Chapter 06: Flesh and Blood
In fact, this matter is also obvious, there are only hundreds of Donghu soldiers behind the meat shield of the Han army, and there are not a few cavalry, so where are the other Donghu army cavalry? Obviously, the Donghu army made two preparations. If they can use the wounded soldiers of the Han army as a meat shield to approach the city, they will launch a strong attack, and if the Han army opens the city to attack, they will attack the ambush soldiers who have been ambushed in the woods in advance to seize the city gate. It can be guessed that the ambush in the woods must be the cavalry of the Donghu army, and the distance of three miles is too late to use infantry to grab the city gate, not to mention that the Donghu army is not elite enough to break through the infantry of the Han army to grab the city gate.
Zhao Zi'an's hand slowly retracted from the hilt of the sword.
He wasn't an emotionless person, but in this situation, he couldn't give the order to go out of the city and attack. In the previous engagement with the Donghu army, the situation was obvious, the Donghu army could not defeat the Han army in the infantry battle, but the strong attack power of the Donghu cavalry was unable to resist the Han army. If the current situation is rash to attack, once the elite cavalry of the Donghu army suddenly attacks from only three miles away from the city, the Han army will either be wiped out under the city, or the city gate will be breached, and the result will not only not save the wounded soldiers of the Han army who act as meat shields, but will cause greater danger, even the danger of slaughtering the city.
"General! They're close! On the side, the tooth general Sun Li saw that Zhao Zi'an was just standing there without moving, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he reminded him loudly.
Zhao Zi'an sighed.
He is neither blind nor deaf, how can he not see that the Donghu army is approaching? He even saw that not far behind, about 1,000 Donghu soldiers had already lined up, ready to rush up to support as soon as the Donghu soldiers in front could successfully reach the city. In the distance, the flag waved, and the Donghu army was clearly ready to attack. But what is he going to do?
He closed his eyes in pain, and ordered in a calm voice: "Open your bow, prepare to release the arrow!" ”
There was a sudden silence in the city. All the soldiers looked at Zhao Zi'an quietly.
General Zhao's order, according to common sense, there is nothing wrong with it, the most important thing to defend the city is arrows, and killing and injuring the enemy with a large number of arrows is the most important means of defending the city. But now put the arrow, and to whom the arrow will go! The first to bear the brunt of it was those wounded soldiers of the Han army!
"Are you all deaf?!" Bai Qi watched the soldiers in a daze on the side, and suddenly shouted angrily, "Zhang Gong!" ”
The soldiers slowly picked up their bows, but some of the arrows pointed to the sky and some to the ground, but few pointed forward.
Bai Qi took a step forward and picked up an arrow pointed at the ground by a soldier: "Do you usually release arrows like this?" He coldly reprimanded.
Zhao Zi'an secretly said a word of praise in his heart.
Although Bai Qi was reluctant to speak, he said more than anyone else when necessary.
The soldier's arrow trembled in his hand, and his eyes looked straight at the city, and suddenly, he threw down the arrow, swooped down on the battlements, pointed at a wounded Han soldier on the leg and shouted, "That's my brother!" Brother, run, run! ”
The wounded soldiers of the Han army under the city also knew in their hearts that the Han army in the city could not let them climb the city, and they would definitely release arrows. They shouted, and they all turned and fled, and the soldier wounded in the leg did not seem to be very badly wounded, and although he was limping up, he was not slow.
The soldiers of the Donghu army saw the wounded soldiers of the Han army fleeing, they raised their weapons one after another, cut with knives at close range, and shot with arrows from afar, and in the blink of an eye, several wounded soldiers of the Han army were lying on the ground, and the soldier with the wounded thigh ran not far, an arrow flew in, pierced through the heart, he danced with his hands, and fell straight down.
"Brother~~~~~" On the city, the Han soldier saw that the result of his words and reminders was actually to kill his brother, screamed, and suddenly jumped down from the city!
Although Bai Qi's hand was already extended, it was only three inches away from the soldier, and he watched the soldier fall heavily under the city, and he saw that he was not alive.
Under the city, the wounded soldiers of the Han army were in a mess, walking in the direction of the city would be shot by their own people, and they would be killed by the Donghu army when they turned around and fled, they were scurrying back and forth like headless ants, and the cries for help and begging for mercy were endless.
"Woo~~~~~" The piercing horn suddenly sounded!
A few miles away, smoke and dust rose up, and thousands of soldiers of the Donghu Army rushed straight over!
Now that the city is in such chaos, the wounded soldiers of the Han army, whether they want to or not, have already blocked the arrows of the Han army in the city, it is a good time to attack the city, the generals of the Donghu army are not idiots, how can they not take advantage of it? It was at such a time that the Donghu army launched a strong attack!
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" Zhao Zi'an yelled.
Before his words could land, there was a sudden shout from the city, and the wounded soldiers of the Han army rushed straight towards the city, like mad demons. Zhao Zi'an was shocked, and he didn't know what kind of madness these wounded soldiers had, so he wanted to ask, but he saw a team of people almost rushing out of Lu from under his feet, it turned out that the city gate was open!