Getting closer and closer to the Puyang city wall, the Yanzhou army will certainly not just cover their heads and rush and sit and wait to be killed.

"Bed crossbow...... Bed crossbow ...... Shoot! …… Counterattack! With a few loud roars, the bed crossbow, which had struggled to break through the city wall for about four hundred paces, also began to fight back towards the city.

Rows and rows of thick crossbow arrows flew into the air with a sharp whistling sound, ......and countless crossbow arrows as thick as goose eggs were nailed straight into the city bricks, and the bricks were splashed everywhere, and the bricks were several inches into the upper foot, and the strong impact force shook the crossbow arrows and buzzed, and the shock did not stop. More crossbow arrows flew towards the city with the hideous roar of death, those soft and elastic cloth curtains, leather curtains, grate fences, and leather bamboo fences could block the throwing stones, but they could not stop the iron crossbows at all, and the sharp crossbow arrows "Xiu Xiu" smashed through these hanging nets, tearing them to shreds, and then continued to fly at an unabated speed, viciously plunging into the bodies of the soldiers defending the city, drilling a terrifying and transparent blood hole in their bodies, and even strung them into a gourd string, nailed to the city, and blood splashed everywhere.

Suddenly, the screams on the top of the city continued, one after another, and began to be a little chaotic, and the rain of arrows shot into the air was obviously much more sparse.

Don't miss the opportunity!

"Shoot! …… Shoot! …… Counterattack! The countless large and small foot soldiers of the Yanzhou army under the city roared.

Tens of thousands of archers came out from under the regimental cards, braving the rain of arrows, bending their bows and arrows, and shooting at the head of the city.

"Brush Brush ......"

Suddenly, like a dark cloud, like a flock of birds, the black and oppressive arrow rain poured down at the head of Puyang City. Countless bows and arrows were not able to catch them, and they fell to the ground before they reached the city wall; Countless bows and arrows "Zheng Zheng Zheng" crashed into the wall brick battlements, or burrowed into the masonry or fell to the ground; Countless bows and arrows flew into the city, piercing deep into the towers, the ground, and the regimental cards of the defenders; There were also countless bows and arrows that pierced into the armor, heads, hands, and bodies of the soldiers. "Ah......h

The archers and crossbowmen on the watchtower and nest cart, which had taken great effort to move, also leaned out, drew their bows and crossbows, and kept shooting at the city walls. Because the nest car is more than ten meters high, and the watchtower is even higher, the shooters either shoot flat or condescendingly, the hit rate is higher, and the casualties are even worse.

"Suppression...... Suppress...... Shoot ......" Da Qiao waved the trumpet flag, stood high on the city wall, faced the rain of arrows, and shouted anxiously, his originally clear voice was a little hoarse.

"General Qiao......" Sun Erniang raised the group card, protected Da Qiao, "bang bang ......" twice, and the two arrow feathers carried the sound of breaking the wind on the group card, and entered the wood for three points, and more sharp and windbreaking sounds continued to come.

Where can she stand again, Sun Erniang continued to shout without thinking: "Be careful! He hugged Da Qiao into his arms, then twisted his waist and pushed him behind the battlements next to him as fast as he could. As soon as the two of them stood still, several thick crossbow arrows were already fierce, and one was nailed to the battlements with a "bang", and brick chips were splashed; There were also two powerful crossbow arrows that ignored the defense, and "Peng" smashed the giant shield, and several big Qiao guards behind him were pierced through their bodies, with large holes in their chests and blurred flesh and blood, and they were killed at the time.

Da Qiaoqiao's face was snow-white, nodded at Sun Erniang, and smiled gratefully, but he bit his teeth, still ignored it, continued to wave the flag, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, shoot...... Defend Puyang! ……”

"Defend Puyang ......" The soldiers roared, their eyes were red, braving the rain of crossbow arrows, bending bows and bows, shooting arrows and arrows, where to aim, where to array, only to keep bending bows and arrows, constantly shooting bows and arrows, one by two, five and ten, straight until the hands were bloody and cracked and weak, and shot straight until they were killed by arrows.

Both sides were red-eyed, and fell into a tragic battle of bombardment, throwing stones, crossbows, bows and arrows, and bombarded the entire Puyang battlefield into a Shura hell for more than ten miles. The blood mud that eroded into sauce, the broken torso and limbs, the blood holes that ran through the front and back, like the corpse of a hedgehog full of arrows, the white pulp red and green intestines and spleen, and the bubbling warm blood, converged into a stream, gathered into a river. The roars, the poundings, the stones throwing, the rain of arrows, the screams, the wails, and the smell of gunsmoke, blood, sweat, feces and urine, everything made the battlefield maddening, terrifying, and disgusting.

"It's here...... It's ...... Reclamation ......"

There was a deafening cheer from below.

But it turned out that the Yanzhou infantry had already rushed to the moat under Puyang City. Puyang is the seat of Dongjun County, and it is a big city, and like all big cities, the construction of the city is quite painstaking. The city is tall and strong, there is an urn outside the city gate, there is an enemy tower on the city, there is a stone throwing bed crossbow in the city, and there is a moat that is several zhang wide outside the city, which is interlocking and guarded layer by layer.

"Reclamation...... Fill the river......" The Yanzhou soldiers cheered loudly, threw the straw sacks and sacks of earth and stones they were carrying into the river, and then retreated sharply. This is the first task of the foot soldiers, they only need to throw the earth and rocks into the river, they can complete the task, they can go back once, away from death, how can they not be excited?

