The reason why the Sihu general Soba attacked the city regardless of casualties.

In fact, it was because three days ago, Xihu Great Khan Dorjee Gongpot was in a very bad mood.

Who would have thought that an army of nearly 200,000 would not be able to capture a Dingyuan city defended by only tens of thousands of people?

If Dingyuan City is the kind of big city with a height of five or six zhang city wall, it seems that this situation is acceptable at present, but the problem is that Dingyuan City is clearly the ancient city built by the Xia Kingdom in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

And in this case, the army of more than 200,000 people actually captured the far city, which is simply incredible.

However, although he was in a bad mood, Dorjee Gongpot did not lose his mind because of his anger, because he knew that the reason for the current situation was the bows and crossbows that the Xia army had, the kind of war weapons that were specially researched for slaughter.

Dorjee Gongpo's eyes involuntarily looked at the low table in front of him, only to see that on the low table, there was a special crossbow arrow.

This crossbow arrow was picked up by his clansmen on the battlefield, that is, the crossbow arrow fired by the bow and crossbow of the Xia army. It's so powerful that it's stunning.

Recalling what he had seen on the battlefield, the corpses of the slaves who had been shot into a sieve by the Xia army's crossbows and crossbows, and his flesh was blurred, Dorjee Gongbu only felt a churning in his stomach.

This is the difference between nomads and agrarian countries: due to the harsh living environment, the nomads are generally very strong, which makes them accustomed to using their own force to participate in all kinds of wars, so they focus more on honing their skills, such as archery, horsemanship, etc.; As for the agrarian country, let's take the Xia country as an example, the people of the Xia country lived in a relatively superior climate and environment, which made the Xia people generally not as strong as the people of Xihu, so they chose to use external forces to strengthen their own strength, that is, to make better weapons and armor, but also to make up for their own shortcomings.

Looking at the agrarian countries, almost all of them focused on industrial and metallurgical countries, they built walls to defend against the enemy, built bows and crossbows, catapults for capturing enemy cities, this kind of war focus, so that each agrarian country did not dare to lag behind their own industrial and metallurgical technology, because they understood the importance of tools.

Of course, this is not to say that the nomads are uncivilized savages, but only that they believe too much in their own skills and neglect the study of tools, so that their industrial and metallurgical technology stagnates, and the gap between them and the agrarian countries is gradually widening.

Take the matter in front of you as an example, with the help of bows and crossbows, the border army of the Xia army called more than 200,000 troops under the command of Dorjee Gongpo to be in a dilemma, is this strange?

In fact, if this matter is placed on any knowledgeable Xia people, whether it is a South Vietnamese person, they will not be surprised, their industrial and metallurgical skills are of such a level.

Now, Dorjee Gongbu has tasted the embarrassing situation caused by the fact that its own industrial and metallurgical technology is far inferior to that of the enemy.

It is undeniable that there are heroic warriors in his tribe, and these warriors have repeatedly defeated the warriors of the Northern Barbarians, who are not only skilled in bows and horses, but also can fire arrows at a distance of sixty or seventy zhang, and are really skilled warriors.

However, these warriors, in the face of the ultra-long range of the Xia army's bow and crossbow, had no power to fight back, which is the same reason as the short-handed dwarf and the longer-handed tall man: before the dwarf's fist hit the tall man, he was already knocked down by the tall man's punch.

......

Changing his sitting position, Dorjee Gongpo slowly let out a sullen breath.

I have to say that the Xia army in this city can hold out for a month, which he didn't expect.

Just when Dorjee Gongpo was thinking about what tactics to use to attack Dingyuan City, suddenly the tent of the felt tent was lifted, and the young Xihu warrior Senge walked in.

"Lord Khan" Senge touched his chest with his right hand and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Outside the felt tent, there are several leaders of small tribes who want to see Lord Khan."

"Huh?" Dorjee Gongbu was stunned when he heard this, nodded and said, "Call them in." ”

Senge nodded, and after a while, he led several middle-aged people with some sad faces to the tent again.

