Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 172

Chapter 172

There are not many people on the street.

The Utuo were waiting outside the city. The people in the city couldn’t sleep at night. The street vendors had already closed. A street walked past, deserted and sad.

Mipu had closed the store a few months ago, and from time to time we could see women with children digging wild vegetables in the soil on the road. It is a pity that people in the city cannot go out for a few months, and people outside the city cannot come in. The food that can be eaten has already been eaten, and wild vegetables can be seen everywhere. Occasionally seeing a mouse, you can be overjoyed as if you are embarrassed.

Although everyone is now worried about the Uto people outside the city who don’t know when they can come in, hunger has spread to every corner of the city. When the last grain of rice is eaten, even if the Utuo don’t attack the city, something big will happen in the city.

In this bleak street, someone was walking slowly. He is a man and a woman, both of whom are born with very good looks. The man is dressed in indigo robes and is gentle and handsome. The woman is beautiful and charming.

Ying Xiang took out a piece of dry food from the baggage and handed it to Chu Zhao, saying, “Fourth son, the shops here are closed. Let’s eat some dry food to cushion your stomach.”

This dry food is the food that the guards ate before traveling in Liangzhou Weili. It has always been in the baggage, dry and hard, now there are no inns where you can eat here, so I can only pay attention to it.

Chu Zhao took it, was about to eat, and glanced at a little girl standing under the tree. The little girl is about five or six years old, her face is dirty, her clothes are in tatters, she has no shoes, and has bare feet. I don’t know who’s the child, staring straight at the dry food in his hand, without speaking.

Chu Zhao smiled, walked forward, knelt down, and handed her the dry food.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then glanced around, as if she was afraid that Chu Zhao would repent, she snatched the dry food into her arms, turned her head and ran, and quickly disappeared at the end of the deserted street.

Chu Zhao stood up, Ying Xiang said: “Four sons…”

“Nothing.” He shook his head, “Run Du can’t last long.”

Ying Xiang was a little worried. The two of them came out of Liangzhouwei and hurried back to Shuojing. As soon as they arrived at Rundu, the Utuo followed. Li Kuang, the general soldier of the city, ordered to guard the city gate. They could neither enter nor leave. Anti-trapped here.

“We have to leave Rundu as soon as possible,” Ying Xiang whispered: “Utuo have been trying to attack the city for several days, and it will be only a few days before they want to come. Once the city is broken…we are also in danger.”

Those Utuo are cunning and cruel, even though Chu Zhao has the means to retreat, she is a woman, or a very beautiful woman, and the beauty in troubled times is always extremely miserable. Ying Xiang couldn’t help shivering.

Chu Zhao seemed to see what she was thinking, and only said, “We will leave tomorrow.”

Ying Xiang let go and said gratefully: “Thank you Si Gongzi.”

“Before that, we have to find Li Kuang, the city chief soldier.” Chu Zhao smiled, “We can’t get out of the city without his help.”

Ying Xiang nodded, even though the city gate was sealed off, she never doubted that they could not retreat. There are secret roads in every city, the families of high-ranking officials, and important people will be sent out at critical times as a vitality to stay.

It is impossible for Li Kuang to ignore Xu Xiang’s face.

…

“Sneak attack? Impossible, this is too risky!”

“That is, it’s easy to say, and it’s clear to die. Although we in Rundu are not afraid of death, we can’t make targets for people in vain!”

In the room, everyone who heard He Yan’s words spoke up.

Li Kuang looked at He Yan, the young man said with confidence, he didn’t know what idea he had made. The deputy soldiers of the city gate army, as well as several other brothers of He Yan, were all in the house.

He Yan said, “I know you can’t believe me now. But I’ve already asked Master Li. In the past ten days, there were five days and nights in total. Utuo took advantage of this. Attacking the city gate at night, even though they gave up in the end, like a temptation, the Utuo hasn’t moved around for the past three days.”

“From the experience I have fought with the Utuo, it is not a good thing to be quiet at this time. The Utuo may be planning a general attack. They have already figured out the situation in Rundu City, and the soldiers and horses in Rundu City have been The Uto people consumed a long time, and their morale and physical strength were not as good as before. When the Uto people launched a general offensive, the city gate would definitely be broken.”

“Why do you say that? Aren’t you cursing us?” a sergeant who looked a little grumpy said angrily.

“To tell the truth, can it be called a curse? You can only listen to good things, right?” Wang Ba immediately sarcastically, “Then I can say now that the gates of the city of Rundu are as stable as iron, and it is impossible to break the city. Possibly. Do you believe it? You use this to ask anyone on the street if they believe it or not!”

“Rundu defends the city by deceiving himself and others, my mother has never seen such a funny thing!”

