King Zuo Guli on the south bank of Baiqu watched one or two hundred Xiongnu people who were unwilling to surrender had their heads cut off.

The other captured Huns all followed Huchuquan.

"King, those warriors seem to have surrendered to Huchuquan." A leader of the Huns pointed at the other side: "If they continue to fight like this, their number will be more and more, but our number will be less and less..."

"Of course I know that it's not a problem to continue fighting like this." King Zuo Guli glared at the leader fiercely.

He lowered his head by staring at him, and the leader of the Huns did not dare to say a word.

"It's better to sort out all the people who surrendered to Huchuquan." Another leader of the Huns said: "When you return to the tribe, you will kill all their families. Let them know that as warriors of the Great Huns, if they surrender to the enemy, even their families will suffer."

"How to sort it out?" asked King Zuo Guli, "How many were killed in battle? How many were missing? Those who surrendered to Huchuquan will never ask you to count which one surrendered to the enemy and which one did not."

"As long as you sort out the people captured by the enemy, you will probably be able to figure it out." The Hun leader replied: "It should not be difficult to figure out these."

"It's not difficult?" King Zuo Guli sneered and pointed at the bodies of one or two hundred Huns killed on the other side: "Those people were also captured by Huchuquan. Did they also surrender to the enemy? The distance is so far, and the heads and bodies are separated, how can we figure out which ones are?"

The leader of the Huns did not dare to say much on this topic and lowered his head.

"Station here first. Although the Wei army defended the north shore, their number was not as large as ours." King Zuo Guli said: "I am not good yet, they will never reveal any flaws. As long as they reveal even a little flaw, I will have a way to defeat them."

"The king is wise." The leaders responded one after another.

He praised Zuo Guli and Wang Yingming, but in fact, the leaders didn't necessarily think so in their hearts.

They were not optimistic about continuing to fight through Baiqu. Some people even had the intention to retreat, but they didn't dare to say it in front of King Zuo Guli.

Of course, King Zuo Guli also knew the thoughts of the leaders, but the battles were unfavorable. He had no reason to persuade his subordinates to continue fighting.

For King Zuo Guli and the Huns of his tribe, garrisoning on the south bank of Baiqu and waiting for new fighter jets to arrive was indeed the only feasible way.

King Zuo Guli was defeated in Baiqu, and the news that Ling Tong captured Cheng Le was almost sent to Cao Heng one after another.

After receiving the news, Cao Heng invited Cao Yi to the account.

Cao Yi entered the tent and bowed to Cao Heng with a big gift: "Brother, summon me?"

"Please come here, there are some things I want to discuss with you." Cao Heng said: "I just got the news. King Zuo Guli led the Hun army across Baiqu and was repelled by Wen Yang and Hu Chuquan. Ling Tong also captured Chengle before, and the war in the south was going on according to our calculations. Do you think we should step up to break the clouds?"

"How is it in the north?" Cao Yi did not answer directly, but asked Cao Heng.

Cao Heng replied: "The war in the north is still unclear. King Youguli led his Xiongnu to advance here. Boyue and others have already set up an ambush halfway. Once they arrive, they can start a decisive battle with them. I feel that it is not difficult to defeat King Youguli with the ability of Boyue and others."

"The emperor's brother believes in General Jiang and others, and of course he thinks it is not difficult to defeat King Youguli." Cao Yi replied: "Actually, I am also very optimistic about the war between the north and the south. The army goes out of the pass to attack Liu Meng, and it should be no difficulty to win."

"What you said is what I am thinking." Cao Heng nodded: "I was wondering whether to ask the artillery to step up the bombardment of the city wall. When the good news comes from the north, the siege can be launched."

"Have you ever thought that if we knocked down too much of the city wall, Liu Meng might be desperate and attacked our army first." Cao Yi said: "I feel that it's better to just hold it like this every day. When the left and right King Guli was defeated, it would be no longer too late to order the artillery to blow down the city wall."

"It's a way to hang like this every day." Cao Heng nodded and said to Cao Yi: "Since you think this is appropriate, then let the artillery bombard a few times a day. When the left and right King Guli had no way to retreat, it wouldn't be too late to attack Yunzhong."

