The rumbling drums sounded again, and Cao's army began to slowly advance.

"Arrowman, don't care about the soldiers who rushed to the city. Go aim at the opponent's archer and shoot!" Zhang Ren shouted in the city.

For Zhang Ren, the most threat to the Xingyang defenders was not the soldiers siege the city, but the archers in the distance. The arrows with fire shot by the archers were extremely lethal to the vine armor soldiers on the city. This vine armor that had been soaked for a long time after oil, it would burn quickly when it encountered even a little spark.

The archers in the city are condescending, and their ranges are naturally much further than those in Cao's army and have much more accuracy. With the protection of battlements, the archers in the city can completely suppress the archers in Cao's army under the city.

Zhang Ren commanded Wudang Flying Army for many years, knowing the advantages and disadvantages of the Vine Armored Soldiers, and has practiced offensive and defensive battles countless times. Therefore, Zhang Ren had long expected that this situation would be today. During the siege a few days ago, Zhang Ren deliberately began to save arrows in case of emergency needs.

The arrows were like locusts, back and forth, but Xingyang City was condescending and had the advantage of geographical advantage. After several rounds of competition, Cao's archers were completely at a disadvantage.

"General, this is not possible. Their archers are on a high terrain, so we archers can't suppress them..."

Cao Zhen nodded expressionlessly, and then said, "It's okay, there must be not many arrows in Xingyang City. If they continue to consume this, they will not last long. Yesterday you saw this vine armor. It is worth killing them with some damage. Moreover, if some vine armor can be captured, it will be a great help when going south to Jiangdong in the future and fighting in the riverside in the river!"

...

Another day passed. On this day, the archers of Wudang Feijun were exerting their might. The whole day was completely defeated by Cao's archers.

However, Zhang Ren was not happy at all. There were not many arrows in Xingyang City. Although he had found some at the bottom of the well before, facing the Cao army opposite, it was a drop in the bucket.

Cao Zhen on the opposite side had already experienced the shortcomings of the vine armor. The vine armor had been soaked in oil for decades, and had already experienced the oiliness. He could just touch the sparks. Therefore, Cao's army only needed to shoot arrows on the city to cause damage to the vine armor soldiers, without considering the strength and accuracy of the arrows. Many rockets fell on the ground after falling on the city, but the vine armor soldiers still needed to hide far away.

Zhang Ren knew that the main reason why he was able to defend Xingyang today was that there were still arrows, but if the arrows were consumed at this speed, they could last for a day tomorrow at most.

"There are eight days left, it's okay, it's good... I should be able to keep it!"

...

In the evening.

A trace of darkness has emerged in the sky, and the moon can be seen from afar.

"Swoosh..." Several arrows flew past, and an archer from Wudang Feijun grabbed the archer on his back, but he did not catch anything.

"Oh no, the arrows are used up! Lift the arrows up!"

"We're gone here either!"

In the distance, Shamoke kicked a Cao soldier down the city with one foot, looked into the distance with a ferocious face. The arrows in Xingyang had been used up.

"Swoosh..." A fire-burning arrow flew over and shot on a vine armored soldier, and then it quickly burned.

"Ah!" The vine armored soldier screamed in horror, and Shamoko immediately withdrew half of the military flag from the side, rushed over quickly, and rushed towards the vine armored soldier.

The heavy flag was just enough to cover it. At this time, the fire had just started to burn, and it lost its oxygen and was immediately extinguished.

"General Sha, General Zhang Ren asked me to wait for you." A group of soldiers in leather armor rushed to the city tower and quickly took over the position of the vine armored soldiers.

There are not many leather armors in Xingyang City, just three thousand pairs, many of which are damaged and incomplete. However, in the face of Cao's fire attack, this leather armor is much safer than the vine armor.

Wearing the same armor to fight, the Wudang Flying Army is not as advantageous as before. Perhaps in terms of soldier quality, the Wudang Flying Army, which was born in the barbarians, is better than the Cao Flying Army, but this is not enough to make up for the gap in military strength.

The Cao army who climbed the city tower saw the vine armored soldiers retreating, and their morale was greatly boosted and they rushed up the city tower like a wolf or a tiger.

In the distance, a satisfied smile appeared on Cao Zhen's face, and the arrows in Xingyang were finally consumed. Although this was later than Cao Zhen expected, it did not affect the overall situation.

Zhang Hu looked at the sky and then looked at Cao Zhen. He found that Cao Zhen had no idea of ​​being prepared to withdraw the troops, so he asked tentatively: "General, it's getting late, should we call the gold to withdraw the troops?"

"No need. If the Han army withdraws the troops and cleans the battlefield, maybe they can get a lot of armor and can't give Zhang Ren any chance. I won't allow any change to happen again. Zhang Hu obeys the order, you send someone to erect a torch under the city, and then you go to replace Chen Tai. I will attack continuously for twelve hours! I will definitely break your Xingyang!"

