The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 104 One Arrow

In the barracks, I got two big pancakes from Huotoujun, asked Long'er to find a pot to stew a pot of pancakes, filled a bowl, and after a simple breakfast, took Long'er up to the city wall and found Cheng Chumo curled up in a corner and dozed.

The night in Shicheng was very cold. Although Cheng Chumo was covered with a thick cloak, there were some ice particles on his beard.

"Brother Chumo, wake up." Xuan Shijing knelt down and shook Cheng Chumo.

"Huh? Huh? What's the matter? Have those bastards started attacking the city?" Cheng Chumo jumped up all of a sudden.

It could be seen that Cheng Chumo's nerves were tense all night, and he was always on the alert. It was probably dawn before he took a nap and rested.

"No, nothing has happened yet. You go back to the camp and have a good sleep. I'll just watch from above. If something happens, I will send someone to call you." Xuan Shijing said, seeing Cheng Chumo working so hard, he still Take him off for a rest.

"That's all right, I'll go back first." Cheng Chu silently patted the dust on his body, and gave Xuan Shijing the heavy cloak on his body: "You are weak, and the wind is strong on the city wall. Your cloak can't block the wind. Use brother This one."

Xuan Shijing took the cloak and nodded: "Sure, go down and rest quickly."

Cheng Chumo shouted to the side: "Wang Jin, tell the brothers to switch defenses and go rest."

"Yes!" A soldier not far away responded, and then, Cheng Chumo led the two soldiers beside him down the city wall.

When Cheng Chumo said this, Xuan Shijing really felt chilly on his body, put on Cheng Chumo's cloak, and walked into the tower. There was a simple wooden table in the tower, and there were several benches around it. Usually the place where the soldiers take turns to rest at night, but although it is a city tower, there are still square lookouts around it, and the wind blows in, and it is not much warmer than the outside, so it can barely block the wind.

There is also a brazier in the corner, with wooden shelves around it, and a pot hanging above it. There is still hot water in the pot. If you are freezing outside at night, you can’t hold it without drinking some hot water.

"It's really hard for the soldiers guarding this kind of place. Yutian Town is farther west than this stone city, and the conditions are not as difficult." Xuan Shijing moved a bench and put it next to the brazier, and sat on it. The stool is covered with a cloak to warm the fire.

"Of course it can't be compared with Khotan Town here." Long'er took a bowl and poured some hot water for Xuan Shijing: "After leaving Khotan Town, to the west is Shule, where there are many Hu merchants. Lord Hou also knew that the most important condition for survival in the Western Regions was to have a water source. Between Yutian Town and Shule were the Yuhe River and the Yiduo River. The snow on the Kunlun Mountains melted and flowed down the river. More, more people, the environment will be relatively better, isn’t it.”

Xuan Shijing took the hot water and took a sip: "Yes, Shicheng is a military city after all, and now the original Turkic territory has been acquired by the Tang Dynasty, but the people living on the grassland are still the same people, and I don't know This time the Tubo people are at war with the Tang Dynasty, will the so-called eagles on the grassland take this opportunity to make a fuss?" Xuan Shijing was thinking about these things when studying the map yesterday, but the most important thing right now The most important thing is to deal with the Tubo people who are right in front of you. Moreover, the Turkic tribes on the grassland are not something that Xuan Shijing can control. Yuan Shoucheng once told him the truth that trees are more beautiful than forests. I did fortune-telling for him, and I don't know what he calculated. No matter what Xuan Shijing asked, Yuan Shoucheng always passed by, saying that the secret should not be revealed.

"Report to the young master, the Tubo people are here." A soldier walked into the tower from the outside.

Xuan Shi stood up with a bang, and put the bowl on the table: "Go out and have a look."

Tightening the cloak on his body, he quickly walked out of the tower.

Standing on the city wall and looking into the distance, the Tubo army is approaching Shicheng at a very fast speed. If they did not come to attack Shicheng last night, I am afraid that they have to rectify the army, have a full rest, and prepare for today's battle.

"The whole army is on alert! Send someone to the camp to summon all the soldiers in the camp, and call General Cheng." Although Xuan Shijing wanted Cheng Chumo to rest for a while, the current situation did not wait for anyone, and he did not care about it. Too much, marching and fighting, I am a layman, it's okay to come up with ideas, but in real fighting, I still need an expert like Cheng Chumo.

Soon, Tubo's army arrived in front of Shicheng, and the walls of Shicheng were also full of soldiers.

"Listen to the people of Tang Dynasty on the city wall, I kindly advise you, it is better to open the city gate obediently and surrender, and let you have a way out. Anyway, you people can't resist the attack of our army. If you don't surrender, you will rest after breaking the city. Blame this will not be polite!" The person headed in front shouted towards the city wall.

"Let me surrender, do you have the ability? Call in if you have the ability, I will wait for you grandsons here!" Cheng Chumo roared down.

"Is there a hard bow?" Xuan Shijing looked at the face of the person in front and felt very uncomfortable: "Find me a hard bow, two stones will do."

Zhao Ying, who was following Cheng Chumo, nodded, and turned around to find a bow and arrow for Xuan Shijing.

"Why, Shijing, do you want to use a bow?" Cheng Chumo looked at Xuan Shijing in surprise, although he knew that Xuan Shijing knew some martial arts on the battlefield yesterday, but considering his small stature, how could he be able to pull a two-stone bow? .

Soon, the bow was found, Xuan Shijing took the bow, pulled the bowstring with his hands, tried it, although it was not very smooth, but it was enough, took off Cheng Chumo's heavy cloak, and put the bow on himself The cloak he was wearing was thrown back.Pulled out a sharp arrow from the quiver on the back of the soldier next to him, bent the bow and set the arrow, and pulled the bow string fiercely. In an instant, the bow was like a full moon, aimed at the enemy general in front of the formation, let go, and the sharp arrow pierced the air and headed towards The enemy will go.

Cheng Chumo on the side opened his mouth in surprise, it was unbelievable that Xuan Shijing's small body could stretch the bow of two stones to the full.

Xuan Shijing also tried his best to draw the bow to the full, but he would miss a few, and it was only this arrow. Xuan Shijing's arm had lost strength, and he knew that the most important factor in fighting is Morale, if this arrow hits, it will greatly boost the morale of Tang Jun.

The enemy general was not worried when he saw a thin young man on the city wall bending his bow and aiming at him with an arrow. He still laughed and said, "Is there really no one in Shicheng? It's not true for the elders. Find a child and pull the bowstring." huh? Hahahahaha"

When he smiled, the people in the Tubo army behind him also laughed, and the sound of laughter spread to the city wall. The faces of the guards on the city wall were flushed, and they wanted to go down and fight to prove themselves.

Suddenly, the laughter of the leading enemy general stopped abruptly
(End of this chapter)