He originally came to Rundu with He Yan because he had the heart to sacrifice his life for righteousness. At the moment, his blood was not cherished by others, and he immediately turned his blood into anger, and the person who scolded was speechless.

The atmosphere is a bit stagnant.

Huang Xiong looked at Li Kuang, “Master Li, my brother He is very difficult and very proficient in the art of war. In Liangzhou Weili, he is the most powerful, except for Governor Xiao.” He spared no effort to put on a high hat for He Yan. “Since he said that he could sneak attack, he must have his own way. You arbitrarily veto it, why not listen to what he said first. It’s better to negotiate with a friendly person?”

What he said was very kind and mature, but when he spoke, he stroked the treasured sword on his waist that was suffocating when he looked at it, which made people shudder.

Someone boldly said: “He… He Da people, it’s not that we don’t want to attack. It’s just that we have fewer soldiers and horses. If we enter and then sneak attacks, there will be no return, and there will be fewer soldiers guarding the city. Besides, those who are now The Uto people stared at the city gate very closely. They were afraid that they would be shot into a sieve by their arrows before they left the city. Why would they get into their camp at night?”

“Arrow?” He Yan paused and looked at the person who had just spoken. “How many arrows do Utuo people have?”

“A lot.” The man replied with a bitter face, “In fact, when the Utopians first came, we fought against them at the city gate. But then we had very few arrows, but they had more arrows. Very, some people used to lie in ambush and assassinate their general. They didn’t expect to leave the city gate, before sneaking in, they were pierced by arrows. Those Utuo cut off his head and hung it on a branch outside the city. Make fun of it.” At this point, everyone in the room was utterly distraught.

Such a provocation is really unbearable.

“You mean, we have few arrows, but they have many arrows?” He Yan asked.

The other nodded.

He Yan looked at Li Kuang again, “If we lead those Utopians to the gate of the city when we sneak attack, and prepare to ambush the archers on the top of the tower, how many Utopians can we kill?”

“A few thousand to ten thousand.” Li Kuang replied, “but we don’t have so many arrows.”

“We have.”

Everyone was taken aback.

“Let those Utopians come and cast arrows for us.” The young man smiled, his eyes bright and amazing, and for a moment, Li Kuang thought of another person. He didn’t see the face under the mask back then, only remembered those eyes, just like the eyes in front of him, confident and calm, and under the chaos and bad conditions, he can beat the miracle of the encirclement.

With him, the military will be stable and will never give up.

“What are you going to do?” He regained his senses and asked.

“I need to summon all the craftsmen and women in the city to make a grass man for me.”

…

In the middle of the night, thousands of tents stood quietly in the wilderness outside the city gate. From a distance, the wilderness seemed to have turned into endless hills with amazing momentum.

Soldiers on patrol were walking around.

Huyat, the leader of Utuo who led the attack on Rundu this time, was carrying the wine jar and pouring wine into the bowl. The wine is fragrant, he slapped his stomach, patted his stomach, and smacked his mouth: “This is the wine made by people in Rundu? How is it different from sweet water? It’s just a woman’s preference. Everyone likes to drink this. , It’s no wonder that I was so weak and timid that I was chopped to pieces with a single knife!”

The cronies said flatteringly: “Yes, yes, Dawei’s wine is not as sweet as Uto’s spirits!”

Huyat laughed loudly and said, “Go to the prisoners and pick a few women over!”

The people in Rundu are now closing the gate of the city, but when they are stationed here, there are still many people who linger outside the city. Including the nearby Zhuangzi, Uto soldiers wiped out these Zhuangzi, the woman stayed behind, and all the others were killed, not even the children. These wines were also snatched from the village, and the people had no power to bind the chickens, and it was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables to destroy the whole village.

The Utuo people both admire and despise the Wei people. They envied the people of Wei who had gorgeous silks, exquisite porcelain, a large area and a large population, and beautiful tall houses. And they live in the desert, beside the grassland, there is only the whistling wind, nothing.

They look down on the Wei people’s weakness and timidity, and they don’t even have the ability to protect themselves. Guarding the so-called “benevolent government”, waiting for others to invade. An unguarded piece of fat will always attract all kinds of eyes. The Utuo had been silent for many years, and finally couldn’t help it.

“We have been waiting here for a month,” one side’s confidant said, “He Rufei still hasn’t come. As the Lord said, He Rufei will not come again.”

Huyat laughed: “That’s great!”

Wei emphasized literature and despised martial arts. For so many years, many generals have been produced, but the most feared ones are General Feihong and General Fengyun. The idiot of Macha, relied on being the cousin of the country lord, and volunteered to take Jiyang, but he did not expect to bump into Xiao Huaijin. He was unlucky, but it was a pity that the 150,000 army was completely wiped out in Uto, and Uto’s vitality was greatly injured.

