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Chapter 643

The Right Xian King was in a dilemma.

He felt that he was in the wrong place and against a wrong opponent, fighting a wrong battle.

The location was chosen by Liang Xiao, suitable for defense and not conducive to attack. The Huns had the advantage of military strength but could not play it out, and the cost of a strong attack was very amazing. Even if the Wusun people died, the Right King was reluctant to let it go.

The consequences of hunting and driving away the people to fight are vivid in my mind. How dare he repeat the same mistakes, let alone there is no hope of victory. Such a huge loss of heart cannot be done by him.

The Right King repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, and finally made a difficult decision: let Liejiaomi attack.

For the sake of face, the Right Xian King launched several more attacks, but he was just perfunctory and made a big move. However, the thunder was loud and the raindrops were small. He fired an arrow from a distance and retreated. Most of the arrows did not hit the Yuezhi formation at all. All the results were just sending a batch of arrows to the Yuezhi people.

Seeing the Huns dealing with the errands, Liang Xiao guessed the thoughts of the Youxian King. Before that, he repeatedly discussed possible results with Ashana and others, and the Youxian King's decision did not exceed their expectations. If there must be any accidents, it was that the Youxian King gave up too quickly.

From this we can see that the Right Xian King is wiser than Lie Jiaomi, or rather, he learned from Lie Jiaomi's lessons and did not take a gamble like Lie Jiaomi. For Liang Xiao, this is not good news.

He felt bitter and had a smile on his face. Liang Xiao and Tuxise and others chatted and laughed, and from time to time he teased the Youxian King for a few words, giving Sai people a lot of peace of mind, showing the style of the famous generals' command. Seeing that the Huns were coming with great momentum, they had several times the strength of the troops, but had no choice but to take the Yuezhi people's position, they finally felt relieved and decided to continue fighting with the invincible Lord Arrow God.

The Huns attacked for one day, with less than 500 casualties, but the mentality of both sides changed very clearly. The Huns took advantage of the excitement and returned in disappointment. However, the morale of the people was greatly boosted, and the number of people on both ends of the rat was significantly reduced.

The iron was going to make a fuss while it was hot. Liang Xiao came to Tuxise and discussed the matter of pulling out the Wusun fortress.

To the north of the Narati Grassland, there is a path that can reach directly north of Bancheng. Li Danghu took this road when he attacked Dabancheng. Tuxise could occasionally get some silk, and it was also from this path.

This trail is controlled by the Wusun people. There is an ice ridge fortress in the middle of the canyon. Fifty Wusun soldiers are stationed in the fortress, commanded by a Wusun Duwei. The Wusun Duwei is about the same as the Han people, and should be an officer who commands 500 people. Liejiaomi arranged a commander in the Bingling Fortress, which shows that he attaches great importance to this fortress.

In fact, this commander was indeed very dedicated. This road has always been controlled by the Wusun people, and it is difficult for even the stuffed people to pass.

"The commander named Wu Gong, who is Lie Jiaomi's confidant. Thirty years ago, he once protected Lie Jiaomi and fled to the Huns." Tuxise shook his head. "This man was a little stubborn, not stingy, and only recognized Lie Jiaomi's orders. If he wanted to take down the Ice Ridge Fortress, he had to attack. However, the Ice Ridge Fortress was built in the snow and ice, and it was harder to conquer the fortress than climbing to the sky."

"Have you ever entered the fortress?"

"I went in once, but I didn't look at anything. Wu Gong was very alert and didn't let us walk around."

"Where are the people from the fortress?"

"They are all children of the Wusun nobles. Their families are all in Akagu City, and no one dares to surrender. Three years later, they can be awarded the position of a hundred generals when they return to Akagu City, which is easier to promote than others."

"Don't they usually come out?"

"If I don't come out, the food and weapons will be collected by the Wusun people from us and sent to the fortress. The last time I went there, I just sent food with me, otherwise I wouldn't have a chance."

Liang Xiao nodded and asked Tuxise to draw a sketch as detailed as possible. Ma Rong had heard of this fortress from Li Danghu, but when they entered the Erie Valley, they took another path and did not pass the Ice Ridge Fortress. Tuxise was the only person Liang Xiao could find to enter the Ice Ridge Fortress.

After reading the sketch, Liang Xiao was also a little embarrassed.

As its name suggests, the Ice Ridge Fortress is built above the snow line and is the lowest point of a ridge of a mountain. This means that the fortress controls the route of crossing the mountain, but it has the advantage. Standing on the fortress, you can see both sides of the mountain without any loss. Because of the snow all year round, the road to entering the fortress is not only difficult to walk, but also has nowhere to hide. The possibility of sneaking close to zero is infinitely close to zero.

