"General Pang, the offensive of the thief army continues, they want to drag our army to death!" A sweaty lieutenant ran to the city gate tower and reported to Pang Zhong, who had been standing on the city gate tower to watch the battle.

"Ben will know, and order the brothers, try to delay the gap between the two shots, aim and shoot again, don't insist until it gets dark and run out!" Pang Zhong gave the order with a dark face.

Each group of sergeants had fired at least ten rounds of arrows, and the physical exhaustion had begun to appear, and the height and strength of the sergeants' arrows were already a little worse than at the beginning.

This is a very bad phenomenon, Pang Zhong knows that if this continues, the sergeant will not be able to rest, and many people will not be able to pull the bow.

Pang Zhong also knew that the rebels must know that the number of defenders on the head of Hantong Pass was not large, and there was no way to rotate, so they would attack the city without stopping, the purpose was to use continuous attacks to consume the strength of the defenders on the city, or consume the arrows in the city.

When the arrows fired from the top of the city were sparse and the range was near, it was time for the rebels to attack on a larger scale.

Although the lethality of the bow and arrow shot from the city to the city is weaker, it still has a very high lethality. Until now, the rebels had never had the opportunity to shoot at the head of the city on a large scale, and only a few scattered arrows were fired into the city, but there would definitely be next!

Pang Zhong had already commanded the sergeants to repel five charges of five or six hundred rebels on the scale of five or six hundred rebels, and at the cost of dozens of casualties, more than 1,000 rebels were killed.

Pang Zhongduo hoped that reinforcements would arrive so that they would have time to take turns to rest, and he also looked back at the direction of Suitong Pass behind him from time to time, hoping to see the reinforcements arrive, but unfortunately he never saw it.

Pang Zhong also knew that neither Ge Shuhan nor Yang Xi would send reinforcements, because the number of defenders of Suitong Pass City behind was also seriously insufficient, and that was the focus of defense, and it was the final gateway to guard Chang'an.

The battle-hardened Sui Tong Pass is too dilapidated, and it is difficult to hold it with the current forces near Tong Pass.

He also knew that even if Yang Xi or Ge Shuhan would send reinforcements, it would not be at this time, at least after a certain period of time, when they were already fighting with the rebels, then it would be most effective to send reinforcements.

In other words, in this situation, even if the follow-up reinforcements have arrived in Suitong Pass, no one will rescue them now.

Pang Zhong also knew perfectly well that the danger of Suitong Pass was several times that of Hantong Pass, and if he commanded all his men, he would only deploy a small number of troops in the dilapidated Hantong Pass, which would play a delaying role. He will definitely use a small number of troops to defend the Hantong Pass, stop the advance of the rebels at any cost, and buy time for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

He once again thought of the word "lost pawns to protect the car", and he believed that they were "pawns" abandoned by Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan, who were going to sacrifice their two thousand men and horses to defend the Hantong Pass and delay the rebels' attack. As soon as he thought of this, Pang Zhong's heart was gloomy. Although Lingbao was defeated, and the 100,000 soldiers and horses he led were almost wiped out, it was impossible for the imperial court not to be held accountable. But to be abandoned like an outcast, he is always unwilling!

Just when Pang Zhong was worried and emotional, Yang Xi's order came, that is, let them pay attention to the rhythm of the rebel attack, and find a way to ensure the physical strength of the sergeants, no matter what, they must hold on until dark, and after the dark is more unfavorable to the rebels' attack, then arrange a suspicious formation, so that the rebels do not dare to attack the city easily, and then they will safely retreat to the Sui Tong Pass in the back. Hearing Yang Xi's order, the faint resentment in Pang Zhong's heart just now was also eliminated a lot, and he also admired Yang Xi, who was watching the battle, for being able to see the rebels' intentions.

It is not easy for such a young man to be able to see the intentions of the rebels after watching the battle for a while, at least many people who are fighting in the city do not see the true intentions of the rebels, and even Li Fude in the other direction may not be completely clear.

Yang Xi did not give up on them, but ordered them to hold out until dark, and found a way to arrange a suspicious formation, so that the rebels thought that they had not given up the Hantong Pass, but strengthened the defense, so that the rebels could not easily attack the city. This would cover their safe retreat, and at the same time, it would confuse the rebels so that they would not find out that they had abandoned Tongguan City.

After listening to Yang Xi's order clearly, Pang Zhong spontaneously felt a sense of gratitude, and he also knew that it was inappropriate to be grateful to Yang Xi at this time, but this feeling could not be hidden, so it was born naturally.

Feeling good and energetic, Pang Zhong gave his latest order in a very powerful voice, that is, to order the soldiers to extend the time of two rounds of arrows, and shoot after the rebels have advanced some distance, unless the rebels speed up the pace of attack.

With the issuance of Pang Zhong's order, the arrows flying down from the city were less dense, but this did not make the rebel soldiers besieging the city feel any sense of happiness, and the threat of death did not go away, as they advanced, the lethality of the arrows shot down from the city was also increasing. In the summer, people can not fit more thick armor, the siege sergeant in addition to the shield raised, there is almost no other equipment that can resist arrows, and the shield is not able to effectively prevent the arrows shot from several directions in the city, if you are not careful, a certain part of the body will be hit by the arrow, after the arrow, the shield in the hand will naturally not be held firmly, without the cover of the shield almost became the target of the Tang army.

The casualties of the besieging rebels were not less, but they had the opportunity to shoot some arrows towards the city, but the arrows fired in a hurry either did not fall on the city, or did not have a great impact on the defenders on the city, and the defense of the defenders on the city was not disordered.

Li Fu also received Yang Xi's order.

After receiving Yang Xi's order, Li Fu also carefully observed the rebels' attack, immediately understood what was going on, and immediately ordered to adjust the frequency and speed of the shooting.

It's just that his department has not experienced the offensive and defensive battles of Tongguan, and when he saw the rebels attacking wave after wave, he shot continuously desperately, and after the rebels attacked in five rounds, they shot at least several more rounds of arrows than Pang Zhongbu, and the physical consumption of the soldiers was also much more than Pang Zhongbu, some of the sergeants were not able to draw their bows, and the arrows they shot only fell not far from the city, and the arrows shot by some people were not very great even if they were shot at the rebel sergeants. Fortunately, Yang Xi's order came in time, so that Li Fu still had a chance to adjust the arrangement, and he could use hundreds of substitute sergeants for rotation.

Fortunately, the terrain in front of Tongguan City is dangerous, and the rebels can't launch a larger-scale attack, otherwise it would be a dangerous time now, and maybe many ladders will be erected on the city's head!

But everyone knows that the harder time is yet to come!

Everyone knows that the hardest time is coming!