The rumbling sound of horses' hooves became more and more dense as the speed of the Xiliang army accelerated, and the cavalry in the rear formation began to shout and shout, slap their shields, and hit each other's blades, and the entire battlefield boiled.

The crossbowmen of the Sichuan army on the city wall fired arrows at the Western Liang scattered cavalry, and the Western Liang cavalry immediately widened the distance between them, and fired a corner bow from behind, took off the reins of the horse with both hands, and pulled the bow and arrows.

Thousands of arrows formed a black cloud and covered the city, pressing towards the Sichuan army at a throwing angle, and many soldiers were unprepared and were shot in the body.

This angular bow is not very powerful, and in the case of simple armor, it is almost not fatal, but it can just shoot through light armor, inflict damage on soldiers, reduce the ability to move, and there are arrows shooting, you can't help but dodge.

The projectile bow is dense, which can effectively suppress the enemy army and consume the enemy's combat power.

In fact, this kind of light kill bow and arrow is already the main battle bow and arrow of the Xiliang cavalry, which is not only used to ride and attack the city, but also to fight in the plains, it is also a sharp weapon, it can't kill you, it can hurt you, the cavalry shoots off the horse, and the infantry is inconvenient to move when shot, and can only be trampled by the subsequent cavalry charge.

Moreover, this kind of horn bow can also effectively reduce the mortality rate of horses on the battlefield, and the texture is light, which is really a magic weapon for the invincible Xiliang army.

And such a magic weapon can only be used by the Xiliang army and the nomadic army, which are good at riding and shooting.

Five thousand Xiliang cavalry charged in an S shape to fifty meters away from the wall, and the bows and crossbows and arrows on the pass shot towards the cavalry, because the formation of the Xiliang army was too open, the horses were fast, and the damage was minimal, but when the Xiliang army was moving fast, they threw out bows and arrows, and smashed their heads and faces to the defenders, and the defenders could hardly raise their heads.

The Xiliang army stopped advancing fifty meters away, pulled out the horse's hooves, galloped in parallel directions, rolled up puffs of dust and smoke, and retreated in the direction of another group of cavalry stationing horses.

"What a great cavalryman." Fa is under the shield guard. Looking at the past from the gap, he said to Liu Zhang: "The Xiliang Army can not only ride and shoot on the horse, but also the war horse is not in a straight line, and it can control the horse so effectively, it is worthy of being the first elite rider in the world." ”

"I don't hate it." Liu Zhang slammed his fist on the wall battlement and said fiercely.

The first team of Xiliang rode the S-shaped route to attack and returned in a straight line. When they reached the place where the other group of cavalry was stationed, the other group of horsemen began to mount their horses and slowly march towards the opposite cavalry, and the opposite cavalry team also began to move after the last of the first group of cavalry entered the range of the bow and arrow of the city wall, and the first group of cavalry began to station their horses one after another.

The three teams of Xiliang cavalry formed a cyclic attack formation of cavalry shooting, and the arrows fired at the head of the city were endless, and the Xiliang army still had a short time to rest their horses.

The sound of horses' hooves "stomping" resounded in front of the pass, and the dust and smoke were loud. The Western Liang cavalry galloped through the dust and smoke, drawing the horned bow into a full moon.

The city is raining arrows.

Under the condition of fast galloping and cavalry shooting, coupled with the skillful horsemanship, the casualties of the Xiliang army were minimal, and a large number of Sichuan soldiers were injured at the head of the city. Bleeding, he continued to endure the suppression of the arrows of the Xiliang army, and he had almost no power to fight back.

"Lord, it's not a way to go on like this, the Xiliang Army is consuming the combat power of our army. Prepare for a real siege. Fa Zheng said loudly.

Looking at those Xiliang fierce horsemen, he wondered: "This Xiliang army is galloping in a twist and turn, why is the rear team and the cavalry fifty steps away." Arrows just hit the wall? Does Xiliang Army know demon law? ”

"Inertia." Liu Zhang replied casually, the gallop of the Xiliang Army's war horse, S-shaped forward, turning, parallel galloping and shooting, the distance between the front and back is different, the soldiers of parallel riding and shooting are the closest, without the help of horsepower, and the soldiers in the rear team are all shooting sharp arrows when the horse's hooves gallop forward, and the horsepower makes up for the range of the arrows.

In the perennial cavalry battles, these Xiliang troops have already figured out a set of accurate cavalry shooting methods.

Liu Zhang looked at the soldiers at the head of the city, although the soldiers who were hit by the arrow were not deeply injured, but their bodies were injured, and they were suppressed in this way, which not only increased the depression of being beaten passively and reduced morale, but also consumed physical strength as the blood flowed out.

