Twenty thousand feathered arrows had already reached the top of the border guards when the regimental commander's voice fell.

Although the regimental commander gave a hint, many of the soldiers did not come to raise their shields, and the arrows rained down.

In an instant, the sound of puff and puff was incessant, and at this time the commander of Yuen Long saw the cleverness, because the pull of the archers could not all be the same, plus the angle problem.

Therefore, the rain of arrows fell and did not fall together, so this time the rain of arrows fell and all of them pierced into the advancing phalanx of the border guards.

So the moment the arrow rain fell, there were countless casualties, but the border guards did not stop because someone was shot to death, but stimulated their ferocity, and just stepped on the corpse of their companion and continued to move forward.

Xiang Wentian, who was watching the battle from the rear, realized that it was not good, and immediately ordered the catapult to start and suppress the opponent's arrow rain.

With the simple advance, the catapult, which was originally at the rear because of the lack of range, can finally be put into use.

"Put..."

With a single sound, dozens of large catapults started.

"Whoosh... Whoosh..."

As the catapult was thrown, the stone was thrown by the catapult like a cannonball, and it hit the opponent's city wall directly.

It's just that the effect of this first round of salvo is not very good, because there is no calibration, just a projectile by feeling, so a lot of stones are smashed on the city wall.

"Boom... Boom..."

The roar was incessant, and the soldiers standing on the wall felt the trembling of the wall because there were so many stones on it that the soldiers standing on the wall felt the wall tremble, and the rubble flew to the ground.

Of course, there were also some stones that fell directly under the city wall, but did not have any effect.

"Calibration, the target is directly ahead, up 2.5 bars, bias and strength"

"Aligned Complete"

With a sound of alignment, the leader of the calibrated catapult raised the order flag in his hand and shouted "let go"

This time, the catapult was aligned, and almost all the stones flew in an arc towards the top of the wall.

Yuen Long looked up and saw the stones flying towards him, and immediately shouted, "Hide... Hide quickly. ”

Yuen Long's words fell, and the roar had already landed on the city walls.

"Ahh

This was followed by the screams of many soldiers.

The strength of the stones thrown by the catapult is unimaginable, not to mention that it can smash the arrow stacks or something, but at least with human flesh and blood, it is definitely unstoppable.

What's even worse is that after the stone hit the city wall, because the speed was too fast, the debris that exploded in that moment was like a sharp dagger, harvesting the lives of nearby soldiers.

The border guards, under the suppression of the catapults, quickly approached the city wall, and were suppressed by the catapults, and the soldiers defending the city just dodged, and they could still stand up and shoot.

"Stop..."

The lookout standing on the top of the arrow tower saw that his team had attacked the base of the city wall to avoid the accidental killing of the catapults, so he directly gave the order to stop the catapults throwing stones.

Yuen Long was almost reimbursed this time, not to dodge quickly, a big stone smashed directly on him, although he dodged the big stone, but still did not avoid the scratch of the small stone.

At this time, Yuen Long had a blood mark on his face, and there were also a few blood stains on his arm and thigh, which showed that he was still injured, but the injury was not serious.

"The assault continues to press the station, and the pikemen prepare to defend the city!"

Yuen Long didn't care about his injuries, and when he saw that the catapult on the opposite side did not continue to throw stones, he already knew that the other party must have attacked the base of the wall and was ready to climb the wall.

When Shi Da heard Yuen Long's order, he directly drew out his saber and roared: "Brothers, kill me hard, don't be stingy with Lei Shi Rolling Wood, smash me hard." ”

The border guards are not stupid here, and the archers of the Chinese army also began to draw arrows and draw bows at this time, and shot out at the city wall, but because it was from the bottom to the top, the strength was weakened, so it did not cause much damage to the soldiers defending the city.

And the soldiers who attacked the city wall did not talk nonsense, and directly erected a wooden ladder and began to climb up.

And some unlucky people erected the ladder just happened to be seen by the soldiers defending the city, and after waiting for the ladder to be full of people, they directly picked out the ladder with a spear, and many people fell to death in an instant.

At this point, the war has entered a white heat, and the east and west walls have also launched attacks, so now except for the south wall, the other three walls are fighting bloodily.

And Wei Zhongxian, who was guarding in the south, was not idle, although no one on his side came to attack the city at present, it did not mean that it was easy, because the city gate was closed at this time, and no one entered or exited.

Therefore, it was deserted outside the city gate, and the original scene of people coming and going was no longer there.

When the north hit the scorching cold, Wei Zhongxian finally couldn't sit still.

Wei Zhongxian stretched out his hand and called the five commanders to him.

"Now Xiang Wentian's deflated army and the brothers in the north have reached a scorching state, and we can't sit back and wait, so I decided to take 2,000 cavalry out of the city to steal the camp. ”

As soon as these words came out, the 5 commanders were immediately shocked, the current situation, the defense of the city is enough to choke, and they are ready to steal the camp, isn't this an act of looking for death!

