The sun rises, the sun sets, the day passes.

For a whole day, the Annan people outside the city did not move, did not advance, did not retreat, and even ate, kept their formation unchanged and settled in the same place.

This made people like him, worried and nervous about the defenders who occupied the city for a day, very puzzled.

But they don't think much about it, isn't it good that the Annan people don't fight?

Of course it's good, if you can coexist peacefully, why start a war and attack each other? That's a problem. But it's not something they can answer, all they can do is accept the war, either die in the revolt, or be lucky to survive and die in the next war.

In the evening, reinforcements arrived.

Of the 30,000 reinforcements, 20,000 were outside the city, and 10,000 entered the city and went up to the city.

The defenders, who had been in a tense confrontation for a day, finally breathed a sigh of relief, dragged their tired bodies, and retreated to rest according to the order, and the rest was handed over to the reinforcements.

The banner of the city was raised high in the city, and as soon as the reinforcements came, the momentum of the defenders changed completely, and at this time, the forces inside and outside the city were equal, and it was absolutely impossible for the Annamites to attack the city.

In the eyes of the Cham people, the confrontation situation has undergone a fundamental reversal, and the Annamite people will definitely lose this battle!

The banner that suddenly appeared on the top of the city, it was impossible for the Annamites outside the city not to be seen, and now it was their turn to be afraid, and it was time for them to consider withdrawing their troops.

Not only the ordinary soldiers thought so, but also the generals of the defending army.

There was a lot of joy in the marshal's mansion, there was a lot of wine and meat, a big banquet, and it was not easy for the two armies to get together.

Fortunately, Marshal Honglier was the king's younger brother, not a bystander, and he brought his army to the border, and the king would not suspect it. If the commander of this army stationed nearby was not him, it would be impossible for this army to come to the border to meet with the commander of Xiang Yu Mutou, and the two armies of their two armies combined exceeded 50,000 men, and the strength of the army was almost half of the total strength of the Champa city, and the king would never allow it.

The real marshal's mansion was full of wine, and the generals were eating meat, talking, and boasting, as if they had won a great battle, and celebrated unbridledly.

They should indeed celebrate, as long as they do not go out of the city, the Annamite will never be able to attack the city, they will be kept out of the city, and it will not take ten days for them to retreat. If you're lucky, when they're back, you'll chase another wave and collect some of the enemy's heads, and the battle will be a great victory.

For the generals, it doesn't matter how many soldiers die, being able to kill and wound the enemy is a merit, a merit in exchange for their status.

After a night of wine and meat singing and dancing, the enemy troops outside the city showed no sign of retreating.

The sun rose, basking the defenders of the city and the Annamite people outside the city. The Annanites were still arrayed, and although the soldiers defending the city did not know what conspiracy they had, they did not care, and they confronted each other for ten days to see who would fail and retreat in the end.

The generals are not afraid, they have an army of forty or fifty thousand, and the enemy army outside the city is only forty thousand, no matter how they fight, they will not fail, confrontation, without spending a single soldier, the enemy army will eventually retreat because of lack of food and grass, and the victory belongs to the people of Zhancheng!

After the generals went around the city and praised the soldiers who defended the city, they continued to return to the marshal's mansion to rest, with big fish and meat, and good wine and women served.

After another day of confrontation, the enemy forces outside the city did not make any changes, and the defenders in the city relaxed a little.

In the evening, a messenger rushed into the marshal's mansion and bluntly said that he wanted to meet the marshal Hongliye, saying that there was an important military briefing.

There is still a feast and drink in the Shuaifu, there is no shortage of wine, singing and dancing, and it is very lively.

The messenger was brought to the hall, and Marshal Hongliye looked at the Marshal Xiangqi Mutou who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "If there is any military information, just say it here." ”

The messenger immediately shouted: "Vijaya has changed, the king asks the marshal to lead his troops back to Vijaya for reinforcements!" ”

"What's changed? Reinforcements for what? The marshal immediately jumped up and shouted.

In the hall, there was silence for an instant, and no one dared to come out of the atmosphere.

The messenger replied: "The villain does not know, the army near the capital has been moving frequently in the past two days. This is the letter that the king gave to the marshal. Then he pulled out a letter from the gap between his clothes.

The guards beside the Marshal quickly went over to take the letter, took it back and handed it to the Marshal.

Hongriya grabbed the letter, opened it, his face changed greatly, and without thinking about it, he immediately shouted: "Quickly assemble the army and return to Vijaya!" ”

The generals in the hall quickly got up and turned to leave.

Commander Xiang Mutou was shocked, the reinforcements were gone, what should he do, and immediately asked: "Lord Hongliya, what happened to Vijaya, I want you to personally lead the troops back?" You can't leave now, if you have to go, the Annamite people will attack in soon, and the city will be over! ”

Marshal Hongliya said: "Vijaya is afraid that there will be a rebellion, the king asked me to bring the troops back immediately, the Annan people will rely on yourselves, they should not fight, don't worry too much." ”

"Report! There is an urgent military intelligence report in the city! As soon as the marshal's words fell, a guard sergeant entered the hall and reported loudly.

