663, Xuande Gong still has to fight

Liu Bei and Zang Ba, who were supervising the battle in the rear, looked a little ugly when they saw the soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion with completely different temperaments appear on the city wall.

The combat effectiveness shown by the soldiers of this divine arrow battalion is really not to be underestimated.

Although the gap on the north wall of Pengcheng is still the same, if Liu Bei and Zang Ba drove their troops to attack before, they might be able to break through as long as they consume a small number of troops, but now to break through this gap, they don't know how many soldiers they will have to lose.

The terrifying lethality brought by crossbow arrows is really intimidating.

If it was a flat battle, Liu Bei and Zang Ba's coalition forces might still have a chance to rush to break through, but now after all, it is necessary to climb through the relatively inclined collapsed city wall, and this section of the road is enough for a large number of siege soldiers to die under the crossbow arrows.

What's more, there are shield walls and gun arrays on the city wall, even if you get close to the city wall, it is difficult to easily kill the city wall as before, and start a melee fight with the soldiers defending the city on the city wall.

To be honest, if Xu Shu hadn't suddenly filled up with the soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion just now, Liu Bei and Zang Ba would have been ready to send Zhang Fei, Sun Guan, Yin Li and other brave generals to lead the troops to rush up.

But now facing the continuous crossbow arrows on the city wall, even fierce generals like Zhang Fei, Sun Guan, and Yin Li don't dare to charge easily.

"Xuande Gong, it seems that Zhu Wei's reinforcements have arrived, and the combat power is really extraordinary, what should this be!"

Zang Ba was a little weak again, although he and Liu Bei's coalition army had a lot of troops, they did not have the ability to surround Peng Chengtuan, which would only disperse their forces.

At that time, Zhang Liao could naturally find a place with weak troops to break through, and take the opportunity to defeat the scattered Liu Bei and Zang Ba coalition forces.

Therefore, this is completely inconsistent with the art of war and tactics, but the problem is that Pengcheng cannot be surrounded, so Zhang Liao and Xu Shu can easily return to the city from the other gates of Pengcheng to assist in defense.

Anyway, now they can't find the opportunity to sneak attack Liu Bei and Zang Ba's coalition forces outside the city, so it is better to return to the city to increase the defense of the city, and they can still send troops from the city to sneak attack when necessary.

As a result, the elite soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion brought by Xu Shu now replaced the original Xuzhou recruits, which made Pengcheng's defense suddenly like mud replaced by rocks, and a steel wall was built with flesh and blood.

Zang Ba didn't want his Taishan thieves to be consumed in such a siege battle.

Among the elite soldiers who sieged the city, there were hundreds of Taishan thieves who belonged to Zang Ba, but as soon as Xu Shu's Divine Arrow Battalion soldiers came, they were killed and injured by crossbow arrows, and at least two or three hundred people were injured, which already made Zang Ba feel a little heartbroken.

And Liu Bei also looked at the kind of combat effectiveness embodied by the soldiers of the Divine Arrow Battalion on the city wall, although Liu Bei led the troops in Shouchun before, he could be regarded as joining forces with Zhu Wei's army, but at that time, he only felt that Zhu Wei's army was neat and tidy, and the siege equipment was rich and diverse, but the real battle scene was not seen.

Zhu Wei did not carry out a strong offensive battle at the north gate of Shouchun, but still used tricky city digging tactics, so Liu Bei still felt that Zhu Wei's army might not have such strong combat effectiveness.

But at this moment, Liu Bei finally knew what the combat effectiveness of Zhu Wei's army was from the performance of these Divine Arrow Battalion soldiers.

