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  The wounded Xiongnu scout shouted loudly, and Wang An's arrow did not hit a fatal spot. The Xiongnu scout did not die immediately. His shout suddenly alarmed the entire Xiongnu camp. The Xiongnu soldiers got up one after another, shouting in the Xiongnu language: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" After gathering together, due to the darkness of the sky, these soldiers also didn't know where the direction of the enemy was, and they immediately searched everywhere.

  Jiang Cai and others seized the opportunity, constantly shooting arrows upwards. The Xiongnu soldiers were constantly being hit by arrows, with over a dozen people shot in an instant. However, the Xiongnu soldiers gradually discovered the approximate location of the attacking enemy and constantly shot arrows towards Wang An's hiding place. Arrows densely shot towards Wang An, even his hat was shot through, scaring him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

  Li Li was shot by a poisoned arrow and immediately became covered in blood. Wang An felt that it was dangerous to continue staying there, so he immediately gave the order: "Retreat". As soon as Wang An spoke, his position was exposed, and the Xiongnu arrows came towards him like raindrops. Wang An had no choice but to hide behind a rock and dare not make a sound.

  Intense arrows continued to strike, forcing Wang An not to dare lift his head. At this time, it was already very close to dawn, and a quick retreat was necessary. Otherwise, after dawn, the tens of thousands of troops would press down, and Wang An and his men would immediately be crushed into pulp.

  Li Li and others have withdrawn, they know that Wang An did not follow, suddenly a little anxious. Wang An hid behind the stone, was suppressed by the dense arrow rain and could not get up, he also knew that the situation was urgent now, but there was no way at all.

  Li Li and Jiang Cai hastily discussed and prepared to attack the Xiongnu troops to rescue Wang An. Although they also knew that going would be certain death, for Wang An's sake they didn't care about much anymore. After Li Li's people finished discussing, just as they were about to set off, they heard Wang An say behind them: "Hurry up", startling several people.

  Li Li hastily asked: "How did you run out?" Wang An said: "Not running out, but crawling out." It turned out that Wang An couldn't lift his head and had to slowly crawl on the ground. The Huns' arrows flew over Wang An's head, but not a single arrow hurt him. Wang An thus escaped danger.

  Wang An and Li Li retreated quickly, and on the way, Wang An said to them: "If it gets light, our situation will be very dangerous." However, after walking for a while, the sky slowly brightened. Wang An was anxious in his heart and looked around for a place to hide. At this time, the Xiongnu scouts were searching everywhere for the people who had caused trouble in the military camp last night.

  Wang An and others hid in the forest, and soon saw many Xiongnu scouts rushing past. The Xiongnu soldiers thought that a large enemy force had come to launch a surprise attack, and did not expect it to be just a small contingent of troops, so they did not carefully search the forest and other places.

  Wang An let out a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking: "Fortunately, this enemy has not carefully searched the forest and other places." At this time, the Xiongnu soldiers began to expand their search area. Wang An kept saying in his heart: "The enemy must have found something."

  The Huns soldiers did not find anything, but the fact that an enemy was hiding here after all made the Huns soldiers feel uneasy, so they increased their search efforts. The Hun troops began to search everywhere, and the number of soldiers gradually increased, several times almost searching for Wang An's hiding place.

  But it's not easy to find Wang An and others on the vast land, and Wang An and others narrowly escaped the Huns' search. By nightfall, Wang An and others discussed together, and Jiang Cai said: "The Huns' army is searching everywhere, and if we stay here for a long time, it will be very dangerous, so we need to retreat back to the beacon tower as soon as possible." Wang An immediately opposed: "We can't guarantee our safety even if we leave now, maybe the Huns have set up many sentries on our way, once they find us, we will be killed by the enemy army." Jiang Cai and others also hesitated for a moment, then Li Li said: "Then should we continue to stay here?" Wang An shook his head and said: "Staying here is not necessarily safe, it's better to continue to sneak into the enemy's camp." Li Li was shocked and said: "Isn't that going to look for death?" Jiang Cai and others also said: "Don't you think we are dying fast enough? After yesterday's incident, the Huns must be on high alert and won't let us succeed easily. Once the Huns find us, it will be our end." Wang An said: "We are soldiers after all, with the responsibility of resisting the enemy and defending our land. We can't just sit back and watch the enemy ravage our country. Moreover, our raid will make the Huns nervous and increase their fatigue." Jiang Cai and others thought for a moment and said: "Who can predict life and death? Dying in the cause of resisting the enemy and defending our land is also a worthy death."

  Wang An and others, once again approached the Xiongnu's large camp, but before they reached it, they were discovered by the Xiongnu soldiers. The soldiers immediately shot arrows at them. Due to the unclear view, these few arrows did not hit Wang An and his men. However, the noise from the camp alerted the Xiongnu soldiers, who all got up and searched for enemy troops everywhere.

