"Breakthrough?" Sun Bi glanced at Xiao Chengzhi, "It's already this time, how could I give up breaking through? Chengzhi, don't forget that we had agreed on a plan to break the enemy before."

"But..." Xiao Chengzhi suddenly remembered the final strategy of defeating the enemy when the army entered the grassland and divided the troops. But the problem was that he had never thought of letting the prince take risks at that time, it was obviously...

"Prince, even so, your safety is still the most important thing. Why not let General Shen and I stay here with our elite soldiers to break through..." Xiao Chengzhi suggested again, "After all, after many days, this plan may not be possible."

"You can tell if it can be done by trying it. I believe Yue Lin and Guan Haitian and others." Sun Bi's eyes were firm, "What's more, the situation on the grassland is now unclear. Even if I fight out, will I be safe? Finally, and the most critical thing. Only when I am here can Gui Rong do his best and we can achieve the final victory!"

As he said that, he slowly turned around: "I have decided to do it. You can recover from the wound here first. Leave the other things to us!"

Xiao Chengzhi's expression on his face changed several times, including worries, excitement, and unwillingness, but in the end, he didn't say much. He knew his cousin. Sun Bi was easy to speak in normal times and could listen to others' persuasion, but once he really made up a certain decision, he would never regret it. Even if the emperor issued twelve imperial edicts at this time, he would never change his mind!

So this time, he will lead his army to defend this hill until the situation of the war turns around, or...the entire army is wiped out.

The strong wind blew away time, and it was evening again in a blink of an eye.

On the mountain, there are fires on the ground.

Surprisingly, in the past half day, Gui Rong did not launch even an offensive against the Vietnamese army on the mountain, as if they were feeling uneasy and planned to use the method of siege to directly trap tens of thousands of Vietnamese army on the mountain.

Many people think that this may be a sign that the Guirong people are not very sure of attacking. After all, the rugged and steep mountain roads are not conducive to the impact of war horses. Once the mount is lost, the combat power of the Guirong army will inevitably be greatly reduced. Then, it is hard to say if they fight against the Vietnamese army that is defending the dead.

So in order to be safe and to pay a smaller price to win, Gui Rong's entire army suppressed their temper and only surrounded and did not attack.

However, this tactic changed after Wang Hui arrived. He arrived quickly before dark. Although he looked quite tired, he came straight to see Tie Lezhen as soon as he arrived in the army and said, "Sweat, we can't afford to delay."

"What do you mean?" Tie Lezhen attached great importance to the words of this think tank military advisor and asked immediately.

"Khan, if we drag this down, every day, we may lose one point! Those Yue people can drag it, but we cannot." Wang Hui said anxiously, "First, the Vietnamese army on the mountain can take advantage of this to recover, whether to leave or stay, but they take the initiative. Second, there are two Vietnamese army on our grassland. Although our people have been tracking their positions, it is difficult for them to come suddenly. Once the Vietnamese army joins forces and becomes a joint attack with internal and external forces, we may be unable to resist. Even if they don't come here and continue to go deeper north, they will likely find the hiding place of our tribes. Now we have brought all the soldiers out. Once our tribe is attacked by the Vietnamese army, I am afraid..."

Needless to say, Tie Lezhen's face changed drastically, and then he realized that he had indeed made a fatal mistake.

In fact, his original idea was to lure the enemy into depth, attack forward and backward, quickly eat a Vietnamese army, and then use the same tactics to take down the separated Vietnamese army one by one, and then turn defeat into victory.

But I didn't expect that this Vietnamese army would be more difficult than I thought. However, the grassland troops had their own small plans, which made it impossible for this battle to truly achieve the goal, but instead trapped itself here.

Tie Lezhen, who understood, took a breath: "You are right, you can't drag it on like this anymore. Since that's the case, then launch an attack immediately. If anyone dares to disobey his orders, I will kill their leader!" Now that he has become ruthless.

Just as he turned away and wanted to order the clan leader to gather, Wang Hui suddenly shouted again: "Sweep, sweat, I have a plan..."

...

It was completely dark and the weather became colder. Especially on the mountain, the Vietnamese soldiers could only gather together to keep warm. Dozens of people gathered in front of a bonfire, trembling and in a very embarrassed manner.

Many soldiers have already started to make private complains: "You said, how many days do you have to last like this? I'm afraid we will have to freeze to death here in a few days. The Guirong people don't even need to move their hands..."

