The next day, outside the city of Yique Pass, the tents of the Yu army were lined up in front of the city wall that was several miles long, and under the long city wall, there were white camp tents of the Yu army everywhere, like a white forest spreading for several miles.

In the rear, there were also many Yu troops who cut down the woods across the river a mile away to make siege vehicles and ladders for siege purposes.

At noon, smoke rose from many camp tents, and the Yu army began to slaughter sheep and cattle, shouting and drinking.

Veterans who are familiar with the Yu army understand that the Yu army is about to launch a big offensive, and the characteristics of the Yu war are that it cannot last, generally only three months, like the Tang State that lasts for several years of siege or confrontation warfare, they will bring a large number of cattle and sheep to use as military rations when they march, and they continue to loot along the way, and the cattle and sheep are driven away directly, and they can also save a lot of manpower to support logistics.

Once the Yu army began to slaughter cattle and sheep and feast and drink, then a big war ensued.

Tens of thousands of troops stationed under Yique Pass, the sense of oppression was very strong, and it spread from under the city wall to the river and its opposite bank a mile away, and there were Yu troops everywhere.

Sure enough, after noon, the Yu army was full of food and drink, the desolate horn sounded in the army, and a large number of Yu troops gathered in front of the city like black ants.

In the rear, a large number of soldiers, shouting neat trumpets, pushed many siege equipment from the river a mile away in the rear to the front of the city wall hundreds of paces.

Ladders, catapults, siege cones, and improvised towers are slowly pushed forward.

A large number of Yu troops at the forefront have raised their shields and put on armor one after another, the armor of the Yu army is not as much as that of the Tang army, and it is not as good as the Tang army, but they also have their own methods, that is, to put on a few more layers of armor, and then put on a few layers of heavily treated cowhide outside, which can basically resist bow and crossbow shooting.

At this time, the banner of the Chinese army began to slowly cross the river outside the city and move to the center of the army under the escort of many personal guards.

Then the horn sounded, like a desolate whimper under the sky, resounding inside and outside the Yique Pass, and the all-out attack of the Yu army began!

Wang Tan led people to quickly inspect the city, constantly checking whether the rolling wood and stones, fire oil and gold juice at the city head were ready.

The atmosphere at the head of the city was tense and filled with a foul smell, many soldiers were hurrying to the head of the city, and the able-bodied soldiers were leaning against the women's wall, holding large axes and wearing heavy armor, and their comrades were helping to put on their armor. There were also many people who hurriedly carried crossbows for the bed crossbows at the head of the city.

Under the city, at a glance, I couldn't see that the army of Bian Yu was gathering and preparing, and some people deliberately rode close to the city, shouting provocatively at the city, slapping their buttocks, and saying unbearable words.

"***!"

"If you have the ability, come here, grandpa will give you!"

「……」

Some of the soldiers couldn't help but scold in return, which caused bursts of laughter, which only dissipated the tense atmosphere.

Wang Tan was very steady and advised, "Don't care about their dogs, hurry up and do what you have at hand."

Both sides were in full swing to prepare, and half an hour later, the Yu army under the city was slowly moving forward with various siege equipment prepared in the rear.

Wang Tan was very nervous, the Yu army had sufficient siege equipment, looking at the camp on the opposite side, there were at least more than 100,000 troops under the city, and it was very difficult for them to hold it.

Tense confrontations and preparations continued until noon.

As the desolate trumpets sounded in the distance among the Yu army, the confrontation was broken and the all-out attack of the Yu army began.

A large number of Yu troops lined up in a phalanx, in front of the city wall several miles long, carrying all kinds of siege equipment, slowly advancing forward, Wang Tan and Meng Qiong continued to run at the head of the city, loudly reminding the soldiers in various sections of the city.

"Take care of the enemy in front of you, don't look around, and hold in front of you!

It doesn't matter how many thieves there are elsewhere, there are people there who will deal with it.

Don't be distracted!"

After the expansion of the personal guard division, there are some new recruits, and in this kind of battle, just looking at the crowds on the opposite side, and not seeing the side at a glance, may be frightened and panicked, not knowing what to do, and losing their lives in confusion, this time is the most important time to be reminded.

Many soldiers at the head of the city were nervous and breathing heavily, there were too many Yu troops under the city, under the city wall that stretched for several miles from east to west, until the river five miles away from the rear and on the other side of the river, there were people and horses and banners of the Yu country everywhere

and tents.

Just looking at such a formation, many people are already frightened and weak, if the generals do not set an example and appease the soldiers, I am afraid that many people will escape from the battle.

Below, the Yu army is slowly advancing.

At the head of the city, dozens of three-bow bed crossbows that were temporarily lifted up were ready, and the mile-long city wall could not be fully coordinated.

