"General, Jia Shangshu, the dog slave army has been annihilated, and our army has occupied the Wolf's Head Mountain Fortress!" The herald excitedly reported to the two men.

The two of them couldn't help but light up their eyes, and Xiahou Yuan immediately ordered: "Clean up the battlefield immediately, and at the same time be on guard, and the scouts of each team will continue to be on guard around!" ”

"No!"

Jia Xu said to Xiahou Yuan: "You should also immediately send an order to Gao Lan, so that he can immediately return to the Wolf's Head Mountain Fortress overnight!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded, and then gave the order as Jia Xu said, and a moment later, a carrier pigeon and several scouts headed towards Gao Lan and them together.

Xiahou Yuan and Jia Xu entered the fortress surrounded by a team of personal soldiers, saw the corpse of the same heart, and ordered someone to put its body up.

The two of them climbed to the highest point of the fortress, which is located in the middle of the fortress, the castle tower is more than 20 meters high, and it is located on the highest position in the fortress, and can have a bird's-eye view of the entire fortress and the fan-shaped vast plain in front of it.

Suddenly, smoke came out of a big house in the northeast of the center of the fortress, and then I saw the fire snake dancing wildly, and Xiahou Yuan, who was sighing with emotion, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene, "It seems to be a fortress grain depot there!" You immediately bring someone to see what happened? ”

One of the subordinates next to him answered the promise and immediately ran away from the castle tower.

A moment later, a lieutenant hurriedly ran to check and report: "General, Jia Shangshu, there is a group of dog slave soldiers hiding in the granary, we didn't find it, they set fire to try to escape while they were in chaos, but we have already caught them!" ”

Xiahou Yuan frowned and said, "What General Ben cares about now is not these dog slaves, but food!" Command all armies in the fortress, except those that are necessary to be on guard. I'll save the rest of the food! ”

"No!"

Xiahou Yuan slapped the railing and scolded angrily: "Damn! How could such a thing happen! ”

"General Xiahou. Let's go down too. Jia Xu said, Xiahou Yuan nodded.

The two of them came down from the castle tower. Hurried to the front of the grain depot, only to see the fire dragon flying and roaring in the night sky, and the soldiers who wanted to rescue the grain around could not get close at all, and at this time, some houses around the grain depot were also ignited by the flying fire.

"General Xiahou, there is no way to rescue food now, we must stop the spread of the fire!" Jia Xu said urgently.

Xiahou Yuan understood this truth, and immediately ordered everyone to demolish the surrounding houses and extinguish the fire that broke out.

After working for most of the night, the fire finally stabilized. However, nearly a million quintals of grain slowly disappeared in the monstrous flames, which made Xiahou Yuan feel evil.

The reason why this Wolf's Head Mountain Fortress has stored so much grain is inextricably linked to the strategy that the Dog Slave King has been planning.

The dog Gu inferiority dog stood on the hill at the mouth of the valley and looked at the fiery red sky in the southwest, and he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart, and his brows were furrowed.

Xiahou Yuan and Jia Xu returned to the fortress meeting hall, and the angry Xiahou Yuan ordered all the soldiers of the dog slave army who set the fire to be beheaded.

Xiahou Yuan, who was still angry, paced back and forth, and kneeling on one knee under the council hall was the captain who was in charge of checking the ticket and grain depot, with a thick self-reproach in his eyes.

"I want you to take care of the grain depot! How do you do it? Xiahou Yuan asked angrily.

The captain pleaded guilty: "The last general is guilty, please punish the general!" ”

Xiahou Yuan snorted coldly and returned to the main seat and sat down. He said in a deep voice: "According to the military law of our army, you should cut off an arm, and you should go down to confess the guilt yourself!" ”

"No!" The lieutenant replied and stood up. Withdrew.

Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "Originally, our plan was to rely on the large amount of grain stored in this fortress to occupy this extremely important strategic place for a long time! However, now this plan is afraid that it will not be realized! But fortunately, our army carries a lot of food, and there will be no problems in a short time! This important situation must be reported to His Majesty immediately! ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded.

In the early hours of the next morning, the fire, which had been burning all night, was finally extinguished. A choking smell filled the air.

"Someone's coming!" The lookout at the east gate pointed to the east and shouted.

The lieutenant under the watchtower immediately looked to the east, and sure enough, he saw a group of men and horses driving quickly in this direction. The scale is not small, but the identity is unknown.

The lieutenant immediately ordered his subordinates to continue monitoring. At the same time, someone was sent to report to the general on duty.

About two quarters of an hour later, the procession came straight to the city gates. The first general shouted to the city gate: "I am high, open the city gate quickly!" ”

The general on duty carefully looked at the other party a few times, and found that it was indeed Gao Ran, so he immediately ordered the city gate official to open the city gate, and ordered someone to report to Xiahou Yuan and Jia Xu in the council hall.

The heavy gates slowly opened, and Gao Ran waved behind him, and the army slowly drove into the city.

When Xiahou Yuan saw Gao Ran, who was covered in blood, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly took Gao Ran's hand and entered the conference hall.

Xiahou Yuan ordered someone to bring clear water. Gao Ran was not polite, took off his robe and wiped it.

Xiahou Yuan asked Gao Ran, "General Gao, how are your casualties in the past few days?" ”

Gao Ran put down the towel, and at this time a large basin of water had turned into a muddy and dirty color.

Gao Ran sat down on a chair shirtless and replied, "Only about 20,000 of the 30,000 infantry can come back with me, most of them are wounded, and 3,000 are disabled!" Only about 20,000 people can come back! ”

Gao Ran then said with a sad and indignant face: "It's hateful, the bodies of the fallen soldiers can only be hastily buried and cannot be brought back!" ”

Xiahou Yuan said categorically: "Ben will definitely bring them back to their hometown!" ”

Gao Ran glanced at Xiahou Yuan and nodded heavily.

"By the way, what about the King of the Leopard Country?" Jia Xu asked.

Gao Ran said: "He went down to settle his team!" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said to Xiahou Yuan: "The current strategy is to hold the fortress of Wolf's Head Mountain, and when the Tiger Roaring Iron Cavalry arrives, a comprehensive counterattack will begin!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded and said, "That's right!" ”

Xiahou Yuan asked Gao Ran to go down to rest and rest, but Gao Ran was unwilling to rest, Xiahou Yuan let him, Xiahou Yuan and others arranged the treatment of wounded soldiers on the one hand, and actively arranged the fortress defense on the other hand, Jia Xu originally planned to arrange the soldiers of the Third Army and the Leopard Army in a high post forest a few miles south of the fortress to echo the fortress, but the Third Army was exhausted and obviously could not take on this role.

At this time, there were 160,000 troops retreating to the fortress of Wolf's Head Mountain, including 40,000 in the Third Army, 50,000 in the Xuanjia Cavalry, 20,000 in the Leopard Army, and 50,000 in the Lie Ce Army.

Before the evening of the same day, the dog Gu inferiority dog led the 100,000 troops of her python and the tiger country to converge with the main force of the headquarters, and the situation in front of him surprised him, and the 50,000 soldiers of the Wild Wolf Legion on whom he had high hopes were killed or wounded, and the other armies also suffered considerable losses. (To be continued.) )