He is not Marcha. Since he chose Rundu, he must be sure of it.

“Da Wei has a saying, what is it called’Hong Chen across the bank is as busy as fire, when Xuan Qingzhang is as cold as ice.” What we are doing now is’watching the fire across the bank.’ How about General Feihong, if he can’t kill him head-on, he will have a difference. Weaknesses. The use of power and beauty is nothing more than that.”

“Sometimes I really don’t understand Dawei people,” Huyate’s face was full of real confusion, “Why do they always like to kill each other? If there are people like Xiao Huaijin and He Rufei, in our Uto , The lord of the country will inevitably offer the best preferential treatment. They will become the two most profitable swords of Uto. With them, the whole world will be in the bag. But the people of Wei do not see such good generals. Once someone rises, they will They are to step into the mud. However, this is just right. If Xiao Huaijin and He Rufei are really invulnerable, for us Utuo, a catastrophe is imminent.”

The cronies also said: “Yes, this is just right. Thanks to the master’s years of planning, he made the fire bigger and bigger. Now we don’t need us. They will help Uto beat their own people. NS.”

Unruly laughter came from the tent. At this time, the Utuo soldiers who had just left brought back a few big Wei women. They were all captured from nearby Zhuangzi. These women were young and pretty, and shivered as soon as they came in.

Huya is cruel, and there are not a few women who have been tortured to death by him.

He grinned and grabbed a woman next to him. Before moving, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn outside. Everyone was taken aback.

“what happened?”

“Someone is coming out of town!”

The camp suddenly became chaotic. Huyat lost the interest to continue, pushed the woman away, stood up and walked out. A Uto soldier hurried forward to report: “General, someone outside the city gate is coming down from the tower! ”

“What?” Huyat was shocked.

Those Rundu people are as timid as a mouse, they only dare to hide in the city and dare not speak out. He tried to attack him once before, but before he got down, he was shot as a hedgehog by their Uto. Now dare to come again? This was somewhat unexpected by Huyat. It stands to reason that those people in Rundu shouldn’t be like this.

Could it be that you have reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and you have decided to fight to the death? Huyat strode out into the wilderness, “Go, go and see!”

Outside the dark tower, hundreds of ropes were seen hanging down, and it seemed that one by one people descended from the tower. From a distance, there are still a lot of people.

“Are these people crazy?” A Utopian asked: “What is this not here to die?”

“There is a kind of dog badger in our Utopia. It is as timid as a mouse. It is said that if you encounter a hunter, not only can you not run, but you will also take the initiative to join the hunter’s arrow in a panic. I think these Rundu people are like this. , I can’t even tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest!”

“Is there any reason not to hunt the prey delivered to the door?” Huyart also felt proud in his heart. Before the battle was fought, these people in Rundu were scared out of their courage, which shows how powerful his Utopian army is. Immediately he said: “Get the archer ready! Just practice a precise head. I didn’t enjoy it last time. You can practice archery this time. Such a good target will not be much in the future!”

The Uto archers went to prepare immediately.

Arrows rushed towards the people on the ropes of the tower, but after a short while, they saw that those people were shot into hedgehogs, and there were countless arrows in one person. The people in Rundu seemed to realize this, and quickly put away those ropes and replaced them with new ones.

Huyat was delighted: “I think they are really crazy.”

“It’s called… what they said, the courage of everyone!” The cronies racked their brains and came up with a word.

“What the courage of a man, I think it is the stupidity of a man!” Huyat laughed loudly and ordered loudly, “The next batch of archers, get ready!”

On the towers, ropes are constantly being hoisted up, and every rope helps many “people”. These people are filled with arrows on their chests and backs. When they are picked up, there are no human shapes. They are alive and well. The arrow target looks creepy. But if you look closely, you will find that these are straw men made of straw, and they are dressed in black, and under the shroud of night, they are no different from real people.

Mai Mai said excitedly: “Many arrows, many arrows, Brother Ahe, we are rich!”

“Making a fortune,” Wang Ba is lacking in interest, “These are not silver, and they can’t be eaten.”

Li Kuang on one side looked very excited, almost tears in his eyes. They have no arrows. They can only be crushed and beaten by those Utopians. They dare not even show up on the tower during the day. Those sentries who patrol the tower will be sacrificed by arrows every day. But there were not enough bows and arrows to fight back.

And now there is.

This group of grass men in black brought out countless arrows, and He Yan let a group go down. Before the Utuo found out, they could gain a lot. What a miracle is this? This is a business without capital!

