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Hu Zongmao rushed to the edge of the battlements with the rumbling drums outside the city. On the top of the city, he lit a torch every few steps. The fire was bright. Except for some soldiers on duty, most of the rebel soldiers leaned on the top of the city to rest. The rumbling drums outside the city woke many soldiers who had just entered sleep on the top of the city. Everyone stood up in a hurry and took their place. The archers ran to the edge of the battlements as soon as possible, bent their bows and arrows, and aimed at the underworld.

The soldiers on the city were all waiting for the battle, and there was silence. Waiting for the Chu army to attack, the drum sounded for a while, and the sound gradually weakened. Later, there was no sound. The soldiers on the city were staring at the outside of the city, in a daze, and the drum sound stopped. They were still waiting for a long time, but they could not see the Chu army rushing over with soldiers.

Hu Zongmao frowned, and a deputy general next to him understood something and said carefully: "General, they don't seem to be attacking."

"They just lost a big defeat today. They already know the general's strength and would never dare to attack again in such a short time." Another general hurriedly said: "It may be that something happened to them."

Hu Zongmao nodded slightly and put his sword in the scabbard. A general next to him had already whispered: "General, they have wooden boards laid on the trench. In this way, it will be much more convenient for them to attack the city. Why not take advantage of the night to send people out of the city and see if they have wooden boards to pave the road. Even if they have wooden boards to pave the road, when they attack again tomorrow, it will take time to pave the road, and the attack will not be so smooth."

Hu Zongmao thought about it and looked at the Chu army camp outside the city. In the dark, there were lit fires in the distance, which stretched for more than ten miles. It was still a distance from Hezhou City. He whispered: "Don't send our own soldiers to select a group of people from the recruited militias and let them go out of the city..."

The general takes the order and proceed to make arrangements.

Late at night, Hu Zongmao stood at the top of the city and observed that there was indeed nothing near the main gate. Then he ordered hundreds of militias who had already been summoned to leave the city. The gate opened, and the militias carefully approached the trenches outside the city. There was only the whimpering sound of wind and sand around. Suddenly, a low voice sounded from the ground. In the darkness, a team of cavalry seemed to be swept by wind and sand, rushing horizontally. These cavalry were all bows and arrows in their hands. Without saying a word, they shot them at the militias close to the trenches. The arrows were like rain. The militias originally wanted to take away the wooden boards secretly. Who knew that these cavalry appeared like ghosts. When the arrows came, the militias suddenly became panicked.

These militias were almost all ordinary people who were temporarily brought by Hu Zongmao, and they had not received any training at all. Compared with regular troops, they were not the same. They were just force workers, and they made up for cannon fodder when they were on the battlefield. However, after the battle between the two armies, they saw the ghost-like cavalry suddenly appear, and someone exclaimed: "No, run away quickly, the Chu army is here..."

The yell scared everyone and ran back. The others didn't have to think too much, and turned around and ran. The two regular military academy generals led the team. When they saw the militia in chaos, they shouted loudly. In fact, they could see clearly that the sudden appearance of the cavalry was not large, but only a few dozen people. The number of militias was far higher than that of the other party, and there were archers covering the city. There was no need to panic at all. However, the militia was already in terror, and escaping was important. The two school generals swung their swords and chopped over the two militias, but they still could not stop hundreds of people from running back to the city gate like a tide.

Hu Zongmao on the top of the city naturally saw the cavalry suddenly appearing from the darkness. He was not panicked and said in a deep voice: "Archer is ready, and the city gate is closed immediately under the city!"

A deputy general next to him thought he heard it wrong and asked, "General, what did you say? Close the city gate? Our people have not come back yet."

"Close the city gate quickly." Hu Zongmao said sternly: "The cavalry speed is too fast. We must ensure that everything is foolproof and we must not be kind to women." The deputy general had no choice but to order the city gate to close. A group of militia ran to the city gate, but saw that the city gate, which was originally open to the gap, was quickly closed. Everyone was distracted and shouted: "Don't close the city gate, don't close the city gate..." When they ran to the city gate, the city gate had already been closed.

Everyone was extremely angry for a moment. Many people were already cursing, and some people were even crying loudly. The city gate was closed and motionless. The thick city gate was full of punches and kicks, without any movement.

Fortunately, the cavalry that suddenly appeared did not chase after him. After repelling the militia close to the trench, they disappeared into the night like ghosts. Not only did they even hear the sound of horse hooves.

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

Hu Zongmao knew that the Chu army must have been staring at the trenches, so he lost the intention of sending people out of the city to destroy the roads and focused on defending the city.

In the second half of the night, Hu Zongmao saw that there was no movement on the Chu army, so he returned to the command room of the city tower and slept with his clothes. He couldn't sleep for long, and then he heard the rumbling drums outside the city. A deputy general rushed in and replied, "General, the drum sounds came from there again."

Hu Zongmao stood up and frowned. When he arrived at the city, he saw the soldiers who had just lying down get up again, and were on guard. The drums rumbling over there, just like last time, but the drums sounded over there for a long time, but no one saw the Chu army coming. Hu Zongmao's eyes twitched, and he understood and sneered: "Chu Huan is going to do the exhausted army's plan. Hehe, how can you hide this trick from me?"

