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Chapter 82 Crossing the River, Crossing the River!

Li Wei and five hundred soldiers arrived at the riverbank. The river in front of them was the Baimo River, a tributary of the Banluoer River that flows through the Jiuzhen region. The great river in front of them was a vast expanse of white, with the water appearing grayish-white. Occasionally, one could see grayish-white rocks washed by the river.

At this moment, along the Baimo River, thousands of laborers were busily and laboriously pulling boats into the water.

Li Weilema watched from the riverbank as his soldiers, led by their generals, silently boarded the boats. He thought, "This is what a tyrant is like. He mobilizes thousands of people to serve him with his own will."

"Salma, the craftsmen will also be on board. The Black Stone catapult has been disassembled and placed on the ship," Bhatt announced. Levi nodded. The Black Stone catapult could be disassembled, and reassembly wouldn't take long, making transportation easier.

In addition to bringing 500 soldiers, he also brought 20 craftsmen to assemble the Black Stone catapult.

After a while, all five hundred soldiers boarded the ship.

Li Wei and Buhat began boarding the ship. Li Wei could tell that some soldiers were not in high spirits. He understood, after all, he had only recently captured Tuli Town and had not yet won over the hearts of the people.

Secondly, most people think that attacking Muwei City is still unlikely, but that doesn't matter. Sometimes, winning over the hearts of these soldiers only requires one victory.

Li Wei firmly believed that as long as the city of Muwei was captured in the next few days, the morale of the newly surrendered Sakje soldiers would be more or less settled.

About a hundred ships sailed down the Baimo River. Some ships carried soldiers, some carried provisions, and some carried black stone catapults. In short, Li Wei had mobilized all his forces this time. On another route, Motuli and Tiebaha also led their cavalry towards Muwei City.

The ship will reach Muvi City in about half a day, where it will be able to meet up with Moturi and the others.

While Li Wei led his soldiers down the river, Muwei City was peaceful. After all, no one expected that Li Wei would dare to launch an attack in such a short time, which was too illogical.

At this moment, Humuhe and several noblemen from the city rode their horses to the city's hunting grounds to hunt.

Humuhe drew his bow and shot a tiger, and several nobles nearby cheered.

"Brother Humuhe, your archery skills are superb. There aren't many young people with such exquisite archery skills anymore, are there?" a nobleman's son flattered.

Hu Muhe's face remained expressionless. In the past, he would have been pleased to hear such praise.

But now that Li Wei next door has risen to prominence, he can't be happy at all. What's the point of him still hunting tigers here?

Li Wei was clearly younger than him, yet he had already seized control of a town with a population of 50,000 in Tuli.

Even today, Humuhe heard in the city that someone had recently named a new triumph of the Nine Towns and Three Tigers: Li Wei, Amir's eldest son, and Paniya's brother. All three were in their twenties and had already become powerful figures in their own right.

This made Humuhe even angrier.

"If I had a chance, I wouldn't be any worse. Li Wei only beat a good-for-nothing like Sakje. What makes him think he deserves to be among the new Three Tigers?" Hu Muhe became angrier and angrier. He charged on horseback and killed another sika deer, venting his resentment!

"This bitch needs to be taught fear. We need to get this plan going." Hu Muhe's eyes flashed with malice. He had been asking Ji Hulan to consider it these past few days, but the woman had been crying and begging him, saying that she was his wife and that she wouldn't dare do such a thing.

This woman's dragging her feet and crying is delaying his important business!

This afternoon, he decided to teach Jihulan a lesson and put one of his sister's fingers in front of her to see if she dared to cry and refuse!

Just then, a messenger arrived at the hunting ground in a panic, saying that something terrible had happened. Scouts reported that Li Wei had led five hundred soldiers across the river and was heading south to attack Muwei City. "What? Li Wei is attacking Muwei City?!" Hu Muhe was both shocked and furious. How dare Li Wei?

The noblemen standing nearby were all surprised to hear this news. Suddenly, one of them burst into laughter, walked up to Humuhe, raised his hand, and said congratulations.

"Congratulations, Brother Humuhe! Li Wei has come to present a great gift to Lord Dali, and also to Brother Humuhe!" This nobleman's son, named Tomo, considered himself a strategist and usually enjoyed studying military strategy at home.

"Oh, why congratulate me?" Hu Muhe asked in confusion. In his opinion, Li Wei's attack on Muwei City was overestimating his abilities, but it was not his place to congratulate him.

Tomo laughed and said, "Brother Humuhe, think about it this way: if Li Wei had held Tuli Town and painstakingly managed it for ten years, making it as impregnable as an iron fortress, then with its geographical advantage, our Muwei City would have been helpless against him. Even if he failed to attack us, we wouldn't have been able to counterattack. But what's the situation now? Li Wei has only held Tuli Town for less than ten days. In less than ten days, he dared to send troops down the river to besiege the city. Isn't this a cardinal sin of military strategy?"

"Firstly, his supplies are insufficient; secondly, his morale is low; thirdly, his strength is insufficient; and fourthly, his troops are unsettled. If this continues, and he besieges my Muwei City, as long as the city lord remains inactive and stalls for a month, waiting for Li Wei to appear with exhausted troops, then we can go out of the city to meet the enemy and surely kill Li Wei without leaving a single survivor!"

"At that time, won't the foundation of Tuli Town fall into the hands of my Muwei City? And as my Lord Dali's most valued son, who else would he send to garrison it besides you?"

Upon hearing Tom's analysis, Hu Muhe burst into laughter. How come he hadn't thought of that?

So it seems Li Wei has come here to die!

"Very well, your analysis is correct. I will go back to see my father now. I will personally lead the soldiers to guard the city gate and I will thoroughly dampen Li Wei's arrogance."

Hu Muhe laughed heartily and rode his horse toward the city lord's mansion. He was very excited and thrilled.

He couldn't wait to see the scene of his great defeat of Li Wei a month later when he left the city.

Hmph, you dare to call yourself one of the new Three Tigers of Jiuzhen?

When he defeats Li Wei at Humuhe, he will be the true new Three Tigers!

"Li Wei, I am about to defeat you, and your Tuli Town will be mine," Hu Muhe thought wildly as he rode his horse.

At this moment, inside the city lord's mansion, Andali also received a report from the scouts, but he remained calm. He even smiled and said to his advisor, Baihamon, "Young people are so impatient. He's actually attacking Muvi City now. I overestimated this young man before." Andali shook his head with a smile. He had been a little worried about the threat Liwei posed to him.

Now that he saw Li Wei sending troops downstream against him, he was actually relieved.

From this perspective, Li Wei may indeed be brave, but lack wisdom.

Hitting him now would be suicide.

"Indeed, young people are just too impatient," Baihamon nodded in agreement.

"Looking at it this way, I overestimated him before. His ability to take over Tuli Town might really be because Sakje was too incompetent," Andali said again.

"The entire army disembarks, crosses the river, and sets out for battle!"

A dense array of boats drifted down the Baimo River to Muwei City. Li Wei led five hundred soldiers to the city, and at that moment, Motuli's cavalry also arrived.

Thus, the siege of Muwei City is about to begin.