Chapter 84: Stand for 15 days

Zhang Ren slowly opened the letter.

“Huh…”

"General, what did Your Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty makes us not have to worry about the Cao army in Chenliu in the west, and all our energy is devoted to Cao Zhen in the east. We will inevitably stop Cao Zhen for fifteen days." Zhang Ren answered.

"Is it fifteen days? With our 30,000 vine armored soldiers, there should be no problem on the fifteenth day."

Zhang Ren pondered for a moment, then said, "If it were in normal conditions, there might be no problem on the fifteenth day, but now we lack arrows. The arrows that we need most to defend the city, and after we use up the arrows, we can only contact Cao's army in close combat.

"Hahaha, General, you're too worried. Our vine armored soldiers are invulnerable to swords and guns, and it's better to fight in close combat."

"Samoke, although the vine armored soldiers are invulnerable, they also have fatal disadvantages, that is, they are afraid of fire. If Cao's army uses rockets to suppress the attack, we will either retreat the vine armor or give up the city tower obediently." Zhang Ren said with a frown.

"Hey... this is also a problem. Of course, the city wall cannot be given to Cao Zhen, but if he really fights Cao's army with shirtlessness, the chance of victory may not be great."

"Forget it, let's solve the current problem first. Shamoko, you can send someone to prepare more gravel immediately. Our weapons to defend the city are too scarce. Hey, what is this?" Zhang Ren suddenly discovered that there was still a page of silk paper in the envelope.

"What is it drawn on it? It looks so familiar!" Shamoko came over and looked at the images drawn on silk paper.

"Well, this is Xingyang City. General, look here, I drew a fork." Shamoko continued.

"This should be the location of the patio. Your Majesty will never send us this picture for no reason. Shamoko, come with me to see what is in that patio."

...

Next to the patio, a strong Han army was dropped.

"What's inside?" Shamoko asked.

"General, there are arrows inside! It's tied with a rope and tied with stones to sink to the bottom of the well."

"Arrow! Come, catch it!" A hint of joy immediately appeared on Zhang Ren's face. Wudang Flying Army came over mountains and ridges, and it was impossible to bring a lot of arrows. Now Wudang Flying Army's arrows are seriously insufficient. Unexpectedly, there were arrows hidden in this courtyard, which just solved Zhang Ren's urgent need.

"General Zhang, why don't Your Majesty write the arrows directly in the letter, but instead draw the picture?" Shamoko asked.

"I think these arrows may have been left here when General Wang Ping left. He was afraid that he would be discovered by Cao's army, so he sank into the well. As for why he wanted to draw pictures instead of explaining them in the letter, he probably was afraid that he would be robbed by Cao Zhen people."

As soon as Zhang Ren finished speaking, the school next to him ran over quickly: "General, Your Majesty has sent someone."

"Please come up."

A moment later, a strong man with dust and dust was brought over.

"General Zhang Ren, your Majesty's letter." A strong man escaped from his arms and handed it to Zhang Ren.

Zhang Ren opened it and saw a smile on his face: "Look, it's the same as the letter just now. It seems that His Majesty is really afraid of missing the news, so he sent more people to deliver the letter."

...

Cao's army camp.

"General, we caught a spy from the Han army and found a letter from him, which was given to Zhang Ren by Liu Chan." Chen Tai said, handing over the letter.

Cao Zhen slowly opened it, looked at it with a glance, and his face gradually became solemn.

"On the fifteenth day, it seems that the Han army will arrive in fifteenth day. Then we must conquer Xingyang within fifteen days, otherwise we will be surrounded as soon as the main force of the Han army arrives." Speaking of this, Cao Zhen suddenly raised his head and asked, "Chen Tai, how long can the army's food and grass last?"

"The army has a lot of food and grass, and there is no problem with supporting it for 20 days. If you save some money, you can hold on in the 25th."

"Is twenty days? It's enough, it should be enough." Cao Zhen said, and suddenly found that there was a page of silk paper in the envelope.

"What is this?" Cao Zhen opened the silk paper and glanced at it: "This seems to be the defense map of that city."

"General, why did you draw a fork there?"

"Well, I don't understand. I think it must be the conspiracy of the Liu family again! Maybe we will know when we arrive in Xingyang. Then we will deal with the moves."

...

Xingyang City.

"How is it? Have you counted it out? How many arrows are there?" Zhang Ren asked.

"General, the patio was hollowed out and the space inside was very large. We got more than 70,000 arrows in total."

"More than 70,000, not bad, beyond my expectations." Zhang Ren nodded slightly. With the addition of these 70,000 arrows, the difficulty of Zhang Ren defending the city will be much lower.

"General..." Shamoko hurried in: "General, we are here to report to the Ma Ma, Cao Zhen is here!"

"Here, the speed is not slow. Let's go and take a look!"

...

Under Xingyang City, battle flags were flying, and Cao's army had already set up a formation.

On the city, Wudang Feijun soldiers were ready for battle, and the archers were already in place, staring at Cao's army below.