Dorjee Gongpo looked at the people who came a few times, only to realize that these people were the leaders of the small tribe attached to his Xihu.

"What's the matter with you?"

When questioning, Dorjee Gongpo secretly recalled the tribal clan names of these leaders, but this kind of tribe has too many people attached to Xihu in small tribes of thousands and twenty or thirty thousand people, which made Dorjee Gongpo think for a long time, and he didn't think about which tribe the other party was.

One of the small leaders of the "Lord Khan" saluted Dorjee Gongpo and asked hesitantly, "I don't know how long this battle will last?" ”

Dorjee Gongpo frowned when he heard this, his face was a little displeased, and he said in a deep voice: "If you have anything to say, say it directly!" ”

Hearing this, the small leaders glanced at each other, and one of them stiffened his head and said in a slur voice: "That's the case, Lord Khan----- four days ago, you asked our small tribes to be responsible for the food of the army, well, you also know that there are more than 200,000 slaves----- just now our tribesmen sent someone to deliver the news, and the wheat and grain hoarded in the tribal camp have been eaten----

As soon as Dorjee Gongpo heard it, he understood, and his face became more and more unsightly.

Seeing this, a little fear flashed on the little leader's face, and he quickly explained: "Lord Khan, our tribes add up to only tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and we can't afford to feed more than 200,000 troops------ Speaking of this, he glanced at the other small leaders and said in a slurred voice: "Therefore, we thought, if this battle is going to be fought for a few days, can we ----- -----?"

"Can you do anything?!" Dorjee Gongbu interrupted the other party's words with a displeased face, and said coldly: "Break the promise you made a while ago, break away from my Xihu army, and return to their respective tribal camps alone?!" ------This battle is not over yet!! ”

was drunk by Dorjee Gongbu, and the small leaders trembled, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

Seeing this, Dorjee Gongpo swept over these people with his gaze and said coldly: "If there is no food, aren't there still cattle and sheep?" ”

Hearing this, the little leaders who lowered their heads invariably flashed a trace of anger on their faces, and they didn't dare to attack.

It is no wonder that after all, the Xihu tribe regards the cattle and sheep as the wealth of the entire tribe, and they regard the act of killing cattle and sheep as begging for food from the cattle and sheep, and there is a set of rather cumbersome processes, but instead of poking a knife in the neck of the cattle and sheep and letting the blood out, they must first pray to their gods to convey this matter, and then wash the cattle and sheep, and have to recite an unknown prayer to thank the cattle and sheep for their generosity.

And in this whole process, the people of Xihu will never use the words killing or slaughtering, they will call it a generous offering, which means thanking the cattle and sheep for giving all their to the tribe.

In return for this generosity, the tribe eats any part of the cow or sheep, including the blood of the cow and sheep, and then cooks it and eats it in soup. In addition, the hair, skin, horns, and bones of cattle and sheep, including the stomach pouch, will be made into corresponding handicrafts, and finally those leftovers that cannot be used will be properly buried in the soil, which probably means that the soul returns to the earth.

Because of this cultural practice, no tribe would slaughter cattle and sheep in large numbers, believing that this would be disgusted by the gods of the plateau.

Therefore, when Dorjee Gongpo said those words, the faces of the little leaders suddenly changed, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

"Lord Khan"

At this time, Senge reminded Dorjee Gongpo in a low voice.

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Probably realizing his gaffe, Dorjee Gongpo took a few deep breaths and adjusted his emotions, but he didn't mention the matter of Fang Cai, "Leaders, I will keep in mind the contribution of your tribe, and after defeating the Xia army, Ben Khan will reward you for your merits, compensate for your losses, and give corresponding rewards." …… What do you think? ”

The leaders of the small tribes, you look at me, I look at you, after half a ring, one of them said softly: "Lord Khan, my tribe is weak and weak, I am afraid that I can't help but it will ruin Lord Khan's good deeds------- our tribe doesn't want those compensation and rewards, I just hope that Lord Khan can defeat the Xia army--------"

This may seem like a nice thing to say, but in fact, it is nothing more than hoping that Dorjee Gompot will allow him to break away from Xihu's army.

