"Attack the tiger barbarians from both sides!" The two main armies, numbering nearly 40,000 men, relied on the cover of bows and crossbows to form a neat sword-and-shield formation, and had already rushed to the back of the mountain.
Hungry and cold, and frightened by rolling rocks and ambushes, the tiger barbarians rushed to fight with weapons under the angry shouts of many cave masters.
Blocking axes with shields and slashing the enemy with swords. Nearly 40,000 men from Shuzhou formed a camp step by step and wiped out several waves. They were not surrounded too tightly. Under the command of Yu Wen, according to Xu Mu's wishes, they deliberately
Unintentionally, I left a path leading to the mountains and forests to the north.
"I would like to inform the Nanlin Tiger Barbarian Dogs that our Xu family's 100,000-strong army has already laid a dragnet in the Nanlin Mountains!"
"You shall die!"
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The cold wind is biting.
Hidden in the darkness, the bow dog and the mountain hunting archer pulled the bow strings together and shot waves of flying arrows towards the towering tiger god totem.
The string of skulls of the worshiping warriors was aimed several times by the bow dog, and the rope got stuck and shot off, and the whole string of skulls suddenly fell down.
There was a crisp "bang" sound between heaven and earth. At least four or five of the dozen skulls were smashed.
Countless tiger barbarians who were still fighting to the death turned furious when they saw this scene. They abandoned the fiercely fighting Shu soldiers and rushed towards the Tiger God Totem crazily.
"Brother Tiger!"
Si Hu, who was already impatient with waiting, jumped out from the ambush nearby, held the remaining head in his arms, and ran north with the Pingman camp of 3,000 people.
During the sprint, Si Hu seemed to have fallen. He originally held seven or eight skulls, but three or four more were mangled. The faces of the many tiger barbarians who were chasing after him turned pale, and they let out another sharp scream.
"Brother Tiger looks like an idiot! Get up quickly and go around to the north! These savage tigers will chop off their heads!" Meng Huo, holding an ax in his hand, shouted anxiously.
"This is how it started—"
Si Hu, who had just stood up, moved his steps and unknowingly crushed a skull...
"Ah, ah!"
The faces of the Human Cave Masters turned red with anger. They abandoned the fiercely fighting Shu soldiers and chased Si Hu desperately, regardless of the enemy.
Si Hu bulged his eyes and thought about picking up the ax and turning around to fight, but suddenly, he seemed to smell the aroma of mutton soup again. He hurriedly hugged the last few tiger barbarian skulls and led the Pingman camp to the north.
Face running.
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"General Tiger has completely angered the tiger barbarians this round." Dongfang Jing said with difficulty, "The battlefield has been divided, and the tiger barbarians surrounded by the people on the back of the mountain have become useless."
Xu Mu's face was speechless. Si Hu had made a great contribution this time.
Dongfang Jing's eyes moved slightly, he broke off a dead branch from the side and began to draw on the ground.
"Military advisor, what does this mean?"
"Lord, there is still a long way from here to the narrow road out of the southern forest. How about shooting signal arrows to notify the other four groups of empty troops and start beating drums to drive them away."
Xu Mu raised his head and looked straight ahead.
The battlefield is constantly changing. Not only Dongfang Jing understands this truth, he also understands it.
Under the back of the mountain, the number of remaining tiger barbarians is already very small. Under the layers of layout, they are like frightened birds. At first glance, it is obvious that they want to retreat.
But there were still many fierce and brave men, waving their battle axes, fighting together with the Shu soldiers.
A fatal counter-attack is often the most shocking. Not only the tiger barbarians fell, but also many Shu soldiers.
"As the military advisor said."
Standing in the wind, Xu Mu raised his hand, and Wei Xiaowu, who was watching the movements closely, began to stand on a high place, roaring and waving the Xu-character flag.
Not long after, a cloud-penetrating signal arrow exploded in the sky again. After a while, the sound of drums and drums was faintly heard from all directions.
"kill!"
"Suppress the tiger barbarians!"
