Another round of crossbow arrows swept by, and Tao Qian's army fell hundreds of soldiers again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After only two rounds of arrows were fired at the head of the city, the three thousand Tao Qian's army was reduced by nearly one-third, and at this time they were still twenty or thirty paces away from the moat, and they couldn't even touch the edge of the moat, let alone set up a passage.

Not only was the soldiers frightened, but the military generals who connected the mission, Zhang Min, began to retreat, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order and order a retreat privately.

Of course, Cao Bao, who was supervising the formation in the back, also saw this situation, he did not expect this situation at all in advance, in the prediction of him and Tao Qian and others, Liu Miao's army that was sticking to Xiapi was only two or three thousand soldiers and horses at most. Looking at it now, there are indeed not many soldiers on the city, but this crossbow arrow is too powerful to even block the big shield.

Cao Bao frowned, then his heart was crossed, and he ordered: "Lu Dai, give you another 3,000 people, go to support Zhang Min, if you don't take the moat, you can't retreat, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

"Whoa!" Lu Dai took the order and left.

Cao Bao ordered again: "Xiao Jian, lead four thousand crossbowmen, follow Lu Dai, and you must suppress the city head for me!" ”

"The last general commands!"

Cao Bao's soldiers and horses moved quickly, and after a while, 7,000 soldiers rushed to Xia Pi City.

In front of them were still the soldiers carrying large shields, and those in the front row were moving in front of them, and those in the back held their shields high above their heads to protect them, and the whole thing looked like a large turtle shell composed of shields. Underneath this large tortoise shell were a group of soldiers carrying long ladders and planks.

Behind this large tortoise shell were as many as 4,000 crossbowmen, ready to shoot at the defenders at the head of Xiapi City.

The vanguard led by Zhang Min was still moving forward with difficulty, and in order to resist the powerful arrows at the head of the city, they overlapped their shields and blocked them in front of them. This had some effect, as it was difficult for the crossbow arrows at the head of the city to penetrate the two large shields, but as a result, the team was much heavier and could only move forward little by little.

The follow-up troops sent by Cao Bao would soon approach Zhang Min's team, and the city wall of Xiapi was about to enter the range of 4,000 crossbowmen.

Xu Da at the head of the city saw Cao Bao's dispatch very clearly, and of course knew Cao Bao's intentions. However, Xu Da was not worried at all, his eyes were firmly locked on the approaching crossbowman. Estimating that the enemy crossbowmen were about to stop shooting arrows, Xu Dacai ordered: "All the divine arm archers listen to the order, target, enemy crossbowmen, shoot!" ”

"Buzz! ……”

Two thousand crossbow arrows flew out of the city almost at the same time, like a dense swarm of wasps, and poured mercilessly towards the crossbowmen behind Tao Qian's army.

"Speed up! Fight back! Xiao Jian, who commanded the crossbowmen, quickly sensed that the city had taken them as a target, and shouted.

But before he could finish speaking, the crossbow bolts had already drilled into their array.

Under the blow of the crossbow arrows, the armor on the crossbowmen's body was useless, and many soldiers were directly nailed to the ground, even if the big shield in front of them blocked some of the crossbow arrows, they still suffered heavy casualties, and the huge formation was directly emptied.

"Quick! Shoot me! ”

Xiao Jian hid behind a heavy shield and shouted loudly.

The surviving crossbowmen quickly found their place and fired arrows at the city, thousands of arrows flying towards the walls.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ……”

However, the effect is completely different from the arrows at the head of the city, the city wall is only just enough for their range, plus the need to shoot at the head of the city, except for some crossbow arrows, almost most of the bows and arrows are blocked by the city wall, even if they reach the head of the city, it is difficult to cause damage.

"Hahaha!"

The soldiers at the head of the city laughed wildly.

"The rabbits in Xuzhou, you haven't eaten breakfast, you can't pull the bow!"

"Soft eggs, you are soft, and the arrows you shoot are also soft, do you want grandpa to teach you how to be a man?"

"Grandson, go home and play in the mud!"

“……”

Xu Da waited for the soldiers to vent their emotions for a while before giving the order again.

"The Divine Arm Archers retreat, the Yuan Rong crossbowmen step forward, the target, the enemy crossbowmen, shoot in a row!"

The Divine Arm has an armor-piercing property that can deter enemy soldiers. The Yuanrong crossbow has a burst fire characteristic, which can better suppress the opponent's crossbowmen. At this time, Tao Qianjun's crossbow array was less than fifty steps away from the city wall, which was completely within the killing range of Yuanrong's crossbowmen, and shooting from the top of the city condescendingly had a bonus effect on range and strength.

From the beginning of the Yuan Rong crossbowmen's shooting, Tao Qian's army's crossbow array was completely dumb, and all the crossbowmen were only looking for shields or bunkers that could withstand the arrows.

At this time, a herald came to Cao Bao to report, "General, the crossbowmen have been suppressed and cannot get close to the city wall, and there are heavy casualties, General Xiao asks to retreat!" ”

Cao Bao glanced at the direction of the crossbow formation, and sure enough, he saw that Xiao Jian had raised the banner of requesting retreat. Cao Bao couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, raised the scabbard in his hand, and slapped the herald fiercely, scolding: "Waste! It's all rubbish! Zhang Min didn't retreat, why did he retreat? Go tell me Xiao Jian, if you dare to retreat, I will kill him! Beat the drums, keep beating the drums for me! ”

Cao Bao could see clearly that although the crossbowmen suffered a lot of losses, they bought time for the foot soldiers in front, and at this time Zhang Min and Lu Dai had already taken the opportunity to take the foot soldiers to the moat and began to set up a passage on the river.

In fact, Xu Da saw all this very clearly, but he didn't stop it in time, and still ordered Yuan Rong's crossbowmen to keep shooting Tao Qianjun's crossbowmen.

"Give you some hope first, lest you give up too soon!" Xu Da looked in the direction of Tao Qianzhong's military tent with a mocking look on his face.

By the time the passage laid by Tao Qian's army was about to pass halfway, Xu Da had already completed the change of defense at the head of the city, he withdrew all the crossbowmen, and transferred the Wudang Fei army to the city wall.

"Goal! Moat, free fire! ”

With Xu Da's order, the Wudang Fei army drew their bows and arrows one after another, aiming at Tao Qian's soldiers who were rushing to lay a passage on the moat.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

Thousands of arrows poured down mercilessly, less than thirty paces away, still condescending to shoot, with the superb archery skills of the Wudang Flying Army, Tao Qianjun completely became a live target. After a round of shooting, the moat was almost covered with corpses, and the blood immediately stained the water red.

"Ahh Zhang Min and Lu Dai both shouted, seeing that they were about to succeed, but they fell short.

The arrows at the head of the city were still shooting, except for those soldiers who had long been covered by the big shield, the rest of the soldiers were almost all shot on the spot, and more than half of the Tao Qian army was killed and wounded.

"Retreat! Retreat! ”

Zhang Min and Lu Dai both had red eyes and gave the order to retreat.