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As Yang Xi gave the order to shoot the bed crossbow, all the bed crossbows that had opened their strings at the head of the East Gate City were fired almost at the same time. As a continuous "buzz" of bowstrings bouncing back and forth, dozens of thick crossbow arrows whistled towards the charging rebels.

The number of bed crossbows equipped on the east and south of the Sui Tong Pass was twice as many as that of the Han Tong Pass, with twenty on each head, and the number of crossbow arrows that could be shot at one time was also twice as much. But twice as many bolts were fired, dealing more than twice as many blows to the rebels.

The rebels attacking from the direction of the east gate, because the road to the city gate is narrow, the rebel sergeants holding shields are relatively densely crowded, and the direction of the twenty bed crossbows concentrated near the east gate tower is the winding step road from the flat river valley bank where the rebels have assembled to the city gate.

Seeing that the bed crossbow on the head of the city began to fire, one of the rebel generals who commanded the first wave of attacks quickly ordered the rapidly charging sergeant to take cover.

But the man's movements were not as fast as the speeding crossbow arrows, and as the whistling approached, the screams rang out.

Thick arrows with tremendous kinetic energy mercilessly shot into the bodies of the rebel sergeants who had no time to dodge in front of their path.

Because the rebel sergeants on the road were relatively densely crowded, the arrows fired from the bed crossbow were very lethal, many arrows penetrated the body of the previous one, and then shot into the body of the sergeant behind, and finally the arrows passed through the body of the sergeant behind him, and wounded the other sergeant.

A sergeant who was pierced through the body by a crossbow arrow was seriously injured even if he did not die.

Some of the sergeants were only stabbed in the body by the arrows of their crossbows, and they were also scraped off a large piece of flesh, and they immediately fell on the road in pain, rolling on the ground. A sergeant who is shot in the arm or leg can be shot off in the arm and leg instantly, and the unlucky one may even be separated from the body.

Outside the East Gate, it was not uncommon for sergeants to have their legs or arms shot off.

After just one round of crossbow arrows, nearly 100 of the 500 rebel sergeants in the first wave of charges were killed or wounded.

The shield held by the rebel sergeant could withstand the high-velocity fire of ordinary arrows, but when faced with the thick arrows fired by the bed crossbow, it did not provide much protection, and a large number of shields were broken.

Arrows that pierce the shield can also injure the sergeant underneath the shield, or even kill the sergeant holding the shield.

With such a large casualty rate, the sergeant's injury was still terrifying, which made the attacking rebels panic, although the commanding general Lang was not injured, but he was also shocked, and was stunned for a while before he desperately shouted loudly, asking his sergeants to pay attention to dodging the arrows, and speed up the march, and strive to reach the east gate city tower one step earlier. Near the east gate tower, enter the dead angle of the bed crossbow, relative to the huge lethality of the bed crossbow, other ordinary arrows can not shoot through the shield, if the shield is dense enough, the ordinary arrows shot down on the city can not shoot through the shield.

Even if a charging sergeant is unfortunate enough to be hit by a normal arrow, it will hardly kill him instantly, unless he hits the vital point.

If there are enough soldiers rushing to the bottom of the city, then they can return the bow and arrow against the defenders at the head of the city, and even carry the ladder to the city.

If they were crowded at a distance from the city gates and hit by the crossbows of the beds, the five hundred sergeants, or even more, would be shot in large numbers, and those who were not killed or injured would be frightened and even turn and flee.

Perhaps it can be said that the most terrible thing in the world is not death, but knowing that you are going to face death, but you don't know when death will come, and the feeling that death is coming is the most terrifying. Seeing his companion die very tragically beside him, and his own fate will be the same after a while, even if he is a strong person, his nerves will collapse.

Suffering such a heavy blow, the remnants of the five hundred sergeants were so frightened that some even fell to the ground with a limp, and some wanted to turn around and run away, until the commander of the Lang General repeatedly roared angrily, and then reacted and rushed towards the city gate.

At this time, the second bed crossbow flew with a strange scream, and once again shot into the chaotic rebel charging array, and in a series of screams, dozens more rebel sergeants were shot or wounded.

The remaining rebels could no longer stand the stimulus and fled in all directions, either in the direction of the city gate or on the nearby rocks. But the commanding general Lang was still there and roared, asking his sergeants to continue to charge. At this time, the latter wave of rebel sergeants rushed over quickly under the orders of their respective officers, and the following waves of men and horses had already followed.

This is Cheng Wei, who was directing the siege operation in the back, saw that the situation was not right, and immediately ordered the follow-up sergeants to start charging continuously.

The bed crossbow of the Tang army was too lethal to the men and horses of the densely charged squad, and almost no ordinary arrow fire was needed, and the attack formation of more than 500 people was almost crushed. If you continue to charge at a certain interval of time and distance, then thousands of people will fill in, and few people will be able to rush to the east gate, and they will not consume much arrows and physical strength of the Tang army, and their morale will drop to an unbearable bottom.

According to the information heard in advance, the number of arrows stored by the Tang army in the city of Sui Tong Pass was very large, and the arrows of the bed crossbow were also inexhaustible.

Therefore, Cheng Wei gave a death order, asking the remaining sergeants and all the horses under his command to assemble and plan for him to start charging, and continue to storm in the direction of the east gate, so that more sergeants can rush under the city wall and set up a ladder to enter the city. Today, Cui Qianyou gave a death order, even if the corpses of the sergeants were piled up as high as the walls of Tongguan City, they could not stop the charge, and no matter how big the price was, they would take down Tongguan City.

Cui Qianyou's order was also obtained from An Qingxu, such an order came, no matter what level of the chief officer did not dare to disobey, even if the corpse was to be piled to the height of Tongguan City, he would not stop the attack, and the sergeant also rushed towards the east gate like a tide under the orders of the officers.

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Yang Xi, who was standing on the tower of the East Gate, had already forgotten the scorching heat of the day, and all his thoughts were devoted to the battle situation outside the city.

After a few rounds of bed crossbow shooting, the strike effect was very good, nearly a third of the hundreds of charging rebel sergeants were shot or wounded, it can be said that the rebel attack of this scale was broken up in an instant, and the next few rounds of bed crossbow shooting almost destroyed the damage of this wave of attacks.

But Yang Xi also immediately saw that the rebels only changed their tactics after a round of attacks, and continued to charge and attack in the direction of the East Gate, and the momentum of the rebels was to capture the East Gate no matter what the cost.

Although the rebels' offensive was a bit terrifying, it also made Yang Xi excited, he could order his subordinates to kill the rebels besieging the city without any scruples, and he could also try his skills himself.

His martial arts and his command art can be brought into play and embodied in the course of the next war.

He was never afraid to face death, and he was never afraid to see it!