Liao Xingzong stood on the high platform, surrounded by Yelu Chongyuan and Xiao Hui, this is also the commander of the three-way army, among which the younger Yelu Chongyuan, with an impatient face, among the three commanders, he is the most opposed to the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty is obviously here to pick peaches, in his opinion, they should not hesitate to beat them out.

In fact, even when Chongji arrived, there was a lot of opposition and support, but the consent of Liao Xingzong and Xiao Hui was a huge weight, after all, when the Liao State was no longer capable of capturing Xingqing Mansion alone, the arrival of the Northern Song Dynasty was also a help.

But the subsequent development made Liao Xingzong a little depressed, Han Qi never made a move, just stationed at the east gate, which more or less made the negative words more or less.

"King Han, you say, what will Han Qi do?" Liao Xingzong was a little depressed and said to Xiao Hui.

"I think he's bluffing, it's definitely anticlimactic!" Yelu Chongyuan said disdainfully.

No one answered, Liao Xingzong and Xiao Hui were supporters, they were not optimistic about the Northern Song Dynasty, but they did not speak, but gave Yelu Chongyuan a cold spot.

"Here we go!" Xiao Hui pointed not far away and said.

The Northern Song Dynasty has completed the formation, the heavy infantry has made an attack posture, and the Longbow team has also begun to prepare, which is the most normal way to siege the city.

The Liao State was not good at siege, and did not realize that the siege army of the Northern Song Dynasty did not prepare siege equipment at all, and even the simplest and easiest ladder to prepare was not prepared.

On the contrary, Yuan Hao saw the clues, he fought with the Northern Song Dynasty, and also attacked and defended the city, such a move was very unusual.

"Be careful, see what other moves the Northern Song Dynasty has!" Yuan Hao gave the order carefully, this has to be said, Yuan Hao learned the Northern Song Dynasty, it is also half a bottle, if it is replaced by an experienced one, it will definitely consider the underground, authentic way, but unfortunately this is the method in the Central Plains Art of War.

Han Qi himself was also worried that he would be discovered, so he chose 12, who knows, it was so easy, all 12 were through, then don't blame him for being polite.

The flags were unfurled, the drums were played, the order to attack was given, the heavy infantry began to move forward slowly, the heavy armor, and the tower shield of one man high was enough to protect everyone, and a little later the longbowmen began to bend their bows and arrows, everyone knew that the battle was about to break out.

On the city wall, almost 30,000 elites are concentrated, on this section of the city wall of less than 2,200 meters, it seems very dense, almost every meter is concentrated more than a dozen people, all of them are elite with complete armor, some battlements to block arrows, they are also brought, seeing the Northern Song Dynasty army below, so many archers, they must make a defense.

But no matter how you do it, you would never have thought that archers, who are only more than 20,000 people, would form such a terrible rain of arrows.

These longbowmen have been trained for at least 3 months, and even most of them are archers before, they are extremely fast, and the training of longbows is not so difficult at all, compared to short bows, they only need to fire according to the angle and power, these can be standardized and systematized.

The salvo of more than 20,000 people is very powerful, but it is like that, the Liao country, which is good at salvo, has seen more than this, the Liao Emperor's northern hunting and spring hunting, using hundreds of thousands of people, but this obviously large set of bows and arrows seems to be very powerful, and the first wave is almost concentrated in the city, and countless blood flowers have been raised.

"No, that's too fast!" Xiao Hui said suddenly, he was also absent-minded at first, because the infantry in the Northern Song Dynasty was small, and the protection of the heavy infantry was very good, but the total number was less than 10,000.

But soon, he felt the difference, the salvo has been continuing, it seems that the arrow rain is intensive, and the speed is too fast, the launch of the longbow pays attention to the collective attack, with a dense arrow rain, shrouding one aspect, which belongs to the range attack, so it is different from scattering, the arrow rain is intensive, and it is quite regular, from a distance, it is like a cloud, falling layer by layer.

Xiao Hui is a commander, he was once a fierce general, and archery itself is also his housekeeping skill, he knows very well what his speed is as an excellent marksman.

The speed of the Northern Song Dynasty longbowmen has caught up with the marksman, and even surpassed, more than 20,000 are the level of the marksman, even the Liao State can't pick it out, let alone the Northern Song Dynasty, which is not very good at it.

After Xiao Hui's suggestion, at this moment, the surrounding heavy generals discovered that the problem of the rate of fire in the Northern Song Dynasty was almost an arrow in three or four breaths, and if it lasted like this, how much could it shoot.