"Withdraw a part of the defending soldiers, retreat into the city ladder, be ready to replenish the defense at any time, raise all shields diagonally to avoid throwing arrows, lie low, and block parallel shooting with wall battlements."

Liu Zhang ordered in a deep voice, and the order was conveyed quickly.

The Xiliang army continued to mount and shoot, and the three cavalry teams on the left flank attacked the city for the first hour, until the horsepower was exhausted, and all the arrows in the quiver were shot, and the cavalry returning from fifty paces away did not stop at the horse and retreated to the main formation, and at the same time, the three teams of cavalry on the right wing of the Xiliang army came out of the column and marched towards Yangping Pass.

Riding on horseback, slowly, speeding up, and entering the attack queue, the two armies fit together perfectly, and continue to shoot sharp arrows at the head of the city.

The Castle River army was completely suppressed.

"." Liu Zhang couldn't help but curse, he hadn't fought such a battle, and turned around to look at the Xiliang Army who was riding and shooting from the gap in the wall.

The six teams of cavalry in front and behind the Xiliang Army carried out covering shooting for two hours, and the charging formation of the Xiliang Army finally changed, and Ma Chao's Chinese army began to move, and about 30,000 people approached Yangping Pass.

Two hundred paces away, about 10,000 people of the Xiliang army dismounted, the queue was separated, and several cannon-like things were moved out from inside.

The cavalry dismounted into infantry, about 2,000 people supported the city chariot to approach Yangping Pass, and 10,000 cavalry guards on each wing, slowly stepped on the horse, accelerated, charged, and rode and shot.

The formation of this cavalry shooting is completely different from the previous S-shaped charging formation, the two wings of the escort cavalry present two narrow small U-shaped charges, the cavalry kills in a straight line to the moat sand bed of the city pass, less than twenty-five steps away from the pass, shoots arrows, turns the horse's head, gallops out of parallel for several meters, and immediately turns and kills back.

The arrows of the two wings no longer cover the blow, but all shoot directly above the city gate, the arrow rain is dense, almost opaque, such arrow rain, not to mention the arrows, even the wooden sticks are added together, it is enough to knock the guards into the air, and the soldiers directly above the city gate are almost washed in blood.

Then, the infantry of the Xiliang Army began to rush to the city gate with a huge rushing cart.

The Xiliang soldiers began to officially attack the city, Liu Zhang looked at it, his expression twisted, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Huang Zhong." ”

"The end will be."

"Personally lead the soldiers to guard the city gate, the number is not large, but there must be enough reserves, one team at a time to take over the defense of the city."

The dense arrow rain of the Xiliang army is too lethal, and there are many people, so it can only become a live target.

"Yes." Huang Zhong took the order and left.

"Yang Ren."

"The end will be."

"Concentrate defensive weapons on the defenders above the city gates, tung oil, and rolling wood. The boulders must be continuously transported, mobilize all the bows and crossbows to the city, distribute enough arrows, ignore the cavalry soldiers of the Xiliang army, and shoot arrows at the Xiliang infantry. ”

"Yes."

Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, except for the Xiliang army, which rushed to the city. Without building enough siege equipment, it is impossible to fly to the city, Liu Zhang has already thought of the siege method of the Xiliang army, which is to use cavalry to suppress the city head, and rush the city car to open the city gate.

As long as the cavalry breaks into the pass, no one can stop the combat power of the Liang soldiers in the west, and they can only abandon the city when the time comes.

Therefore, the most important thing is to defend the city gate, and never let the Xiliang soldiers break through the city gate.

After two rounds of arrow rain. The infantry of the Western Liang Army attacked the sand bed of the moat.

The cavalry that dismounted was still cavalry, and the Xiliang soldiers were still brave, and the huge city chariot was difficult to control if it was a farmer. The Xiliang army was like a commander, and hundreds of people supported the huge city cart and rushed towards the sand bed of the moat.

"Ho, ha."

The Xiliang army roared in unison. The wheeled cart sped up violently, and rushed towards the sand bed of the moat, which was thick under the rush of the giant trees. Loosen violently.

I didn't count it, but I heard a "boom", the first row of moat sand beds were broken, sand splashed, a gap was opened in the moat sand bed, and the city car rushed to the second layer of moats.

The U-shaped cavalry firing array of the Xiliang cavalry has been closed, forming a two-cycle cavalry shooting system, and the rain of arrows continues to cover the head of Yangping Pass, and the defenders of the city head have suffered heavy casualties.

At the same time, all the arrows of the Sichuan army shot at the infantry of Xiliang Chongmu, and the arrows rained down like locusts, and the casualties of the Xiliang soldiers also increased sharply, and the two sides really entered a bloody battle.

