What Zhao Muyun was betting on was that after Fan Nan learned of his specific situation, he would immediately seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and organize troops to counterattack.
Although Fan Nan was defeated outside Wu Zhou City, he still had the strength to fight.
The combined forces of Shuozhou City, Wuzhou City and the two ambushes previously numbered at least 20,000 people.
Now that King Zhelan's royal court was attacked and his family members were captured, Zhao Muyun led his troops to block the Tartar army's retreat, which will inevitably cause chaos in the Tartar army.
Should he continue to attack Shuozhou, rescue his family, or annihilate Zhao Muyun's forces to open up a retreat route? King Zhelan must be extremely troubled at this moment.
This is precisely Fan Nan’s chance to make a comeback, and probably his only chance!
After Zhao Muyun sent Fan Tong away, he immediately went to inspect the trenches and told Han Zhong and Lin Feng:
"Old Han, Brother Lin Feng, tell everyone to work harder and dig wider, deeper, and farther. Make sure the Tartar cavalry can't get through easily!"
"No problem, Zhao Tou!" Lin Feng asked curiously, "Who was that beggar just now?"
"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about, just get to work!" Han Zhong pulled Lin Feng away.
Zhao Muyun then went to see Shi Gang, Huan Naxue, Tian Qing, Lao Li and others, and gave them instructions one by one.
After turning around, he looked at Timur's troops standing motionless in the valley, smiled coldly, and then returned to the earthen village to continue modifying the compound bow with the craftsmen!
"One more transformation will increase the lethality!"
After the modification, ordinary people can easily pull the compound bow with just a little familiarity.
Although accuracy requires a long period of training to achieve, as long as a certain scale is reached and a large area is covered, accuracy can be ignored for the time being.
Three days!
Zhao Muyun muttered to himself, then buried his head in his work.
......
Day one.
Zhao Muyun and more than 1,300 of his men continued to actively prepare for war.
Timur and his men at the foot of the mountain were afraid that Zhao Muyun had King Zhelan's family in his hands, so they did not dare to make any other moves except setting up camp and monitoring on the spot.
He was also anxiously waiting for a response from King Zhelan.
Needless to say, he also thought that Huyan Gu and others must have said a lot of bad things about him.
But for the sake of his tribe and the water and grassland of Canglang Lake, Timur had no other choice.
Originally, Timur planned to attack by force to rescue people.
But when Huan Naxue, under Mahmud's instructions, pushed out a concubine of King Zhelan and chopped her off in front of Timur, Timur immediately became obedient!
Women killing women, no psychological burden at all!
at the same time.
King Zhelan, who was under the city of Shuozhou, listened to the advice of a thousand-man commander and decided to send Huyan Gu to rush to the Zishui River Valley to negotiate with Zhao Muyun.
Huyan Gu set out immediately and rushed there with a few followers.
He was also very anxious because his wife and children were probably captured as well.
As soon as Huyan Gu left, King Zhelan ordered Ogeduo to lead a thousand men to Wuzhou City and launch an attack on Wuzhou City together with the thousand soldiers under the city.
He planned to capture Wuzhou City first and capture the Dayin soldiers and civilians in the city so as to gain more bargaining chips for himself.
The city walls of Wu Zhou were suddenly engulfed in flames, and arrows flew like rain.
Sun Jizong and another captain in the city hurriedly commanded the troops to defend the city.
The two sides fought back and forth, and the battle was fierce, from noon to dusk.
Although Ogeduo failed to capture the city, he caused many casualties to Sun Jizong and his men, and their morale was greatly reduced.
If another round of attacks was launched the next day, Sun Jizong would probably collapse.
Late at night on the first day, Fan Tong rushed back to Shuozhou under the cover of darkness.
After giving a secret signal to the soldiers on the top of Shuozhou City at the foot of the city wall, he climbed up to the top of the city wall along the lowered rope. Without even taking a breath, he rushed straight to Fan Nan.
"Sir, I have fulfilled my mission and have contacted Zhao Muyun and learned of his situation..."
Fan Tong wanted to tell all the information he got from Zhao Muyun in one breath.
"You mean, Zhao Muyun captured King Zhelan's family?"
When Fan Nan heard the news, he was shocked and immediately became excited!
At first, he just wanted to send Zhao Muyun to find the Wuhuan people to add some excitement to his battle.
After all, fighting on the battlefield, with so many captains and centurions among the 30,000 soldiers, how could the credit go to Zhao Muyun?
Even if Zhao Muyun made a contribution, his superiors would share the profits.
Therefore, Fan Nan specially sent Zhao Muyun to carry out a more special task so that he could stand out more and get promoted faster.
Who would have thought that what is lost in one place may be gained in another?
But he never expected that Zhao Muyun would bring him such a huge surprise!
"That's right, he said it himself, and I saw it with my own eyes. There seemed to be about four or five hundred people, all Tartar women, children, and young children. It can't be fake!"
Fan Tong nodded vigorously.
"What else did he say?" Fan Nan asked.
"He said he only had 300 Wuhuan cavalry and over 1,000 Dayin civilians, and that he could hold out for three days at most!"
Fan Tong said anxiously, "He hopes that you, sir, will take advantage of the Tartars' confusion and immediately organize a counterattack. Perhaps there is still a chance of victory!"
"What? He can only hold out for three days? Doesn't he have King Zhelan's family as hostages?"
However, when Fan Nan heard Fan Tong say this, he immediately exclaimed.
"Sir, he is not guarding the main road, but defending on the hillside, leaving the passage open!"
"Besides, he also said that even if he had hostages, King Zhelan would still threaten Dayin's captives and civilians!"
"Even King Zhelan was so cruel as to abandon his wife and children..."
"We can only hold him back for now, so Sergeant Zhao asks you to make a quick decision!"
Fan Tong must have thought about these words for a long time on the way here.
"Quickly gather all the commanders of the various Zhechoufu and the officers of the headquarters here. I need to make arrangements immediately."
Any true general is someone who can stand firm in the quagmire of failure, stand up again, and finally win the crown of victory.
Fan Tong hurried out the door to gather everyone.
As for Fan Nan, the haze that had shrouded his heart in the past few days seemed to be swept away, and a firm light reappeared in his eyes, like the dawn at daybreak.
He suddenly grabbed the written apology on the table, rubbed it with his fingers, and the paper turned into butterflies flying in the sky, falling down one after another.
Fan Nan's voice was low and firm, and every word seemed to jump out from the deepest part of his heart:
"The smoke of this war is far from clearing!"
"I, Fan Nan, will never admit defeat and will never give in easily!"
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