"I will obey the order!" Zhang Hu replied without hesitation.

It is much more difficult to siege the city at night than to siege during the day, and it is also a test for the general's command. Compared with Chen Tai, Zhang Hu is much stronger in terms of leadership experience and command level.

On the city, Zhang Ren had noticed that Cao's army had erected piles of torches under the city.

"It seems that Cao Zhen is going to attack the city overnight." Zhang Ren sighed lightly, and then said, "You go and change General Shamoko to come down, let him rest for a few hours first."

...

The shouts of killing lasted all night until dawn and still did not stop.

Cao Zhen's side had more than 100,000 troops, which could be divided into several groups to attack the city in turn. However, the city at Xingyang was narrow and could not accommodate too many people, so the Wudang Feijun was also divided into several groups by Zhang Ren and took turns to defend the city.

When the sun rose and the sky gradually turned brighter, Shamoko put on the battlefield again and prepared to defend the city.

When Shamoko came to the city wall, he was shocked. At this time, the troops of both sides were no longer fighting on the ground, but were fighting on human corpses.

There were only a few places on the city wall of Xingyang, and the continuous battles also left the soldiers on both sides without the time to clear the bodies of the corpses of soldiers. So after this night, the city wall was already full of soldiers, including Cao's army and Han's army.

It was already dawn, and the Cao army under the city was still holding the torch and rushing upwards. It seemed a bit funny to hold the torch in broad daylight, but the soldiers had to do it. This torch was specially prepared for the Wudang Flying Army.

When Cao's army climbed the city tower, he saw that there was no Wudang Feijun on the city, so he simply threw the torches at the corner of the city. But even so, Zhang Ren did not dare to send vine armored soldiers up again. The torches in the corner were still there. Although most of them had been destroyed, they could be ignited again at any time. Zhang Ren did not dare to let Wudang Feijun come up and take risks.

Cao Zhen on the opposite side seemed to have understood this. Every time he asked the soldiers to climb the city, he would carry a torch. Although he couldn't use it, it was a shock, which made Zhang Ren dare not send a vine armored soldier.

It was dawn, and Chen Tai changed to Zhang Hu again, but Cao Zhen did not rest overnight.

When the siege battle gradually got on track, Cao Zhen breathed a little relieved. Cao's soldiers had already gained a firm foothold in the city, and would enter a war of attrition next. Cao had many soldiers, and this war of attrition was exactly what Cao Zhen wanted to see.

"Huh..." Cao Zhen breathed a little relieved. At this time, Cao Zhen felt a hint of sleepiness coming, and turned around and said to the generals beside him, "You guys are watching first, I'll go to sleep for a while. If there is anything unusual, call me immediately."

...

Zhang Ren also did not rest all night, but unlike Cao Zhi, Zhang Ren was not sleepy at this time.

Although he had survived another day, it seemed that Cao Zhen was preparing to attack the city for twelve hours day and night, which was a great test for the soldiers and generals. In comparison, the pressure on the defending city side faced greater, especially the psychological pressure on the soldiers guarding the city would gradually increase over time.

"I didn't expect that this Cao Zhen is really enough to attack the city in a row for twelve hours..."

...

"Hold on, hold on to me!" Shamoko yelled, but the Han army still couldn't stop retreating step by step, and was about to retreat from the city tower.

Seeing the soldiers' continuous retreat, Shamoke was extremely anxious. The caltrop bones waved, and each blow would take away a life. However, there were too many soldiers in Cao. Although Shamoke alone was brave, it was just a drop in the bucket.

"Go up..." Zhang Ren's voice came, and then a group of strong soldiers rushed up, and then Zhang Ren also followed him up.

"General, why are you here? It's dangerous here."

"Haha, Shamoko, I, Zhang Ren, have been on the battlefield for decades and have experienced countless battle formations. This little formation cannot scare me. Brothers, I am invincible, kill me!"

As the main general, Zhang Ren led the way, and the morale of the Han army was greatly boosted. At the same time, Zhang Ren brought all Zhang Ren's personal soldiers, which were much more powerful than the ordinary Wudang Flying Army. They were all skilled in martial arts, so soon, Cao's offensive was suppressed again.

The situation on the city wall has temporarily stabilized, but Zhang Ren, as the main general, has to go out to boost morale, which also shows that the situation in Xingyang is already very urgent.

...

The sky darkened again.

A gust of wind blew, with a bone-permeable chill. Although this was not the cold feeling of winter, it would make people feel cold.

After midnight, the horizon gradually became gloomy.

And when it comes to ugly, this coolness is even better than three points.

"Kill!" Zhang Ren waved the spear in his hand, and took away the lives.

"Pu..." A drop of liquid dripped on Zhang Ren's face.

"Hey, this is not blood. The blood should be hot, but this is cold." Zhang Ren subconsciously looked towards the distant horizon and saw the dark sky, which made people feel depressed.
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