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Hu Zongmao rushed to the edge of the battlements in the rumbling drums outside the city, above the city, every few steps on the torches, the fire was bright, except for some soldiers on duty, most of the rebel soldiers were resting on the city head, the rumbling drums outside the city woke up many soldiers who had just fallen asleep at the head of the city, everyone was in a hurry to get up, each in place, the archers ran to the edge of the battlements for the first time, bent their bows and arrows, and aimed at the city.

The soldiers at the head of the city were all in strict formation, there was silence, waiting for the Chu army to attack, the drum sounded for a while, the sound gradually weakened, and then there was no sound, the soldiers on the city head stared at the outside of the city, in a daze, that is, the drum stopped, still waited for a long time, but did not see the Chu army rushing over a soldier.

Hu Zongmao frowned, and an adjutant general next to him understood something, and said cautiously: "General, it seems that they are not trying to attack." ”

"They just suffered a big defeat today, and they already know the strength of the general, and they will never dare to attack again in such a short time." Another general hurriedly said, "Maybe something happened on their side." ”

Hu Zongmao bowed slightly, put the saber into the scabbard, and a general next to him had already whispered: "General, the trench has been paved with wooden planks by them, so that it will be much more convenient for them to attack the city, it is better to take advantage of the night, let's send people out of the city, and take a look at the planks to take back, even if they still have planks to pave the road, when they attack again in the coming day, it will take time to pave the road, and the attack will not be so smooth." ”

Hu Zongmao thought for a while, looked at the Chu army camp tent outside the city, in the dark curtain, the distant camp tent was lit with fire, stretching for more than ten miles, and there was really a distance from Hezhou City, and said in a low voice: "Don't send our own soldiers, select a group of people from the conscripted militia, and let them go out of the city to ......!" ”

The general took the order and went down to make arrangements.

In the middle of the night, Hu Zongmao stood at the head of the city, observed that there was indeed no near the main gate, so he ordered hundreds of militiamen who had been summoned to go out of the city, the city gate opened, the militiamen cautiously approached the ditch outside the city, there was only the whimper of the wind and sand, and they were about to approach the ditch, and suddenly heard a low voice from the ground, in the darkness, a group of cavalry seemed to be swept by the wind and sand, rushing sideways, these cavalry were all bows and arrows in hand, without saying a word, according to those militia close to the trench will shoot and kill, Arrows rained down, and the militiamen originally wanted to be ordered to sneak away the planks, but who knew that these cavalry appeared like ghosts, and when the arrows came, these militiamen immediately panicked.

These militiamen, almost all of them are ordinary people temporarily brought by Hu Zongmao, they have not undergone any training at all, compared to the regular army, they are not the same, they are pulled to do labor, and when they go into battle, they make up a number to be cannon fodder, where is it really after the battle between the two armies, seeing the ghost-like cavalry suddenly appeared, someone has already exclaimed: "It's not good, run, the Chu army is coming, ......!" ”

A frightened crowd, one ran back, the others didn't think much about it, turned around and ran, the leader was two regular military academy generals, seeing the militia in a mess, shouting, in fact, they also saw clearly, the sudden appearance of this group of cavalry, the number is not much, but dozens of people, the number of militia is far higher than the other party, and there are archers at the head of the city to cover, there is no need to be so panicked, but the militia is already frightened, it is important to escape, two colonels wave knives to cut down two militiamen, But it still couldn't stop hundreds of people from running back to the city gate like a tide.

Hu Zongmao at the head of the city naturally saw the cavalry that suddenly appeared from the darkness, but he did not panic, and said in a deep voice: "Prepare the archers, close the city gate immediately!" ”

An adjutant general next to him thought he had misheard and asked, "General, what did you say?" Closing the gates? Our people haven't come back yet. ”

"Close the gates." Hu Zongmao said sharply: "The speed of the cavalry is too fast, we must ensure that nothing goes wrong, and there must be no kindness of a woman." The deputy general had no choice but to immediately order the city gate to be closed, and a group of militiamen ran to the city gate, but saw that the city gate that had been open was rapidly closing, and everyone was scattered, shouting: "Don't close the city gate, don't close the city gate......!" "Run to the gate, and it is closed.

Everyone was extremely angry for a while, many people had already scolded, and some people had already cried loudly, the city gate was closed, not moving, and the thick city gate, everyone punched and kicked, but there was no movement.

Fortunately, the cavalry who suddenly appeared did not chase after them, and after repulsing the militiamen who were close to the trench, they disappeared into the night like ghosts, not only without any trace, but also with the sound of horses' hooves.

After a while, Hu Zongmao saw that there was no movement, so he ordered the city gate to be opened a gap, so that the soldiers outside the city could quickly enter the city, and then closed the city gate.

Hu Zongmao knew that the Chu army must have fixed its eyes on those trenches, so he also gave up the idea of sending people out of the city to destroy the roads, and insisted on defending the city.

In the second half of the night, Hu Zongmao saw that there was no movement on the Chu army's side, so he returned to the command room of the city tower, slept in his clothes, and couldn't sleep for long, when he heard the rumbling drums outside the city, and a deputy general rushed in and said: "General, there are drums over there again." ”

Hu Zongmao got up, his brows furrowed, and when he arrived at the head of the city, he saw the soldiers who had just been lying down getting up again, on full alert, and the drums were rumbling over there, just like last time, the drums sounded for a long time, but he didn't see the Chu army coming over, Hu Zongmao's eyes jumped, he understood, and sneered: "Chu Huan This is a plan to tire the army, hehe, how can this trick be hidden from the general." ”

"General, are you saying that they deliberately beat the drum to make us think they are going to attack the city?"