As a result, Dorjee Gongpo's complexion sank again.

But if you think about it carefully, these small tribes have borne the food consumption of more than 200,000 slaves for a period of time, and even if they ask for secession at this moment, Dorjee Gongbu can't say anything about them.

"Then ------ borrow a few auspicious words."

Dorjee Gompot reluctantly laughed a few times.

Several small leaders left with great gratitude, looking at their departing backs, Dorjee Gongpo's mood was very complicated.

It was a complicated feeling of anger but helplessness, or a bit of helplessness.

After a long time, Dorjee Gongpo let out a long sigh.

"If I am defeated, the reason for defeat is that ------ Xia Jun clenched his fingers as a fist, and I, Xihu, are like a plate of loose sand."

As the war dragged on until now, the poor military ration problem of the Xihu people was gradually exposed.

According to the practice of Xihu in war, Xihu's cavalry basically only carried about three days' food, and the rest of the food source relied on plundering from hostile forces.

The slaves of the Xihu tribe were treated even more miserably in war.

These slaves, who were regarded as consumable by the Xihu people, had no stable access to food at all, and it was very common for them to go hungry and have a full meal.

What the? Not having enough to eat will affect combat effectiveness? So that the casualty rate has increased dramatically?

In fact, the Xihu people did not care about the casualties of the slaves, or to put it more cruelly, the Xihu people did not even consider whether the slaves would return alive in the end.

Of course, not caring about the casualties of slaves does not mean that the Xihu people do not give the slaves food to eat, in fact, the Xihu people do not dare to really force these slaves to their deaths, lest these slaves from the Hu people originate, therefore, now the Xihu has learned to give the slaves a humble hope, just like the Xihu tribe said to those slaves before the war The promise of releasing you will be free when the Xia people win the war.

What does it mean to win the Xia people?

This can be understood as winning the Xia people in a battle, or it can be understood as destroying the entire Xia Kingdom, all depending on how the Xihu people interpret this sentence in the end.

But it was this humble hope that once sustained those slaves to launch a frantic attack on Dingyuan City.

But in reality, any intelligent man could have predicted that Sihu would not be able to let go of their slaves so easily, unless the latter died.

And the successive giving of meager food was also an act of giving the slave some hope, after all, once a man starved to the point of unbearable hunger, it was even more terrible than a wild beast.

Because of this, during the period when Xihu's army advanced to Dingyuan City, Dorjee Gongpo asked those small and medium-sized tribes who depended on him to bear the daily food problem of more than 200,000 slaves.

In fact, the slaves did not receive much food every day, and sometimes there was only one loaf of bread for the whole day, and that kind of loaf could eat two or three pieces of bread in a meal.

But it was the food consumption of one loaf of bread per person per day, and in a few days, those small and medium-sized tribes fell into the embarrassing situation of running out of food in the tribe.

It's no wonder, after all, that's more than 200,000 slaves.

You must know that in order to supply the consumption of the Xia army in the city, the city has almost emptied the granaries hoarded in the city, and even before Tie Miao's death, he ordered the soldiers to collect grain and grass from all over the city to supply the consumption of the army.

On the side of the Xihu tribe, the strength of the Xia army is nearly ten times that of the Xia army, but some weak small and medium-sized tribes supply military rations, and these tribes have not been completely dragged down so far, which is already quite a remarkable thing.

That's why he secretly ordered Soba to attack Dingyuan desperately, for no other reason, but to reduce the number of Hu's army in order to reduce the consumption of food. And the most important thing is that most of the Hu army besieging the city are soldiers and slaves under the command of small and medium-sized tribes, and their casualties can also significantly improve his dominance over many tribes in Xihu. As for whether or not the city can be breached, let's put it aside for the time being.