The defenders at the head of the city were swept away so quickly that two soldiers had just picked up a log to be dropped, when a dozen arrows were fired, and one soldier was shot several arrows and fell down at once, and the log smashed on the feet of the other soldier, screaming.

The Xiliang soldiers rushed through the three-layer sand bed and crashed into the city gate, and the huge and rapid city truck crashed into the heavy iron gate, making a huge "frame" sound, and Liu Zhang and the Sichuan soldiers felt that their feet were trembling.

Tung oil was splashed under the city through the pry support, poured on the Xiliang soldiers and Chongmu, and at the same time shot rockets, many Xiliang soldiers were on fire, rolling all over the ground, and were nailed to the ground by the arrows shot by the Sichuan army.

"Bang, bang." Under the cover of the cavalry, the Xiliang infantry accelerated the rushing car from a distance of more than ten meters, and slammed into the city gate, and the soldiers who protected Chongmu were killed and wounded, and the infantry behind them immediately made up for it.

The city gate trembled, the gray stone fell, and the Sichuan soldiers behind the city gate moved all kinds of heavy objects to resist, and used solid wood to support the city gate, these soldiers knew exactly what the consequences of the city gate being knocked open, and the Xiliang soldiers who rode and shot would immediately rush in and trample them into flesh.

Everyone tried their best, the muscles on their faces condensed together, the autumn heat invaded their bodies, and sweat rained down.

The fierce battle for the city gate, accompanied by the cavalry shooting of the Xiliang soldiers, the Sichuan army fell the hot tung oil, shot down the rockets, and smashed the rolling wood and thunder stones, and the war between the two sides entered a white heat.

The siege team of 3,000 people of the Xiliang army soon ran out, the living wood was burned black, the inside became brittle, the wooden blocks of the city gate continued to fall off, and finally it was broken, and the general Pang De immediately commanded the next team of Xiliang soldiers to support the second rushing car and enter the siege queue.

The two sides fought fiercely, from the three poles of the sun to dusk, Pang De personally organized the infantry to attack several times, the Sichuan army continued to replenish the garrison, and finally could hold the city gate, and the Xiliang army ran out of horsepower and arrows, and retreated.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Sichuan army suffered a lot of casualties, and the wounded battalion once again increased countless wounded soldiers, Liu Zhang looked at these wounded soldiers and deeply knew the importance of armor, if it was equipped with Roman heavy ring armor, the cavalry of the Xiliang army would not have any effect.

Hoplites, elite cavalry, elephant soldiers, these elite soldiers, Liu Zhang is deeply aware of their importance, but the Southwest Silk Road is not open, these are all fantasies.

"My lord." Fa Zheng followed Liu Zhang to inspect the wounded barracks, and said as he walked: "I didn't expect the Xiliang cavalry to attack the city so strongly, Ma Chao will come back tomorrow, and his subordinates suggested that all bows and arrows be taken out, whether they are crossbowmen or not, bows and arrows will be issued." ”

"Exactly." Liu Zhang frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The Xiliang soldiers attacked the city, and there were almost no short-handed encounters, and the bow and arrow were indeed the most lethal weapons, but. Liu Zhang thought for a while and said: "Ma Chao won't be so stupid, I believe that the Xiliang army must be building siege equipment, and when they have siege equipment, I think these dismounted Xiliang soldiers are no worse than infantry." That's when it's the hardest. ”

Fa Zheng nodded worriedly.

"Tsing Yi Qiang." Liu Zhang silently recited a sentence, today's siege of the city, once again confirmed this, Tsing Yi Qiang is indeed unable to work, but because there is no person to take the lead, the snake looks at the turtle, and there is no way to speak.

Wounded soldiers were inspected. Liu Zhang walked out of the wounded barracks, and saw Guan Yinping pulling arrows for a soldier outside the camp to heal his wounds, with a serious expression on his face, and even his eyes were full of care and kindness, not like pretentiousness.

"Lord, I killed five horse bandits today, you have to remember, there are still ninety-five before you can marry a beautiful daughter-in-law." It's so powerful that he said loudly.

The woman on the collapsed curtain clenched her pink fist and gritted her teeth.

"I remember."

Liu Zhang replied. Walking towards Guan Yinping, looking at Guan Yinping's skillful bandaging of wounds, Liu Zhang asked with a smile: "Third Sister Guan, why are you so skilled, were you born in a military family?" Who is your father? ”

"Your Excellency is so smart. But my father is a petty officer, and I won't know Uncle Huang with such a noble status. Guan Yinping replied casually.

"Clever you ghost." Liu Zhang said something in his heart, Guan Yinping panicked about his own words, and slapped himself on the back. Sure enough, flattery cannot be listened to casually.

