Generally speaking, when two people think that the other person is stupid, then at least one of the two people is really stupid, and of course it is possible that both of them are stupid.

Qi Wangjian felt that Zhao Dan, his cousin, was a fool, because Zhao Dan ignored the great opportunity that he could destroy the Yan Kingdom within his reach.

Zhao Dan also felt that Qi Wangjian's cousin was a fool, because Qi Wangjian actually felt that he could use the current weak Qi State to accomplish what the powerful Qi State could not do back then.

So Qi Wangjian left Zhao Dan alone and decided to eat Qi by himself; So Zhao Dan also looked at Qi Wang Jian's behavior coldly, and by the way, he also planned to provide a batch of sophisticated weapons and equipment to the Yan people after the armistice with the Yan people, so that the Yan people could drag the Qi people to death.

Different decisions will inevitably lead to different results, at this time, Zhao Dan and Qi Wangjian both think that they are right, but no one can be sure that the direction of things can be the same as they think.

This is the way this world is, if you choose and do it, you may succeed or fail, those who win will be respected, and those who lose will be mercilessly ridiculed.

But in any case, as long as a decision is made, then before you are sure that you have completely failed, the most important thing is to move forward and fight to the end, and never back down.

Zhao Kuo's decision was very simple, that is, to hold on to Dingxi City and wait for reinforcements to come.

In fact, Zhao Kuo had no other choice, unless he was willing to open the city gate and surrender to the Xiongnu Dulongqi Shan Yu outside the city.

Speaking of which, Du Longqi has really surrendered to Yu alone.

Before the two sides actually went to war, Du Longqi Shan Yu sent a high-spirited envoy with a strong smell all over his body to tell Zhao Kuo that as long as Zhao Kuo was willing to surrender, then he could become a little king of the Huns, with a tribe of tens of thousands and a horse farm that was enough to satisfy Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo patiently listened to the messenger's nonsense, then pulled out the weapon on his waist and cut off the envoy's head.

Zhao Kuo's movements were very fast, so soon Du Longqi Shan Yu also saw the head of the messenger hanging at the head of the city.

And so the siege began.

For a people on horseback, siege is actually a chore.

The perennial horseback life makes their legs more or less compassing, and their stature is not very tall compared to the Central Plains, so they often cannot have the upper hand in absolute physical strength.

At first, it was not the Huns who attacked, but 20,000 Yueshi who had been defeated and captured by the Huns in the previous battle.

These Yueshi people held extremely simple weapons in their hands, and many of them even only had firewood or stones in their hands, and under the supervision of the Hun supervision team, they came step by step towards the head of Dingxi City.

For these vanguard cannon fodder, Zhao Kuo led the defenders of Dingxi City to give them a very warm "welcome." ”

When they entered the firing range, Zhao Jun's arrows rained down from the sky, harvesting these cannon fodder pieces like wheat.

Many of the Yue's cannon fodder were frightened by the deadly arrows in front of them and wanted to turn and flee, but when they did, the Hun overseers in the rear also educated the Yue's cannon fodder with arrows and bloody heads.

Thus began a siege of almost one-sided slaughter.

Lacking armor and weapons, the Yue people fell one by one under Dingxi City, and occasionally a few brave guys rushed to the city, but they were soon torn to pieces by the Zhao army, which was waiting for them.

But it is clear that neither Du Longqi nor the Xiongnu nobles actually took these slaves seriously, after all, they were just consumables.

Fortunately, the Xiongnu nobles still needed some shepherd slaves to graze cattle and sheep for themselves, so when the two days of siege came down, when the Huns keenly discovered the fact that the arrows shot from the city began to become scarce, they began to send a new force to attack the city.

These new forces were the true Huns, all of them were fierce and murderous, and when they heard that Du Longqi had promised them to give priority to plunder and distribute the spoils of war after breaking the city, they all howled like wild wolves, and rode horses with weapons and began to charge at the walls of Dingxi City.

In addition, a large number of Hun cavalry still kept going back and forth around the city wall, and began to suppress the archers of the Zhao army at the head of the city, although the archers of the Zhao army had the advantage of condescending and the protection of the battlements, but the Huns still suppressed the archers of the Zhao army at the head of the city with more numbers and superb cavalry on horseback.

In such a situation, a fierce white-knuckle battle is inevitable.

The Huns attacked the city again and again, and were defeated again and again by the defenders of Zhao State.

Day after day passed, and the city was covered with the corpses and blood of the Huns, but the siege continued, and the defense of the Zhao army continued.

