"Lord Lieutenant, it's too dangerous here."

On the South City Gate Tower, Xu Hark, the new Marquis of the South City Gate, persuaded Zhao Yu with good words, but Zhao Yu still stood on the City Gate Tower to watch the battle.

The South City Gate Tower is the 'temporary command post' chosen by Zhao Yu.

The reason lies in the new Men Hou Tsui Hark.

Whether it is the king of the West City Gate, or the Song Pre of the East City Gate, they are all promoted, appointed and dismissed by Cao Suo during his tenure as the captain, although they are not very outstanding, but at least they have personally commanded several siege battles and resisted the offensive of the rebels, but the current South City Gate Hou Xu Ke is the newly promoted gatekeeper.

Although Zhao Yu nodded and agreed when Tian Qin recommended this person on the day, in fact, Zhao Yu did not know whether Xu Ke could bear the heavy responsibility of resisting the rebels.

He only knew that Xu Kenai was the team leader under Hou Yansheng of the former South City Gate, and he was brave and resolute compared to his colleagues, so he received Tian Qin's recommendation.

In this case, Zhao Yu should have strengthened the command force of the southern city gate, such as sending Tian Qin or Liao Guang to come here to assist Xu Hark in jointly resisting the rebels, but considering that Xiang Xuan outside the west city wall and Zhou Gong outside the east city wall were both fierce generals on the rebel side, Zhao Yu finally decided to go the opposite way and continue to strengthen the command force of the east and west city walls after thinking about it.

So, what about the southern city wall, where the command force is relatively weak?

Quite simply, he is in charge!

Considering that the south city wall is between the east and west city walls, Zhao Yu is sitting here, and he can also take into account the battle of the east and west city walls to a certain extent, which is not a well-thought-out consideration.

Of course, sitting in charge in person does not mean commanding in person, after all, this will not have the effect of exercising Tsui Hark.

He smiled and comforted the doorman Xu Ke and said, "I am here, and it will not prevent you from commanding the soldiers, you can just command the battle." …… If you can repel the rebels outside the city this time, your position will be secured. ”

I don't know if Zhao Yu guessed what was on his mind, Xu Hark said embarrassedly: "That's not what I mean......

However, Zhao Yu understood his mind very well, isn't it just that his boss is beside him, and he is uneasy in his heart, human nature.

By this time, the rebels outside the city had begun to advance towards the city walls.

According to Zhao Yu's observation, the rebels who launched an offensive outside the city can be roughly divided into three echelons: front, middle, and rear.

The final echelon consisted of formed crossbowmen; The echelon in the center is the infantry and chariots, of course, the chariots mentioned here refer to the siege chariots such as the ladder chariots; And the pioneers who take the lead are all pawns.

I saw those vanguard foot soldiers, the front row foot soldiers were holding shields one by one, and some people had even raised their shields in front of them, obviously guarding against Xuchang's bow and arrow shooting.

The foot guards in the back row were mixed with a lot of carts, and the carts were full of baskets.

Although he couldn't really see what was piled up in those baskets, Zhao Yu could roughly guess: soil!

He could see at a glance that the rebels were going to fill in a road in the moat outside Xuchang City.

Yes, unlike a small county like Kunyang, Xuchang has a moat, and there are outside the city in all four directions.

This moat is two zhang wide and narrow, and is located about two or three zhang away from the city wall, and the water in the river is drawn from a river near Xuchang, that is, a branch of Yingshui, which is watery.

This moat is the biggest contributor to Xuchang's delay in being captured by the rebels.

The second is the pressure brought to the rebels by nearly 30,000 guards in Xuchang City.

If the rebels want to use siege equipment such as ladders to attack the city wall, then they must find a way to get these siege equipment to cross the moat of Xuchang, either fill in the earth to build roads or build bridges.

And from the immediate point of view, it is clear that the rebels outside the city are trying to fill in a path.

"Crossbowmen in position."

Xinmen Hou Tsui Ke has entered the command role, standing next to the wall battlements and shouting orders.

Hearing his order, the crossbowmen on the city walls lined up in order, ready to shoot.

Finally, the rebels outside the city are about to step into the land of a stone's throw away.

"Wow—"

Suddenly, there was a shout from the rebel vanguard outside the city, and then the rebel soldiers pushed the carts in their hands and rushed towards the moat.

The war has begun!

"Shoot the arrows!"

With a loud roar from the door, Tsui Hark pulled his throat.

The crossbowmen on the city walls immediately raised their crossbows and fired at the rebel soldiers who were rushing outside the city.

For a while, thousands of arrows were fired on the southern city wall, and the dense arrows poured on the heads of many rebels outside the city like a torrential rain, and fell on the ground.

"Arrow strike! Arrow Strike! ”

"Keep going!"

"Fill in the moat!"

Even the well-disciplined rebels could not help but panic when faced with the volley of the crossbowmen in Xuchang, and one after another the rebel sergeants fell to the ground with arrows in their hands, covering their wounds and wailing on the ground.

In the panic, those shield-wielding soldiers who were supposed to cover their companions subconsciously used their shields to protect themselves one by one. The egg hurts

This makes those soldiers who push the mud cart completely exposed to the fire of the Xuchang crossbowmen, but these soldiers need to push the mud cart with both hands, and they can't get out at all, and I don't know how many such soldiers have been hit by arrows for a while, and some even unfortunately overturned the mud cart.

The baskets on the mud cart tumbled to the ground, and large chunks of mud were poured out of it.

