The sky was drizzling, and Luo Cheng stood at the juncture and felt the fluttering rain falling on his face, which was extremely cool. He stood there and watched as the soldiers desperately turned the winch to pull the drawbridge up. In the sound of squeaking, the iron-clad city gate at the north entrance was also closed. He tried his best to keep his composure, but his heart kept beating.

"Ready?". He turned to the general Luo Wu and asked.

Luo Wu nodded, his face extremely solemn. As soon as he thought of the most likely outcome, his heart couldn't help but sink to the valley. Thinking of the task given to him by the general, he couldn't help but turn pale.

"Major General, the last general has already sent heralds, and the soldiers and horses from the general's Duguan and Nankou have been transferred here. In addition, several heralds were sent to inform the adults of Zhuo County, Anle County, Yuyang County, Shanggu County and other counties, and asked them to immediately mobilize government soldiers and township soldiers to come over for reinforcements. He also sent an 800-mile urgent messenger to deliver a message to General Linyuguan, and the general could rush back within three days at the earliest. ”

"That's good." Luo Cheng said softly. But he also knew in his heart that these words were just self-comforting. Nowadays, there are still soldiers and horses in Zhuo County, Anle, Yuyang, Shanggu and other counties near the military capital of Hebei. Even if it is those village soldiers, it will take two or three days at the earliest. For such a long time, if it was really Chen Pojun's Liaodong army coming, it would not be able to quench the thirst of the near water.

"Here they are"

A cavalryman gasped and rushed to Guancheng, shouting to Luo Cheng in some panic.

Luo Cheng's complexion changed, the dark path still came after all, and it came so quickly.

"How many people came, did you see what the banner was?". Luo Wu on the side asked carefully. "From afar I saw a great number of horses, all of them cavalry. The handsome flag I saw was the king-shaped flag, and there were still Zhang, Liu and other generals behind it, and there seemed to be some Khitan flags. It is estimated that there were 20,000 men. The scout swallowed.

Hearing this news, Luo Cheng and Luo Wu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, it was not Chen Pojun who came in person, and there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses. By virtue of this fortress they still have faith to hold.

The rustling of footsteps continued, and then the forest in the distance outside the gate suddenly fell silent. But the more quiet it was, the more Luo Cheng felt frightened, as if there were thousands of troops and beasts hidden in the forest.

"Knock"

"Knock, knock, knock"

One after another the drums of war were beaten, and the horns of the cow were also blown to the throat. Standing on the gate, I saw the shadows in the woods in the distance, and gradually, a big black flag took the lead out of the forest, followed by one flag after another, followed by one team after another, and was slowly advancing. Eighteen thousand men and horses were not much, but such a group of soldiers and horses slowly walked out of the forest, as if they would never finish, and the defenders of the city were terrified.

Wang Rengong and other generals came to the pass with the Chinese army, and looked up at this majestic Beikou Pass, Wang Rengong and the others couldn't help but sigh. If you want to win such a dangerous pass, you can't fake half of it.

"Pass on the commander's order, the first team immediately attack the rest of the city, immediately rush to make catapults and ladders, and do as much as they can."

At the sound of an order, the first team of men and horses, who had already been prepared, began to abandon their horses and hold shields, and rushed towards the city. However, it had already been agreed that the current siege was only a feint, which was used to consume the energy and equipment of the defenders. The first team of 3,000 men and horses was not dense, but lined up in a straggler line, holding a large shield to hold themselves well, and rushed down to the city. Only a few men and horses carried ladders, and most of the soldiers were shooting at the defenders at the head of the city with bows and arrows in their hands.

In such a painless attack, after half an hour, the Liaodong Army will immediately change to another team of men. In this way, night fell quickly, but the Liaodong Army had no intention of stopping the attack. It is still rotated every half hour later. The darkness of the night gave the besieging troops more cover, and by the evening, the first catapults had been built, which were not many, but they were able to inflict a lot of damage on the defenders at the head of the city.

Luo Cheng, who participated in the war for the first time, was full of inexplicable excitement and excitement at this time, he was holding his bow, and he didn't remember how many times he had shot arrows. While shooting arrows, he also shouted excitedly, "Let go of the arrows, let go of the front" The defenders on the city released arrows one after another, and never let the Sui troops under the city come to the city. After the Liaodong Army's offensive lasted for a few hours, Luo Cheng also woke up from his excitement, and the rest was just boring. He didn't expect that the war he longed for in the past would be so tasteless. For several hours, the two sides were shooting back and forth, but they didn't see a single person attacking the city, which made him faintly disappointed. …,

In front of the position of the Liaodong Army under the city, Wang Rengong looked at the sparkling city head with a smile on his face.

"How many arrows have you collected?"