Straw bags and sandbags were constantly thrown into the river; The cart and the wooden donkey also arrived, and they simply threw the cart into the river with all the earth and stones; Later, even the corpse of the dead robe was thrown into the river.

In the continuous bombardment, continuous bleeding, continuous running, the river surface was constantly encroached and filled, and after a few hours, dozens of roads about a few zhang wide and more than ten long were directly connected to the city of Puyang.

"My lord! The moat is about to be filled! A Yanzhou Sima was covered in armor and bloodstained, but his face was excited, and he galloped towards the Chinese army, roaring loudly as he ran, reporting to Liu Dai.

Liu Dai's anxious expression immediately relaxed, he gently stroked his gray beard, laughed loudly, and shouted: "Attack Puyang, just now!" ”

With a "sonorous" sound, he pulled out his sword, raised Puyang City from afar, was satisfied, and shouted: "Pass on my military order, and those who climb Puyang City first will be the first meritorious, rewarded with a thousand gold, and named a general!" ”

Na Sima was even more excited, grinning, the blood stains on his face looked extremely hideous, he clenched his fists with both hands, and roared: "Obey!" The last general will go back immediately to give orders! ”

Immediately shake the reins, turn the horse's head, and gallop into the formation.

"Wait!"

Behind Liu Dai, a person flashed out, that person was tall and long, with a yellow face and long beard, and a chain of leaf armor, it was the general Mao Hui.

Mao Hui's face was solemn, his face was full of worry, he hugged his fists at Liu Dai, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, I don't know if the lord has calculated?" How many soldiers have been killed or wounded in our army's siege today? ”

"How much?" Liu Daifeng was interrupted by Mao Hui, quite unhappy, and said coldly.

"The last general roughly estimated that the casualties of our army are more than 5,000, and 10,000 are insufficient! Lord Assassin Shi, our army suffered such heavy casualties, and the soldiers filled the river for several hours in a row, and they were exhausted and at the end of their crossbows. It's not time to attack again today! The last general implores to withdraw his troops, let the soldiers rest for a day, and attack again tomorrow! ”

"This! ......" Liu Dai hesitated.

"Lord, the moat has been filled, there is no obstacle, if you have to recuperate, it is just right for tomorrow to attack and fight!" Mao Hui then explained, speaking sincerely.

Suddenly.

"Hmph...... Since the moat has been filled in today, why not do it today and wait for tomorrow? General Mao Hui is afraid that he is not jealous of that reward! A sneer, a yin voice sounded, it was the Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin who was standing next to Liu Dai, he said maliciously.

"You! ......" Mao Hui was furious, his long arm pointed directly at Bao Xin, and scolded: "You despicable thief! I, Mao Hui, stand up for my loyalty, not as filthy as you! It's all some intrigue and crooked thoughts! …… Lord! Please be enlightened! ”

"Huh...... Then the city can be attacked today, why stop it? I'm afraid that there will be warriors who will make meritorious contributions to officials and surpass generals! Hehe" Bao Xin continued to sneer and said, "Since you are loyal, then follow the orders." ”

"Okay, okay......" Liu Dai interrupted the quarrel between the two with a gloomy face, he looked back at the strategist behind him, and asked, "Tell me, what should I do?" ”

Wang Qiu heard the inquiry, took a few steps forward, and asked the infantry Sima: "Ahead, our army has suffered heavy casualties?" ”

"Well...... The enemy's resistance was stubborn, and the bows and crossbows were fiercely thrown at stones, and our troops suffered heavy casualties. Sima hesitated for a moment, then replied truthfully.

After hearing this, Wang Qiu turned around on the horse, bowed his hand slightly to Liu Dai, and said: "Lord, there are really heavy casualties, as General Mao said, at the end of the strong crossbow, it is difficult to penetrate the reckless, our army retreats to recuperate, and attacks again tomorrow, which is a major countermeasure." ”

"That's it......" Liu Dai's heart was moved, and he was about to give an order to Sima.

That Xu Yan also pulled the reins of the horse, slowly walked towards the infantry Sima, and said with a smile: "General, what did you ask you about?" There are heavy casualties, but the soldiers have retreated? ”

"Have you ever retreated?" The infantry Sima glanced at Xu Yan strangely, and was quite annoyed in his heart, without the general's order, how could the soldiers under my command dare to retreat? If you attack and retreat without an order, you will die, and the countless warlords behind you are not decorations. In troubled times, human life is grassy, and in the eyes of the warlord, human life is even more insignificant.

He was angry in his heart, and replied in a rough voice, and the sound shook the sky: "Without the order of the lord, you will never retreat!" ”

"That's good! Lord ......" Xu Yan also turned around and bowed his hand slightly to Liu Dai, and said with a chuckle: "Lord, our army is tenacious and the military spirit is available, why don't you go all at once?" Straight down to Puyang today? Why wait for tomorrow? …… The war is delayed, but I am afraid of changes! ……”

"That's right!" Liu Dai praised it, immediately no longer hesitated, and shouted: "Siege, attack the city quickly!" Those who ascend Puyang City first will be the first to make a meritorious service, reward a thousand gold, and be crowned a general! ”

The infantryman Sima received the order, shook the reins, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and galloped forward to give the order.