A very fierce, even tragic siege battle.

The casualties of the Huns have increased day by day, and even to the point that many Hun kings have begun to complain.

In response to these complaints, Du Longqi chose to resolutely suppress them, and when the heads of three little kings and one big king were hung above the gate of the Xiongnu camp, all the Huns chose to keep their mouths shut with great interest.

So the offensive of the Huns became even more fierce.

When ten times as many enemies storm a city with an incomparably fierce posture, the city actually can't hold out for long.

So soon, both the Huns and the Zhao army discovered the fact that the defense line of Dingxi City began to be a little untenable.

With the many days of fighting, the distance between the city wall and the ground was gradually shortening, and it became easier and easier for the Huns to climb to the top of the city and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Zhao soldiers at the head of the city.

Perhaps the Xiongnu soldiers were inferior to the Zhao army in terms of individual combat effectiveness and equipment, but when more and more Xiongnu soldiers poured into the city, the whole situation began to slowly change in the direction that the Zhao army was unfavorable.

Xianshan rode his horse in front of the battle, watching this extremely tragic siege battle with a blank face.

Since being persuaded by Tu Xian that day, Xianshan followed Tu Xian to meet the Aries King, showing his attitude of "changing his past".

Maybe it was because the Aries King was paying attention to other times at the time, or maybe the Aries King had been looking forward to such a situation for a long time, in short, Xianshan, who thought that his acting skills were not good, finally got the understanding of the Aries King and became the deputy commander of the four thousand Aries tribe soldiers, responsible for leading the soldiers of the Aries tribe into battle.

Tu Xian was next to Xian Shan, and there was a bow behind him that looked far bigger than other people's bows, and it took a lot of strength to pull this kind of bow apart, and only Tu Xian could do it in the entire Aries tribe, which is why Tu Xian was able to become a condor shooter.

"Zhao Guoren is going to fail." Tu Xian said to Xianshan.

Xianshan nodded and said, "Today, tomorrow at most, this Dingxi City will not be able to hold it." ”

Tu said: "Should we do something?" ”

Xianshan shook his head lightly and said, "We can't do anything. ”

Looking at Tu Xian, who was eager to try, Xian Shan couldn't help but glared at the other party fiercely: "Don't forget that we only have four thousand people!" ”

Tu slanted and said, "There were only two thousand armored cavalry back then, and they still defeated the tens of thousands of cavalry of King Lin Hu!" ”

Xianshan choked without hesitation: "But what we have in our hands is not armored cavalry, and Shan Yu is not King Lin Hu!" ”

Tu Xian snorted a little irritably, and said, "Could it be that we just watched Dingxi City being captured and did nothing?" You know, there are tens of thousands of people in there! ”

Xian Shan pondered for a while, and then said slowly, "If Lian Po's reinforcements don't show up, we really can't do anything. ”

Lian Po may come at any time, this is something that all the high-level Huns know, and it is also the reason why the siege intensity of the Huns in these days is far better than in the previous days.

Tu Xian sighed, his face full of disappointment.

At this time, Xianshan suddenly sighed and said, "Tu Xian, did you hear anything?" ”

Tu Xian said angrily: "I heard the screams of the people of Zhao Guo at the head of the city!" Huh, wait, what's that? ”

Tu Xian and Xianshan set their sights to the east at the same time.

On the eastern horizon, a black force like a raging tide began to appear, and the earth-shattering drums were heard in the distance, even if they were so far away, they still sounded quite shocking.

A big red flag fluttered high, and you didn't need to look at it to know that there must be a big "Zhao" written on it.

Xian Shan and Tu Xian glanced at each other, and then the two of them smiled in unison.

Lian Po finally arrived.

After learning the news of Lian Po's arrival, Du Longqi smashed the skull wine glass of Yue's Xihou, which he regarded as a treasure for a while, on the spot, and then gave an order.

"Let the warriors all withdraw and prepare to start fighting with the main force of the Zhao people!"

The Huns retreated like a tide, and the city of Dingxi City erupted in earth-shattering cheers, which sounded very harsh in the ears of every Hun.

There is no doubt that for the Huns this was an out-and-out defeat.

However, Du Longqi Shan Yu did not have any frustration because of this, and after personally beheading the three Xiongnu kings who were ineffective in battle, Du Longqi Shan Yu told the remaining Xiongnu nobles.

"When it comes to siege, it may not be our strong point, but when it comes to field combat, then the people of Zhao must not be our opponent! Rest for a few days and get ready to embrace the joy of victory! ”