Most of the Thunderbolts were silent when the Ballista began to roar, and only a limited number of prototypes were produced. Against such a loose formation, the Thunderbolt is far from being able to exert its powerful lethality, and in contrast, the intensive fire of the Ballista can play a more effective role.

Although the Wei army has a shield to cover, but after all, the shield can not be compared with the protection ability of the fixed baggage car, the Shu army hiding behind the baggage car can rest assured and boldly listen to the Wei army's arrows shooting on the carriage, making a raindrop-like muffled sound, even the soldiers behind the crossbow can also support the thick wooden plank, standing into a giant shield one zhang high and two zhang wide to cover themselves, but the charging Wei army can only hold the shield and rush forward in the dense rain of arrows. To deal with the rain of arrows, the most haode protection method is to arrange a dense formation, everyone can cover each other, which can greatly reduce the probability of being hit by arrows. But now the Shu army has a powerful thunderbolt, once the formation is intensive, it may be attacked by stone bullets, even if it is holding a shield, it is certain to die if it is hit by stone bullets.

In order to avoid the stone bullet damage of the Shu army, these Wei troops could only advance in a loose formation, each taking care of each other, and could not cover each other. In this way, in the face of a dense rain of arrows, the probability of them being hit by arrows is much higher.

Five hundred foot soldiers, when they rushed to the front of the Shu army, the losses had exceeded two hundred, and the rest were more or less wounded. But they can't rest yet, they still have to face the sharp counterattack of the Shu army's foot soldiers, and they still have to complete the task of clearing obstacles.

The Wei army began to clear the obstacles, and the Shu army, of course, could not sit idly by. The foot soldiers hiding in it rushed forward, and hand-to-hand combat ensued.

The Shu army was backed by its own position, relatively stable psychologically, and covered by crossbowmen, and the counterattack was very brave. Although the Wei army also had archers to cover, they had just experienced the arrow array and were psychologically weak. Coupled with the disproportionate arrow formations and troops of the two sides, although the Wei soldiers fought hard, they desperately wanted to clear those roadblocks. However, in the face of the counterattack of the Shu army, their casualties still increased rapidly, and in the end they could only throw away the corpses on the ground and withdraw from the battle formation in embarrassment.

Zhang He is not in a hurry. He didn't expect to be able to break the formation easily, his purpose was to drag Xiang Lang so that he couldn't support Shang Tai. Create opportunities for Guo Huai to go out of the city. He ordered Fei Yao to replace a group of people and continue to attack, continue to attack, and be sure not to let Xiang Lang have a chance to breathe.

Just when Zhang He and Xiang Lang were fighting, in Shangtai City, Guo Huai was directing the soldiers to move the sandbags blocking the door. After receiving Zhang He's order, Guo Huai was very excited. was blocked in the city by Zhuge Liang for nearly half a year. He finally waited for his chance to take revenge. Now Zhang He not only used the speed of the cavalry to attract Zhuge Liang's main force to the wooden gate, but also personally restrained Xiang Lang and created an opportunity for him to go out of the city to counterattack. As long as he can successfully counterattack, the Battle of Longyou can end with a complete victory for the Wei army, and he, the Yongzhou assassin who was almost trapped in Shangtai City, can also atone for his crimes.

So he was very grateful to Zhang He. Full of fighting spirit to fight out of the city.

Under his encouragement, the soldiers were also very excited, and Tianshui Taishou Ma Zun also followed the command.

Bags of mud and sand were removed, and the gates of Shangtai City, which had been closed for several months, rumbled open, and 5,000 foot soldiers rushed out of Shangtai City and rushed to the Shu army position outside the city.

Presiding over this position is the prime minister's chief secretary Hu Ji, he knows that he has a heavy responsibility, if he can't attract the main forces in the city, then Wei Ba they will not be able to find a chance to raid, and it is also an impossible task to take Shangqi.

Although the Wei army in the city was tired, it should not be underestimated, so Hu Ji and Xiang Lang were also fully prepared. Seeing Guo Huai leading the army to rush out and rush to the position like a tide, Hu Jiqiang suppressed his nervousness and ordered loudly: "Shoot!" ”

The drums of war suddenly exploded, and the thunderbolts began to roar first, and stone bullets whistled out, smashing the city gate of Xiangshang and smashing into the Wei soldiers who had just rushed out of the city gate.

The stone projectile drew a graceful and deadly arc in the air, and then Xiangxia accelerated, smashing accurately into the Wei army's formation. The stone bullet hit the shield, smashing the wooden shield into wood chips, and smashed the soldiers behind the shield to pieces, and the two feet were still running forward, but the upper body suddenly cracked, and blood splashed out of the mutilated limbs, which was amazing.

Stone bullets rained down, one after another Wei soldiers were hit, fell in a pool of blood, the city gate was in chaos, the front wanted to stop, but the back was still rushing out, everyone squeezed together, so that the stone bullets had more opportunities.

"Don't turn back, rush forward—"

Guo Huai risked being hit by a stone bullet, appeared at the head of the city, pointed to the position of the Shu army in the distance and shouted: "Rush over, only then can you kill a bloody road." Those who retreat from the battle will be killed! ”

Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the Wei soldiers had no choice but to rush forward. They roared desperately, spread their footsteps, and rushed towards the Shu army's position. The city gate is the most dangerous place, it is the place where the Shu army's thunderbolts concentrate on attacking, as long as they escape this distance and spread out the formation, the power of the thunderbolts will be greatly reduced.

