"Arrows are coming! Arrows are coming!"

Warnings sounded in Zhuolu County.

Under this warning, the soldiers of the Tang Army who guarded the city wall in place of the county army, as well as those county soldiers who would rather put on a tie than remove the city wall, gathered together under the command of a cadre of army commanders, even chiefs, captains, and hundred generals, and pasted the shields held high together with the shields of their companions next to them to resist the incoming rain of arrows.

"Tuk! Sincere! Sincere! ——」

As if the sound of a torrential rain hitting the doors and windows sounded, most of the arrows fired by the crossbowmen of the Shadow Army fell on top of their heads.

Fortunately, the Tang soldiers and county guards on the city wall at this moment all had a shield in their hands, except for a dozen really unlucky guys, who were shot by arrows through the gap between the two shields and hit the vital point, there were no big casualties.

I have to say that thanks to the Tang Army's complete armament and rich combat experience, it was long expected that the Youjun army outside the city must be equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows, so it was precautionary in advance. Otherwise, even the Tang army would probably have suffered heavy casualties under the rain of arrows at this moment.

Just being beaten and not firing back, this is not in line with Tang Jun's character, this is not. After blocking the enemy's rain of arrows, the group of Tang soldiers shouted, "Where are our crossbowmen? Fight back, fight back."

Under the shouting and urging of these people, the Tang army crossbowmen holding bows and crossbows on the city wall shot the arrows in their hands one after another.

Unlike the county army and the Youjun army outside the city, the Tang army's division of arms is not obvious, most of the Tang army veterans are equipped with bows and crossbows, they have rich combat experience, and can deal with sudden situations at any time.

The bow and crossbow are both valuable equipment in the Tang army, which is also a standard for the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army to highlight their personal identity: if you see a Tang army soldier with a tie on his head and an iron jacket, wearing armor, holding a shield in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, a ring head knife hanging on his waist, and a bow or a crossbow on his back, then this person must be an old pawn in the Tang army, an elite veteran who can be sent anywhere. Compared with these old pawns, most of the new pawns of the Tang Army only had spears, ring-headed knives and shields.

And at this moment, under the blow of the crossbowmen of the Youjun army outside the city, these Tang army veterans with bows and crossbows immediately counterattacked, and tens of thousands of people fought back, causing considerable casualties to the crossbowmen of the Youjun army under the city. But it couldn't stop the crossbowmen outside the city from launching a salvo again, even if the arrows they shot did hit the crossbowmen, causing casualties on the other side.

No, there was only a dozen breaths of space before the previous round of salvos, and the 20,000 Changsha crossbowmen outside the city fired a salvo at the head of Zhuolu County again.

"Arrows are coming! Arrows are coming!"

When the alarm sounded again at the head of Zhuolu County, a group of Tang soldiers could only hold high wooden shields to resist.

Seeing this scene, or experiencing this scene himself, a few hints of urgency flashed in the eyes of Duan Yu, the head catcher of Zhuolu County.

As he could see, the Tang soldiers on the city wall were completely suppressed by the arrows fired from outside the city, although the casualties were within an acceptable range for the time being because of the relationship between the hands and shields, but the grim thing was that it was difficult for the Tang soldiers on the city wall to fight back.

A thought immediately flashed in Duan Yu's heart: the crossbowmen of the county army must be organized to help them!

In all fairness, he didn't care about the casualties of these Tang soldiers, and even he felt that if Zhuolu County didn't have the Tang army, most of them would be better, but now in the face of the threat of the Youjun army, even if he had prejudices against the Tang army, he still hoped to reduce the casualties of the Tang army.

After all, now the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army are also a reliable force to defend Zhuolu County, if the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army are defeated, the lone army of his county army alone will definitely not be able to hold the county seat.

And just as he was about to go and make a suggestion to Meng Song, suddenly, there was a whooshing sound behind him, which frightened him and made his hair stand on end.

When he looked up, he realized that a wave of arrows flew over his head and shot towards the ghost army outside the city.

"Shot from the city?"

Duan Yu was surprised and quickly ran to the inner side of the city wall, looked down, and immediately saw several catchers commanding a group of county army crossbowmen, telling them to shoot their bows outside the city wall.

Nodding secretly, Duan Yu shouted at one of the catchers below, "Wang Jun!"

"Huh?"

Wang Jun raised his head, saw Duan Yu on the city wall, and said with a smile, "County Captain, you won't be frightened by our salvo, right? By the way, let's see how accurate that salvo is!"

"Good!"

Duan Yu nodded, and immediately ran to the outside of the city wall with his shield and looked outside the city.

Probably because the crossbowmen of the county army who launched a salvo in the city could not see the enemy and could not aim, so most of the arrows shot out were missed, and only one-third of the arrows were close to the 20,000 crossbowmen of the Youjun Army, nailed to the ground, which shocked some of the crossbowmen of the Youjun Army.

However, the mistake is that although they did not shoot those crossbowmen of the Ghost Army, some of the arrows hit another siege foot soldier of the Shadow Army who was rushing towards the city wall. Those Youjun foot soldiers obviously didn't expect that under the blows of their 20,000 crossbowmen and crossbowmen, Zhuolu County could still organize an effective salvo, so that under the defenselessness, there were hundreds of casualties for a while.

Duan Yu hurriedly told Wang Jun in the city what he had seen.

After listening to Duan Yu's story, Wang Jun laughed, and he encouraged the nearly 1,000 county soldiers and crossbowmen and said, "Don't worry about shooting in the air, our task is not to shoot how many Youjun soldiers will be killed, but to disturb the Youjun crossbowmen outside the city, so that they will be frightened and unable to concentrate on launching a salvo against the Tang army on the city wall. So as long as you still have the stamina, shoot me! Shoot though! We've got the whole city to help us make arrows, and there are arrows!"

"Yes!"

Encouraged by Wang Jun, the nearly 1,000 county army crossbowmen launched another round of blind shooting.

Just like Wang Jun said, it doesn't matter whether the arrows shot out can hit the Youjun army, their existence is to let the Youjun outside the city understand that Zhuolu County still has the strength to shoot back, don't think about completely suppressing the city wall with long-range shots.

In all fairness, it seems that the return fire of these nearly 1,000 county pawn crossbowmen can only cause psychological pressure on the ghost army outside the city at best, unless these county pawn crossbowmen can do the elite archer "Sound Shooters" of the Han Dynasty.

Legend has it that those elite sound shooters, even in the fog around them, can use their ability to hear and distinguish positions, and accurately shoot those enemy troops who move in the fog, which can be called the highest level of crossbow troops.

But it's a pity that the county crossbowmen in Zhuolu City don't have the skills of archers at all, so their return shots and counterattacks can't effectively help the Tang soldiers on the city wall to reduce the pressure, and the latter is still overwhelmed by the volley of enemy crossbowmen outside the city.