The 2,000 forward troops sent by Gongsun Yue had already arrived at the city of Yangxiang, only a stone's throw away from the defenders at the head of the city.

The commander of the army expected to see the panicked appearance of the defenders at the head of the city, but he miscalculated. Although there were only three hundred defenders at the head of the city, with shields in their left hands and swords in their right, they stood behind the female wall without fear, not only standing tall but also with a calm gaze, as if they were a group of people who were about to enter the city to sell their goods.

The lieutenant was a little surprised in his heart, and shouted at the defenders at the head of the city: "The guards at the head of the city have heard clearly!" I am the former lieutenant of the army under the command of General Fenwu, and now I am here to receive Yangxiang on the order of the general, and I want to quickly put down the blade in my hand if I want to live, open the city gate, and welcome the army into the city! ”

After a while, the defenders at the head of the city were still silent, as if they hadn't heard what he had just shouted.

This is Chiguoguo's ignorance!

The lieutenant was furious and immediately gave the soldiers an order: "The defenders of the target city head, three rounds of fierce fire, release!" ”

With his order, the cavalry under the city simultaneously mounted their bows and arrows, and the sound of humming strings sounded, and in an instant the arrows rained down on the city.

Without waiting for the arrows under the city to come, Sun Li shouted: "Raise the shield, protect the head, and squat!" ”

When the soldiers of the Sword and Shield Battalion who had been personally trained by Sun Li heard Sun Li's order, they reflexively raised the shield in their hands, covering their heads, necks and bodies, and then quickly squatted behind the female wall.

The rest of the soldiers in the city hid more secluded and safe, either clinging to the inside of the city walls or hiding in the caves, so that they would not be injured by the enemy's arrows.

"Boom, boom...... Shout...... Shout! "Arrows rained down on the city, some on the walls, some into the city, and it looked very magnificent and terrifying.

Murong Ping, who was hiding in the hidden soldier cave, carefully observed the concentrated volley of the cavalry outside the city through the lookout hole, and whispered to Li Yan beside him: "Master Li, I have carefully observed, the range of the bow and arrow of the enemy cavalry is twenty steps closer than the range of our archers, if our archers suddenly counterattack, a salvo can kill and injure more than 200 enemy soldiers, and before the enemy soldiers are attacked and retreat to a safe area, three rounds can be fired in a row!" ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, don't worry, let the enemy forward troops under the city be arrogant for a while, the more arrows they shoot, the less backlash we will receive when we attack." ”

Murong Ping admired Li Yan's calmness and composure, so he kept silent and continued to observe the enemy soldiers under the city.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the former military captain under the city thought that the defenders at the head of the city should be almost cleaned up, even if there were a few angry left, it was estimated that they were frightened. He gave an order to the soldiers: "Let the soldiers in the rear temporarily tie up the long ladder and prepare to go to the city!" ”

Before the lieutenant finished speaking, he saw the soldiers who gave the order widen their eyes and pointed to the city not far away.

The former lieutenant turned his head to look, but saw that the hundreds of sword and shield men who had just been guarding the city stood up and began to slap the shield with the back of their swords, and the meaning of the demonstration was very obvious.

At this moment, the former military lieutenant was so angry that he felt that he had been slapped a few times in the face.

"All obey the order, approach twenty steps forward, three volleys, release!"

Seeing that the cavalry under the city began to move forward, Li Yan immediately gave Murong Ping an order: "Commander Murong, you lead five hundred longbowmen to prepare for an attack, and after the enemy's three rounds of volleys are over, immediately counterattack!" ”

"Under the command!"

The sound of arrows breaking through the air sounded again, and Sun Li still ordered the soldiers to squat and defend.

After the three rounds of arrow rain, the former lieutenant of the army under the city thought that this approaching shot would always knock the defenders at the head of the city to pieces, right? He was about to give a new order, when suddenly five hundred large bows appeared from the head of the city, and before the cavalry under the city could react, they shot down with a slash of heads.

Murong Ping had already seen the position of the former military captain, he took out a black carved feather arrow from the quiver, calmly wound the bow, pulled the bowstring slowly and calmly, and then quickly released the fingers that were tightly clasped at the end of the arrow.

The black eagle feather arrow instantly left the string and went straight to the captain of the city.

"Ah——!h

A terrible scream sounded, and the former military captain under the city was hit by an arrow in front of the door, and fell off his horse with a thud.

At the same time, five hundred archers, who had undergone two months of intensive training, aimed at their chosen targets and fired their feathered arrows, only to hear the screams and groans of the city.

"The defenders of the city are ready!"

"Retreat!"

"Oops, my eyes!"

"Dog mongrel, don't get in the way of Lao Tzu!"

Amid the panicked shouts and cries of pain, the approaching cavalry turned around in panic, trying to escape from the range of the archers at the head of the city.

Gongsun Yue and Zou Dan, who were watching the battle a few miles away, suddenly saw the cavalry under the city turn around and flee for their lives as if they had been stung by a wasp, and their faces suddenly changed.

"Not good! The former army is scattered! Zou Dan yelled and hurriedly led his troops forward to find out the reason.

"Everybody stop! If you dare to rush back, you will be killed on the spot! As Zou Dan's shout sounded, the forward cavalry who had escaped from the attack range of the archers at the head of the city gradually calmed down from their panic, and then began to gather.

