The operation of climbing over the trench still took some effort, which was not to blame Tuoba Guangyuan, and no one expected that the defenders at the head of the city would be able to fire crossbows in the dark.

Waiting until nightfall to launch an attack was originally intended to prevent the enemy's crossbows from inflicting heavy casualties on their own side. However, Tuoba Guangyuan knew from the beginning that all he could avoid was large-scale casualties, and individual casualties could not be completely avoided. The enemy's trenches were well dug, and the passages that were set aside made it possible for the besieging party to jump into them even if they knew it was a death trap. It was too much physical exertion for the armored cavalry to climb over these trenches, and for the Tuoba cavalry, who had been in the field for a day, they had to effectively save every ounce of their physical strength before attacking the city.

Therefore, when the attack order was issued, the two main soldiers were the lead, and several deputy soldiers followed behind and quickly carried the ladder that had been built and began to move through the passage to the front of the city wall, and the main soldiers responsible for the siege were lined up behind these deputy soldiers, and the main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the Tuoba family were all dressed in armor, so as soon as the soldiers and horses moved, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps and the shaking of the armor leaves on the position.

When crossing the first trench, the twelve harriers who were in the vanguard moved extremely quickly, and almost in an instant they were in front of the second trench.

From the second ditch, the harriers began to be cautious, on the one hand, because it was dark and they could not raise fire, and if they moved too fast, they could easily fall into the trench, and on the other hand, they knew that the enemy troops at the head of the city would definitely block these passages with crossbow arrows, so they needed to be extremely careful when crossing the five passages below.

However, the second trench did not pose any threat to the harriers.

A moment later, the harriers had crossed the third trench, and half of the distance was complete.

There was still no movement on the city.

The harriers continued on, and the fourth and fifth trenches were crossed without any suspense.

By this time, each of the twelve harriers knew in their hearts what the crossbowmen at the head of the city were waiting for. Who knows if it can be quickly passed through the passage above the sixth trench now, and it has become a matter of life and death. The enemy's crossbow machines were clearly prepared to intervene there. If more and more soldiers are concentrated in the square inch between the two trenches, the enemy's crossbow machine will not need to be aimed at all, and it will be able to inflict heavy damage on your own army even in the dark.

The first person to cross the passage is likely to be the first to die, and everyone understands that.

The first person to cross the passage will most likely survive, as long as they are not shot by the crossbow at the head of the city before or during the crossing.

The past is life, and to stay is death.

Without the slightest hesitation, the leading party officer strode towards the passage in the center of the trench.

Just as he was about to step on that passage with one foot—

Phew-

There was a shock of air currents ahead, and about three or four crossbow arrows were nailed to the passage.

The harrier instinctively retracted its legs.

Hesitation is only a matter of a moment. This party member immediately reacted, the enemy had already launched the crossbow arrows, and it would take a lot of effort to reload the crossbow arrows, although I don't know how many crossbow machines were aimed at this passage, but if I ran over at this moment, the hope of survival would be more than fifty percent......

He held his breath, staggered back slightly, and then rushed up the passage like an arrow from a string......

Phew-

Although his speed can be described as an off-string arrow, it can't make such a sound and movement like an off-string arrow. The sound was the sound of crossbow arrows shot from the head of the city. The harrier snorted, and then a dog gnawed on the mud and fell to the ground, and as his consciousness continued to drain with the strength of his body, he seemed to feel that these crossbow arrows came from the same direction as the ones just now......

From loading to winding, it can't be so fast......

This accident stopped all the harriers who were pioneers.

However, they did not have time to hesitate, and the lieutenants who had followed were now all crowded between the two trenches.

At this moment, there were at least twenty-four or five people crowded into this small square inch of land, plus five to six ladders.

"Whoa—"

Another wave of crossbow arrows was fired, and a scream sounded from one of the lieutenants, who rolled over and fell into the trench, and then a muffled grunt sounded, but it was the ladder that landed and hit the feet of the other lieutenant.

"Whoa—"

This time, the harriers found a pattern, the last two crossbow bolts came from a completely different direction from the two of Fang Cai, the first two came from the east corner, and the last two came from the west corner.

This time, however, it didn't hit anyone, and the bolt missed slightly and landed on the wall of the trench.

The battle-hardened Harriers immediately made a judgment, and the crossbows in the east were responsible for blocking the passage, while the crossbows in the west were responsible for covering the fire between the two trenches......

It should be said that this judgment is basically close to or even the truth.

It's just that the harriers still can't figure out how the enemy's two crossbow machines can be launched with such a short interval.

The only explanation is that both sides were equipped with more than one crossbow machine, and these crossbow machines were all loaded and wound.

The crossbow machine is a probabilistic covered shooting weapon, usually placed in the front of the defender, and the side-by-side crossbow machine can shoot dozens of powerful crossbow arrows at a time, enough to inflict heavy casualties on the attacker. Even against heavy cavalry charges, the crossbow machine can effectively kill and injure the enemy's forward. However, the biggest drawback of the crossbow machine is that it takes too long to reload, and after a salvo, it is basically equivalent to quitting the battle.

