Guo Jia is worthy of being the first adviser of the Celestial Empire, and he actually made a difference in the situation in the city by guessing. Thinking about it, knowing that there were such powerful siege weapons as explosives, but they still had to defend the city, it seemed that there was no better way than to use bows and arrows to carry out long-range attacks. At least if it were to change places, Guo Jia would do so.

Regarding Guo Jia's judgment, Li Ru and Fu Zhu are in favor of it, and the other generals will not have any objections.

Seeing that no one questioned his inference, Guo Jia continued: "Okay, if that's the case, now I announce the battle order. The six legions and the three legions have a total of more than 200,000 people guarding the four city gates of Ye County, each city gate is 50,000 people, once the battle starts, you don't need to attack, but you must guard the city gate, even the people in the city can not let go, even if our own soldiers want to leave, they must also go with more than ten people, and they must show the handwritten instructions written by the superior officers, in short, before the battle in the city is not over, the main enemy army is not caught, Ye County can only enter but not out. In addition, the main attack task of this trip is handed over to the Four Legions, hoping that you can avenge the revenge of Gaoyuan City. ”

Guo Jia's order was issued, and Zhang He, the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, naturally stood up in one step, with an excited face. The Sixth Army Commander Dian Wei and the Third Army Commander Gan Ning on the side were naturally unconvinced, but at this time they also knew that Lord Guo's intention was to help the Fourth Army regain its military prestige, and the two of them had nothing to say.

The order was delivered, and it was decided to launch a final assault in two hours.

The reason why he was so anxious was that Guo Jia didn't want to give Cao Pi time to resist, and at the same time, he also received a message from Zhang Liao, the commander of the Seventh Army on the border between Xuzhou and Qingzhou, saying that he had discovered that the Wei army had already moved to transfer troops, and it seemed that he might march to this side at any time.

Obviously, the Wei army was going to rescue Cao Pi, in order not to change the situation of the battle, Guo Jia decided to fight quickly, and his order was to capture Ye County within three days, capture Cao Pi, or take his head.

As long as Cao Pi is dead or captured, this battle can be regarded as a successful end, and the idea of Wei increasing troops in Qingzhou can be dispelled.

The horns sounded in unison, which had the meaning of shaking the heavens and the earth.

The black-clothed and black-armored soldiers of the Fourth Legion gave up their war horses and changed to walking, and the situation of the square team was pressed straight forward from the West City Gate.

After receiving the order, General Zhang He consulted with the corps. Both men agreed that concentrating all their forces on one point should be the most effective way to siege a city.

Nearly 150,000 soldiers of the Fourth Legion pressed in front of the gate of the west city of Ye County in a formation with shield soldiers, archers second, pikemen, broadsword soldiers, and halberd soldiers.

The 150,000 soldiers, their footsteps strode forward almost in unison, and when viewed from a distance, they gave people a powerful visual impact.

Above the west gate of Ye County, Cao Pi and Cao Zhen had already received the news and rushed to the top of the city tower, and when they saw the endless and approaching Celestial Empire army, their faces became heavy.

"Second son, they don't want to attack the city in one fell swoop, right? And also? Why haven't the other three gates moved? Shall we send some soldiers to the West Gate? Cao Zhen saw that the enemy was getting closer and closer, and there were many of them, so he asked Cao Pi on the side.

Cao Pi naturally couldn't make a judgment, but he still had some doubts about the arrival of these countless enemies under the West City Gate, he originally thought that the other party should take the method of attacking the city from all sides, first using explosives to open the way, and then the four gates went straight in, so that the Wei army would naturally be in danger if it was attacked from several sides. Don't you think, now there is only the enemy moving all the way to the west, and it seems that there are still a lot of people? What the hell is going to be about?

Although he didn't know what the enemy was going to do, Cao Pi was clear about one thing, that is, no matter who came, he had to use a bow and arrow to tell the other party that he was not a soft persimmon, and he was not a person to bully. "General Cao Zhen, order the archers to be ready and shoot on the spot if the enemy wants to get closer. There are also several other city gates to be notified to pay close attention to the movement of the enemy, but those who want to go to the city first will shoot arrows and kill them. ”

Unable to figure out what the enemy meant, Cao Pi had no choice but to brake quietly. He believes that his approach is the most conservative way, but it is also the safest way.

The order was given, and the archers of the Wei army on the west gate were ready to shoot one by one, their eyes firmly fixed on the soldiers of the Celestial Empire who were getting closer and closer.

"Put!" Seeing that after reaching the distance of the bow and arrow, with Cao Zhen's shout, ten thousand arrows suddenly shot at the top of the city tower, and the dense arrow rain was overwhelming like locusts crossing the border, shooting down towards the west city gate.

