Chapter 775 On Ambush

"What about your leader Maodun?" Commander Xin asked with some disbelief.

"Three months ago, the leader died. On the way of retreat, his arm was hit by an arrow from the Han tribe, and we failed to cure him." Maodun's men said so.

Commander Xin sat down on the chair with a very complicated mood. He couldn't tell whether it was because of sympathy for Maodun or because he saw his future in him. A man who could gather tens of thousands of troops died so easily.

How many people are there in the entire Xin tribe? Let alone an army of 60,000, they may not even be able to produce 60,000 men. And war horses, how many war horses did Maodun have, and how many could they produce?

Commander Xin's heart sank, and he even had the idea of ​​giving up resistance for a while, but he was unwilling to do so.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't quite believe what the guy in front of him said. How could the Han tribe have such exaggerated weapons? But if he didn't believe it, Maodun clearly had tens of thousands of coalition forces. Even if they couldn't defeat a Kaiyuan County of the Han tribe, they could at least draw. But they just lost, and lost so quickly and miserably.

It seemed that they saw that their leader was in a low mood, and the elders beside him also became emotional. They had finally achieved the current good situation. How could they just give up just by listening to others' words?

Then they heard Elder Qi persuade Commander Xin.

"Don't worry, Commander. No matter how powerful the weapons of the Han tribe are, as long as we don't let their army land, they can't do anything to us. And even if they really come up, we can't lose so quickly and miserably. We have a chance to win."

"What do you mean?" Commander Xin straightened up immediately when he heard his elders say this. He was still reluctant to give up this tribe.

"Has the commander-in-chief forgotten our original intention? We don't want to do anything to the Han tribe. It has always been the Han tribe that has been plotting against us. So we just need to guard our own Bamboo Island and live our lives in peace." Elder Qi explained.

But the other elders and Commander Xin around were all confused. Seeing that they didn't understand what he meant, Qi Zhanglai continued.

"Everyone, we don't want to take the initiative to attack the Han tribe. In this war, we are only the defending party, and Bamboo Island is our hometown. In terms of familiarity with Bamboo Island, the Han tribe is not as familiar as us.

In this case, we can take the initiative to defend. First, send people to surround the Han tribe's delegation and build a wall. Then, we will form an army to garrison. We can also set up obstacles in advance in other places on Bamboo Island where they can land, so that the Han tribe cannot land anywhere else except the delegation's residence. In this way, the pressure on our defense will be greatly reduced, and eventually the Han tribe will come to our preset battlefield.

And our advantage is that we can arrange it in advance. The person just said that the Han tribe's kind Weapons can hit far and have great power, but they are only a threat to dense battle formations. Even if such a large iron ball is powerful, if we disperse our people in the woods and deploy more archers, they can't do anything to us, and they can only send infantry to fight us.

By then, we will set traps in the woods in advance, store more food, and put up fences and walls. No matter how many people the Han tribe sends, we will be able to find a way to hold them off for a while.

At the same time, we can also take advantage of our familiarity with the terrain and send elite teams to harass their embassy station, sink their large ships, and burn their food.

In this way, no matter how powerful the Han tribe is, it will not be able to withstand such heavy losses, and they will retreat on their own at that time.”

"But if we put the soldiers in the woods and don't stop the Han tribe's army, will they come to attack us and fall into the trap? Can't they go around and attack somewhere else first?" asked another new substitute, Elder Jin.

"Haha, you don't understand this, they will definitely come, because they don't dare to go around." Elder Qi said with a smile, and then placed three tea bowls on the table and gestured there.

"This is the Han tribe's delegation, and this is our Qingquan Valley. We put the army on the side of the road they must pass through. The Han tribe will definitely not dare to go directly. If they know we are here and don't care, then it's perfect. We will directly let this army attack their delegation's station and burn their food and ships.

As long as the soldiers are pinned here, it will be a threat to them. They can't just go around like this."

"What if they come to attack Qingquan Valley by water? You know, when they promoted currency last time, they got hundreds of sailboats to go up along our Qingshui River." Elder Sheng also asked on the side.

"That's perfect." Commander Xin seemed to have come to his senses, and he said to everyone confidently.

"Do you remember there is a cliff in the middle of the Qingshui River? There are high cliffs on both sides of that section of the Qingshui River. As long as we throw a few huge rocks into the river upstream, we can block their way upstream.

If their fleet dares to come, we will put some stones on the mountain, and when their fleet enters this section of the river, we will throw stones to block their retreat and trap their entire fleet in this valley. When the time comes, we will shoot arrows, throw stones, and set fire from the mountain, and we will definitely be able to destroy their entire fleet." Commander Xin seemed to have seen the scene of his own victory, and he seemed very excited when he said this. The other elders nodded continuously after listening, and believed that this method was very feasible.

Elder Qi also added, "Yes, what the commander-in-chief just said is our advantage. We are familiar with the terrain of Zhudao and know that there are too many places to set up ambushes for the Han tribe. As long as we can win a few big battles like this, the Han tribe will know that we are not easy to mess with. By then, they will not be able to bear such losses and will naturally retreat."

"Yes, it is still the commander-in-chief and Elder Qi who have a solution." Elder Sheng also praised at this time.

The other elders Mi and Dou also praised one after another.

"Then let's take advantage of the time and finalize the location of the ambush as soon as possible, so that we can prepare for the necessary troops, tools and weapons, etc." The newly appointed Elder Jin 'Anvil' also added a sentence.

This guy was one of the craftsmen kidnapped from the Han tribe by Niu Wei. He had been a confidant of Elder Jin. After Elder Jin was killed in a shipwreck, this guy was promoted to the new Elder Jin by Commander Xin because he was in charge of most of the affairs managed by Elder Jin and was one of the few technicians who knew the blacksmithing technology of the Han tribe.

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(End of this chapter)