Invincible

  Liu Jiao said to Wang An, "Now there are three roads for you to choose from. One road is that I recently heard the palace is recruiting, many ambitious young people with disabilities are determined to enter this big enterprise and find development opportunities. Do you want me to sign up for you?" Wang An shook his head and said, "Forget it, under Liu Jiao's leadership, my future prospects are boundless, I don't want to jump ship." In his heart, Wang An thought, what ambitious young people, what disabled but determined, isn't that just going to be a eunuch?

  Liu Jiao continued to say to Wang An, "Another way is to let me beat you up. You should know that this has always been my heart's desire." Wang An said, "No way, I have sworn an oath, absolutely not letting the evil woman hit me." Liu Jiao said, "Who are you calling an evil woman?" Wang An said, "Whoever hits me is the evil woman."

  Liu Jiao continued: "Tiao Lu, you must agree to one condition, no, two conditions, no, three conditions, no, four conditions, no, five conditions." Liu Jiao spoke while extending her fingers, and when she reached the fifth one, there were no more fingers in her hand. She then looked at the other hand because she didn't have six fingers on that hand either.

  Wang An said: "I choose the fourth way, that is, I come up with an idea to help you block the enemy's attack, and the matter will be settled." Liu Jiao Jiao said: "Okay, I agree. I've been wondering how you managed to hold onto this section of the city wall." Wang An hastily retrieved the IOU from Du Lin and others, saying: "Selling people is illegal, the IOU is invalid." Du Lin cursed in his heart, shameless, shameless, why didn't he say it was illegal when selling?

  It turned out that just last night, all the soldiers in Nancheng were thinking about the defense of Nancheng.

  Jiang Cai said to Wang An, "Brother Wang, if we can't hold this city wall tomorrow, you must find a way to escape and take revenge for us later." He was very clear about the situation, and the Jin army had already occupied this section of the city wall.

  The soldiers who went to repair the city wall came back, feeling even more resentful. They thought to themselves: "Others are stabbing us in the back, and we still have to help them build this city wall." The entire camp was filled with gloom and despondency.

  The Xiongnu's camp was jubilant today, their casualties far exceeding those of the Great Jin, but they had already seen the hope of capturing this city. In the daytime battle, the Jin army suffered heavy casualties, and many Xiongnu soldiers climbed onto the city wall.

  The soldiers of the Great Jin's southern city gazed at the falling snowflakes, and for a moment, they were filled with emotions, thinking that this might be their last night. However, they vowed not to retreat, even if it meant death, they would fight to the end, and never back down, lest they be ridiculed by the troops defending behind them.

  Li Li shouted loudly to the outside: "You Xiongnu brats, I'm not afraid of you, come and attack the city if you dare!" Wang An looked at these soldiers, they knew that tomorrow they would probably be unable to hold this place, and tomorrow they would probably fall in battle, but there was no sign of fear on their faces.

  Wang An gazed at the falling snowflakes, thinking that tonight would be exceptionally cold, and the rivers near Guyang must have already frozen over. The ancient poet said: "Iron horse, icy river, entering dreams" - probably referring to this very scene. Suddenly, Wang An's heart stirred, and he summoned Li Li, Du Lu, Zhang Wan, Jiang Cai, and others for a meeting.

  Jiang Cai said: "Wang brothers, the situation is now critical and has reached an irreversible point. If the city wall falls tomorrow, don't try to fight for honor, you must escape from this city and avenge us in the future. As long as there are green hills, we won't worry about firewood." Wang An said: "Let's talk about escaping later, besides, running away in front of the enemy is not my style." Jiang Cai suddenly jumped up and said: "Wang brothers, do you have a way to deal with the enemy's battering ram?" Wang An smiled and said: "Of course I do. I don't believe that just because the Xiongnu has a battering ram, they will win." Everyone was immediately delighted, they knew that Wang An's words were not spoken lightly, and when he spoke, there must be substance to it.

  Wang An said: "I order you to go and fetch water immediately, pour it all over the city wall. By tomorrow morning, it will all freeze into ice. At that time, the city wall will be wearing a layer of icy armor, its surface extremely slippery. At that time, the Xiongnu soldiers will not be able to climb this city wall." Li Li said happily: "Great, this method is feasible!" After Wang An's order was passed down, his soldiers knew Wang An's character and immediately executed it. They believed what Wang An said was definitely right. The hunters who followed Wang An into the city were half-believing and half-doubting, while the militia of Yuyang City were completely skeptical about this method. They did not believe that this method could defend Yuyang City, because from ancient times to the present, no one had ever heard of using such a method to defend a city wall.

  Wang An's order was still carried out, although many people were skeptical. Soldiers brought water and continuously splashed it onto the city wall, creating a scene of hot fire in the entire southern city. The construction progressed rapidly, and slowly the entire city wall was covered with an icy armor.