At the end of the siege, Sihu finally retreated after paying nearly 20,000 casualties.

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Two days later, it was raining, and on this day, several leaders of small and medium-sized tribes begged to see Dorjee Gongpo, and bluntly revealed that their tribe could no longer afford to feed more than 200,000 slaves a day.

Dorjee Gongpo complied with these people's requests, and quickly summoned all the tribes and tribes under his command to discuss the matter of attacking Dingyuan City again.

To be honest, a cloudy day after a rainstorm is not the best time to siege a city, after all, the muddy ground in the outskirts of the city is not conducive to a siege.

But Dorjee Gongpot couldn't care so much, because he knew that if the army continued to delay and wait for the food to run out, they would no longer be able to defeat the Xia army and conquer Dingyuan City, and at that time, they would only have to retreat to their respective tribes.

However, it seems that this kind of mobilization of troops to attack the Xia State, and as a result, they withdrew their troops in embarrassment without achieving any great results, which will make Xihu a laughing stock and become the object of ridicule by the Xia State.

"Fight, Lord Khan!"

"It can't be delayed any longer."

"Yes, now is not the time to worry about casualties, at all costs, we must defeat the Xia army and capture Dingyuan City."

After some deliberation, the tribal leaders spoke out in favor of an immediate siege.

Because they knew very well that once the small and medium-sized tribes responsible for the food of the slaves on these days withdrew, then the huge daily consumption of food would obviously fall on them.

Instead of asking those slaves to consume food every day, it is better to let them consume the Xia people in Dingyuan City, in this situation, even if ten or twenty slaves are exchanged for one Xia person, in their opinion, they will all make money.

And just when the tribal leaders were indignantly echoing the tactics of attacking Dingyuan City at the cost of casualties, there was bad news from the rear of their army.

"Lord Khan, it's not good, it's not good!"

With a loud cry from far and near, a young Xihu man broke into the felt tent and shouted out out of breath: "The Wuchi tribe has been destroyed by the Xia people!" ”

Dorjee Gongbu was about to scold this young man who didn't know the severity, but when he heard this, he was stunned.

At this time, a person stood up in the table in the felt tent, it was the leader of the Wuchi tribe, who looked at the young man with a blank face, and asked in astonishment: "You say------ what happened to my Wuchi tribe?" ”

"Defeated!" The young man from Xihu took a few breaths and said with a heavy expression: "There is a Xia army that attacked the landing of Wuchi's tribe and killed all the men in the land-------" Speaking of this, he glanced at the leader of the Wuchi tribe

, added in a low voice: "And the herd of cattle and sheep." ------ all the cattle and sheep were killed. ”

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At first, when he heard that all the men in the tribe had been killed, the leader of the Wuchi tribe was only shocked, but after hearing that all the cattle and sheep of their tribe had also been killed by the Xia army, his whole person seemed to have been pulled off his bones, and he sat down softly, his eyes glazed and he looked like he was not giving up.

It is no wonder that, after all, cattle and sheep are the most important wealth of the Xihu tribe, and their significance is incomprehensible to the Xia people.

The whole felt tent was silent.

"Snap"

A croissant fell to the ground, and milky white goat's milk wine spilled on the ground.

The people in the tent subconsciously looked at the person who had missed, but found that this person was not the leader of the Wuchi tribe, but the leader of the Chishu tribe.

The tribe of the Chishu tribe landed, as if it was not far from the northwest of the Wuchi tribe------ since the Wuchi tribe was killed, then the next one, I am afraid it will be the turn of the Chishu tribe----

Country.

"The despicable Xia people actually attacked -------"

"Damn! Damn it! ”

"What can I do? There aren't many soldiers left behind in my tribe------"

"Shut up! Who isn't? ”

Gradually, the noise in the felt tent became louder and louder, and almost ninety percent of the tribal leaders said that they wanted to return to the reinforcement department.

