"The troops were divided into six groups, and four groups were used as a bluff by beating war drums. Two of the groups, each with nearly 20,000 people, went around to the back of the mountain in the south and were the main force of the attack."
"My lord, in the first battle you encounter, you must boost your army's power and shatter the morale of the tiger barbarians. In this way, the tiger barbarians will be like a frightened bird. When they hear the beating of the war drum, they will definitely have the idea of escape."
"Bolie's words are very close to my heart."
Xu Mu exhaled, turned his head, looked at the 40,000 troops gathered together, and quickly separated into four groups of 1,000 people.
As for the other main force, he already has a candidate.
"Yu Wen, you lead an army all the way. We are twenty miles apart from the main camp, and we are like horns to each other. If you encounter difficulties, send a signal to let us know."
"Lord, don't worry." Yu Wen firmly clasped his fists.
"I sincerely hope that I, the forty thousand men of Shuzhou, can defeat the enemy in one battle." Xu Mu said with cold eyes, "This battle will exchange for five hundred years of stability in Shuzhou."
"In the past, I only heard that the people of Shu feared barbarians as much as tigers, but no one in the world knew that today is the time for me, the son of Shuzhou, to kill barbarians and perform meritorious deeds!"
"Liannu Camp!"
"Octagonal Camp!"
"Fengziying!"
One by one, the generals led the Shu soldiers from their headquarters and began to rush forward. The long road in the Nanliang Mountains was full of marching figures.
Yu Wen held up his hands, bowed to Xu Mu, and bowed to the east before leading an army of nearly 20,000 to the other side.
"On the back of the mountain in the south, there should be a danger of a cliff. The Lord can send another thousand people to throw rolling stones off the cliff. The tiger barbarian tribe will definitely be in chaos." Dongfang Jing continued to analyze.
At this moment, Xu Mu finally understood that the crippled champion in front of him was really not a simple person. A battlefield judgment-type strategist could be a treasure.
Jia Zhou was better at general strategy and military administration, while Dongfang Jing was good at assessing the battlefield and coming up with strange plans.
"I am willing to listen to Bo Lie's plan."
"Liu Fu, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll look for the rolling stone and wait for the signal." A middle-aged general came out of the queue and clasped his fists. Then he led a thousand people around.
"The rest of the people, follow me around to the back of the mountain to the south."
"call."
…
The cold wind is biting.
Under the back of the mountain in the south, dozens of tiger barbarian tribes have died, and many people have died. They were not killed by Shu soldiers, but were poisoned.
Under the towering tiger god totem, the tiger barbarian cave masters roared endlessly and ordered people to gather the poisonous baggage they had snatched together and burn it in a fire.
Unfortunately, it was already too late. When the poison returned, most of them were young and strong, and they all died in confusion.
The wind is whimpering.
Each and every tiger barbarian had an even crazier look on their face. The permeating aroma of meat made many tiger barbarians gathered around lick their tongues from time to time.
The dozen or so Human Cave Masters looked extremely angry. In previous years, they would not have gone down the mountain to rob the cave, but the two fool-like kings of Shu would have already delivered the winter food.
Of course, even the autumn raids in previous years could not be stopped by the Shu people.
But after the change of King of Shu, nothing worked anymore. Previously, Pei Dang, the most powerful cave master on the Tiger Roaring Mountain, and his 40,000-strong tiger barbarian army were all killed by the new King of Shu.
Eight falls.
"Wait, when spring comes, there will be roe deer and hares in the mountains and forests, and there will be wild fruit picking."
"Gather the clan members first to block the Shu soldiers entering the mountain!"
"Those damn plain barbarians actually became the dogs of the Shu people!"
"If anyone is caught, they will be roasted alive and eaten!"
Under the huge tiger god totem, more and more tiger barbarians gathered, enduring hunger and cold, holding iron axes and hammers, and shouting angrily from time to time.
