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Hu Zongmao rushed to the edge of the battlements with the sound of rumbling drums outside the city. On the top of the city, torches were lit every few steps. The flames were bright. Except for some soldiers on duty, most of the rebel soldiers rested on the top of the city , The rumbling drums outside the city woke up many soldiers who had just fallen asleep at the top of the city. Everyone hurriedly got up and took their positions. The archers ran to the edge of the battlements immediately, bent their bows and set arrows, and aimed at the city. .

The soldiers on the top of the city were all waiting for the Chu army to attack in silence. The drum sounded for a while, then the sound gradually weakened, and then it stopped. "" Confused, even if the drums stopped, I still waited for a long time, but I didn't see any soldiers from the Chu army rushing over.

Hu Zongmao frowned, and a lieutenant next to him understood something, and said cautiously: "General, they don't seem to be planning to attack."

"They just lost a big game today, and they already know how powerful the general is, so they never dare to attack again in such a short period of time." Another general hurriedly said: "It may be that something happened to them."

Hu Zongmao nodded slightly, put the saber back into the scabbard, and a general beside him said in a low voice: "General, they have laid planks on the trench, so it will be much more convenient for them to attack the city, why not take advantage of the darkness Let’s send people out of the city and take back all the planks, even if they still have planks to pave the road, when they attack again in the future, it will take time to pave the road, and the attack will not be so smooth.”

Hu Zongmao thought for a while, and looked at the camp of the Chu army outside the city. In the darkness, the tents in the distance were lit with flames, which stretched for more than ten miles, and there was still some distance from Hezhou City. Select a group of soldiers from the conscripted militia and let them go out of the city...!"

The general took the order and went down to make arrangements.

In the middle of the night, Hu Zongmao stood at the top of the city and observed that there was indeed no one near the main gate, so he ordered hundreds of militiamen who had been summoned to leave the city. The gate opened, and the militiamen cautiously approached the trench outside the city. There was only the sound of wind and sand whimpering. , was about to get close to the ditch, and suddenly heard a low voice from the ground. In the darkness, a group of cavalry seemed to be swept by the wind and sand, and galloped across. , According to the militiamen who were close to the trench, they immediately shot and killed them. The arrows were like rain. The militiamen originally wanted to stealthily take away the planks. When the shots came, these militiamen immediately panicked. [

These militiamen are almost all ordinary people brought in temporarily by Hu Zongmao. They have not undergone any training at all. Compared with the regular army, they are not in the same breath. During the fighting battle, seeing the ghost-like cavalry suddenly appear, someone already exclaimed: "No, run, the Chu army is coming...!"

A sound frightened everyone, and one of them ran back. The others didn't even think about it, they turned around and ran away. The leaders were two regular military academy generals. It can be clearly seen that the sudden appearance of this team of cavalry is not many, only a few dozen people. The number of militiamen is far higher than that of the opponent, and there are archers covering the city. There is no need to be so panic, but the militiamen are already terrified At the same time, escape is the most important thing, two school generals swung their knives and chopped down two militiamen, but they still couldn't stop hundreds of people from running back to the city gate like a tide.

Hu Zongmao on the top of the city naturally saw the cavalry suddenly appearing from the darkness, he fell into panic, and said in a deep voice: "Archers are ready, close the city gate immediately!"

A lieutenant beside him thought he heard it wrong, and asked, "General, what did you say? Close the city gate? Our people haven't come back yet."

"Close the city gate quickly." Hu Zongmao sternly said: "The cavalry is too fast, we must make sure that in case of a mistake, there must be no benevolence of women." The deputy general ordered the city gate to be closed immediately, and all the militiamen stalked When they ran to the city gate, they saw that the city gate, which was originally open, was closing quickly, and everyone was out of their wits, shouting loudly: "Don't close the city gate, don't close the city gate...!" When they ran to the city gate, the city gate was already closed. stand up.

The crowd was angry for a while, many people had already cursed, some even cried loudly, the city gate was closed tightly, motionless, the thick city gate was punched and kicked by everyone, and there was no movement.

Fortunately, the cavalry who appeared suddenly did not chase after them. After repelling the militiamen who were close to the trench, they disappeared into the night like ghosts and ghosts.

After a long while, Hu Zongmao saw it and made a movement, and then ordered to open a gap in the city gate to let the soldiers outside the city quickly enter the city, and then closed the city gate tightly.

Hu Zongmao knew that the Chu army must have kept an eye on the trenches, so he gave up sending people out of the city to destroy the roads, and focused on defending the city.

In the middle of the night, Hu Zongmao saw that there was no movement from the Chu army, so he returned to the command room of the city tower and slept with his clothes on. After a short sleep, he heard the sound of rumbling drums outside the city, and a lieutenant rushed in and said: " General, there is another drumbeat over there."

Hu Zongmao got up, frowning, and when he arrived at the top of the city, he saw the soldiers who had just lay down got up again, fully alert, and the drums over there were rumbling, just like last time, and the drums over there rang for a long time Hu Zongmao's eyes twitched, and he understood, and said with a sneer, "Chu Huan is planning to exhaust the army. Hehe, how can I hide this trick from this general."