Zou Dan came to the place where the cavalry of the front army gathered, grabbed a military horse and asked, "What happened just now?" What about your captains? ”

Jun Sima replied with some stammering: "There is a ...... in the city There are a large number of archers, all and all of them...... I was shot just now. ”

After hearing this, Zou Dan ordered with a black face: "Stop attacking!" The front army listened to the order and immediately withdrew to the rear army position for rest! ”

After pacifying the troops, Zou Dan returned to the Chinese camp and reported to Gongsun Yue about the battle ahead.

Gongsun Yue asked, "So it seems that there are more than five hundred defenders in the city?" ”

Zou Dan nodded and replied: "It is estimated that it is at least more than a thousand, and now it seems that the leader of the city defense is very insidious, and he actually lured the advance of our army to use the archers to launch a surprise attack when approaching the city." In just a few moments, more than 600 people were killed or wounded in the forward 2,000 men and horses of our army! ”

"Humph! Thousands of people dare to rely on this earthen city that is no more than one foot high to block our army's westward advance, I really don't know whether to live or die! Spread the order of our army to go down, the army will camp on the spot, seize the time to tie up the ladder, make the soil bags used to fill the city, and launch a siege battle tomorrow morning! ”

Gongsun Yue gave an order, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses set up camp in Wuli outside Yangxiang City, burying pots to make rice, filling soil to make bags, and tying cloud ladders, a busy scene.

Gongsun Yue was still in his right mind and did not order the troops to immediately launch a second wave of suicide attacks. From his orders, it can also be seen that the advantage of cavalry lies in field sports operations, once it encounters a city, it must find another way, and it must not fight hard.

Li Yan at the head of the city watched the enemy army outside the city begin to set up camp, and said to himself: "It seems that Gongsun Yue and Zou Dan are not stupid, Zhilu Dao avoided the condescending blow of our army's archers, and found another way." ”

Sun Li said a little depressedly: "Commander Murong just shot and killed an enemy lieutenant and made a meritorious contribution, but I haven't even cut off the head of an enemy soldier so far!" ”

Li Yan smiled and said, "What's so impatient!" The big battle is still to come, and it's time for you to do it! Since you are eager to fight, do you dare to lead your army to attack the enemy camp tonight? ”

"Why don't you dare! Watch me roil the enemy camp at night! Sun Li patted his chest and said confidently.

Gongsun Yue and Zou Dan stationed the army outside the east gate of Yangxiang City, and naturally had to guard against the defenders in the city coming to attack the camp at night, so they set up layers of sentry posts around it, as long as the defending troops moved slightly, they would quickly alarm the army in the camp.

At the time of the second watch, Sun Li led 500 elite cavalry to quietly go out of the city from the west gate, and then made a big circle, first marched more than ten miles southeast along Taoshui, and then went around to the east of the enemy, approaching Gongsun Yue's camp from the east, and when it was detected by the enemy outposts scattered in the east, it was only a few hundred steps away from the enemy camp.

Sun Li, who was wearing Mingguang armor, was not afraid of the scattered arrows from the enemy camp, and shouted outside the enemy camp with his cavalry.

"Gongsun Yue Xiao'er, dare to come out and fight with your master!"

"Zou Dan Guisun, dare to go out of the camp to compare with your master!"

The five hundred cavalry behind Sun Li followed him and scolded Gongsun Yue and Zou Dan, and the neat sound alarmed all the soldiers in the camp, Gongsun Yue and Zou Dan were so angry that they immediately ordered the commander of the left army to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters out of the camp to fight Sun Li.

Sun Li saw that thousands of enemy troops rushed out of the camp, so he hurriedly led the team to the east and cursed, leading the pursuing enemy troops behind him to go east for five miles.

The pursuing enemy army saw that it was getting farther and farther away, worried that there was an ambush ahead, so he turned around and prepared to return to the camp, at this time Sun Li suddenly shouted to the knights around him: "Brothers, now it's everyone's turn to rush and kill, give me a lot of energy, kill the damn hard!" ”

"Fuck me!" Five hundred elite cavalry shouted in unison, holding a long-handled horse chopping knife and followed Sun Li to kill the retreating enemy army!

These 500 cavalry are 500 of the 1,500 elite cavalry trained by Zhao Yun personally in the training regiment, not only do they not have the problem of blindfolding, but also are skilled in arching horses, and they have received strict training on how to use horse chopping swords every day in the training camp.

Because it was night, the 500 cavalrymen were all dressed in wooden stirrups and Takahashi saddles, so they did not have to worry about the danger of falling off their horses, but focused on reaping the lives of the enemy soldiers with their long-handled swords.

The commander of the left army, who had already begun to turn around and return to the camp, saw that Sun Li led the team to chase after him from behind, and immediately became angry and immediately ordered the troops to turn around and engage in battle.

With the help of the hazy moonlight, Sun Li rushed to the front of the captain of the left army and shouted: "The dog thief is here!" ”

The hapless captain of the Left Army hurriedly swung his spear to stab Sun Li, but Sun Li avoided it sideways, and then saw a bright light flash in front of him, and then found that his head was off his neck.

"Brothers, kill with me!"

Sun Li slashed the enemy leader to death with a single sword, and rushed towards the dense place where the enemy army gathered like a mad tiger......

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