"What's the matter, hold on, maybe it'll be over soon!" Yelu Chongyuan said that there is some yin and yang, but it is in line with the vast majority of people's perception of archers, an average archer, who can shoot 50 arrows at high speed in a row, is already very terrifying, that is talented.

But soon, the truth slapped Yelu Chongyuan in the face, because this archery never ended, 20, 30, 40, 50, maybe initially, no one counted how many salvos, but soon, at least more than 50 arrows, the duration of time, has been about 300 breaths, but the arrow rain has not stopped.

"This Northern Song Dynasty won't just go on like this!"

Archers, like cavalry, are not very effective in attacking cities, of course, not like cavalry, which are almost completely impossible to attack cities, and archers are also, at most, to provide a little convenience for the infantry and support the cover of the infantry.

But it depends on the degree, if you maintain this rate of fire, and maintain this projection ability, it is really possible to take it down under constant consumption.

There are no more defenders of the city, and if you can't take the city wall, what difference does it make.

Everyone knows that this is impossible, man is not a god, even a well-trained archer cannot shoot endlessly, and there is always an end to power.

But in the range where the rain of arrows continues, it is very terrifying.

Yuan Hao did a good job of defense, and also took out something to block the arrow early, but unfortunately he ignored the terrible longbow, the projection ability of the longbow is 5 times higher than the ordinary short bow, and at the same time, the power of the longbow is enough.

The arrows of the short bow are a little drifting, and a gust of wind blows, and it is easy to deviate from the target, but the longbow is heavy enough, and under the premise of projectile, it is easier to maintain kinetic energy.

From the beginning of the first wave, there were casualties in the Western Xia, which was in a dense position, and in the later stage, there were more and more, and in less than 500 breaths, the shooters below completed 120 arrows, that is, in just 500 breaths, 2.5 million arrows were projected upward, even if there was only one percent of the hit rate, there were at least 25,000 arrows.

In fact, more than 50,000 were hit, of which more than 10,000 died directly.

Yuan Hao didn't believe it before, just with a few infantry and a large number of archers, he could attack the city, but now, he didn't dare to be careless, how could it be good if it continued like this, he immediately mobilized backups, and used heavy armor, even the armor of the iron harrier, to defend the city, after evacuating more than 10,000 wounded and dead, this piece of city wall concentrated 60,000 people, waiting for the attack of the Northern Song Dynasty.

"It's kind of interesting, this archer of the Northern Song Dynasty is terrifying!" A Liao general couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It's not scary, it's very scary!" Xiao Hui said with a gloomy face: "Do you think that when the two armies face each other, the other party comes up with such a camp, how can we break it!" ”

Xiao Hui's words shocked everyone, Yelu Chongyuan had a bad expression, and said the hardest: "Aren't they just archers, our cavalry breaks through them!" ”

"How to rush, how much to pay, to be able to rush through the defense of the heavy infantry in the rain of arrows!" Xiao Hui asked mercilessly, and the other generals who had some combat experience did not speak, and they naturally substituted themselves into the position of the arrow rain attack.

Suddenly found that under the premise of the same number, the combination of the Northern Song Dynasty is really a little incomprehensible, and it is even said that they have twice or even three times the number, and before they break through the heavy infantry, they will not be able to threaten the longbow at all, this range, this rate of fire, anyone who fights against him, does not pay one or two times the casualties, don't think about what to do with the Northern Song Dynasty.

I thought that there were only 40,000 people, a soft persimmon, as long as they consumed a little, maybe they would be able to eat the fruit, suddenly turned into a powerful hedgehog, from a prey to a predator, this mood, is very lost, they meditated and thought about the solution to this battle formation, but they didn't think of it at all.

"However, if Han Qi is just like this, he won't be able to capture Xingqing Mansion, at most it will be consumed, this archer seems to have slowed down his rate of fire!" If you look more closely at the general, you can see something from the battlefield, and when you shoot more than 130 arrows, your speed decreases significantly.

At this moment, the Liao army breathed a sigh of relief, the strong rate of fire and projection ability really put huge pressure on them, if the final result is 200, or even 300, then there is no need to fight, the bow and arrow can solve everything and sweep the world.

Although it is somewhat unexpectedly long-lasting, it is also within the range, two or three times higher than ordinary archers, and it is a big deal to increase their combat effectiveness by two or three times, and there are ways to deal with it.

"What are they doing!" Xiao Hui said suddenly.

Just when the speed of the archers slowed down, there was a change on the battlefield again, the heavy infantry that was moving forward quickly suddenly turned around and began to retreat quickly, and the same was true for the archers, although they did not quickly go backwards, but the whole phalanx was also backwards, didn't they want to attack the city, why did they retreat?