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"They really did come."

The next morning, Luo Yang personally patrolled the northern part of the outpost and was just about to leave the watchtower to go back and rest.

He hadn't slept all night, worrying about whether Zhou Daxing and his men's operation was going smoothly, and also concerned about the garrison strength of the outpost. Seeing the billowing dust in the distance, he muttered something and immediately gave the order:

"Beat the drums!"

"Simultaneously order both left and right outposts to reach the Black Sand Headquarters before nightfall and prepare to strike!"

"Here you go!"

After his personal guards left, Luo Yang took his sword, had someone bring him a chair, and sat down quietly to wait for the enemy to knock on the door.

About an hour later, the Black Sand Chuo tribe's army stopped three miles away from the White Wolf outpost. Then, more than a hundred Hu soldiers continued forward, reining in their horses a hundred paces away from the outpost.

Luo Yang shaded his eyes with his hand and squinted, looking out. He saw the large banner of the Black Sand Village fluttering in the wind, and a strong centurion taking a dozen steps forward shouted at the top of his lungs:

"You spineless sheep of the Great Zhou, get out here and face your deaths!"

"You audacious fools dared to raid the Black Sand Warriors' stronghold at night! We've come today to tear your hearts and lungs out!"

"Did Shujisijin come in person?"

Luo Yang gestured for his personal guards to respond, and after receiving an affirmative reply, he stood up and shouted loudly:

"Shuji, I've heard that when the wolf king on the grassland gets old, he never dares to venture into dangerous places, lest he be replaced by a younger wolf cub."

"Since you've come in person, if you don't exchange a few blows with this centurion, wouldn't your wolves think you're already incapable of fighting?"

"Perhaps soon they will dethrone you!"

In the center of the Black Sand Chuo tribe's army, Shuji heard these replies and his beard stood on end in anger, yet his eyes were filled with bitterness.

He knew that the Zhou man was right; after all, as he grew older, his sons were becoming increasingly covetous of the position of Sijin.

After a moment of silence, just as he was about to give a few words of reply, he heard a warrior from his tribe come to report.

Shuji and Luo Yang were old acquaintances, so he was furious after hearing this:

"That damned Luo Yang, how dare he mock my old age and declining strength!"

"Guards, bring me my bow! I want to kill him with one arrow!"

After saying this, he pushed off his wolf-skin cloak, took a bull-horn bow from his personal guard, and spurred his horse forward.

He reached a hundred paces from the outpost, drew his bow, aimed at Luo Yang on the watchtower, but hesitated to release his grip.

Because Shuji saw that behind the outpost's fortifications, there were hundreds of helmets ready to be fired, and even more archers, numbering in the hundreds, were further back!

This greatly alarmed Shuji, who hurriedly asked his eldest son beside him:

"Wasn't it said that the White Wolf outpost only had about a hundred people? Why are there several times more people here today than the intelligence indicated?"

"I don't know either, Your Majesty."

Shu Lie shook his head, stared at the White Wolf outpost for a long time, hesitated for a moment, and then tried to speak:

"How about... we send a hundred men to attack first, to probe their strength?"

Both father and son suspected that killing the Juqu brothers was a Zhou plot to lure out their own forces.

After a moment's thought, Shuji decided to heed his eldest son's advice.

On the watchtower, Luo Yang saw that an arrow had been shot at him, but it landed about thirty or forty paces outside the outpost. He immediately burst into laughter.

"Shuji, you've really gotten old!"

"I suggest you quickly promote your eldest son to the rank of Sijin, otherwise you will surely suffer the pain of brothers turning against each other and fathers and sons killing each other!"

After saying this, he hurriedly gave instructions to his personal guards:

"Tell the brothers hiding behind the fortifications to wait until the Hu people are within forty paces of the outpost before firing arrows, shoot as many as they can!"

He then looked worriedly at the scarecrow archer below.

Upon receiving the order, Shu Lie personally led a hundred men to approach the White Wolf outpost. When they reached the distance Luo Yang had indicated, they were met with a barrage of arrows.

He roughly estimated the number of arrows and frowned even more.

However, because of Luo Yang's words, Shu Lie was determined to make a good start, show his face in front of his father, and gain a greater advantage in the struggle for succession!

Thirty steps, twenty steps!

Upon reaching this distance, he immediately raised his shield and advanced:

"Rush!"

"kill!"

A hundred Hu soldiers rushed forward, but the first Hu soldiers to reach the camp were met with a torrent of scorching hot oil, and screams of agony filled the air.

The remaining people had just looked up after surviving this round when they saw the Zhou people throwing stones down from their high position.

Some spears protruding from the gaps in the camp pierced many Hu soldiers, leaving them bloodied and mangled.

From several watchtowers, archers formed a pincer movement, firing at the Hu soldiers below at will.

After losing more than twenty warriors, Shu Lie saw that the Zhou people's oil and rolling stones were still flowing continuously, so he immediately ordered a retreat.

After a long silence, Shuji gave the order:

"Attack again!"

"I refuse to believe they really have enough troops!"

……

Meanwhile, outside the Black Sand Headquarters in the north, Lu Xiao and Zhou Daxing were already very close.

Gao Hong, who had volunteered to act as a scout, returned with five or six men and nodded to them:

"Initial investigation revealed that the main camp of the Black Sand Chuo tribe consisted mostly of the elderly, women, and children. They were slaughtering cattle and sheep, seemingly preparing to celebrate the army's triumphant return with its spoils."

"But the number is quite large, around two thousand!"

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

These elderly, weak, women and children will not stand and wait to die. With only thirty of them, it will be very difficult for them to win.

After a long while, feeling everyone's gaze, Lu Xiao signaled for everyone to retreat and move further away from them:

"Let's wait until nightfall to take action!"

"At that time, Squad Leader Zhao and Squad Leader Zhou will be the first to find the enemy's stable, drive all the warhorses out, and the rest of us will join me in finding an opportunity to set fire to their grain!"

Time passed slowly, and as night fell, Lu Xiao and his men wrapped cotton cloth around the horses' hooves and quietly approached the headquarters of the Black Sand Cock.

They split into two groups and acted independently.

Lu Xiao had located their granary a quarter of an hour earlier, but he waited until there was some commotion on the other side before taking out a tinderbox and throwing it into the enemy's granary.

"ignition!"

"Enemy attack!"

"The Zhou people are attacking!"

"Everyone, prepare to counterattack immediately!"

"..."

In an instant, the hundred or so able-bodied men who remained behind saw that the granary and the stable were on fire at the same time, and immediately organized their clansmen to fight back.

But soon they discovered the sound of rolling hooves outside the camp. Looking up, they saw that there were hundreds of Zhou soldiers in the darkness, and that number was still increasing.

At this moment, Zhou Daxing and Zhao Xiaoqi each led several men, constantly weaving through the herd of horses, shouting out from time to time to create the illusion of an approaching army.

On the other side, Lu Xiao dispersed the remaining twenty men, letting them stir up trouble around the Black Sand Chuo headquarters and kill the Hu people who rushed out!

After circling around, he encountered Gao Hong, who had just set the fire, and said urgently:

"Capture a few Hu people who speak the official language of the Great Zhou Dynasty, tell them that Shuji has been killed in battle, and demand their surrender, or they will be killed without mercy!"