In the face of the "Deng Hedgehog", the Abu clan surrounded it for a day but did not dare to attack, so they just shouted outside the cottage and hastily collected their troops and returned to the village. It wasn't until www.biquge.info next day that the patriarch of the Abu clan relented and launched a strong attack from the main road in the front.

The shouts of the barbarians shook the sky, and they rushed to the main road to attack. However, Deng Aishi, who was unexpectedly given a few days of rest, has recovered a lot of strength, and although he can't be said to be alive when he fights again, at least he is no longer so tired from fighting.

It is true that Deng Ai's total strength is actually less than 2,000 men, and he is facing ten times the number of brute enemies. But Deng Ai also told the soldiers at the right time that he had sent a messenger to Lu Ren asking for help. And with Lu Ren's temper, even if he will ignore him, an unscrupulous person who "violates the orders of the teacher", he will not ignore the big men here, so Lu Ren's reinforcements will definitely come, so the soldiers' fighting spirit is high.

It was at this time that the fortifications in the cottage, which had not been able to come in handy, finally showed their might. Although Deng Ai lost some personnel when guarding the customs, the actual loss was not large. For example, there are still more than 300 elite soldiers of more than 400 soldiers, and few of those hundreds of craftsmen have died.

Moreover, although these craftsmen were not considered warriors, they participated in the construction of cottage fortifications, and they were far more skilled in operation than the soldiers. Therefore, when more than a dozen stone frames at the front crossing of the cottage were thrown out at one time, throwing a large number of stones and sandbags at the barbarians, the casualties of the barbarians of the Abu clan immediately rose in a straight line.

The most important thing is that the psychological deterrence brought by these stones and sandbags made the Abu clan dare not order a strong attack again, and turned into a stalemate. In addition, Abu also wanted to try to see if he could persuade Deng Ai to surrender. If this continues to be fought, Deng Ai's cottage may be able to be attacked, but the losses of the other side are bound to be terrible.

Another day passed in the standoff......

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"Deng Ai refuses to surrender? Send someone to scold me! What a nasty scolding! If you can scold him out of the village and fight against our people! ”

The people sent to persuade Deng Ai to surrender returned in vain, and reluctantly came back to report to the chief of the Abu clan, which made the chief of the Abu clan angry, but he was helpless against the sturdy cottage, and he remembered the trick of "cursing the enemy" in a very angry way. The scolder had just been sent out, and the messenger Pegasus, who had been left behind by the tribe, arrived.

"Patriarch, it's not good! Lu Ren, with Huang Zhong as his general, led 5,000 men and horses to attack our clan's Dazhai! ”

"Huh? No way! Lu Ren promised that he would never intervene in the disputes between the various ethnic groups in our southern and central regions, so why did he send troops to attack our tribe now? ”

In the midst of the consternation, an elder in the seat suddenly slapped his head: "Patriarch, we, what we are attacking now are not the Meng Shu tribe, but Deng Ai ......."

"But isn't Deng Ai Lu Ren's outcast?"

The elder shook his head and said, "Lu Ren and Deng Ai are masters and apprentices after all, and if there is anything between them, it should be resolved between themselves, and others should not interfere." In the words of the Han Chinese, Lu Ren is ...... Short-guarding. ”

The patriarch of the Abu clan was so angry that he almost lost his mind, and hurriedly ordered: "Gather the clan soldiers, don't care about Deng Ai here anymore, and immediately return to Dazhai to help!" ”

Can you not hurry back? This time, the whole clan was finished, and there were only more than 1,000 clan soldiers left in Dazhai to guard. Huang Zhong's 5,000 troops really pressed over...... Hey! In the battle with Deng Ai in the past few days, the Abu clan has a good idea of the strong combat effectiveness of the Yizhou soldiers. Therefore, Huang Zhong is afraid that it will not take much time to attack the Dasai of the Abu clan, and besides, the Dazhai of the Abu clan is not as strong as Deng Ai's cottage!

An elder hurriedly offered a plan: "Patriarch, it will take at least five days for the clan soldiers to rush back, and Lu Ren's soldiers are very brave, I am afraid that our clan soldiers will have broken through Dazhai before they arrive." It is better to send an envoy to Lu Ren's army to ask for peace, maybe we can protect our clan, and then make plans in the future. Even if Lu Ren doesn't allow it, we can still buy a little time to return to the army. ”

"It's up to you, it's up to you! Don't wait, it's you, go ahead! ”

It's a pity that this elder of the Abu clan has just left the pass, and the dust is already in front of him, and about a thousand cavalry is rushing here. The leader of the general is a female general, and the word "Sun" is embroidered on the banner. Seeing this, the elder was shocked, and hurriedly turned around and rushed to report to the head of the Abu clan, who was shocked and hurriedly dispatched barbarian troops to guard the three passes to guard the rapid attack of the cavalry.

When these more than 1,000 cavalry rushed to the front of the Toudao Pass, the soldiers of the Abu clan had just gone to the pass to guard. Look at the female general who led the more than 1,000 cavalry when there was still some distance from the pass, she grabbed the horse, and with a move of the saber in her hand, more than 1,000 cavalry stopped one after another, and each began to form a military formation.

