My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 172: Huto's Collapse

"Cheng Lian, has there been any news from Jiuyuan County and Gaoshun recently?"

Just when Zhang Xun was worried about Lu Yi.

On the city wall of Luwu, Lu Yi, who was inspecting the city defense, asked Cheng Lian behind him.

"My dear brother, the Hutuo tribe has already started attacking Jiuyuan County a few days ago."

"But all the arrangements made by Big Brother came in handy. According to the scouts' reports, the Hutuo faction won't gain any benefits at all. Jiuyuan County is as stable as a rock."

"And Gao Shun has been hiding in a secret place in Taihang Mountain with all 800 heavily-armored men since half a month ago. Even if the Xianbei army searches the mountain, they cannot find any trace of Gao Shun and his men."

"Brother Gao Shun sends people out of the mountains to contact us every ten days. He still has four months' worth of food, enough to last until April next year."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lian immediately reported all the information to Lu Yi one by one.

"Tell Gao Shun that he is a special force and will never be used unless it is a special moment. Therefore, ask him to hide himself well and reduce unnecessary contact with the outside world to prevent his whereabouts from being leaked and causing an attack from the Xianbei army."

After hearing this, Lu Yi immediately issued the corresponding instructions.

"In addition, we have also learned about the Hutuo tribe. He is the chief of a large tribe and has 5,000 soldiers. His strength far exceeds that of the previous Angrido and Zade tribes."

"If he fails to capture Jiuyuan County, he will definitely try his luck at Jiuyuan Pavilion."

"Brother, you are right. These barbarians went to such great lengths to start a full-scale war with the Han Dynasty just to plunder money, people, and food."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lian immediately nodded in agreement.

"If he cannot enjoy the sweetness in Jiuyuan County, he will definitely turn to my Jiuyuan Pavilion."

"But this barbarian dog certainly wouldn't have thought that under my brother's governance, small Jiuyuan Pavilion is much more difficult to attack than Jiuyuan County. Moreover, my brother has fortified the city and cleared the countryside. When he leads his army to Jiuyuan Pavilion and finds that there is not even a house for the barbarians to shelter from the wind and rain, he will definitely be disappointed!"

As soon as Cheng Lian said this, everyone smiled confidently.

"Although the Xianbei led a large army to attack the Great Wall, they themselves did not have much food left over for the winter, so they tried every possible means to attack our Han territory. As long as they can make them conclude that they cannot capture Lüwu in the short term, and they cannot get any supplies by clearing the countryside, Hu Tuo must lead the army to plunder elsewhere to replenish food, as long as he is not a fool."

However, Lu Yi started to beat Cheng Lian and others.

"As long as we can survive a few rounds of Hutto's attacks and cause him some casualties, Hutto will definitely retreat. But because of this, Hutto's attacks will definitely be very fierce, so everyone should be careful to defend themselves!"

"promise!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lian and others immediately obeyed the order.

One day later.

The scouts received the report that after three days of attacking Jiuyuan County, Hu Tuo's army turned around and attacked Jiuyuan Pavilion directly.

After receiving the news, Lu Yi immediately ordered Lu Wu to enter the highest state of alert.

Except for the two thousand auxiliary soldiers who had been trained for nearly two months, the rest of the men, women, young and old were all on standby to build and repair fortifications for the auxiliary soldiers, replenish defensive supplies such as rolling logs, stones, gold juice, etc., to reduce the physical exertion of the auxiliary soldiers as much as possible so that they can use all their energy to resist the Xianbei attack.

At noon on the second day, with a cloud of dust covering the sky, Hutuo's 5,000-strong army finally arrived at the city of Luwu.

He looked at the overly solid fort in front of him with a gloomy face, and couldn't help feeling depressed. In addition to the area occupied, the defense of Luwu was even deeper than Jiuyuan County, which made Hu Tuo, who couldn't even break through the defense of Jiuyuan County, quietly retreat.

These men are the capital for Hu Tuo to look down on the Xianbei, and losing one of them would make him feel very sad.

Therefore, his primary goal was not to forcibly capture a wealthy city, but to try every possible means to preserve his own strength.

If he attacked the city too fiercely because of his greed for military merit, resulting in heavy casualties among his soldiers, even if he finally broke through the city and obtained a large amount of money and supplies, in the end it would be benefited by the stronger tribe.

Without sufficient power, too much money, food and population will become a deadly poison.

It would be fine if only Luwu was solid.

Hutto could have given up attacking Luwu after a few symbolic attacks and instead plundered the rural Han people who posed no threat to him at all.

These Han people were scattered, without weapons or armor, and were simply unable to resist the looting of the Xianbei people.

However, this guy Lu Yi is even more thorough than the county magistrate of Jiuyuan County.

Not only did they move all the people and food to Luwu, but they also spent a huge amount of money to destroy all the houses within the Jiuyuan Pavilion.

Along the way, Hutuo led his army to sleep in the open air, without even a house to shelter from the wind and rain.

This made Huto particularly uncomfortable, and he almost collapsed.

However, they had to fight because Hutto had little rations left.

Without supplies through looting, there was no need for the Han people to attack him, and the 5,000 troops under his command would have starved to death alone.

"Brother Hutuo, don't be discouraged!" Seeing Hutuo's gloomy face, Su Shuang pretended to be concerned and stepped forward to comfort him.

He also expected Huto to avenge him and help him regain his horse smuggling business, so he naturally didn't want Huto to waver and stop at his enemy's doorstep.

"Although this Luwu was built tall by Lu Yi, the defense of the city still depends on people. Lu Yi is just a small pavilion chief, and he has only some guards for traveling merchants. How can he stop the attack of Brother Hu Tuo's 5,000 troops!"

Su Shuang was indeed an old businessman who had been immersed in the business world for half his life. He immediately understood Hu Tuo's worries and gave him precise and corresponding comfort.

"Brother Su said it well! Then I will see what this guy is capable of. If he doesn't live up to his reputation, he is just a soft persimmon, just right for us to pinch!" Hu Tuo felt relieved when he heard this. He knew that Su Shuang had dealt with Lu Yi a lot and should have a better understanding of Lu Yi.

After making up his mind, Hutto ordered his troops to dismount and rest on the spot for an hour to eat and replenish their energy.

And while they were repairing the city, they also deliberately created an appearance of chaos to lure Lu Yi into risking his life to go out of the city and attack.

But how could Lu Yi not see through Hutuo's little trick?

He just needs to defend honestly. With the current defense force and material reserves of Luwu, without the desperate attack of 10,000 people, there is absolutely no possibility for the Xianbei people to break through.

Unless Hutuo completely abandons his 5,000 people, Luwu will never be afraid of the attack from Hutuo's small force.

And it is even better that Huto is prepared to confine himself.

(End of this chapter)