Just when Zhang Ji arrived in Suyi, Yang Jun also rushed to Tongguan with his men and horses.

Yang Jun sat on horseback, looking at Tongguan City in the distance, the three long whiskers fluttering in the cold wind, there was also a bit of an elegant feeling, but Yang Jun himself did not have a sense of elegance at all.

Tongguan City in the distance is as quiet as a ghost domain, so quiet that it makes people's hearts tremble.

The dozen or so soldiers sent to the city to shout shouted for a while, but there was still no response, not even half of the figures were seen, let alone anyone replied, and there were no flags on the city, and the city gates were closed and silent.

The more the shouting soldier shouted, the more timid he became, and gradually withdrew his voice, and looked back at Yang Jun in embarrassment......

Yang Jun coughed lightly twice, the winter wind was biting, and he seemed to be a little unwell, but this is not important, the important thing is that Tongguan originally had two or three thousand Yang soldiers, and there were also guards, but why is it so weird at the moment?

If something happens in Tongguan, why isn't there even a person to report the news?

Yang Jun looked at the surrounding terrain left and right, and couldn't help but feel a little startled, and a not very good feeling crept into his heart.

From the day of construction, Tongguan was to defend the soldiers and horses of Shandong, and Hangu Pass was held at both ends of this long Hangu Mountain Road in the east and west. Tongguan is built on the Tongyuan highland, the south is the towering vegetable mountain, the north is the big river that rolls eastward, the river is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although it has not been fully repaired in these years, but it can still see the majesty and precipitousness of the three points, not under the Hangu.

"Yang Congcao, what are you going to do now?" The lieutenant beside Yang Jun asked.

“…… Send some more people ......" Yang Jun was silent for a moment, then said, "...... If it doesn't work, build a ladder and climb up! Whether it's dead or alive, it's important to take a look! ”

The lieutenant responded, and then sent a team of soldiers, urging dozens of people who were carrying grain with the army to go to Tongguan City with two ladders.

There was silence in the city, and it was so silent that it was hard to understand.

The ladder was set up on the wall, and when the soldiers were halfway up, suddenly the drums sounded on the city, and many figures suddenly appeared on the side of the battlements of the city wall, and a rain of arrows shot out in the sound of the bangzi, and immediately the soldiers who were climbing the ladder shot all over the place.

The people who were lucky not to be shot were frightened and urinated, and hurriedly fled.

Tongguan did not continue to shoot, but beat the flag out......

The soldiers around Yang Jun were in an uproar!

"Expedition to the West?!" Yang Jun narrowed his eyes, and his heart sank suddenly, "How could General Zhengxi's troops be here, the guards in Tongguan?" If it is lost, why doesn't Yang Tong even report it? "Although I know that Yang Tong may also be more than lucky, but if Yang Tong is still alive in front of him, Yang Jun may also tie up Yang Tong again, cut it again in front of the battle, and sacrifice the flag with his blood!

Looking at the figure standing steadily above Tongguan, and then at the restless soldiers around him, Yang Jun frowned deeply.

What people fear most is comparison.

All of Tongguan's actions from before to the present have almost written four big characters clearly in front of Yang Jun, "order and prohibit......

Quiet, can be silent.

Moving, can thunder.

Are all the soldiers under General Zhengxi like this?

If that's the case, then it's hard to fight......

Yang Jun thought quickly.

There is also a possibility, for the sake of bluffing?

So does it mean that there are not many troops in Tongguan?

"Captain Chang, since you have come here, you can't return in vain......," Yang Jun said, "You can lead the front soldiers to attack the city gate with a chariot......"

Anyway, you need to give it a try to find out......

It's still relatively simple to rush the car, the main thing is to cut down some trees and come back, and you can hang them. Directly use the front and rear of the baggage truck to dismantle, reinforce the support, and then put the hastily cut down trees in the middle and hang them, and then nail them with wooden planks as a roof, it is a slightly protective punching car.

After being busy for a long time, with this Yang Jun's order, the war drums rumbled, and the archers on both wings who had lined up slowly advanced forward under the cover of the sword and shield hands, and were ready to hang on the head of Tongguan City to cover the advance of the central rushing car.

The two winged sword and shield men and archers mixed in formation, a little closer, a little closer.

"Stop!"

The captain in front of the formation commanded loudly.

