"Hold down the position, release the arrows!" At this time, Cao Xiaoda's voice suddenly sounded, the reserve team finally arrived, the arrows whistled, and many Bashu soldiers who did not carry shields at all for the convenience of climbing fell screaming.

The number of defenders in Xiangyang City is also insufficient, which is of course related to the loss of troops by the former lieutenant Chishun on the bank of Tanxi, and another reason is that Xiangyang City is really a bit large. In the definition of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Xiangyang City is the most important place to garrison soldiers and grain in the south, Xiangyang City should be able to station at least 40,000 soldiers and horses, and at the same time, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses should be stationed outside the city.

In the battle of Jiangling more than ten years ago, Wu Mingche finally fell short, not because of the sworn resistance of Xiliang at that time, although Xiliang was very determined to fight, but after all, the soldiers were outnumbered, and it was impossible for them to stop Wu Mingche, mainly because of the Northern Zhou army from Xiangyang, Xiangyang was very close to Jiangling, so these armies arrived at dawn and evening, and almost made Wu Mingche unable to get out. However, the huge city of Xiangyang, which is now built for the garrison, has become a disadvantage for the city guards.

In the eyes of the generals defending the city, the high city wall is a good thing, but the large city is not necessarily a good thing, which means that more troops are needed to defend the city, and it also means that the enemy has more options for attacking directions, such as now, Li Xinchen's main attack direction is one in the east and one in the west, which means that Cao Xiaoda, who led the reserves, can only run around to fight the fire.

What's more, Xiangyang City was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty to face Nanchen, the soldiers and horses from the south, the main direction of attack is of course in the south, so compared with the east and west, the south wall is taller and thicker, after all, the soldiers and horses of Nanchen mainly come from the south, if they are arrayed on the east and west sides, it means that they may have to face reinforcements from the direction of Hanzhong and from Fancheng and the Central Plains at any time.

Facts have proved that this is exactly the case, and every time Xiao Mahati's troops go north, they will cross the Da Hyeon Mountains and attack the south side of Xiangyang.

As for the northern side of Xiangyang, the city wall facing the water is even lower, mainly to prevent the possible attack of the Southern Chen Water Division. For the original designer of Xiangyang, in this troubled era, the most is the time when money and food are in a hurry, so building a practical and money-saving city is the key, when the enemy can kill from the rest of the direction, it means that the Northern Zhou has been stormy, as the southernmost defense line of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Xiangyang is just a lonely city, and there is not much practical significance to defend or not.

What's more, with the strength of the Northern Zhou at that time, who would have thought that there would be today's situation?

So now Cao Xiaoda has a deep helplessness in the face of Xiangyang City, where he has accompanied Wei Chi Yuan and guarded it for a long time.

"Shield!" Chen Zhishen's voice was a little hoarse, and his physical strength was lost quickly after days of fighting, but he also knew that if he couldn't resist the enemy's counterattack this time, these people would have to be driven down from the city.

It's easy to go up to the city, but it's not so easy to go down from the top of the city unharmed. Several shield players guarded Chen Zhishen's side at the same time, Chen Zhishen picked up the axe in his hand, he didn't know that he still had the strength to continue to charge a few times like just now, and the more and more wounds on his body had made him have to face a problem, that is, his physical strength was losing at a faster rate than before.

Several battle lords and generals have subconsciously gathered around Chen Zhishen, and behind them, there is a steady stream of Bashu soldiers ascending the city, obviously Li Xinchen also realized that this is the last opportunity to break through, so he constantly sent troops upward. It's just that because the Northern Zhou reinforcements are also rushing up in a steady stream, the two sides can only tug back and forth on the city wall.

Chen Zhishen subconsciously looked sideways, on the city wall not far away, the banner of the Northern Zhou Dynasty had been pulled out, and it was replaced by the general banner of Li Xun, Zheng Kaiyuan and Lu Qing and others, obviously Li Xinchen had sent all the generals who could command here to the city, I am afraid that if there is no way to make a breakthrough, Pei Zilie and even Li Xinchen will have to go to the city.

The arrows whistled from between the shields, and the Northern Zhou crossbowmen almost shot arrows against the shields of the Bashu soldiers, and the arrows hit the shields with great force, and many sword and shield men could only stagger back. And Chen Zhishen did not retreat at this time, but advanced, when he saw the two crossbowmen on the front retreat into the crowd and began to stretch their bows and arrows, he stretched out his hand and pushed away the guards in front of him, roared, and killed directly towards the Northern Zhou soldiers!

Several battle masters and generals exerted their forces at the same time, and the Northern Zhou sword and shield men who were caught off guard in front of them were rushed away, while those crossbowmen who retreated behind their companions looked at the sword and axe that were close in front of them in the blink of an eye, and there was only fear left in their eyes!

"Whoosh" A sharp sound broke through the air, and a general who followed Chen Zhishen's side fell with an arrow, and Chen Zhishen did not retreat but advanced, the mountain axe in his hand opened and closed, and there was really the momentum of splitting mountains and waters, and more than a dozen Northern Zhou crossbowmen were almost cut to the ground by him like chopping melons and vegetables.

"Shoot the arrows!" Cao Xiaoda frowned, against such an opponent, he didn't want to pile up his life.

"Dangdang!" A sharp sound echoed in the city, and some of these arrows were swept away by Chen Zhishen wielding an axe, and some were pulled away by a person who had been killed from the oblique ground.

Li Xun grabbed Chen Zhishen's sleeve: "General Chen, Mingjin, collect the troops!" ”

"What?!" Chen Zhishen's eyes widened, only that he had heard it wrong.

"The general has an order, Mingjin withdraws his troops!" Li Xun shouted again at the top of his voice, and by the way, he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the city.

At this time, Chen Zhishen just reacted, although Li Xinchen's voice was not very loud, it could still be heard very clearly in the city, but Chen Zhishen had been focusing on the fight just now and didn't notice it.

"Why Mingjin at this time!" Chen Zhishen frowned and said.

Li Xun stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the city gate: "Cao Xiaoda's general flag has been erected, and the enemy's reinforcements are estimated to be on the way to come, and our speed of landing in the city is not at all comparable to the speed of the enemy's reinforcements!" ”

Chen Zhishen stomped his feet, and could only wave his hand: "Retreat!" ”

A famous sword and shield hand began to shrink, and the Bashu army on the city wall, which originally occupied a small piece of territory, also began to gather, and Li Xun, Zheng Kaiyuan and others all took their personal guards to the front. The spearmen followed closely behind them, pushing the enemy back.

"Fuck it, get out of the way!" Chen Zhishen did not retreat into his own formation first like Li Xun and others, but took half a step forward, blocking two or three Northern Zhou soldiers who wanted to step forward by himself.

"Cover General Chen's return!" Chen Zhishen was not there, Li Xun naturally led the soldiers and horses of the two, and with his order, the few five or six crossbowmen in Shangcheng all concentrated their firepower on this side, and the arrows continued to fall on the left and right sides of Chen Zhishen, blocking those Northern Zhou soldiers who wanted to besiege Chen Zhishen.