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On February 18th, Longyou Stone Fort...

Since the seventh day of January, the Han army led by Xu Wenjing has been in the stone for a full forty-four days, far exceeding the previous expectation of one month.

During this period, the Bohe people launched five offensives every day on average, each time more fiercely, but still could not shake the Han army that was defending the stone fort.

However, now, the available supplies in the stone fort are almost used up, and the dry food carried by the soldiers was in a hurry three days ago.

Now, the Han soldiers guarding the stone castle, together with Xu Wenjing, only 213 people are left. Each of them can only eat a small piece of sesame cake to maintain their strength to defend against the enemy a day.

The sequelae caused by food shortage is very terrible. It is enough to make a determined person fall into a state of collapse after continuous high-pressure exercises.

Fortunately, the Han army's daily food combination focuses on oil and water intake, which can barely allow the soldiers to hold on.

In addition to food shortage, the most important point is that there are not enough crossbows. This is the most important weapon of destruction to attack the Bohe people. If the supply of crossbows is cut off, the situation will be more passive.

At present, Xu Wenjing concentrated all the crossbow arrows on the soldiers in the fort and handed them over to a sharpshooter like Dog Eye, because now, no more crossbow arrows can be wasted, and each arrow must be used on the steel blade.

But even so, there were only seven crossbow arrows left. Since the Bohe people saw the power of crossbow arrows, they began to adopt strategies to lure the enemy to consume the number of crossbow arrows in the Han army. Each crossbow arrow shot was a hundred steps away. In addition, Lun Qingling repaired fortifications in various parts of the gorge, and he could not pick up the shot arrows.

In addition to the shortage of supplies, more importantly, the defending soldiers were exhausted. They fought for forty-four consecutive days, and attacked the attack of 500 reinforcements and a total of 50,000 troops, which was a great test for the soldiers' physical and mental health.

It is not easy for these Han soldiers who have only been in the army for half a year to survive until now.

Lao Zhang looked at the cliff full of arrows, and then said to Xu Wenjing: "Military Supervisor, do we still have to continue to defend?

It has been so many days, and Qi Wen has been leaving for more than half a month. The troops of General Bai's troops showed no sign of help. Let's retreat..."

Xu Wenjing glanced at Lao Zhang and said two words lightly:

"Don't retreat!"

Lao Zhang smacked his lips, crawled to Xu Wenjing, and suddenly knelt on the ground and said hoarsely: "Soldier Supervisor, give me a way out for you, we know you are a person who does great things,

Now there are tens of thousands of Hu Zi outside the castle. We have lost at least tens of thousands of people in so many days, right? Five hundred to fifty thousand, a hundred times gap. We have done a good job, and it’s time to leave.”

Xu Wenjing said: "You must remember that you are a border army of Han now, and what you are carrying on your shoulders is the livelihood of the millions of people in the Central Plains. How can you say such despicable words?

I know you are very tired now, but the more you reach this time, the more you have to persevere. I believe that reinforcements will come soon. Now that we have left, our persistence in the stone for more than 40 days will be squandered.

Listen to me, if you don’t retreat, you will persevere until the reinforcements arrive. It will be even more difficult for those Hu slaves outside. More than 10,000 casualties will be killed or injured in a mere stone fort. Do you think they are persevering?"

"But I really can't hold on..." Old Zhang hugged his head and said even more, "Military Supervisor, you can do it. Let the brothers retreat together. Nearly 300 brothers have disappeared. Do you want to continue watching them stay here and wait for death?"

Xu Wenjing frowned when she heard this. He had already heard from Lao Zhang's tone that he might be mutiny. If so, the trouble would be great.

He quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind, and soon he calmed his face and said to Lao Zhang and the Han soldiers around him who were eagerly hoping that he could give a retreat order: "You also think so, do you all want to leave, right?"

When these soldiers heard this, they looked at each other, and they all looked like they wanted to speak but stopped. Xu Wenjing knew that as soon as she saw it, many of them wanted to evacuate the stone fort.

Xu Wenjing smiled casually: "To be honest, I actually want to leave too. This ghost place is really not a fool. It's better to be in Chang'an. Have you all been to Chang'an? It's the capital of the previous dynasty and the capital of the current Han Dynasty."

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads indifferently. Most of them were local people in Liangzhou and were ruled by the Qiang people all their lives. They only dared to think about the gods of the Central Plains in their dreams, and never had them.

Xu Wenjing continued, "Chang'an is good, there are everything in Chang'an City, the streets are spacious and bright, and the traffic is bustling, and there is no dust on the ground.

All the people living in Chang'an City are now living very well. They are busy working during the day and go home to have dinner with their families after work in the evening.

After dinner, the night market in Chang'an was opened. Everyone took their children and daughters to stroll to the West City, where there were everything in the West City.

There is nothing you can’t find when you eat, drink and play, but do you know what is the most famous thing in Xishi?

Of course it is a brothel. The girls inside are all talented. If you are tired, spend some money to listen to them sing a song, and then watch a song and dance. Keep your energy for the whole day back.

