Chapter 105: Borrowing Arrows

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Xu Lie immediately raised his shield to block Zhao Xu's head. Read

He lowered his head and left his armored back to the falling arrows.

After a series of clinking sounds, the air was quiet again.

Xu Lie took away the shield and the arrows fell to the ground.

Chang Wei, like Xu Lie, stood up straight at this time, spitting at the dense arrows on the ground.

The soldiers were still nervous when they saw the arrows coming.

But after a rain of arrows, except for a feeling like being hit on the back, they were not hurt.

"Haha..."

Some soldiers looked at each other and laughed as if they were relieved.

Being on the battlefield, the effect of their armor in actual combat made them feel more at ease, and their fear of the Northern Di people was invisibly dissipated.

Chang Wei then ordered the generals to report the casualties.

Except for a few soldiers who twisted their feet in panic, there were no casualties.

After all, the Northern Di people were far away, and the lethality of the arrows was not very great.

"Your Highness, do you want to fight back?" Chang Wei said.

He really wanted to let the Beidi people have a taste of the pulley crossbow.

Zhao Xu shook his head, "Why waste arrows? Let the Beidi people send more arrows."

Chang Wei understood.

At this time, he whispered a few words to a general.

The general left, and soon, a soldier came to Zhao Xu.

After saluting, he took a breath and suddenly shouted, "Beidi's bitch, my prince knows that your dog king is in the army and wants us to surrender. Hug your mother to sleep and dream about your Spring and Autumn Period..."

The soldier's voice was so loud that Zhao Xu's eardrums were trembling.

This guy is really a tweeter.

The shouting and cursing floated out from the city wall and instantly reached the Beidi army.

Mu Tuo's neck veins popped up and he shouted "Shoot!"

With a whoosh, countless arrows took off again and flew to the top of the city.

At this time, the sound on the city wall was gone.

However, before Mutuo could be proud, the voice rang out again.

"Beidi dogs, is this all you have? You are just scratching your grandfather's itch. With this little skill, you should go home and suck milk..."

"Da Song's bitch!" Mutuo's eyes were red.

In the past, when they met Da Song soldiers, they were like mice meeting cats.

And these Da Song soldiers in Yancheng dared to humiliate them like this.

He wanted to rush into the city immediately and chop them into pieces.

"Shoot, shoot!" Mutuo shouted, and Kutu's face was as gloomy as water.

These Yancheng soldiers were simply hateful.

But after two more waves of arrow rain, the curses of Yancheng soldiers rang out again.

When Mutuo continued to shoot arrows, he was stopped by Kutu.

"We fell into a trap. They are deliberately provoking us to shoot arrows and waste arrows." Kutu thought more and more that something was wrong.

Mutuo calmed down and thought about it carefully, which seemed to be the case.

These Da Song soldiers shouted more and more happily.

"Your Majesty, attack the city and teach King Yan a lesson." Mutuo was furious.

Being humiliated by an enemy he always looked down upon was unbearable for him.

"How is the ladder being built?" Kutu asked.

When they were stationed here, the cavalry behind them had dismounted to cut trees to make ladders for the siege.

Hearing this, Mutuo sent cavalry to inquire, and the news came soon.

"Your Majesty, twenty ladders have been made." Mutuo reported to Kutu after hearing the cavalry's report.

Kutu nodded.

Tuoba Lie's role as an insider was extremely secretive, and he did not reveal it even to Mutuo's favorite generals.

According to the plan, he would use the siege to contain the troops in the city.

But the plan would be implemented after several days of attack, when the Dasong soldiers in the city were exhausted.

When the city relaxed its vigilance, Tuoba Lie could take advantage of the opportunity.

"Let them speed up the construction of the ladders. Tomorrow we will launch an attack on the four walls at the same time." Kutu said.

After a pause, he said, "Prepare another 5,000 elite soldiers to rest and wait for orders at any time."

"Yes, my king." Mutuo responded, passed on Kutu's order, and selected more than 5,000 elite soldiers to stand by.

On the city wall.

