Chapter 325: Stuck in a stalemate! How to break it?
"You are amazing! Now all the elite troops of Zhizhi Chanyu have been killed in the wolf's mouth. They have no choice but to retreat to the base camp west of Mingshui. Yumen Pass is saved! The northwest is saved!" Huo Buyi recognized Wen Ziduan at the first sight. Although he was dressed as a girl now, he didn't even notice anything wrong.
He excitedly hugged Wen Ziduan and spun around, then patted his shoulder. The two smiled at each other and looked very familiar.
However, Huhanye Chanyu's eyes were blazing with anger, and he waved his hand to fend Huo Buyi off. "General Huo, you in the Central Plains all respect the differences between men and women. How can you be so rude in public? Besides, you already have Cheng Gongling, don't you?"
Huo Buyi looked at him suspiciously, and then asked Wen Ziduan with his eyes, but Wen Ziduan was obviously also confused, and he didn't know what was going on.
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming tense, He Zhaojun hurriedly tried to smooth things over and stopped the men who were about to butt heads.
"Let's return to the camp to discuss matters. This is a good opportunity. We should take advantage of his weakness to kill him. It would be best if we could cut off Zhizhi Chanyu's head tomorrow!"
Among the vanguards that arrived tonight, there was no sign of Zhizhi Chanyu and the fifth brother He Jiang. I think they are all stationed at the base camp. If we launch a general attack on Zhizhi Chanyu, the situation of the fifth brother will become clear.
Several people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts as they watched their soldiers open the city gates and clean up the battlefield, especially Huhanye Chanyu. Although these were hostile forces, they were also people of the Xiongnu tribe.
Only after she got into the tent did He Zhaojun come to her senses. Normally, she was unwilling to do strenuous exercise in such cold weather, otherwise, after the sweat disappeared, her body would be as cold as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
Wen Ziduan untied his cloak without hesitation, wrapped He Zhaojun in it, and held her in his arms. Huo Buyi glanced at Shao Shang, and was about to follow Wen Ziduan's example and hug Shao Shang properly, but was stopped by Shao Shang's glare.
"Ahem... let's finish this quickly and rest." Zisheng coughed lightly and unfolded the map on the table. "If we want to attack Zhizhi Chanyu's headquarters directly from outside Yumen Pass, the Dark Water in front of us forms a natural barrier. Unless we swim across, we can't attack head-on."
Shao Shang also nodded: "The only way is to take a detour, but if we are discovered, our plan will be in vain, and we may even alert the enemy and put ourselves in danger."
The conversation seemed to have come to a standstill, and just as they were at a loss for what to do, someone outside the tent reported that the soldiers of the Houtu Banner had made a significant discovery. He Zhaojun hurriedly invited the person in, only to find that he looked worried, as if he had encountered some difficulty.
"Girl, we were ordered to build a tunnel connecting the city and the outside world overnight, but we discovered that the soil here is much harder than we imagined. I don't know why, but maybe it's because the weather is too cold and the ground has become hardened."
He Zhaojun looked puzzled. "Haven't you already known that the soil here is different from that in the Central Plains? Are the frozen ground combat and excavation methods Jin Yuji provided useless?"
The man shook his head repeatedly. "That's not the case. According to records from previous years, the ground hasn't frozen solid yet. Based on my experience, there will definitely be an extreme cold snap tomorrow night."
He Zhaojun exchanged glances with the others, finding it somewhat unbelievable. She quickly stood up and questioned, "This extreme cold you're talking about, could it turn water into ice, stop the waves, and sever the water veins?"
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