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  Liu Jiao looked carefully and found that the one hitting her was Jiang Cai, she couldn't help but say with a wronged tone: "Big Brother Jiang, why are you also hitting me?" "Ahh, Big Brother Zhang is also hitting me", "Ahh, Big Brother Du has learned from Wang An's bad behavior" "Ahh, Ahh". Liu Jiao was hit many times, although her eyes were brimming with tears, but she still had a strong personality and refused to admit that she was wrong.

  "Wang Wan hastily shouted: 'Stop, even if she is a Han traitor, who has sold out her country and her conscience, she should still be treated with kindness.' But as soon as others heard that she was a Han traitor, they beat her even more fiercely. Jiang Cai thought to himself, 'I have always hated Han traitors, how can I let one off?' Wang An secretly wondered why his words of persuasion had no effect. He tried again, saying: 'Brothers, even if she is a Xiongnu, although they have killed our comrades, as soldiers we cannot stoop to their level and should treat prisoners with kindness.' But as soon as others heard that she was a Xiongnu, they thought of their slain comrades and beat her even more fiercely. Du Lu thought to himself while beating her, 'I hate the Xiongnu the most, how can I let one off?' Liu Jiao shouted: 'Wang An, you're too evil! That's not persuasion, that's clearly inciting others to beat me!'"

  Wang An hastily said: "Stop, if you hit again, you will kill her, and we won't be able to threaten the Xiongnu." Everyone thought about it and stopped, Liu Jiao's guards were shocked and thought: "They really went all out, beating a beautiful woman into a bloody mess with a bandaged head."

  Wang An saw that Liu Jiao was wearing only her undergarments, and hastily stepped forward to sniff her. Jiang Cai and Li Li exchanged awkward glances, thinking to themselves that Wang An still had the nerve to flirt with her at a time like this, truly a good-for-nothing scoundrel. Liu Jiao's anger in her heart grew even deeper, thinking to herself that not only did he capture her, but also continuously tormented her, and now he was even being lewd towards her. She definitely had to kill him, to vent the hatred in her heart.

  At this time, the distant horseshoes sounded, Liu Jiao was stunned and thought that there were really Xiongnu soldiers sneaking up, why didn't the beacon tower in front discover it? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, thinking that if Jiang Cai's beacon tower hadn't reported in time, the army inside the pass would have rushed to meet the enemy and suffered heavy losses, and the people inside the pass would also have suffered great losses.

  Jiang Cai and Li Li heard the sound of horseshoes and immediately gave Wang An a thumbs up, saying: "Brother, your arrow tube listening method is indeed formidable. You can hear the enemy's voice from dozens of miles away and issue a warning in time. Brother, you are truly a godly person." Liu Jiao also looked at Wang An with a few glances, thinking to herself that this damned thief still had some skills.

  Jiang Cai suddenly grabbed Liu Jiao and said: "Wang brother, let's use this beauty to threaten the enemy army into retreating." Liu Jiao said: "I am not a spy." Jiang Cai became enraged and said: "You're still denying it now? I'll kill you if you say you are a spy. If you deny it, I'll chop your head off immediately."

  Wang An thought to himself: "It's best if she doesn't speak. Either way, whether she says she is a spy or not, she will die." Liu Jiao looked straight at Jiang Cai with an unafraid expression and said: "You can kill me, but I am not a spy."

  Jiang Cai was furious in his heart and said: "I'll kill you!" He was about to take action when Liu Jiao closed her eyes. But after a while, she didn't feel the knife slashing across her neck. She opened her eyes to find that Wang An had grabbed Jiang Cai's arm.

  "Brother, why do you want to save this little Tartar?" Jiang Cai asked. Liu Jiao hurriedly denied it: "I'm not a Tartar!" Jiang Cai disdainfully said: "You're not a Tartar? Who would believe that?" Wang An said: "Big brother, I believe her. Just now I've smelled something and can definitely confirm she's not a Tartar." Jiang Cai thought to himself: "Brother, you wouldn't be blinded by love, would you?" But since he had always trusted him, he immediately dropped the matter and said: "Then can we let her go?" Wang An shook his head and said: "That won't do either. Although she's not a Tartar, there's still suspicion of being a Han traitor." Liu Jiao angrily said: "Wang An, you scoundrel! You always slander me, I won't forgive you!" Jiang Cai furiously said: "A Han traitor daring to be so arrogant? It's really seeking death! In my life, what I hate most is not the Xiongnu, but you Han traitors." After saying that, he wanted to take out his knife and kill Liu Jiao again. Wang An hastily stopped him, saying: "This is just my suspicion, there's no solid evidence. Let's not be hasty in killing her, we need to investigate the truth first."

  At this time, the hoofbeats gradually approached, and Wang An and others hastily climbed up the beacon tower to prepare for battle. The Xiongnu cavalry arrived at the foot of the beacon tower and stopped. Wang An suddenly became tense, thinking: "It's bad, this time the enemy has changed its strategy and wants to attack the beacon tower. However, there is no treasure inside the beacon tower, and taking it down will not bring them any benefits." The Xiongnu cavalry looked at the beacon tower with hatred, thinking: "Every time we launch a surprise attack at night, we can successfully avoid detection by most of the beacon towers. But this beacon tower always sends out warning signals when we are still far away, ruining our plans. We must take down this beacon tower to vent our anger."