"Defeat the King of Left and Left Guli, the Huns under their command should all join in Huchuquan." Cao Yi asked: "Does the emperor plan to let them break through Yunzhong?"

"Let them break through the clouds?" Cao Heng shook his head: "No, that's too variable. If they turn against each other, there will still be a lot of trouble. If you want King Guli to follow Hu Chuquan wholeheartedly, the best way is to solve Liu Meng first and make them have no way to retreat. If you return to Hetao, you will definitely die. How can they have bad thoughts?"

Cao Yi nodded: "The emperor's words are right. There are indeed quite a change in asking the Huns to attack Yunzhong."

"Although the Great Wei Dynasty is strong, our soldiers are highly motivated and have more combat power than the Huns." Cao Heng continued: "However, the Huns are numerous after all, and even if Huchuquan has incorporated the troops of King Guli, the strength is still quite different than that of the Huns."

"The Huns came to Yunzhong this time with 210,000 people." Cao Yi frowned slightly: "A huge army, even if it was recruited by the Great Wei, it would not be possible to recruit all of them so quickly. I don't know how many people the Huns had."

"Men, women, young and old, all together, at least three or four million." Cao Heng said: "The Central Plains have been fighting for years, and the population has been depleted. But the Huns are not the case. They have been recuperating for so many years. They dare to provoke the Central Plains. Although there are reasons for blind arrogance, it is not unreasonable. Moreover, the Huns are different from the Central Plains. My father rarely recruits soldiers. The soldiers in the army will retire and return to their hometowns when they reach a certain age. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, the number of soldiers recruited each year is also limited. But once the Huns start war, all the men in the tribe will go into battle, and of course the number of people in the army will not be less than ours."

"I understand after the emperor said this." Cao Yi replied: "No wonder the number of Huns is large, but they are not as good as our army when they go to the battlefield. Not to mention that our army has cannons and other killing weapons, even if they do not, they should not be opponents."

"Ants can even chew on the elephant to death, not to mention that the Huns are not that incompetent." Cao Heng said: "Although we have the upper hand now, there are still many variables in what will happen in the war."

"In my opinion, the variables are not very big." Cao Yi said: "As long as we do not make decisions, killing Liu Meng is an inevitable result."

Cao Heng nodded: "The King Zuo Guli is most likely safe. Now it depends on whether Boyue and others can deal with King You Guli."

"Jiang Boyue and others are all wise generals, so there will be no problem in dealing with King Youguli." Cao Yi replied: "The emperor just waits for them to send the good news back."

In fact, Cao Heng’s view on the direction of the war is similar to Cao Yi.

However, as the main general, he cannot take things so optimistically, and he must consider some factors that are unfavorable to the Wei army.

When Cao Heng and Cao Yi were discussing what to do next, Jiang Wei, Lu Xun and Zhang Shao were standing on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance.

A piece of Huns' flag appeared in the distance, and countless Huns were walking here.

"A lot of people came." Looking at the Huns who were walking towards the valley, Zhang Shao said: "It seems that this battle is about a massacre in the valley."

"From the day we came here, it was destined to be a massacre." Zhou Yu said with a smile on his lips: "If it weren't for the purpose of massacring the Huns here, the prince wouldn't have sent us a few of us here. If it were anyone, he could defeat King Youguli even if he occupied the favorable terrain."

He then asked Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, what should be prepared are ready?"

"It's ready." Lu Xun replied: "The mines were buried in the mountain pass, and the mountain cannons were also aimed at the foot of the mountain. The rolling wood and turmeric oil were also ready. There were countless large stones on the hillsides on both sides. As long as the Huns entered the valley, they could not escape them."

"It's time to be ready." Jiang Wei ordered the captain behind him: "Send a scout to find out when King Youguli will arrive."

The captain agreed and took the order to retreat.

Not long after, he returned to Jiang Wei and others: "Report to the three generals, the Huns led by King Youguli, will enter the valley without a stick of incense."

Jiang Wei didn't ask how many people came, and nodded and waved his hand to signal him to retreat.