"I also think this is not possible. Even if I die, I just want to fight the Guirong people head-on, so that I can die more happily. I can't do anything like this, but I can't do anything, but I'm so frustrated!"

"Why let's talk to the generals and let the general lead us down!"

While dozens of soldiers here were whispering, a majestic voice sounded behind him: "What are you talking about? If you dare to talk nonsense, you will disrupt our morale, be careful of military law!" But an officer passed by, vaguely heard everyone's words, and immediately scolded him.

His roar was still effective. The complaining soldiers shut up decisively, but what they thought was hard to control. In fact, it was not just these lower-level soldiers, even the officers, who were a little confused and dissatisfied. It would be better to fight the Guirong people face to face, especially after they had recovered their strength.

Just when everyone had similar thoughts but was not easy to ask them directly to their superiors, suddenly, a horn sounded from the bottom of the mountain, breaking the peace of the night.

Then, the sound of horse hooves approached from three sides southeast, north and north like a drum. When they got closer, countless ghost soldiers screamed and rushed towards the mountain with big strides. The speed was not as fast as the galloping horse, and the agility of climbing up the mountain was not inferior to that of apes.

The sudden attack made the entire hill boil. Countless soldiers suddenly stood up and shouted, picking up weapons to meet the enemy. Thousands of crossbowmen were quickly driven away by their chief generals and set up crossbows in the direction of the enemy.

For this Youzhou army that penetrated the grassland, such a battle is not too abrupt. Even if it is suddenly attacked, it can set up a defensive formation in the shortest time. First, waves of arrows are sent to block the enemy's rapid offensive, and then a group of infantrymen go down according to the mountain trend to block the enemy's advance.

However, in the chaotic times, with trees everywhere, especially in such late nights, even if arrows are shot from above and down, their accuracy is extremely unreliable. The waves of arrows flew down, most of them shot on the chasm of chaotic plants and stones. Those who flew through the gaps could be prepared for a long time and successfully blocked the Gui Rong army who had a small round shield in front of them, so they could only temporarily stop their progress.

This actually further aroused the ferociousness of these grassland warriors. They all roared, raised their shields in front, rushed upward at a faster speed, and soon collided with the Vietnamese army on the first line of defense, and launched an offensive and defensive battle. In this way, in order not to hurt their own people, the crossbows behind the Vietnamese army would not be able to be released again.

Sun Bi stood on the top of the mountain at this time, looking at the dark and messy battlefield below, his heart began to stir up. The enemy's reaction was really beyond his expectations. He thought the enemy would keep surrounding him like this, but this night attack made him suddenly wake up, and the initiative was always in the hands of the enemy.

Yes, initiative, that's the key.

You must first hurt them before you can steadily follow your plan!

With a certain idea, Sun Bi no longer hesitated and ordered decisively: "Use rockets to ignite the plants and trees below! Since they dare to attack the mountain, don't go back!" This was a strategy he had when he was going up the mountain, but he didn't expect that this strategy would be used in just one day.

At the command of Shengsheng, the crossbowman below immediately fired an arrow again. This time, he used a rocket.

The whizzing arrows pulled the fire downwards. Although they could not hurt people, they really ignited some dead grass and leaves. At first, they were just a few small clusters of flames, but as the fire continued to dry the leaves that were wet by rain and snow, the fire became more and more prosperous, and it spread downwards with the strong wind blowing from the top of the mountain.

This was really beyond the expectations of Gui Rong people, especially those who had not yet climbed the mountain. Seeing the fire coming, they all screamed and retreated, making it difficult to continue to follow the team attacking the mountain.

In this way, the battle situation that could have been stalemate on the mountain quickly became beneficial to the Vietnamese army. After all, their reinforcements could arrive immediately. If one fell down, they would kill two people to continue fighting against the Guirong people. However, the Guirong people who came up the mountain turned into a short-term isolated army this time, facing the counterattack of the Vietnamese army several times, they were immediately defeated.

What's even more fatal is that at this time, they even had a fire to break their backs, and they were desperate and were killed. Although there were only a few hundred people, the morale boost to the Vietnamese army was extremely strong. Amid the clamor and cheers, it seemed as if they had achieved the final victory.

In the Guirong Camp at the foot of the mountain, Tie Lezhen and others were looking at the defeat in front of them. But unexpectedly, from him, almost everyone's eyes were not discouraged. Instead, their eyes were bright and they continued to stare at the mountain, as if they were looking forward to something.
Chapter completed!