There is a saying in the art of war that one can gain strength in one go, but then it will weaken, and three times it will be exhausted. Li Jiancheng's first attack on the city failed miserably, and his morale was greatly reduced. Although he continued to attack the city day and night in the following days, under Zhang Xun's strict defense, except for hundreds of corpses abandoned under Xinye City every day, there was no progress at all. .
Li Jiancheng outside the city was having a hard time, and Zhang Xun in the city was also frowning, holding on to the city for more than ten days. Xinye City was a small city and did not reserve many strategic resources. Now the arrows in the city are on the verge of running out.
The most lethal weapon in a city defense battle is the bow and arrow. If it really comes to the point where there are no arrows left, then the city's fall will be a matter of no doubt.
Zhang Xun was well versed in the art of war and was very good at defending the city, so he naturally understood this. After several days of frowning and thinking day and night, he finally came up with a clever plan.
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At night, with the moonlight shining like ink, nearly a thousand black shadows vaguely appeared on the wall of Xinye City, climbing down bit by bit along the rope. Li Jiancheng was also a master of the art of war, and the Tang army was also highly disciplined. This situation was quickly discovered by the Tang army's sentries wandering outside Xinye City, and they flew to report to Li Jiancheng.
In addition to being the head coach of this southern expedition, Li Jiancheng was also the prince of the Tang Dynasty. The prince was an important weapon of the country, and he could not only focus on Jingxiang. At this moment, he was reviewing the documents sent by Tan Ma. Military reports from the Bashu region.
The military newspaper said that with the help of Dou Gui, Li Xiaogong made great progress along the way. Hanzhong, Brazil and other places were conquered without a fight, and Bashu was already at his fingertips. However, Li Jiancheng was not very happy about this victory. On the one hand, it was because Bashu was not heavily guarded. In addition, the Guanlong nobles also had considerable influence in Bashu. With the help of Dou Gui, the leader of the Guanlong family, if Li Xiaogong If he still can't get Bashu, that only shows his incompetence.
On the other hand, Li Xiaogong's consecutive battles also put him under pressure. If Li Xiaogong had occupied the entire Bashu, but he could not even capture a small Xinye county, but lost thousands of soldiers and horses, he would probably offend his father. do not like.
"Report to His Highness the Crown Prince. While patrolling outside Xinye City, we discovered that nearly a thousand men and horses were marching down the city with unknown movements!"
The report from the patrol rider interrupted Li Jiancheng's contemplation. He frowned and thought for a long time, and said calmly: "It is getting late, and it is difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy in the dark. Zhang Xun is quite cunning. He passed the order of Gu and mobilized three thousand crossbowmen. Camp, don’t charge into the formation, just shoot them with random arrows!”
"As you command!"
Half a quarter of an hour later, three thousand Tang Army crossbowmen gathered at the foot of Xinye City. Following the command from the leading general, thousands of arrows were fired in an instant.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~
Thousands of bowstrings buzzed like birds, the sound of breaking through the air suddenly rose, and countless arrows rose into the sky and flew towards the black shadow on the city wall.
The arrows are like locusts, coming like rain.
Not only was Li Jiancheng depressed because of the continuous siege of the city for several days, but the Tang army officers and soldiers were also filled with anger. Now they suddenly had a channel to vent their anger. They all seemed to be going crazy, drawing their bows and firing arrows with all their might. Vent your anger.
I don’t know why, but the Tang Army’s crossbowmen have been shooting arrows for a long time, but there are still black shadows coming down from the top of the city. Facing this group of stubborn enemies, the Tang Army’s crossbowmen were obviously irritated and completely forgot about it. Holding on to the soreness in his arms, he fired arrows crazily without any effort.
Unconsciously, it was already dawn. At this time, the Tang army soldiers were surprised to find that the people on the city wall were not Sui soldiers at all, but scarecrows. These scarecrows were densely covered with arrows.
The entire army was in an uproar.
"What, could it be that we have been shooting scarecrows all night?"
"No wonder we shot so many arrows, but they still kept descending without fear of death. Emotions are not human at all!"
"I said that after cumming all night, I couldn't hear a single scream!"
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At this time, Lei Wanchun, who was dressed in armor, suddenly appeared on the top of the city and shouted angrily to the city: "Listen, Tang Jun below the city, go back and tell your prince, thank him for his generous gift of arrows, and I will definitely do it someday." Give it back! Hahahaha!"
The soldiers of the Sui army also laughed loudly and said: "Thank you very much for sending the arrows. Thank you brothers from the Tang Army for sending the arrows. I will definitely return them someday!"
The crossbowmen of the Tang army below the city were all furious when they heard this. They dropped their crossbows and pointed at the Sui army on top of the city and yelled, "Sui dogs, don't be too proud. When Xinye City is destroyed, you will be in good hands!" "
Li Jiancheng, who came after hearing the news, saw the situation in front of him and sighed helplessly: "Zhang Xun is like a god with his troops. With this man here, Xinye will be difficult to defeat. It's a pity that we in the Tang Dynasty don't have such talents?"
Li Yan on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't be so pessimistic. No matter how clever Zhang Xun is, he can't change the current situation of the outnumbered generals. Even if he gets tens of thousands of arrows, at most it will only keep him alive for a few more days." day."
On the wall of Xinye City, Lei Wanchun said to Zhang Xun with a smile: "Master Zhang, you have once again impressed me! This straw boat borrowing arrows has allowed us to obtain more than 80,000 arrows!"
Zhang Xun smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "General Lei, go and select a few hundred strong soldiers from the army, and descend from the city wall tonight to raid the Tang camp!"
Lei Wanchun was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Sir, there are sentries of the Tang Army outside the city. They can easily be discovered by them even if it is dark."
Zhang Xun smiled calmly, "The way to use war is to use reality with reality. General Lei, the Tang army just sent us more than 80,000 arrows today. Do you think they will think that those who fell from the city wall today are alive?"
Lei Wanchun suddenly realized, "The general is thoughtful and well-planned. The general will prepare now."
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Late at night, two Tang Army sentries were patrolling around Xinye City. One of them suddenly stopped the other, pointed at the dense black shadows on the wall of Xinye City and said: "Brother Zhang, look, there is It’s not someone, it’s not the Sui army who wants to attack us secretly, right?”
The sentry knight who was called Brother Zhang didn't even turn around and said disdainfully: "Brother Wang, don't be stupid. You have forgotten what we suffered yesterday. These Sui dogs still want to deceive arrows. Dream on!"
"What Brother Zhang San said is absolutely true!" The sentry knight surnamed Wang chuckled and said, "The Sui army is also that... uh... Guizhou donkey skills are poor, yes, Guizhou donkey skills are poor! I think we will be able to break through Xinye City soon. .”
The sentry surnamed Zhang laughed and said, "That's right, brother Wang, you are quite knowledgeable, but they are just poor at it!"
The two sentinel riders walked away talking and laughing. They never expected that less than a quarter of an hour after they left, more than 800 elite Sui troops passed their patrol post under the command of Lei Wanchun. area.