The soldier who shouted coughed several times.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei saw that shouting and scolding had no effect, so they asked him to stop.

"Go, collect all the arrows, and modify them to use as crossbow arrows." Chang Wei grinned and turned to Zhao Xu and said, "Hehe, this must be 50,000 or 60,000 arrows, a waste of money."

Zhao Xu laughed twice, his eyes still on the Beidi people.

Now the Beidi people have quieted down, and even set up tents, which means that they are going to besiege the city to the end.

"Looking at this, they probably won't attack the city for a while." Zhao Xu said.

Chang Wei nodded, looking from a high place, he even saw some Beidi cavalrymen start to eat.

"Your Highness, let the soldiers take turns to rest and eat. There may be a fierce battle next." Chang Wei said.

The Beidi people chose to camp here, which told them that they would not leave until they captured Yancheng.

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Is everything ready?"

"Okay, I will be at your disposal at any time." Chang Wei's face became serious.

This matter is of great importance. If there is a mistake, Yancheng will suffer heavy losses.

Zhao Xu looked at the Beidi people again. What happened just now was just an appetizer.

I am afraid that blood will be shed next.

He did not return to the palace.

After the cooks in the barracks delivered the food to the city wall, he ate on the city wall with the soldiers.

The soldiers felt a sense of intimacy when they saw that the King of Yan had been with them during the war and was eating with them now.

After dinner, Zhao Xu patrolled the city wall until midnight, and then returned to the bedroom to rest under Chang Wei's persuasion.

At this time, the night was dark, and the stars in the sky were extremely clear, as if they could be picked with a hand.

Luan'er and Feng'er were both awake.

Seeing Zhao Xu coming back, they were busy fetching water for him to wash and change clothes.

While the two were busy, Zhao Xu saw that both of them had white silk tied around their waists, and he sighed softly.

Luan'er heard it, turned around and saw the King of Yan staring at the white silk, and said softly, "Your Highness, why sigh? I am your Highness's person in life and your ghost in death. What's the point of living a cowardly life?"

Feng'er smiled and nodded.

Zhao Xu didn't say anything. He was a little tired, and he fell asleep in a daze while lying on the bed.

However, his heart suddenly felt unprecedented peace.

There was nothing to be afraid of.

He couldn't let down those who were looking forward to him.

…

Fanyang.

Yuan Mansion.

Unlike the bleak scene in Yan County, there is still a peaceful atmosphere of singing and dancing here.

At this time, a banquet is being held in the mansion.

Yuan Li sat in the first seat, eating meat and drinking wine.

This is what he always said, and he did it, never caring about rumors.

"This King of Yan is really stupid. The Northern Di army is at the gate of the city, and he actually transferred most of his troops to other counties. He is simply seeking his own death."

A family general of the Yuan family put down his wine glass and said sarcastically.

"Who said it wasn't? I thought this King of Yan was interesting, but he is still a fool after all."

"Hehe, it's better to die, so as not to be an eyesore."

"..."

People at the banquet spoke one after another.

These words fell into Yuan Li's ears, like heavenly music.

Since King Yan recovered from his illness, he has had a thorn in his heart.

Now this thorn is finally going to be pulled out.

"I can't sleep well unless the King of Yan dies." Yuan Li's face flushed because of the wine. "To ensure that everything is safe, we must not fight with the Northern Di people during this autumn hunt. We only need to go to each county to pretend. In this way, the Northern Di troops in other counties will go to Yan County to help after looting enough things."

"Your Excellency, the governor is wise." The generals praised him at the banquet.

They were most afraid of fighting with the Northern Di cavalry.

Now Yuan Li's words were just what they wanted.

"Sir, but if this happens, the people of Yanzhou will be slaughtered, and Yanzhou's strength will be greatly damaged." A general suddenly said.

Yuan Li looked at the general, who was Zhongli, a captain of the Xuanjia Army.

With a cold snort, he said: "Women's kindness, if we don't get rid of the King of Yan, will there be a place for my Yuan family in Yanzhou in the future?"

The generals stopped talking after hearing this.