When he came to Xintian City, Wang Chang was already a little numb, because now Xintian was no longer the small county town in his image, but a heavily guarded military fortress, the original wide attack surface was dug beyond recognition, everywhere there were dense trenches and earth piles of rocks and dirt, and on those already narrow passages, there were horses and antlers everywhere, and the ground was shiny and sprinkled with thistles.

Xintian County was originally not high, less than six meters high city wall, but now it has been stiffly raised by nearly two meters with sandbags of soil, if it is good to attack in a neat way, Wang Chang believes that he can take Xintian, but the problem is that although the defenders in the city came in a hurry, there are no long-range weapons, but they are also rushing all the way over, and even the simplest siege weapons such as cloud ladders are not fully prepared, and Hu Yanchao's time is so tight, how can he take the city lightly.

Wang Chang only felt that his head hurt for a while.

"Remove obstacles. Get ready for the siege! Wang Changqiang suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and gave the order to attack, no matter how difficult it is, the task must be completed, otherwise, Langya's tens of thousands of Yan troops will be wrapped in dumplings.

Tearing down the earth ramparts, bulldozing the trenches, pulling out the thistles, rejecting horses and antlers, the Yan army that did these works would inevitably be met with a strong counterattack from the city, but these casualties, he had to endure.

Looking at the Yan army under the city who were working hard to clear the obstacles, Lu Yuanchuan also sighed with great regret, what a pity, his long-range weapons are not enough, otherwise at this distance, a round of covering shooting can make the opponent pay a heavy price, and now, he can only fight back slowly, and he has a crossbow. But each soldier only has dozens of crossbow arrows in his hands, which can be used on the blade, and cannot be wasted in the present, the Yan army on the opposite side is indeed well-trained, and when these obstacles are removed, the east and west are very scattered, and in the case of the preciousness of arrows, they use their arms and crossbows to deal with them. It's too wasteful.

"Point kill, aim, kill one with one arrow, create a little atmosphere for them first." Lu Yuanchuan said to the several crossbowmen who had gathered together.

Half of the more than a dozen crossbowmen almost poked out of the sandbags, and beside them, two soldiers held shields and stared cautiously at the opposite side. They have to protect these shooters.

A veteran soldier half-squinted his eyes, aiming at the Yan army who was moving a horse under the city, his hand clasped slightly, and there was a loud sound. The crossbow bolt shot out, and the Yan soldier fell to the ground as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, and the rejection horse also fell on him with a bang. There was a burst of exclamations from the city. In the city, however, there was a burst of joy.

More than a dozen crossbow bolts were fired almost simultaneously at the same time, and none of them missed. The arrows are fatal, and the Yan army under the city hid their bodies in an instant.

This kind of point killing, compared with the overwhelming feather arrows, is far inferior, but when it comes to the psychological deterrence of the soldiers, it is not inferior at all, because in this case, the opposing soldier who shoots must be a good hand at archery, this kind of point killing, without purpose, is purely to look at that is that, once it is aimed at by the opponent, it is almost a dead word. They were now uncovered, and the armor on their bodies, as well as the dozen or so dead soldiers in front of them, had proved that their defense against the crossbow arrows in the city was pitifully low.

No one wants to be next.

This is the psychology of the most ordinary soldier.

"Send a team of archers up and cover and suppress!" Wang Chang stared at the city, his brows furrowed, the other party's reaction was obviously due to the lack of long-range weapons, the opponent was not afraid of his own shortcomings, but it made him even more uneasy, is there any fear?

"General, the range of our bows and arrows is not as good as that of our opponents." A general beside him whispered.

"Then move forward, and send another team of shieldmen to protect the archers." Wang Chang said sharply: "Do you want me to teach you?" ”

The general's face flushed, he was really a little confused, and bowed his head and retreated to make arrangements.

Under the cover of more shield bearers, hundreds of archers slowly walked out of the trenches and between the stone barriers, crossed these densely packed traps, and began to line up more than a hundred steps below the city, this situation made Lu Yuanchuan in the city sigh again, if there were a few bed crossbows just now, shooting at these openings, it would be a string of crossbows, but now, he can only watch dryly.

More than 100 archers began to release arrows, trying to suppress the city, but their opponents were only a dozen crossbowmen with excellent archery skills, and when they began to shoot under the city, they had already turned in another direction, and there was still an arrow without an arrow with a cold gun, still as before, almost one arrow, almost one arrow, almost no time to go out, and when the more than 100 archers shot arrows, looking up at the city, they couldn't see an enemy at all. Or put it in a sandbag, and the enemy in the city quickly collected all the feather arrows between shots.

Such a scene made Wang Chang look depressed, this fucking arrow is to send weapons to the enemy, but he has to continue to do this, because the soldiers who are removing obstacles need this kind of attack to give them a sense of security, even if it is only theoretical.

The removal of obstacles continued in the midst of continuous casualties, and in the back camp, the sappers were desperately rushing to control the ladders, siege vehicles and other weapons, Wang Chang estimated that he was afraid that he would not be able to launch the first near-city attack until the sky was dark, looking at the firewood and grass piled up under the city, even a fool knew what it was for?

