"Report! The enemy was still thirty miles away from the city. ”

"Report! The enemy was still twenty miles away from the city. ”

"Report! The enemy is still ten miles away from the city. ”

"County magistrate, the northern (southern, eastern, and western) city walls have been prepared."

"Okay, wait for the enemy to arrive, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

"No"

The 30,000-strong army of the Grassland Country is coming, and the city is fully prepared.

The city had a population of nearly 30,000 and could participate in more than 10,000 battles, including more than 6,000 archers and about 5,000 as battle auxiliaries.

The west of the city is the grassland, the south is the Yellow River, and the north and east are large areas of the fields opened up by the residents of the city, so it can be said that the city is flat on all sides, and the cavalry of the country of the grassland can easily surround the city.

For this reason, the more than 6,000 archers in the city were divided into four teams, three of which were 1,000 men each, and were assigned to the southern wall, the eastern city, and the northern wall, and the remaining 3,000 archers were assigned to the western wall.

The west city wall can be said to be the main battlefield of this battle, more than 2,100 cavalry troops stationed in the city and archers in the field/war army and city defense army are all assigned to the west city wall, and the only more than 500 archers among the 6,000 archers are also assigned to the west city wall.

On the surface, the number of archers on the western wall is about the same as the number of archers on the other three walls combined, but in terms of strength, it is much higher.

In addition to the six thousand archers, half of the remaining more than four thousand melee men remained on the western wall, and the remaining half was evenly distributed on the other three walls.

The archers on the western wall were all wearing leather armor, and even their faces were covered by black visors, and the archers were held in their hands, and the quivers were placed in the most suitable place around them, so that they could draw arrows as quickly as possible and shoot at the enemy.

Hu Nan, Lu Zhe, Mu Shi, Long Ping and one person with a monocular to look west, a few years down, the Ministry of Industry has accumulated a lot of experience in making telescopes, at this time the telescope in the hands of several people are more than three times, through the telescope, can see the distant scene more clearly, can also see farther.

"The enemy is coming!" Long Ping said that as a martial artist, Long Ping's eyesight was better than others, and he was the first to spot the figure of the enemy in front of him.

Soon, the enemy appeared in the field of vision of several other people.

"Order all fighters to prepare for battle!" Hu Nan immediately ordered.

As the county magistrate, Hu Nan would not participate in the battle command most of the time, but there were cavalry troops to join in this war, and the cavalry troops were already brigade establishments, and the rank of the brigade commander Mu Shi was even higher than that of Lu Zhe, the director of the Accumulation City Branch of the Ministry of War, Lu Zhe was not qualified to command the cavalry troops to fight, and could only be commanded by Hu Nan himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A rhythmic gong sounded, and all the archers drew an arrow from their quiver sacs and put it on their bows, ready for battle, and the melee personnel, especially the sword and shield men, clenched the copper shields in their hands.

The battle was mainly carried out by archers, Hu Nan and Lu Zhe could only command the battle on one side, and Mu Shi and Long Ping were already holding bows and arrows and preparing to participate in the battle.

Especially Long Ping, the longbow in his hand was made by Yue Qi, the first person to make bows in the Xia Kingdom, and it has a greater range and power than the standard longbow of the archers of the Xia Kingdom.

Because of their status as cavalrymen, Mu Shi, Kong Chang and others have always used short bows, and they can only join the battle with short bows.

On the other side, the 30,000 army of the Grassland Country continued to approach the city, and when he saw the city, the leader of the withered grass had already negotiated with the other twenty-six alliance leaders of the grassland country, 5,000 cavalry outflanked the Black tribe from the left side, 5,000 cavalry outflanked the Black tribe from the right side, and the remaining 22,000 cavalry attacked the Black tribe from the front.

The leader of the withered grass clearly understands that the bow and arrow of the black tribe has a longer range and greater power, and when the five thousand cavalry of the Anti-Black Alliance attacked the Black Tribe, before they entered the range of their bow and arrow, the arrows shot by the Black Tribe will hit the five thousand cavalry of the Anti-Black Alliance, which is a big problem and the most unsolvable problem, which can only be filled with human lives.

Especially how many tribal leaders were shot directly in front of the charge at the beginning, this time the leader of the withered grass did not dare to charge at the front again, he didn't believe that he would be lucky not to be shot by the people of the black tribe.

As long as they charge under the city wall and pour out the dirt, and then form a small dirt slope, the cavalry of the Grassland Country can rush into the Black Tribe's settlement, and then the Black Tribe's 30,000 troops will be slaughtered at will.

