Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 356 Trust
Liang Xiao shook his head resolutely and rejected it. "No, you have to stay and take charge of Daban's defense."

Li Danghu was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Ah Xiao, I am very grateful for your trust. But I am frustrated first, and I am afraid that I will not be able to convince everyone. Once people's hearts are unstable and Daban is lost, what should I do?"

"You have to have confidence in yourself. It's not your fault that Kucha fell, and I'm the one who should be held accountable." Liang Xiao stood up, put his hands on Li Danghu's shoulders, and signaled him to sit down. "You have concerns, I am very clear, and I will make it clear to the soldiers. I believe that everyone has seen your ability in the past few days of training. You are better than me at defending the city."

Li Danghu was very grateful. "Did you already have a plan?"

Liang Xiao smiled.He had indeed been thinking about it for days.From the moment he learned that Qiuci might not be guaranteed, he was thinking about these issues.

Li Danghu felt warm in his heart.He understood the heavy burden on Liang Xiao's shoulders, and he also understood why Liang Xiao waited until now to speak.This is to give him time to establish prestige among the soldiers so that he can take over the command smoothly.

"Since you have made a decision, I have nothing to say, but a suggestion: Considering the limited force, you should give priority to attacking Wutu Valley, and then attack Jiaohe City when the time is right."

Liang Xiao agreed.He had planned to do so too.Jiaohe City is Cheshi's royal city, and its defense force is relatively stronger.Even if he took Jiaohe City, he would not be able to defend it without enough troops, so he might as well attack the advantageous Wutu Valley directly.Wutu Valley is in the north of the mountain, far away from the battlefield, and the defense is lax. The chance of a successful surprise attack is greater, and it is also conducive to defense after being captured.

Liang Xiao took Li Danghu to the workshop behind the official office. The workshop was full of activity, and the craftsmen were in groups of three or four, busy with their own affairs.Although it is winter, they are still sweating profusely. It is not as good as everyone is shirtless, wielding axes, adzes, knives and saws, and working hard.The sound of chopping, knocking, and grinding can be heard endlessly.The finished parts and semi-finished products, arrows, knives and spears, and shields are piled up in an orderly manner on the ground.

Li Danghu was very surprised. He knew that there was a workshop behind the government office, but he didn't expect the workshop to be so large, with so many craftsmen, and with such high efficiency.

Liang Xiao called Alpha and Beta, and handed over the leadership of the equipment workshop to Li Danghu.He told Alpha that Li Danghu is from a family of archers, and he is very familiar with bows and crossbows.With his assistance, the trial production of the crossbow will soon be on the right track.

Alpha was overjoyed.She has suffered a lot in the past two days.Liang Xiao said before that the trial production of the crossbow can be delayed for a while, but now that the situation has changed, the crossbow has to be put on the work schedule again.In order to solve the accuracy problem of the ballista, she was almost driven crazy.

After the discussion, Liang Xiao sent someone to call Xie Guanglong.

Xie Guanglong, holding his helmet under his arm, hurried over with strides, sweat dripping from his face, steaming hot.As soon as he entered the door, he yelled carelessly: "Captain, what do you want me to do? Do you want to fight?"

"I'm looking for you, of course there's something big going on." Liang Xiao laughed loudly.He motioned for Xie Guanglong to sit down, and walked back and forth a few steps. "These two days, Li Danghu is in charge of the drill, what do you think of him?"

Xie Guanglong tugged at his messy beard, and praised him: "He is General Li's son after all, and we rough people can't compare. I, Xie, have nothing to say, and I am convinced in one word."

"Then do you think, if you put him in charge, can you keep Daban?"

"It should be fine." Xie Guanglong smacked his lips. "These days, we've all seen it. In terms of city defense, we are inferior to him."

"But I think that only him is not enough." Liang Xiao stared at Xie Guanglong, raising his eyebrows. "He still lacks a right-hand man."

Seeing that Liang Xiao's eyes were wrong, Xie Guanglong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses and grinned happily. "Captain, are you... talking about me? Haha, my old Xie has finally been promoted. Hey, that's not right. Let Li be in charge. Captain, how about you?"

"I'm going out for a while, and I want to hand over Dabancheng to you and Li Danghu." Liang Xiao waved his hand, and Sigma brought an Uzi sword. "Can I trust you?"

Seeing the Kucha sword, Xie Guanglong's eyes lit up immediately.Liang Xiao has an unwritten habit. This kind of sword is only awarded to those who can stand alone. So far, apart from Sigma who won the first prize in the archery competition, the only people who have won this sword are Li Shuyun, old Andrew and Guo Wu. Now They are all out in command and shoulder heavy responsibilities.

Li Shuyun and old Andrew were nothing more than that. Guo Wu was originally his subordinate, but now he came from behind. It is not true to say that he has no ideas in his heart.However, Xie Guanglong knew that his status was humble, so he was embarrassed to say anything, so he could only grit his teeth and fight first, hoping to be appreciated by Liang Xiao.

Now, the opportunity finally came, and an Uzi sword was placed in front of him.

"Captain..." Xie Guanglong blushed with excitement, his voice trembling.He clasped his fists and bowed his hands, as if saluting, but also as if he couldn't wait to receive the knife. "I have been appreciated by the captain, I thank you so much, I will pay you back with my death."

