If you want to resist bows and arrows, the most effective weapon is the shield, but the Jizhou army due to the large number of people, has been unable to get the corresponding matching in the equipment, relatively, the number of shields is limited, can only meet the use of a part of the army, most of the army is still based on pikemen and archers.

Under such a dense rain of arrows from the state army, it was difficult for pikemen and archers who did not have much defense to be immune from damage, let alone defend the city walls if they could not gain a foothold on the city.

"Go and lift the door panel!" When Lu Zhao saw this situation, he had a plan and shouted loudly.

The Jizhou soldiers around them suddenly realized, this is a good way, they are now lacking shields, and they are helpless in the face of the arrows of the Bingzhou army, and it is a good way to carry some door panels to act as shields, although it is not very convenient to use, but the thick door panels can resist arrows, which is better than nothing.

The door panel is not a rare thing, it can be available to every household, Lu Zhao gave an order, and those Jizhou soldiers leveled the people's homes closest to the city wall like wolves, and without saying a word, the door panel was dismantled and carried away, so that the people were at a loss, and thought something was wrong.

Later, an official in official uniform announced to them that these door panels had been requisitioned by the army because of the needs of the war, and of course it was only a notice, and as for compensation, there was no cherry blossom at all

In fact, the people of Jizhou have long been accustomed to the government's forcible seizure, in the name of making contributions to the imperial court, from large-scale conscription to forced relocation into the city, as long as it is the government's order, the people do not dare to have the slightest disobedience, if they resist, it is a great rebellion, the same on the spot, and even the three tribes will be exterminated.

There are too many "things" like forced requisition of materials and so on, and ordinary people dare not say a word, so they can only let the Jizhou soldiers pick up the door panel.

To tell the truth, the people are numb, the government is reckless, arbitrarily picking, the last time to pick up the beams, this time to remove the door panel, next time I don't know what to do, in the troubled times, the people are grass mustard.

The Jizhou army brought hundreds of door panels to block the front, which could barely resist the arrows of the Bingzhou army.

However, these door panels are bulky and inconvenient to use, and can be used as a defensive tool when erected there, but the mobility and flexibility are far from a real shield.

At this time, under the cover of archers and crossbow carts, the Bingzhou army launched an attack again, one after another cloud ladders were erected, countless Bingzhou soldiers swarmed up, and the entire city was like a tide, like locusts and ants.

If yesterday's attack was only tentative, and Yanghu did not invest many troops, but today's attack is obviously different, and the infantry battalion almost poured out of the nest, rushing towards the inner city of Sindu like a surge.

The crossbow carts on the opposite city wall are constantly firing crossbow arrows, these crossbow arrows are much more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows, fast and ruthless, and the penetration is extremely strong, if the Jizhou soldiers are lined up, a crossbow arrow can shoot through at least three or four people. With the crossbow carts and the archers under the city, the suppressed Jizhou army could hardly raise its head, and could only shrink behind the shield or door panel, passively defending.

Such a scene, for the Jizhou army, is undoubtedly extremely passive, at this moment the city has gathered a large number of siege troops of the state army, they are climbing along the ladder, at this time, it is the time for the Jizhou army to counterattack, if the city is rushed to the head of the city by the state army, the defensive value of the city wall is lost.

This is something that Lu Zhao can't tolerate, and he also knows that once the Bingzhou army attacks the city, whether it is a crossbow cart or an archer, they will stop shooting, otherwise these arrows will not have long eyes, and it is very easy to accidentally injure themselves.

But if it is really going to be attacked by the Bingzhou army, the consequences are unimaginable, so no matter what, the Bingzhou army cannot be allowed to enter the city, Lu Zhao personally supervised the battle at the head of the city, and ordered all the defenders to resist hard, no matter what method is used, they must also block the Bingzhou army.

However, the arrows of the Bingzhou army were too dense, and they did not give the Jizhou army a chance to show their heads at all, as long as they showed their heads slightly, they were likely to kill with one arrow and shoot through their heads.

The more people died in the battle, the more afraid the Jizhou army became, even if it was Lu Zhao's repeated orders, but many people still nested behind the door panels, cowering, and only a few people stood up, at the risk of shooting to death, shooting arrows and throwing stones at the city.

But there are too many Bingzhou troops under the city, they climb up densely along the ladder, although there is resistance in the city, but the strength is not too strong, there is not too much pressure on the Bingzhou army, they climb hard, and they are getting closer and closer to the city.

Lu Zhao was furious, these temporarily recruited recruits were really useless, and they began to drop the chain at a critical moment, but the law did not govern the people, so many people cowered and did not fight, and Lu Zhao could not send swords and axes to behead them one by one, after all, fear without fighting could not be equated with escaping from the battle, and Lu Zhao could not punish too many people at one time.

At the critical time, it was Lu Zhao's descendants who played a key role, they fought hard, swore not to retreat, and stuck to the first line of the city wall, delaying the attack of the state army.

Their combat effectiveness is really different from those newly recruited troops.

Now it seems that the original plan to recruit 300,000 troops in Jizhou was purely a wrong move, from the loss of Lecheng to the current battle of Xindu, the Jizhou army's numerical advantage was not reflected at all, but in the past two years, a lot of manpower and material resources have been consumed, think about how much food 300,000 people eat, you can understand how much the Jizhou army has paid.

Between this pay and gain, it is completely disproportionate, the rabble is a rabble after all, it will not be of great use at all, don't be weak in the field and become scum, even if it is when defending the city, it is far from the truly experienced army, if it were not for Lu Zhao's 30,000 Rao line troops, I am afraid that the city of Xindu would have fallen long ago.

"General Lu, let's transfer those old troops over, the offensive of the state army is too fierce, and our defense line is almost overwhelmed." Seeing that the situation was critical, Liang Dai hurriedly suggested to Lu Zhao.

Of course, Lu Zhao is also well aware of the current situation, and the state army is on the offensive like a tide, and now the defensive pressure on the east gate is very great, if the descendants of other places can be transferred over, the pressure will inevitably be a lot.