More and more Wei soldiers rushed through the city and rushed to the Shu position. Shields were raised, swords were raised, and they let out a terrible roar of rage, and they charged forward with all their might.

Within two hundred paces, the crossbow carts of the Shu army began to exert their might, and a rain of arrows jumped out of the position, covering the sky like dark clouds, and then rushed towards the charging Wei army. Although the Wei army was holding shields, they still suffered heavy losses in the face of such a dense rain of arrows, and many people were shot by arrows and fell to the ground. The wounded moaned helplessly, and those shot died silently.

Under the city of Shangtai, a bloody massacre is being staged.

On the head of the city, Guo Huai sneered. He knew that although the number of the Shu army was not large, their arrow array was very sharp, two thousand people had a hundred crossbow carts, and the power of shooting was no less than that of a thousand people. If you want to pass through this arrow array, heavy losses cannot be avoided. After several months of offensive and defensive battles, half of the defenders in Shangqi City had lost their combat effectiveness, and these people had no more effect except for the arrows and stone bullets used to consume the Shu army.

If he wants to succeed in counterattacking, Guo Huai can only drive these soldiers to death.

There were four gates in Shangtai City, and he opened the west gate first in order to induce Hu Ji to fire a large number of stone bullets and consume his reserves. The continuous outlaw attacks will greatly stimulate Hu Ji. Driven by nervousness, Hu Ji would unconsciously forget to control the rhythm and forget to save stone bullets and arrows, so that his consumption would be much greater than in normal combat.

At that point, that's when his real main force strikes.

Guo Huai believed that in terms of the experience of commanding in battle, he had a better chance of winning than those Shu Han generals who had not experienced war. Zhang He can play Zhuge Liang around, he is not as strong as Zhang He, but in the face of an unknown person like Hu Ji, he still has enough chances to win.

Guo Huai's prediction gradually became a reality. In the face of the Wei army's life-for-death charge, Hu Ji kept ordering thunderbolts and ballistas to counterattack, he didn't even notice that the number of Wei troops had been decreasing, he always felt that the Wei army that rushed to the front seemed to be more and more, and the infantry positions responsible for blocking were crumbling, and there was a possibility of collapse at any time, while the Wei army was still rushing over.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and there were corpses everywhere outside the west gate of Shangqi, stone bullets stained with red blood or white bone residue, and dense feathered arrows were like clumps of weeds, which were so dense that it made people feel cold. The moans of dying drifted in the cold wind, like ghosts crying.

Guo Huai looked at the Shu army's position in the distance, sneered, waved his hand and ordered the south gate and the north gate to be opened, and the selected five thousand elite foot soldiers rushed out of the city gate and launched an attack on Zuihou.

"Kill-" The Wei army let out an earth-shattering roar, and rushed to the Shu army's position from both wings.

Hu Ji's face was pale, although he had been prepared, but he was still shocked when he saw Guo Huai's zuihou blow with his own eyes. If he hadn't made a good deployment in advance, in the face of Guo Huai's counterattack, he would not have had any power to fight back.

"Raise the banner of the twin rabbits and ask for help!" Hu Ji raised his trembling hand and waved it vigorously.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! The rapid drums of war sounded, and the banner of the two rabbits was erected and fluttered in the cold wind.

Looking at the double rabbit banner erected in the Shu army array, Guo Huai let out a loud daxiao.

Who did Hu Ji turn to for help? Xiang Lang? No. Xiang Lang faced more than 10,000 people from Zhang He, if it weren't for Zhang He's care for the lives of the soldiers, Xiang Lang would have been unable to hold on. He is now unable to protect himself, and where can he have the strength to support Hu Ji.

Xiang Zhuge Liang? Yes, Zhuge Liang's main force is in Shangtainan, but yesterday he was still a hundred miles away, even if he marched in a hurry overnight, he would be a tired division when he arrived here, and he had no combat effectiveness at all. What's more, there are still Xiahou Ru's 3,000 foot soldiers in the south of the city, with Zhuge Liang's strength, if he wants to break through Xiahou Ru's resistance, it is impossible to break through Xiahou Ru's resistance in half a day. With this half a day, they had already annihilated Xiang Lang and Hu Ji.

Besides that, where else are the reinforcements? There is Zhao Guang in Longguan, but he only has a total of 3,000 foot soldiers, as long as Zhang He releases the scout for thirty miles, as soon as Zhao Guang appears, he will be known by Zhang He. It is unlikely that Zhang He would use cavalry to attack Xiang Lang's large array, but he could use cavalry to raid Zhao Guang's footmen. Without a strong position as a cover, the marching infantry had little resistance to the cavalry, and Zhang He could easily defeat Zhao Guang as long as he sent half of the cavalry.

So who can Hu Ji turn to for help? To God?

Guo Huai daxiao was endless.

At the same time, Zhang He was also sneering, he received the news that Guo Huai led the main force out of the city, and knew that the war had entered the critical moment of Zuihou. His attention was no longer only on the battlefield in front of him, but the situation within thirty miles of his surroundings was what he was most concerned about.

As long as Zhuge Liang's main force does not appear under Shangtai City, then victory is in his pocket.

At this moment, a horse galloped from the north, and the knight on horseback raised the red flag in his hand and gave an urgent signal.

Zhang He raised his eyebrows and his eyes shrank.

There is only Zhao Guang in the north, he only has two or three thousand foot soldiers, it is not a problem at all, what kind of reinforcements can make the scouts so nervous that they send the most urgent signal? (To be continued.) )