Chapter 347: Reinforcements
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Fencheng, a small town in Jizhou prefecture. Inside a simple civilian house, Niu Ben, Lu Fei, Luo Xin, and the other generals were discussing their next move.
While they had been waiting in Fencheng to join up with the imperial army, the barbarian reinforcements had suddenly arrived. 80,000 cavalry surrounded the small town, sealing it off completely.
The Shanzi Camp collapsed without a fight. Inside the city, they had only 15 days of food left. The barbarians, having interrogated captured Shanzi soldiers, now knew the situation inside and opted for a siege.
“Governor, we need to break out! The barbarians are planning the same thing they did to Jizhou—they want to starve us and crush any reinforcements. Word of our situation must have reached His Highness by now. Are we just going to sit and wait for our allies to die trying to reach us?” Lu Fei said firmly, without a trace of fear.
Niu Ben remained silent in thought. Outside, the enemy cavalry belonged to Beishan’s reinforcements. He didn’t know whether Beishan was personally leading them, but the barbarians now had cannons.
Luo Xin stood up angrily and said:
“Never mind everything else. At least let us destroy their cannons! Their artillery threatens our wagon formations. Let’s show these barbarians what our cannons can do!”
“Exactly! Let’s fight. We can’t just sit in Fencheng and wait to die!” the other officers agreed.
After a while, Niu Ben replied, “Not yet. Without the imperial army, we can’t attack blindly. I trust Luo Quan. He knows what to do. If Beishan wants to trap us, we might just be able to hit him from both front and rear.”
“But… can we really trust the imperial army?” Lu Fei asked doubtfully.