Of course, girls in brothels generally do not accept customers. If you pick up customers, you must either be talented or willing to spend money. As long as you spend too much money or have outstanding literary talent, you will be attracted by other girls.

Then you can stay there for a night. You will never forget this feeling for life. You will definitely think it is worth it!”

Listening to Xu Wenjing's slow statement, the Han army soldiers, including Lao Zhang, couldn't help but sit around him, with a look of yearning in their eyes.

Xu Wenjing's vivid description has made these soldiers forget the suffering of their own on the battlefield. When a soldier heard the wonderful part, he couldn't help asking: "Xu Jianjun, how many girls have you slept on? Tell us, I never know what a woman feels like in my life..."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Wenjing pointed at the soldier and laughed a few times. The soldiers around him laughed at the questioning companion, but they all stared at Xu Wenjing curiously. Obviously they were also interested in this question.

After laughing, Xu Wenjing continued, "Would you like to ask me how many women I have slept with? It's not that I, Xu Wenjing, bragging, even the current emperor is not as good as me, Xu Wenjing."

"Brave!" Old Zhang immediately grinned, "Your Majesty is the monarch of the Han Dynasty today. Which monarch is not the harem beauties? How do you compare with the emperor to who has more women?"

Xu Wenjing snorted: "I know you don't believe it, but I really didn't lie to you. I've been watching the Lord of Heaven for almost ten years. Do you know the Lord of Heaven?

Our emperor is not a good woman. So far, there are only six concubines in his harem, but the six concubines are all beautiful and beautiful.

In addition, Your Majesty did not linger in the romance and was busy with state affairs. The palace draft was delayed again and again. People from the Ministry of Rites suspected that the emperor planned to cancel the draft."

"That's how..." Lao Zhang nodded half-believingly.

Xu Wenjing said: "Don't you want to know what a woman feels like? I can't tell you in detail, but as the saying goes, heroes are sad to pass the beauty. As long as you taste it, you will be unable to stop being addicted to it.

Forget it, it’s no different to say more. Next time I will take you to Chang'an, go to the largest brothel in Chang'an in person, and find the best girl to accompany you. You will all know that after tasting it once, your body will be hollowed out."

"Hahaha……"

The Han soldiers suddenly burst into laughter, the atmosphere became lively in an instant, and fighting spirit was ignited in their eyes again.

Lao Zhang said anxiously: "Xu Jianjun, this is what you said. When you go to Chang'an, you will have to treat you to your brothers and relax. We have no money..."

Xu Wenjing patted her chest and said, "No problem, this matter is for me, and you don't have money? The bodies piled up outside the stone fort are money. After the bounty is given, even if you don't have the official to treat you, you can still buy a house and make a living in Chang'an and make a fortune."

The Han soldiers completely gave up the idea of ​​retreating. Indeed, if they retreat now, it would be a failure. The bounty is very likely to be ruined. There was no such thing as this before, but after listening to Xu Wenjing's description of Chang'an, no one is willing to give up on his life to get rich!

"This is probably what His Majesty said..."

Seeing the Han soldiers in the stone fort ignited their fighting spirit again, Xu Wenjing couldn't help but feel deeply moved. For the first time, he deeply realized what Liu Ce said about giving hope to the people.

Hope means having the courage to survive, being willing to fight to the end of the desperate situation for your ideals, and being able to live better and enjoy the beauty brought by this colorful world.

"The enemy is coming!"

Suddenly, the dog eyes, who had been watching the movement outside the stone fort, roared. When the defending soldiers heard this, they immediately picked up the guy beside them to fight against the enemy, their eyes full of passion.

“Ah~heh~”

Old Zhang shouted loudly to cheer himself up, then lifted his spear, aimed at a gap in the stone castle wall in a hand-pressing manner, and prepared to fight with the pounced enemy.

Xu Wenjing slowly stood up and looked at the Bohe people who were stepping on the mountain road, and couldn't help but snort with contempt.

"The Han army is the strongest army in the world. Hu Nu, this time, you have hit the iron plate. No matter how many times you come, you are destined to be unable to step into this stone fort!"

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At the same time, it was more than 200 miles southwest of Bohe Daying...

"Quick, hurry up, work harder!"

Yu Jie personally led the army and together with Wang Jian, he led 13,000 Shu troops to attack Longyou Road day and night.

Twelve days ago, Qi Wen finally arrived at the border of the territory. After showing the official seal given by Xu Wenjing, Wang Jian immediately told Yujie that the news of Longyou Stone Fort was quickly announced.

After receiving the information, Yu Jie immediately rushed to Rongzhou overnight. After confirming Qi Wen's identity, he immediately ordered his troops to set off towards Longyou Road.

For Yu Jie, he was extremely excited now. After all, the army in the Central Plains actually reached the outside of the pass, and was still far away from the Western Regions, which made him feel excited when he heard it. No matter what he said, he had to go to the crisis of Calcite Fort...

At this time, after Bai Qi resettled the livelihoods of various divisions in the Central Plains, he also led his troops to rush to the Stone Fort.
Chapter completed!