The main armies of the two groups pressed forward step by step, and with the cooperation of swords, shields and crossbows, they shot down group after group of stubborn tiger barbarians from time to time.
"Lord, don't force me. If the tiger barbarian has the will to die, it will be even more difficult."
"I know." Xu Mu nodded. This is actually the same as attacking a city, surrounding three towers and one tower, so that these tiger barbarians have a hope of survival and will not fight to the death.
Intentionally or unintentionally, the mountain roads leading to the north were densely packed with fleeing tiger barbarians. Looking from a distance, I could still vaguely see the figure of Si Hu, running wildly with his skull in his arms. He seemed to have slipped again, and there were too many skulls.
One was broken.
In the winter mountains, the curses and roars of the tiger barbarians echoed in my ears.
Click.
Yu Wen pushed the knife forward and stabbed a small tiger barbarian cave master to death. He then looked up to the north with a sullen face. During this battle, the tiger barbarians who were in chaos were more like madmen and they could only flee in a hurry.
"Array-"
The formation of the Shu soldiers advanced step by step. After leaving behind the corpses of their own race, the tiger barbarians no longer cared about them and no longer made the same noise as before.
"Leave two thousand people behind, collect the bodies, and leave no survivors." Yu Wen ordered in a cold voice.
"The remaining ones, please follow me to chase down the barbaric dogs!"
Under the command, many Shu soldiers shouted loudly, and every face showed a look of ecstasy.
The tiger barbarians have been causing harm to Shuzhou for hundreds of years. Today, it is they who have defended their hometown with the weapons in their hands.
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"Bo Lie, the tiger barbarians were forced to the north." Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
"It was my lord's foresight to choose to start the war with the tiger barbarians in winter. If you ask me, my lord is the first one. Looking at Shuzhou for hundreds of years, the kings of Shu have changed one after another, but no one has the courage of my lord.
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"The tiger is like a maggot attached to a bone, it should have been removed long ago."
The choice of winter was due to the hunger and cold of the tiger barbarians. Of course, if Yu Wen had not stopped the wave of autumn raids and allowed the tiger barbarians to plunder the food, it would be a joke to start a war in winter.
"Bo Lie's temperament is a bit like Wen Long."
Dongfang Jing shook his head, "I'm not as good as the teacher when it comes to marching and setting up formations. The teacher's rough eyes are rare in the world. I'm just a little boy who takes advantage of others."
Xu Mu sighed. This is Hanlin Zimo, who is restrained and aware of etiquette, not the Changyang Shuixie Academy, a group of rich students who read poems.
"Bo Lie, please follow me up the mountain."
"I would like to follow my lord."
Dongfang responded respectfully and wrapped his winter robe tightly. When the sliding pole was raised again, the lame military advisor of the Xu family army fell into deep thought again.
Along the way, one corpse after another fell into a pool of blood. Among them was a general who Xu Mu recognized. That day, when eating mutton soup, the toast was the most enjoyable.
"General Li... was hit by a tiger barbarian's throwing axe, and his head was cut in half." The Shu soldier gathered the body, his voice trembling slightly.
Xu Mu's eyes were as dark as the clouds in the sky.
A general who has accomplished great feats and withered bones will go to the dead to fight for his righteousness, even for his lord who started out in the rough.
"Congratulations."
"Congratulations——"
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Under the roar of war drums, the entire bleak Nanlin Mountains suddenly became restless.
Si Hu, who was running wildly to the north of Nanlin, couldn't help but turn around while holding the skulls of the last two warriors.
Good guy, behind him, people all over the mountains and plains were shouting and cursing at him. Even though they were still far away, they didn't even care. They roared and threw the axes in their hands at him.
"Brother Tiger, I can't bear it any longer!" Meng Huo's face turned pale as he ran, "If not, let's go back and kill him."
"Kill a mutton soup...don't kill, fifty bowls will be spared without injury!"
"Brother Tiger looks like an idiot!"
"What a fool you are."
Not far away, Mrs. Luan Yu, who was dancing with her swords, suddenly turned her head.
Si Hu twitched his mouth, pulled out his legs again with his head covered, and continued running wildly.