Liu Tiezhu stood aside and said with a smile, "Our feint attack is still effective, and the defenders in this city are not calm enough. Since the evening, this rain of arrows has not stopped. I estimate that they have already shot almost a million arrows, and I estimate that not only have most of their arrows been consumed by now, but the crossbowmen have almost reached the limit of their physical strength. ”

Shooting a bow and arrows is a very physically demanding task, and an ordinary archer cannot shoot continuously all the time. However, judging from the situation on the battlefield, each of the archers in the city has fired dozens or hundreds of bows, and they have basically reached the limit.

Wang Rengong also smiled and nodded, he already knew that the guard in the gate would be the youngest son of Luo Yi, one of the generals in Youzhou. It was the son of a general who had never been on the battlefield, but relied on his father to be named the general of the eagle. Although such a son-in-law has outstanding martial arts and knows a lot of tactics and strategies, he has no battlefield experience. A simple mistake can give them a taste of failure.

"How are the subordinates of the two generals, Abao and Mogo, preparing?"

Abao Cave and Mo Ge glanced at each other, two good brothers on the grassland in the past, and their eyes were full of hatred at this time. The two of them took a step forward and said loudly, "Vice Marshal Wang, our sons and daughters have already recuperated and are just waiting to fight hard." ”

Before dark, the Khitan soldiers of Abao Cave and Mogo were also in the ranks of the feint. However, as soon as it got dark, Wang Rengong withdrew them from the feint attack team and rested on the sidelines. At this time, the two departments were 10,000 horses and horses, and they were ready to go.

Wang Rengong turned to Liu Tiezhu again, "How many arrows have you collected now?" How many catapults and ladders were made? ”

The army was running out of arrows, but in the past few hours, too many arrows had been shot from the city. There are nearly a million arrows, and excluding those damaged, the Liaodong Army has already recovered most of the arrows without the defenders knowing. And after most of the day's preparation, a large number of crude catapult weapons may have been produced at this time, although these things are extremely crude, and may even be just one-off things. But for now, it's the most suitable.

"Hundreds of thousands of arrows have been collected, which is enough for us to shoot in about two hours. And more than a hundred catapults have been prepared, as well as a couple of hammers. In addition, the soldiers are still working on manufacturing. ”

Wang Rengong smiled and nodded, "These are enough." Tonight, we will be a good master for the Luo family boy and teach him what war is. Chuan Ben Shuai ordered the feint troops to withdraw, and all the officers and men of the Liaodong Army fired intensively at the head of the city with bows and crossbows, and at the same time sent trebuchets to destroy the large equipment on the city, which must be suppressed to the maximum. Abao Cave, two generals of Mogo, each led their own people, and grabbed the pass with a cloud ladder, as long as the city was captured, the commander played the Ming marshal and gave the two tribes a heavy reward. ”

"The Last Will Be Ordered"

With bursts of powerful drum beats, the Liaodong Army, which had been attacking painlessly for almost six hours, launched an attack again.

Luo Cheng at the head of the city was already half excited at this time, he held his sword in his arms, and sat there with his back against the battlements. In the sound of trumpets in the sky, they were yawning. The other defenders in the city are similar, after tossing for so long, everyone is already exhausted, even the bow and arrow in their hands are already weak, and it will take a long time to shoot an arrow.

Luo Wu stood on top of the city with all his armor on his head, still engrossed in the city, and his eyes were looking hard at the city. It's a pity that the rebels under the city didn't have many torches, and it was dim everywhere, so I couldn't see anything clearly. Although the defense of Seki was good at this time, he always had a bad feeling in his heart.

Suddenly, there was a rapid whistling sound in the sky.

Luo Wu's expression changed drastically, and he could hear it, this sound like a locust swarm crossing the border was the sound of a dense rain of arrows shooting. And listen to the voice, it was a terrible rain of arrows. He who had been fighting with Luo Yi for many years suddenly heard that this was definitely not the effect of thousands of people shooting at the same time.

"Raise the shield, raise the shield"

Luo Wu only had time to shout two words, and the rain of crossbow arrows of nearly seven thousand crossbowmen had already arrived. Seven thousand crossbowmen, each shooting three arrows in a row, is a rain of 21,000 arrows. Such a dense rain of arrows was completely concentrated towards the not too dense defenders of the city outside the north entrance. The defenders, who had fought all night, exhausted and somewhat careless, were dealt a fatal blow at once.

A round of arrow rain passed, and the siege effect was even better than the six hours before the Liaodong Army. At least hundreds of people were shot by arrows, and for a time, the city was full of wails. Immediately after that, without waiting for the Sui army to counterattack, another round of whistling sounds, but this time it was a huge stone thrown up from under the city.

A loud roar sounded under the city, and 10,000 Khitan warriors took advantage of this opportunity, holding shields and carrying ladders, and rushed towards the north city wall. One after another cloud ladders were erected on the city wall, and one by one Khitan warriors climbed up the ladder like ants with knives in their mouths.

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