Invincible Iron Man 44 / Tonight No Sleep Book Flag

  The Xiongnu army also gradually fell asleep, when suddenly the war drums sounded on the south city wall of Jin's Fishing Town. The Jin soldiers on the city wall kept throwing down ropes, with the other end tied to their waists. The Xiongnu army quickly assembled, and they were indeed elite soldiers, completing the assembly at a very fast speed.

  The chanyu also got up and was observing the situation on the city wall. The chanyu fell into deep thought, and said: "Wang An really got a good deal, so bold and daring, even dared to launch a night raid. Bring me arrows, and shoot all these big Jin army to death.

  The Xiongnu soldiers shot dense arrows, and many Jin soldiers were hit. The Xiongnu's archery was almost 100% accurate. Soon the Jin army's soldiers were full of arrows. The Xiongnu Khan was complacent, thinking that this time the Jin army suffered heavy losses, they could slightly make up for their costs, which is the first time we have gained an advantage since fighting against Wang An.

  The army of Taiyuan used ropes to pull the corpses up onto the city, and this night raid came to a hasty end. The Xiongnu soldiers had won their first victory, and they were still excited when they returned to the main camp.

  The Huns slowly entered the land of dreams, at this time the war drums of the Jin Dynasty sounded again. The Huns' soldiers got up one after another, and scolded in the Huns' language: "Damn it, can't even let people sleep!" The Huns' army gathered again, and their Khan was also filled with anger, rubbing his sleepy eyes as he came out of the camp. In his heart, he was also secretly cursing: "Wang An, you still won't let people sleep! You're really too damn it, I must not let him off!" The Huns' army gathered and marched out of the camp again, once more using dense arrow showers to attack the Jin Dynasty's army. As a result, Wang An's soldiers once again pulled the corpses of the Jin soldiers up onto the city wall.

  The Xiongnu soldiers were excited on one hand, and walked towards the big camp on the other. After returning to the big camp, they were extremely tired and quickly fell asleep. Not long after, the drumbeat of Jin sounded again. The Xiongnu soldiers were awakened once more, and they almost cried out in frustration, thinking that Wang An had no regard for public decency, disturbing people's sleep in the middle of the night - something that anyone would scold him for.

  The chanyu grew even more enraged, thinking to himself: "Why is Wang An being so reckless? He keeps launching night raids against my army, exerting all his strength to annihilate the enemy and teach me a profound lesson."

  After the Chanyu repelled Wang An's attack again, he suddenly said: "Don't care about them, let's go back to sleep." However, the sun was rising higher and higher, and it was already bright. How could they sleep? If they went back to sleep recklessly, what if the Jin army launched a surprise attack?

  Wang An proudly said to Jiang Cai: "The only result of our surprise attack is that the Xiongnu couldn't sleep last night. I think he must be very angry now, but what can he do to me?"

  Just then, a girl called out, "Wang An!" Wang An turned around and saw that it was Liu Jiao Jiao, the daughter of the Jiedushi (military governor). She looked exceptionally beautiful and elegant. Wang An immediately said: "Jiao Jiao, you are really beautiful!"

  Liu Jiao Jiao was delighted and said: "Really? This is the first time you've complimented me." Wang An continued: "Especially your panda makeup is so fashionable and cute."

  Liu Jiao Jiao suddenly shouted loudly: "That's not panda makeup, it's dark circles under my eyes! What were you guys doing last night that kept me awake? I think the whole city of Yucheng didn't sleep. You guys are really too much!"

  Wang An awkwardly said: "We helped the Xiongnu with their makeup and gave them all a pair of dark circles."

  Liu Jiao Jiao said: "Nonsense! You must promise me that you won't do this again tonight." Wang An said: "I promise, if I break my promise, let the ducks peck me to death!"

  Jiang Cai rolled his eyes and thought: Ducks are so small, how can they peck him to death? This is just cheating a little girl! Liu Jiao Jiao didn't realize the other meaning of Wang An's words and said: "Okay, you don't have to make such a heavy oath."

  Jiang Cai wanted to burst out laughing but thought: This is still a serious oath. He couldn't laugh because he thought it would be betraying his brother.

  It was daytime, and there had been no battle here. By nightfall, the sky gradually darkened, and Liu Jiao excitedly returned to the mansion of the jiedushi, thinking that now she could finally get a good sleep. The Khan of the Xiongnu also returned to his own tent, thinking that he could finally get a good sleep too.