The only thing he can do is to prepare more sand and soil, which will be used to fight these fires when the time comes, but under the ravages of grease, the effect is only limited, as Hu Yanchao's deputy, Wang Chang is naturally very skilled in the defense of the city, and Lu Yuanchuan has many arrangements, he only needs to take a look at it to know what it is for.

But it's one thing to know, it's another thing to want to destroy him, whether it was in the past or now, breaking a city, in general, is built with the lives of soldiers.

"Beat the drums, siege the city!" Suppressing the many distracting thoughts in his heart, Wang Chang gave orders loudly.

Hearing the thunderous drums coming from under the city, Lu Yuanchuan jumped up from where he was lying, and similarly, the soldiers who were sitting or lying behind the city wall also stood up one by one. rushed to the edge of the city wall, staring at the Yan army that was swarming not far away, carrying ladders and pushing rudimentary siege vehicles.

"Prepare for battle, march to the Eastern Army!" Lu Yuanchuan raised his arms and shouted.

"Wan Sheng!" Although there were only more than a thousand soldiers, the shouts that erupted were enough to change the color of the mountains and rivers.

Yuyang, the army of Kong De moving forward, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in a hurry. In the midst of the screams of the messengers, they suddenly stopped, and all the troops were stationed on the spot, waiting for the next military order, and the vast majority of the generals were puzzled, and the previous order was as urgent as a spark, requiring all the troops to speed up, but they had not been gone for five days, and they were asked to stop. But that's fine, the troops are actually exhausted, and it's good to have such a precious time for the soldiers to recuperate.

The generals at the grassroots level were relieved. In Conde's big tent, Conde and his generals were all worried, the roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the ship was late and encountered a head wind. Looking at the spy of Yan Lingwei in front of him, Kong De didn't know what to say, and Ye Zhen's troops behind him had been tightly embellishing his army. And in front, Zhao Jun Zhou Changshou blocked his way and robbed while the fire was burning, what should he do?

"Are you sure?" Kong De looked at the spies in front of him, his identity, and his waist cards were verified one by one, but Kong De still couldn't believe that Zhou Changshou would come to ambush him at this time, you know, the relationship between the Eastern Army and Zhao Guo is really like fire and water now.

"General Kong, it's true, I found a chance to sneak out after Zhou Changshou's army attacked, in fact, it was not, the general knew that this place is not far from the ambush site of Zhou Changshou, as long as the general sends a scout horse, he can find out."

Kong De leaned back heavily, "Zhou Changshou is trying to seize Yuyang, if he is acting in collusion with Ye Zhen, this time our army is in danger." ”

"Zhou Changshou appeared so coincidentally, it fully shows that the other party has been hooked together, general, we can't go forward any longer, it's better to return to Yuyang County, stick to the city, regardless of him Zhao Jun or Ye Zhen, if you want to take Yuyang County, that's a fantasy." One of the generals shouted.

"To put it lightly, now that our army is retreating, Zhou Changshou will be willing to give up, and Ye Zhen behind him will not think of this, he must have sent someone to get stuck on the road of our retreat to Yuyang County, and when the time comes, we will really be unable to advance or retreat." Comte shook his head.

"Then we will watch the ambush of the Zhao army, and still push forward?"

"Of course not, the reason why the ambush is an ambush is based on what we don't know, now that we have a clear idea of Zhou Changshou's arrangement, how can he ambush us?"

"Then it's better to show the carriage and horses, and tell Zhou Changshou, we already know that he is coming, he doesn't want to take advantage, with Zhou Changshou's temperament, he will inevitably withdraw his troops." Another general built yì road.

"That's right." Kong De nodded, suddenly remembered something, and his face changed suddenly: "It's not good." ”

"What's the matter, General?" The generals asked.

"We know the news of Zhou Changshou's attack, if Ye Zhen also knows, what will he do?" Kong De looked at everyone and said word by word: "If I were him, I would immediately send troops to the whole city, cutting off Zhou Changshou's back road, Zhou Changshou could not plot to seize Yuyang, but lost the whole city and other five cities, in order to make a difference to Zhao State, he will inevitably attack us regardless of a qiē, in order to annihilate us, recapture Yuyang, and make the contribution." ”

"Then why didn't he withdraw his troops and seek to retake the city?"

"Zhou Changshou only has 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, do you want him to attack a city guarded by almost the same manpower? It's not that I'm discouraged, the combat effectiveness of the standing army of Zhao is stronger than ours, instead of going to the city guarded by the Eastern Army, he might as well fight with us, if he defeats us and captures Yuyang, even if Ye Zhen captures the whole city, what can he do, he is still alone, and he has to withdraw in the end. Comte explained.

"General!" The curtain was lifted, and an officer on duty strode in, "Ye Zhen sent a messenger from the Eastern Army to deliver a letter to the general. ”

Taking the letter from the officer's hand, Kong De only glanced at it, his face was already pale, "Brother is outside the wall to resist its insult, I heard that Zhao Jun is going to ambush Brother Kong, I have led the army and captured the whole city, you and I have joined forces to destroy the Zhao army that invaded my Dayan first, as for the old account between the brothers, it can be counted in the next day." ”

Comte stood up, the paper in his hand fell to the ground, and with a bitter face, he ordered in an astringent voice: "Prepare for battle!" Fight your way out. (To be continued......)