It was just the wounded, but on this day, when the Song Army's final trump card was revealed, the Jin Army lost five to six hundred people at one time, but they completely lost their will to fight.

As of now, at least here on the front line, no one wants to capture this city, this mountain, this village.

After crying bitterly, Sa Li wiped away his tears and ordered the entire army to withdraw to a safe distance. He also set up crossbows, bows and arrows, but built a defensive position, and then sent a messenger to the Hekou camp for the third time.

This time, Wu Jie did not try to attack again. On the contrary, he began to let his soldiers throw the heads freshly cut off yesterday and just from the mountain to anger the Jin army, but no one in the Jin army fought.

Lou Shi also did not force Salihe to continue to use troops. Instead, he and deputy commander Wanyan Bali quickly led thousands of people to come here before evening.

Lou Shi asked about the situation of the battle, and looked at the terrain and battlefield conditions from a safe distance. However, he did not criticize Sa Li for drinking anything, and of course he did not comfort him. He just immediately sent a surrender general to persuade him to surrender.

It was promised that Wu Jie would be the military envoy of Jingyuan and Huanqing Roads, and his younger brother Wu Lin would be the military governor of Yankun Road.

The surrendered general left in a hurry and returned in a hurry. As expected, Wu Jinqing rejected the proposal.

"He said that if he wanted him to surrender, he would have to fight against him in a duel with Lou Shidu." The surrendered general's face turned pale, as if he was the head of the Jin army so densely packed on the road. The corpses gave him a severe psychological shock.

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"It's not impossible..." Lou Shi smiled slightly and actually wanted to agree.

But immediately, as Ba Lisu looked at him in astonishment, Lou Shi, who regained his clarity, immediately shook his head.

After this exchange, everyone could see that this undefeated general of the Jin Kingdom was not as calm as he appeared. He was also shaken by Wu Jie's unprecedented killing methods and war determination.

, and he has also realized that there is really no hope of capturing this city in the short term.

But as the head coach, Lou Shi also knew how much impact this nail in this sensitive position would have on his strategy.

Therefore, at that moment, Lou Shi was really forced to want to kill Wu Jie in a single fight.

"What do you think?" After coming back to his senses and no longer paying attention to his brief gaffe, Lou Shi came to ask Ba Lisu seriously.

"Unless it rains and the Song Army's divine arm bow string fails, otherwise we will have to risk our lives to exchange for the Song Army's crossbow bolt reserves." Ba Lisu said frankly.

"It won't rain in the next few days." Lou Shi shook his head repeatedly, but immediately gave an order to Sali with tears on his face. "One last try..."

Sa Lihe almost despaired, but cried again on the spot.

"I'm not asking you to attack the mountain again, but to set it on fire." Lou Shi pointed to the mountains to the north. "Let's see if we can use the fire to force them down the mountain."

Sa Lihe felt relieved and immediately took the order and left.

As soon as this person left, Ba Lisu once again faced Lou Shi seriously: "I'm afraid it will be useless to burn the mountain... The village can be seen clearly from a distance, the surrounding trees have been cleared, and there is not much wind at the moment, so the fire cannot be swept away.

, it’s hard to even choke on a cigarette.”

"I know." Lou Shi tightened his grip on the reins of the war horse and didn't even look at Bali Su. "But is there a second way at this time?"

Ba Lisu was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Let's burn the mountain...but we should make a decision early! This city cannot be captured in a hurry, is it that Yaozhou and Huazhou can't leave?"

This time it was Lou Shi's turn to remain silent.

Just like that, the two people immediately stood at a safe distance of six or seven hundred steps from Fangzhou City and the mountain. They were speechless, and then watched the fire burning from the top of the mountain around Xiaoqiao Mountain, and then with the help of the high temperature in summer

It quickly gained momentum and then scorched half of the sky.

Once the fire started, it became unstoppable and rolled towards the surrounding mountains. It seemed like a natural disaster. But as Ba Lisu said, the wind was not strong today, and Wu Jie was well prepared. Although these fire heads were fierce, they never licked them.

That cottage with proper fire prevention measures.

Not only that, after Wu Jie saw the movement, he immediately responded. He asked the soldiers to carefully light a fire at the other end of the isolation zone where the trees were cut down, and formed a fire zone in the opposite direction to avoid it. This action also quickly started.

As a result, the fire easily carried over the nearest mountain top, and then burned directly into the deep mountains and forests to the north.

Lou Shi watched from a distance for a while, and saw the fire pass with his own eyes. He finally let out a sigh in his heart, and then without hesitation, he turned the horse's head and walked eastward. However, he suddenly reined in his horse and turned back: "Yelü's horse is rushing to attack Baishui.

Now that we have succeeded, let Sa Lihu lead 5,000 soldiers plus the wounded from this battle to hold the camp at the mouth of the river while we move forward!"

Ba Lisu calculated the strength of his troops in his mind, his face darkened for a moment, but he said nothing. He just glanced at the unmoving mountain stronghold and then turned around to follow.

"Are you saying that the reason why these generals of the Western Army are afraid of me and dare not speak their true feelings is because I often touch the sword during military discussions?"

In the city of Chang'an, Zhao Jiu, who had no idea about Wu Jie's bravery after realizing his shame, and his success in protecting Fangzhou and winning a great victory, bent his bow and arrow, and frowned at Yang Yizhong beside him.

And as soon as he said that, even though he didn't look at the target at all, the arrow in his hand flew directly out and hit the bullseye in front of him.

Yang Yizhong looked at the arrow that flew out, he was rarely stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses and said sternly: "Good instructor, I know that this is indeed what I heard..."

"But why is this so?" Even so, Zhao Jiu still found it difficult to understand. He bent his bow and arrow again while continuing to frown. "I don't remember that I often touched the knife at that time... I spent the whole day today

He didn’t even wear a sword at all.”

"I take the liberty of saying that it is probably because the bows and arrows commonly used by officials in the past few days are not at my side and I have never practiced archery. In addition, I am anxious when I first came to Guanzhong, so I often touch the saber unconsciously, right?" Yang Yizhong said carefully to him.

"Today, the officials have started practicing archery again, so they no longer carry swords."

Zhao Jiu instinctively recognized this reason, then nodded and put down the bow and arrow in his hand.

The next moment, just when Yang Yizhong was about to say something more, the official suddenly raised his bow and raised his hand, and shot a crow looking left and right on the eaves to the ground with an arrow.
Chapter completed!