At this time, it was time for Wei Zhongxian to reflect the value of his existence, looking at the silent commander of the five people, he shook his head and said, "What's wrong? Are they all bad seeds? Don't you dare to go out with me?"

When the words fell, a commander whispered, "General, it's not that we don't dare, but the other party is an army of hundreds of thousands, how can we rely on 2,000 people to steal the camp?"

"Now that the north has launched a siege, for Xiang Wentian's people, it must be a strong merit and ready to take it in one fell swoop, so the battalion must be lax in defense at this time, and we are not going to kill people in a sneak attack, but to set fire!"

"Set fire?"

Hearing Wei Zhongxian say arson, the eyes of several commanders lit up, and then they looked at each other, and the two commanders stepped forward and hugged their fists and said, "General, my subordinates are willing to go out of the city with the general to steal the camp." ”

"Well... Count the guys, if you succeed in defending the city this time, you two will be credited with a great achievement. Then the three of you are here to guard the south gate for me, and you must pay close attention to it, and you must not lose it. ”

The remaining 3 commanders nodded, patted their chests and promised that they would not lose the city gate.

Then Wei Zhongxian stopped talking nonsense, ordered the soldiers and horses and the things that ignited the fire and prepared to set off, while the remaining soldiers opened the city gate and retreated to the side after opening a gap for only two horses to stand side by side.

Wei Zhongxian saw the city gate open, and waved his hand, "Let's go..."

Wei Zhongxian rushed out first, and then 2,000 people followed.

And it was the attack of this cavalry that disrupted the pace of Xiang Wentian's attack, allowing a closed city to drag Xiang Wentian for nearly 20 days.

It is said that Wei Zhongxian walked out of the south city gate, ran forward for less than 10 kilometers, and then turned the horse's head and followed the sheep intestine path that some woodcutters walked out, and went directly to the west.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian didn't go to steal the camp without a purpose, because Wei Zhongxian overheard the woodcutter say that Xiang Wentian's camp was set up along the outside of the north city gate, but because of the large number of people.

Therefore, this military camp stretched over a large area, and the woodcutter saw with his own eyes that the military rations and siege baggage were in the camp at the northwest corner. Although the woodcutter only saw from afar.

But he was also amazed, the grain and grass were piled up, and in the woodcutter's own words, he had never seen so much grain in his life.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the familiar terrain to prepare to bypass the west, directly attack the place where the grain and grass were stored, and set a fire to burn its grain and grass, which would definitely make his army unstable, so it would also delay the pace of the attack.

And this is the effect that Wei Zhongxian wants, Wei Zhongxian himself understands in his heart that it is unrealistic for the tens of thousands of people who rely on themselves to keep the lockdown all the time, but as long as it can be delayed for half a month and a month.

This is enough, it is said that the soldiers are fast, as long as it is delayed, the morale of the soldiers will be low, and secondly, it also wins themselves valuable time to retreat.

At this time, the siege battle in the north was already in full swing, and the rain of arrows continued to pour down, and the border guards, with the assistance of large siege ladders, once killed the city wall.

It's just that in the end, under the resistance of Shi Da and Yuen Long, he was beaten down again.

This is to see that the city is small and has the advantage of being small, the city is small, so the army in many can't be used, so the attack can only come in waves, but it can't form an effective suppression.

And the Yuen Long command is also quite disciplined, thunder stones and rolling wood and fire oil continue to pour down, at this time there are many corpses under the root of the city wall.

And the defending side of the city is much luckier, whether it is killed in battle or wounded, there are people who come to help and carry them under the city wall, so although there are casualties, but the real dead are all died in the catapult.

And Wei Zhongxian was cautious all the way, for fear of being discovered, so he was careful all the way, trying not to make too much noise as much as possible, and finally crossed the siege battlefield in the west after more than half an hour.

Compared with the fierce siege in the north, the west is much more relaxed, although it is also fierce, but it is still in a state of stalemate.

Wei Zhongxian rode on his war horse at this time, checked the terrain, and found that there was no road to the direction of the granary at this time, and it was all overgrown with weeds.

frowned slightly, and then estimated the distance, Wei Zhongxian waved his hand, and directly ordered, "Pack light, bring all the things that ignite, bolt the war horse, and we will move forward on foot." ”

"It's... Subordinates obeyed. ”

Overgrown weeds have a great impact on the progress of the war horse, but for the sergeants who have lived in lockdown since childhood, drilling into the grass does not affect their forward speed too much.

And the grass is the best place for you to hide.

With Wei Zhongxian's order, all 2,000 people turned over and dismounted, tied the war horses, untied some fire-causing things hanging on the saddle, and then hung them on their waists, and followed Wei Zhongxian out.

The weather is very hot now, and it is even more unbearable to burrow in the grass, and before it has been long, 2,000 people are already sweating and itching.

But none of them were left behind, and they all moved forward carefully, on the one hand, they had to stay away from the battlefield, and on the other hand, they had to be careful about whether there was a secret post in front of them.