Invincible Iron Army 23, pit people, pit horses, pit divine book flag

  The entire Youyang Jiedushi's mansion was in a mess, Liu Jiao summoned the extremely powerful defense envoy Zhao Xiangqian, Sun Zhicheng, Wang Xueli, Qian Xuegui and Du Lin to discuss military affairs.

  Liu Jiao said regretfully, "Wang An had warned me that the Xiongnu were about to invade, but I didn't take it seriously and didn't make preparations in advance. Now it's too late." Du Lin also said, "Commander, there are only 5,000 soldiers inside Fuyu City, which is far from enough to defend the vast city walls of Fuyu. We must gather troops from all over to strengthen the defense of Fuyu." Qian Xuegui said, "Du's words make sense, but time is running out. Even if we mobilize troops from the nearest place, it will take two days to arrive in Fuyu. But the Xiongnu can reach Fuyu from Juyongguan in just one day." The other defense officials also sighed and thought that everything was too late, and they could only wait for their fate.

  Liu Jiao looked at the various defense envoys and asked reluctantly, "Is there really no other way? All of you defense envoys have been on the border for a long time and have experienced many Xiongnu invasions. In the past, we have all gotten through them. This time, as long as we follow the old method, we will definitely be able to get through it."

  Du Lin sighed and said, "In the past, the Xiongnu had never mobilized such a large number of troops. The Xiongnu borders with the Great Jin are vast, and they can invade other places. After plundering supplies, the Xiongnu quickly leave. This time, the Xiongnu has mobilized such a huge force, I'm afraid their goal is not to plunder supplies, but to capture Fuyu City."

  Liu Jiao continued: "We will doctor the dead horse as if it were alive, and gather troops from all over to come to Yu Yang to resist the strong enemy together." Wang Xue Li said: "If we had gathered them earlier, relying on the solid city of Yu Yang, we could have coped with the enemy army. But if the reinforcements arrive after the Xiongnu cavalry, and cannot enter the city, they can only fight the Xiongnu army outside the city, then it is not to resist the enemy, but to come and die."

  Each of the defenders let out a sigh, thinking to themselves: "Now unless a miracle occurs, the fall of Yuyang is only a matter of time." Liu Jiao Jiao dispersed the meeting in distress and returned to her own mansion. The maid brought Liu Jiao Jiao a bowl of bird's nest soup, but Liu Jiao Jiao waved her hand and said: "No need, I can't eat anything now." The cleverly crafted beauty of the flower garden in the Mansion of the Military Governor lost its color before Liu Jiao Jiao's eyes. Liu Jiao Jiao was worried about the situation in Yuyang, and her mouth was covered with foam.

  The discontented Liu Jiao gathered the defensive envoy again to hold a meeting, but the meeting turned into a complaining session, and no feasible suggestions were put forward. Instead, more blisters appeared on Liu Jiao's mouth.

  At this time, a gatekeeper came in to report: "There are people outside who claim to be your elder brother and second brother coming to see you. They want you to go out and greet them." Liu Jiao was furious and said: "This swindler is really bold. I don't have any brothers. My parents only have me, one child. Tell the person to drive this swindler away." The gatekeeper hastily responded with a yes and was about to walk outside. "Wait," Liu Jiao said: "These two swindlers are really hateful. Come on, tie them up and bring them here."

  Liu Jiao thought to herself, "These two people are really bold, they actually deceived me and now they dare to call themselves my elder brothers?" Before long, the two men were brought before Liu Jiao. "Little sister, I've come from afar to see you, why did you order the guards to tie me up?" Wang An's voice was the first to enter Liu Jiao's ears, instantly enraging her. She thought to herself that Wang An was truly... and soon she would teach him a lesson.

  The guards brought two people before Liu Jiao Jiao, one was Jiang Cai and the other was Wang An. Liu Jiao Jiao immediately said: "Come on, untie Jiang's bonds." Wang An hastily said: "And me too, I'm your second brother Wang, untie mine as well!" After the guards untied Jiang Cai, they were about to untie Wang An when Liu Jiao Jiao said: "Hold on, this person I don't recognize, and he dares to impersonate my brother, how detestable! First tie him up, later I'll deal with his crime."

  Wang An spoke up at this time: "Sister, don't be unfeeling and turn your back on us. We know you're in trouble now, so we've come from afar to help you. But when we got outside, the gate guard stopped us. With our status, it's impossible for us to enter the jiedushi's mansion, so we had to resort to this tactic." Liu Jiao Jiao was also moved in her heart, thinking that although Wang An couldn't help them much, his feelings were very sincere, and she was about to order him to untie himself.

