"Poof!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

On the city wall south of the gate tower of the west city wall, Chen Mo only led more than 100 county troops, and there was a fierce battle with hundreds of thousands of people under the command of the rebel general Zou Wei.

And the first to bear the burden were the crossbowmen who rebelled against Zou Wei and transferred them to the front of the team.

Crossbowmen, a class with a huge gap between the upper and lower limits, can even defeat several times the enemy without damage if placed on the right terrain, but in this narrow terrain, crossbowmen are very weak.

No, there was only one chance to shoot, and Chen Mo led the county army foot soldiers to kill this group of crossbowmen.

Pity this group of rebel crossbowmen, in addition to the crossbow in their hands, there is only a short knife, facing a group of heavily armed county soldiers with swords and shields, this group of crossbowmen who have nowhere to escape due to the restrictions of the city wall have only one way to die, and were hacked to death by Chen Mo and the county army led by him.

It's overwhelming.

"Damn!"

Seeing this scene, the rebel general Zou Wei realized that he had made a mistake, and the crossbowmen could not play a role at all in this narrow terrain.

Here, only advance by footmen!

"Step forward! Step forward! ”

Under Zou Wei's shout, the rebel soldiers in his team immediately made another adjustment, and all the crossbowmen were withdrawn to the rear, replaced by spearmen and sword men with shields.

At this point, the rebels were able to gain a firm foothold, and they would not be rapidly advanced by the county guards led by Chen Mo.

It has to be said that under the generally wide terrain, it is almost impossible for a mere county army of more than 100 to resist the attack of hundreds or even the top rebels.

But only at this moment, it became possible to hold off the rebels who were several times their size.

Because the city wall was too narrow, only about 20 county soldiers fought fiercely with the corresponding number of rebels, and the rest, whether it was the remaining county army or the rebels, could only stare at the rear and wait for their own soldiers to die before stepping forward to make up for the vacancy.

This made the numerical advantage of the rebel side almost useless, and on the contrary, Chen Mo's personal martial arts were highlighted here, I saw him waving the spear in his hand, taking the lead and killing on the front line, and the rows of rebels in front of him could not resist at all, like dominoes that had been pushed down, being pushed forward by Chen Mo layer by layer.

Chen Mo's bravery that can be called a husband and wife greatly inspired the county guards behind him.

I saw that under the leadership of Chen Mo, these more than 100 county soldiers actually began to advance in reverse, and Zou Wei, the rebel general who saw in the distance, was frightened, for fear that Chen Mo would rush over and kill him.

"We must find a way to get rid of this black turban thief!"

Zou Wei thought secretly in his heart.

What can be done?

With a crossbow bolt?

Zou Wei gave up this stupid idea.

After all, the previous defeat had proved how weak the crossbowman was in this narrow terrain - as long as the opposite county army did not retreat and advanced, then the crossbowman he placed at the front of the team was equivalent to cattle and sheep to be slaughtered, and there was no resistance.

But without a crossbow arrow, how could he kill such a fierce general?

At this moment, Zou Wei was in a dilemma.

Compared with Zou Wei's dazed and helpless, Chen Mo and the county guards under his command are full of confidence.

I have to say that at the beginning, Chen Mo also had some doubts and worries about the street fight proposed by Zhao Yu, worried that it might be a wrong decision.

But at this moment, when he only relied on more than 100 county soldiers to block the rebels who were several times his size, he deeply realized how important the 'terrain' was.

Look at the rebels on the other side, there are powerful crossbowmen who dare not use them, and the foot soldiers are not enough to break through his blockade, and there is nothing they can do about him.

You must know that there are more than 100 county soldiers behind him, and so far half of them have not even had the opportunity to fight with the rebels.

Unfortunately, it is not advisable to chase the enemy too deep at this time.

"Get back where you came."

Under Chen Mo's command, more than 100 county troops under his command retreated to the area of the city gate tower, revealing the corpses of the rebels in one place as if the tide was receding.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this scene from afar, the rebel general Zou Wei scolded secretly.

