The wolf pack inside the pass were either killed or forced to jump off the cliff. The wolf pack guarding the pass couldn't outrun the Tang soldiers with their mounts, so their only option was to jump and gamble with their fate.

Qin Mu didn't care how many wolves survived; jumping down was definitely not a pleasant experience.

Without bothering to clean up the battlefield, Qin Mu stood on the city wall and shouted loudly, "Brothers! The wolves are right behind us. If they chase us into the Western Regions, who knows what will happen! We've been running for three days and three nights, we can't run anymore! Now! We'll teach these werewolves how to defend a city right here!"

"Victory! Victory! Victory!" The soldiers raised their weapons and shouted. This was the cry of Tang soldiers expressing their determination and joy when they were fighting to the death or when they were victorious.

"Xi Junmai! Fang Yi'ai! Take men and dump all the wolf carcasses a hundred meters outside the pass, pile them up, and then pile everything that can be burned on top!" Qin Mu shouted the order.

"Yes, sir!" The two men, one tall and one short, responded loudly and began to move with their men.

"Pei Xingjian, take some men to count the arrows!"

"Here you go!"

"Cheng Huailiang, Yuchi Baoqing! Take some men and cut these logs into four-meter-high pieces, then bury them against the city wall! I want to raise the city wall, especially in the damaged areas."

"Here you go!"

The Heavenly Mystery Tower also has a lot of huge pieces of wood, which Qin Mu plans to use as pillars. This will allow the guards to hide behind the pillars after firing arrows, and at the same time, to block the wolf clan's arrows as much as possible.

The wounded were carried into the tents, and everyone else got busy. Even Princess Changning and the others were helping to treat the wounded, while Qin Mu was the busiest of them all. He had to put the supplies where they were most needed and direct the work.

After only two hours, dust billowed in the distance, followed by the distant sound of galloping warhorses.

Upon reaching the top of the city wall, Qin Mu saw countless wolves covering the grassland like locusts, stretching as far as the eye could see, their numbers seemingly endless.

It took the wolves two hours to catch up, entirely thanks to Qin Mu and his group's tireless travel day and night, their plan being to avoid being attacked from both sides. This gained time allowed them to set up their defenses.

"Eat! Then everyone go to sleep!" The enemy had arrived, but Qin Mu instead gave the order to rest.

Seeing that their superiors treated the enemy as nothing, everyone felt even more at ease. They obediently rushed to eat, then randomly went into a tent and fell asleep immediately. Some even slept in the corners of the walls.

Upon seeing the pass fall and the Tang Dynasty banners flying atop the city walls, the wolf pack halted a kilometer away. Densely packed with wolves, they formed square formations on the grassland, waiting silently.

Another hour passed, and a large banner embroidered with a giant golden wolf appeared in the middle of the wolf clan. Qin Mu knew that the person in charge of the wolf clan had appeared, and the one who could use such a banner must be a prominent figure from the Ashina family.

The wolf clan was probably discussing their next move. After the golden banner appeared for the time it takes to burn an incense stick, they finally started moving again, forming two square formations that moved towards the checkpoint.

A look of regret flashed in Qin Mu's eyes, then he waved his hand.

The soldiers who had been waiting immediately rushed out and kept lighting their torches on the pile of wolf corpses.

As the soldiers threw their torches, a raging fire broke out, accompanied by thick smoke that shot into the sky.

The raging fire completely blocked their path of attack, forcing the wolf pack to halt and watch from a distance. Having just set out, they were immediately halted, and seeing the inferno, the wolf pack had no choice but to retreat.

Not only were there wolf carcasses on the ground, but also debris from inside the pass. Once the grease from the carcasses was ignited, it would be difficult to extinguish. This was Qin Mu's plan: to use a large fire to buy time for rest.

The fire illuminated the night sky and gradually died down until midnight, though this was because Qin Mu was still having fuel added. The fire brought not only intense flames but also extreme heat; even after it was extinguished, the heat could be felt from afar, and the ground nearby was scorching hot.

Qin Mu slept soundly through the night. When he woke up again, he heard people whispering. When he opened his eyes, he saw Feng Duan, with his arm in a sling, directing the deployment of defenses.

Qin Mu smiled and nodded at Feng Duan, then glanced at the wolf clan that had already begun to stir in the distance. He descended from the city wall, intending to take advantage of the last remaining time to conduct a thorough inspection. After a night's rest, everyone was much more refreshed. Before dawn, the city was already bustling with activity, smoke rising from chimneys, and the aroma of meat wafting through the air. There was none of the tension that preceded the war.

Once inside the pass, their confidence soared. Even with 100,000 wolves outside, no one was worried; defense was their forte. While carrying arrows and javelins, they continued to scoff at the wolves.

“These wolves are really stupid. Look at this city wall, it’s so short! If we were to build it, it would be at least three zhang high.”

"Yeah, there's not even any defense, just a mud wall. Even a warhorse could jump over it!" another person complained.

Indeed, in the Central Plains, even a small county town, corner towers, ramparts, and arrow towers were standard features, and larger cities even had barbicans. Reusable logs, siege engines to block city gates, not to mention catapults and crossbows—none of these were present here, hence the complaints about the wolf tribe.

This time, the wolf pack did not rush to attack. Instead, they prepared methodically until the sun rose before appearing in formation.

The more the wolves acted this way, the more Qin Mu took it seriously, which meant that the upcoming attacks would be extremely fierce.

"Waaah! Waaah!"

As expected, the horns sounded, and the wolf tribe launched their initial attack with a force of ten thousand, wielding cowhide shields and charging on horseback. A hail of wolf-tooth arrows rained down on the city walls.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty would not sit idly by and wait to die. They fired arrows and were able to nimbly dodge them. They also threw javelins, embedding many wolves in the ground.

The wolf clan was indeed determined to take the city. As they approached the city wall, they were still desperately urging their mounts on, letting them crash into the wall. They then leaped from their horses and pounced on the city wall.

Without any probing, the war escalated to a fever pitch from the very beginning. Perhaps for the wolf clan, this was a kind of probing, testing the number of people and defensive capabilities within the pass.

They were met with fierce resistance. Even though several were injured, the Tang Dynasty still had many skilled fighters, who were spread out on the short city wall. It was not an easy place for ordinary people to attack. Before they could even stand firm, they were all killed.

War is extremely cruel; at such times, life is the least valuable thing. The wolf tribe was numerous and powerful, and all of them were fresh troops. The suppression from the wolf-tooth arrows never stopped. Just as the first 10,000-strong unit reached the city wall, another 10,000-strong unit charged up.

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