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Sitting in the camp, Xiao Yunfei's face was very grim.

"Your men are disrupting morale on the battlefield, do you even realize that?" Xiao Yunfei angrily rebuked Ge Desheng.

Ge Desheng's face was also quite gloomy.

He did arrange for people to make things difficult for Li Mu, but he didn't expect that person to be so foolish.

“I’ll definitely teach him a lesson when I get back,” Ge Desheng said.

"We originally had a chance to break through Tiger Head Stronghold and retrieve the refined iron. But because of your scheming, we squandered a great advantage! If you like to engage in underhanded tactics, go back and do it slowly. But within this military camp, if you dare to overstep your bounds in the slightest, I will definitely kill your entire family," Xiao Yunfei roared.

"Young general, please calm down."

Ge Desheng now wants to kill the entire family of that battalion commander.

For him, getting back the refined iron was the top priority; whether he could seek revenge against Li Mu and the others was not so important.

“Tiger Head Stronghold clearly has a backup plan. Even if we manage to gain a foothold on the wall today, taking down Tiger Head Stronghold won’t be so easy,” Ge Desheng said.

"You don't need to make excuses for your actions. If we really can't get the refined iron back, my whole family will survive, but your whole family will definitely die," Xiao Yunfei said coldly.

Even without Xiao Yunfei lifting a finger, someone would still kill Ge Desheng's entire family.

Xiao Yunfei originally thought Ge Desheng was a smart man, but he underestimated Ge Desheng.

But this Ge Desheng is clearly too clever for his own good.

By nightfall, Xiao Yunfei had issued six orders to attack the city.

Heifu led his men on five separate attacks up the city walls. However, because other battalions found it difficult to breach the walls, Heifu, alone, was overwhelmed and was driven back each time.

By the end of the day, the total number of dead and injured exceeded five hundred.

The battalion commander brought over the rations, but he didn't share even a single bite with Li Mu and the others.

“Everyone gets their share of rations, why aren’t you giving us any?” one of them questioned the battalion commander.

"You rebelled today, I'm already being lenient by not killing you. You want to eat dry rations? Go eat shit!" the battalion commander roared.

"Hahaha, are you going to eat shit or not?"

"Don't want to eat? Eat stones then! There are so many stones in Zhangxianling, you can eat your fill."

The group watched as the other side ate dry rations, their anger seething with rage.

Li Mu closed his eyes to rest.

Li Mu hadn't eaten anything all day, and his stomach was indeed growling with hunger.

"Brothers, calm down. I promise you'll all have a good meal later," Li Mu said in a deep voice.

"Will something happen tonight?" someone asked in a low voice.

“Unexpected events often happen at night, like tonight,” Li Mu said.

After it got completely dark, dozens of bonfires were lit on the stone wall.

Laughter and cheerful voices came from the stone wall.

It turned out that the bandits were eating roasted meat and drinking wine on the stone wall.

From a distance, it looked as if they had won a great battle and were celebrating their victory.

"We've lost another forty or so brothers today, and their families are grieving deeply. And yet you're letting us drink and eat on the city wall? Is that appropriate?" Zhai Fei said, his face full of sorrow.

The families had just taken their brothers' bodies home and were now inconsolable grief.

But Zhai Fei took the lead in drinking and eating meat on the stone wall, making everyone in Tiger Head Village think of him.

"Losses are inevitable in war. Last time we lost half our troops, and this time we're afraid we'll lose another half. The reason we're drinking and eating on the city walls is naturally a ploy to lure the enemy in," Liu Qian said with a smile.

He wasn't as sentimental as Zhai Fei. All the brothers in the village, having embarked on this path, should be prepared to risk their lives.

Only by surviving battle after battle can one become a true strongman.

Do not grieve for the deceased; their families will be well taken care of by Hutou Village.

Those who are still alive should continue to fight desperately, and be prepared to die without a burial place at any time.

"There are too few people on the city wall. Call more people up," Liu Qian said.

The number of people on the city wall increased to more than six hundred.

Most of them were family members of the bandits.

There were far more than 600 people in the village than those on the city wall; there were about 1,100 people in total.

"Boss, after we've eaten and drunk our fill, let's continue drinking on the city wall. You take some men out through the secret passage and give them a good beating," Liu Qian said.

Zhai Fei immediately realized that this was how the enemy was lured into a trap.

Tiger Head Stronghold originally had only over 500 people, but half of them died last time, so there should only be about 200 left.

What outsiders don't know is that all the brothers' families live in the village.

Liu Qian is now having hundreds of people drinking and eating meat on the city wall, which is nothing more than a bluff.

The goal is to make the enemy believe that Tiger Head Stronghold has expanded its forces.

As long as the people on the stone wall remain still, Zhai Fei can secretly lead his men out to attack, catching the enemy off guard.

However, Zhai Fei also had questions.

“I understand your plan, but Xiao Yunfei’s troop deployment is indeed quite skillful. Even if I attack and catch him off guard, what if he reacts and my retreat is cut off?” Zhai Fei asked.

Zhai Fei didn't believe that with his two hundred brothers, he could possibly defeat Xiao Yunfei's three thousand men.

It's not hard to see from the way the enemy attacked the stronghold today.

These militiamen are far superior to the rabble; some of them are genuinely brave and willing to fight.

"Boss, even if we can defeat them with a direct assault, it's still a last resort. We only have so many brothers; we absolutely cannot let the old, weak, women, and children from the stronghold take up arms and fight," Liu Qian said.

“Yes,” Zhai Fei nodded.

"So I've already come up with a plan," Liu Qian said.

"Stop beating around the bush and just tell me," Zhai Fei asked anxiously.

"Fire attack."

"Fire attack? Forget about oil, we don't even have enough firewood. How can we launch a fire attack?" Zhai Fei was completely bewildered.

Just a few months ago, Zhangxianling was still a lush and verdant mountain forest.

But now, it's almost completely barren. Only unusable, dead, and rotten trees still stand in the mountains.

Fire attacks require kerosene.

The village does have some hunting bows, but they lack kerosene, so they can't make rockets.

Moreover, within the militia camp, only Xiao Yunfei's central unit had tents. The others were resting around campfires; how could they let the fire start? They couldn't very well set the stones on fire, could they?

"Look, boss, why haven't these rotten trees been cut down by the refugees and burned as firewood?" Liu Qian asked.

"Those rotten woods won't burn; if you light them, they'll just produce thick smoke..."

At this point, Zhai Fei seemed to have thought of something.

"what do you mean……"