…
"Si Hu, have you seen it?" Xu Mu raised his hand and pointed to a series of human heads and skulls on the huge tiger god totem not far ahead.
According to Dongfang Jing, these are the skulls of the top tiger barbarian warriors over the past hundreds of years.
"Brother Mu, you can't eat that." Si Hu looked serious.
"Eat an egg!" Xu Mu rewarded him with a chestnut, "I'll have someone shoot this thing down later, and you can run away."
"I'll grab it and give it to Brother Mu right away."
"Need not……"
The skull on this totem is estimated to be the key to the Tiger God Totem. If anyone steals it, the tiger barbarians will chase it with all their might.
The madness of faith is enough to last eight lifetimes.
If you rob it and give it to the commander-in-chief of the three armies, the whole army may be destroyed.
Of course, for safety reasons, Xu Mu separated out three thousand barbarian camps and asked Si Hu to lead them to the north. He only needed to lead the tiger barbarians to the northern hillside, and he was done.
"Brother Mu, three bowls of mutton soup?"
"Thirty bowls."
Si Hu opened his eyes wide and stood up immediately.
"Don't be anxious." Xu Mu sighed and checked Si Hu's thick armor.
"If you are not injured, you will have fifty bowls when you come back."
Looking at Si Hu's innocent smile, Xu Mu unconsciously remembered the time in Wangzhou, when he and Si Hu were like ants, being chased to death by the rich and the dog officials.
But fortunately, we have come along this way.
"If you are in a hurry, throw away the things. There will be a lot of mutton soup."
"Brother Mu!"
Si Hu suddenly came over in a bear hug, put his hands together, and hugged Xu Mu until his face turned pale.
"If you hug me again, I will die!"
Si Hu chuckled and quickly let go.
Xu Mu's face was speechless. After calming down, he led the army and approached carefully from the front. He raised his head, visually measured the distance, and then called the bow dog.
A signal arrow suddenly exploded in the sky.
Not long after, from the cliff on the back of the mountain in the south, I suddenly heard a sound like rolling thunder, "rumbling" that stung my ears.
Under Xu Mu's gaze, huge boulders were moving crazily from top to bottom, rolling up a cloud of smoke and dust, and rolling down sharply.
The tiger barbarians who were caught off guard, even though they had gathered tens of thousands of troops, were suddenly shocked beyond measure by the sudden rolling rocks.
Those who were not killed were quickly dispersed.
In the cold wind, Xu Mu immediately stood up, drew out his long sword, and pointed it at the tiger barbarian tribe in front.
"Lian Nu Camp!" Ma Yi roared loudly.
The 6,000-man crossbow battalion, covered by shields in the front row, marched to a transparent distance on animal skin winter shoes.
The sword and shield men behind also began to spread out their left and right wings, and were about to charge forward.
One signal arrow after another exploded in the gloomy sky at the right time.
Yu Wen's army on the other side also quickly formed an offensive formation, cooperating with Xu Mu's base camp and pressing forward step by step.
Dongfang Jing was wrapped in a winter robe, raised his eyes, and calmly looked at the battle ahead.
"Kill the tiger barbarians and secure Shuzhou!"
"Recalling that I, General Bai Lin of Shu Province, showed off my power with nine thousand men, all the Shu people have this ambition, so why worry about the savage tigers being immortal!"
One by one, Shuzhou's generals kept shouting angrily, leading their troops and charging forward with swords in hand.
"Promote the prestige of Shuzhou!"
The mountains and plains were full of Shu soldiers charging and killing them. On the cliff, another round of rolling rocks fell, and with a loud noise, the screams of the tiger barbarians followed.
"Crossbow camp, shoot!"
Waves of crossbow arrows were fired in an airtight manner, killing the tiger barbarians who clamored for battle one by one.
With cover, the Shu army formations on both wings were like two huge daggers, piercing into the tiger barbarian tribe on the back of the mountain to the south.