Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen long iron houses appeared out of nowhere, right in front of the Han army.

The Han army cheered, quickly rushed into the container, climbed to the second floor and the roof, and raised their bows and crossbows to shoot at the Huns from above.

The Xiongnu cavalry were also frightened by the scene and trampled on each other in panic. Coupled with the crossbow attacks of the Han army, countless people were killed and wounded in an instant.

Upon seeing this, the Xiongnu leader quickly ordered his people to retreat, and they did not stop until they were several miles away.

Li Yu, who was standing on the city wall, couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw this scene.

He originally thought that his cousin Li Mao could fight the Huns to a mutual defeat, and then he would send troops to clean up the mess. However, a huge siege city appeared out of nowhere and scared off the Huns.

"There must be talented people in Li Mao's team, otherwise why would strange phenomena occur so repeatedly?" Li Yu said meaningfully with his hands behind his back, gazing at the small castle in the distance.

The right general laughed sinisterly: "What talented person? In my opinion, someone must have used witchcraft, which is a big taboo."

"Witchcraft? That's not impossible." A calculation flashed in Li Yu's eyes.

Originally, I was the leading general in this expedition, but my cousin insisted on going against me.

Since he likes to stand out so much, let him do as much as he can.

When the imperial reinforcements arrive, he will blame all the defeat on him. Well, he has already thought of a reason. He will say that his cousin disobeyed his command and abused witchcraft, which caused the army to lose most of its soldiers.

Left General Li Mao was unaware of his cousin's plan and decided to go into the city again tomorrow to discuss the encirclement and suppression of the Huns.

As a result, early the next morning, the general appeared in front of the iron house with more than 2,000 soldiers.

They circled the big house but couldn't find the entrance, so they shouted outside: "Is General Zuo here? The general wants to come in and talk!"

The left general Li Mao stood at the window and said, "Please wait a moment. We will be able to go out soon."

Shen Xun is communicating with the community god. Once the community god takes away all the houses, he will be able to return to Wulei City with the general.

Unexpectedly, before the gods of the community could fold up the house, thousands of Huns arrived.

They howled and gathered from all directions, holding shining scimitars and spears in their hands.

Seeing this, Li Mao quickly ordered the crossbowmen to stop the Huns, but because the general's men were all within the range, he could only watch the soldiers outside being killed one by one by the Huns.

General Li Yu was terrified. He immediately urged his horse to the bottom of the house and shouted to his cousin at the window: "Hurry up and pull me up!"

So Li Mao and two soldiers had to reach out and try to pull him into the window, but several stray arrows flew in and pierced Li Yu's lower back and buttocks.

After finally pulling him into the window, they saw that the general had turned into a hedgehog, without any sound at all.

Li Mao was horrified and immediately ordered someone to forcibly move an iron house away to let the soldiers outside in.

Hundreds of soldiers attacked together, and nothing was impossible to move.

Soon the Han army outside retreated, but many soldiers died under the swords and guns of the Huns.

When the iron house was closed again, the situation was no longer optimistic because the Huns turned around and attacked the city of Ulei and killed the few soldiers defending the city.

The situation suddenly reversed, and now the Huns were defending the city, while the Han army had to take shelter outside the city in a panic.

Li Mao was so angry that he didn't care that Li Yu was still alive. He asked General Zhiyou directly, "What's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly leave the city and come to me?"

The right general was also hit by a knife. He was so frightened that his face turned pale. He said tremblingly: "We have no food and grass. The general wants to join you."

In fact, it was he who urged the general to go out of the city to see what was in the fortress.

General Zuo closed his eyes and asked someone to count the number of people.

The result was unexpected. The original 2,000-strong team defending the city suddenly lost more than 500 people.

In other words, in the battle just now, the Huns suffered little loss, but instead killed more than 500 Han soldiers.

Looking at the wailing wounded soldiers, General Li Mao suddenly felt powerless.

What sin had he committed to be sent to assist the idiot Li Yu?
At this time, the military doctor came over and reported: "Reporting to the general, the general has passed away."

Li Mao felt his head buzzing, so he stood up and took a look, then ordered: "Carry the general to the tent and place him there, and call his deputy general to come over and talk."

Unexpectedly, the general's deputy general also died, and only the chief of the guards was still alive, hugging the general's body and crying bitterly.

Chen Wuhou raised his eyebrows, pulled his future son-in-law aside, and whispered, "From now on, you must always pay attention to that personal guard leader, and don't easily summon the gods in front of them."

It would be terrible if these people had crazy ideas and asked the future son-in-law to write a letter to the gods to resurrect the general.

Shen Xun nodded: "I know."

At this moment, he saw Qin Yi and Gao Yingwei again.

These two people are really lucky, they are still alive despite this.

Shen Xun climbed up to the second floor and quietly wrote a letter to his sister, informing her of the situation here and asking her not to take over the house for the time being.

When Shen Zhao received the letter from his elder brother, he felt relieved knowing that he was safe for the time being.

Originally, I was going to go to Dunhuang County with my parents and brother after I cleaned up the house today, but now I have to postpone it again.

"Second brother, are there any Hu merchants visiting the inn recently?" Shen Zhao asked.

"It's freezing cold, how could a foreign merchant pass by?"

Shen Heng rubbed his hands and face and said, "A Zhao, when are we going to Dunhuang County?"

He has never been out of Xiaogu County since he was a child, so this time he has to go out and open his eyes.

Shen Zhao: "Let's wait for two days." Let's wait until my elder brother and his men capture Wulei City.

Anyway, there is no rush to buy the title. The most important thing is to save my eldest brother's life first.

As they were talking, they saw the auntie walk into the kitchen holding a puppy and said, "A Zhao, don't you want to raise a dog? Your sister-in-law's family sent one today, see if you like it?"

Shen Zhao was pleasantly surprised. She took the yellow-haired puppy and saw that its ears were drooping and its almond-shaped eyes were wide open, looking at her intently.

"Wow! How big is it? Can it eat now?" Shen Heng came over and asked.

The eldest aunt smiled and said, "It's already a full month old, so it must be able to eat. You can just make some porridge to feed it later. It's very easy to feed."

"Thank you, auntie." Shen Zhao thanked her quickly and took out a box of sesame candy from the house and stuffed it into her hand: "Take this and try it, it's delicious."

The eldest aunt was not polite. She took the sesame candy and said with a smile, "A Zhao, your eldest sister-in-law will be out of confinement in two days. Let her learn to read from you then."

My son is successful and can earn a lot of money every day, but my daughter-in-law is illiterate and can't do accounting. If I die one day, there will be no one to take care of the family.

"Okay, I'll let my sister-in-law come over then." Shen Zhao agreed readily.

After seeing off his aunt, Shen Zhao took a steamed bun, broke it into pieces and threw it to the little yellow dog.

The puppy pounced on the food and gobbled it up as if it had been hungry for a long time.

"Hey! Don't choke." Shen Heng also squatted on the ground and touched the puppy's head, then pinched its legs: "It looks quite fat, but it turns out that it is supported by the fur?" (End of this chapter)