In the daytime, He Yan asked Li Kuang to gather all the artisans and women in the city to rush to make grass men. As soon as the people heard that it was to deal with the Utopians, even the children participated in it, but in one day they rushed out a lot of them. He Yan asked Li Kuang to borrow a lot of black clothes worn by ordinary people, and put them neatly on the grass.

When he first proposed this plan, Li Kuang was still skeptical. Are utopians really so stupid? Will they really send arrows honestly?

The current scene has confirmed his doubts, Utuo is really so stupid.

He looked at the young man standing on the top of the tower with admiration in his heart. Regardless of Rundu’s future prospects, at least tonight’s grass man could use arrows to let Rundu resist for some time. Li Kuang walked up to He Yan and said, “Brother He has a wonderful calculation, Li is ashamed of it.”

He Yan glanced at him sideways, the wind blew the broken hair in the young man’s ear, and he smiled indifferently: “It’s just a fluke. These utopians think that there are so many people, they are proud in their hearts, and they are bound to win. When I see the grass man, I don’t think of other profound meanings.”

“The Uto people think that we have nothing, no foreign aid, no weapons, no men and women, so we will give him nothing but a surprise.”

“What if we fail?”

Juvenile said: “Then think of other ways, there will always be one way in the world.”

Li Kuang was speechless, he always felt that this young man made him feel familiar. He shook his head and put aside the absurd thoughts in his mind. The only reason was why these thoughts appeared, but it was because the situation today is very similar to that of the past, and even more difficult.

Tonight is just the beginning.

He Yan looked down at the tower and in the wilderness in the distance. Stars were faintly visible. It was the camp where the Utuo people were stationed.

If nothing is shown, it is ridiculous. It is not easy to perceive it for a long time, so nothing can be lost forever. To produce something out of nothing, then from false to real, from imaginary to real. You can defeat the enemy without fail, and you will lose the enemy when you live.

He Yan himself was very puzzled when he read this paragraph in the book of war. Looking for Liu Buwang with the book of war, Liu Buwang just said: “‘None’ is false, and the purpose is to cover up the’true’. If you want to succeed in’making something out of nothing’, you have to master the other party’s psychology. This is The highest level of wit among generals.”

He Yan fought against the Utuo three times. Every general of the Utuo was arrogant and arrogant deep in his heart. Perhaps it has something to do with their country’s advocacy of strong force, thinking that if you have a warrior, you have everything, but forgot that the arrogant soldier will be defeated.

She looked at the steady flow of arrows, with a smile on her lips: “Change another batch.”

…

The arrow flew in the direction of Rundu City Gate, aggressively.

“What’s the matter with Rundu people, aren’t they afraid? How many people have been changed?” A Uto soldier asked.

Huyat was also a little suspicious, these people from Rundu… it was like a steady stream of people coming to die. It has been several hours, are they going to fold all the soldiers and horses of Rundu here?

The sky was already bright, and all night they were shooting arrows here.

A bird flew across the sky, landed on a branch, chirping, breaking the silence around. That is, Huyat suddenly remembered something, and he asked: “You put arrows all night, have you ever heard those people scream?”

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

It’s quiet, it’s too quiet. They shot so many arrows, those people in Rundu died miserably, but they didn’t even scream? Why is this? Are you afraid of the screams being heard by the people in the city panic, or are you afraid of affecting morale? If so, it’s okay, if it’s for other reasons… a trace of anxiety passed through his heart.

“Stop!” Huyat shouted, “Stop archery immediately!”

The Utuo stopped and waited for Huyat’s next order.

Arrow stopped at the same time, and He Yan, who was sitting on the tower, yawned, and shook his head with some regret: “Oh, I was found.”

Li Kuang was already very satisfied. They had harvested at least 100,000 arrows this night. This is faster and less laborious than craftsman forging. The soldiers at the head of the city pulled up the last scarecrow that was filled with ropes, rubbed his sore wrist, and asked He Yan back: “My lord, do I need to let the straw man down again?”

“Let it go.” He Yan said: “Put it clean and show them clearly.”

Li Kuang was startled: “Brother He, isn’t this letting the Utuo people know our details, and it will be difficult to deceive Arrows in the future.”

He Yan smiled and said, “Master Li, I was not for the purpose of borrowing arrows. After this night, the Utuo had already discovered something wrong and couldn’t help it.”

“Bullied us for so long, now, I’m mad at them!”

The first ray of sunlight broke through the clouds and cast into the wilderness, illuminating the vermilion tower of Rundu.

Outside the city gate, there was a figure hanging quietly. The figure was hung in the air, swaying, blurry at first, and then gradually became clear and distinct under the sun, falling in the eyes of Utuo people in the distance.

A…a straw man in black.

“Fuck!” Huyat was furious.