Hu Zongmao nodded and said, "That's right, this is a little trick ......!" After pondering for a moment, he finally said: "The order goes down, the defenders at the head of the city are divided into two squads, and they are on duty in turn, regardless of their drums, as long as you can't see their soldiers and horses, don't pay attention." He yawned and sneered: "I want to do this with Ben in the future, Chu Huan is still too tender." ”

Sure enough, the drums beat twice in the second half of the night, but the Chu army did not attack, and the rebel soldiers at the head of the city saw this situation, so they ignored the drums and were on duty in shifts.

At dawn, the drums beat again, and many soldiers were still asleep, but someone exclaimed: "Quick, get up, they're coming, quick, get up ...... fuck!" ”

Tossed all night last night, the rebel soldiers couldn't rest at all, even if they were divided into two shifts on duty, Hu Zongmao also ordered not to pay attention to the war drums outside the city, but it was easy to say, as long as the drums outside the city sounded, the soldiers at the head of the city still reflexively got up, and at dawn, everyone finally had to take a good rest, and the war drums thought about it again, the soldiers were already a little tired, lying on the ground and unwilling to get up, many people even covered their ears with things, so as not to be disturbed by the drums outside the city, but they didn't think of it, This time, the Chu army really attacked the city.

Although the defenders were tired, they still had no choice but to get up, each in its place, Hu Zongmao heard that the Chu army really attacked, and also appeared at the head of the city, at dawn, the world was dim, but he saw that the Chu army soldiers really rushed to this side, the shield soldiers were in front, and the archers were behind, Hu Zongmao shouted loudly: "Brothers, cheer up, the Chu army is our defeated general, since they have taken their own way to death, let them see how powerful we are." "Cheer up and get ready for a big fight.

The shield soldiers of the Chu army protected the archers behind them, and slowly advanced forward, and when they reached the range of the arrows, the archers bent their bows and arrows, and faced a round of arrow rain at the head of the city, and the archers at the head of the city immediately returned fire, and the other soldiers were ready, ready to prepare stones, and some people had already begun to light a fire under the iron pot and burn hot oil.

The rain of arrows continued for a while, the shield bearers of the Chu army did not advance but retreated, and slowly withdrew from the battlefield with the archers, the archers at the head of the city stopped shooting, and everyone stared at the city, waiting for the infantry of the Chu army to attack the city.

After waiting for a long time, there was no sound over there, and not a single soldier appeared for half a day.

Outside the tent of the commander of the Chu army, Chu Huan put his hands behind his back, looking at Hezhou City shrouded in dust and sand in the distance, with a calm expression, and next to him was Pei Ji, the brother of the righteous family.

Pei Ji's side, but there was Qin Lei standing in armor and carrying an iron rod in his hand, Qin Lei yawned, as if he had just woken up from his sleep, this expedition, Pei Ji and Chu Huan went out at the same time, the little overlord Qin Lei naturally couldn't stay in Shuoquan, before the expedition, he saw Chu Huan wearing a wolf armor robe, Qin Lei was very envious, and begged Chu Huan to give him a set of armor too, Chu Huan had to ask people to find a set of armor for Qin Lei, but Qin Lei was short, and it was really not easy to find the right armor for him, Finally found a set of trumpet armor and wore it on Qin Lei, it was still a little big, and it was too late, Chu Huan could only let Qin Lei make do with it, and promised to go back and tailor a set of suitable armor for Qin Lei.

Qin Lei didn't care, no matter the size of the armor, he could wear the armor on his body, Qin Lei felt very majestic, although this set of armor was worn on the body, it was quite ill-fitting, and it looked a little nondescript, like a monkey in the armor, but Qin Lei was very satisfied, after the expedition, he liked to carry his copper stick in his hand, walking around the camp, hoping to be praised by everyone.

In the military camp, there are many people who know that Qin Lei is a perverted little monster, and they know that Chu Du takes great care of this little overlord, so they don't dare to laugh at Qin Lei's funny armor, but the praise that Qin Lei expects is also very rare.

"The men and horses of the Redemption Battalion have withdrawn." Chu Huan looked at Hezhou City and said softly, "Big brother, do we have to wait?" ”

On this expedition, Chu Huan brought three battalions of Qian, Zhen, and Dui, and the remaining three battalions were stationed in Jiazhou and Shuoquan respectively.

Pei Ji also looked ahead, and said with a slight bow: "The strength is not enough, Hu Zongmao is a cautious person, if the heat is not enough, the plan will be difficult to implement, everything is going smoothly, as long as the heat is just right, we can give it a go." ”

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Do we want to attack again?" ”

"Don't worry, let's deal with them with the tactics of harassing the army first." Pei Jixiao was calm, "Hu Zongmao naturally already knows that we are disturbing the army, and we just want him to understand that we are thinking of various ways to attack the city, the greater our strength in attacking the city, the more he will feel that we are going all out to attack the city, not to mention that the strategy of disturbing the army will consume their energy, the attacker is in our hands, the initiative is in our hands, the cat plays the mouse, even if the mouse knows that it is teasing, but there is nothing to be done, he will only be exhausted, and the anger in his heart is getting stronger and stronger." ”

Chu Huan laughed and said, "The withdrawal of the word camp can allow them to rest for a while, and next time, it will be the turn of the Zhenzi camp." The two brothers looked at each other, and they both showed unfathomable smiles.