Are you crazy? Trying to trick him into military service? He's the number one dragon on the fro

North of the White Wolf Mountain camp, smoke billowed, the shouts of soldiers and the clash of swords rose and fell, and countless military orders spread far and wide as the soldiers ran around telling each other.

Lu Xiao's preparations were exceptionally thorough.

After months of hard work by the people, the original wooden fortifications of the camp have been transformed into a sturdy and thick stone wall. The wall, more than three zhang high, has blocked the Hu soldiers, making it even more difficult for them to cross.

Rocks and logs kept falling, crushing the Hu soldiers so much that they couldn't even lift their heads. The oil and molten gold fueled a foul-smelling fire among them.

The overwhelming air not only made it difficult for them to breathe, but also made it impossible for anyone to open their eyes.

From a hundred paces away, Gulefeng noticed the situation and was furious, but he could only give the order to retreat.

Anyway, the first attack was just a probe, it doesn't matter whether we can take it or not.

All we need to do is probe the White Wolf camp's defensive strength.

"That damned Lu Xiao! I left him to his own devices for months, and he's turned what was once a dilapidated outpost into a fortified city!"

"It seems that if we want to take this place, we'll have to suffer even greater losses."

"Do any of you have a good solution?"

The Hu people were skilled in riding and archery, and their favorite way of fighting was to engage the enemy in a head-on confrontation on an open plain. With the strength of their cavalry, they could wipe out the enemy in one or two rounds.

This kind of siege warfare is what they dislike the most.

"My lord, I have a solution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes and with the air of a scholar stepped forward from among the crowd and pointed to the mountains on the left and right sides of the White Wolf Mountain camp:

"As long as we send men to circle around to the rear of the White Wolf camp, abduct the civilians there, and use them as the vanguard in the next attack, Lu Xiao will be infamous for eternity, whether we fight him or not!"

"If he disregards the safety of the people, he doesn't care about the lives of his own people. The soldiers in the camp will also dare not act recklessly because they are facing their own relatives and friends."

"If we don't fight, we can take this opportunity to climb the city walls and break down their defenses!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Lefeng's eyes lit up, realizing that he had been so angry that he hadn't even thought of such a classic method.

When they attacked the Great Zhou, the Hu people used this method dozens or even hundreds of times, and most of them were successful.

only……

Gu Lefeng looked up at White Wolf Mountain, his expression growing increasingly solemn.

Smoke billows were rising from the nearby hills, proving that the Zhou people had already occupied these places, and sending people to infiltrate them was not very effective.

After regaining his senses, he could only snort angrily a few times and continue pointing at the White Wolf camp:

"Attack again!"

The battle between the two sides has resumed.

This time, Gulefeng ordered all his warriors to wear shields on their heads, protecting his strongest warriors who were hiding below, ready to seize the opportunity to leap onto the city wall and open a breach.

"My lord, it can't be smashed or knocked away!"

On the city wall, Huang Shan ordered his soldiers to throw stones and logs down, but when they hit the shields, they only made the enemy sway slightly and could not stop their advance at all.

The arrows that were shot could not leave any marks on the shield.

Even the spilled kerosene was extinguished shortly after it was lit.

Now, that shield-bearing army is constantly piling sandbags at the base of the wall, trying to create a passage straight to the top of the city wall out of thin air!

Upon receiving this news, Lu Xiao hurriedly ran to the corresponding location and looked down.

As soon as he poked his head out, the Hu soldiers providing cover behind him fired a volley of arrows, forcing him back.

After a moment's thought, Lu Xiao immediately gave the order:

"Keep pouring oil down, and pour it along the city wall, regardless of whether it can be ignited."

"Find a few more long poles with iron hooks tied to the ends, and just flip over their turtle shells!"

After saying that, he picked up the heavy crossbow bolt next to him and threw it down himself.

This is the equipment that Long Gui brought him. He had been shot at several times when the Hu people's shield formation was deployed, but the enemy quickly reorganized their forces to keep the formation intact.

Now that the shield bearers have reached the city walls, the heavy crossbowmen can no longer fire at an angle.

However, he used the crossbow bolt as a javelin and threw it!

After a few attempts, Lu Xiao glanced down and noticed that the damage to the shield soldiers was still not significant, and he immediately fell into thought.

At that moment, he saw the smoke signal behind him, and his eyes lit up:

"Throw smoke signals at their feet, regardless of whether they get in!"

"Oh, and remember to add some sulfur or other poisonous herbs to the smoke signals!"

As soon as the order was given, thick smoke billowed up from below the city wall.

Lu Xiao and his men were protected by the city walls and could hide behind the parapets when the smoke signals rose, so they were not affected.

But the Hu soldiers at the base of the wall fared much worse.

Their shield formation was not a solid block; the ubiquitous gaps allowed the smoke to seep in, and soon they were coughing violently from the pungent and eye-irritating fumes, disrupting their formation.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the White Wolf camp kept throwing oil, caltrops and other things into the gaps, exacerbating their chaos.

In no time, Gulefeng's confident shield formation was broken, and he was forced to retreat, leaving behind dozens of corpses.

"This can't go on."

Seeing this, Gulefeng's brows furrowed deeply.

"Our warriors are not good at siege warfare at all; getting entangled with them will only make us suffer losses."

"Moreover, the Zhou people have won two minor victories and their confidence is at its peak. It is impossible for them to break down their defenses in a short period of time."

"Let's hurry up and order the craftsmen to build siege engines, then we can storm their walls!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Mi and the others nodded, sighing inwardly.

In the following period, Gulefeng ordered his soldiers to launch several small-scale probing attacks, but as before, they achieved nothing.

As darkness approached, he had no choice but to order the entire army to retreat and set up camp at a safe distance, deciding to deal with the situation the next day.

That night, an even fiercer cold wind swept across the land.

Gu Lefeng, along with Gu Mi, the middle-aged scholar, and several other key members, huddled around a campfire, warming themselves while discussing strategies to defeat the enemy.

The scholar pondered for a moment and then suggested:

"How about... we throw some entities into the White Wolf camp?"

The scholar's name was Jiang Ke. He was originally from the Great Zhou Dynasty. Five years ago, he was captured when the Gule tribe attacked a city in the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Since then, he has served as Gule Feng's strategist.

He looked at the puzzled crowd and said in a deep voice:

"Roast the corpses with fire to speed up their decomposition, then use catapults to throw them into the White Wolf camp."

"Once the plague breaks out, Lu Xiao and his men will be defeated without a fight!"