Liang Xiao looked at the map, Tuxise looked at Liang Xiao. He was very curious, could this invincible Lord Arrow God conquer a fortress like the Ice Ridge?

Liang Xiao felt Tuxise's curiosity and couldn't help but smile bitterly. People were afraid of being famous and pigs, but they were indeed the case. If they could not conquer the ice ridge fortress, not only would the plan to shock the hunting of aura and miss him, but the people would also be disappointed with him, and the efforts they had made before would be wasted.

If the Sai people could not be confident in him, why should they support their thousands of men and horses? They should obey his command and fight against the Huns?

Ice Ridge Fortress must be taken down.

"Prepare and accompany me to the Ice Ridge Fortress." Liang Xiao smiled. "Pick another trustworthy person to serve as the captain of the Ice Ridge Fortress."

Seeing that Liang Xiao was full of confidence and did not care about the dangers of the Bingling Fortress, Tuxise couldn't help but be curious. He wanted to ask Liang Xiao how he planned to attack the Bingling Fortress, but seeing that Liang Xiao had no intention of saying anything, he had to shut up.

After seeing off Tuxise, Liang Xiao called Tuniuer, Pang Shuo and others to explain the reasons for attacking the Ice Ridge Fortress and the general situation of the Ice Ridge Fortress. "Think about it, how can we take this fortress."

Everyone was in a difficult situation when they looked at the grassland. They attacked hard and could not get close. Even the most powerful warriors had to encounter the rock-beating wood that slid down the ice path. They had only one chance to attack. They had snow ridges on both sides and could not hide. Even if they walked under the fortress, there were still five feet high stone walls to climb. It was undoubtedly a dream to not disturb the guards on the stone walls going up to the city.

"It seems there is only one way." Firefox patted his thigh and smiled bitterly.

"What's the solution?"

"Fly over."

"And" the personal guard Wu Yuan raised his voice to show disdain.

Everyone laughed, but Pang Shuo didn't laugh. He held his chest with one hand and touched his chin with the other. After thinking for a while, everyone stopped laughing when they saw him acting like this. Liang Xiao looked at Pang Shuo and chuckled softly: "Dahu, what are you doing?"

Pang Shuo looked at Liang Xiao and hesitated.

"If you have any ideas, don't be afraid of people making jokes."

Pang Shuo nodded. "June, maybe we can build a big kite and fly into the fortress. There are only fifty people in the fortress. With our combat power, as long as we can enter three or five people, we can control the city wall and open the city gate?"

"Kite?" Liang Xiao's eyes lit up. This is a solution. As Pang Shuo said, if you can enter three or five long sword hands like Pang Shuo, not to mention controlling the city wall, it is possible to kill all the fifty soldiers in the city. However, if you want to fly a warrior like Pang Shuo, that kite is very small, and an ordinary kite will definitely not be able to do it.

"How big is this kite?" Wu Yuan scratched his head.

"It's not a problem to have a big kite. As long as there is enough wind, you can fly." Liang Xiao remembered a famous saying, as long as you stand at the wind vent, even a pig can fly. The ice ridge fortress is on the mountain, and between two peaks, it should be considered a wind vent. Building enough kite should be able to send a soldier into the sky.

"But, how can you control such a big kite? How can you put it into the sky?"

"It doesn't matter." Wu Yuan rubbed his hands and smiled. "If one person can't pull it, we can use two people to pull it, three people or four people. I think it's easy to go to heaven, so how to control the direction is the problem."

"The direction is easy to control." Liang Xiao flashed his spirit and patted Wu Yuan's shoulder hard. "You are right. We can use four people to control it. As long as we cooperate well, we can definitely send one person to the sky above the fortress steadily."

Liang Xiao said while drawing a sketch. What he drew was not a kite, but a parachute. Using four ropes to control a kite and a secondary umbrella as an auxiliary can be enough to send a person to the sky.

Liang Xiao not only drew a sketch, but also cut off two pieces of sheepskin, supported the arrow shaft and the bowstring as ropes, and made a model. When the little kite was plucked up and blown it hard for several big men to blew it up, everyone laughed.

No one expected that a joke from Firefox actually turned into reality. With this kite, it would be no problem to send three or five warriors into the fortress.

