Seeing these soldiers, Lan Ba ​​frowned and asked what was wrong.

These Hun soldiers described the "divine punishment" and the siege by the Daxia people in extremely terrified tones.

When they heard the word "heavenly punishment", the faces of the Huns present changed immediately.

They could tell from the performance of these soldiers that these people were not lying, but why was there "divine punishment"?

At this time, they had the same doubts as the Huns who faced gunpowder: were the gods dissatisfied with the sacrificial items, or were they dissatisfied with their attack on Daxia?

No, absolutely not. They are extremely respectful to the gods, and the gods will not abandon them and choose Daxia. There must be something they don't know.

After trying to calm himself down, a general present asked these people how the others were doing. The Xiongnu soldiers said with pale faces, "We were surrounded by Daxia people."

As soon as these words came out, without waiting for the soldiers to say anything, Ramba picked up his weapon and killed the man very neatly.

"Zuo Xian Wang, you..."

Lan Ba ​​said with a stern face in an extremely cold tone: "There is no heavenly punishment, and there is no Daxia army. Do you understand?"

The generals watched as Ramba pulled the weapons out of the soldiers, blood splattering everywhere, and silently agreed.

They knew that Lambar was arrogant, but not without brains. Now that things had come to this point, they could not allow anything to shake the morale of the army, otherwise they would have no choice but to retreat.

They are not at the end of their rope yet, so they cannot just give up. Otherwise, when they return to the grassland, they will lose a lot.

In this case, all they have to do now is to intensify the siege, hoping to capture this small city before the Daxia people arrive.

However, their hopes did not come true. Before Ding'an City was captured, reinforcements from Daxia had arrived.

"Reporting to the Left Wise King, the Great Xia General Zong Zhengliang is on his way here with 20,000 troops."

Upon hearing that reinforcements would arrive so soon, the generals' worries immediately showed on their faces. Without caring about the predicament they would face after returning to the grassland, they gritted their teeth and persuaded Lanba to retreat quickly.

After being persuaded, Lamba did not agree but was not angry either. Instead, he looked happier.

"How many soldiers are there in Ding'an City?"

"Judging from the defensive situation, it's probably around 10,000."

"How many people did Zong Zhengliang bring with him?"

"Twenty thousand."

"The troops in this city, including Zong Zhengliang's, are only 30,000. We still have more than 70,000 troops. Why should we be afraid of him?"

What Lanba said was correct in theory. These generals were very confident in their own fighting power. Let alone 30,000, even if it was 100,000 or 80,000, they would dare to fight against Daxia with these 70,000 troops.

But things cannot be calculated in this way. If it were on the grassland, in their place, they would not be afraid. But this is in Daxia. What if the enemy reinforcements come?

Lambert didn't care about this.

"Hasn't our scouts already found out that apart from Zong Zhengliang, no other reinforcements have arrived for the time being? Even if some cities mobilize their troops to send reinforcements immediately, it will take time.

Why don’t we use that time to do something?”

A general thought for a moment and asked uncertainly, "Does the Zuo Xian Wang mean to take this opportunity to get rid of these Daxia reinforcements?"

"No, that will take too long. What I want is to bring back Zong Zhengliang's head!"

Langba knew very well that even if 30,000 sheep stood there motionless, it would take a long time to kill them, not to mention 30,000 Daxia people with weapons, which would take even longer.

He didn't want to kill everyone, that was not practical, but he wanted to kill Zong Zhengliang.

Zong Zhengliang was the general of the northern border of Daxia. Killing him would definitely be a great achievement. The failure to capture Zhen'an City before, the failure to capture Ding'an City now, and the death of nearly 20,000 soldiers now would no longer be a loss.

After he returned, he said that this was all a strategy planned to lure Zong Zhengliang out.

It has to be said that in terms of killing Zong Zhengliang, Lanba had the same train of thought as the general who died at the foot of Qianjun Mountain.

The generals in the big tent had no objection to Lamba's statement. On the one hand, if they went back in disgrace, they would surely be ridiculed, which was unacceptable for a warrior.

On the other hand, what Lanba said does make some sense. They don't have to completely destroy the Daxia army, so it should be relatively easy to find a way to kill Zong Zhengliang.

However, they only saw the value of Zong Zhengliang, but did not think about why the other party, as the general of the Northern Frontier, would risk rushing to the front line of the war. What if it was a trick set up to trick them?

Besides, even if it wasn't a conspiracy, is it so easy to kill the leader of an army?

It can only be said that the advantages of their army in numbers and strength, as well as the desire for military merit, made Lamba and other Hun generals forget about those problems.

After making a plan, Lamba ordered the soldiers attacking the city to pause, rest for a while and prepare for the next battle.

In order to prevent Zong Zhengliang from escaping, he dispatched several groups of troops to launch flank attacks at any time, making sure to encircle Zong Zhengliang in his army so that he could not escape.

When Zong Zhengliang learned about the Xiongnu's movements from the scouts, he knew that the last step of the plan was half successful.

It is better to divide the troops, because it will be easier to defeat them one by one.

The generals in Ding'an City also smiled when they saw the Xiongnu's movements. They finally didn't have to stay in the city anymore and could move around.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. It will soon be clear who is the mantis and who is the oriole.