Among the soldiers who died before, Liu Bei's elite also had Liu Bei's elite, and after these soldiers died, Liu Bei's heart was also dripping blood, but he couldn't help but look at the city wall for a while, and seemed to see something, "Xuan Gao, and look, there are not too many flags on the city, it can be seen that it is just one of Zhu Wei's soldiers!" Maybe it's not the main force in Zhu Wei's army, it's just a partial army! Xuan Gao, now this Pengcheng already has a way to enter the city, although there are these Zhu guards guarding it, but after all, it is not without a chance to win! As long as we can break through this breach and enter Pengcheng, then what are these crossbowmen afraid of! Xuan Gao, if our army wins, we will be able to capture these forbidden weapons in the army! ”

"What, Xuande Gong still wants to fight?"

Hearing this, Zang Ba followed Liu Bei's instructions and looked up, he could also see that the number of Zhu Wei's troops on the city wall did not seem to be very large, and at the same time, the collapse of the city wall here was indeed an excellent opportunity to attack Pengcheng.

But if you really want to break through this gap, you don't know how many lives you have to fill in, and the crossbow machine in the hands of Zhu Wei's soldiers on the city wall is really terrifying.

Even if Liu Bei used the crossbow machines above as bait, Zang Ba still hesitated whether it was cost-effective.

"Under the cover of a big shield, these crossbow arrows can still resist one or two after all, as long as they can break through, then these crossbow machines can be rendered useless! Xuangao, I let the third brother be the vanguard, and Xuangao will also choose two generals to accompany him! ”

Liu Bei was also a little squinted by interests at this time, after all, Fang Cai was almost able to break the city, but it was a pity that Zhang Fei was not allowed to go up, but this time the collapse and breach on the city wall was indeed a good time to break the city, so he was ready to attack at all costs.

Isn't it just a crossbow arrow, as long as you use a big shield to resist, but you can still rush up against the rain of arrows, as long as you can rush to the city wall, as long as you rush to the front of these Zhu guards, then you are not afraid of crossbow arrows.

Of course, Liu Bei also has a lot of trust in the strength of his third brother Zhang Fei, although this Zhang Fei always causes trouble for him, and it was this Zhang Fei who caused him to lose Xuzhou before, but Zhang Fei has the courage of ten thousand people after all, after all, he is a rare fierce general in the world.

However, Liu Bei still didn't want to completely consume his troops, so he still hoped that Zang Ba could send troops to cooperate, so that Zang Ba would also send two generals up.

Zang Ba's eyebrows frowned slightly when he heard this, looking at the collapsed breach on the city wall in front of him, looking at the Zhu guards who shot crossbow arrows between the arrow stacks, and looking at the crossbow machines, he finally nodded, "Okay, Sun Guan, Yin Li, you two will take five hundred elite sons, and go to kill again!" ”

"Okay, third brother, you bring five hundred sword and shield elite soldiers first, you must break through the city wall, but, third brother, be careful!"

Liu Bei saw that Zang Ba agreed, and also turned his head and instructed Zhang Fei, but in the end, he still seemed more concerned and instructed, which had become his habitual behavior.

"No!" "No! ”

Zhang Fei, Sun Guan, and Yin Li agreed, and then went up and selected five hundred elites in the army, formed a tight shield formation with large shields and small shields, and rushed to the breach of the city wall again.

"Archer cover! Don't take a step back! Sword and shield men, go up and protect the archers! ”

Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei and the others were killed, and immediately ordered the archers in front of him, he fought at any cost, so he personally came to the edge of the battlefield in front of him, and drew his double-strand sword to supervise the archers in front.

However, he also organized a lot of sword and shield men to go up to defend the archers against crossbow arrows, which can be regarded as reassuring the archers.

"Kill those who retreat!"

Seeing this, Zang Ba also followed, and also commanded the archers under him, and arranged the overseer soldiers behind all the archers.

This time, some of the archers who had lost their fighting spirit by the crossbow arrows could only stabilize their minds and throw feather arrows at the city wall again to cover their own siege army.

And Zhang Fei, Sun Guan, and Yin Li led their soldiers to form a shield formation of twenty or thirty people, and rushed towards the breach of the city wall......