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The weapons used by the Eastern Expeditionary Army are uniformly distributed, including bows and arrows, but unlike other weapons, arrows are consumables, and a large number of arrows will be consumed every time they fight.

There are people in the barracks who are responsible for making arrows, and they have accumulated a lot of arrows on weekdays.

But at the moment when the battle is tight, the more arrows, the better.

Yu Niaoyan took out an arrow from the bamboo basket and looked at it carefully. It was very finely crafted, no matter in length or weight, it was almost the same as the standard arrow in the army.

She smiled slightly at Li Hongye.

"These arrows are well done, can you make more?"

Li Hongye was very happy that the arrow she made was recognized.

She nodded vigorously: "Okay, I'll go and tell my sister to make more arrows."

Because of the war outside the city, they couldn't farm the fields, and they were idle in the city every day, so they might as well find something to do. Making arrows can not only pass the time, but also help the expedition to the east, killing two birds with one stone.

Yu Niaoyou: "One arrow is worth five cents, and there are about a hundred arrows here, Mammy, please go and bring five hundred cents to Miss Hongye."

Li Hongye hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no! You don't need to give me money, I'm glad I can help you, where else can I ask for your money?!"

Yu Niao: "Don't rush to refuse, you can tell other people after you go back, no matter who can make arrows of acceptable quality, they can sell them to me at a price of five cents per arrow. Before the end of the battle, I will buy unlimited arrows."

Li Hongye immediately understood what she meant.

"You want the people in the city to help make arrows together."

Yu Niao nodded: "Yes."

She did this not only to replenish arrows for the Eastern Expedition Army, but also to find something for the idle people in the city to do, so that some people would not want to be distracted when they have nothing to do.

Mother Xiuyan handed over a heavy cloth bag.

"There are five hundred Wen in total here, you can count them."

Li Hongye did not refuse this time.

She had to bring the money back for everyone to see, so that everyone could believe that Madam was really willing to pay for arrows.

Holding the cloth bag in both hands, she said gratefully: "Thank you Ma'am, thank you Madam."

Mother Xiuyan: "I'll take you out."

The original Hengcheng county magistrate had been killed by the Chen army, and the county government office had also been damaged. After repairs during this period, the county government office has been restored to a good degree.

The county government office was temporarily changed into the General's Mansion, and Tang Guixi, Yu Niaomiao and Xiao Juan all lived here on weekdays.

Now that Tang Guixi and Xiao Juan have gone out to fight, the General's Mansion is now headed by Yu Niao.

She asked Ling Hai to build a thatched shed at the entrance of the county government office, and put up a sign saying "Five coins, one piece, buy arrows".

After Li Hongye's efforts to publicize, many people in the city knew about the purchase of arrows by the General's Mansion, and people continued to bring their own arrows to the General's Mansion to sell.

Not everyone can make well-crafted arrows like the Li Hongye sisters, and there are many shoddy ones.

But any unqualified arrows will be rejected by Ling Hai.

The purchased arrows will be registered in the register, and then they will be sent to Yu Niaoyou for random inspection.

At first, Mammy Xiuyan was worried that Yu Niaoyou would be tired because of this, but when she saw that she was concentrating on checking the quality of the arrows, her morning sickness was relieved a lot, and she became more energetic, so she let her do it.

The finished arrows were transported out of the city in batches and sent to the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Originally, Tang Guixi was still worried about the rapid consumption of arrows, but seeing the arrows sent by Yu Niao, her worries disappeared immediately.

Without worries about the future, the Eastern Expeditionary Army will be more brave in fighting.

Marshal Chen Jun didn't pay much attention to a mere Hengcheng.

With the strength of their army of Chen Kingdom, Hengcheng can definitely be taken down very quickly.

As a result, they kicked on the iron plate.

No matter how they attack, they cannot break through the defense of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

The two sides fought back and forth like this for half a month, and the Chen army not only failed to capture Hengcheng, but also lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

It can't go on like this, Marshal Chen Jun can only change his strategy.

He still remembered that he fought against the Eastern Expeditionary Army before. At first, the Eastern Expeditionary Army had the upper hand. Later, because the Eastern Expeditionary Army was short of food and grass, the Emperor Dayan cut off the food and grass support for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which caused the Eastern Expeditionary Army to fall into crisis. Festival defeat.

The reason why the Eastern Expedition Army was able to make a comeback was also because they raided the camp of the Chen Army and took away a large amount of food and grass.

After all, food and grass are the most important thing!

Marshal Chen called the accepted generals to have a meeting overnight, and finally decided to suspend the attack.

They are going to surround Hengcheng, cut off Hengcheng's connection with other places, and trap those Eastern Expeditionary Forces in Hengcheng.

In this way, the Eastern Expeditionary Army will be isolated and helpless.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army had limited food reserves, and when they ran out of food, they could only starve.

In the end they had only two paths——

Either be starved to death, or go out of the city and surrender.

On the side of the Eastern Expedition Army, Tang Guixi and Xiao Juan found that the Chen Army had stopped their offensive. They sent scouts to investigate and found that the Chen Army had not retreated.

Not only that, the Chen army was still setting up camp, as if preparing for a long battle.

Tang Guixi and Xiao Juan summed it up, and guessed that the Chen army should be planning to adopt a strategy of attrition that encircles but does not attack.

In this way, it was just in line with their wishes.

They were eager for a truce, so that the Eastern Expeditionary Army and the people in the city would have more time to recuperate.

The battle is temporarily over.

The common people put their farm tools on their backs and went straight to the field, and the field was full of bustle and bustle.

Spring goes to summer, flowers bloom and fall.

The wheat seedlings in the field are getting taller day by day.

In autumn, the wheat seedlings finally produced heavy tassels.

The common people and the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army were very excited. They rolled up their sleeves and soaked in the fields, harvesting wheat day and night, and they worked hard one by one.

On the other side, Chen Jun was still stretching his neck and looking forward, wondering when Chen Jun couldn't stand it anymore and came out to surrender?

They also deliberately grilled meat in the open space, fanned it vigorously, and used the wind to send the aroma of the barbecue to the sentry tower, trying to kill the sentries of the Eastern Expedition Army on the tower.

On the sentry tower, two sentries smelled the aroma of barbecue, but were unmoved.

They had the meat buns just sent by the gang leader. The dough was ground from the latest harvested wheat, so it tasted very fragrant.

The two chatted while eating.

"What the hell are those Chen people down there doing?"

"Who knows about them? Sick!"

Chen Guo's soldiers worked hard for a long time, and they were sweating all over, but they still didn't see any movement from the sentry tower, so they couldn't help but started cursing.

But because they used Chen Guo dialect, the sentries on the sentry tower couldn't understand a single word.