When he was able to fight with Meng Buge, Ji Qingchen's idea was to be invincible. After all, it is too difficult to behead Meng Buge in front of tens of thousands of Beirong cavalry under Caozhou City. And the result is that the strength between him and Meng Buge is comparable, and if he has to fight to the end, he can only lose both.

That's why he accepted Munbugo's request for peace.

However, as soon as he returned to the city tower, before he had time to catch his breath, he saw the Beirong army attacking Caozhou City. I saw 5,000 Beirong soldiers under Caozhou City carrying rudimentary siege equipment, shouting and killing Caozhou City.

Six hundred steps –

Four hundred steps –

Three hundred steps –

"Archers prepare—shoot—" When the range of the bow and arrow arrived, Meng Li decisively gave the order to shoot. The 1,000 archers on the tower of the city let go of the hilts of their arrows together, and a thousand long arrows roared past and shot at the Beirong soldiers under the city

"Ah-" A miserable scream, I saw a Beirong soldier who rushed to the front was shot to death, and because the strength of the bow and arrow was too great, he was nailed to the ground alive, and the Beirong soldier nailed to the ground was not dead, he was still struggling in pain, but the long arrow had gone deep into the ground, he couldn't break free no matter how he struggled, he could only wait quietly for death, his companions who charged with him were stunned, and then desperately rushed to Caozhou City regardless of his life or death.

There is only one Great Yan who can shoot such an arrow, and he is the Great Yan God Bow Xiang Ziyu.

"General Xiang is really a magic arrow, this arrow has opened the eyes of this king!" Ji Qingchen said to Xiang Ziyu after shooting.

"Let His Highness smile, the last general just had itchy hands, so he tried an arrow, but I didn't expect it to be a little rusty." Xiang Ziyu said politely.

Because of Ji Qingchen's brilliant record in the battle under the city with the green dragon horse lance, Xiang Ziyu's attitude towards him has changed a lot, and his words have become much more modest.

But here in Caozhou City, a round of arrow rain has just ended, the Beirong cavalry under the city rushed out of three thousand cavalry, they bent their bows and arrows and rode to Caozhou City, and they made a detour from Caozhou City three hundred paces away from Caozhou City and returned to their camp again, but when they were three hundred steps away from Caozhou City, they released an arrow that was ready to be launched, this arrow with the help of the attack of the war horse was very powerful, shot on Caozhou City, and shot down a large area of Yan army defending the city.

Taking this opportunity, the Beirong soldiers took another step forward, and there were only a hundred steps left before Caozhou City.

At this time, Fang Wanqi ordered again, and saw that the five thousand reserve archers were divided into three rows, climbed to the city wall one by one, bent their bows and arrows, and shot their own arrows at the city. Because their archery skills were not as good as the previous 1,000 archers, and their crosshairs were very unstable at a distance of 300 paces, Fang Wanqi treated them as archers within 100 paces.

As soon as the five thousand archers released their bows and arrows, the Beirong soldiers who rushed to the front fell a large piece of wheat like they wanted to cut down.

At the same time, it made time for the 1,000 archers just now, and these 1,000 archers bent their bows and arrows, and aimed at the Beirong cavalry who rushed out of the camp and rode up the city tower.

Suddenly, many cavalrymen who rushed out of the camp and fired arrows at Caozhou City shot off their horses. The Yan army suppressed the cavalry offensive of the Beirong cavalry with a rain of arrows.

At this time, the bow and arrow of the Yan army played a full power in this siege battle, a distance of 100 steps, even though the Beirong soldiers continued to charge, but the defenders of Caozhou City were divided into three waves, and the arrows were released in an orderly manner, and there was no interval in the middle, which made the pace recommended by the Beirong infantry to the city blocked. Within a hundred steps of Caozhou City, the Beirong soldiers became the target of the Yan army defending the city, and became the live prey of the archers of Caozhou City.

In this way, only half a moment later, more than 1,000 Beirong soldiers died under Caozhou City, but they didn't even touch the root of the city wall of Caozhou City, and they kept charging a hundred steps away.

This is the Beirong people, as long as they don't give the order to retreat, they will rush forward even if they die.

Meng Buge and the young general, who were watching the battle from afar, saw the embarrassment of the Beirong infantry attacking the city, and thundered and furious. Since they entered Yanmen Pass, they have been attacking the city and pulling out the village like a bamboo, how could they have suffered such a tragic situation, and the faces of both of them were extremely embarrassed. "Brother Eleven, it's not okay to go on like this! Our casualties are too great! The young general beside Meng Buge, who had endured it for a long time, said, "General Tuba's siege is not going well, and it is time to think of other ways." ”

"Twelfth brother, we must use extraordinary means at extraordinary times, otherwise we will lose even more if we can't capture Caozhou City." Meng Buge said with a resolute face, and then said to the adjutant general beside him, "Order the Zhenglan Banner to unify Tuba, let him step up the offensive, and send another 5,000 people up, and he must capture Caozhou City before dark tonight." ”

"Yes." The lieutenant general took the order and rode away.

After a while, I heard someone in Caozhou City shouting loudly, "General Tuba has an order, and the siege battle will not be forgiven; The first to climb Caozhou City was rewarded with one or two thousand gold, and the third level was rewarded. ”

"Kill—"

The Beirong soldiers, who had been blocked in the charge, received the order, and when they heard that the reward was so rich, they were already hungry and frightened, and they had already disregarded their own lives and rushed desperately to Caozhou City again.

Because Meng Buge gave the cause of death, the Beirong soldiers suddenly burst out with a fierce spirit under the heavy reward of Tuba and quickly rushed to the city of Caozhou.