Another female general came to the side of the leading female general and asked urgently: "Lord Sun, why don't you give the order to attack the problem immediately?" Brother Deng now has only more than 2,000 people left, and he has retreated to the cottage to defend it, and the situation is critical! ”

This is Meng Huo's wife Zhu Rong, and the county lord Sun is naturally Sun Shangxiang. At this time, another horse stepped forward, but it was Deng Ai's senior brother Guo Yi. However, Guo Yi's appearance is a little miserable, although he was also forced by Lu Ren to practice martial arts with Deng Ai, but he started late after all, he can only be regarded as exercising his body, and after running on horseback for so long, he has long been tired and out of breath.

After taking a few breaths, Guo Yi explained: "The cavalry is only suitable for rapid reinforcement in the land of Pingchuan, but it is not suitable for attacking the city. Now that the Abu clan is in the gates, it is only a waste of military strength to attack forcibly. And even if we break through the three passes, the mountainous and hilly terrain inside will not be good for the cavalry.

"Besides, I know very well Shizai's talent, since he chose to retreat to the cottage, he will never be so easily attacked by the Abu clan. Wait a minute, the Abu clan has divided their forces to guard the pass, and Shizai will definitely guess that the reinforcements have arrived, and I believe that they will try to pass the news soon. We only need to garrison here to make a strong presence for Deng Ai's junior brother, so that the Abu clan will not dare to attack the cottage with all his might. ”

Zhu Rongke made a difficulty: "Having said that, can Little Brother Deng really hold up there?" ”

Guo Yi shook his head gloomily and said: "To be honest, I don't know the bottom of my heart, let's do it first." If Shi Zai is really ...... Then we will do our best to block this intersection and trap Abu to death here, so as to avenge Shizai! ”

Everyone was silent, and Sun Shangxiang suddenly shouted loudly after looking around: "Then we can't sit here either!" Change the crossbow and bow first, and give some greeting gifts to the closed Abu's first! ”

More than 1,000 cavalrymen immediately collected their swords and exchanged crossbows, and scattered several waves of arrows on the pass according to the formation...... Well, although Lu Ren doesn't know how to fight, and Yizhou doesn't have large-scale cavalry because of the region, there are still some cavalry, and you must know that Lu Ren dug up Zhang Xiu's father and son to Yizhou, and in addition, the northern trade road will also buy some high-quality war horses from the north from time to time, so Yizhou has a few small cavalry units to use as rapid reaction forces.

In addition, Yizhou's bows and crossbows are excellent, and after corresponding improvements, these cavalry can still play "flying shooting" on horseback, of course, don't count on accuracy. Of course, Lu Ren never expected to be accurate, as long as the cavalry could shoot all the arrows in the arrow box on horseback to form a range coverage.

Not to mention that Sun Shangxiang took more than 1,000 cavalry to start playing "flying shooting" on the pass, which directly pressed the soldiers of the Abu clan on the pass without even raising their heads, only saying that Guo Yi's eyebrows were raised, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he was helpless.

Due to various reasons, the army under Lu Ren's command is mainly infantry troops, especially crossbowmen, and the naval combat strength may be unmatched. But in terms of cavalry, it is really not enough at all, except for its own sphere of influence, which is mountainous and watery, and cavalry can rarely be useful.

In addition, Lu Ren could not find a general who was good at cavalry tactics was also one of the main reasons, otherwise he would not have dug Zhang Xiu's father and son to Yizhou. In this battle of Nanzhong, Lu Ren was supposed to send Zhang Xiu and his son, but because Zhang Xiu and his son went to Luzon for survey work on Lu Ren's order some time ago, they couldn't come back for a while, and the situation on Deng Ai's side was a little tight, so Lu Ren wanted to transfer Lu Lingqi to Guangzhou.

But Lu Lingqi couldn't leave in Yizhou. Lu Lingqi's position in Yizhou is the minister of public security in modern terms, and she is in charge of public security work up and down in Yizhou, and she is very busy. In addition, Lu Ren only finished a battle with Sun Quan in the spring of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, and the post-war security work is no joke.

And then there is Lu Ren and Shirley are preparing for the initial imperial examination, this is a matter of stabbing the heart of the scholar class at that time, although there is no real scholar class in Yizhou, but it is better to guard against something, so there are also many related tasks that are pressed on Lu Lingqi's body, so where can Lu Lingqi go away at this time?

At this time, Lu Lingqi recommended Sun Shangxiang to Lu Ren as a hostage in Yizhou, and Lu Ren also transferred Sun Shangxiang to Guangzhou after several considerations, and asked Sun Shangxiang if he was willing to lead troops to rescue Deng Ai. And this question, didn't it just scratch Sun Shangxiang's itch? If Sun Shangxiang was a boy, she would have led the troops into battle like Sun Ce, but it's a pity that she is a girl, she has that heart but no chance. Now that I have encountered such an opportunity, it is strange to be unhappy!

Moreover, Sun Shangxiang, as a hostage of Jiangdong, if he had the opportunity to help Lu Ren do something, it could also further alleviate the contradiction between Lu Ren and Sun Quan to a certain extent, so Sun Shangxiang agreed without saying a word, and led more than 1,000 cavalry here in Guangzhou to rush to Deng Ai as the vanguard...... (To be continued.) )