"General, are you saying they were deliberately beating drums so that we thought they were going to attack the city?"

Hu Zongmao nodded and said, "That's true, this is a trick..." After pondering for a moment, he finally said, "If you send the order, the defenders at the city will be divided into two shifts and take turns on duty. Don't worry about their drums. As long as you can't see their troops, you don't have to pay attention to it." After yawning, he sneered, "I want to use this move with me in the future, Chu Huan is still too young."

Sure enough, the drum beat twice in the second half of the night, but the Chu army did not attack. Seeing this, the rebel soldiers at the city wall ignored the sound of the drums and were on duty.

At dawn, the drums sounded again, and many soldiers were still sleeping, but someone heard someone exclaiming: "Hurry up, get up, they are here to kill, hurry up, get up..."

The rebel soldiers were unable to rest well last night. Even though they were divided into two shifts on duty, Hu Zongmao ordered that the sound of war drums outside the city be ignored. But it was easy to say. As long as the drums outside the city sounded, the soldiers at the top of the city still got up like conditioned reflexes. By dawn, everyone finally had to rest well. Thinking about the sound of war drums again, the soldiers were already a little tired and were unwilling to get up. Many people even covered their ears with things to avoid being disturbed by the drums outside the city. However, they did not expect that this time the Chu army actually attacked the city.

Although the defenders were tired, they still had no choice but to get up and return to their own positions. Hu Zongmao heard that the Chu army had really attacked and appeared at the top of the city. At dawn, the world was still dark, but he saw that the Chu army was really rushing towards this side, with shield soldiers in front and archers in back. Hu Zongmao shouted loudly: "Brothers, all cheer up. The Chu army is our defeated general. Since they have taken their own death, let them see how powerful we are." He cheered up and prepared for a big battle.

The Chu army shield soldiers protected the archers behind and advanced slowly. They reached the range of arrows. The archers bent their bows and arrows, and they were hitting the top of the city. The archers on the top of the city immediately fought back, while the other soldiers were ready to prepare stones. Some people had already started to set fire under the iron pot and burned hot oil.

The arrow rain lasted for a while, and the Chu army's shield player retreated instead of advancing, and slowly evacuated from the battlefield with the archers. The archers on the city stopped shooting archery, and everyone stared at the city, waiting for the Chu army's infantry to attack the city.

After waiting for half a day, there was no more soldiers and soldiers appeared in the past half a day.

Outside the tent of the Chu army commander, Chu Huan carried his hands on his back and looked at Hezhou City shrouded in dust in the distance, with a calm expression. Next to him was his sworn brother Pei Ji.

Beside Pei Ji, Qin Lei was standing with an iron rod in his armour, and Qin Lei was yawning, as if he had just woken up from his sleep. When he went to the battle, Pei Ji and Chu Huan went to the battle at the same time. The little overlord Qin Lei naturally could not stay in Shuoquan. Before going to the battle, Qin Lei was envious and begged Chu Huan to give him a set of armor. Chu Huan had to ask someone to find a set of armor for Qin Lei. However, Qin Lei was short, and it was not easy to find a set of armor suitable for him. Finally, he found a set of small armor, which was still a bit big on Qin Lei, and it was too late. Chu Huan could only let Qin Lei make do with it and promised to turn around and tailor a set of armor for Qin Lei.

Qin Lei didn't care. No matter how big the armor was, he could wear armor on his body. Qin Lei felt very majestic. Although this armor was a bit unfit and seemed a little out of place, just like a monkey in the armor, Qin Lei was very satisfied. After going to war, he liked to walk around the camp with his own bronze stick in his hand, hoping to get everyone's praise.

In the military camp, many people knew that Qin Lei was a perverted little monster, and knew that Chu Du took great care of this little overlord, so they did not dare to laugh at Qin Lei's funny armor, but Qin Lei's expectation of praise was also very rare.

"The troops from Duizi Camp have been withdrawn." Chu Huan looked at Hezhou City and whispered: "Brother, do we have to wait?"

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

Pei Ji also looked ahead and nodded slightly, "The strength is not enough. Hu Zongmao is a cautious person. If the time is not good, the plan will be difficult to implement. Everything is going smoothly. As long as the time is right, we can give it a try."

Chu Huan nodded and said, "Will we have to attack again next?"

"Don't worry, let's deal with them with the strategy of disturbing the army first." Pei Ji smiled calmly, "Hu Zongmao naturally knew that we were the strategy of disturbing the army, and we wanted to make him understand that we were thinking of various ways to attack the city. The more we were able to attack the city, the more he would feel that we were all in the attack, and the strategy of disturbing the army would consume their energy. The attacking side was in our hands and the initiative was in our hands. Even if the mouse knew it was teasing, he would have no choice. He would be exhausted and his anger became stronger and stronger."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "The Dui Battalion can be removed, so they can rest for a while. Next time, it's the Zhen Battalion's turn." The two brothers looked at each other and showed unpredictable and profound smiles.
Chapter completed!