My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 184: One Day Without Putting Down the Sword
"There's a trap!"

"All troops stop!"

The two clan leaders were shocked when they saw this and quickly gave orders.

This type of spiked wooden stake trap is very common, and they have encountered it in previous raids and sieges.

However, there are few people as perverted as Lu Yi who built a trap three kilometers away from Luwu.

Three quarters of the 4,000-strong vanguard army were their own. If they were to kill them all, even if they managed to capture Luwu, their tribe would be finished.

Therefore, upon seeing this, the two of them immediately ordered a halt to the attack.

However, how could their little thoughts be hidden from Hutto, who was sitting in the rear and keeping an eye on the situation on the battlefield.

"Humph!"

Huto snorted coldly and immediately gave a new order to the messenger beside him.

"Order all vanguards, anyone who dares to fear the enemy and not advance will be killed!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The messenger immediately rushed off to convey Huto's new order.

"Um……"

Hutto still felt unsafe and gave another order.

"Order our headquarters to send out a 2,000-man supervisory team to follow behind the vanguard. Anyone caught up by the supervisory team will be executed on the spot!"

"Yes……"

After Hu Tuo's order was issued, the chief of the small tribe at the front line of the battlefield turned pale.

"This Hutuo wants to use us as a test stone to test the defense strength of Luwu! Aren't the people of our two tribes Xianbei people? Hutuo actually wants to use the blood and lives of our tribal warriors." One person had an angry look on his face, and it was obvious that he was extremely dissatisfied with Hutuo.

"Alas... even if I know what Huto is thinking, what can I do? I am at the mercy of others, what can I do..."

The other one carefully looked at the two thousand murderous supervisors coming from behind and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The two men had a quick conversation, but there was nothing they could do but to bite the bullet and lead their men forward, carefully exploring the land ahead in an attempt to discover unknown traps.

The actions of the two were quite effective. The trap was dead, but the people were alive.

Many traps were easily discovered by the vanguard troops led by the two.

Lu Yi, who had been paying close attention to the situation on the top of Luwu City, did not feel any sense of frustration.

These traps were dug in advance and did not deplete the physical strength of the auxiliary soldiers in Luwu.

Even if it can only kill one person, it will be an extra gain. Lu Yi didn't expect these death traps to kill many people.

However, even so, because of Lu Yi's abnormal persistence, when the 4,000 vanguards explored the trap of 3,000 steps and arrived at the moat of Luwu, more than 200 people were killed.

One eighth of the 4,000-man army was lost before the formal battle even began.

This had a huge impact on the morale of both sides.

The Xianbei vanguard, who had originally planned to charge to the top of Luwu City in one go, became somewhat discouraged when they arrived at the moat.

When the auxiliary soldiers on Luwu saw that the Xianbei had lost so many people before they even launched an attack, they couldn't help but cheer spontaneously.

"What should we do? Our men have suffered heavy casualties. Should we still attack?" asked a clan leader.

"What else can we do? If we don't want to be punished by Hu Tuo through military law, we can only charge forward!"

"As long as we can rush to the top of the city, those weak Han people will definitely not be a match for us Xianbei warriors, and this is also our only chance to survive and save our tribe!" Another clan leader gritted his teeth and immediately led his men to charge towards Luwu.

Although the Xianbei people had fought many battles in the past six months and captured many cities, they still lacked the means of siege, just like Hutto's previous attack.

They first placed the siege ladders horizontally across the moat, and then one after another, like ants, carrying half-shields on their backs, biting scimitars, and rushing towards the other side of the moat using their hands and feet.

"Hmph!" Cheng Lian couldn't help but snort coldly upon seeing this, and immediately asked Lu Yi in front of him.

"Brother, shall we start shooting arrows immediately?"

“No hurry…” Lu Yi waved his hand without even turning his head: “Let the vanguard climb halfway and then shoot arrows, so that these hundreds of people can’t move forward or backward!”

"Brother, that's brilliant!"

Cheng Lian's eyes lit up when he heard this and he immediately spoke excitedly.

"Shoot!" A moment later, when the vanguard of the Xianbei vanguard climbed to the halfway point of the ladder with difficulty, Cheng Lian, who had received Lu Yi's order in advance, immediately shouted loudly.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

At that moment, nearly a thousand iron-tipped arrows that had been ready to fire finally got the chance to vent. With the help of gravity, they rushed towards the center of the moat with tremendous force. The Xianbei vanguard troops, who looked up in horror at the sound of the arrows, heard the sound of the arrows and shot them towards the center of the moat.

"what!"

Immediately, nearly a hundred screams rang out one after another.

Even though they were carrying sturdy wooden half-shields on their backs, many Xianbei people were still shot and fell into the moat of Luwu screaming, following in the footsteps of their tribesmen half a year ago and ended up being fed to turtles in the moat.

The Xianbei vanguard's charge was startled by the rain of arrows.

But it was only a pause. Their charge did not stop, but they continued to rush towards Luwu on the other side of the moat with roars.

Behind them was the supervision team arranged by Huto.

In that moment of pause, more than a dozen people had been ruthlessly killed by the supervisory team.

"If you retreat, you will die. If you attack forward, you will not only survive, but as long as you can get all the money, food and women in the fortress with your bare hands, Lord Hutuo will allow you to keep your swords for a day!"

The two thousand supervisors killed the vanguards who showed signs of retreat while shouting in unison, which immediately aroused the greed of the four thousand vanguards.

Whether they are Han or Xianbei.

The truly wealthy are the very few people at the top of the pyramid.

Most people, regardless of whether they are Han or Hu, struggle to make ends meet all year round.

Among these four thousand pioneers, three thousand and nine are the poorest among our ancestors.

Not only did they have to undertake the forced labor of the Xianbei nobles, but they also had to provide their own horses and weapons to fight in times of war.

Only after completing these mandatory tasks could they herd their livestock and obtain precious food.

The only way they could gain additional wealth was through the Xianbei's southern invasion like this year's.

Only in this situation could they exchange their military achievements for a certain amount of money, food, supplies, slaves and even women.

However, as the Xianbei people were a rising nation, military orders were strict and only actual combat capabilities were recorded as military achievements.

However, looting ordinary unarmed Han villages and civilians would not be counted as military merit.

Only by fighting the enemy with your life in the current situation and surviving can it be counted as military merit.

(End of this chapter)