According to the width of the city, if two crossbows were deployed at each firing point, no less than twenty crossbows should have been deployed in the entire city. Even according to the most conservative estimates, these twenty crossbows should be able to exchange the lives of at least ten to fifteen party fighters, and this is still in the dark of night, and in the daytime, the lethality is even more terrifying. Now the harriers in the vanguard somewhat understand why those wild family cowards lost so badly, twenty crossbow machines, this is not at all something that the deputy soldiers of the wild Li family without armor can deal with.

If you advance now, you may lose more than half of the Harriers before the siege, and in future siege battles, you will suffer a great loss.

However, Tuoba Jida, who was in charge of the forward command, was very careful, and he found that the crossbowmen on the east side had basically hit the passage with two crossbow arrows, while the crossbowmen on the west side had missed one shot and the crossbow arrows had hit the trench. In other words, the level of crossbowmen in the enemy army is uneven, and if only one crossbowman can shoot more accurately, you still have a relatively good chance......

It took him a little effort to think about it, and the follow-up troops were already very interested in not moving forward, and Tuoba Guangyuan knew that he was standing far away and could not directly command the troops in front, so he did not blindly send heralds to urge the attack at this time. He believed in the discernment and judgment of his harriers, and even more in the courage and wisdom of these elites.

Three or four more crossbow arrows were fired at the western wall, and another scream rang out from the ranks.

The speed of winding is indeed a little amazing, but it is not completely gapless, there is still an opportunity, Tuoba Jida gritted his teeth, gently pulled out the thick-backed scimitar, and said softly: "Ignore the shooting from the head of the city, rush over with me, and pass backwards-"

Tuoba Jida jumped up sharply and strode onto the passage.

The passage was very short, about the same width as the ditch, and Tuoba Jida was tall and long-legged, and he crossed the passage in a few steps, and came to the place between the ditch and the city pass.

He did not encounter any crossbow bolts.

Just when Tuoba Jida was secretly wondering, the sound of crossbow arrows shooting "Xiu" and "Xiu" sounded again.

There was a muffled snort from the passage behind him, and Tuoba Jida hurriedly lowered his body, if the crossbow arrows on the head of the city were shot head-on, aiming at the outer area of the trench, there was still a certain chance of hitting him.

But then he realized something was wrong.

The bowstring on the east side vibrated incessantly, and now it was the third ring.

None of the harriers behind him let out loud screams and moans, but Tuoba Jida could hear that none of the three crossbow arrows missed, and at least three harriers had lost their combat effectiveness.

"Whoa—"

Fourth Wave ......

If the enemy can equip his crossbowmen with four crossbows, then the number of crossbows equipped by this enemy army must be at least forty.

The crossbows on the west side also began to fire continuously, this time instead of pausing for a while to shoot again after firing two like before, but starting to fire continuously.

Third ......

Fourth ......

During this time, the crossbowmen from the east were not idle, and this terrible archer had already fired the eighth crossbow arrow, and the harriers that fell on the passage should have been at least six or more.

A relatively young harrier was shot in the thigh, gritted his teeth and crawled all the way, and was accidentally stepped on by his own teammates in the middle, and there was a feeling of being trampled on the internal clothes of the five organs, but the harrier teammate who stepped on him was planted into the trench without saying a word the next moment, in contrast, he was lucky when he fell to the ground.

Tuoba Jida finally understood what was going on.

The only explanation for the only explanation is that the enemy concentrated all their crossbowmen in the direction of the two flanks to shoot at the trenches. In this case, the vanguard is basically equivalent to sending to death.

It's just clear that it is impossible for him to do such a stupid thing as jumping up and turning around and shouting "go back" at his comrades-in-arms at this moment, people are crowded in the narrow area between the two trenches, and it is not safe to retreat, but it is easier to let the enemy's crossbow machine exert its power.

Now he could only pray that his side would outnumber his opponent's bows and crossbows, and that the attacking force would feel little safe until the opponent ran out of the last loaded crossbow.

But what else can I do......

Tuoba Jida rolled and knelt down, he was not worried at all about shooting crossbows in front of him, all the crossbows were undoubtedly concentrated on the two wings, although Tuoba Jida still didn't know what the reason for this strange way of playing was, but the current reality undoubtedly proved that this was a very effective tactic.

So he took off the Tuomu bow behind his back, his eyes squinted at the position on the castle tower where the crossbow strings were constantly humming, and he reached out and drew a wolf's tooth arrow, which was already full of the bow in an instant, and as soon as his two fingers were loosened, the arrow made a soft sound, and shot away from the string.

At this time, the fine seal Minda had just finished firing the tenth crossbow arrow.

On the question of how to use crossbow arrows to inflict damage on the enemy in the darkness of night, Lee*, Hosophon Minda, and Kang Shi spent a day studying. As the creator of the tactic of using crossbow machines to shoot continuously on both wings and the designer of the channel-type trench, Li himself only proposed an idea of conducting fixed-point shooting at night, and it was the fine seal minda and Kang Shi who perfected this tactic.

