Chapter 846: Death of Commander Xin
The Han army, which had already gained an overall advantage, did not dawdle. When the Tiger Guards escorted the logistics and military supplies and the central army tent to the front line, Xue Tu quickly issued an order for a tentative attack.
The two troops blocking the entrance to the valley did not make any big moves, but just kept advancing steadily, looking as if they were going to charge in directly.
The Han army relied on their own advantages of large shields and heavy armor to advance under the enemy's stray arrows and flying stones, but the two corps of the Xin tribe had no way to stop them. Fortunately, the Han army's advancement speed was not fast. The purpose of this operation was just to put great pressure on the Xin tribe and facilitate the anvil operation in Qingquan Valley.
The battles at the two entrances of Qingquan Valley were fought back and forth, and on the ridges around the valley, the battles between the two sides were more intense.
Qingquan Valley is the base camp of the Xin tribe, and its defense system is obviously higher than other places. Although the Xin tribe is not good at building cities, they have set up many hunting traps in the dense forests around Qingquan Valley. The Xin tribe leaders have almost used all the people they can mobilize.
Almost all the young and strong sons of the elders have joined the corps as soldiers. Those who are older or younger simply organized into a hunting team, responsible for patrolling the surrounding mountains and using the traps set in the mountains to deal with the elite scouts of the Han tribe. The two sides fought back and forth, but overall, the scouts on the Han tribe side had greater results.
The next day, when the Han army at the two entrances of Qingquan Valley approached only 200 meters from the valley entrance, the Xin tribe leaders in the valley were almost driven crazy. The two corps defending the valley entrance suffered heavy losses in yesterday's battle, and this was when the Han tribe only focused on advancing and did not attack.
The armored army of the Han tribe pushed the shield wall forward step by step. Even if their soldiers shot arrows at a distance of 30 meters from the Han army, they could not do anything to the armored army. It is no exaggeration to say that even if they put a Han army there for them to chop, they would not be able to do anything to the Han army even if their hands were sore.
The weapons were not very good to begin with, and now the troops were also stretched to the limit, so the leaders of the Xin tribe wanted to mobilize the newly formed militia to the front line to resist the assault of the Han army together with the two corps.
However, who would have thought that the militia who had originally obeyed their orders and were determined to unite and drive away the Han tribe, now could not be mobilized at all, how could they not be anxious.
After several elders and the commander-in-chief inquired, it turned out that the group of remnants brought back by Elder Jin Tiezhen had mixed into the militia of Qingquan Valley. It was unknown what they said to those militias, and then those militias began to hate them, the elders.
The decisive battle that would decide the life and death of the Xin tribe was about to come, but there was an internal conflict within the tribe. Isn't this nonsense?
Perhaps because Tiezhen was not from a native clan of Takeshima, the Xin tribe leaders suspected Tiezhen of the cause of the incident. Commander Xin was unable to mobilize the militia, and was furious. He directly had Tiezhen brought over and prepared to question him with several elders.
"Tiezhen, I made you the tribe's golden elder because of your superb skills and contributions to the tribe, but why did you want to harm me? Tell me the truth, what did you tell your men to say to the militia?" Commander Xin asked in the lobby of his newly built mansion, slapping the table in front of him.
Tiezhen, who was held by two men and escorted here, acted tough. "How can I know what those militiamen said? There are so many people and their mouths are on their bodies. How can I control what they want to say? At most, they were scared by the Han army two days ago, so they asked other fellow villagers to avoid the war. They are timid. What can I do?"
"You, you are afraid because of your incompetence. If you hadn't failed to stop the Han army in Qingqing Gorge and led them back, why would it be like this now!" Commander Xin was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"I'm incompetent? Ha, with so few soldiers and such weapons, you still want to fight against the Han tribe's heavenly army. Is your head full of shit? Since you are capable, why don't you go to Qingqing Gorge to defend the defense line? Aren't you afraid of death? What's the point of hiding at home and pretending to be a commander?" Although Tiezhen's arm was twisted, he was not afraid or guilty at all. Hearing Commander Xin's accusation, he stretched his neck and stood up.
"Shut up!"
With a slap, Commander Xin's face turned red and white with anger, and the blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand fell directly to the ground.
The two elders, Bai (Jin) and Huang (Jin), jumped out and pointed at Tiezhen's nose and cursed.
"Tiezhen, don't think that you are a big shot just because you are an elder. Don't you see who you are? You are just a savage who worked in the Han tribe. If we didn't pity you, do you think you would be here today?!" "
That's right. If you didn't have some iron-making skills, would you want to be on par with us, the three Jin elders? Bah, don't you take a piss and look at yourself? What the hell are you!" The three
elders, Mi, Dou, and Sheng, stood aside and said nothing. These three were in charge of the agriculture of the Xin tribe and were also a small interest group. Regarding the conflict between the three Jin elders, they said they didn't want to get involved.
Elder Qi had died in battle. Since Niuwei was taken away by the Han tribe, the new Elder Shang had not yet chosen a successor. Elder Zhu, who was in charge of construction, was a pro-Han faction, so he also stood aside and said nothing.
The Xin tribe elders group is now almost dead in name only. Several elders are divided into factions and look down on each other. Even now, they still don't know how to unite and actually gang up to attack each other.
"Hahahaha savage? So what if I'm a savage? Even if I'm a savage, I'm better than you dead people, right? Wait until the Han tribe breaks in, and see who will die first?!" Tiezhen laughed sarcastically.
"You surrendered to the Han tribe?!" Elder Baijin immediately looked at Tiezhen in doubt.
Elder Huangjin was even more shocked and angry, and cursed, "Okay, I said that Qingqing Gorge has more than 5,000 soldiers, how could it be possible to lose so quickly? It turned out that you took the initiative to surrender to the Han tribe and betrayed our army. Now you are hypocritically bringing more than a thousand militiamen back to the valley, and you want to betray us again, right?!"
A group of elders were shocked after hearing this, and Commander Xin was even more shocked and angry, pointing at Tiezhen's nose and shouting.
"Anvil, did you surrender to the Han tribe?"
At this moment, Anvil, who was held in the hall, suddenly shook his arms, broke free from the two commanders' guards who were twisting his arms, and said proudly with his back straight.
"Surrender? Hahahaha, what a joke, why do I need to surrender? I am originally from the Han tribe."
"You, you, take him down, kill this traitor for me!" Commander Xin was shocked and angry, and pointed at Anvil with a pale face and ordered the guards in the hall.
However, the next moment, something he didn't expect happened. Anvil, who had broken free from his restraints, suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist with a clang, took two steps forward, and a cold light flashed in his hand. The next moment, Commander Xin's big head flew up.
The headless corpse's blood sprayed directly to the ceiling, and then fell softly on the chair behind him, and slowly slid to the ground. The head also fell to the ground and rolled twice, and stopped at Anvil's feet.
"Who dares to touch me?" Tiezhen suddenly turned around with a steel knife in his hand and scanned the people in the hall, saying domineeringly.
(End of this chapter)
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