When the 30,000 army of the Grassland Country was less than two miles away from the city, two teams of 5,000 men on the left and right flanks of the 30,000 army advanced towards the left and right sides of the city, and the 22,000 cavalry in the middle did not change.

Two hundred zhang

One hundred and fifty zhang

One hundred zhang

On the frontal battlefield, the army of the Grassland Country is getting closer and closer to the city, and the cavalry charge is getting faster and faster.

On the western wall of the city, more than 3,000 archers were ready to shoot arrows, especially the more than 500 longbowmen, who had opened their bowstrings slightly.

Ninety zhang!

Bang!

The gong on behalf of archery sounded, and the five hundred longbowmen pulled the bowstring one after another, without aiming, and directly shot the longbow and arrow at the army of the country of the grassland that was constantly charging forward, and more than 500 longbow arrows were like five hundred sharp swords cutting through the space and piercing straight into the army of the country of the grassland.

Burst! Burst! Burst!

A longbow and arrow will penetrate the body of the cavalry of the grassland country that is charging forward, the formation of the army of the grassland country is too dense, there is no need for the longbowmen to aim, and they can shoot people or horses at will, and five hundred arrows passed, and nearly two hundred people were directly hit.

The most terrifying thing is that the longbow and arrow shot by Long Ping, after penetrating the body of a cavalryman, pierced into the body of a cavalryman behind him, and pierced through two arrows, it is not a treasure bow created by Yue Qi, the first person to make a bow.

Of course, although the bow is good, it is not something that ordinary archers can use, and ordinary archers have no strength to use it if they shoot up to three arrows with this bow, and only warriors or people with natural power can use this bow like a standard longbow.

Under a rain of arrows, nearly 200 people in the army of the country of the grassland were hit, but this did not affect the charge of the army of the country of the grassland, when it was decided to attack the black tribe, the leaders of the alliances and tribes of the country of the grassland already knew that the range of the bow and arrow of the black tribe was far and powerful, and at most they were surprised by the range of the bow and arrow of the black tribe when they saw this scene.

Many leaders thought in their hearts that after destroying the black tribe, they must get the method of making this bow and arrow, if their own tribe also has such a strong bow, the strength will definitely increase greatly, and the black tribe is because of such a strong bow that they can win more with less, and severely damage or destroy many nomadic tribal alliances.

A rain of arrows followed, and a second rain of arrows followed, and the five hundred longbowmen on the western wall of the city fired arrows rhythmically at the enemy, and each wave of arrows rained down, more than one hundred and fifty people were hit.

Even if the person who does not hit the enemy only hits the horse ridden by the enemy, the horse will almost be hit hard and fall to the ground, and the person on the horse will be seriously injured if he falls to the ground with the horse, and the more than 20,000 cavalrymen who keep charging forward will be trampled to death by the horse's hooves.

Seventy zhang

Sixty zhang

Fifty zhang

Every time the enemy approached the city, the longbowmen would shoot two arrows, but Long Ping was faster, and when others shot two arrows, he had already shot three arrows or more.

Five or six waves of long bows and arrows down, the army of the grassland country has about a thousand people have been hit by longbow arrows, it seems to be a lot of numbers, but for the army of the grassland country with as many as 32,000 people, the number of casualties is only a small number, it will not shake their determination to destroy the black tribe, on the contrary, the strong bow displayed by the black tribe is something that all the alliances and tribes want to get.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just when the enemy was less than forty-five zhang away from the western wall of the city, the gong rang again, and when the gong was heard, the archers pulled their bowstrings one after another, and shot their arrows at the enemy.

More than 500 longbows and arrows, more than 2,600 short bows and arrows, and more than 3,000 arrows fell towards the army of the country of the grassland like a rain of arrows, piercing into the body of the cavalry of the country of the grassland, and piercing into the body of the war horse under the cavalry.

A series of wails resounded in the army of the Prairie Country, and the next moment it was drowned out by the charging army, and there was no more sound.

After only a rain of arrows, the army of the Grassland Country had nearly a thousand more casualties, which was almost comparable to the results of the previous longbowmen.

"Archery, fast archery, no need to aim, shoot arrows at the fastest speed." Lu Zhe shouted to command the battle.

Compared to longbowmen, shortbowmen shoot arrows faster, and most archers are able to shoot three arrows for every ten kilometers of the enemy's advance.

