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Ni Tao faced the wind and quietly felt the glorious momentum of the ten thousand troops.

The dust kicked up made the air around it smell faintly loess.

There were still a few guards guarding the city beside him, and at a cursory glance, there were only a thousand people, no different from the sentry posts in the past, and there was only a trace of coldness on his face.

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At the rear of the army, after the smoke and dust had cleared, Gong Zhongyu finally began to move forward, and he stopped at a place where he could see the general situation on the castle. Of course, this place will not be affected by the attack of the Wei army.

Holding the reins of the horse, Gong Zhong looked at it extravagantly, but he couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw that there were only a thousand Wei soldiers on the city tower. A dark color of surprise appeared on his face instantly.

But before the siege, the news from various scouts was that there were no ambushes nearby. There are no suspicious signs.

Since there is no ambush, what kind of war is the Wei army? Gong Zhongxuan, who had already been dazed by a series of conspiracies of the Wei army, really couldn't figure out the intentions of the Wei army.

And the most important thing is that the Wei soldiers on the city wall don't seem to be ready for battle, just like the guards on weekdays, a long ge or spear, the body stands straight, and the formation is neat and orderly.

However, this was different from any pre-war scene that Gong Zhong had ever seen. This is undoubtedly a headache.

But in any case, the army of more than 40,000 people had already charged, and at this time it was less than two hundred steps away from Yicheng.

The army had begun its final adjustment under the command of Han Ju, and the tall and heavy ladder was carried on the shoulders of the twelve soldiers. Unlike in the past, this time the public was affected by the previous first battle.

The same let the soldiers prepare a wooden shield, if a single wooden shield is heavy, the defense is still quite optimistic, but for the soldiers who march quickly and carry a ladder, the wooden shield on the other hand will not be too thick, and the distance may be safe.

But if you go within thirty steps, at best, you will reduce the power of the bow and arrow, and the damage you will take is much less.

This is also a way out of the question.

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On top of the city walls at the moment. Ni Tao still stood casually with his back to his back. Although he was also very worried at the moment.

After all, all the operational planning was in accordance with Wu Ming's arrangement.

He himself never had these talents, but he always felt that Wu Ming's methods were the same as when he fought with the Qin people for the first time, they were all in the middle of the fire and extremely dangerous.

But this method also made him understand that while he was worried, the enemy often couldn't figure out what he was going to do. Marching and fighting, it is indifferent to life and death, who is not afraid of death, and is afraid that he will not be able to survive if he puts himself in danger.

But the enemy may be more afraid of being in danger and fearful. Obviously, this time the public extravagance was like this from the beginning.

After the battle outside the city, Ni Tao has grown a lot. So much so that the second time he went out of the city to meet the enemy, just a wave of arrows rained down as if he was training soldiers and horses, and easily collected the lives of nearly 4,000 Han soldiers.

Ni Tao could even see that the few recruits on the city tower who had not gone out to participate in the battle had begun to tremble, and in the real face of tens of thousands of troops, their emotions were no longer something that they could control if they wanted to.

At this moment, the Wei soldiers armed with bows and crossbows began to climb the city wall along the stairs on both sides, but as soon as they came up, they were signaled by the thousand people under their command to bow their heads and half-squat down along the side of the city wall.

After reaching a certain position, there will also be a thousand people who will roughly arrange where they will hide and wait for the attack.

At a cursory glance, there were about 5,000 crossbowmen who came up this time. When the troops were first divided from the Hedong military camp, there were 40,000 foot soldiers here, of which 10,000 spearmen were stationed fifty miles outside the northern city.

The other 30,000 soldiers have been killed in several battles, and the number of wounded soldiers has reached 6,000, and there are nearly 1,000 wounded.

It was calculated that there were a total of 33,000 soldiers in Yicheng at this time. And the original 10,000 crossbowmen are now 5,000.

And they were all arranged on the city wall by Ni Tao. This is also what Wu Ming meant at the beginning, but it is also a common sense, in the stage when the enemy is charging at the siege, only long-range bow and crossbow attacks can cause damage.

Gazing quietly, Ni Tao's eyes saw a distance of fifty steps outside the city, that is, from there, the potholes between fifty and thirty steps were relatively sparse.

Within thirty and ten paces, the area was already a dense area of potholes. This is the important part of this siege.

"Kill...... Rush to the city wall and capture General Wei alive. ”

"Kill ......"

At this moment, the Wei soldiers huddled inside the city wall could already hear the deafening shouts of the Han army under the city.

The footsteps of the army charging have begun to shake the sky. The sound of the swish echoed the ears of every soldier on both sides.

Just as the Han army marched to a distance of about a few steps from the city, the soldiers carrying the ladder and carrying enough money had already begun to raise the wooden shields in their hands.

In siege warfare, the casualties of the besieging side are several times that of the defending side, and the distance of the charge should be as few casualties as possible. For the South Korean army, which was not very well prepared, if the soldier carrying the ladder was shot, it was natural that other soldiers would carry the ladder and continue, which was undoubtedly a move that greatly delayed the efficiency of the front.

Therefore, the soldiers in the Korean army who carried the ladder were temporarily equipped with wooden shields.

At this time, Gong Zhongxuan had also come to a distance of 100 steps outside the city, and the generals and soldiers were united, and the general was beating the drums behind him, which undoubtedly made the soldiers more full of fighting spirit.

During the advance, the Korean army in the middle of the column and the longbowmen in the siege phalanx on the left took the bow and arrow one step ahead, and fifty paces away, directly aimed at the defenders on the city wall from the bottom of the city.

The large two-foot-long bow and arrow were directly pulled by the longbowmen with unusually bent bodies.

With a soft "bang", the arrow left the bowstring in an instant.

Ni Tao, who has always been as steady as a mountain and confident, actually showed a look of horror at this moment. The longbow soldiers of the Korean army, the only type of army that the Korean army can handle, let him leave behind at this time.

Only a thousand guards showed their heads, undoubtedly confusing the Korean army. Recruit guards were chosen to give them a feel for the battlefield.

But all the reasons and ultimate goals of these two points cannot show that Ni Tao turned a blind eye to the life and death of these thousand soldiers and ignored them.

They are not standing here to die.

"Beware of hidden ......"

Yuan opened his eyes, and in a hurry, Ni Tao blurted out and shouted.

Under the city, 3,000 arrows pierced the sky and shot straight into the sky with a roar.