  Wang An continued, "Sister, I made a bet with Wu Ge. Now that the Xiongnu troops have invaded, I won. You should give me his 20,000 taels of silver. And I predicted that the Xiongnu would invade from Guyang Pass, which has also become a reality. You should give me the silver too." Liu Jiao's face immediately turned ugly, and she said to Wang An, "So you're not here to see me, but to ask for silver?" Jiang Cai hastily explained on behalf of Wang An, "Sister, don't listen to him, he doesn't know how to speak. We came to see you." Wang An added, "And the silver too." Liu Jiao angrily looked at Wang An and said, "There is no silver."

  Wang An said, "How can you be so unreasonable?" Liu Jiao said, "I'm just being unreasonable, what can you do to me?" Jiang Cai said, "Jiao, calm down, Wang An is just joking with you." Wang An said, "What's the joke? My soldiers have been working hard for days to prepare for the invading Xiongnu. She not only doesn't appreciate us but also interferes with our military actions and now shows no sign of remorse. This kind of leadership is useless. Give me the silver, and I'll disband the army right now. We can go home, get married, and have kids." Liu Jiao felt wronged by Wang An's words and quickly came to his side, saying, "Don't be angry, I'll untie you." Wang An immediately became pleased and said, "That's more like it, remember to serve with a smile!" Liu Jiao untied Wang An, who pointed to his arm and said, "This has been tied up for too long and is numb. Come give me a massage." Liu Jiao thought, "I really was wrong to wrong Wang An," and quickly began massaging him.

  Jiang Zai watched from the side, his mouth agape, thinking to himself: "Wang An is really overbearing, actually having the governor give him a massage." Wang An was still not satisfied and said: "Shouldn't you compensate me for some spiritual damage?" Originally, Wang An wanted to say: "You should apologize to me with a humble attitude," but he swallowed his words and thought to himself: If I say that, Liu Jiao Jiao will probably blow up.

  Liu Jiao jiao and Wang An chatted for a while, her mood improved a lot, but soon she thought of the current military situation again, and her expression turned bad. Wang An said: "Jiao jiao sister, you must be worried, the Xiongnu army is coming very quickly, it's too late to assemble troops to defend Yu Yang, right?" Liu Jiao jiao was shocked and said: "How did you know?" Wang An said: "I know everything, I know half of what happens in heaven, and all of what happens on earth." Liu Jiao jiao immediately gave Wang An a big white eye, but this white eye looked very beautiful and lovely.

  Wang An said, "Don't worry, I've made preparations. The enemy army will take about three days to arrive at Yuyang City, you have at least three days to gather troops and prepare for the defense of Yuyang City." Liu Jiao said, "Is this true?" Suddenly she jumped up and down like a little girl, cheering and skipping away.

  Wang An continued, "It's you, who can't bear to part with 100,000 taels of silver, and yet you're destroying my military deployment everywhere. Otherwise, the Xiongnu army would have invaded Yuyang City." Liu Jiao lowered her head and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to." Wang An gave Liu Jiao a knock on the head and said, "Don't do this again in the future." Liu Jiao let out a painful cry and pouted, saying, "How can you hit a girl's head?" Wang An said, "Then tell me where I can hit you." After finishing speaking, his eyes glanced at Liu Jiao's chest. Liu Jiao quickly covered her own chest and said, "This is even more off-limits."

  Liu Jiao sent off Wang An and became confident, immediately gathering troops from nearby locations to come to Puyang to help with the defense. The several defensive commanders repeatedly advised Liu Jiao, saying: "Commander, now it's too late, if the Xiongnu surround Puyang City before our arrival, then the relief troops will have to engage in a field battle with the enemy army, and there is a risk of total annihilation." Liu Jiao always confidently told them that the Xiongnu army would not arrive at Puyang City in the short term. The several defensive commanders were skeptical after hearing this.

  The Huns' army was heading towards Youyang, they wanted to reach the city of Youyang within a day and complete the siege. However, as soon as they exited the Juyong Pass, they found a stone stele standing in the middle of the road. They hastily called for an interpreter, who read out what was written on it: "This tree is my load, this road is my opening, the Huns pass through here, leave your heads behind". The Hun chieftain burst into laughter after hearing the translation and said: "Do you think I'm someone to be intimidated? Come, push this stele away for me!" The Hun soldiers came over and pushed the stele, but as soon as they did, it triggered a hidden mechanism. A hail of arrows shot out from the darkness, instantly killing several unlucky Hun soldiers. The Huns immediately became vigilant, searching everywhere in hopes of finding their hidden enemies.

  The Xiongnu army, searching everywhere, did not find the Jin army, but in their search, several people were shot by the crossbow bolts. The Xiongnu chanyu summoned a Han craftsman to ask him questions. The Han craftsman said: "This is a repeating crossbow, with strings connecting the crossbow mechanism and the trigger. Once the trigger is touched, the crossbow mechanism will fire."

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