The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 213 Drums
In the blink of an eye, another five days passed. During these five days, the Liang army attacked three more times.But because Changsun Ji had already prepared both armaments and food properly.

And because Changsun Ji set up a porridge shed in the city before, the people in Dongwuyang were friendly to Changsun Ji and his army. They called on the people to help transport stones and grain to the city wall, and got a lot of responses.

After repelling the soldiers of the grain army again, Changsun Ji returned to the sheriff's mansion a little tired after having dinner. Following the situation of the battle, he also participated in the battle. The day's offensive and defensive battle made him feel a little sore all over.

After washing, Changsun Ji lay down on the bed and fell asleep, but just as he fell asleep, he was awakened by the sound of drums.Hearing the sound of the drum, Changsun Ji shuddered reflexively, and his originally confused nerves came to his senses.

Putting on the clothes indiscriminately, Changsun Ji pushed the door out and shouted to the outside: "Where is the sound of the drum coming from?"

After Changsun Ji finished speaking, Wang Gang walked in from outside the courtyard, cupped his hands to Changsun Ji and said, "My lord, it's the sound of drums coming from the city gate. It may be that the Liang army is preparing to attack at night."

"What? Night attack." Changsun Ji was startled when he heard what Wang Gang said.Then he said, "Go, go to the city gate."

After finishing speaking, he ordered his servants to bring out the horses, Changsun Ji left the mansion, rode on the horses and rushed towards the city wall.

Speeding up all the way, Changsun Ji soon reached the city wall where the drums sounded.After staying here, Changsun Ji didn't hear the sound of fighting except for the sound of drums.

Some doubts, Changsun Ji took Wang Gang and the two up to the city wall.He Zheng is on duty tonight.However, Guo Dingxin and Wang Liang had been resting not far from the city wall, so they arrived earlier than Changsun Ji.

Changsun Ji asked the three people who were gathering together: "What's going on? Why are there drums? But the Liang army attacked at night?"

"General, we are also at a loss. Just now the grain army's position suddenly sounded the attack drum, so we thought that the grain army was also attacking at night, so we also beat the drum and prepared to defend the grain army, but it took a while to find out. The Liang army was only beating drums, and no soldiers were attacking." He Zheng cupped his hands at Changsun Ji.

"I only see the sound of drums but no people?"

"Yes." He Zheng nodded.

Then it seemed that he was afraid that Changsun Ji would not believe what he said, so he stretched out his hand and threw a torch from the city wall. Then, with the light brought by the falling torch, Changsun Ji found that there was indeed no one under the city wall.

Because it was not unclear about the situation, Changsun Ji and others waited on the city wall for another hour, but they did not find the Liangjun on the opposite side beating the drum. They were about to go back to rest, but they suddenly heard the drum of marching from the Liangjun barracks on the opposite side. Voice.

Everyone tensed up again, getting ready but there was still no trace of the grain army soldiers.

At this time, Changsun Ji had already guessed in his heart that this should be a strategy for the Liang army to exhaust its troops.However, the art of war pays attention to the false and the true, and Changsun Ji is not sure whether the grain army will make a night attack tonight.

Although I know that the more suspicious I am, the more I let the soldiers guard the city overnight, the more I will fall into the enemy's scheme. After all, how can the defenders who have been guarding all night fight against the energetic grain army on the second day?

But it can't be ignored.The enemy army is using a conspiracy. Although you know the opponent's intentions, you have to accept it. After all, if there is a real thing mixed in among the many fakes, you will definitely eat yourself when you are not prepared. Big loss.

Changsun Ji pondered for a while, and told everyone: "You three go down to rest first, and I will keep watch today. Don't pay attention to the sound of the drums from the Liangjun. If there is any situation, I will send someone to inform you. Get a good night's sleep , raise your spirits, there will be another battle tomorrow."

"General, you go back first. I was supposed to watch the night today, so how can I make the general tired?" He Zheng opened his mouth when he heard that Changsun Ji was going to watch the night instead of him.

"It doesn't matter, you are the main force for tomorrow, and you can't get tired. The drums of the Liangjun are their strategy to exhaust the army. They just want to exhaust us and drag us to death. So we must not let them succeed. Yes." Changsun Ji explained.

Hearing what Changsun Ji said, everyone stopped refuting. They all went down the city wall and led their soldiers back to the barracks to rest.

After the generals retreated, Changsun Ji turned around and said to the guards who had just arrived: "You also heard it just now. Although the sound of the drums on the opposite side may be a strategy for the exhausted soldiers, it does not represent the strength of the Liang army. There will be no night raids tonight, so we are all in good spirits, and if we find anything else, we will report it immediately."

"As ordered."

As Changsun Ji's personal guard, in addition to being loyal, everyone is also an elite.After hearing Changsun Ji's order, after simply accepting the order, they quickly spread out and set up defenses on the city wall.

Changsun Ji nodded, very satisfied with the actions of the guards.Changsun Ji walked around the city wall again and found no loopholes, so he was relieved.

Time passed by incessantly, and in the blink of an eye, the endless darkness in the sky slowly receded, and the general outlines of some surrounding objects began to slowly appear.

The long night was finally over. This night, the drum on the opposite side rang a total of five times, and there was no regularity. Sometimes the drum sounded only after an hour, and sometimes it didn't sound after two hours.

However, no matter what, it’s all over. The night attack of the Liang army that has been guarding against did not happen. This made Changsun Ji heave a sigh of relief. rest.

After a hasty breakfast, I haven't waited for my eldest grandson to go down to rest.The Liang army began to attack. Fortunately, Changsun Ji discovered the opponent's intention early last night, so the rested soldiers were not too tired.He has enough energy to deal with the grain army.

After a day's battle, the Liang army failed to break through the city as expected, and Dongwuyang was still firmly guarded in the hands of Changsun Ji.Time flies, but in the middle of the battle, it is night again in a blink of an eye.

Because of what happened last night, Changsun Ji sent the generals back to rest after they had dinner.Tonight he was going to keep his vigil.

During the day, he sent his guards back to rest, so he was not afraid that they would lose energy in defending the city at night.

As night fell, Changsun Ji looked into the distance and waited for the sound of the drum. He had been on the city wall for a day and a night. Although he was a little sleepy, it was not serious and he could bear it.

(End of this chapter)