Liu Zhang smiled and said to Guan Yinping: "I see, Ben Hou has always guessed it. ”

Guan Yinping knotted the soldier's gauze and despised Liu Zhang in his heart. You're going to have to you, you're being cheated and still feeling good, stupid.

"Since the girl is from a military family and is good at bandaging, it is accurate to see you shoot arrows in the city today, how about this official make you a captain?"

Ma Yunlu, who was not far away, heard Liu Zhang's words and immediately became angry, not because Liu Zhang wanted to seal the silver screen as a captain, but because of the previous sentence.

"Captain?" Guan Yinping was stunned for a moment, and bowed to Liu Zhang disappreciatively: "Then thank you, sir." "Anyway, I don't suffer.

"Still called an adult? Since he has inherited the military position, he should be called the lord. Liu Zhang looked at Guan Yinping and said with a smile.

"Huh?" Guan Yinping looked up at Liu Zhang in surprise, only then did he know that he had fallen into Liu Zhang's da, the lord of the Han Dynasty was not something that could be called out casually, the Han people were based on loyalty and righteousness, and once they called out, they could not change it in their lives unless there was a major reason, even if it was changed for a major reason, it would also stain their career.

How dare Guan Yinping call Liu Zhang's father, she is Guan Yu's daughter, Guan Yu educates his children regardless of gender, and all of them are based on not disgrace him, so Guan Yinping can be high in martial arts, and in the same way, Guan Yinping must also have the loyalty of Guan Yu.

If it were someone else, in such a last resort, you could barely scream, but you can't close the silver screen.

He called Liu Zhang's father-in-law and let his father know, even if Liu Bei and Liu Zhang were hostile in the future, Guan Yu would not let Guan Yinping change his court.

Guan Yinping fully believed that if he betrayed Liu Zhang, even if he Guan Yu was chased into Maicheng by Liu Zhang at that time, he would not hesitate to kill this disloyal daughter.

Guan Yinping thought of that situation, and couldn't help shuddering, and called Liu Zhang's father-in-law, whether he wanted it or not, it was all a road to the dark, so what could it be?

"Why aren't you screaming yet?" Liu Zhang carried his hands on his back, and he looked proud and magnificent.

"Third Sister Guan is a low official position, right?" It's so awesome to pout on the side.

Liu Zhang waved his hand generously, "Okay, Captain Wu is indeed wronged, just seal the girl a chief, I'm afraid that others will not be convinced, and when you make military merits, I will immediately seal you above the centurion, how about it?" ”

"Fourteen or fifteen years old should be the elder, don't thank you soon." Guan Yinping looks more mature, so she is so old that she is too old.

She was so anxious to give Guan Yinping a look, as if this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she was even more anxious to lose this opportunity than herself.

"I, I ......" Guan Yinping swallowed, the white and red skin of the little face cramped, I didn't know how to answer, I suddenly remembered what I shouted to the woman on the couch just now, raised my head and said to Liu Zhang: "My lord, it's not that the little woman doesn't want to accept the adult's gift, in fact, the little woman is very happy in her heart, the little woman is a grass people, and it is really an honor to be an official under the emperor's uncle." ”

"But." Guan Yinping's face was lonely: "The so-called merit is not rewarded, now I have no merit of size, so I will be rewarded, not only the other Sichuan army robes are not satisfied, but I myself can't help it, so when the little woman kills a hundred horse bandits, she will gladly accept the reward from the emperor's uncle, and she will be at ease at that time." ”

Liu Zhang said in his heart, at a young age, he is still very witty, much better than other girls of the same age, nodded and said: "That's fine, then I'll wait for Miss Guan to make meritorious contributions." ”

Liu Zhang said and walked away, Guan Yinping patted his chest lightly, and exhaled lightly, at this time Ma Yunlu rushed over and asked loudly: "Sister, how can you be like this?" Don't you know it's my brother out there? Do you still shoot seriously? Wouldn't it be nice if you could shoot casually with a bow and arrow? ”

"Sister, you misunderstood."

"Don't admit it, I heard Liu Zhang say just now, and he also praised you for your good archery skills, and you can shoot arrows in the air?"

"Sister, when will you change your temper? We are in the enemy camp now, don't accidentally show the stuffing, I am at the head of the city, so many people are watching, your brother's army is so dense, I can't shoot every time, the people next to me don't doubt it? ”

"Oh, that's it." Ma Yunlu responded, and his brain did not doubt it.

Guan Yinping suddenly had a weak heart about what he said, and he didn't doubt it? Then there's no need to shoot again and again, right? But why did you shoot yourself at that time?

Guan Yinping didn't know that he didn't like Xiliangbing in his heart, (to be continued.) )

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