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Under the banner on the opposite side, Huang Taiji shook his hand hatefully, and did not shoot Luo Xin with an arrow, which filled his eyes with regret. He didn't know that at the time of his regret, more than a hundred ballistae above the city were adjusting their direction and aiming at them. On the opposite side of the grassland coalition army there were dozens of large flags, and under each banner stood a tribal patriarch and some generals, who were praising Huang Taiji's extraordinary archery skills.

"Dangdangdang......"

A series of hammers slamming into the bolts of the ballista rode could be heard above the city. Huang Taiji's face changed when he heard this voice, and without thinking, he abandoned the war horse and rolled down to the ground.

"Whoosh ......"

More than a hundred crossbow arrows pierced the sky, and a sharp whistling sound made a tooth-aching sound.

"Puff puff ......"

The sound of crossbow arrows shooting into the flesh, some into the human body, some into the body of a horse. Men and horses were nailed to the ground.

The crossbow arrows were originally very poor, but the grassland coalition army on the opposite side was too dense, even if they didn't shoot those tribal patriarchs, they were able to shoot the soldiers around them, and more than a hundred crossbow arrows were all missing, so that under the banner of the grassland coalition army, there was a wail.

Huang Taiji got up from the ground with a grim face, his face was pale, and he looked at the opposite city, he knew that if he continued to stand here, he would become the target of Daming's crossbow arrows. But if you retreat at this time, you are not reconciled. And at this moment, the captain of his guard stepped forward and said:

"Great Khan, please stand back!"

"Let's retreat!" The tribal patriarchs also said to Huang Taiji: "When we break through the city, we will take revenge." ”

Huang Taiji nodded with a gloomy face, glanced towards the city, and slowly retreated. Above the city, Luo Xin saw Huang Taiji and the other patriarchs retreating, so he waved his hand to stop the crossbow rider.

Huang Taiji and others have retreated to the Chinese army, even the crossbow arrows can't reach them, and then put the crossbow arrows at this time, although it is still possible to shoot those steppe soldiers who have not retreated, but the effect is very poor, only when the two sides start to fight, the effect can be better, and give the other side a deterrent.

As time continued, the grassland coalition army paid nearly 500 more lives, and finally filled in the moat, and the grassland coalition army shouted, erected a ladder, and began to attack the city.

One by one, the ladders leaned against the city wall, and the steppe soldiers climbed up along the ladders, and from a distance, it looked like countless centipedes were crawling on the city wall.

Above the city.

The archers kept firing arrows, and the soldiers were throwing rolling logs and stones downwards, and the steppe soldiers screamed and fell from the top of the ladder.

"Whoosh ......"

The grassland coalition army on the opposite side began to shoot arrows at the city wall, and the cavalry shooting ability of the grassland people was really powerful, just one round of ****, so that there were nearly 100 Ming soldiers on the city head with arrows.

"Shieldman!"

Luo Xin shouted, and immediately a shield bearer stood at the head of the city, holding a shield to protect the soldiers who were shooting arrows and throwing stones.

"Ballista, bolt the bolt to the opposite side."

Luo Xin shouted again, and then heard the sound of a hammer hitting a bolt above the city.

"Whoosh ......"

A number of crossbow arrows came out from the top of the city, although most of the crossbow arrows were shot in the air, but there were still more than two dozen crossbow arrows nailing more than two dozen steppe cavalry to the ground. The grassland coalition army on the opposite side was in a panic, which reduced the pressure on the Ming soldiers above the city.

The power of crossbow arrows is indeed very powerful, especially in this era of cold weapons. But its weakness is that it is too slow to be able to fire as quickly and continuously as a bow and arrow, it needs to winch the bracket, pull the bowstring apart, and then load the crossbow arrow to be able to aim **** out.

The grassland coalition army also understood the characteristics of the Ming crossbow arrows, so they were only slightly confused for a while, and then resumed the suppression of the Ming army at the head of the city.

The sound of "grabbing" was endless, and the shield-bearers of the Ming Dynasty held their shields in both hands, desperately protecting the archers and the soldiers who threw the rolling stones, while the archers and soldiers were constantly attacking the steppe soldiers who were climbing up the ladder.

The battlefield only became tragic in an instant, whether it was above or below the city, screams were constantly sounding, in this case, in fact, as Luo Xin, the commander has no use, his only use is to improve the morale of the soldiers defending the city, so that the psychology of the Ming soldiers can not collapse.

Therefore, Luo Xin always stood on the top of the city, and his banner was erected above the city, when the Ming soldiers saw Luo Xin's banner and saw Luo Xin standing behind them without retreating, the blood in his body boiled.

This kind of high-intensity war does not stop for a moment, not to mention those soldiers who are on the defensive, even Luo Xin, who has been standing there, feels tired, and secretly glances at the sky from time to time, and every quarter of an hour that passes seems to be half as long.

The sun is setting, and the remnant sun is like blood.

The grassland coalition army that had stormed for a day finally retreated in the sound of the horn of "woo", and the Ming soldiers at the head of the city sat on the ground in collapse, Luo Xin stepped forward to encourage the soldiers for the first time, so that the spirit of the soldiers was lifted again.

In the end, Luo Xin dragged his tired body to stand on the top of the city and looked down, the ground below had been stained red with blood, and the bloody sun in the sky and the blood on the ground reflected each other, as if he was in a blood-colored world.

"Pedal ......"

There was a sound of footsteps.

"Report to your lordship, the statistics are out."

"What about the casualties?"

"Our army lost 784 dead and 1,000 wounded and 28."

Luo Xin's heart twitched, this was only the first day, more than 700 people died, at this time, there were still three months before the freezing November, nearly a hundred days, if it was like this every day, wouldn't it mean that more than 70,000 people would die?

How many soldiers were there in the capital at this time?

There are less than 100,000 people in total, and if you add the soldiers who will be wounded in the future, won't there be no soldiers available in the end?

"My lord, this is only the first day, our soldiers are a little nervous, and the casualties will be reduced in the future." Admiral Zhang stood aside and said softly.

Luo Xin sighed lightly and said, "The war will be even more tragic in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Xin's spirit perked up, and his expression became serious: "The state of our army today is indeed not good, it has been trained countless times before, but when it comes to the battlefield, it is still panicked, and the connection between the arms is very bad. The shield bearer did not protect the archers and the soldiers who threw the rolling wood stones well, and the archers did not shoot with enough accuracy, and the soldiers threw the rolling stones down with their eyes closed. This is what you need to ask the soldiers again. ”

"Yes, sir."

Luo Xin's face finally showed a smile, and he nodded: "But our morale is not bad, and we have not been crushed by the Tartars." As long as this morale is there, we will definitely be able to hold the capital. ”

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