Liang Xiao immediately found Tuxise and asked him to provide some women with sheepskin and skillful hands. The sheepskin was used as kites, and the woman helped sew them, and cut down some straight and long fir trees as support. In one day, five huge kites were made, and Liang Xiao and Tuxise embarked on the journey.

Before leaving, Liang Xiao handed over the command of the battlefield to Ashana. He said to Ashana, "You stick to it for five days, within five days, I will bring Wu Gong's head back."

Ashana was full of confidence and agreed immediately.

In the ice ridge, Liang Xiao lay in the snow, stretched out his hand, feeling the bitter cold wind, his face hurt by the wind, and even his smile was blown to solidify on his face, and his fingers quickly freeze, but he was still happy and overjoyed.

"Good wind!"

"It's really a good wind." Wu Yuan also said with a smile, while pulling out the cut wooden board and carving it with a dagger. "This wind is enough to send the kite to heaven."

"Yes, the key now is to find the anchor point."

"June, don't worry." Wu Yuan was full of confidence, raised his cliffhanger eyes and began to draw the scale. "Although my surveying and mapping skills are not as good as Dr. Ma, it's okay to find four anchor points suitable for mounting brackets. Actually, now, I have a plan, but I just need to be more accurate."

Liang Xiao didn't say anything. Wu Yuan followed Ma Rong to many places and learned basic surveying and mapping techniques. It would be fine to choose a few points. He looked at the fortress. It was too far away and there was no clairvoyance. He could only see a few figures on the city wall, but could not see more detailed situations. Overall, the fortress was very well prepared, and it was even more so when facing the direction of the Nalati grassland.

He looked around and saw a few figures, knowing that they should be the roaming sentries from the fortress, and there was no need to worry about them. These people could tell Wu Gong that he was coming, but they would definitely not guess how he would conquer the fortress. Before the real attack, he would send people to drive these roaming sentries, drive them back to the fortress, and turn Wu Gong into a blind and deaf person.

After half an hour, Wu Yuan drew a sketch, marked the numbers, then went down the slope and returned to the camp. Pang Shuo and others immediately surrounded him. Wu Yuan put down the sketch, dug up snow from outside, made a simple model, and then began to explain the terrain around the fortress and determine the location of the installation bracket.

After Wu Yuan finished explaining, Liang Xiao began to arrange tasks.

"Big Tiger, you don't have to do anything tomorrow. If you find a similar terrain practice, you must cooperate and not make mistakes. If you fall from the sky, you will be dead."

Pang Shuo patted his chest. "June, don't worry, I will choose the smartest person."

Liang Xiao nodded and said to the Firefox again: "After dawn, you will lead the crossbowmen to drive all the Wusun people back to the fortress. Those who stay outside will be killed without mercy."

The Firefox nodded without saying anything. Such a task was familiar to him and he didn't have to worry at all. Their archery skills were a waste to deal with the Wusun people, not to mention the pulley crossbowmen assisting him.

"Chief, I feel wronged. Together with me tomorrow, I will carry out warnings for them and prevent the Wusun people from getting close."

Tuxise laughed. "I will do whatever the general says. I am so curious that I wish I could see how you conquer the fortress now."

"Don't worry, you will see it." Liang Xiao said with a smile: "But you have to prepare the knight. Once Wu Gong's head is obtained, you must deliver it to the Nalati Grassland as quickly as possible and to Ashana's hands."

"Don't worry, General, I'm ready. I decided to send it to me personally. How can I give it to someone else such a good opportunity to show my face?"

Everyone laughed.

Two days later, everything was ready before Liang Xiao arrived at the Bingling Fortress.

Liang Xiao asked Tuxise to send an envoy to the fortress to persuade the surrender. Persuading surrender was just a routine matter. He didn't expect Wu Gong to agree, but just wanted to delay some time. When the envoy was moving towards the fortress, four groups of people climbed the mountain with the prepared materials and installed pulley brackets at the designated location.

On the fortress, Wu Gong raised his head and looked at the enemy who was climbing hard on the hillside, frowned. He had already known Liang Xiao's arrival and was ready for a fight, but he was still puzzled.

What are these people doing when they climbed up the mountain? Are they planning to set up crossbows and snipers there? Even there, they can't see the situation in the fortress. No matter how far the crossbow range is, it will be useless and can only shoot blindly.

If it were other opponents, Wu Gong would sneer at this moment. However, facing Liang Xiao, a famous Han general who was shocking the Western Regions, his heart was chilling.

Facing an unknown opponent always makes people feel scared. Before the battle began, Wu Gong became nervous—

(To be continued.)
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