The art of war has a cloud of vigor, then declines, and then exhaustion. Li Jiancheng failed in his first siege of the city, and his morale was greatly reduced, although he still stormed the city day and night in the following days, but under Zhang Xun's strict defense, except for the abandonment of hundreds of corpses under Xinye City every day, there was no progress at all.

Li Jiancheng outside the city is not having a good time, Zhang Xun in the city is also frowning, sticking to the city for more than ten days, Xinye City is a small city, there is not much strategic resources reserved, and now the arrows in the city are on the verge of running out.

The most lethal weapon in the defense of the city is the bow and arrow, if it really reaches the point where there is no arrow, then the loss of the city is a matter of no suspense.

Zhang Xun is proficient in the art of war and is very good at defending the city, so he naturally understands this, and he has been sad for several days, thinking about it day and night, and finally came up with a clever plan.

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At night, the moonlight was like ink, and nearly a thousand black shadows faintly appeared on the Xinye city wall, crawling down the rope little by little. Li Jiancheng was also a master of the art of war, and the Tang army was also highly disciplined, and this situation was soon discovered by the Tang army sentry cavalry roaming outside Xinye City, and Pegasus went to report to Li Jiancheng.

In addition to being the commander of the expedition to the south, Li Jiancheng is also the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the prince is the important weapon of the country, and it is impossible to only focus on the corner of Jingxiang, at this moment, he is reviewing the military report sent by Tanma about the Bashu area.

The military newspaper said that Li Xiaogong, with the assistance of Dou Rail, was like a bamboo, and Hanzhong, Brazil and other places went down without a fight, and Bashu was already at his fingertips. However, Li Jiancheng did not have much joy about this victory, on the one hand, because Bashu was not heavily guarded, and the Guanlong nobles also had a lot of influence in Bashu, with the assistance of Dou Rail, the leader of the Guanlong family, if Li Xiaogong couldn't take Bashu, it could only show his incompetence.

On the other hand, Li Xiaogong's successive battles also put him under pressure, if Li Xiaogong has already occupied the entire Bashu, and he can't even take a small county in Xinye, but loses thousands of soldiers and horses, I am afraid that he will dislike his father again.

"Report, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, when I was patrolling outside Xinye City, I found that there were nearly a thousand men and horses walking down the city, and their movements were unknown!"

The report of the patrol rider interrupted Li Jiancheng's contemplation, he frowned and thought for a long time, and said lightly: "It's getting late, it's hard to distinguish between the enemy and me in the night, Zhang Xun is quite tricky, pass on Gu's order, transfer 3,000 crossbowmen out of the camp, don't charge into battle, just shoot arrows and kill!" ”

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, the three thousand Tang Army crossbowmen were assembled under Xinye City, and with the order of the leading general, ten thousand arrows were fired in an instant.

Whoosh~~

Thousands of bowstrings hummed like birds, the sound of breaking through the sky burst out, and countless arrows rose into the air, flying towards the black shadows on the city wall.

Arrows come like locusts, like rain.

After several days of attacking the city, not only Li Jiancheng was depressed, but the soldiers of the Tang Army were also holding back the fire, and at this moment they suddenly had a channel to vent, all of them seemed to be crazy, desperately pulling their bows and arrows, in order to vent the anger in their hearts.

It's just that for some reason, the Tang army crossbowmen have been shooting arrows for a long time, but there are still black shadows falling down on the city, and in the face of this group of stubborn enemies, the Tang army crossbowmen are obviously enraged, completely forgetting the soreness of their arms, and sparing no effort to release arrows crazily.

Before I knew it, the sky was already dark, and at this time, the soldiers of the Tang Army were surprised to find that the soldiers above and below the city wall were the Sui soldiers, but the scarecrows, and these scarecrows were densely packed with arrows.

The whole army was in an uproar.

"What, isn't it possible that we've been shooting scarecrows all night?"

"It's no wonder that we shot so many arrows, but they are still not afraid of death to descend, and their feelings are not human at all!"

"I said I all night, and I can't hear a scream!"

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At this time, Lei Wanchun, who was dressed in armor, suddenly appeared on the head of the city, and shouted at the city with full anger: "Listen to the Tang army under the city, go back and tell your prince, thank him for his generosity in sending arrows, he will definitely return it one day!" Hahahaha! ”

The soldiers and soldiers of Sui also laughed loudly: "Thank you for sending the arrows, thank you for the brothers of the Tang Army for sending the arrows, and they will definitely be returned another day!" ”

The crossbowmen of the Tang Army under the city were all angry when they heard this, and they threw away their bows and crossbows one after another, pointing at the Sui army at the head of the city and scolding, "Sui dog, don't be too complacent, wait until Xinye City is broken, you will look good!" ”

Li Jiancheng, who rushed to hear the news, saw the appearance in front of him, and sighed helplessly: "Zhang Xun is like a god, with this person, it is difficult to overcome Xinye, but it's a pity why I don't have such a talent in Datang?" ”

Li Yan on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness doesn't have to be so pessimistic, no matter how strategic Zhang Xun is, he can't change the current situation of being outnumbered, even if he gets tens of thousands of arrows, at most he can only let him survive for a few more days." ”

On the Xinye city wall, Lei Wanchun said to Zhang Xun with a smile: "Lord Zhang, you have impressed me again!" This straw boat borrowed arrows, which allowed us to get more than 80,000 arrows! ”

Zhang Xun smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "General Lei, you go to the army to select a few hundred strong soldiers, go down from the city wall tonight, and raid the Tang camp!" ”

Lei Wanchun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said in surprise: "My lord, there are Tang Army's sentinels outside the city, and even if it is dark, it is easy for them to find out." ”

Zhang Xun smiled indifferently, "Fiction and reality are the way to use soldiers, General Lei, the Tang army just sent us more than 80,000 arrows today, do you think they will think that it is a living person who descended from the city wall today?" ”

Lei Wanchun suddenly realized, "The general is thoughtful and well-planned, and the general will prepare." ”

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Late at night, two Tang army sentries were patrolling around the area of Xinye City, and one of the sentry riders suddenly stopped the other sentry, pointed to the dense black shadows on the Xinye city wall and said: "Third Brother Zhang, look, is there anyone there, it can't be that the Sui army wants to come to sneak attack, right?" ”

The sentry who was called Third Brother Zhang didn't even look back, and said disdainfully: "Brother Wang, don't be stupid, you forgot what we suffered yesterday, these Sui dogs still want to cheat the arrows, dream!" ”

"What Third Brother Zhang said is extremely true!" The sentry surnamed Wang laughed and said: "Sui Jun is also the one now... Belch... Qian donkey skills are poor, yes, Qian donkey skills are poor! I think we'll be able to storm Shinno Castle soon. ”

The sentry surnamed Zhang laughed and said: "That's right, Brother Wang, you have good knowledge, they are poor in donkey skills!" ”

The two sentry rode away with a smile and a smile, never expecting that less than a quarter of an hour after they left, more than 800 elite Sui soldiers passed through their patrol area under the command of Lei Wanchun.