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"Kill!"

"Kill!"

“……”

After reaching the east of Tongguan for half an hour, Zhang Ji's 50,000 vanguard cavalry finally chose to attack the city directly.

Looking down from the head of Tongguan City, the offensive of Zhang Ji's vanguard troops can be described as very fierce, and many soldiers have stepped forward, hitting wood and bamboo ladders together, swarming like a tide, and the momentum is very strong.

If it was with the strength of the defenders exposed by Yang Rui, it would definitely be difficult to defend the checkpoint in the face of this kind of Cheng Dù's attack, but that was just a cover set by Yang Rui.

At the same time, Zhang Ji's vanguard was originally all cavalry, but at this time, in order to attack the city, he had to give up his horses, abandon his most powerful horses, and participate in the siege warfare that the cavalry is not good at.

If it is said that without considering factors such as the restraint of the same rank, the strength of the cavalry of the same rank is equivalent to the strength of the special arms of the same rank, and even stronger than some special arms of the same rank.

Then the cavalry that has abandoned the horses is not even as powerful as the ordinary infantry soldiers! Even if the Zhangji Northwest Iron Cavalry itself was strong, the cavalry soldiers participating in the attack at this time were only one line stronger than the ordinary infantry soldiers.

It can be said that Zhang Ji's vanguard troops were completely taken to the ditch under Yang Rui's arrangement of showing weakness to the enemy and being virtual, and they were completely unaware of it.

"Double the number of troops, give priority to the use of hunting bows to defend against the enemy, except for the location of the city gate, if necessary, do not use rolling stones, sassal wood ...... for the time being"

In the face of the all-out attack of Zhang Ji's vanguard troops, Yang Rui did not take out all his strength at once, but continued to show the enemy weakness, so as not to scare away Zhang Ji's attack troops.

With the ultra-high defense of Tongguan's copper walls, even if all the soldiers of Zhang Ji's 50,000 vanguard troops attacked at the same time, it would be difficult to pose a threat to the defenders above the checkpoint if they wanted to pass through the simple and unprofessional siege equipment such as bamboo ladders and hitting wood.

And Yang Rui's Tiewei guards are very good at city wall battles, even if Zhang Ji's troops really attack the city in the end, they are definitely not the opponents of Tiewei's guards, and this situation will not happen for the time being.

The hunting bow in the hands of the guards is just right for the current situation, and after the hunting bow has been mass-produced, it has been placed in the hands of most of the soldiers of Yang Rui's army, and at this time, with the help of the tall and solid wall structure of Tongguan, it is just tepid.

Even if the number of soldiers participating in the defense of the wall is limited, the power of the hunting bow is also limited, and the most important thing is that the wall of Tongguan is too difficult to climb, and under the action of height and inertia, the arrows of the hunting bow also increase a lot of attack power.

The current situation of the attacking and defending sides of Tongguan is that although the morale of the Zhangji siege troops is high, they are facing a cliff and are somewhat helpless; The attack of the Tongguan guards was relatively weak, and it seemed that they had reluctantly blocked it temporarily by relying entirely on their geographical advantages.

The offensive and defensive sides maintained a temporary balance, and it seemed that although Zhang Ji's troops were ineffective for a while, they still occupied the advantage of total strength; And the feeling of the defenders that even if they can hold on for a while, they will not be able to continue in the end.

It's just that if you look at it from God's point of view, it's not the same thing at all, Yang Rui's sergeant guards will change from time to time, and although the number of participants is small, they are not the same group of people contributing, so there is no problem of lack of strength.

The only thing that has some restraint is that the clothing left over from the previous Guo Yan garrison is not sufficient, and each wave of replaced iron guards must do their best to change their outfits to the next wave of soldiers, so as not to show their horses and feet when replacing defenses.

Zhang Ji's attacking side was completely under the random attack of the defenders, and the number and power of hunting arrows were very limited, but from time to time Zhang Jishi was injured or even killed by arrows.

On the other hand, Yang Rui guarded the pass, and none of the soldiers were lost. Don't say that it was damaged, and before Zhang Ji's troops actually landed on the top of the city, they didn't even have a means of attack that could threaten the defenders of the wall.

In fact, Yang Rui was deliberately delaying, what he was waiting for was the arrival of Zhang Ji's army, and it was a bit of a waste if it was only used to deal with the 50,000 vanguard troops of Zhang Ji at the moment.

Moreover, Yang Rui was facing the cavalry troops at this time, and once his true strength was exposed, Zhang Ji's troops, who were unable to attack outside the gate, would turn around and flee as soon as they slipped away, and it was impossible to catch up if they wanted to chase after them.

And among Yang Rui's troops, there are only infantry and no cavalry, and what they can rely on is that the terrain of Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if they chase out and fight a decisive battle with Zhang Ji's troops, in the absence of a military advantage, the possibility of suffering a loss is greater.

At present, the best way for Yang Rui to choose to receive troops is to lure Zhang Ji's troops to attack all the time, and it is best to wait until the main force of Zhang Ji's troops arrives at Tongguan and devote themselves to the siege together, which is when Yang Rui can exert his true strength.

As speculated by Tai Shici, Zhang Ning, Han Dai, and Ding Yao, with the advantageous terrain of Tongguan, Yang Rui was sure to resist Zhang Ji's two or three hundred thousand troops with 50,000 iron guards.

At the same time, Yang Rui also has these methods in his hands, such as the reverse use of siege equipment that he has tried, and Zhang Ning's Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain and other means.

It is worth mentioning that although Yang Rui can no longer rely on the Dao Wind Flying Carpet to assist Zhang Ning in casting the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain, even if he only lets Zhang Ning stand on top of Tongguan, a burst of fire rain at a critical moment is also extremely powerful.

"Roar! Hahh......"

"Whoosh! Sou! Whoosh......"

“……”

Zhang Ji's vanguard continued to attack for about an hour, but it never achieved any effect, and at this time, a figure came out of the crowd, and with a loud shout, he quickly climbed up the bamboo ladder to the city wall of Tongguan.

Seeing that this figure was about to climb the city wall, and it was only a blink of an eye from the storm to the position at the head of the wall, Yang Rui saw that his strength was not bad, and immediately flew towards the position where the person was about to land.

There was a person in the other direction, but he was faster than Yang Rui, and he was closer to the position of that figure, and he had already reached the position where the besiegers were going to settle down one step ahead, and it was Tai Shici.

"Ping! Ping! Ping Pong ......"

"Haaa......"

"Drink!"

“……”

Tai Shi Ci and the other party just greeted each other, and without saying hello, they each yelled and handed over their hands, and in the blink of an eye, the two fought three times.

At this time, Yang Rui also rushed to the place where the man stayed, and when he was about to make a move, he saw that the person was like a spirit monkey, and after a few shots, he went down the city wall along the bamboo ladder, and in a blink of an eye, he was far away.

Tai Shi Ci was about to chase down, but he was pulled by Yang Rui, although the two of them did not receive more than two or three, Yang Rui could already see clearly, Tai Shi Ci's strength and the other party were actually only between the two of them.

At least the opponent's marksmanship is extremely good!

/ (To be continued.) )