The defenders of Tongguan began to exert their strength, and the pressure of the Yizhou army increased sharply, and they couldn't even go up the Tongguan wall. But Ma Chao in the rear has never stopped collecting troops, so even if the soldiers of the Yizhou Army know that Tongguan is a Longtan tiger's den, they can only bite the bullet.

In fact, Ma Chao did not forget Mingjin. As an excellent general, although Ma Chao will occasionally be irrational, Ma Chao can still see the current situation of giving away the lives of soldiers.

It's just that Guo Jia stopped Ma Chaomingjin's order in order to attract the defenders of Tongguan. As for how many of the 7,000 soldiers will survive, it can only depend on their respective lives.

It's just that the defenders of Tongguan didn't wait to wipe out the Yizhou soldiers under the wall, and the two elite ballistas were pushed onto the city.

"Lord, can this thing really hit Ma Chao?" Koji Yi had long known that Tongguan had the storage of these two ballistas, but for these two strange things, Koji Yi didn't quite believe in the power of these two things.

After all, the Great Han is not without a ballista. It's just that most of the ballistas are old, and even if they can still be used, their power is greatly reduced. After all, the Han Dynasty has been comfortable for too long, but the research and development of some war equipment has been abandoned.

Ye Mo heard Lu Yi ask, and immediately glanced at Lu Yi. Good guy, elite ballista, he doesn't have much, put two in Tongguan, and Koji Yi actually thinks this thing is useless.

"The power of these two ballistas, you can take a closer look at it for me!" Ye Mo looks like he hates iron but not steel, and Koji Yi is also with a group of crossbowmen, how can he ignore the role of the ballista?

I randomly found a few crossbowmen summoned from the system to operate two ballistae, for crossbowmen. To operate a ballista produced by the system, it should not be too simple.

And Xu Rong and the others saw that Ye Mo was fiddling with the ballista here, and then saw that the pressure on the defenders on the wall was not great, and they also crowded into the vicinity of the two ballistas.

Under Tongguan, Ma Chao and Guo Jia also saw two ballistas emerging from the wall.

"Strategist. You see, the defenders on the Tong Pass have even pushed out the crossbow carts, and it seems that their defense equipment is about to run out. Ma Chao looked at the two ballistas, and his originally frowning brows suddenly stretched.

The range of the ballista is only five or six hundred steps, plus the height difference between the Tongguan wall. The bolts fired were impressive, reaching 800 paces. But Ma Chao them, far from Tongguan, but reached a thousand steps away.

Therefore, after seeing the defenders of Tongguan pushing out the ballista, Ma Chao thought that there were not many rolling stone rafts on Tongguan. You can only use a ballista to ask for the favor of luck.

It's just that Guo Jia looked at the two ballistas pushed out above Tongguan, but he showed a sense of danger in his heart for no reason.

Although Guo Jia is a first-class strategist, he is not very good after all, and he has only heard of things like crossbow cars but has never seen them.

According to the few words left over from the period of Chu and Han hegemony, it is not difficult for Guo Jia to see that the power of the ballista is extremely great. There are even enough ballistae to say. can change the course of a war.

"Lord, the defenders of Tongguan will definitely not be untargeted, let's retreat." Guo Jia looked at the two ballista carts in Tongguan and the dazzling light reflected from the huge crossbow arrows. He said to Ma Chao.

When Ma Chao heard Guo Jia say this, he smiled indifferently. "Rest assured, Tongguan only pushed out the crossbow cart at this time, indicating that Tongguan has reached the point of exhaustion. As long as we hold on a little longer, Tongguan will go down! ”

"It's just ......" Guo Jia still wanted to say something, the uneasiness in his heart. It didn't change at all because of Ma Chao's words.

But Ma Chao didn't give Guo Jia a chance to speak, and directly interrupted Guo Jia's words. Then he said: "I have also seen a ballista, and its range is only six or seven hundred paces. And the accuracy is extremely poor. Now that we are a thousand steps away from Tongguan, why should the military advisors be afraid of it? ”

Guo Jia saw that Ma Chao refused to listen to him, so he could only sigh. It's just that Ma Chao doesn't leave, so Guo Jia can only accompany Ma Chao.