Seeing this chaotic situation, Dorjee Gongbu's forehead was bruised, and he slammed the croissant cup in his hand to the ground, and shouted: "Shut up!" ”

"-------" The faces of the tribal leaders froze, and suddenly the felt tent became silent again.

At this time, I saw Dorjee Gongpo glance around at the tribal leaders present, and said in a heavy tone: "It was our negligence. The despicable Xia people may have long had the idea of sneaking up on our tribal camps. -------- like the leaders of you, I am also worried about my tribal camp, and if nothing else, the target of that Xia army is our tribe. However, if we withdraw our troops and return to help, we will really lose, we will lose the land and have nothing---- we will not only lose the land where we can survive, but we will also become weak because of the food running out on the way back, and finally we will be killed by the Xia people in the end-----"

Hearing this, the tribal leaders who were clamoring for help gradually calmed down.

"Lord Khan, what do you mean......"

"Only the Xia army who defeated Dingyuan City ......" Taking a deep breath, Dorjee Gongpo stood up, a trace of awe flashed in his expression, and said in a deep voice: "In Dingyuan City, since the Xia people want to force us to wait for reinforcements by attacking our tribal camp, then we can also use the Xia army to force the Xia army to return to Dingyuan City...... If you leaders still believe in my Dorjee Gongpo, then go together and attack the city! ”

The leaders looked at each other and nodded their heads one after another.

On the same day, more than 200,000 Xihu troops were dispatched, and at the same time, Chen soldiers were in the west, south, and north cities of Dingyuan City, and the border troops of the Xia army, who were aware of the enemy's situation, also stepped on the city wall one after another, and waited solemnly.

The atmosphere that seemed to have frozen before the confrontation seemed to reveal a message.

This battle will be a cruel and tragic battle

At about nowhere in the afternoon, the Xihu army Chen soldiers were in the west, north and south of Dingyuan City, menacing.

Seeing this, the guards of the western, northern, and southern city walls hurriedly reported the enemy's information and the commander's account to Mu Partridge.

After hearing about this, Mu Lu was a little puzzled.

It is important to know that under normal circumstances, siege battles will be carried out during the day, or in the morning to be precise, because in this way, the besieging side will have a better choice: wait until noon, and if the battle is good, then continue the siege, and have a whole afternoon for the besieging side to expand the results; On the contrary, if the battle situation is not good, the troops will be collected at noon, and the camp will be buried in the pot to cook, so that the soldiers can rest for an afternoon, and then continue to attack the city tomorrow.

That's the way it makes sense.

And if they choose to attack the city in the afternoon, then, even if the besieging side has made good progress throughout the afternoon, when the sky gets dark, they will lose the room to continue to expand the results of the battle, and they can't fight at night, right?

Night fighting, unless it is prepared and unprepared, otherwise, due to the limitation of sight, the effect is very bad, far less than in the daytime.

And now, the hour has passed, and there are less than two hours left before dusk, but the Xihu army is trying to attack the city menacingly, which makes Qin Yu feel very surprised.

It seems that Xihu is forced to be in a hurry------

Waving his hand to signal the Xia Junbian sergeants who came to deliver the news to go back to their lives, Mu Lu pondered for a while

Is it because you perceive a shortage of food in the army? Wrong...... If it were just that, Xihu wouldn't be in such a hurry, in other words......

It's handsome!

Thinking of this, the corners of Mu Partridge's mouth raised a little smile, and he could almost conclude that Xihu came to attack the city so urgently, nine times out of ten, because they had heard about the Xia army that had sneaked up on their troops in the rear.

As if he had guessed the reason, Mu Partridge took his personal guards and went straight to the south city wall. After all, judging from the distribution of the forces of the Xihu people outside the city, the southern city wall is still the main battlefield of today's siege battle.

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When Qin Yu stepped up the southern city wall, the Xihu people in the western suburbs outside the city were arranging their troops, perhaps more precisely, deciding which Xihu soldiers would die in order.

However, just by glancing outside the city wall, Qin Yu frowned, because he found that the Xihu soldiers in the western suburbs outside the city were actually carrying ladders about two zhang high today, and the number was dense, and at a cursory glance, there were nearly a hundred.