The people who can follow Cao Pi and Cao Zhen at the end of this trip can be regarded as the most elite part of the 500,000 army, among which there are many people who are very loyal to the Wei State, and now they are in a battle against the water, naturally they have all their abilities brought into play, which also makes a wave of bows and arrows send out, more and more powerful.

Fortunately, before the war, Guo Jia estimated this possibility, and the commander of the Zhang He army was also prepared, and the wave of people at the forefront of the army were all shield soldiers, which made it possible to stand firm in the face of dense bows and arrows.

"Jingle Bell..."

The bow and arrow shot at the shield, and there was a crackling and piercing sound, and most of the bow and arrow were blocked, and some of them entered through the gaps in the shield and burrowed into the bodies of some of the Celestial Empire soldiers.

If a soldier is shot with a bow or arrow, the soldier behind or beside him will replace them, and if they have not been killed, they will be sent to the rear for treatment as quickly as possible, and if they are unfortunately killed, their bodies will be sent to the back, and then they will be replaced by someone else.

Therefore, it seems that the bows and arrows are very dense, but the advancing Celestial Empire camp did not panic, and still marched forward at a neat pace, and as the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, it had reached the range that the archers of the four legions could reflect.

Shooting from the bottom to the top naturally did not shoot farther and more accurately from the top of the castle tower, but fortunately, the longbow in the hands of the four legions was more delicate, and even the arrows were not ordinary wood, but made of iron, so as to make up for the gap in between.

The number of soldiers who died under the bow and arrow began to increase sharply, even on the high city wall, and the Wei army continued to fall from above and fall to the bottom of the city, and the corpses were smashed to pieces.

"Shoot the arrows, release them quickly, and don't let them get near the city." On the city tower, after seeing the soldiers of the four legions approaching step by step, Cao Zhen, as the commander general, shouted frantically, and at the same time he began to transfer the archers on the other three city gates towards the west city gate, he wanted to concentrate these forces to counterattack, at this moment he was no longer thinking about what the consequences would be if the Celestial Empire army launched a counterattack in front of the other three city gates, he just wanted to shoot the approaching four legion soldiers under the city.

General Zhang He, who was mixed with the soldiers, naturally noticed the movement that happened on the tower of Ye County, and when he saw that there were Wei archers quickly reinforcing the west city gate, he couldn't help but get anxious.

In fact, before the war, Zhang He was still very confident, he thought that Cao Pi was already a turtle in the urn, as long as he launched a fierce attack, the other party was forced to be powerful, and the army's heart would definitely collapse, and then it would be a battle.

But now it seems that they still underestimate the opponent in front of them, although these people have no way out, but their current performance is indeed worthy of being called the elite force of the Wei army, at least their current crazy counterattack is far from being comparable to the ordinary army.

After seeing that the number of soldiers who had retreated from the battlefield had exceeded 3,000, of which more than 1,000 were wounded, and the rest were all soldiers who had been killed, Zhang He was also ruthless. The Four Legions are the elite forces that participated in the battle with the Rus' country, and every soldier left here can be described as experienced in a hundred battles, once such a battle is put on the battlefield to fight, it is a warrior who can defeat several people, but now they are indeed dead under the bow and arrow of the other party, which makes him feel his heart ache.

"Get out of the way, I'll go ahead and open the way." Zhang He didn't want the elite Hundred Dead Veterans to lose too much here, and in a fit of rage, he reached out and snatched a shield from the hands of the soldiers who were protecting him, and then he took the initiative to rush forward.

Zhang He shouted, and the soldiers in front of him instinctively got out of the way, they didn't know what the Lord was going to do, but under the military order, all they needed to do was obey themselves.

It wasn't until Zhang Heyue came to the pikemen, drilled past the archers, and walked to the camp of the front shield soldiers, that the soldiers who were responsible for protecting him didn't know what the main general wanted to do, and in a panic, they just shouted loudly, "The general can't, the front is too dangerous." ”

Although it is said that the shield soldiers at the front rely on the iron shield in their hands to effectively resist the bows and arrows shot down by the opponent, but after all, the distance is so close, the casualties are still the largest, and now the main general has rushed to the front, no wonder the soldiers are so flustered.

heard the shouts of the soldiers behind him, but Zhang Hezhen didn't say a word. Yes, the soldiers who walk in the front are the most dangerous, but everyone has only one life, so why is his life his life, and the life of the soldiers is not his life?

Zhang He wants to use his actions to tell everyone that on the battlefield, no matter what generals and soldiers, everyone is the same, and there is only one life in the face of death.

Zhang He rushed into the front shield soldiers with a big shield, and continued to advance, "I am the commander of Zhang He's army, please get out of the way of the soldiers in front." ”