Above Tongguan, those strong crossbowmen had already finished the preparations before the launch of the ballista, and as long as Ye Mo gave an order, the two huge crossbow arrows would rush towards Ma Chao's three thousand people.

Koji Yi looked at the two ballistas, although he didn't believe in their power, but at this time, Koji Yi was still quite excited in his heart. What Ye Mo said, when is it false?

"Lord, give the order quickly, so that we can open our eyes." Not only Koji Yi, but also Dian Wei, at this time, he was also standing aside and coaxing.

Unlike Koji, Dian Wei has seen the power of the system's ballista. After all, Dian Wei was also a person who once lived in the military camp in the west of the city, and was even one of the leaders for a time.

It's just that watching a ballista shoot at a target is obviously a different feeling than watching a ballista attack an enemy.

Seeing that everyone was looking forward to it like this, Ye Mo naturally wouldn't hang everyone's appetite.

"Aim at the two people riding horses in front of each other, and let go!" Ye Mo was extremely expectant when he saw Liyi and the others, so he directly gave an order to the soldiers who were operating the ballista.

"Whew! Shout! ”

Two sounds of breaking the air sounded in unison, and the crossbow bolts swooped straight for Ma Chao.

Just think about it, you can understand how fast a crossbow bolt that can fire 1,200 paces should be. In particular, the crossbow bolt is still specially made, and the weight is much heavier than a normal crossbow arrow.

Ma Chao was still laughing at the two ballistas posed in Tongguan, but after seeing the crossbow arrows launched, Ma Chao's face suddenly froze, even if he saw a ghost, it was nothing more than that.

Looking at the trajectory of those two crossbow arrows, they can really hit themselves.

"Strategist, get off the horse!" However, Ma Chao also reacted quickly and shouted at Guo Jia.

However, Guo Jiake is not as good as Xu Shu. If it weren't even for Ye Mo asking Xu Shu to take the Taoist priest in Yizhou to treat Guo Jia, Guo Jia might have been lying on the hospital bed at this time.

Ma Chao saw that Guo Jia couldn't react, so he immediately hit the horse in front of Guo Jia.

At this time, one of the crossbow arrows also came to Ma Chao's body. Seeing this, Ma Chao could only wave the tiger head Zhan golden gun in his hand and stab at the flying crossbow arrows.

It's just that the range of the crossbow arrow is 1,200 steps, plus it is shot down from the city wall, the distance of 1,000 steps, the power of the crossbow arrow, but Ma Chao can not block it in a hurry.

With just one blow, Ma Chao was directly knocked off the horse by the powerful potential energy of the crossbow arrow, and after hitting Guo Jia, he took Guo Jia to the ground.

The crossbow arrow was hit by Ma Chao, and the device inside the crossbow arrow was also activated immediately, and the iron pieces on the arrow body immediately scattered, and more than ten of Ma Chao's personal guards nearby fell in a pool of blood at once.

Even Ma Chao was hit in the chest by a piece of iron. However, fortunately, the chain mail on Ma Chao's body was not ordinary, which offset most of the power of the iron piece, but only made the iron piece stuck between the two ribs in Ma Chao's chest.

Guo Jia saw that Ma Chao was injured, and his face changed suddenly. At this time, Guo Jia couldn't care about his own plan, if Ma Chao hadn't blocked Guo Jia, Guo Jia at this time would have become a member of the lying on the ground.

"Give the order to go down and protect the lord's retreat. Let people go and inform General Ma Dai and General Pound to come and answer them! Guo Jia looked at the injured Ma Chao and immediately ordered.

It's just that after Ma Chao heard Guo Jia's words, he gritted his teeth, endured the pain and said: "Strategist, I don't need to respond, and the plan doesn't have to change!" ”

Guo Jia looked at Ma Chao like this, not as if he was joking, and after thinking about some of the key points, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Leave five hundred soldiers, and the rest of the people, escort the lord to retreat!" Guo Jia gave the order again, but this time, there was a hint of murder in Guo Jia's tone. (To be continued)

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