Looking at the dense Han army on the city tower, Cao Zhen couldn't help but feel hung up.

"How did so many people come here? They all came to the city of Xingyang and were discovered. How did they do it? It would be fine if there were 1,800 people, 30,000 people! This Xingyang is not easy..."

Thinking about a few days ago, Cao Zhen also expressed a similar feeling when facing the Xingyang where Wang Ping was guarding. It has only been a few days ago, and Cao Zhen expressed the same feeling.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhen smiled like a self-deprecatingly.

"General, siege the city!"

"Well, although I don't understand how the Han army came, I think they must not carry too many bows and arrows, and the arrow reserves in Xingyang City are not very sufficient. Chen Tai, you should first lead people to pretend to attack and consume the arrows in Xingyang."

"As for your order!" Chen Tai waved his hand, and several rows of soldiers wearing thick armor and holding giant shields seemed to be walking slowly towards Xingyang.

Zhang Ren looked at me coldly: "Cao Zhen, you underestimate me, Zhang Ren. You want to use heavy armored soldiers to consume my arrows and make good plans. Send the order, don't shoot arrows first."

The heavily armored warriors of Cao's army slowly came to Xingyang City, but Zhang Ren did not let an arrow be sent to the city on the city, allowing Cao's army to come directly to the city. However, these heavily armored soldiers were wearing heavy armor, but they were unable to climb the city wall.

"What a Zhang Ren, I can't bear to let go of an arrow. I know if my heavy armored soldiers cannot climb the city tower. But that's fine. It seems that Zhang Ren does lacks arrows, and the heavy armored soldiers have already stood at the city. Chen Tai, attack the city immediately!"

"My boys, it's time to make achievements, and you're rushing!"

Cao's army rushed towards Xingyang City like a tide, and the soldiers carried the long ladder and kept shouting.

"Shoot the arrow!" With Zhang Ren's order, the arrow flew out immediately, and Cao's army immediately fell down a large area.

However, Cao's heavy soldiers had already stood firm on the city wall before, so the siege ladder was quickly successfully mounted on the city wall.

"Go!" Several agile soldiers crawled up the city like monkeys.

"Go to the dart!" Zhang Ren shouted immediately.

"Swoosh swish swish swish..." The Wudang Feijun soldiers immediately took out the poison tag and threw it at Cao's army who was climbing the city.

The size of the dart is much smaller than that of the bow and arrow. When throwing it from the city, it is much faster. In addition, these Wudang Flying Army are all from barbarians. The dart skills are perfectly fired. In the blink of an eye, the Cao army who are climbing the city are all darting one after another.

However, these soldiers who climbed the city wall were brave men, and some flesh injuries could not stop them from moving forward. Moreover, these soldiers who climbed the city subconsciously returned to protect the key positions, so the dart fell, and most of the soldiers caused some non-fatal skin injuries.

"Puchi..." A dart shot at a Cao army. The Cao army hurriedly swept it with his arms raised. The dart was immediately swept to the side, but his arm was lame and the darts were cut with a blood mark.

"Hmph!" Cao Bing snorted coldly, without frowning, and continued to climb upwards. For these soldiers who usually charge on the front line, it is normal to break their arms and legs. This is nothing to rub a little velvet.

"Hey, why is it so irritating..." Cao Bing suddenly felt a little paralyzed in the wound, and then the paralysis suddenly spread throughout his body.

"What's going on? It's numb... my whole body is numb!" At this time, the Cao soldier had already climbed to the position close to the battlement, and after a few more steps up, he could directly climb the city tower, but this seemingly close distance made the Cao soldier unable to move forward any further.

His physical strength gradually passed away from Cao Bing. He knew that if this was the case, he would fall down. If he fell from this height, he would definitely fall miserably, with a bounty broken bone, and even a life would be lost. More importantly, the Cao army is surging forward now. If he fell down now and fell into the crowd, he might be stepped on by himself as a corpse. If so many people stepped on him, he would definitely die.

Subconsciously, the Cao soldier grabbed the ladder with force and leaned on it just to ensure that he would not fall down. However, this also prevented the people behind him from continuing to climb up.

"Hey, what are you doing? Climb quickly!" The person behind roared, while Cao Jun above was still indifferent.

Things like this have also happened elsewhere. It is just a trivial matter to lose your intuition due to paralysis. Many people fainted or fell off the ladder.

The soldiers of the Wudang Flying Army were selected by the barbarians. They were used to poisoning weapons. Those poisoning weapons were much more lethal than ordinary weapons. Although these barbarian poisons would not make people beat blood, they could cause some greater damage. After ordinary weapons were hit, they would at most have skin trauma. If they were hit by these poisoning weapons, they would lose their combat power directly.

In the distance, Cao Zhen looked at the siege ahead and frowned inexplicably. At this time, Cao Zhen thought that the soldiers who were siege were timid, so the siege was blocked.
Chapter completed!