The night breeze is blowing, and the moon is in the sky. Cantis

An infantry quickly approached Qinzhou City quietly by the moonlight, all walking on tiptoe, as silent as possible, each with a bow and arrow, like a pack of foraging wolves.

After touching the place of an arrow, the army stopped, scattered, and one by one took out the fire sickle and blew it on, and set fire to the strips of cloth tied to the arrows, which were soaked in fire oil and burned rapidly, reflecting the cold faces.

"Ready!" A muffled, muffled voice rang out.

Everyone drew their bows, leaned slightly, and aimed in the direction of the city.

The great bow was laborious, rattling, and full of strength.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Woohoo!" Cantis

Feathered arrows roared away, converging into a net of fire under the moonlight, and falling towards the city.

The defenders on the city wall were horrified when they saw this scene, and they shouted warnings and found a place to hide.

The army has besieged the city for several days, but it has never attacked once, the defenders of the city have been used to it, never expected that the deep watch suddenly launched an attack in the middle of the night, and came up with rockets, were all stunned, and when they reacted, many people fell down with arrows, and wailed.

Soon, a general stood up to command and restrain the troops to counterattack.

"Bang bang bang!"

Bowstrings exploded one after another, and countless arrows rushed towards the outside of the city, disappearing into the hazy moonlight, and the sneak attack force had already retreated after firing a round of rockets, and the counterattack was all in vain.

But the defending troops did not know about it, and thought that the opponent was hiding somewhere and waiting for an opportunity, and under the stimulation of the wailing, they were angry one by one and continued to shoot arrows. Cantis

Wave after wave of feathered arrows pounced on them, but they did not make any waves.

The defending troops realized that something was wrong, and the generals hurriedly ordered to stop the attack, staring at the outside of the city in disbelief, while exchanging a few words in a low voice with the other generals.

After waiting for a while, there was still no counterattack outside the city, and the defending troops still did not dare to relax, and continued to keep an eye on the defense, their nerves were tight, although they knew that this would consume physical strength, but no one dared to relax.

After a while, there was still no movement outside the city.

The soldiers defending the city looked at each other, wanting to relax, but they were afraid of another sneak attack, but their nerves were highly tense for a long time, and it was too energy-consuming, and this feeling was maddening.

At this time, the sneak attack troops outside the city quietly touched up again, and when they saw the feather arrows all over the ground, they were all excited, and the main general shouted in a low voice: "Brothers, the general is still worried about the waste of feather arrows when there are too many sneak attacks, isn't this a supplement?" Put away the feather arrows and set them aside. ”

Everyone excitedly picked up the feather arrows on the ground, some of them can be used directly, and some of the damaged ones are taken back to repair it. Cantis

After the feather arrows were collected, everyone lit the rockets again under the order of the main general and shot towards the city.

When the fire was lit, the firelight revealed its whereabouts, attracting the attention of the defenders in the city, who drew their bows and counterattacked.

But the sneak attack force was faster, and after the shooting, they quickly retreated again, hiding at a safe distance.

The counterattack of the defending troops again failed, but without knowing it, continued to shoot arrows.

Due to the preparedness of the defending troops, most of the rockets of the besieging troops missed, but a small number of them were fired into the houses of the city, igniting the thatched roofs.

The people were hiding in their houses and could not see the burning of the roof, but the soldiers on the city wall could see it, but no one tried to put out the fire in the bunkers, for fear that another wave of rockets would attack, and the fire would slowly grow larger.

After waiting for a while, the main general saw that the sneak attack outside the city did not continue, so he gritted his teeth in anger, and ordered to stop the counterattack and let people go to fight the fire. Cantis

Just as he was about to rest for a while, another round of rockets sneaked in, and another thatched hut was set on fire.

The guards of the city were so angry that they scolded and fought back, but the generals reacted, realized that there was a conspiracy, shouted loudly to stop archery, waited for a while, and after seeing that Chengcheng really did not continue the sneak attack, he sent someone to put out the fire again, while sending someone to inform the commander and report the situation.

The commander's surname is Lu, his name is Lu Chenghe, and he is the brother of the captain Lu Chengqing, and the 100,000 army can only be relieved if it is in the hands of his own people.

Lu Chenghe is also a person who knows the soldiers, both civil and military, and is sleeping soundly, when he heard the report, he was a little nervous, thinking that it was a temptation before the large-scale attack, so he hurriedly put on armor and rode a horse to lead the troops.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the quiet outside of the city, and then at the burning houses in the city, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he said to the generals who followed: "The other party is a tired tactic, trying to use the night attack to consume the energy and physical strength of our army. ”

"Marshal, my subordinates remember that there is a cloud in the art of war, and if it is false, it is real, and if it is false, what if the enemy outside the city really attacks?" A general tactfully reminded.

Lu Chenghe didn't dare to bet, the feint attack and temptation were not terrible, but if there was a real attack in the middle, the city would be caught off guard if it was not fully prepared, but the army would be solemn and consume physical strength and energy. Cantis

A general next to him also reminded: "Marshal, the enemy's attack is a conspiracy, and it has to be guarded against, and his subordinates suggest that the army be divided into two, one part of which is recuperating in the camp, and the other part is guarding the city wall, and it is alternately rotated." ”

"Then it's decided!" Lu Chenghe agreed.

Of the 100,000 troops in the city, it is more than enough to divide 50,000 to defend the city, and the remaining 50,000 can go to rest and rotate, so that the physical strength will not be consumed too quickly.

As soon as the words fell, shouts of killing and archery came from the other city gates.

Lu Chengqing's face changed, and he quickly sent someone to check.

The news quickly came back, and there were also sneak attacks in the other three directions, judging from the scale of archery, I am afraid that there were tens of thousands of people in each direction.

In other words, 40,000 people were mobilized outside the city in order to sneak attack from all sides. Cantis

40,000 people sneak attack, leaving only 50,000 to guard is obviously not advisable, but any more will affect the rest.

At this moment, Lu Chenghe had a headache.

One of the generals proposed: "Marshal, even if an attack is really launched outside the city, 50,000 people are enough to resist for a while, and it is not a big problem to drag the remaining 50,000 troops to come to support." ”

"Defend it like this."

Lu Chenghe made a final decision, and there was no other better way.

The sneak attack outside the city soon stopped, and peace was restored.

But the garrison did not dare to be careless, and they all stared ahead with their spirits and guarded carefully. Cantis

Half an hour later, another round of sneak attacks began, and it was launched on all sides at the same time, so frightened that the defenders thought that they were going to attack in an all-out way, and they entered the battle state one after another, and frantically shot arrows to counterattack, only to find that the sneak attack disappeared again, and they were so angry that they cursed, and all kinds of unbearable words were cursed.

Outside the city, it was like no one, and the defenders kept scolding.

After about half an hour, the defenders just relaxed, and the sneak attack happened again, the same attack from all sides, the same momentum, as if to attack the city in an all-round way, the defending troops knew that there might be fraud, but they did not dare to be careless, and went all out to defend.

The sneak attack, as always, had no follow-up.

The garrison of the city could do nothing but scold, and many grumpy generals hated to lead their troops out of the city, but Lu Chenghe was worried that the opponent was deliberately trying to lure the snake out of the hole, so he did not agree, and strictly ordered the troops to defend it to the death.