The siege is about to begin.

The war drums beat, dozens of cowhide drums beat together, the sound is majestic and low, rolling and spreading, like a muffled thunder through the Xiongguan.

Immediately afterwards, there were dozens of long horns, blowing under the city, whining and piercing the sky, the valley was endless, shocking.

All the soldiers looked solemn at this moment, some with excitement and hope, and some with indifference and coldness, and the mood of the recruits and veterans was completely different.

Some Chinese Dynasty soldiers recruited them, thinking that it would be easy to siege the city, and they would soon make meritorious deeds and get rewards and titles, which was a good place for men to squander their blood, hold blades, and kill enemies and break armor.

But some veterans, with a grim look, they have seen too many lives and deaths, too many bones, they are hoping that they can be as lucky to live this time as ever, to survive to the end, to support the end of the war, to go back to see their families alive, they have more or less made some contributions, received a lot of rewards, can exempt the family from taxes for many years, etc., and are eager to live a peaceful life under the governance of the Chinese Dynasty.

As the commander of the vanguard army, Hou Junji stood on a high wooden platform, improvised and could be condescending, looking at the battle situation, holding a monocular in his hand, watching the defense of the city tower and the city wall, as well as the weapons of the defenders.

After a while, his expression was a little cold, and he realized that this battle was likely to be a tough battle.

Because Taigu City is close to the mountain, the city wall is high and thick, it belongs to the nature of the mid-mountain city, there are two sides that connect the mountains and the cliffs, the city wall is blocked in the canyon, to cross this road, it is necessary to attack the Xiongguan on the left side, completely solve the hidden danger, and the army can pass, otherwise, it is easy to be cut off, and the lone army is slaughtered.

The gray city wall, standing lonely and cold, the battlements are guarded by the troops of the Tang Kingdom, and the people behind are boiling, and many military and civilian figures are seen carrying arrow clusters, rolling wood, firewood, grass and oil pots, etc., for defense.

"General, please give the order!" Mai Zhongcai is the deputy general, dressed in armor, and walked over, clenching his fists and asking for instructions.

Hou Junji nodded, then stared at the desolate and ancient mountain city Xiongguan with cold eyes, and then shouted heavily: "Order, conquer it immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Mai Zhongcai, as the main commander of today's siege, received the order from the commander-in-chief, took the order flag, then walked down the wooden platform, and then asked the herald to start the order.

"Pass the general's order, attack the city immediately!"

"Knock knock! Knock knock—"

The beat of the drum began to change, rapid and powerful, as if the mountains and seas were overwhelming, and the momentum of wind and thunder was about to mobilize, mobilizing morale.

"Roar! Roar! Roar—"

The phalanx of archers in front of them took the lead, striding forward, shouting slogans, keeping the phalanx undisturbed, and when they approached the place of an arrow, they stopped with a brush, and then pulled out their longbows and released the first round of arrow rain.

"Woohoo!"

The sound of breaking the sky sounded, and nearly 10,000 arrows shot out towards Xiongguan, densely packed, covering the sky and the sun, like the feeling of black clouds pressing down on the city.

The rain of arrows covered the city, the towers, and the gates, and there was a sound of popping, and some of them were shot on the wooden boards, wall tiles, and attics, or they were bounced open, or nailed to them, and the tail of the arrows trembled slightly, and some of the arrows hit the soldiers and civilians in the city, either dead or wounded, and the blood was everywhere.

"Kill—"

Suddenly, the infantry phalanx began to move, and under the cover of the bow and arrow phalanx, they rushed towards Xiongguan, as if the flood of the embankment was raging.

Large cart equipment and other equipment began to be pushed forward, the cart wheeled over the loess surface, and some potholes were filled in the night in advance, and there was not much obstacle to the cart forward at this time.

Originally, the soldiers of the Tang State dug trenches and buried barbs, etc., in order to hinder the attack of the Chinese Dynasty army, but these small obstacles were insignificant compared to the huge war.

At this moment, there are 20,000 horses, launched an impact on the thick wall of Xiongguan, shouting and killing shook the sky, if you look at it from a high place, such as a torrent rolling and sweeping, one by one live and fresh life, forming an ironclad torrent to rush forward, even if it collides with the reef and cliff, there is no hesitation.

Inside the city tower, Li Shimin, Wei Chigong, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong and others were all behind the latticework of the iron fence, through some small gaps, to observe the battle situation outside.

"The Hua Dynasty army has entered the effective range of bows and arrows, and it is ready to return fire."

"I'll command!" Li Xiaogong gave up his hand, he didn't want the prince and prince of Tang to be in danger, after all, the arrows were ruthless, and there would always be enemy soldiers climbing the city tower to slash and stab indiscriminately, so as not to be injured, although he himself also had a royal identity, but after all, he was only the nephew of the Tang King, at most he was a small county king.

Li Jiancheng nodded and asked this cousin to go out to be the conductor of the scene.

Several generals, Du Yuhou, etc., followed Li Xiaogong out of the tower and came to the head of the city, where they stood on their left side with a shield, and used a long high shield to resist the attack of arrows.

"Beat the drums, prepare to fight back!"

In this era, there is no big lama, there is no radio, if you just shout by mouth, the distance of transmission is limited, all kinds of drum orders, have different chills, at this time to convey the battle of the general order sounded, the guards from behind the battlements, have drawn their bows, and then got up and shot at the dense enemy soldiers below.

Puff puff!

The sound of crossbows and bows and arrows kept ringing, and some of them were hit by flying arrows as soon as they shot an arrow, piercing their armor and blood, and screaming, snorting, and wailing filled the city, and the arrows blossomed in the crowd, bringing blood.

However, because of the return fire of the archers at the head of the city, the Chinese Dynasty foot armor soldiers under the city were also attacked by air and fell to the ground, with countless casualties.

"It's an uphill battle!" Li Jiancheng sighed lightly, although he was kind-hearted, he also gritted his teeth at this time, full of anger and resentment towards Dahua's army.

If it can't be defended, once the Xiongguan Pass is broken, Jinyang City, two hundred miles behind, will face the danger of being destroyed without a gateway.

Only by holding the Taigu Xiongguan Pass and resisting the Chinese Dynasty army again, the Tang State had the opportunity to protect itself, and united with the Turks, Liu Wuzhou, Liu Heimin, Xiao Liang, Du Fuwei, etc., to encircle and suppress the Hua Dynasty, forcing them to retreat to Hangu Pass, and realizing the situation of the world being divided and the Warring States standing side by side.

In an instant, the sound of fighting has been mixed together, under the city wall are a shout of slaughter, many ladders are erected, some sturdy armor soldiers, holding a round shield in one hand, holding a ladder in the other, and a sharp short Mo knife pinned to the waist on the back, a little closer to the city.

However, the next moment, the ladder was overturned by a steel fork, or there were arrows shooting, and boiling hot soup was splashed, and the soldier who was still wearing a fierce atmosphere just now was directly attacked, and fell down screaming, either dead or injured, and the bloody air filled the restless air, and the war had just begun.