  At night, the drumbeat came again, and the Xiongnu soldiers got up from their warm beds once more to prepare for battle outside the main camp. Not a single one of them was not cursing. They thought: "Wang An, you damned thing, why can't you just leave us alone?"

  The Huns repelled Wang An's five attacks that night, and the Hun army was exhausted. They were all sluggish the next day. The Hun chieftain pointed at the city wall and shouted in Chinese: "Wang An, you shameless guy, how dare you disturb the great Huns' sleep? You deserve to die!" Wang An replied nonchalantly: "I won't let you sleep, what can you do to me?" Liu Jiao shouted from behind him: "Wang An, you're so bold, disturbing my sleep. I won't forgive you." Wang An quickly turned around and looked at Liu Jiao, dryly laughing: "Jiao, your panda makeup is very fashionable, it's really... ah..." Liu Jiao suddenly became furious and shouted a string of insults. Wang An asked her: "Impossible, I haven't seen you gather craftsmen or borrow arrows from the Huns in these few days. The Huns have become cunning and won't easily shoot arrows upwards. How did you get the arrows?" Wang An replied: "That's a secret."

  At night, it became quiet again. The Xiongnu soldiers sat under the city wall and did not go back to sleep. They thought that rather than being disturbed in their dreams, they might as well not sleep. The Xiongnu Chanyu now looked listless. At night, he had to guard against Wang An's army attacking, and during the day, he still needed to handle official business. He really didn't have time to rest. In his heart, he hated Wang An deeply, thinking that this man was truly a formidable enemy of the Xiongnu.

  Here is the translation:

  Wang An indeed organized a night raid, but was naturally repelled by the Xiongnu. On the city wall, Wang An asked, "Are our arrows sufficient in number?" Jiang Cai replied, "They are." Wang An said, "Then let's burn these straw men and don't forget to thank the Xiongnu soldiers." Jiang Cai agreed and burned the straw men in front of the Xiongnu, ordering his soldiers to shout loudly, "Thank you, Xiongnu, for the arrows!" The Xiongnu chanyu only then realized that they had been hitting straw men all along, and their goal was still to borrow arrows. The Xiongnu chanyu thought to himself, "This is truly a case of being outsmarted." The Xiongnu's first wise man stepped forward and said, "Chanyu, in my judgment, we have likely been deceived." The Xiongnu chanyu was furious and thought to himself, "Do I need you to tell me this?" He immediately shouted loudly, "Bring him here and give him ten lashes!" Soon, the sound of loud wailing echoed through the air. Not long after, the Xiongnu's first wise man was dragged back like a dead dog, groaning loudly. At that moment, the Jin soldiers on the city wall shouted loudly, "Foolish Xiongnu chanyu, your wisdom is far from being a match for our king! If you know what's good for you, quickly withdraw from Yuyang!" The Xiongnu's first wise man then said, "Chanyu, the Jin soldiers are insulting you." The chanyu was enraged and shouted, "Do I need you to tell me this? Bring him here and give him ten more lashes!" The poor first wise man let out another loud wail. The Xiongnu soldiers couldn't help but remind the wise man, "Wise one, don't speak anymore, or you'll be beaten again." The first wise man immediately nodded in agreement, thinking to himself, "This time I won't say a word; let's see how they beat me." The first wise man was dragged back like a dead dog once more.

  The Xiongnu Khan couldn't help but ask the First Sage, "How can we break through this city?" However, after half a day, he still didn't see the sage's response. The Xiongnu Khan asked again, "I'm asking you, why aren't you speaking?" But the First Sage remained silent. The Khan was immediately annoyed and thought to himself that the sage was harboring resentment towards him. He said, "Bring him here and flog him with 10 strips of leather."

  The Huns' soldiers knew that Wang An would not launch another surprise attack, so they entered their tents to prepare for sleep. However, none of them could fall asleep tonight. It turned out that they had become accustomed to the sound of Wang An's drums and felt uncomfortable without it, always on edge but couldn't bring themselves to say to Wang An: "We can't sleep without your drumbeat."

  "King An", Liu Jiao Jiao also said to Wang An: "Without your drumbeat, I have been sleeping poorly. Can you beat the war drum for me?" Wang An said: "How can this be? You always said my drumbeat affected your sleep. Why did you change your mind?"

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