Seeing the Tuyuhun soldiers rushing to the city of Liangzhou, as soon as Sun Erlang's order flag changed, the archers took the target and began to shoot the Tuyuhun soldiers a hundred steps away, leaving the enemy under the city to the foot soldiers defending the city. The Tang army's foot guards began to move the big stones behind them, smashed them down, and killed the Caozhou defenders by surprise.

But they have no experience in attacking the city, such a dense gathering together, just give the defenders on the city tower a chance, they saw a big stone fall from the city, smashed on the body of the Beirong soldiers, the Beirong soldiers screamed continuously, and dozens of stones were thrown down Caozhou City, and in an instant smashed to death a lot of climbers gathered under the city, and smashed them into flesh.

Minutes and seconds passed!

Because of the role of the archers of the defenders of Caozhou City, they can shoot and kill a hundred Beirong soldiers inside and outside, making it difficult for the Beirong siege soldiers to get close, as long as there are many Beirong soldiers gathered under the city, they will smash each other to death with boulders.

In this way, Beirong's offensive has been curbed again!

Seeing this scene, Meng Buge sighed slightly, he knew very well that the morale of the Beirong army had been lost, and if he wanted to attack the city again, it was estimated that he could only use the Yan army as a target, so he issued an order to withdraw the army.

"Woo woo woo-" The desolate bullhorn sounded, and the Beirong soldiers who were still charging heard the order to retreat and retreated like a court. The defenders on the city tower, who had long been exhausted, saw the retreat of the Beirong army outside the city, and suddenly broke out into a cheer for the rest of their lives.

Ji Qingchen on the city tower did not participate in the celebration, because he quietly watched this siege and defense battle, and benefited a lot.

Especially the scheduling and steady command of the other party Wanqi and Meng Li, the cooperation of long-range archers and short-range archers, and the matching of black between the city defense army and the archers, which made him see the bright spots on Fang Wanqi and Meng Li, and he felt that the two of them could be a famous defensive general.

As soon as the Beirong army retreated, Ji Qingchen, who was a little tired from the battle with Meng Buge, returned to his residence.

Similarly, Meng Buge led the army to withdraw to the camp, strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, and did it on the earthen kang paved with tiger skin in the big tent, with a look of exhaustion in his eyes.

"Brother Eleven, this is the first time we have attacked the city defended by Dayan's heavy troops, and today's failure is very normal." The young general who followed Meng Buge into the big tent said, "The Caozhou City you want can be captured so easily, how can Emperor Dayan send him to Caozhou City?" Besides, the Yan people are good at defending the city, and our Beirong cavalry is not good at attacking the city, and we need to find another way to attack Caozhou City in the future. ”

Meng Buge nodded slightly, but he still said with a little regret, "Today, our army not only did not capture Caozhou City, but even the wall of Caozhou City was not touched, which made Brother Wei very angry!" ”

"Well, let Haksu figure it out! Brother Eleven is tired from fighting with Ji Qingchen today, so let's take a rest first! Seeing the tired look on Meng Bugo's face, the old general named Haksu persuaded.

"Then there is the twelfth brother of Lao!" Meng Buge said that he still admired the resourcefulness of his younger brother, otherwise he would not have captured Yanmen Pass so easily.

"Yes!" Haksu nodded slightly and withdrew from the Chinese army's tent.

The next day, Meng Buge continued to lead the army to Caozhou City.

The city commanders of Caozhou City are still Fang Wanqi and Meng Li, and Ji Qingchen did not participate in today's city defense, he only ordered the 800 Xiao Cavalry Battalion to do the work of supervision, and he showed a relaxed and elegant appearance, practicing calligraphy in the study.

And outside Caozhou City, Meng Buge stopped the army and set up a large array. Then I saw that the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner who attacked the city yesterday appeared under Caozhou City again, and they were still carrying simple siege equipment, approaching Caozhou City step by step.

Wait until the Beirong soldiers rush to the distance of three hundred steps under the city of Caozhou.

"Shoot the arrows!" Meng Li raised the command flag again.

Seeing that Dayan was guarding a thousand archers, he began to shoot in batches again, and the Beirong soldiers who rushed to the city of Liangzhou fell to the ground. The fish that slipped through the net rushed to the city of Caozhou, and was also shot to death by the archers of the defenders set up at close range.

This kind of charge lasted for an hour, and Meng Buge gave the death order to attack the city.

More than 10,000 Beirong Zhenglan Banner soldiers rushed to Caozhou City, but Fang Wanqi gave an order, threw down the city wall at a huge moment, and killed many Beirong soldiers who were ready to enter the city, and at the same time he ordered the defenders to hold the porcelain jar filled with fire oil, and smashed down the city of Caozhou, 300 porcelain jars smashed down Caozhou City, and the fire oil in the porcelain jar soaked most of the Beirong soldiers, and saw thousands of rockets shooting at the Beirong soldiers. But all the Beirong soldiers who were stained with fire oil were on fire, and this fire could not be extinguished.

Suddenly, the screams came and went.

As soon as the other Beirong soldiers who rushed forward arrived in front of their companions, the fire of the oil led to them, and they did not dare to extinguish it, but they burned to death many people who put out the fire and saved people.

Suddenly, the Beirong soldiers who were attacking the city showed a look of fear on their faces, they didn't dare to approach, and they were no longer like the Beirong barbarians who were not afraid of death before, they could only watch their companions being burned to death by the fire.

It took half an hour for such a fire to be extinguished!

The battlefield was scorched black, and the atmosphere was unusually sad!

Meng Buge and Hakesu, who were watching the battle from the position of the Chinese army in the distance, saw this scene, and knew that today's siege was over again, and the morale of the army had been burned by this fire, so they could only sigh slightly and order the troops to be withdrawn!

In an instant, the Beirong army receded like a tide again!