The sword and shield man and the archer all stopped, and the sword and shield man lined up the shields in a row, and then the archer shrank behind the sword and shield man......

"Get on the arrow! Raise your bow! Quasi-......"

Before the captain finished shouting, he heard the war drums above the head of Tongguan City suddenly sounded again, and suddenly countless black lines flew out from the city wall!

"Shield! Raise your shield! ”

The lieutenant hurriedly shouted, and then shrank himself under the shield.

"Buzz!"

The condescending rain of arrows covered it, and immediately shot a lot of archers and sword and shield hands who had no time to dodge, and the formation suddenly seemed to be pulled by a rake, and it looked a little scattered in the blood light and screams.

Yang Jin looked at the flesh and blood in front of the formation, but he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, because he saw that although the wings were slightly killed and wounded, the number of arrows that actually flew down from the city was not much!

What does this mean?

It shows that there are not many troops in Tongguan!

"Drums! Go on the offensive! Yang Jun ordered loudly.

The captain in front of the battle, hearing the sound of drums in the rear, did not have much dissatisfaction or surprise in his heart, because on the battle array, human life is the same as ants, there is not much difference. What's more, in any case, since he has gone to the front and made these preparations, there is naturally no reason to retreat immediately under a rain of arrows......

"Raise your bow! Cover Shot! Captain Chang took advantage of the gap between the bows and arrows on the head of Tongguan City and shouted loudly.

"Don't fucking look at the ground! Keep an eye on the city! The shooter in the middle of the queue shouted loudly, "Hands and feet are sharp! If anyone can't move, just talk about it, Lao Tzu will give him a knife to help him on the road! ”

The archers hiding behind the shields heard the order in horror, although the unlucky ones who had just been shot died beside them, and some of them were not dead and howling, but as soon as the military order was given, there were military marquis with veterans in the back to supervise the battle, carrying bright knives that were very penetrating, so they swallowed their saliva, suppressed their cowardly thoughts, and focused their attention on Tongguan again.

"Shoot!"

The lieutenant gave the order to shoot.

"Buzz!"

The archers finally fired the first column of counter-attacking arrows at the head of Tongguan......

With this batch of arrows rain into the air, Tongguan City head made a loud noise, and suddenly raised a neat row of shields, as if the city wall was suddenly a cut higher, and sealed the battlements between them, and the arrows fell on it, or were bounced off, or pierced on the shield, like waves crashing on the rocks, although it was beautiful, but in fact there was no effect.

Seeing this scene, Yang Jun couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The soldiers of General Zhengxi are really strong......

For the troops defending the city, what is harder than the shield is the battlements of adobe structures, so when the enemy arrows come, in order to avoid the rain of arrows, the common way to dodge is to retract behind the battlements and use the battlements to resist the attack of arrows.

But such a choice will lose the vision of the battlefield, and a very important point is the psychology on the battlefield. Once you retreat and come out again next time, you need even more courage than before!

The slightest hesitation will not only destroy the overall cooperation, but also lead to a decline in morale, and the withdrawal of one or two people may accumulate into the withdrawal of more people......

Using a shield to block arrows is of course not as safe as using the city wall to block arrows, but such a move is indeed a consistent behavior, when you give your comrades the courage to collaborate, your comrades are also supporting themselves, and the formation will not be chaotic!

That's what it means to take risks and never back down.

After the rain of arrows, the shields suddenly parted, and then another rain of arrows was thrown down, rushing towards the archers' positions below.

The sound of the arrow piercing through the air, and then the sound of piercing the shield, the sound of shooting into the flesh and blood, and the screams of the wounded soldiers, sounded again in confusion.

The defenders of the city were condescending, and their range and strength would be stronger than that of the besiegers, and even with shield cover, the archers in the array under the city of Tongguan were still dealt a heavy blow.

A soldier who was hit by an arrow fell headlong or fell backwards, while the others forgot about the coming of death as much as possible, and just sluggishly shot the arrow in their hand as much as possible, because if they didn't shoot it out, they couldn't delay the rhythm of the opponent, then the soldier who died before was meaningless......

As the archers and sword and shield men on both sides struggled to hold up, the lieutenant shouted: "Rush forward!" Attack the gates! ”

The sword and shield men in the array erected their shields, put their shields on top of each other, covered their fellow carts, and approached the gates as quickly as they could.