"General, do you mean they beat the drums on purpose to make us think they were going to attack the city?"

Hu Zongmao nodded and said: "Exactly, this is a small trick...!" After pondering for a moment, he finally said: "The order goes down, the guards at the top of the city are divided into two squads, and they take turns to be on duty. Don't worry about their drums. If you can’t see their soldiers and horses, don’t worry about it.” He yawned and sneered, “Chu Huan is still too young to fight Ben in the future.”

Sure enough, the drums were played twice again in the middle of the night, but the Chu army attacked at the same time. Seeing this situation, the rebel soldiers at the top of the city ignored the drums and were on duty in different shifts.

At dawn, the drums sounded again, and many soldiers were still asleep, but someone exclaimed: "Quick, get up, they are coming, quick, get up fucking...!" [

Last night, the rebel soldiers did not have a good rest at all. Even if they were divided into two shifts, Hu Zongmao also ordered that the drums outside the city should not be ignored. Get up like a conditioned reflex, and at dawn, everyone finally had to take a good rest. Thinking about the sound of war drums, the soldiers were already a little tired, lying on the ground unwilling to get up, many of them even covered their ears with things, so as not to They were disturbed by the sound of drums outside the city, but they did not expect that the Chu army actually attacked the city this time.

Although the defenders were tired, they still had no choice but to get up and return to their positions. When Hu Zongmao heard that the Chu army was really attacking, he also appeared at the top of the city. Hu Zongmao shouted loudly: "Brothers, cheer up. The Chu army is our defeated general. Since they are seeking their own death, let them see us!" It’s amazing.” Shake up your spirits and prepare for a big battle.

The shield soldiers of the Chu army protected the archers behind them, and moved forward slowly. When they reached the range of the arrows, the archers bent their bows and set up arrows, shooting arrows at the top of the city, and the archers at the top of the city immediately returned fire. , other soldiers are getting ready, readying stones, and some people have already started to light a fire under the iron pot to heat up hot oil.

The rain of arrows lasted for a while, the Chu army's shieldmen retreated instead of advancing, and the archers and archers slowly withdrew from the battlefield. The archers at the top of the city stopped shooting arrows.

After waiting for a long time, there was no sound over there, and after a short half a day, soldiers appeared one after another.

Outside the tent of the commander of the Chu Army, Chu Huan, with his hands behind his back, looked at the dusty Hezhou City in the distance, with a calm expression. Beside him was his sworn brother Pei Ji.

Beside Pei Ji, stood Qin Lei in armor and holding an iron rod in his hand. Qin Lei yawned, as if he had just woken up from his sleep. This time, Pei Ji and Chu Huan went out at the same time. Naturally, it is impossible for Overlord Qin Lei to stay in Shuoquan. Before he set off for the expedition, Qin Lei was envious when he saw Chu Huan wearing a wolf armor. He repeatedly begged Chu Huan to give him a set of armor. I found a set of armor, but Qin Lei is short in stature, so it is not easy to find a suit of armor that suits him. I finally found a small set of armor, and it was still a bit big to wear on Qin Lei, and there was not enough time. Chu Huan could only let Qin Lei make do with it, and promised to tailor a suit of armor for Qin Lei later.

Qin Lei didn't care, no matter the size of the battle armor, Qin Lei felt very majestic if he could wear the armor on his body, although the suit of the armor did not fit well, it looked a bit nondescript, just like a monkey wearing armor Among them, Qin Lei was very satisfied. After going out for the expedition, he liked to carry his copper stick in his hand and walked around the camp, hoping to get everyone's praise.

In the barracks, quite a few people knew that Qin Lei was a perverted little monster, and that Governor Chu took great care of the little overlord, so they didn't dare to laugh at Qin Lei's armor as funny, but the praise Qin Lei was looking forward to was also very rare.

"The people of Duiziying have already withdrawn." Chu Huan looked at Hezhou City and said softly, "Brother, do we have to wait?"

For this expedition, Chu Huan brought three battalions of Qian, Zhen, and Dui, and the remaining three battalions were stationed in Jiazhou and Shuoquan respectively.

Pei Ji also looked ahead, nodded slightly and said: "The strength is not enough. Hu Zongmao is a cautious person. If the fire is not ready, the plan will be difficult to implement. Everything is going smoothly. As long as the fire is just right, we can give it a go. gone."

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Shall we attack again next time?"

"Don't worry, let's deal with them first with a strategy of disturbing the troops." Pei Ji smiled calmly, "Hu Zongmao naturally already knows that we are a strategy of disturbing the troops, and we, originally, wanted to let him understand that we are thinking of each other. This way of attacking the city, the stronger we attack the city, the more he will feel that we are attacking the city with all our strength, not to mention that the strategy of disrupting the army will consume their energy. The attacker is in our hands, and the initiative is in our hands. The cat plays with the mouse, even if the mouse knows it is a tease, but there is nothing to do, it will only be exhausted, and the anger in the heart will become more and more intense."

Chu Huan laughed, and said, "Duiziying is withdrawn, so they can rest for a while. Next time, it will be Zhenziying's turn." The two brothers looked at each other, showing unpredictable and profound smiles.

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