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The night gradually approached, and the night was dark. The Huns who had fought fiercely for a day finally withdrew their troops. Looking at the Huns' army retreating like a tide, the Han soldiers on the city were suddenly filled with joy, but Zhang Ren's face was grim and his eyes showed a look of worry. The tragic siege this time exceeded his imagination. Although the Huns paid nearly 1,000 casualties, the defenders also lost nearly 1,55 people. This was an unbearable price for them who had only 5,000 defenders.

If two more such sieges will be broken, Zhang Ren couldn't help but sigh in his heart. At this time, Wu Lan walked beside him and whispered: "I have a sense that the Huns will not have the same battle as they are today in the future."

"Why do you have such intuition?" Zhang Ren asked as he stared at him.

"It's very simple. They can't afford it. Their goal is Guanzhong and Chang'an. They want to defeat the main force of the Han army, not our city."

Zhang Ren nodded, "You have to be right. They are fighting hard to attack us, just to put pressure on the Han army and force the main force to send troops to rescue. If they want to capture us, they have to pay at least another 10,000 troops. To capture Gaonu County, they will pay 20,000 people. No coach with a little wise mind will make such a stupid decision."

Wu Lan laughed in a low voice and said, "Since the purpose of the Huns was to put pressure on the Han army, we might as well put a few more faith eagles so that the Huns thought they had achieved their goal and would at least not continue to attack the city. I think they would meet our faith eagles in the air."

Zhang Ren also laughed, "This method is good, satisfy their vanity."

In the Xiongnu tent, dozens of Xiongnu generals bowed their heads and silently endured the storm of Huchuquan, "A bunch of rice buckets, incompetent generals, commanders of thousands of horses, commanders of ten thousand cavalry, you are not worthy of being a county town, and you can't even capture a county town, and you still lose 10,000 troops. Is this a Hun army? It will make people laugh at me when it is spread. I also claim to be a prairie eagle. How can you look like an eagle? I'm all pheasants."

Hu Chuquan was furious and furious, waving his fists, staring at dozens of generals fiercely, his eyes almost spitting out of fire. He walked back and forth with his hands in his arms, and his full anger almost exploded his chest. He could not bear such shame. The 50,000 army could not capture a city with only a few thousand people guarding, and lost nearly ten thousand troops.

The Huns were also angry and shouted, "Let us attack the city tomorrow. If we can't conquer, we will give our heads to the Shanyu."

"I want me to lose another 10,000 people tomorrow, will I send out 100,000 troops to the south? Is it to capture a county town?" Hu Chuquan shouted.

The generals were speechless and all lowered their heads in shame, and waved their hands, "Get out for me, get out."

The generals withdrew from the tent of the king, and only Hu Chuquan and Liu Qubei were left. Hu Chuquan breathed a long sigh and said angrily to Liu Qubei: "I have fought a war for a lifetime, and I have not been as cowardly as I am today."

Liu Qubei sighed and said, "In fact, it's not that our army is not sharp enough, nor that the soldiers are not working hard. The key is that we are not good at siege. I know very well today that many soldiers are afraid of heights. They can't stand firmly on the ladder, and fight with the Han soldiers, and fall off the ladder by themselves, so the losses are heavy. This is like people are not used to riding boats. We should train in advance to make the soldiers get used to climbing highs. Unfortunately, we didn't think about this, otherwise the result would not be as heavy as today."

Hu Chuquan sighed for a long time, "Maybe you have to be right, but there will be no next time. I can't afford to lose 20,000 people for a county town. I hope today's siege can put enough pressure on the Han army and let Liu Jing lead the main force to help Gaonu County as soon as possible. It is mid-September now. If I don't come out in another month, I can only withdraw my troops."

At this time, a soldier rushed to the door of the tent to report: "Qi Shanyu, our sentry found that there were continuous releases of a letter eagle on the top of the city and headed south."

Hu Chuquan was overjoyed. This must be because Gao Nu could not bear the huge pressure of siege. He asked Guanzhong for help. He stood up and smiled at Liu Qubei and said, "This battle today is not without effect."

Liu Qubei smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't expect Hu Chuquan to be so stubborn, and he was determined to expect the main force of the Han army to come to help Gaonu County. It is already late autumn. Doesn't the Han army know that the Hun army must withdraw its troops before the first snow comes? The main force of the Han army has insisted on the present, why do we still come to help.

Although he despised Hu Chuquan's stubbornness, Liu Qubei responded: "The Shanyu did it right. The Han army in the city could not bear the pressure anymore and began to ask for help from Guanzhong. In addition, my aide, Mr. Li, had a strategy to increase the crisis of the Han army and force them to come out for a decisive battle."

Hu Chuquan knew that Li Ling was resourceful and that the last time he broke through the water defense in the area was his suggestion. He immediately ordered the guards to say, "Go and invite Mr. Li."

Soon, Li Ling hurried over and bowed to Huchuquan to salute, "See Shanyu"

"Mr. Li, don't be polite. Just now, Mr. Youxian Wang had a good idea to put pressure on the Han army. Can you teach me?"

Li Ling glanced at Liu Qubei, and Liu Qubei nodded to him, meaning that he would say frankly. Li Ling said calmly: "Actually, Bei Zhi felt that the main force of the Han army was reluctant to go north. In addition to the fact that they were mainly southern troops and were not good at cavalry warfare, there was another reason that Gaonu County had little influence on them. Although Zhang Ren was an important general, they believed that Gaonu's strategic position was not important, and losing it would have no major impact on the Han army."

"You are Gaonu County's position is not important." Hu Chuquan was shocked. He was surrounded by heavy troops because of his important strategic position.

Li Ling shook his head, "I am not Gaonu County but its strategic position is of course very important. The Han army also knows it well, but we have not shown its importance. Although we have not occupied Gaonu County yet, whether to seize Gaonu County is no longer a problem. There are only a few thousand Han troops in the city. As long as they dare to leave the city, our thousand cavalry can wipe out them all. Therefore, the Shanyu needs to change his mind and regard it as if we have occupied Gaonu County, and don't care whether to seize the county."

Hu Chuquan finally understood what Li Ling meant. He couldn't help but nodded. He really cared about whether to seize the county town. In fact, the Han army could only hide in the city and dared not fight. From the corner of the county town, it was meaningless.

"So according to the sir, how can we show the importance of Gaonu County?"

Before Li Ling walked to the map, he pointed to Gaonu County on the map: "The reason why Gaonu is important is that it blocks Luochuan Road."
Chapter completed!