Everyone just gathered here for a while, and discussed the subsequent attack on Xiliang for a while.
But just when everyone thought the discussion was almost over, someone suddenly walked in.
This man is a bronze bird in the city!
Huang Zhong showed a puzzled look and asked, "May I ask if your lord has any orders?"
Now that the Prime Minister has delegated power, he has basically turned a blind eye to foreign affairs. At this time, the only one who can deliver the news is Zhao Feng, and it cannot be anyone else.
The bronze bird nodded and said expressionlessly to the crowd: "Hao Zhaoke is here, my lord, please give me an urgent order!"
There was a trace of surprise in Hao Zhao's eyes, he stepped forward and bowed and said: "The general is here!"
Tongque nodded slightly and said loudly: "My lord has ordered us to take wet hay and spread it on the houses in the city, and water it with horse manure. Then we can act without any mistakes!"
After finishing speaking, Tongque put the secret letter in his hand on the table and left calmly.
At this time, Hao Zhao slowly raised his head and looked at each other with Huang Zhong, Gao Shun, and Wei Yan around him, showing curiosity.
"Why did my lord send a sudden secret message?"
"By acting like this, could it be that my lord expected that Xiliang might attack with fire?"
They had no idea why the news that the city was closed could still be transmitted normally to Tongque, nor did they understand why the Lord judged that the enemy would attack with fire.
"I don't know. Since it is what the lord said, then just do it."
Everyone shook their heads, but considering that their lord had served as a military advisor before, how could they doubt it.
But now that the order had been conveyed, it was impossible for them to violate the military order. Although they were a little confused, they still followed it.
When dusk came, all the houses in the city were covered with wet hay, and everything was arranged as Zhao Feng said.
However, after the horse manure was poured into the city, the city smelled so bad that although the soldiers in the army complained, they didn't say much.
Soon, night fell. The people inside the city didn't know what the people outside the city were planning, and the people outside the city didn't know what the people inside the city were doing either.
At this moment, five thousand long archers were walking outside the city in the dark. Ma Chao's eyes showed a hint of excitement. He didn't expect that he would be able to break the city today.
This simply made him impatient. The five thousand long archers were all wearing night uniforms and blended perfectly into the darkness.
Looking at the soldiers who were still walking back and forth, Ma Chao showed a strange expression.
"I didn't expect that these soldiers are still guarding us now."
There are dedicated personnel patrolling the city defenses and guarding them all night long. Being able to be so rigorous has to make Ma Chao and others more vigilant.
Countless people moved forward slowly, without disturbing the soldiers on the city defense at all.
Just relying on the dim lights on the city gate, you can't tell that five thousand long archers have reached the bottom of the city at this moment.
Coupled with the pitch-black night, it seemed to them that it was completely dark outside the city and they could not see anything.
"Will the Xiliang army come tonight?"
"I don't know. Today, a hundred thousand troops came and were defended by the general. Now that they are defeated, they shouldn't attack so quickly, right?"
The soldiers patrolling the city defense started talking about it.
However, at this time, five thousand longbowmen had already reached the best civilian position.
The corners of Ma Chao's mouth raised a slight arc.
He looked back at the five thousand long archers behind him, stretched out a hand and made a gesture.
The five thousand longbowmen moved in unison, taking out arrows from their backs and placing them on their bows. At the same time, Ma Chao moved his right hand, and all the soldiers immediately understood.
The arrowheads of countless bows and arrows were ignited with flames.
"Crunch."
The sounds of countless bows were drawn.
The sudden appearance of a large fire instantly 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 outside the city, because the flames reflected the blurry appearance of five thousand people, who were dressed in night clothes and carried quivers on their backs.
Without giving any reaction to the patrolling soldiers, the arrows in the hands of these archers were already shot out.
Densely packed bows and arrows have already flown into the air.
"Quickly, summon the general!"
"It's an enemy attack. Xiliang is coming with troops!"
Many people on the city defense have already taken action.
The defenders had already found a bunker and were about to take shelter, but they realized something was not right.
The arrows in the sky didn't seem to be heading towards them, but towards the city.
The expressions of all the defenders changed one after another. The main goal of these Xiliang troops was inside the city!
Countless flaming arrows tried to burn Huaili County.
"Everyone is ready to put out the fire."
As the defenders roared, countless people began to take action, but soon, they froze on the spot.
Those arrows were extinguished immediately when they hit the wet hay and horse dung, and countless arrows seemed to sink into the sea.
Tens of thousands of arrows had no effect at all.
Someone's arrow fell on the ground and was extinguished in just a moment.
The defenders hesitated for a moment and then laughed.
"Haha, my lord is simply a master of calculations."
They had received this order during the day. They resisted at first, but now everyone started laughing.
One even shouted loudly: "I love horse manure."
After seeing the countless arrows being extinguished, the originally panicked defenders also showed a hint of smile, and their hearts finally fell to the ground.
The patrolling troops above the city defense looked at the defenders below, yawned and said, "What kind of rotation are you guys doing?"
Another responded: "Coming right now."
The Xiliang army outside the city seemed to have planned it for a long time. After shooting arrows, they began to evacuate without looking back.
Ma Chao looked back at Huaili County and said with a smile: "If nothing happens, this place will turn into a sea of fire in an hour!"
In the distance, Ma Teng and Sima Yi were already here to greet him.
Ma Chao smiled and said: "Tens of thousands of arrows have been shot into the city. The fire in Huaili County is only a matter of time. You should be able to see the fire in the city in less than a quarter of an hour."
Sima Yi also nodded slightly. It's just a city. As long as he takes action, are he afraid that he won't be able to take it down?
"In that case, come and enjoy the next beautiful scenery with me."
It is late autumn now, and the night is still a little cool, but at this time, Ma Teng and others all looked at Huaili County with smiles on their faces.
It seemed that the huge fire would appear in the next second, and everyone waited here for a full quarter of an hour.
Sima Yi's face finally turned ugly, and he looked a little embarrassed. Why is there no fire in the city yet?
It's impossible that tens of thousands of arrows can't start a fire. Even if it's to put out a fire, it's impossible for so many rockets to put it out at the same time.
It's not raining now, so how can the fire be extinguished?
Sima Yi turned around, looked at Ma Chao aside and couldn't help asking: "General, those arrows should have fallen into the city, right?"
Ma Chao's face didn't look good either, and he said calmly: "Didn't you see everything from behind?"
As soon as he said this, 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 cause a fire!"
Ma Teng on the side also looked extremely puzzled. How could so many rockets have no effect in the city?