There is no other reason, just because they took advantage of it, Chen Mo's team retreated very timely, as long as it was a moment later, Ji Wu, the general under Huang Kang, would complete the entrapment on them - the premise was that the soldiers led by Ji Wu could attack the southern section of the city wall first and cut off the return route of Chen Mo and others.

"Zou Wei!"

"Ji Wu?"

After greeting each other, Zou Wei, a general under Guan Shuo, and Ji Wu, a general under the command of general Huang Kang, finally converged.

"How's it going?" Ji Wu was the first to ask.

"Not optimistic."

Temporarily ordering to stop the attack, Zou Wei shook his head and said: "The Kunyang people are very cunning, in order to avoid being flanked, they simply gave up the southern section of the city wall and retreated in the area of the city gate tower...... See that guy in the distance? Chen Mo, the black turban thief, we just tried to lead the army to assault, but we were repelled by him......"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but curse again: "This damn broken city wall, just such a little place, the foot soldier can't shoot at the crossbowman in front, but if the crossbowman is in front, once he can't repel the other side, he will be slashed and killed by the opposite side in vain, I really ......"

Glancing at the angry Zou Wei, and then at the corpses of the righteous soldiers on the city wall, Ji Wu thought for a while and said: "You drag them here, I will lead the soldiers to the city first, and find a way to kill the inner side ......of the city gate."

"Why are you so 'smart'?"

Zou Wei glanced at Ji Wu with a strange expression, because he just said that Ji Wu would attack the city gate tower on his behalf, and he led the army to the city to attack the inside of the city gate, but he didn't expect to be said by this Ji Wu first.

Considering that 'attacking the city gate' was Guan Shuo's order to him, Zou Wei could only bite the bullet and continue to fight with Chen Mo here.

I have to say that Ji Wu is indeed very 'smart', as soon as he saw the narrow terrain on the city wall and the corpses of the righteous soldiers everywhere, he immediately realized that it was a very difficult task to attack the city gate tower along the city wall, so he was unwilling to let his soldiers die instead of Zou Wei.

"Brethren, come down the wall with me!"

After reaching a tacit understanding with Zou Wei, Ji Wu immediately led his subordinates to the city from the stairs on the inner side of the city wall.

Walking up the stairs to the city, there is a large open space, and further afield is a pat the houses that have long been vacated.

This area was originally a rest area reserved by Kunyang for the guards in the city gate area, and the guards of the southern section of the west city wall rested in this area without receiving the rotation order and the battle order.

But now, the land is full of earthen walls about the height of a man's shoulder.

On one side of the earthen walls was a Brotherhood militiaman armed with a shield, spear, and sword, and behind the earthen walls was a militia crossbowman with a crossbow.

Among these people, Ma Hong, the chief steward of the Black Tiger Righteous House, stood with his arms crossed and looked coldly at the rebel soldiers who came down from the city wall.

"Shoot the arrows!"

As he gave the order, the crossbowmen behind the nearby earthen walls fired their arrows in unison.

It is undeniable that compared to the Black Tiger Thieves and the County Army, the Brotherhood militia is weaker due to lack of training, but this does not include crossbowmen, after all, crossbows are extremely fast to use, as long as a stick of incense can master the essentials, and the rest, it has to rely on a large number of arrows to 'feed' the crossbowman's hand.

And in Kunyang, where the people of the city help make arrows, the most important thing is crossbow arrows, even if those wooden crossbow arrows are brittle and lack precision.

Also, as long as each person has a crossbow, what accuracy, the shooting is over, and he can always shoot a few rebels.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Whoosh-"

Another round of crossbow bolts.

Don't look at the militia crossbowmen's poor accuracy, but under the covering shots, there are still many rebel soldiers who were shot in the face, throat and other vital points, and fell to the ground and convulsed.

"Rush over! Rush over! Kill those crossbowmen! ”

Ji Wu hurriedly gave an order.