  The militia of the south city were busy for a whole day, and finally turned this city wall into an ice city. The Xiongnu soldiers saw it in the daytime and found that the entire south city wall had changed its appearance. After seeing this scene, the Chanyu said to the Right Wise King: "What does the army of Great Jin want to do?" The Right Wise King smiled and said: "The army of the south city is just struggling before death, we will attack immediately, capture the south city, and then capture the entire Yuyang City." The Xiongnu army charged towards Yuyang City with a battering ram.

  The soldiers of the Great Jin were also extremely tense, they had no confidence in Wang An's method at all. Only Li Li, Du Lu, Jiang Cai and Zhang Wan were full of confidence, but when the enemy army rushed forward, they too clenched their fists tightly.

  The Xiongnu army soldiers approached the walls of Taiyuan and continuously shot arrows upwards to suppress the firepower of the Jin army on the city wall, but their efforts were in vain. The Jin army soldiers rarely shot arrows, only a few old soldiers under Wang An occasionally shot out some arrows, which seemed extremely insignificant on the long city wall.

  The Xiongnu army rushed to the bottom of the city wall, using battering rams to support the soldiers climbing up. However, this time it was obviously not as smooth as last time, because the ice surface was very slippery, and some Xiongnu soldiers were unable to get a foothold on it, many fell down, bruising their noses and swelling their faces. The Jin army had originally held no hope for this ice city, but now seeing this, they suddenly became excited, thinking that Wang was indeed a divine person, and his method was really effective. The Yu Yang militia, who had been holding a skeptical attitude, immediately turned their skepticism into admiration for King An.

  The militiamen on the city wall immediately became arrogant and kept provoking with words. "Come, try a little harder, you'll be climbing up soon", The Xiongnu army, although they couldn't understand what the Jin army was saying, also knew that they weren't saying anything good.

  The soldiers of the Great Jin found many things to make armor yesterday, such as paper, cloth, and wooden boards to make shields. They left a small gap in the middle of the arrow slit for observation, so they were not afraid of the dense arrow rain from the enemy. Although Wang An's ice city increased the difficulty of the Xiongnu army's attack on the city, there were still some Xiongnu soldiers who could climb up.

  There was a Xiongnu soldier who was about to climb over the city wall using a scaling ladder, when a brick flew in and hit him right on the head. His head cracked open and blood flowed out, he fainted and fell off, dying instantly. The defenders on the city wall became very relaxed, they seemed to have turned into spectators, watching the Xiongnu soldiers' performance with great effort.

  The Xiongnu soldiers were also constantly thinking of ways, but not ideal. The Xiongnu Chanyu saw the attack frustrated and was extremely anxious. At this time, the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu thought of a way, he ordered the soldiers to put the battering ram in front and make it into a seat, let the Xiongnu soldiers sit on it, then lift it high, level with the city wall, and send the soldier all the way to the top of the city wall.

  The Jin army was not familiar with this tactic, and for a moment, several Xiongnu soldiers climbed onto the city wall. After a brief chaos, the Jin soldiers eliminated these Xiongnu soldiers. However, the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu did not lose heart at all. He said to the Chanyu: "I have already found a way to deal with this city, and I will soon capture it." The Chanyu nodded in agreement with the Right Wise King's words.

  Jiang Cai felt a wave of tension in his heart, thinking that they had thought they had found a way to deal with the Xiongnu's battering ram, but who knew that the enemy was one step ahead, and the Xiongnu had come up with a new method. They were still facing a grim situation. Perhaps they couldn't even hold onto this city wall. At this time, the Xiongnu soldiers formed a dense phalanx of battering rams, approaching the south city gate. If these battering rams got close to the city wall, it was certain that many Xiongnu soldiers would climb up onto the city wall, and the entire southern city's defensive situation would once again become precarious.

  Wang An immediately ordered, "Bring the large pot over, boil water and oil for me." The soldiers on the city wall immediately brought the pot over, poured water into it, and started boiling the water and oil. However, the Xiongnu soldiers arrived quickly, already approaching the city walls, but the water had not yet boiled. Wang An didn't care about this, and immediately ordered the soldiers to bring the water to pour on the enemy army. The soldiers prepared to pour it on the soldiers on the ladders, but were stopped by Wang An, who said, "No, pour it on the soldiers below." The soldiers were full of doubts, thinking that cold water would be useless. When the cold water was poured down, the Xiongnu soldiers below didn't know it was cold water and were frightened by the previous oil pouring from Wang An's army. They immediately dropped their ladders and scattered to escape. However, they forgot that there was still a Xiongnu soldier above! This unlucky child immediately fell off, and from a height of several meters, was instantly crippled. This unlucky child was lucky, but the other soldiers were not so fortunate, most of them falling to the ground and dying. The enemy's next attack was crushed by Wang An again. However, the Xiongnu army's offensive came like a tidal wave.

  The water splashed out, and it was inevitable that some Xiongnu soldiers were splashed with water. At first, they thought it was hot water and had prepared themselves for the pain. But after a while, there was no pain. He touched his hand and found it was cold water. Immediately, he shouted loudly: "They are pouring cold water, don't be afraid of them."

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