In the barracks, Huotou Jun got two big cakes, asked Long'er to find a pot to stew a pot of cakes, filled a sea bowl, simply ate breakfast, took Long'er to the city wall, and found Cheng Chumo, who was curled up in the corner and napping.

The night in Shicheng was very cold, and although Cheng Chumo was covered with a thick cloak, he also had a little ice on his beard.

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

"Huh? Well? What's wrong? Did the start the siege? Cheng Chumo jumped up suddenly.

It can be seen that all night, Cheng Chumo's nerves were very tense, and he was always vigilant, and I am afraid that it was also dawn before he took a nap and rested.

"No, there is no movement yet, you go back to the camp and sleep well, I will watch from above, and if there is a situation at that time, I will send someone to call you." Xuan Shijing said, seeing that Cheng Chumo is working so hard, let's replace him and rest.

"Okay, I'll go back first." Cheng Chumo patted the dust on his body, and gave the heavy cloak on his body to Xuan Shijing: "You are weak, the wind is strong on the city wall, your cloak does not block the wind, use my brother's one." ”

Xuan Shijing took the cloak and nodded: "Cheng, you go down and rest quickly." ”

Cheng Chumo shouted to the side: "Wang Jin, inform the brothers to change their guards and go down to rest." ”

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

Cheng Chumo said this, Xuan Shijing really felt cold on his body, put on Cheng Chumo's cloak, and walked into the city tower, there was a simple wooden table in the city tower, and a few benches were placed around it, presumably it was a place where soldiers usually kept vigil and rested, but although it was a city tower, there were still square lookouts around, and the wind was pouring into it, which was not much warmer than the outside, and could only barely block the wind.

There is also a brazier in the corner, surrounded by a wooden shelf, and a pot hanging above, and there is hot water in the pot, which cannot be carried by freezing outside at night without drinking some hot water.

"The soldiers guarding in this kind of place are really hard, Khotan Town is further west than this stone city, and the conditions are not as difficult as this." Xuan Shijing moved a bench and placed it on the edge of the brazier, sat on the stool and covered his cloak to bake the fire.

"Naturally, this place cannot be compared with the town of Khotan." Long'er took a bowl and poured some hot water for Xuan Shijing: "Out of Khotan Town to the west is Shule, there are many Hu merchants, and the little marquis also knows that the biggest condition for survival in the Western Regions is to have a water source, between Khotan Town and Shule is the Jade River and the Xiduo River, the snow on the Kunlun Mountains melts, goes downstream, and the water continues all year round, and there are naturally more people gathered around, and there are more people, and the environment is 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 pocketed by the Tang Dynasty, but the grassland is still inhabited by the original group of people, and I don't know if the so-called eagles on the grassland will take this opportunity to make a fuss when the Tubo people fight with the Tang Dynasty like this." "Yesterday when I was studying the map, Xuan Shijing was thinking about these things, but the most important thing at the moment is to deal with the Tubo people who are close at hand, and how the Turkic tribes on the grassland are not something that Xuan Shijing can manage, Yuan Shoucheng once told him the truth of Mu Xiu Yulin, Xuan Shijing once jokingly asked Yuan Shoucheng to help him tell his fortune, and he didn't know what he calculated, no matter how Xuan Shijing asked, Yuan Shoucheng always passed by, and said that the heavenly opportunity should not be revealed.

"Little Marquis Qi, the Tubo people are here." A soldier walked into the tower from the outside.

Xuan Shijing stood up with a voice and put the bowl on the table: "Go out and have a look." ”

tightened the cloak on his body and walked out of the castle tower quickly.

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

"All on alert! Send someone to the battalion to summon all the soldiers in the battalion and call General Cheng over. Although Xuan Shijing wants Cheng Chumo to rest for a while, but the form in front of him is not waiting for anyone, and he can't take care of so much, marching and fighting, he is a layman, and it is okay to come up with ideas, and when it comes to a real fight, he still needs an expert like Cheng Chumo.

Soon, the Tibetan army came to the stone city, and the city walls of the stone city were also full of soldiers.

"The Tang people on the city wall listen, kindly advise you, or hurry up and obediently open the city gate to surrender, let you live, anyway, you people, can't resist the attack of our army, if you don't surrender, after breaking the city, you will not be welcome!" The man in front shouted towards the city wall.

"Let Lao Tzu surrender, do you have the ability? If you have the ability, come in, Lao Tzu is here waiting for your grandsons! Cheng Chumo yelled down.

"Is there a hard bow?" Xuan Shijing looked at the face of the person in front of him and felt very unhappy: "Find me a hard bow to come, just two stones." ”

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

"What, Shijing, you want to use a bow?" Cheng Chu looked at Xuan Shijing in surprise, although he knew on the battlefield yesterday that Xuan Shijing knew some martial arts, but looking at his small body, how could he pull a two-stone hard bow.

Soon, the bow came, Xuan Shijing took the bow, pulled the bowstring with his hand, and tried it, although it was not very smooth, but it was enough, he took off the heavy cloak that he was wearing, and pushed the cloak he was wearing behind him. Pulled out a sharp arrow from the quiver on the back of the soldier next to him, bent the bow and arrows, and pulled the bowstring fiercely, in an instant, the bow was like a full moon, aiming at the enemy general in front of the formation, let go, and the sharp arrow broke through the air and went towards the enemy general.

Cheng Chumo on the side grew his mouth in surprise, Xuan Shijing's small body actually filled the two-stone bow, it was incredible.

Xuan Shijing also tried his best to pull this bow full, but there will be some missed on the head, and there is only this arrow, Xuan Shijing's arm has no strength, he knows that the most important factor in fighting is morale, if this arrow hits, this will greatly encourage the morale of the Tang army.

When the enemy general saw a thin young man on the city wall bending his bow and arrows aimed at him, he was not worried, but still sneered: "Is there really no one in Stone City? The old man is not serious, find a child to come over, pull the bowstring? Hahaha"

When he laughed, the people in the Tubo army behind him also laughed, and the sound of laughter spread to the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city on the city wall were red-faced, and they couldn't wait to go down and fight to prove themselves.

Suddenly, the laughter of the leading enemy general came to an abrupt end