The rumbling drums of war sounded again. Cao Jun began to move forward slowly.

"Archers, don't care about the opposing soldiers rushing into the city, aim at the opposing archers, shoot!" Zhang Ren shouted in the city.

For Zhang Ren, the greatest threat to the defenders of Xingyang was not the soldiers besieging the city, but the archers from afar. The fiery arrows shot by the archers are extremely lethal to the rattan armor soldiers in the city, and the rattan armor that has been soaked in oil for a long time will quickly burn when it encounters even the slightest spark.

The archers in the city are condescending, the range is naturally much farther than the Cao army, and the accuracy is much stronger, coupled with the cover of the battlements, the archers in the city can completely suppress the Cao army archers under the city.

Zhang Ren has been the commander of the flying army for many years, and he knows the advantages and disadvantages of the rattan armor soldiers well, and has also practiced offensive and defensive battles countless times. So Zhang Ren had long expected that there would be today's situation, and during the siege a few days ago, Zhang Ren deliberately began to save arrows in case of emergency.

The arrows were like flying locusts, back and forth, but Xingyang City was condescending after all. Occupying the geographical advantage, after a few rounds of competition, the archers of the Cao army have completely fallen into disadvantage.

"General, this can't be done, their archers are on high ground, and our archers can't suppress them......"

Cao Zhen nodded expressionlessly, and then said: "It's okay, there are definitely not many arrows in Xingyang City, and if they continue to consume like this, they won't be able to last long." As you saw yesterday, this rattan armor is so weird that it's worth it to kill them with some damage. Moreover, if he can capture some rattan armor, he will go south to Jiangdong in the future, and when he fights on the river, it will also be a great help! ”

……

Another day passed, and on this day, the archers of the Wudang Flying Army were mighty, and for a whole day, they were completely pressed by the archers of the Cao army.

However, Zhang Ren was not happy at all, there were not many arrows in Xingyang City, although some were found at the bottom of the well before, but in the face of more than 100,000 Cao troops on the opposite side, it was a drop in the bucket.

Cao Zhen on the opposite side has already eaten through the shortcomings of the rattan armor, this rattan armor has been soaked in oil for decades, and it has been thoroughly oily, and it will be stained with a little spark, so Cao Jun only needs to shoot arrows into the city to be able to cause damage to the rattan armor soldiers. There is no need to think about the power and accuracy of the arrow. After many rockets landed on the city, they fell weakly to the ground, but the vine armor soldiers still had to hide far away.

Zhang Ren knew that the main reason why he was able to defend Xingyang today was because there were arrows, but if the arrows were consumed at this level, they would be able to last tomorrow at most.

"Eight days left, okay, okay...... I guess I can hold it! ”

……

In the evening.

A hint of darkness had already appeared in the sky, and the moon had begun to rise slowly in the distance.

"Whoosh...... A few arrows flew by, and an unscrupulous archer grabbed the quiver on his back, but he didn't catch anything.

"Oops, you're running out of arrows! Lift the arrows up! ”

"We don't have it here anymore!"

In the distance, Shamoke kicked a Cao soldier down the city, and looked into the distance with a hideous face, Xingyang's arrows had been used up.

"Whoosh......" A flaming arrow flew over, shooting right at one of the vine armor soldiers, and then quickly burst into flames.

"Ahh The vine soldier screamed in horror, and Shamoko immediately withdrew half of the military flag from the side. Fei rushed over and pounced on the vine armor soldier.

The heavy banner was shrouded just in time, and the fire had just been burned, and it lost its oxygen, and it was immediately extinguished.

"General Sha, General Zhang Ren asked me to wait to help you." A group of soldiers in leather armor rushed up to the castle tower and quickly took the place of the vine armor soldiers.

There are not many leather armors in Xingyang City, only 3,000 pairs, and many of them are broken and broken. However, in the face of Cao Jun's fire attack, this leather armor is far safer than the rattan armor.

Wearing the same armor to fight, Wudang Feijun is not as advantageous as before. Perhaps in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the barbarian Wudang Fei Army is better than the Cao Army, but this is not enough to make up for the gap in strength.

When the Cao army who climbed the tower saw the rattan armor soldiers withdrawing, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed up to the city tower like wolves and tigers.

In the distance, a satisfied smile had already appeared on Cao Zhen's face, and Xingyang's arrows were finally consumed. Although this is later than Cao Zhen expected, it does not affect the overall situation.

Zhang Hu looked at the sky, and then looked at Cao Zhen, now Cao Zhen did not have the slightest sense of preparing to withdraw the troops, so he asked tentatively: "General, it's getting late, do we want to withdraw the troops?" ”

"No need, if Mingjin withdraws his troops and the Han army cleans up the battlefield, maybe he will be able to get a lot of armor, and he can't give Zhang Ren any more chances, and I won't allow any more variables. Zhang Hu listened to the order, you sent someone to erect torches under the city. Then you go to replace Chen Tai, I will attack non-stop for twelve hours! I'm going to break your Xingyang! ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Hu replied without hesitation.