The same is true for the Yu army, on the long front, some places soon stand out, some places lag behind, and it is not a line to advance.

The Yu army in the east was at the forefront, becoming the most prominent part, and soon advanced to about 300 steps below the city.

The sound of the eastern section of the city was accompanied by an explosive string movement resounding through the city, and a burst of black shadows roared towards the Yu army in the distance, which was the bed crossbow at the head of the city.

In front of the Yu army, the soldiers who raised the shield couldn't withstand such injuries at all, and they were shot down in a large area in the scream, and the people were directly pushed to the ground, and the unlucky ones were directly pierced into blood gourds.

There are also many misses, and the angle is not good, dragging a large puff of smoke and dust on the ground, jumping and rolling, making a huge impact sound, and some are directly inserted deep into the ground. Five

One place opened, and suddenly the entire section of the city wall was full of sound of firing one after another, and the sound of huge bed crossbows resounded through the city, connecting into a piece, causing a lot of commotion to the Yu army.

However, although the power of the bed crossbow is great, there are only a few dozen, and on the long front of two or three miles, it can't stir up too many waves at all, and the damage caused is also very limited for the huge Yu army.

The most important thing is that the bed crossbow is powerful and slow to reload.

After firing once, two powerful soldiers need to quickly turn the winches on both sides of the tail at the same time to slowly pull away the three huge bow arms with two positive and one reverse, and then put on the arm-sized crossbow arrows to carry out the next fire, the whole process is very slow.

After firing a few times, the Yu army had already approached within a hundred steps of the city, and at this time, the Yu army in the rear had begun to throw a large number of arrows towards the city with bows and arrows in their hands.

The buzzing sound, like the resurgence of locust plagues, is overwhelming a large area of black pressure, covering the sky and the sun.

The veteran of the Tang Army hurriedly approached the female wall, and easily pulled the still somewhat ignorant recruits under the female wall, and soon the clanging sound of impact filled the city, and the back of the city wall was full of dense arrows.

Many of them were thrown into the mud behind the city wall, and in a short time, the mud ground behind them was like a paddy field with freshly planted seedlings, and those seedlings were full of arrows.

Soon, the Tang army at the head of the city also began to launch a counterattack against the Yu army under the city with bows and crossbows in their hands.

Suddenly, arrows flew under the city, and dense black spots filled the area between the city and the city like a dense swarm of buzzing mosquitoes.

The Tang army was more condescending, and the Tang army's crossbows were hugely powerful, but the bow crossbow was not like the bed crossbow, and in the face of a large number of shields, the effectiveness gradually declined.

However, this distance is still the most harmful to the Yu army, the Yu army left a lot of corpses, many injuries and diseases continue to be transported back, the rear archers continue to release arrows to the city, after two quarters of an hour of long-range confrontation and see-saw, the huge Yu army finally slowly pushed most of the sections of the long battle line two or three miles long to the city of Yique Pass.

A large number of siege equipment gradually followed.

Meng Qiong hid behind the female wall and watched the movements of the Yu army below, he was very nervous, the Yu army came over much faster than he imagined!

At the foot of the city, there is a trench dug by Jin Song's people, as well as a large number of sharp wooden piles, the trench is to prevent the enemy from erecting various large siege equipment, and the sharpened wooden stakes are to prevent the enemy from approaching the city wall.

However, Wang Tan found that the Yu army was not a vegetarian, the Yu army was located in the land of the four wars, and there were many battles in the south and the north.

They had already had sheepskins and curtains with a lot of earth and stones, and because of the transport of the auxiliaries behind them, they followed behind the army, and as soon as they approached the corner, they gave way to the auxiliary army behind them to come forward, and threw them into the trench with sheepskins and sackcloth, and the elite army in front of them had a large number of archers facing the city.

Some Tang soldiers were anxious when they found this situation, and they leaned out and prepared to shoot them with bows and crossbows

The Yu army that filled the trench was shot into a sieve in an instant, and the Tang army's bow was strong and fast, but there were many Yu soldiers and archers.

Wang Tan was very anxious, these trenches dug by Jin Song were not intended to use these things to block the enemy, it was definitely impossible, but he just wanted to delay time, or consume the enemy's physical strength, so as to make the follow-up defense of the city easier.

Unexpectedly, the Yu army was prepared, and brought a large number of auxiliaries in the back, and was not prepared to let the elite in front fill the trench at the beginning.

When the trench was almost filled, many tall men with huge axes in several layers of armor came out of the front army and kept cutting down the sharp wooden stakes of the city.

The defenders of the city harassed with bows and crossbows, but many of them were full of arrows but still standing, wielding large axes and quickly cutting down the sharpened wooden stakes under the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city were anxious but could not do anything about them.