The walls of Dingyuan City...... It's still too short after all.

Qin Yu shook his head secretly.

You know, the ladder is very easy to build, the difficult thing is the cloud ladder several zhang long, and unfortunately, the low city wall of Dingyuan City, the Xihu people asked the slaves to build some ladders are enough.

"General Mu!"

"General Mu is here!"

When Mu Partridge came to the city gate. Luo Detao is explaining their respective tasks to Qin Yu and other generals, after all, the latter are lieutenants, and they are generals who directly command the soldiers on the front line, so it is necessary for Luo Detao to reach the same command ideology with them.

"General Mu!"

As Mu Partridge entered the city gate, he noticed this and immediately saluted the former.

"You go on, I'm going to just take a look." Mu Lu waved his hand and asked Luo Detao to continue to explain the task.

Hearing this, Luo Detao said with a smile: "Actually, what should be said, the last general has repeatedly emphasized it, and the generals have also kept it in mind, but it's just ...... For the sake of prudence, just a few more words. ”

Mu Lu glanced at Luo Detao's somewhat unnatural smile, nodded and did not speak, and changed the topic and asked, "How is the deployment?" ”

"There shouldn't be any problem, it's just ......" Luo Detao hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "It would be good if the general could borrow some young men to come over......"

The young Zhuang he was referring to were the young men who had been roughly trained by Qin Yu's people.

Not confident......

Mu Lu glanced at Luo Tao quietly, as if he could see through the various concerns in the latter's heart.

It is no wonder that although Luo Detao's personal strength is extraordinary, he is a brave general who fights directly on the front line, and he is the kind of general who takes the lead. What's more, there are quite a few Hu troops outside the city!

No, after the generals returned to their respective posts, Luo Detao hesitated and whispered to Mu Lu: "General, why don't you command this battle?" ”

"Why?" Mu Lu glanced at Luo Detao, Gu Zi walked to the hall downstairs of the city gate, and then sat on the main seat.

"Why ......" Luo Detao followed, and said with a wry smile: "The stakes are very high in this battle, and the last general is worried that if something happens...... In the end, it will be difficult to escape the blame. ”

Mu Partridge looked directly at Luo Tao, half silent. After all, he is the general who coordinates the defense of the whole city, and it is not good to personally command the battle of this city wall, he has only one person, and he has no time to separate, if Xihu launches a fierce attack on other sides, then what should the whole city of Dingyuan City do?

He alone cannot control all the wars, and he must have a few generals who can take charge of the battle to help share the burden. Come to think of it.

Mu Partridge said to Luo Detao: "Luo Detao, Ben will let you command the war because Ben will think you have this ability...... If you don't believe in yourself, then believe in Ben! …… Go ahead, command well, and convince Ben that I didn't make the wrong decision. ”

"......" Luo Tao was moved when he heard this.

"Woo woo"

At this time, a hurried horn whistle sounded in the Xihu army in the western suburbs outside the city, and Luo Detao hugged his fist heavily towards Mu Partridge, and then turned around suddenly, strode towards the wall battlement, and raised his right arm.

"The whole army is ready to meet the enemy!"

"Drink!"

Today, the momentum of the Xihu army's attack on Dingyuan City is more rapid than the previous times.

After the horn whistle sounded, which represented the attack, the Xihu soldiers all over the mountains carried ladders of about two zhang on their shoulders and rushed to the southern city wall of Dingyuan City like a tide.

And Luo Tao, who was inspired by Qin Yu before the war, put his hands on the battlements, stared at the Xihu soldiers who were surging like a tide outside the city, and secretly calculated the distance between the enemy and the city wall.

