"Whew~! Call~! Call~! ”

The catapult of the Sui army began to roar non-stop again, and in the first round of long-range strikes, more than half of the stones were used, which made this round of blows look much smaller than the first one.

In Liyang City, there was a low sound of drums and horns, and the head of the city, which was still full of arrows just now, suddenly fell silent again, and thousands of Wei archers, like ghosts, disappeared in unison, only the sound of stones hitting the wooden shield like an explosion, and the occasional sound of some human bodies falling from a high place would come with the wind.

In a mezzanine inside the city wall, two inconspicuous bricks were pulled away, Xu Gai and Xu Shibi's uncle and nephew were nervously watching every move outside the city, behind them and above their heads, the screams were endless, they didn't look back, they didn't need to look to know that it must be the archers of their own city, unfortunately hit the arrow or stone in the confrontation with the Sui army, and were smashed to the city alive.

At this time, under the corner of the city on their side, there have been hundreds of bodies of Wei soldiers who are either dead or wounded, with their heads broken and bleeding, or with feather arrows stuck in their bodies, and the auxiliaries with door panels on their heads are like moving ants, constantly digging the wounded soldiers who still breathe from the crowd under the corner of the city where the dead and wounded are sleeping, and then urgently transport them back to the rear for rescue, as for those who are already out of breath, there is no need to waste time.

This is a contest of wills, whoever can't resist the retreat first, who will give up all the efforts, and as the Wei army defending the city, as long as the Sui army climbs to the top of the city, it will almost be the beginning of a nightmare.

Xu Gai looked at the archers of the Sui army who were constantly being shot down in rows outside the city, but soon more archers would be drilled out of the shield array, and it seemed that they would never be able to finish, and sighed: "The Sui army is really desperate today, it seems that the arrival of Yang Guang, the faint monarch, is indeed extraordinary, and it is necessary to change the siege in the first few times, and this level of casualties has already made them retreat." ”

Xu Shibi pointed to a large flagpole behind the Sui army's formation, and said with more than a dozen bloody human heads, "Uncle, it seems that the chief general of the Sui army has also given a strict order, those who retreat are killed on the spot, with this iron-like military discipline, those archers naturally dare not retreat, and now the casualties of our army have begun to increase, do you want to let the people who are still alive in the front team withdraw and rest?" ”

Xu Gai gritted his teeth and said: "No, Sui Jun is playing like this, he must be preparing to go to the city!" Pass my order, let all the archers and shield soldiers of the four gates go up to me, the sword and shield men will prepare for me nearby, and the long lance soldiers will line up outside the corridor, waiting for orders to support at any time, and we must suppress the Sui army, and we must not let them easily climb to the top of the city! By the way, tell the brothers that the Sui army suffered such heavy casualties, after breaking the city, it will definitely lift military discipline and vent hatred, and if you want to live, you have to desperately defend Liyang City, so that everyone can hope to live! ”

"No!" Xu Shibi led the order to retreat with his fists clenched.

With Xu Gai's order, in the streets and alleys of Liyang City in the rear, the Wei army, which had already been prepared, quickly boarded the city from six or seven passages to the city under the cover of the people holding the door panels, and from time to time some unlucky ghosts were hit by the arrows and stones of the Sui army, screaming and falling off the city, but the companions behind did not hesitate and stay for half a minute, like six or seven earthy yellow streams, and continued to pour up to the city.

The defenders at the head of the city are under the command of their respective captains, stubbornly sticking to their posts, some of them have arrows inserted in their bodies, and blood keeps flowing from the arrows, dyeing those white feather arrows into blood red, but these Wei soldiers who have been brainwashed by Xu Gai are not impressed, and still stand in place and shoot at the Sui army under the city.

With the addition of a large number of new forces, the bow and arrow firepower at the head of the city weakened for a few minutes when the defense was changed just now, and suddenly became several times stronger, and the Sui army under the city was already under the cover of the shield of its own side, and gradually advanced to about thirty steps away from the city wall, and even many people simply drilled out the shield directly, and shot at the head of the city, and some of the archery skills were strong, but also at the head of the Wei army archers one by name, this kind of precision strike, so that the casualties of the Wei army rose sharply.

However, this kind of bow and arrow shooting is a process of eliminating and rising, the firepower on the opposite city is weakened, and the Sui army under the city can boldly come out to shoot, on the contrary, if the firepower of the city continues to be strong, then it is difficult for them to even come out of the shield array, and they can only take the time to avoid a few cold arrows, and it is impossible to stand outside and continue to shoot explosively.

But as the new force of the Wei army went up to the city, in the blink of an eye, the arrows shot at the head of the city turned from a trickle just now to a surging wave, and the black oppressive arrow cloud covered the sky and the earth, pouring out towards the archers of the Sui army who were standing outside the shield array outside the city, shooting piles of people to the ground in an instant, and they couldn't get up again.

The strength and weakness were reversed in an instant, and the archers of the Sui army, who had gradually gained the upper hand, were hit hard by the sudden blow, and they shot high with a low shot, which was a great disadvantage, plus the Wei army had a large number of new forces to join, and the speed and strength of the arrows were much stronger than those companions who had been shooting half an hour ago just now, and in the blink of an eye, it was the cleaning of three or four rounds of arrow rain, and the Sui army threw down thousands of corpses, and the living people hid back in the shield wall twenty steps later, if it weren't for the heads of the dozen deserters behind them, Even the infantry with shields raised would have slipped back to their starting positions.

Seeing this, Yang Guang's face, which was gradually overflowing with a smile, suddenly became cloudy again. He turned his head to look at Dugu Sheng, pointed to the opposite city wall and said, "General Dugu, what's going on?" Our side has obviously achieved a long-range advantage, where did the new force of the Wei army come from to shoot us back again? ”

Dugu Sheng sighed and said, "There are still 30,000 or 40,000 troops in the Wei army in the city, plus Ding Zhuang who was temporarily recruited and women and children who do logistics work, there are at least nearly 50,000 people!" They are definitely not able to fight head-on, but relying on the height advantage and cover of the city wall, they can occupy a great advantage in this kind of siege warfare, and in the past half a month, the reason why our army has not been able to break through is because they have not yet defeated the living forces in Liyang Cangcheng, and their resistance is still very tenacious! ”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed, and he said, "If you don't suppress the bow and arrows at the head of the city, how can you capture this city?" General Dugu, do you have any good ideas? ”

Dugu Sheng's eyes flashed, and he said, "That can only be the life of the three armies!" Our army can only brave the rain of arrows of the Wei army to force the attack, as long as it can attack the city, then the archers of the Wei army will not be able to play! ”

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