Tongguan originally had a moat and a moat, but when Huangfu Song attacked Tongguan before, it was basically filled, so the current Tongguan did not have such a convenience of defending the city, so Yang Jun could only be allowed to rush straight to the city.

When the rushing cart converted from the baggage truck approached Tongguan, the archers above the city gradually focused on the baggage vehicle, although there were sword and shield guards to protect it, but there were still many people who were shot in the exposed gaps, screaming and falling to the ground......

"Quick! Fast! The captain held his shield and yelled, then urged the soldiers around him to pick up speed.

In the roar, the soldiers pushed faster and faster rushing cars and rushed towards the Tongguan city gate!

"Boom!"

The huge ram made of the swaying rudimentary trees slammed into the city gate with a deafening bang. At this moment, the Tongguan city gate seemed to be shaking backwards, and even the light exposed in the gap in the city gate could be seen......

As if he had seen the light of hope, Captain Chang roared loudly and made the soldiers bang on the city gate again!

The roaring sound of Tongguan hitting the city gate came, Yang Jun couldn't help but be happy, his brows also relaxed, and he suddenly felt that the pressure on his body had decreased a lot. Normally, the city gate is the biggest weakness of a city, after hitting the city gate, for both sides, the morale is almost reversed, and the defending side will quickly fall into a passive situation.

And Yang Jun knew that because of the disrepair of Tongguan, most of the previous urn cities had collapsed, so if this city gate was knocked open, it would basically be equivalent to being able to break through and enter!

"The Chinese army is ready!" Yang Jun shouted, "Come forward and pick up ......"

Before Yang Jun could finish the two words "answer", he suddenly saw a fire under the gate of Tongguan!

With a sound of "whew", a huge flame burst out from under the city of Tongguan, and immediately engulfed the city-rushing vehicle converted from a baggage truck and the surrounding soldiers!

The flames soared into the air, reflecting Yang Jun's face changing greatly, and the blood color that was originally a little excited suddenly turned pale.

Several soldiers staggered out with a body of fire, they covered their faces, howled loudly, rolled on the ground, but still could not extinguish the flames on their bodies, and soon fell to the ground silently, the person was dead, but the body, legs and feet were still twitching and twisting under the flames, and then gradually curled up into a ball of charcoal......

In the air under Tongguan City, in addition to the original smell of blood, a burst of scorching fragrance was added......

Yang Jun's scalp tingled, and he subconsciously took a step back, as if this flame had burned on him, and the order he was about to give was swallowed back.

The flames at the gate of the city also completely disrupted the rhythm of the attack, and before the flames were extinguished, no one could get close to the city gate, and the archers on both wings lost the meaning of cover, so they hurriedly retreated in the middle of the order, leaving the corpses of one in the east and one in the west.

Seeing Captain Chang retreat, Yang Jun barely suppressed the uneasy look on his face, and asked calmly, "How?" ”

The captain took off his helmet, even though it was winter, there was still sweat on his head, and the corners of his face flowed down, "Yang Congcao, judging from the defense of the city gate alone, Tongguan has already been prepared...... If you rush to the city gate again, I'm afraid it will be ......"

The captain shook his head and continued: "If you want to attack the city, you can only have ants...... Judging from Fang Cai's counterattack, there are at least more than a thousand defenders on the city, and if we want to be annexed, we may not have enough manpower, and we still need to transfer reinforcements...... Previously, the emperor's general ant attached to the siege of the city, mobilized countless people, and injured thousands of soldiers...... If it weren't for the fact that the Xiliang soldiers had no reinforcements at that time, I'm afraid it would ......"

When Yang Jun heard this, he looked at the Tongguan in front of him, although the city wall was dilapidated, and there were still places where the damage left by the last war had not been completely repaired, but it did not damage the majesty of Tongguan. It's like a fierce beast, even though it is scarred, it is still majestic.

“…… Come! Quickly report this matter to Yang Gong! Yang Jun pondered for a long time in silence, and then said, "The whole army! Retreat five miles to the village! ”

What the captain said is also the truth, although he has thousands of soldiers and horses, but in front of Tongguan, it is still not enough to see, so since he has not been able to catch it, then let Yang Biao judge whether to advance or retreat......