After visually inspecting several trenches outside the city, the master and apprentice unanimously targeted the last trench. The passage of this trench is located in the center, which is ideal for blocking from the wings using the cross-fire mode. However, Kang Shi's shooting skills are far from home, and it is easy to miss when shooting diagonally in the dark. So he finally decided to be in charge of the blockade of the trench by himself.

Kang's task was to shoot probabilistically from the left flank into the open space between the two trenches, and he was asked to adjust the speed of his fire according to the footsteps he heard, and if he heard the footsteps were rapid and dense, he would shoot continuously without interruption, and if he heard the footsteps were slow and sparse, he would slow down the firing speed, with ten breaths each as the basic interval.

Even so, Kang Shi's shooting is still not effective, the first shot is very accurate, the second shot is shot low in a panic, and there is always a missed shot behind, until the seventh shot Kang Shi gradually found some feeling, and the crossbow arrows fired in the back basically fell to the target area, and there were basically very few shots.

He didn't know that it was the harriers who were the first to start, and if they met in the daytime, he might be a little embarrassed in front of Tuoba Jida, after all, this person was his own master a few months ago.

The moment he finished firing his tenth bolt, he heard a bowstring sound from the bottom of the castle tower.

The fine seal Minda quickly leaned back - as long as the arrows shot diagonally could not hit him at the battlement, he would basically miss himself.

A wolf-tooth arrow "boomed" through the battlement along an angle, swept past Finfin's chest, and slammed into the side wall.

He quickly moved a battlement along the west side of the trench, and one of the scouts behind him obediently followed, handing over the loaded crossbow in his hand.

He quickly poked the crossbow machine out of the battlement, and listened carefully to the sound of the castle tower.

Tuoba Jida shot an arrow, and immediately dodged away from the firing position and switched to the edge of the trench on the west side of the passage. He drew another arrow and slowly pulled it away, listening to the sound of the castle tower.

The bowstring on the west side was ringing, and the east side was silent, and Tuoba Jida didn't know if his arrow had hit, but he didn't expect to kill the enemy with one arrow.

A good archer must be sensitive, which is the basic condition for being a good archer.

If the crossbowman hadn't been shot by himself, he wouldn't have been in his original position, and he would have been looking for himself at the moment.

At this moment, two more harriers had drawn their bows.

Of the twelve harriers who were in charge of the front-line bow and arrow support, there were only four of them left with the guy who was wounded in the thigh, seven of them died under the crossbow machine of the fine seal Minda, and one person was killed by Kang Shi's crossbow machine between the two trenches.

A harrier drew his bow and arrows, and in the darkness locked onto the firing position of Kang Shi on the west side of the tower; At the same time, Tuoba Jida's full bow also stared at the east side of the castle tower.

"Whoa—"

"Ouch-"

A childish scream came from the castle tower to the west.

The arrow hit Kang Shishi.

"Whoa—"

Four bolts flew down from the city's head, and at once nailed the harrier that had struck Kang Stone to the ground.

"Huh-" Tuoba Jida instantly locked on to the location where the bowstring of the crossbow machine sounded, and chased after it with an arrow......

The arrow struck Mitsuda diagonally in the chest......

The iron arrows passed through the tiny armor of the Shanwen armor and through the three layers of coarse cloth inside, and entered the flesh about an inch more......

Thin Seal Minda shook violently and gasped.

Lee*, who was standing next to him, stepped forward and helped him.

Thin Feng Minda stood firm, smiled softly, and said in a low voice: "It's out of the way...... Flesh wound ......"

Li * was stunned for a moment, but without pulling out the arrow in his chest, he took a new crossbow machine and changed the battlement again, and began to look for the target under the city.

Li* lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then reached out and took the loaded crossbow machine held by a scout, came to the battlement in the center of the city pass, took the crossbow machine, and shot a row of crossbow arrows in the direction of the passage and the trench.

The four arrows were simply scattered aimlessly, so they didn't hit anyone at all.

However, it was not surprising that just after the crossbow bolts were fired, just as they were just catching their breath, there was another bowstring sound from the castle tower.

Almost immediately after moving the iron fangs, Lee* threw the crossbow machine at the battlement, and his body quickly retreated.

An arrow like a maggot on a tarsal bone struck him anyway.

However, the sword only hit his shoulder blade, and was swallowed by the shoulder beast of the bright light armor.

Immediately, the bowstring on the side of the fine seal Minda sounded, and four crossbow arrows shot away......

Tuoba Jida snorted, and the one on the right side of the four crossbow arrows hit his shoulder, and the cavalry armor mainly made of leather could not block the powerful kinetic energy of the arrow cluster fired by the crossbow machine, and when it was penetrated, the arrow cluster penetrated deep into the flesh, shattering the shoulder blade, and then pierced through the soft position of the upper arm bone and the lower end of the joint of the left arm, bringing Tuoba Jida to the ground.

Tuoba Jida, who was lying on the ground, listened to the sound of the bowstring on the city again, smiled bitterly in his heart, and closed his eyes.

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