Wave after wave of arrows fell into the army of the country of the grassland in the charge, the number of cavalry of the army of the country of the grassland was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and every wave of short bow and arrow rain fell, about 800 cavalry of the country of the grassland were hit, and several waves of arrows rained down, and the army of the country of the grassland on the frontal battlefield had lost nearly 5,000 cavalry.

The leader of the withered grass at the back of the team took into account the battlefield situation, he was really afraid, so many cavalry died in a short period of time, the black tribe was really too powerful.

The leader of the withered grass was afraid, but he had absolutely no idea of retreating, he only lost 5,000 cavalry, the number of cavalry in the army of the country of the steppe was as high as 32,000, and the loss of 5,000 cavalry left 27,000 cavalry, as long as he rushed over, the victory belonged to the country of the grassland.

However, the leader of the withered grass miscalculated, and the grassland country lost 5,000 cavalry on the frontal battlefield, and the battle on the left and right sides of the battlefield has broken out, and the grassland country has paid a heavy price of nearly 2,000 dead and wounded.

Seeing the death of their companions, many of the cavalry of the steppe country were afraid, but they did not dare to retreat without the order of the leader, and they could not retreat in the charging army, once they changed the direction of their advance, they would only be charged and killed by other cavalry, and they would die in the hands of their own people instead of the enemy, which was even more unacceptable.

When the army of the Grassland Country was still thirty zhang away from the city, it had already paid the price of 7,000 dead and wounded, and there were about 25,000 horsemen left.

When the army of the Grassland Country was still twenty zhang away from the city, it had already paid a terrible price of 12,000 dead and wounded, and about 20,000 horsemen remained.

Seeing the heavy casualties of their tribes, many leaders have retreated, but they are still in the charge and they can't retreat, if there is no tribe to take the lead, other tribes will not dare to retreat easily, before the war the country of the grassland has set a simple rules of rewards and punishments, which alliance or tribe dares to flee first in the war, will be severely punished.

If you can't retreat, you can only continue to rush forward, and even if you die, you will die on the way to the charge.

When the distance was reduced to fifteen zhang, there were still 18,000 cavalry left in the army of the country of the grassland, and half of the battle was about to be damaged, and the cavalry at the forefront of the remaining 18,000 cavalry opened their bows to shoot at the Xia warriors on the city wall, most of the arrows were blocked by the city wall, and a small number of arrows flew over the city wall.

Only a very small number of arrows hit the Xia warriors, but most of the arrows were blocked by leather armor, which did not bring much damage to the Xia warriors at all, and one arrow after another was continuously shot out by the archers.

On the frontal battlefield, the tribal leader who was at the very edge of the army of the Grassland Nation was afraid, and there would not be a few warriors left in his own tribe if he continued.

"We retreat, we can't follow them to death, withdraw quickly!" The leader shouted to his people, and the tribesmen, who were already frightened, heard the leader's voice and immediately rode their horses and fled to the right.

One tribe fled, and the neighboring tribe fled.

When the army of the country of the grassland on the frontal battlefield was ten zhang away from the city, the number of cavalry of the army of the country of the grassland had dropped to 15,000 horsemen, and 17,000 horsemen had been shot and wounded by the archers of the country of Xia on the road of the charge.

The people of their own tribe suffered heavy losses, and there were many tribes that wanted to retreat like the most marginal tribes, but they were trapped in the middle of the ranks, and they could not retreat at all, so they could only keep charging forward to die, no matter how they dodged on horseback, they could not escape death.

Looking at the fleeing tribes, looking at the cavalry that kept dying, the leader of the withered grass knew in his heart that this time he was defeated again.

Once the leader of the withered grass thought that he could destroy the black tribe with the strength of the anti-black alliance, but he suffered the first fiasco, this time the leader of the withered grass thought that he could destroy the black tribe with the strength of the grassland country, but he did not expect to suffer another fiasco.

There is no need to continue to charge, and if you continue to charge, you will be killed by the Black Tribe, and the Grassland Country must save more strength to continue fighting with the Black Tribe.

The people of the Withered Grass Tribe and even the members of the Anti-Black Alliance were all in the middle of the team, almost facing the west gate of the city, and it was difficult for the clansmen of the various units to turn.

It is impossible to turn and retreat, but it is possible to stop, starting with the last cavalry, one by one the cavalry has stopped, while the surrounding cavalry is still charging.

Stopping to advance, turning, retreating, and three steps down, the Withered Grass Tribe, the Anti-Black Alliance, and even the surrounding tribes began to retreat.

However, under the continuous rain of arrows from the archers of the Xia Kingdom, the retreat of the army of the Grassland Country turned into an escape, and soon from an escape to a rout......