"General, the enemy's shields are too tightly protected for our bows and crossbows to hurt them at all; The Xirong army's counterattack with a rain of arrows just now caused us to lose at least three or four hundred people. Chen Feng clenched his fists and said.

"Order the bed crossbow to be exchanged for a large crossbow arrow, and shoot it for me to shoot at the turtle shell of the Xijon army, and shoot it for me; As soon as there is a gap in the enemy's defensive formation, the crossbowmen immediately release their arrows and deliver a saturation strike. Zhuo Yidao ordered calmly.

"Decree for a large crossbow bolt." The flag bearer standing on the high platform began to wave the flag in his hand to pass the order; After all, the distance between the city walls is too far, and there are all kinds of screams on the battlefield, in this era of backward communications, there are only two kinds of orders, one is to use the command flag to give orders, and the other is to use war drums to give orders.

After receiving the military order, all the bed crossbows have been replaced with large crossbow arrows, due to the different models of bed crossbows, the number of large crossbow arrows is not the same, like the octagonal crossbow in the case of ensuring range and power, you can shoot two large crossbow arrows at one time; Double-bowed crossbows and single-bowed crossbows generally shoot only one large crossbow arrow at a time.

The bed crossbowman pulled the crossbow machine, only to hear the "bang", the big crossbow arrow left the string, and the huge crossbow arrow rubbed against the air to make a 'buzz, ......buzz' sound; Because the speed of the crossbow arrow was so fast, almost in the blink of an eye, it crashed into the giant shield of the Xijon army.

The "Bang ......" crossbow arrow directly penetrated the giant shield and the giant shield soldiers behind, and flew backwards with them, penetrating three people all the way, and crashed into the fourth person behind them, the fourth person was directly killed by the powerful impact, and the fifth and sixth people behind were also injured internally, spitting blood.

This is just a crossbow arrow, like this crossbow arrow, the first wave of the Yongjun launched more than 300 pieces, after this ** crossbow arrow, the original Xirong turtle shell array, there were one big loophole after another, the Yongjun crossbowmen decisively seized this advantageous opportunity, and immediately carried out a full saturation test arrow rain blow to the attacking Xirong army, which made the Xirong army suffer a great loss.

The battle lasted from dawn until noon, after several attacks by the Turtle Shell Formation were broken; Murong Chui knew that it was hopeless to break through Huangyang Pass in one go, so he decisively ordered the Xirong army to stop the attack and retreat ten miles back to camp.

In the hall of the Shoufu in the north town of Guanbei Town, Huangyang.

"Sit down, everybody! With a knife, let's introduce the battle situation and the losses of our army! Guo Qi sat on the handsome chair and said.

"Your lordship, generals; In this morning's battle, our army carried out a non-stop attack on the enemy with a rain of arrows, causing the enemy to suffer heavy losses on the way to the attack; Due to the lack of assistance from large-scale siege equipment, the attacking Xirong army never touched the city wall of Huangyang Pass until the Xirong army withdrew;

In addition, our army suffered 1,157 casualties among crossbowmen, of which 452 were killed and 705 were lightly and seriously wounded; 15 bed crossbows were damaged, more than 500 crossbows of various types were damaged, and 130,000 arrows of various types were consumed......

As for the results of the battle, the number of enemy troops killed and wounded was roughly estimated at about fifteen thousand; At present, Murong Chui led the Xirong army to retreat for ten miles and set up camp. Zhuo Yidao reported.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss......" Hearing Zhuo Yidao's report, everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

"My lord, although our army has won a lot in this battle, the casualties are not large; But the consumption of this arrow is too great, almost ten arrows can shoot an enemy soldier, according to this consumption, after seven or eight battles, the arrows stored in the warehouse of Huangyang Pass will be consumed. Hu Qiong stood up and said.

"Yes! This arrow consumes too much......"

"You're right......"

Everyone agrees on the consumption of arrows.

"Heh, heh, heh......" Guo Qi laughed softly: "Everyone, be quiet and listen to what this king has to say; This king thinks that it doesn't matter how much this arrow consumes, you must know that this arrow is dead, and people are alive; Is it that the soldiers of this king are not as good as these arrows?

The King wants you to remember that man is more important than all other things at all times; In the future battles, this king hopes that you will not only see victory, but also the lives of soldiers, and exchange the greatest victory for the least casualties. The more Guo Qi spoke, the more angry he became.

The generals got up, knelt down on one knee and said, "The lord is wise, and I will obey the orders of the lord's army." ”

"Sit back, everybody! The hundreds of thousands of branches consumed, this king will ask Ling Jing to transfer from Yongcheng to replenish it, so there is no need to worry about this. Guo Qi continued: "Murong Chui has broken his head this time, and he will presumably temporarily stop the attack on Huangyang Pass, build siege equipment, and wait for follow-up reinforcements;

But we can't take it lightly, after all, the strong enemy has not gone, and it is possible to attack Huangyang Pass again at any time; From now on, there will be people on duty on the city wall for 12 hours, and the soldiers of the whole city will be divided into six classes to defend the city in turn. ”

"No! Obey the Lord's orders. The generals answered.

"Is there anything else you can do? Let's disperse if it's okay! ”

"My lord, I have a proposal for the lowly position." Chen Feng said.

"What does Chen Feng propose?"

"My lord, I think that the consumption of arrows is indeed too powerful, and there are so many arrows, a considerable part of them can be used again, and I suggest that I send a force out of the city to collect the arrows that can be used; Even if we don't pick up these arrows, the Xirong army may send someone to pick them up, isn't it a cheap Xijon thief for nothing! ”

"Lord, what Chen Feng said is reasonable, and the end will think it is feasible." Tang Bi said first.

"My lord, the last general also thinks it is feasible." Hu Qiong also agreed.

"We all thought it was possible." Everyone looked at each other and said.

Guo Qi knocked on the armrest of the handsome chair, thought about it and said, "Well, since everyone thinks it's feasible, let's do it!" Since Chen Feng's matter was proposed by you, you are responsible for opening the blocked West Outer Gate;

Since you are going out of the city, don't just collect the rain of arrows, but also set up a trap array and an iron thistle array outside the city, so that Murong Chui will suffer more when he attacks the next time. ”

"The Lord is wise ......"

Outside the city, the front line camp of the Xijon Army.

"Father, our losses are counted." Murong Ke said: "In this battle, our army lost more than 17,000 people, including more than 11,000 slave soldiers and more than 6,000 elite soldiers of our clan; More than 5,000 others were injured to varying degrees. ”

"What about the Yongjun in the pass?"

"The sentinel cavalry reported that there were about 10,000 Yong troops out of the city, and they were picking up arrows, digging trenches, and setting up horses." Murong Ke continued: "Father, do we want to send a cavalry to attack at this time, even if we can't capture Huangyang Pass, we can still leave the more than 10,000 Yong troops outside the city. ”

"It's useless." Murong Chui said: "Since they dare to go out of the city, they must have a countermeasure, as long as our side sends troops, they will retreat to the city;

The reason why this battle will suffer such heavy losses is because our army is advancing lightly, there are not many siege ordnance, I have ordered that the follow-up reinforcements and siege equipment be transported to the front line at an accelerated pace, they will arrive soon, Ke'er and your people will immediately set up two more large battalions on the left and right, and form a zigzag defense with the main battalion. ”

"No! Son, I'll arrange it. ”