The Three Kingdoms: The strategist will stop, and Rome will be unified

Chapter 257
Everyone just gathered here for a while, and they also discussed for a while about the follow-up attack on Xiliang.

But just when everyone felt that the discussion was about the same, a person suddenly walked in.

This man is the Bronze Sparrow in the city!

Huang Zhong asked with a puzzled expression, "Excuse me, is there any order from the lord?"

Now that the prime minister has delegated power, he basically doesn't care about foreign affairs. At this time, it can only be Zhao Feng who sends the news, and it can't be anyone else.

The bronze sparrow nodded and said expressionlessly to the crowd: "Hao Zhaoke is here, my lord urgently ordered!"

A hint of surprise appeared in Hao Zhao's eyes, he stepped forward and bowed and said, "The last general is here!"

Bronze Sparrow nodded slightly and said loudly: "The lord has an order to spread the wet hay on the houses in the city and water the horse manure, and then we can act without any mistakes!"

After finishing speaking, Tongque put the secret letter in his hand on the table, and then left calmly.

At this time, Hao Zhaocai slowly raised his head, and looked at Huang Zhong, Gao Shun, and Wei Yan around him, showing curiosity.

"Why did the lord send a secret message suddenly?"

"With such behavior, could it be that the lord expected that Xiliang might attack with fire?"

They didn't know why the news that the city was closed could still be transmitted normally to Tongque, and they didn't understand why the lord judged that the enemy would use fire to attack.

"I don't know, since it's what the lord said, let's do it."

Everyone shook their heads, but considering that the lord had served as a military adviser before, how could they doubt it.

But now that the order has been communicated, it is impossible for them to violate the military order. Although they were a little puzzled, they still followed it.

When dusk came, all the houses in the city were paved with wet hay, and everything was arranged as Zhao Feng said.

It's just that after the horse manure was poured, the city stinks. Although the soldiers in the army complained, they didn't say much.

Soon, night fell, and the inside of the city didn't know the plans outside the city, and the outside of the city also didn't know the actions inside the city.

At this moment, outside the city, five thousand longbowmen were walking forward in the dark. Ma Chao's eyes showed a trace of excitement. He did not expect to be able to break through the city today.

This simply made him a little impatient. All five thousand longbowmen were wearing night suits, blending perfectly into the darkness.

Looking at the pawns still walking back and forth above, Ma Chao showed a strange look.

"I didn't expect that these soldiers are still guarding now."

The patrols above the city defenses were patrolled by special personnel, who were on guard all night. Being able to be so strict also had to make Ma Chao and others more vigilant.

Countless people walked forward slowly, without disturbing the soldiers above the city defense at all.

Just relying on the dim lights on the city gate, it is impossible to detect that the five thousand longbowmen have touched the city at this moment.

Coupled with the dark night, in their view, the outside of the city was completely dark, and they could not see anything.

"Will the Xiliang army come tonight?"

"I don't know. Today, the [-] troops came and were guarded by the general. Now that they are defeated, they shouldn't attack so quickly, right?"

The patrolling soldiers on the city defense started discussing one after another.

However, at this time, the five thousand longbowmen had reached the best civilian position.

The corner of Ma Chao's mouth raised slightly.

He glanced back at the five thousand longbowmen behind him, stretched out a hand and made a gesture.

The five thousand longbowmen moved in unison, took out arrows from their backs and put them on the bows. At the same time, Ma Chao moved his right hand, and all the soldiers immediately understood.

The arrows of countless bows and arrows were ignited on fire.

"crunch."

Countless bow-drawing sounds sounded.

The sudden appearance of a large flame immediately attracted the attention of the patrolling soldiers.

"What's down there?"

One person exclaimed, and everyone came to the edge of the city and looked out of the city, because the flames reflected the blurred appearance of 5000 people, wearing night suits and carrying quiveres on their backs.

Without giving any response to the patrolling soldiers, the arrows in the hands of these archers had already been shot.

Densely packed bows and arrows have already flown into the air.

"Quickly, summon the general!"

"It's an enemy attack, Xiliang has brought troops over!"

Many people on the city defense have already taken action.

When the defenders had already found a bunker and were about to hide, they found that something was wrong.

The arrows in the sky didn't seem to be coming towards them, but towards the city.

The faces of all the defenders changed one after another. The main purpose of these Xiliang troops was inside the city!
Countless flaming arrows tried to set fire to Huaili County.

"Everyone is ready to fight the fire."

With the roar of the defenders, countless people started to move, but soon, they froze in place.

Those arrows were immediately extinguished when they hit the wet hay and horse manure, and the countless arrows seemed to sink into the sea.

Tens of thousands of arrows did not play any role at all.

Someone's arrow fell on the ground, and it went out in just a moment.

The defenders hesitated for a moment, then laughed.

"Haha, my lord is simply a fortune teller."

They had received this order during the day, and at first they resisted, but now everyone laughed.

Some even shouted directly: "I love horse manure."

After seeing countless arrows being extinguished, the guards who were originally in a panic also showed a little smile, and their hearts finally fell to the ground.

The patrolling army above the city defense looked at the defenders below, yawned and said, "What's the rotation, brothers?"

Another responded: "Come right away."

And the Xiliang army outside the city seemed to have planned it long ago. After shooting the arrows, they began to evacuate without looking back.

Ma Chao looked back at Huaili County and said with a smile: "No accident, after an hour, this place will become a sea of ​​flames!"

Ma Teng and Sima Yi, who were in the distance, had long been here to greet him.

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Tens of thousands of arrows have already been shot into the city, the fire in Huaili County is only a matter of time, and the flames in the city should be visible in less than a quarter of an hour."

Sima Yi also nodded slightly, it's just a small city, as long as he goes out, is he afraid that he won't be able to take it down?

"In this case, let's enjoy the next beautiful scenery with me."

It is late autumn now, and the night is still a bit chilly, but at this time, Ma Teng and the others all looked at Huaili County with smiles on their faces.

It seemed that the huge flame would appear in the next second, and everyone waited here for a quarter of an hour.

Sima Yi's face finally became ugly, a little embarrassed, why is there no fire in this city yet?

It is impossible for tens of thousands of arrows not to ignite the fire. Even if it is to fight the fire, it is impossible to extinguish so many rockets at the same time.

It's not raining now, so how could the fire be extinguished?

Sima Yi turned around, looked at Ma Chao who was at the side and couldn't help asking: "General, those arrows should have fallen into the city, right?"

Ma Chao's expression was not good, and he said lightly, "Didn't you see it from behind?"

As soon as this remark came out, Sima Yi's expression became even more ugly, and he said, "There must be something wrong in this city, otherwise tens of thousands of arrows would not be able to set off the fire!"

Ma Teng on the side also showed a very puzzled look, how could so many rockets have no effect in the city?

He let out a breath and said, "Let's withdraw the troops."

(End of this chapter)