When Xie Ai successfully killed Ma Qiu and cut off the retreat of Hu Lu's main force, Xue Tao was fighting a bloody battle with Hu in Zhuo County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Under the continuous strong attack of Qianhu, the entire Zhuoxian defense line was in danger, and more and more Hulu attacked the city wall.

At the same time, the defenders suffered heavy casualties and could only rely on the favorable terrain to carry out desperate counterattacks.

The main general Xue Tao knew the importance of defending Zhuo County, and saw that the city was in danger of being breached, although he was not shocked on the surface, he was actually secretly ready to die in the city, in order to repay the kindness of the great Sima.

In the past few days, although the defenders have inflicted heavy casualties on Hulu, they themselves have suffered more than half of their own casualties. Now there are only more than 20,000 soldiers left in the entire city, and there are more than 300,000 Hulu outside the city, so the situation is very unoptimistic.

Zhuoxian is the southern gateway of Jicheng, once it is broken by Qianhu, Hu Lu will come to Jicheng City.

And Jicheng is no different from the 'capital' in the minds of all Liaodong people, and as a Liaodong soldier, a Hulu will never be allowed to step into Jicheng.

It was with this idea that the soldiers of the defending army desperately sniped Hu Lu, and they could hold on as long as they could, and tried their best to hold on until the main force of the Liaodong Army returned.

Xue Tao, who was directing the defenders to fight, suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the Hulu under the city, turned around and looked, and found that a section of the city wall in the south had been lost, and a large number of Hulu were pouring up the city wall from the gap!

"Is Zhuo County going to be lost?" When Xue Tao saw this scene, his face changed greatly, and the ring head knife almost fell to the ground.

At this time, he saw a soldier covered in blood stumbling in front of him, and said with a crying voice: "My lord, the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, and the southern city wall has been lost!" ”

"What's going on? What about the defenders? Where are the defenders? How can you let Hu Lu break through the defense? ”

Frightened, Xue Tao raised his eyes and found that there was no longer a large force of Liaodong Army standing on the entire south wall, and the shadows were all Hu Lu. It turned out that after several days of bloody fighting, the disadvantage of the defenders was finally revealed. Even though Xue Tao brought his guards to reinforce everywhere, he still couldn't stop Hu Lu from breaking through more and more city walls.

"Brothers, don't panic, Hu Lu just occupied a small section of the city wall, Zhuoxian is still in our hands, as long as everyone persists, reinforcements will arrive immediately."

After comforting his subordinates, Xue Tao led the guards and strode towards Hu Lu. Unfortunately, once there was a gap in the city wall, coupled with the weakness of the troops, it was difficult for the defenders on the city wall to block more and more Hulu, and soon thousands of people poured into the city wall from the gap.

The sun began to turn west, and Xue Tao, who was covered in blood, struggled to kill the Hu that was blocking in front of him, seeing that there were more and more Hu Hulu on the city wall, he had to take out the killer weapon that had been hidden, and gave an attack order to the crossbowmen who had been hiding in the city for a long time and holding many crossbows.

The crossbowmen, who had been impatient for a long time, suddenly rushed out, and used the repeater in their hands to shoot at the hulu that kept surging up at the gap.

Hu Lu, who was originally excited about breaking through the defenders' defense line, suddenly felt a darkness in front of him, and countless arrows rained down, and countless Hu Lu fell to the ground and died directly after being hit by arrows head-on.

In the blink of an eye, the thousands of Hulu who had just poured onto the city wall were suddenly shot like headless flies, and the originally neat formation suddenly became chaotic, and the Liaodong Army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and finally filled the gap.

At this point, Xue Tao quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and the crossbowmen killed at the most critical moment, and finally saved the precarious situation.

Obviously, this crossbowman was a secret weapon in Xue Tao's hands, each of them had several crossbows in their hands that could be fired continuously, and wave after wave of continuous arrow rain continued to attack the Qihu soldiers, and thousands of Hulu who had just climbed the city wall from the gap were instantly devastated.

"Whoosh!" The sound of arrows breaking through the air continued to sound, Hu Lu fell one after another, and Qianhu, who had originally had the upper hand, was suddenly recovered by the Liaodong Army and completely stabilized the situation in Zhuo County.

At the same time, Xue Tao commanded the sword and shield soldiers, protecting the two wings of the crossbowmen, and the two sides cooperated seamlessly to crush the Hulu all the way forward, leaving a broken arm and stump along the way, and soon the Hulu on the southern city wall was cleaned up.