  Wang An and others hastily retreated, heading towards their hiding place in the daytime. The Xiongnu soldiers, however, did not know that Wang An had already left, and they were busy strengthening the defenses of the big camp, not daring to relax for a moment, shooting arrows everywhere. The Xiongnu soldiers were exhausted.

  The next day, the Xiongnu soldiers searched for Wang An and others again, but still couldn't find them. The Xiongnu generals gathered together to discuss: "Since we arrived here, we have been constantly harassed by the Han soldiers inside the pass. Our soldiers have to guard against the Han soldiers' raids at night, search for the enemy during the day, and also defend against possible attacks from the Han soldiers. We are extremely exhausted and unable to fight again."

  The Xiongnu generals also thought they were right, so they led their troops to leave. Wuguo was besieged by the Xiongnu soldiers for two days, and many of the Jin soldiers were injured and dared not pursue them. They thought that fortunately the Xiongnu army retreated, if they continued to fight, it would be unknown what would happen, maybe this city we can't keep.

  The Xiongnu soldiers gradually went away, and Wang An and others let out a sigh of relief. Jiang Cai said regretfully: "Last time we launched a surprise attack on the enemy's camp and killed more than ten people. If we had beheaded them, we would have made achievements. Unfortunately, this time we can't get the enemy's head." Wang An said: "You go to report your merits to the general once, it won't lose anything, why not try?" Jiang Cai nodded, then walked towards the city of Wu Gou.

  Wang An and the others waited for a long time, they were very anxious, thinking that Jiang Cai would not be punished by Wu Ge for falsely reporting military achievements. However, soon Jiang Cai came out of the castle with a lot of silver in his hand. Wang An and the others were overjoyed, and Wang An said: "How about it? I told you to report your achievements, didn't I say it was right?" Jiang Cai complained: "I almost got killed by you! When I went to report my achievements, General Wu asked me 'where is your enemy's head?' I had to tell him that we launched a surprise attack on the enemy camp and killed many enemies, but we didn't get any heads because there were too many enemies. General Wu said 'You dare to falsely report military achievements? Take him out and behead him!' Just then, an officer came out to plead for me, saying 'General, Jiang Cai and his men indeed have made contributions in battle. They sent out the beacon fire signal ahead of time, allowing us to prepare early and ensuring that our city was not breached. We should reward them.' General Wu carefully investigated the matter and found that what he said was true, so he rewarded me with 200 taels of silver and warned me never to falsely report military achievements again."

  Wang An smiled and said, "Don't mind him, as long as we get the silver, it's all good. We can use this silver to reinforce our castle, making it able to withstand the enemy's attack." Jiang Cai added, "And also improve our... I really miss the taste of roasted meat."

  Wang An and others returned to their own beacon tower, they put the beef and mutton bought from the market on the fire to roast. The juice of the roasted meat splashed onto the bonfire, increasing the brightness of the fire. The roasted meat emitted a tempting fragrance, making Jiang Cai and others feel extremely hungry. As soon as the meat was cooked, they immediately pounced on it, devouring it in an instant.

  Wang An made a plan to build the beacon tower, and he said in his heart: "This beacon tower will be fortified into a strong fortress. If the Xiongnu wants to attack in the future, they must pay a great price. At that time, we can rely on it to defeat the Xiongnu's invasion and ensure our own safety." Jiang Cai and others naturally followed Wang An's orders, so they found masons and started fortifying the city walls, digging pits and setting traps.

  The entire beacon tower was a bustling scene of hot fire, with Jiang and others looking at the increasingly solid city walls, their hearts filled with grandeur. They thought that with this solid beacon tower, they would have even more confidence in dealing with the Xiongnu soldiers. However, after completing the construction of the trap, there wasn't much money left to build the beacon tower. Wang An said to Jiang, "We must think of a way to get some more money, otherwise our construction project will be abandoned halfway."

  Jiang Cai said to Wang An, "Why don't we go and do another job, kill a few more Xiongnu soldiers, and earn some small change?" Wang An also knew that the current financial expenditure was a bit tight, so he said, "Okay, let's go and kill a few more Xiongnu soldiers." Wang An and his men stood on the beacon tower every day, gazing out and searching for the trail of the Xiongnu scouts.

  It has been several days, but they have not found any traces of the Xiongnu scouts. Jiang Zai said to Wang An: "The Xiongnu soldiers must not want to invade the Central Plains, otherwise there would be some movement." Wang An said: "No, the Xiongnu generals must plan to invade the Central Plains, this is the calm before the storm." Jiang Zai and others were thinking about Wang An's words, Jiang Zai opposed and said: "The Xiongnu soldiers just invaded the Central Plains and didn't gain much advantage, they won't organize an attack in a short time." Wang An smiled and said: "No one can predict what will happen, let's wait and see later."

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