My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 171 Successfully Defending Jiuyuan County

"Brother Hu Tuo, are you having trouble conquering Jiuyuan County?"

At the critical moment, Su Shuang, who was following Hu Tuo, immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Alas, the county magistrate of Jiuyuan County is quite capable. His defense is very well organized. I sent two thousand warriors to try to charge several times, but not only did we not gain any advantage, but we also lost two or three hundred people."

"These people are all warriors of my Hutuo tribe. I would feel sad for a long time if one of them died. If we capture Jiuyuan County, I don't know how many lives will be lost. Jiuyuan County is really a tough nut to crack!"

Hu Tuo couldn't help but look worried when he heard this.

These warriors were accumulated by his people for generations. If the losses were too great, even if they conquered Jiuyuan County, the Hutuo tribe would not be able to win in future battles with other tribes and would slowly decline, just like the chief of the medium-sized tribe who had been bullied by him before.

The Hu people were cruel to the Han people, and they were equally cruel to their own people.

The subtle influence of the cruel natural environment outside the Great Wall made the Hu people cruel by nature, and their primary goal in everything was to survive.

"Haha, don't worry, Brother Hutuo."

Su Shuang was waiting for Hu Tuo to say this.

Luo Han also ordered Hu Tuo to help Su Shuang get revenge.

However, the command power is still firmly in Huto's hands, and there is no possibility for Su Shuang to interfere.

Although Hu Tuo could not disobey Luo Hanyi's orders, he would not be blamed by Luo Hanyi if he did not put in enough effort and just tried to fight a few times and then retreated.

Therefore, Su Shuang needed to seize the opportunity to lead Hu Tuo and his army to Jiuyuan Pavilion where Lu Yi was hiding.

Now the Jiuyuan County Magistrate is very good at defending the city, which gives him a good opportunity to seize!

"Although the county magistrate of Jiuyuan County has some abilities, he can only defend the city at best. If he dares to lead his troops out of the city to fight Brother Hutuo in the field, he will definitely be the one to die."

"Since Brother Hu Tuo cannot take Jiuyuan County in such a hurry, we can attack Jiuyuan Pavilion instead!"

Su Shuang followed the instructions and was good at persuading others.

"Jiuyuan County is just a small border town. Even if we capture it, Brother Hutuo won't be able to steal much valuables."

"But Lv Yi from Jiuyuan Pavilion is different!"

Su Shuang paused and said temptingly.

"That Lu Yi has been smuggling horses for a year and has made a lot of money. Although he is just a small pavilion chief, his property is definitely more than that of the county magistrate of Jiuyuan County. Besides, how can a fortress be more difficult to attack than a county town?"

"So, Brother Hu Tuo, why don't you first attack Lü Yi of Jiuyuan Pavilion and seize his food and property before trying to seize Jiuyuan County!"

Su Shuang's few words made Hu Tuo interested.

"Brother Su, this is a very good idea. I will respectfully obey your command."

Although Hu Tuo was a Hu man, he was known among the Xianbei for his cunningness. Therefore, he immediately understood that Su Shuang was preparing to use him as a gun to avenge him.

However, Jiuyuan County is indeed difficult to attack now, and all the people in the suburbs of Jiuyuan County were forcibly concentrated into Jiuyuan County by Zhang Xun, resulting in Hu Tuo being unable to capture Jiuyuan County and unable to obtain supplies from the homes of people in the suburbs. Therefore, he urgently needs to change his focus and obtain some key food supplies first.

Therefore, after some calculation, Hu Tuo decided to do Su Shuang a favor and attack Lu Yi first.

He knew that Su Shuang would restart the horse smuggling trade outside the Great Wall in the future, so he also had the idea of ​​making friends with Su Shuang and profiting from the trade with Su Shuang in the future.

After all, Hutuo's troops had made a lot of profit from trade with Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping in the past.

After the two men finished discussing, they immediately wisely gave up the difficult Jiuyuan County and took the remaining 4,700 cavalrymen to rush towards Jiuyuan Pavilion dozens of miles away.

"The Xianbei people have retreated!"

"Jiuyuan County is saved!"

When the people on the top of Jiuyuan City saw the Xianbei people give up the attack and move out, they cheered excitedly. "Congratulations to County Magistrate Zhang for leading the army and the people to repel the Xianbei people. Jiuyuan County has been saved, and tens of thousands of people in Jiuyuan have survived. County Magistrate Zhang has saved countless lives!"

"When the imperial court learns of County Magistrate Zhang's contribution, he will be rewarded!"

On the top of the city wall, Huang Huan from Jiuyuan County brought officials of all ranks in Jiuyuan County to congratulate Zhang Xun, the new county magistrate, whom he had previously looked down upon.

"It is all thanks to the help of all my colleagues. Otherwise, I would not be able to defend Jiuyuan County. If the court sends people to verify the achievements in the future, I will definitely report the achievements to all my colleagues!"

"If that's the case, we will follow the County Governor's lead from now on!"

Huang Huan and others were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all bowed to Zhang Xun with sincere admiration.

"There's nothing going on here. You should all go back to your posts and appease the people in the city."

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After the defense of Jiuyuan County, Zhang Xun can be said to have truly gained a firm foothold.

He spent a lot of money to besiege Jiuyuan County and took a lot of property and food from Zhang.

Without these material supports, even if the people of Jiuyuan County were united, it would be difficult to defend the city.

Now that only more than a hundred people were killed or injured by the Xianbei people's bows and arrows, it was already considered a great victory.

However, Zhang Xun's face was heavy as he looked in the direction where the Xianbei people left.

Because he understood that the Xianbei people's attack was towards Jiuyuan Pavilion.

Not only is his brother-in-law Lu Yi there, but more importantly, his sister Zhang Wan'er also lives in Jiuyuan Pavilion.

If anything happened to his sister, Zhang Xun would regret it for the rest of his life.

However, he was responsible for defending the city, and these soldiers and civilians were only capable of defending the city. If they chased out and engaged the Xianbei people in a field battle, they would surely be defeated.

Perhaps the Xianbei people were planning to lure Zhang Xun out of the city and pursue him.

Therefore, Zhang Xun could only watch the Xianbei people walk away while he was trapped in Jiuyuan County.

"Brother Zhang, are you worried about my elder brother and sister-in-law?"

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Hou Cheng noticed Zhang Xun's distress and stepped forward to ask.

“I don’t know if Luwu can withstand the attack of the 5,000-strong army of Hutuo!”

Zhang Xun sighed upon hearing this.

"Haha, don't worry, Brother Zhang. My eldest brother has already made Jiuyuan Pavilion impregnable. The defenders in Luwu have also been trained for a long time and are more powerful than the soldiers and civilians in Jiuyuan County. Moreover, everyone in Luwu has their own interests tied to my eldest brother and will defend Luwu to the death. There is no way that Hu Tuo's 5,000 people can break through Luwu!"

Hou Cheng comforted confidently.

As someone who had witnessed Luwu's strength and Hutuo's siege capabilities, he could naturally clearly judge the direction of the war.

"Also, Brother Zhang, don't forget that my eldest brother has an ace troop in his hands, which is now lurking outside Luwu. If Hu Tuo is careless, he will suffer a great loss!"

As Hou Cheng was speaking, his tone suddenly changed, revealing a strong sense of confidence, which made Zhang Xun's eyes light up.

"Could it be that Brother Hou is talking about the eight hundred heavily-armored cavalry in the hands of my brother-in-law?"

"Haha, that's right!"

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(End of this chapter)