Liang Xiao put the knife in Xie Guanglong's hand, and patted his shoulder vigorously. "Old Xie, brothers are of the same heart, and their benefits cut through gold. We have overcome so many difficulties together, and King You Xian came, and we can't let him take advantage of it. Daban City, I will leave it to you two."

Xie Guanglong held the knife tightly, almost roaring. "Don't worry, my lord, the city exists and the people exist."

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Liang Xiao arranged the defense of Daban, leaving most of the troops behind, only selected more than a hundred mercenaries, and more than 30 Weixu and Yuli soldiers, quietly left Daban Fortress.

Daban Fortress is located in a canyon, with cliffs standing on both sides, and a lot of snow and ice have accumulated, making it impossible for the army to pass through.But these couldn't help Liang Xiao.The mercenaries he brought were all carefully selected masters. Although they were small in number, they were all very skilled, and they could pass through even such dangerous terrain.

A few days ago, Liang Xiao was preparing for this raid.In order to be able to walk on the ice and snow, he prepared not only skis, but also spikes.In order to quickly replenish energy, he also asked those Yuezhi people for advice, mixed flour and oil to make dough, and used it as dry food for marching.

After the Yuezhi people were defeated by the Huns, some remnants lived in Nanshan, south of the desert, and mixed with the Qiang people.They learned from the Qiang people to use barley noodles and ghee as food, which is somewhat similar to the tsampa eaten by Tibetans in later generations.According to them, this kind of food has more calories, is easy to carry, and tastes better than jerky, especially suitable for eating in cold regions.

Liang Xiao tried it a few times. Although he felt that the taste was not as good as they said, it was indeed much easier to eat than jerky.

Besides skis, spikes and tsampa, Liang Xiao also brought a lot of rope.When climbing the cliff, those who are close use the flying catch, and those who are far away use the arrow to shoot the rope over, and then let Sigma, who is the lightest body, climb up and down first, fix the rope end, and then pass through in turn.Although it was hard and dangerous, it also passed many dangerous peaks that could not have been passed.

Braving the severe cold and unpredictable weather, they crossed one after another mountain peaks and passed through one after another valleys. Liang Xiao and others kept advancing in the canyons.

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King Youxian returned to Daban City once again, more majestic.

Che Shi Wang Mo and King Gou Lin went out to meet him. Seeing the complacency on the faces of the accompanying generals, guessing their bulging pockets, his heart was full of envy, jealousy and hatred, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face, he could only force his face Laughing, saying insincere congratulations, but my heart is bleeding.

This time King Youxian sent troops, Che Shi paid the biggest price, almost helping all the country, but they didn't have their share when he robbed Kucha.

But he can't help it, who made the Huns strong and Che Shi weak.The law of the jungle preys on the strong, this is the rule set by God.

King Youxian set up a big camp in Daban City, and ordered King Julin and King Cheshi to enter the tent and answer.When he learned that there was nothing abnormal in Dabancheng during the two months since he left, he smiled and glanced at Dongfang Shuo intentionally or unintentionally.

"I'm still worried that he's gone."

The Xiongnu generals laughed, and many people turned their attention to Dongfang Shuo with a bit of banter.For Han people, they often have a feeling that they can't explain clearly.Both envy their wealth and despise their cowardice.It was the same for Dongfang Shuo, they were willing to listen to Dongfang Shuo chatting nonsense, but hated that kind of condescending arrogance.

However, facing Dongfang Shuo's condescending arrogance, they really had nothing to do.In terms of stature, they couldn't compare with Dongfang Shuo, and in terms of hands, no one dared to challenge Dongfang Shuo.No loss of physical strength, everyone understands this truth.Seeing You Xian Wang taunting Liang Xiao at this moment, they naturally had to laugh along with him.

Che Shi Wang was a little strange, he had never seen Dongfang Shuo before, and he was very curious about this tall young man in Chinese style clothes.

Dongfang Shuo looked disapproving. "I told you a long time ago that he will not run away, he will only sharpen his knife and wait for you to stick your head over it."

"Then let's take a good look and see how good his knife is." Youxian King didn't think he was disobedient, and his smile was even brighter. "Mr. Dongfang, why don't you write him a letter and ask him to hand over the Daban Fortress. I respect him as a hero, save his life, let him go, and never make things difficult for him. If he is willing to work for me , I can make him king and let him manage the countries south of the Tianshan Mountains, how about that?"

Dongfang Shuo's heart moved, and he reluctantly said: "I can write to you, but if he listens or not, don't expect too much."

King You Xian laughed out loud, showing a bit of complacency.After being under house arrest for so long, Dongfang Shuo agreed to do something for him for the first time.That's a good start.

In front of the Huns, Dongfang Shuo wrote a letter eloquently.King Youxian was afraid that he would reveal the military information, so he specially asked someone to read it, and found no problems, so he was sent to the fortress.

The letter was delivered to Li Danghu. After reading a few lines, Li Danghu understood. The big rock that had been hanging in his heart fell to the ground with a bang, and he felt relaxed.

"Dongfang Shuo is in your camp?"
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(End of this chapter)