The rebels' arrow rain continued until dawn.

Xie Chen looked at the sky and felt that there might be a possibility of exposure, so he wanted everyone to pull all the straw men up, so as not to be seen through by the rebels. Li Guanqi stopped Xie Chen's actions and signaled for the borrowing of arrows to continue.

Although Xie Chen was very puzzled by Li Guanqi's actions, the clever calculations shown by Li Guanqi in the past two days made him also admire the five-body throwing, so he didn't say anything at the moment, and ordered everyone to continue to let the straw man borrow arrows.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the situation on the walls was becoming more and more clearly visible to the rebels, and finally someone saw that the problem was coming, and the people on the walls did not look like real people, because they did not fall from the arrows, and they did not scream. At this time, someone hurriedly went to report to Liu Shuo.

When Liu Shuo came to the front of the formation, he also felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly sent scouts to investigate.

Li Guanqi saw that scouts had been sent out of the rebels, so he ordered someone to pull the rope and take back all the straw men. But because the distance was not very far, the scout still found that the city wall was full of straw men, and rushed back to report.

"Stop firing the arrows!" Liu Shuo shouted fiercely after hearing the scout's report. He didn't expect to be cautious or fall for Li Guanqi, he felt that there was a fire burning in his chest now, and it seemed to be about to explode his chest.

"Y'all fucking pig brains, huh? Straw men shoot too, and shoot so much? Liu Shuo was angry and scolded on the spot.

Although the loss of tens of thousands of arrows is not a particularly significant matter, it still has a great impact on the rebels whose morale is not high due to repeated setbacks, because it will make them feel that they are not Li Guanqi's opponents at all, and they are led by Li Guanqi everywhere.

The more Liu Shuo scolded, the more angry he became, and Li Guanqi only used a few hundred straw men to deceive his army for a whole night. I don't know what the more than 10,000 people under my hands are eating, and no one has found out that they have been deceived. After being fooled repeatedly, I don't know what it was like to be ridiculed by the young emperor in the city with a wicked smile on his face.

In fact, Liu Shuo's scolding, the subordinates did not buy it, although the subordinates were indeed responsible, but it was he who ordered the arrows to be released. Moreover, he also gave the order after personally going to the front of the battle to see the situation, not to mention that there were subordinates who suggested that they come forward to spy on them, but they were also vetoed by him. Now that he is desperate to vent his anger on his subordinates, without mentioning his own responsibility, the rebel soldiers who already feel angry because they have even suffered defeat will inevitably increase their distrust and resentment towards Liu Shuo.

Liu Shuo scolded for having a cup of tea before he gradually calmed down his anger, and finally gritted his teeth and ordered: "In the future, give me fucking brighter eyes, and if there is such a thing, no arrows will be allowed!" Whoever has the slightest bit of wind and grass will jump up and down. Lao Tzu cut him on the spot! After scolding, without waiting for his subordinates to react, he walked back to the big tent stupidly.

The direct consequence of the rebels' soldiers after being severely scolded by Liu Shuo was to realize that in the future, they must not see the wind or the rain, and talk nonsense. In other words, don't report everything upwards, and it may be exchanged for a harsher scolding.

At this time, in Jinsha Guancheng, Li Guanqi was leading people to collect and count the arrows inserted in the straw man. There were dozens of arrows pierced into each straw man, and the soldiers pulled out the arrows, removing the damage and not being able to continue to use it. Then they are divided into bundles and gathered together, and finally counted. Nearly 50,000 arrows were borrowed overnight.

Li Guanqi said to Cheng Fugui with a relaxed face and an expression of disbelief: "General Cheng, these arrows should be enough for a while, right?" ”

Cheng Fugui looked at the pile of arrows, and he wanted to rush up and hug Li Guanqi, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty is really amazing, with these arrows, I don't know if I can repel the rebels outside the city." But it's definitely no problem to support it for two or three days. ”

Xie Chen interjected on the side: "Your Majesty's strategy is really amazing, but it's a pity that when I went to collect the straw man this morning, I was a little late, and the enemy discovered the mystery in it, otherwise it would be good to borrow some arrows tonight." He still didn't understand Li Guanqi's actions in the morning. I took the opportunity to ask out.

Li Guanqi gave Xie Chen an unexpected answer: "In the morning, I didn't make a mistake because I was greedy for small profits in front of me, I deliberately let the rebels find out that we were borrowing arrows from straw men. ”

"Deliberately?" Everyone wondered, "Why?" ”

Li Guanqi said calmly: "The reason why the straw man's strategy of borrowing arrows can succeed is that it was unexpected. Even if we don't let the enemy find out this morning, and wait until the evening to use it, it will be difficult to succeed, because the enemy can easily deduce that we don't have that many men to lose. And letting the enemy discover it can facilitate our next move. ”

"Oh? Your Majesty has a good plan? Cheng Fugui asked anxiously.

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "Not bad." If my plan succeeds, the enemy will retreat tomorrow, or at the latest. Our army will be able to achieve a complete victory in this campaign. ”

"Then Your Majesty quickly come and listen, let us also be happy and happy in advance." Cheng Fugui is really overjoyed.

Li Guanqi had that mysterious smile on his face again, touched his nose and said: "In order to have a surprise effect, my plan cannot be revealed for the time being, everyone just wait for the evening to watch the good things!"

He Ziming walked over and said in a deep voice: "The rebels have suffered another loss, and it is estimated that they are even more annoyed and angry, I don't know if today's offensive will be even more crazy, but fortunately, we have enough arrows now, and it should not be a problem to survive today." ”

Li Guanqi smiled lightly and said, "If I don't expect it badly, the rebels won't be in a hurry to attack the city today." Although Liu Shuo is more reckless and arrogant, he can sit in the position of a senior general of the border army, and he will not be too stupid. Yesterday he used this method to capture the city, today he will definitely not use it again, he is also a person who has fought more than once on the battlefield, and he must also understand the truth of one go, then decline, and three exhaustions. ”

"Your Majesty is very right." He Ziming nodded and said, "But their grain and grass were burned by us, and if they didn't attack the city, they wouldn't be able to hold out for a few days if they only relied on the dry food that the soldiers carried with them." And our reinforcements are on the way. ”

Li Guanqi took over and said: "Of course, without food and grass, they will definitely not besiege and not attack." So I guess they're not going to attack the city today, but they're still going to do two things. ”

"What two things?" Everyone asked in unison.

Li Guanqi gave a thumbs up and said, "This is the first thing, they will definitely hurry up and prepare siege equipment to facilitate their siege of the city." There are many trees ten miles outside the pass, and although it is impossible to make heavy machinery in a short time, it is still possible to make equipment such as ladders and battering rams. ”

Xie Chen pursed his lips and said, "If I did, I would do the same." The rebels are numerous, and with the help of siege equipment, it's hard to say whether we can hold on. ”

Li Guanqi sneered and said, "That's why I took the initiative to go out of the city yesterday to provoke them to attack the city directly, just to make them unable to calm down and think. Now that they have suffered a loss, they will definitely not rashly attack the city again, but choose a more secure way. But how could I let them succeed so easily? ”

"Your Majesty has a way to deal with their siege engines?" Xie Chen asked suspiciously.

Li Guanqi said leisurely: "I will not be stupid enough to fight with them, I will let them not have a chance to use these equipment at all." ”

Xie Chen knew that since Li Guanqi dared to say this, he must have already had a countermeasure in his heart, so he nodded and said, "I don't know what they will do next?" ”

Li Guanqi smiled and said, "The second thing, I already said it last night, they will come to scold people." (To be continued......)