Attacking a city at night is much more difficult than attacking it during the day, and it is also a test for the command of the generals. Compared with Chen Tai, Zhang Hu is much stronger in terms of leadership experience and command level.

In the city, Zhang Ren had already noticed that Cao Jun had erected piles of torches under the city.

"It seems that Cao is really going to attack the city overnight." Zhang Ren sighed lightly, and then said, "You go and change General Shamoke, let him rest for a few hours first." ”

……

The shouting continued throughout the night until dawn, and it did not stop.

Cao Zhen had an army of more than 100,000 on his side, which could be divided into several batches to take turns to attack the city, while the head of Xingyang City was narrow and could not accommodate too many people, so the Wudang Fei Army was also divided into several groups by Zhang Ren and took turns to defend the city.

When the sun rose and the sky began to lighten, Shamoko once again put on his armor and prepared to defend the city.

When Shamoko came to the city wall, he was shocked that the two armies were no longer fighting on the ground, but were fighting on the corpses of men.

There was only a little place on the Xingyang city wall, and the continuous fighting also left the soldiers on both sides with no effort to clear the corpses. So after this night, the city wall was already full of corpses of soldiers, some of the Cao army and some of the Han army.

The sky is already dawning, the Cao army under the city is still holding the torch and rushing upward, this daylight holding the torch, it looks a little funny, but the soldiers also have to do it, this torch is specially prepared for the Wudang Flying Army.

Cao Jun climbed the city tower, and when he saw that there was no Wudang flying army in the city, he simply threw the torch towards the corner of the city. But even so. Zhang Ren didn't dare to send rattan armor soldiers up, those torches in the corner were still there, although most of them had been extinguished, they could be rekindled at any time. Zhang Ren didn't dare to let Wudang Feijun come up and take risks.

On the other side, Cao Zhen seemed to have eaten this point thoroughly, every time he let the soldiers go to the city, he would bring torches, although he couldn't use them, but it was a kind of deterrent, so that Zhang Ren didn't dare to send rattan armor soldiers.

At dawn, Chen Tai replaced Zhang Hu again, but Cao Zhen did not rest all night.

When the siege war gradually got on track, Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Cao Bing has already gained a firm foothold in the city, and the next step will be to enter a war of attrition, Cao has many soldiers, and this kind of war of attrition is exactly what Cao Zhen wants to see.

"......Huh" Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief slightly, at this time Cao Zhen felt a trace of sleepiness coming, turned to the generals around him and said: "You guys keep an eye on it first, I'll go sleep for a while, if there is anything unusual, call me immediately." ”

……

Zhang Ren also didn't rest all night, but unlike Cao Zhi, Zhang Ren didn't feel sleepy at all at this time.

Although it has survived another day, it seems that Cao Zhen is preparing to attack the city day and night, which is a great test for the soldiers and generals, compared to this kind of continuous siege, the pressure on the defending side is greater, especially the psychological pressure on the soldiers defending the city, which will gradually increase over time.

"Unexpectedly, this Cao Zhen is really enough to spend money, and he will attack the city continuously at twelve o'clock......"

……

"Resist, hold on!" Shamoko shouted, but the Han army still couldn't stop retreating, and it was about to retreat from the tower.

Seeing the soldiers constantly retreating, Shamoko was very anxious. The thistle terrestris bone is swung, and each blow will take away a life, but there are too many Cao soldiers, and although Shamoke is brave alone, it is only a drop in the bucket.

"Go up and ......" Zhang Ren's voice came, and then a group of strong soldiers rushed up, and then, Zhang Ren also walked up.

"General, why are you here? It's dangerous here. ”

"Hehehe, Shamoke, I, Zhang Ren, have also been on the battlefield for decades, and have experienced countless battles, and this bit of formation can't scare me. Brothers, I am invincible, kill! ”

Zhang Ren was the main general, the first soldier, the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and at the same time, what Zhang Ren brought up were Zhang Ren's personal soldiers, far more powerful than the ordinary Wudang Flying Army, all of them were martial arts groups, so soon, the offensive of the Cao army was suppressed again.

On the city wall, the situation has been temporarily stabilized, but Zhang Rendu, as the chief general, has to go out to boost morale, which also shows that the situation in Xingyang is very urgent.

……

The sky darkened again.

A gust of wind blows, with a chill to the bone, although this is not the feeling of winter cold, but it will make people feel cold hands and feet.

After the hour, the sky gradually became gloomy.

And when it comes to ugliness, this coolness is even more than three points.

"Kill!" Zhang Ren waved the spear in his hand, and took away one life after another.

"Pop ......" A drop of liquid fell onto Zhang Ren's face.

"Hey, it's not blood, it's supposed to be hot, and it's cold." Zhang Ren subconsciously looked at the horizon in the distance, only to see the dark and dreary sky, which made people feel depressed.

"Is it raining?"