Coach Xiangqi Mutou's heart jumped, and he immediately replied: "Let him come in and report!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the herald flashed inside, and reported in a loud voice: "Marshal, the enemy army in Annam is attacking the city, and it has reached within two hundred steps!" ”

As soon as Commander Xiang Mutou heard this, he immediately turned his head and said: "Lord Hongliye, the people of Annam have been killed, you can't go at this time, you have also seen, they are no less than 40,000 people, as soon as your army leaves, this city will be broken tonight, maybe you walk on the front foot, and they will kill all the way to Vijaya on the back foot." Vijaya has enough troops, how can there be a rebellion, could this be a conspiracy of the Annamite people, in order to deceive the adults and play a trick? As he spoke, he glanced at the letter in the hand of Marshal Hongliye.

Hongliye took the letter and said loudly: "No, I am familiar with the king's handwriting, this is the king's handwriting, and there is also the king's seal on the letter, there will be no mistake!" Annamite you settle it yourself, I want to go back to Vijaya. Walk! ”

"Wait!" Commander Xiang Mu Tou suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Hongliye, let's ask this messenger first, if this messenger has a problem, we fell for the tricks of the Annamite people and lost the city, we can't afford this responsibility." ”

Hongliye was very unhappy, but the position of the Xiangyu Mutou family in the city was not low, and his brother wanted to sit on the throne, and he had their support, so when he heard this, he could only acquiesce.

Seeing this, he only heard Commander Xiang Mu Tou say to the messenger: "Come forward." I ask you, when did you come out of Vijaya and who did you meet on the way? ”

The messenger replied, "Back to Dashuai, the villain went out of the city yesterday evening, and he didn't see anyone on the way. ”

When he heard the messenger's words, his face changed, and he picked up the letter and read it again, and his heart was on fire, and he kicked over the table in front of him, and spilled the wine and food on the floor.

Coach Sho Mu Tou immediately asked, "Lord Hongliye, is there anything wrong?" ”

Hongliye handed him the letter in his hand and said coldly, "Look at it." ”

Commander Xiang Yao Mutou took the letter, and after a little look, he found the clue, and only heard him say: "The letter told the Lord to rush back to Vijaya within three days, and the messenger is enough to get here from Vijaya for one day and one night, and it will not take more than a day to reach the Lord, but today it happens that the Annamites are attacking, and it would be suspicious to send the letter at this time." ”

Suddenly he asked the messenger: "On what day did you come out of Vijaya?" ”

The messenger replied: "The villain went out of the city on the evening of the fifteenth, and the sun had not yet set when he left the city. ”

Commander Xiang Mu Tou looked at the messenger and asked again, "Are you sure you left on the fifteenth?" ”

The messenger replied: "The villain will not be mistaken, it is indeed the fifteenth. ”

Coach Xiang Mu Tou said: "Lord Hongliye, it is obvious that there is a problem with this messenger, and there is also a problem with this letter. ”

The handsome Hongliye said sharply: "Drag it out and cut it!" ”

As soon as the commander spoke, the sergeant in the hall immediately stepped forward and dragged the messenger out.

Seeing such a change, Naxin kowtowed in horror and cried: "The handsome man spares his life, the villain is wronged!" The villain is wronged......"

The two sergeants didn't care how the messenger cried, one left and one right, dragged him out of the hall, and after a while, his crying could not be heard in the hall.

"Lord Hongliya, this is the trick of the Annamite people. The Annamites are attacking the city, so let's go up to the city and have a look. Coach Xiang Mu Tou smiled.

Marshal Hongliye's expression was a little ugly, and he only heard him reply: "I heard that the Annan people are cunning before, but today I can really see it." If it weren't for the adults, I would have been fooled today. ”

Coach Xiang Mutou smiled: "These are all small tricks of the Annamite people, and they have been used before, but this time there is a problem with the messenger, and we can see through their tricks so easily." ”

Marshal Hongliye said: "You saw through their tricks, not me." Today's seventeenth, today's letter, sent today, the messenger actually said that the day before yesterday came out of Vijaya, the Annamite people's carefully planned tricks, was actually exposed by the messenger, it is really unexpected! Let's go up to the city to meet the people of Hoi Annan. With that, he walked out of the hall.

Commander Xiang Mu Tou followed, and a group of generals got up to follow.

Under the leadership of the two marshals, everyone left the marshal's mansion and went straight to the city.

Under the city, the Annamites had already begun to attack the city.

I saw seven or eight members of the Annan army holding a large wooden plank and rushing quickly to the city.

The defenders of Champa shot round after round of sharp arrows, almost all of which were fired on the wooden planks, and could not effectively injure the enemy at all.

In a short time, the first group of Annamites under the cover of the planks came to within fifty paces of the city, and when they saw that they could reach the city with more effort, they did not continue to advance, but erected the planks above their heads and blocked them, and everyone hid behind the wide planks.

Then the rest of the Annamites who came to within fifty paces of the city with wooden planks on their shoulders did the same, and all of them erected the planks, and everyone hid behind the planks. Some of the unlucky ghosts were wounded by the arrows that came down from the city, and before they could climb behind the planks, they became hedgehogs in an instant.

The generals in the city saw that the city was surrounded by a wooden wall that was more than one zhang high, and thousands of enemy soldiers hid behind the wooden wall.

What kind of tactics is this of the Annan people? None of them could figure it out.