Suddenly, he raised his hand and shouted, "Longbowman, release the arrows!" ”

Beside Luo Detao, there were ten heralds waiting for Luo Detao's order at all times, no, there was no need for Luo Detao to give an order, and several heralds ran to the north and south ends of the city wall, and shouted loudly: "The general has an order, the longbowman releases the arrow!" The general has an order, and the longbowman releases the arrow! ”

On the north side of the city wall, which was about two hundred zhang away from the city gate tower, Qin Yu and Xu Wei were standing behind the soldiers of the front team.

During this time, Xu Wei saw a herald rushing past him shouting.

Qin Yu pouted in one direction. Xu Wei turned his head to look, only to find that not far from him, there was a soldier looking at the Xihu army outside the city through the peep hole in the wall, and then, I saw him running to the inner side of the city wall, with his back to the inner wall, his left hand raised towards the left front and upward, and his right hand holding a bright red flag.

"What is he doing?" Xu Wei was confused.

At this time, Qin Yu patted him on the shoulder and pointed to the city.

Xu Wei looked back, and was shocked to find that in the open space on the inside of the city wall, the archers of the Xia army were neatly lined up, bending their bows and arrows, and the direction and angle they were aiming at were roughly similar to the soldier holding the flag high on the city wall.

"Longbow...... Shoot the arrows! The soldier on the city wall who was holding the banner high shouted, and at the same time waved the flag in his right hand heavily.

In an instant, hundreds of archers in the open space in the city unexpectedly released the arrows in their hands.

"Wow......" Xu Wei let out a strange cry in a low voice, covering his head and making a grimace.

It's no wonder, after all, even if it's an ally whose arrow flies over your head, it's just as uncomfortable.

At this time, Xu Wei took a few steps forward and glanced out of the city.

I have to say that because there are too many Xihu soldiers who are pouring into the city like a tide outside the city, even if the city keeps throwing arrows, it can still cause a lot of casualties to the Xihu soldiers.

Xu Wei saw with his own eyes that the black tide-like Xihu soldiers fell to the ground with arrows one after another, and were immediately trampled to death by their allies, while some slaves continued to charge in the direction of the city wall with the rain of arrows.

After a few days, the suicide siege method of Xihu soldiers with a crazy atmosphere once again made Xu Wei feel great pressure.

You must know that in farming countries, long-range attack methods such as bows and crossbows are more used to suppress the enemy's army, bringing psychological oppression to the enemy's soldiers, rather than purely killing the enemy.

This means that, sometimes for tactical reasons, the archers in the armies of farming nations will in many cases scatter in groups, so the arrows consumed in a battle are often in units of 100,000, and what is even more incredible is that sometimes when these soldiers are diffuse, they may not even know what the enemy looks like, or whether there is an enemy in front of them.

But the warriors of the Xihu tribe were different, they were accustomed to shooting arrows at enemies or prey, like the tactical means of arching and crossbow suppression, like the agrarian state, which they did not understand, but regarded as a waste.

At the same time, as the Xihu soldiers outside the city gradually approached the city wall, they entered the range of the crossbowmen of the Xia army's border army.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

The captains in charge of each section of the city wall gave orders one after another.

Immediately, the crossbowmen of the Xia army who were hiding behind the battlements on the city wall aimed at the enemy outside the city and pulled the trigger of the crossbow.

The longbows of the archers in the city and the crossbowmen of the border army of the Xia army, this far and near, up and down, cooperated to build a quite strong firepower network.

For a time, the casualties of the Xihu soldiers outside the city increased sharply, and a team of more than 20 Hu soldiers carried a ladder on the way to the city wall, and I don't know how many people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

However, as soon as someone fell to the ground, nearby slaves quickly took over and continued to rush towards the walls with ladders.

This crazy momentum of going forward and succeeding made the soldiers of the Xia army on the city wall secretly frightened.

The Xihu army outside the city is too numerous.

Tens? Hundreds of thousands?

The sergeants and soldiers on the border of the Xia army seemed to have an illusion: Did the Xihu people push all the slaves they enslaved to the side of the southern city wall?

It's no wonder, after all, in their eyes, the line of sight seems to be full of those ragged and skinny Xihu soldiers, and the crowd is simply connected to the world.