Unfortunately, the rebel soldiers could not get close to the militia crossbowmen, who were protected by militia footmen.

Don't look at the weakness of the militia, but the armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands were all stolen from the corpses of the rebel soldiers.

In addition, there is a crossbowman silhouette from the side, and the rebel foot soldiers under Ji Wu's command can't get close at all, after all, they rush closer, and the militia's shooting will become slightly more accurate due to the shortening of the distance......

"Crossbowman! Crossbowmen! ”

Seeing that more and more of his corporal were killed by arrows, and the hateful thing was that they were blocked by the city wall, and there was almost no cover to hide from the arrows, Ji Wu was anxious and angry, and immediately ordered a team of crossbowmen to be transferred.

It is undeniable that the shooting accuracy of the rebel crossbowmen is much better than that of the crossbowmen of the Brotherhood militia, but the problem is that the crossbowmen of the Brotherhood militia have the cover of earthen walls and the foot soldiers next to them also have shields, while the rebel crossbowmen can only stand in an uncovered open space and fire volleys......

"Good target!"

Rao is Ma Hong, who has always kept a straight face, was also happy when he saw the rebel soldiers who were lining up in the distance, and encouraged his morale and said: "Take advantage of the group of fools on the opposite side who still dare to line up, give me a good shot, shoot one more rebel, three more merits...... That's thirty copper coins! ”

As soon as they heard this, the hearts of the militia soldiers suddenly became hot.

Killing a rebel soldier can get three merits, worth thirty copper coins, killing seven rebel soldiers, which is equivalent to their income in the past month, if it is a white-knuckle battle, it is almost impossible for one person to kill seven rebels, but if it relies on the crossbow in his hand......

"Poof!"

"Poof!"

Encouraged by the bounty, the militia crossbowmen were more focused, and the rebel crossbowmen on the opposite side were shot down one by one by the militia crossbowmen like targets, and the militia foot soldiers felt a wave of envy in their hearts - they regretted that they had not joined the crossbowmen, so that they could only watch dryly at the moment.

Unfortunately, the rebels were not stupid enough to be shot by the militia crossbowmen all the time, and under Kitake's orders, they stacked the corpses of the sacrificed soldiers and built a bunker to shoot at the militia crossbowmen on the opposite side, which succeeded in causing the rebels' casualty rate to drop rapidly.

However, the most fundamental problem has not been solved: how to attack it?

At the same time, on the south street inside the south city gate, the rebel generals Zhu Yu and Qu general Cao Wu also began to try to capture this city street.

However, their situation is not better than that of Zou Wei and Ji Wu, and it can even be said that it is even worse.

"Uhh

With a long breath, Cao Wu shouted in a deep voice: "Attack again!" ”

Under his command, one rebel soldier after another quickly formed a phalanx, armed with weapons and shields, and approached the earthen wall not far from the street.

And at this moment, only a swishing sound was heard, and the rebel soldiers fell to the ground one by one.

"Damn it!"

Cao Wu scolded fiercely, turned his head to look at the second floor of the buildings on both sides of the street not far away, and saw that in those windows, a Kunyang soldier with a black scarf and a yellow scarf was holding a crossbow cat behind the window.

Yes, the rebel soldiers who attacked this south main street had to guard not only the front, but also the cold arrows on the buildings on the left and right, which were simply caught between the three loaves.

"Haven't you taken the buildings on either side?"

He asked angrily.

From the side, a soldier shook his head in fear: "Yet, not yet, not ......"

"Damn it!"

Cao Wu scolded secretly, staring at the buildings on both sides of the street, eager to set a fire to burn all the buildings in this area.

But unfortunately, he couldn't do that, because Qu Shuai Guan Shuo didn't allow it.

There is no other reason, just because his righteous master needs the buildings and houses in Kunyang City to garrison the army, so that they can survive the coming winter safely.

And this is also one of the reasons why Zhao Yu decided to launch a street fight.