"Kill! Kill! Kill all the Hulu! ”

The defenders, who had long been holding their breath, shouted neat slogans, and with the assistance of the crossbowmen, they pressed towards the remnants of the Hu Lu like crazy. Hu Lu, who was already distracted by the crossbowmen, suddenly lost his hostile courage when he saw the more powerful sword and shield soldiers, and many Hu Lu saw that the situation was not good, and turned around and fled along the ladder.

The crossbowmen armed with crossbows cleanly cleared the southern city wall from the cara, and then divided into two teams to advance to the east and west sections of the city wall.

The crossbowmen were apparently specially trained, and they were in a line of three, the first row kneeling, the second row half-bent, and the third row standing, with the black pressure and the crossbow facing the hug.

"First row, shoot!" With the general's order.

The crossbowmen in the first row suddenly pulled the mechanism, and suddenly a large cloud flew out, covering the surrounding Hu Lu, who was still standing on the wall, was suddenly shot by the arrow and fell to the ground weakly.

"Second row, shoot!"

"The third row comes forward, the first row is ready!"

Yes~~! The screams of the Qianghu rang out incessantly, apparently blinded by the continuous fire of the crossbowmen. Gradually, he could only rely on his bow and arrow to shoot the crossbowmen from a distance, and one of the marching crossbowmen was suddenly hit by an arrow in the chest, and unfortunately fell to the ground and died.

At this moment, the sword and shield soldiers bravely stood in front of the crossbowmen with their shields held high, shielding them from the arrows fired by the Hu Lu archers, so that the crossbowmen could use their hand crossbows to attack the Hu Lu with confidence.

Whether it was Hu Lu who was fighting fiercely on the wall, or Shile under the city, they were blinded by the sudden attack of the defenders' crossbowmen. Especially Shi Le, originally he saw that his side successfully broke through the city wall, thinking that he would take Zhuoxian County nine times out of ten, but who knew that a team of crossbowmen was killed halfway, and when he reacted, he was stunned to find that the advantages that had just been obtained with great difficulty were all lost.

"Quick, quick, let Shi Hu send reinforcements quickly!"

Shi Le was in a hurry to jump to his feet under the city, eager to lead the troops up in person, but considering the endless crossbow arrows on the city, he still dispelled this idea. Now he is at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he has long since lost the competitiveness of his youth.

When Shi Hu heard this, he was about to personally lead some soldiers along the ladder to the wall, when he suddenly trembled in his heart, making him stop involuntarily, and then stretched out his hand to make a stop movement, the rebel soldiers behind him didn't know why, but they still stopped according to the order.

Soon, I saw several bed crossbows popping up on the city, and their target was Shi Hu's location. Shi Hu, who had already seen the power of the Liaodong bed crossbow, suddenly changed his face, and he immediately withdrew and retreated into the formation, and soon hid behind the heavy shields.

Just as Shi Hu had just hid his body, he went to hear a sound of breaking the air, and the arrows instantly penetrated Hu Lu's body like lightning. The Kahu soldier who was rushing forward suddenly felt a huge impact, and then the whole person was forcibly stopped from moving forward, and then he was taken back a few steps and fell to the ground.

Shi Hu was also taken aback by the terrifying lethality of the bed crossbow, and he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he stayed far away. The hundreds of Hulu who were still standing just now immediately fell to the ground, and after a few struggles, they were no longer silent.

"Liaodong is mighty!"

The crossbowmen greatly boosted the morale of the defenders and alleviated the fear caused by the temporary loss of the city walls, and many soldiers cheered.

With the crossbowmen on board, the defenders once again held the situation firmly on the walls. However, Xue Tao, the main general of the defenders, did not have a trace of excitement, because he knew that this was the last killer weapon in his hands, and if the reinforcements could not arrive in time, Zhuoxian would definitely not last long.

In the past few days, the bloody battles have been incessant, and the losses on both sides have been very serious, with the Liaodong Army losing more than 20,000 people and the Hulu also losing more than 80,000 people.

Shile really underestimated the strength of the defenders, especially the lack of means to defend the city with endless defense equipment.

According to Shi Le's estimate, if it weren't for the sharp equipment of the Liaodong Army, Zhuoxian would have been in his pocket at this time. If this battle is ultimately lost, he will never admit that he was defeated at the hands of the Liaodong army, but at the hands of the vast number of Liaodong craftsmen.

It was not until this moment that Shi Le had to admit that his talent was far inferior to Wei Shuo, and the other party had long realized the harm of the family and the benefits of the craftsman, and took effective measures, while he went further and further along the wrong path. (To be continued.) )