It is undeniable that Zhao Yu guessed accurately.

But this chaotic situation was quickly contained, and when the crossbowmen on the southern city wall of Xuchang launched a salvo, before they could launch the next one, the soldiers and generals of the rebel army outside the city had already ordered their soldiers to restore order.

Under the shouts and commands of these officers and generals, the shield-wielding soldiers began to protect their comrades who pushed the mud carts, holding their shields aloft to protect the latter, and the latter, the soldiers who pushed the carts laden with dirt, pushed them towards the moat.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! Aim for the rebels who are pushing the carts! ”

Menhou Tsui Hark looked a little anxious, pointing to the rebel soldiers pushing mud carts outside the city and shouting.

Obviously, although he was the first marquis of the gate, as the commander of the south city gate, this Xu Hark is also a veteran who has experienced many battles, and of course he understands that he must not sit back and watch the rebels fill the moat.

But even so, he still had something negligent, so Zhao Yu had to remind him loudly: "Xu Menhou, the rebels' crossbowmen are here!" ”

"What?"

Ignoring the fact that Zhou Duwei didn't want to give him any reaction, Tsui Hark subconsciously looked out of the city.

Sure enough, the formed crossbowmen phalanx of the rebels outside the city had already launched a volley in Xuchang, and quickly penetrated into the land of a stone's throw to occupy the favorable terrain and was about to attack Xuchang.

"It's so fast......

A hint of shock flashed in his eyes, and Tsui Hark shouted loudly: "The crossbowmen in the city pay attention to the arrows of the rebels, and the foot soldiers protect the crossbowmen......"

Not long after he gave the order, the rebel crossbowmen outside the city launched a volley towards the southern wall.

The arrows, densely like locust tides, shot densely into the city.

In the face of such a ferocious attack, Niu Heng and He Shun immediately raised their shields, and together with the other twenty black tiger thieves, they protected Zhao Yu, Jing Nu, and the Gong Cao of the First Lieutenant Office, and Zhao Yu also subconsciously protected Jing Nu behind him.

Tuk Tuk Tuk –

There was a chaotic sound on the city wall, and most of the dense arrows poured on the city wall, and even the city gate tower behind Zhao Yu and his party was full of arrows.

There was even a clanging sound, the sound of many arrows hitting the hill of money in front of the gatehouse.

But more often than not, it was the wailing and screaming of the city guards.

Even under the protection of the foot soldiers, the crossbowmen on the southern city wall of Xuchang still suffered a lot of losses, except for a few really unlucky guys who were shot in the face, throat and other fatal places, most of them were killed in the limbs or body, if they could be treated in time, these were not fatal.

And most of the foot soldiers who protect the crossbowmen are the same.

"Injured people with reduced mobility stand back! Repeat, the injured with impaired mobility stand back! ……”

Doorman Tsui Hark shouted loudly.

Obviously, under such a fierce attack, there were obviously no spare troops on the city wall to help those soldiers who were hit by arrows, so they could only let those wounded soldiers who were unable to move back on their own, retreat to the other side of the wall, and either go down the wall by themselves or wait for rescue.

Seeing that Xu Ke did not give the order to rescue the wounded, Zhao Yu frowned slightly, and ordered He Shun: "Go and call the ambulance team to come up and take the wounded to the city as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!" He Shun nodded, and immediately sent someone down the city wall to give an order.

After a short time, the 'ambulance team', which was also composed of county guards, went up to the city wall and carried the seriously injured soldiers on the city wall who had difficulty moving off the wall.

This ambulance team was proposed by Zhao Yu when he held a meeting in the Governor's Office in the past few days, and the number of people was small, about two or three hundred on each city wall, and it was only responsible for transporting the wounded and corpses.

Otherwise, the wounded in the city would have to wait until there was a break in the fighting before they could be healed.

It may be that the relationship has only been formed for a few days, and the Marquis Tsui Hark seems to have completely forgotten that there is such a thing, and at the moment he is concentrating on directing the soldiers to stop the rebels.

Although he was a little dissatisfied with this, Zhao Yu didn't mean to blame Xu Hark, after all, so far, Xu Hark, who was the first marquis, was still quite good in commanding operations, so that Zhao Yu, who was gradually relieved, could have more energy to look at the overall situation.

Although Zhao Yu was quite satisfied with Tsui Hark, at this moment, the Marquis of Xu Men, was in a dilemma.

The reason is that the attack of the crossbowmen in the city cannot take into account the two tasks of 'stopping the rebel foot soldiers from filling the moat' and 'suppressing the rebel crossbowmen outside the city'.

Should the rebel foot soldiers fill the moat, or should the rebel crossbowmen outside the city be suppressed?

If the forces are concentrated on the former, the latter will take the opportunity to inflict heavy casualties on the defenders of the city; If the latter is attacked, then the former will take the opportunity to fill the moat.

Tsui Hark was in a dilemma, seeing that the crossbowmen around him were ready to shoot again, but his raised hand did not swing down.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a calm voice: "Suppress the crossbowmen outside the city as much as possible, reduce our casualties, and for this reason give up the forces that are blocking the rebels who are filling the moat." ”

"Captain Zhou?"

Xu Menhou turned his head unexpectedly, and he realized at this moment that the original Zhou Duwei was still standing in front of the city gate tower.

Probably because the fighting was too fierce, he didn't even pay attention.

"This Captain Zhou is indeed much more courageous than Captain Cao......

Menhou Tsui Ke thought secretly in his heart.