This massive crowd offensive made them only feel their scalp tingle.

"Smack"

"Bang Bang"

Outside the city, at the foot of the city, the Hu soldiers who braved the rain of arrows rushed here worked together to set up the ladder in their hands on the city wall.

The dense ant colony of Hu soldiers, along the ladder, with human bodies, scrambled to climb the city wall.

At this time, if you look at the south wall of Dingyuan City from outside the city, it is not difficult to find that the entire south city wall is full of people, as if every inch of the city wall has the figure of Xihu soldiers vying to climb the city wall.

It's spectacular!

And for the soldiers and soldiers of the Xia army on the city wall, this is a great pressure.

Especially the crossbowmen of the Xia Army's border army, they mechanically repeated the action of loading arrows and aiming and firing arrows, but they could not stop the general trend of the Hu soldiers under the city from climbing the city wall.

I have to say that there are not many crossbowmen in the border army of the Xia army armed with crossbows, and the number of archers who support friendly troops with longbows in the city is no less than a few thousand, but in the face of hundreds of thousands of Xihu soldiers and soldiers who poured into the city wall like a tide, this resistance is simply weak.

Suddenly, a Xihu soldier with a distorted face desperately climbed the city wall, but the two Xia crossbowmen who were close at hand were suffering from the fact that the crossbow in their hands had not yet finished loading the arrows, and watched the enemy soldier step on the battlement.

"Damn it!"

One of the crossbowmen, most of whom was a veteran, immediately threw the crossbow in his hand that had not yet been loaded towards the Xihu soldier, and then, taking advantage of the opponent's subconscious use of his hands to resist, pushed it down.

Hearing only a scream, the Xihu soldier was pushed off the city wall, and he didn't know whether he would fall to his death or the rest of the Hu people under the city.

I can't hold it back......

Qin Yu's eyes flashed with deep worry, and he realized that the speed at which his crossbowmen shot the enemy soldiers could no longer keep up with the speed at which those slaves could climb the city wall.

It has to be said that at such times, the disadvantages of the crossbow are exposed.

Despite its range and power, the crossbow is too long to be fired at close intervals to make it very useful in close quarters combat.

This is also the reason why many times, when the cavalry charges the crossbowmen, if the crossbowmen fail to inflict considerable casualties on the cavalry in the opening scene, they will be killed by the cavalry.

"Crossbowmen stop firing arrows! Back off! Crossbowman stops...... Damn it, I'm telling you to stand back! ”

Seeing that a crossbowman was still standing in place, trying to load his crossbow bolts and shoot a slave who had climbed the city wall, Qin Yu rushed over and dragged him back, and at the same time quickly drew the sword at his waist, stabbing the Xihu soldier who had fallen down to the heart.

However, the Xihu soldier didn't seem to be dead yet, blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth, and he actually opened his mouth to bite Qin Yu's neck.

It's a pity that Qin Yu grabbed his neck with his left hand, and stabbed him mercilessly with a sharp sword in his right hand, and then threw the corpse, which had little breath, at his feet.

"Do you want to die!?" Qin Yu's eyes widened, glaring angrily at the crossbowman who didn't obey orders.

However, the crossbowman did not refute, and with a crossbow loaded with arrows, he shot another slave who had climbed the wall.

"Even then, I won't reward you!" Glaring at the crossbowman viciously, Qin Yu reached out and pushed it on his chest, pushing it to the inside of the city wall, but a few hints of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

At the same time, he repeated again: "Shields come forward!" Shields come forward! ”

In fact, at this time, the soldiers holding iron shields had already replaced the original positions of the crossbowmen, and used the iron shields in their left hands to push one after another Xihu soldiers off the city wall, and the sharp blade in their right hand hacked to death one after another those Xihu soldiers who refused to fall off the city wall.

Suddenly, there was a thud, and about seven or eight Xihu soldiers jumped from the battlements to the city wall.

"Stay put!" Qin Yu shouted.