After the captain left, Lu Xun asked Jiang Wei: "Don't Boyue ask how many troops the King Youguli brought?"

"No matter how many people come, how many can I go back?" Jiang Wei said: "What I care about is not how many they come, but how many we can destroy and whether we can capture King Youguli alive."

"The prince wants to live?" In my impression, Cao Heng seemed to have never said that he would capture King Youguli alive, so Zhang Shao asked in surprise.

"The prince didn't say it, but I felt that I should live." Jiang Wei said: "Youguli King stationed troops in Yuanyang and would definitely not lead everyone here. If we kill him, we might not be sure to attack Yuanyang in the future. If we catch the alive, Yuanyang would probably fall into the hands of our army. Whether your Majesty or the Prince, we do not want to lose too many soldiers outside the pass. If you capture the Youguli King, the soldiers will lose the suffering of attacking Yuanyang."

"It should not be too difficult for us to attack the city." Lu Xun said with a smile: "The cannons bombarded hard for a round. When the city gate and the city wall were blown open, the soldiers rushed up, and there was no difference from fighting on the plain. It was nothing more than spending more shells and the need to repair the city wall and the city gate afterwards."

"It takes a lot of money to repair the city walls and gates." Jiang Wei replied: "The Great Wei has been fighting for many years. Although Your Majesty has a way to get money, it cannot be consumed endlessly. It is also good to save some for Your Majesty."

"Bojo is right." Lu Xun echoed: "It depends on the fact that King Youguli will die before he can beat him. Yuanyang City will have to fight."

"We can only hope that he can escape the disaster." Jiang Wei replied calmly: "Life and death are destined. If he really dies, we have no way."

Lu Xun and Zhang Shao didn't say anything anymore, and the three of them all looked at the Huns flags that were approaching the valley.

As the Huns advanced, they were able to vaguely see the winding army like a long dragon.

"What if they don't walk through this valley?" Zhang Shao was still not very relieved about whether the Huns would walk through this valley.

"They will definitely walk through this valley." Jiang Wei said confidently: "There is actually only one way in front of them. If you don't walk through this, where can you go?"

"If it were me, I would never have taken this path." Zhang Shao said: "The quieter the place, the more I am often the more I am in a secret murderous intent. It is impossible for the King of Youguli of the Xiongnu to know."

"Of course he knows, and he is not stupid either." Jiang Wei smiled slightly and said to Zhang Shao: "The four roads are actually equally quiet, but it's just that they will choose this one in the end."

Jiang Wei was as confident as he was fascinated, and Lu Xun was silent. Zhang Shao, the only person who was skeptical about this, would be hard to say more.

King Youguli, who led the Hun army, had reached the entrances of several valleys at this time.

There were four valleys in front of him, each of which might be ambushing the Wei army.

The horse stopped, and the King of Youguli looked at the four valleys in front of him, and did not know which one to go for a moment.

If the troops are divided into four groups, there will definitely be people who can successfully cross the valley and reach the clouds. After all, the number of Wei soldiers is not as large as that of the Huns, and it is impossible to allocate superior troops to stop them.

"King, there are four roads." A Xiongnu leader came up and asked in a low voice to King Youguli, "Which will we go?"

"Send four teams of people to explore every road." If you rashly enter any valley, you will probably fall into the ambush of the Wei army and eventually suffer a defeat. Of course, King Youguli would not be stupid enough to enter a certain valley directly.

Not too long, four teams entered different valleys.

King Youguli led a large army to wait at the entrance of Sizhao Valley, waiting for the team entering the valley to send back the news.

The valley is certainly not too deep.

Not long after the four teams entered the valley, an explosion came from one of them.

Hearing the explosion, a leader of the Huns said to King Youguli: "King, there are ambushs in this valley, and the other three should be chosen."

"Don't worry, wait a little longer." King Youguli did not choose one of the other three because of the explosion coming from this valley first.

The valley where the explosion sounded silently. Not long after, there were also faint explosions in the other three valleys.

However, because the distance is too far, the explosion is not louder than before.

The four teams went to explore the way back one after another, and they encountered an explosion in the middle of the way, and they looked very embarrassed.
Chapter completed!