  The Xiongnu general also arrived in front of him, took a look at the beacon tower and thought: "It's not worth delaying the march of the great army for this beacon tower. Even if they send out a warning, it will take time for the civilians outside the city to move into the city. As long as we are fast, we can still seize a lot of wealth. Immediately issue an order, leave behind a thousand-man team to attack, and continue to head towards Guanzhong."

  Liu Jiao looked at the Xiongnu soldiers under the beacon tower and revealed a desperate look in her eyes. She thought to herself, "It's not good, we're probably going to die here today." She knew the defense of the beacon tower best, but the defense was weak. Even if Wang An and others had strengthened the defense, the defensive capability was still limited. Moreover, there were too few soldiers defending inside the beacon tower, and the enemy's forces were too overwhelming. Wang An was a useless person who only looked good but had no other skills, Li Li was a new recruit with limited combat power, and the three of them were tied up together and unable to fight. Relying on just three people to resist an attack by a thousand soldiers was simply impossible.

  Jiang Cai and Wang An, among others, are now fearless, each arriving at their combat posts. At this time, Zhang Wan suggested: "We should kill these spies, otherwise they will escape and join forces with the Xiongnu soldiers outside, which will definitely bring us great trouble." Jiang Cai looked at Wang An, seeking his opinion, while Liu Jiao and others were frightened, looking at Wang An together. Wang An said: "We cannot kill people without solid evidence." Jiang Cai thought to himself that Wang An was too rigid and inflexible, but he had already gotten used to following Wang An's arrangements, so he nodded in agreement.

  The Xiongnu cavalry surrounded the beacon tower and then rushed towards it. Jiang Cai and others hid behind the parapet of the beacon tower to observe the Xiongnu cavalry. Liu Jiao also took a sneak peek with the guards, who thought to himself: "It seems we're going to die here today."

  The Xiongnu cavalry galloped faster and closer to the beacon tower. The sound of horse hooves seemed to pound against people's hearts, and Liu Jiao's heart was also filled with despair. She thought to herself that she would die here, unfortunately, her great ambition had not been fulfilled. Then looking at the ropes binding her, she thought it was a pity that she couldn't die in battle, dying gloriously.

  Liu Jiao glared at Wang An with anger, thinking that this person, this good-for-nothing, had brought about his own tragedy. Wang An now also showed no fear on his face and loudly said: "Prepare to attack". Liu Jiao could not bear it anymore and loudly shouted: "Wang An, you fool, we can't attack now, you need to rely on solid fortifications to defend", but Wang An didn't listen to him at all.

  Liu Jiao continued to shout: "Don't you think you're dying fast enough?", Wang An said: "Shut up, men talk, women don't interrupt", Liu Jiao said: "Wang An, I'll make you regret what you just said". The Xiongnu cavalry was getting closer and closer to the beacon tower, constantly shooting arrows at it. One arrow flew past Wang An's ear, almost hitting him. Wang An thought to himself: "I've long heard that the Xiongnu cavalry is unmatched in riding and shooting, today I see that it's indeed true". The Xiongnu continued to shoot arrows upwards, and the people on the beacon tower couldn't even lift their heads, they could only crouch behind the tower and wait for an opportunity.

  The Xiongnu cavalry gathered at the foot of the beacon tower, some dismounted and fetched ladders, while others shot arrows to cover their companions. The situation was extremely critical, and the people inside the beacon tower could not stick their heads out. If those below climbed up the wall, it would be a dead end for the people inside. Liu Jiao's guards thought to themselves: "It's too embarrassing to die like this." Liu Jiao thought to himself: "I had wanted to achieve great things before I came here, but now seeing how powerful the Xiongnu soldiers are and how useless our own soldiers are, my ambitions have been completely destroyed." Thinking of his own situation, he thought: What great ambitions do I still have? As a jiedushi (military governor), not having killed even one Xiongnu soldier, dying in such an embarrassing way would be unprecedented in the history of Great Jin. Perhaps I will become someone else's laughing stock.

  "Release!" Wang An shouted loudly, and saw Jiang Cai, Li Li and others cut off a few ropes, the stones hanging outside rolled down, instantly the Xiongnu soldiers under the beacon tower were beaten to death, with heavy casualties. These stones were placed inside, then hung on the outside of the beacon tower with two ropes, the ropes extended into the beacon tower, tied to fixed objects, when used, cut off one rope, the stone would immediately roll down and crush the enemy army to death. The outside was covered with some cloth, straw and other materials, if you don't look carefully, it's absolutely impossible to discover. All of these were designed by Wang An, who made great contributions today. Jiang Cai and others admired Wang An even more, thinking that without Wang An, they couldn't imagine how a few people like them could kill so many enemy soldiers.

  Liu Jiao was also extremely shocked in her heart, thinking that this damned Yin thief still had some tricks up his sleeve. However, when she thought of the humiliation and disrespect he had shown her, her inner self was constantly gritting its teeth, thinking "I must give this guy a show of color". The Xiongnu troops under the beacon tower were in great chaos, with over 100 soldiers killed by the hail of stones, and dozens more injured. The Xiongnu warhorses were frightened, suddenly running wildly and colliding with each other, causing dozens more to be trampled to death. The Xiongnu hastily retreated, and Wang An and his men immediately seized the opportunity, emerging from their positions to shoot arrows at the Xiongnu soldiers.

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