In the mouths of Wolf Qing, Lao Tie, and Wu Pawn, the shouts of 'ready to be completed' rang out one after another.

The thousand-strong infantry formation under the city was slowly advancing all the way, and it was still nearly two miles away from the city wall where Hu Biao and the others were located.

recalled in his brain that he had read the relevant content recorded in the Song Dynasty History "The Biography of Wei Pi":

"The crossbow of the old bed shot at 700 steps, so that Pi increased to 1,000 steps."

Then the Song Dynasty is 1.536 meters in one step, so the range of the Eight Bull Crossbow should be 1536 meters; However, compared to the ordinary rifles of World War II, the range is longer.

According to the above recollections, Hu Biao judged that these targets in front of him had definitely entered the killing range of the Eight Bull Crossbow.

In Hu Biao's mouth, he immediately roared out: "Eight bull crossbows fire, shoot his mother~"

After hearing this order, Wolf Qing, Lao Tie, Wu Pawn and others all picked up a wooden hammer with their own hands and struck it on the trigger.

The trigger of this thing is not something that can be pulled by human beings at all.

A total of three eight-bull crossbows, and the 21 ballistas of all sizes fired, were greeted by lightning in a burst of bowstring vibration of 'Bang, Bang~'.

It's a pity that the shot that Lao Tie aimed at was a little missed, grazing the edge of the infantry formation and shooting into the air and falling to the ground.

Fortunately, the remaining 14 ballistas, without exception, all hit the target.

At that time, in the face of this thing, the people in the infantry formation simply did not have time to react; In the originally strict formation, 14 dog-like gaps were shot out in an instant.

Even if the hands of the first row of sword and shield hands are instinctively raised shields, such an action does not play a protective role at all.

The iron arrows of those ballistas weren't sharp at all, and even looked rather blunt.

However, under the strong thrust, whether it is a two-handed shield or a one-handed shield, as long as it is hit, it will be easily shot like a piece of cardboard.

Then, the ballista was not only the one who shot through the shield, but also the two or three people behind him before the strength was completely exhausted.

In this process, if you shoot the arms and skull, you can shoot them directly on the spot, making the flesh and blood fly in the sky.

If it is shot in the chest and abdomen, then it can be directly pierced, and the whole person will be carried flying.

In particular, the two thickest ballistas, one of which directly strung the four unlucky eggs into a string, continued to fly, and only stopped after shooting one person's left arm and knocking down another.

In the formation of the attacking troops, a long alley of flesh and blood was shot.

In short, in the launch of the three Eight Bull crossbows, the attacking side was instantly put down by more than 30 people.

Such a kill figure is naturally nothing for an offensive force of 1,000 people; But the tragic death of those unlucky people made the Liao army who surrendered a little frightened.

For a while, their strict formation was irrepressibly chaotic.

But in the first time, the two wings and the Jurchen cavalry behind them directly pulled out their bows and arrows, shot over more than a dozen of them, and screamed in fright.

The junior officers in the team also shouted and cursed wildly.

It is estimated that he is telling his subordinates: although the ballista of the Song people is very strong, it is very troublesome to load; As long as you rush over, this thing can only shoot one shot.

Suddenly, the Liao soldiers, who had more than 900 people left, rushed up in a swarm after opening a wider distance from each other.

After they entered the distance of a mile from the city, the remaining double-bow bed crossbows were also fired one by one, and dozens of people were put down.

At this point, all ten ballistae on the northern wall have been fired, and it will take at least a few minutes to fire them again next time.

Fortunately, the attackers under the city no longer have the slightest formation to speak of.

A large crowd of people rushed over like ducks.

Seeing this, seeing that after they entered the distance of 200 meters under the city, Hu Biao's mouth roared: "Bow and arrow, shoot~"

*****

Saying! Because of the limited strength of the Xuange battalion, after absorbing 180 surrendered Liao soldiers to join, the total strength was only a small 600 people.

Hu Biao put 150 people on the north and south city walls, and 50 people on the east and west city walls.

In addition, there are 160 people who serve as general reserve forces and mobile units.

As for the people, a total of 1,200 people have been recruited so far, and thanks to the large number of military boots delivered by the Dengzhou Naval Division, they have also completed the armament.

Now there are 600 men on all four walls to defend, and the remaining 600 are used as preparations and replacements.

Therefore, under Hu Biao's order, at least 300 people on the northern city wall picked up the bow and the yellow birch crossbow, and condescendingly greeted the attackers under the city.

For a moment, it was called an arrow raining down.

The bows and arrows in the hands of the people are just a compliment; But the yellow birch crossbow in the hands of the soldiers of the Xuange battalion, as well as the sharp arrows shot by Hu Biao and others, are not small at all.

Especially the Yellow Birch crossbow, the iron armor can shoot through at a distance of 100 meters.

The strength of the Great Song in the bow and crossbow was perfectly displayed at this moment.

If they still maintain a strict formation, these elite infantry of the former Liao State who are attacking are not afraid of such a rain of arrows.

It's nothing more than shields in the front row, and the archers in the rear counterattack and continue to advance all the way; The casualties are somewhat large, and they are not unbearable.

But now, under their wild run all the way, the formation has long been chaotic.

In the dense rain of arrows in the city, the sword and shield bearers with shields in hand were better, and the sword and axe men carrying ladders were often shot to the ground one by one when they were still a long distance from the city wall.

When their archers fired their bows and fought back against the city wall, most of the arrows were blocked by the battlements and wooden baffles on the wall.

Occasionally, after falling on everyone's armor, they were unable to break through due to lack of strength.

Eventually, when they were still thirty-four meters away from the city wall, the infantry, who had already suffered more than 20 percent casualties, were close to 30 percent, and they could no longer hold on.

They threw away the ladder on their shoulders and turned and fled in the direction of the camp.

It is equivalent to not even touching the city wall, and it was beaten back neatly.

After seeing such a scene, the mouths of the people on the northern city wall immediately thundered with joy; After a while, the defenders of the other three walls, as well as the soldiers and civilians in the city, also cheered loudly.

The huge pressure of the Jurchen army in his heart was all vented at this moment......

At the same time, in the Jurchen camp outside the north gate of Haiyang City, Wanyan Lou was leading some of his officers such as Meng'an and Mouke to watch the rout of the thousand-strong infantry team.

After losing the first battle, he didn't even touch the city walls, so he was shot back.

So the expressions on the faces of everyone present suddenly became a little unsightly.

The leader of the Black Stone Division, who was considered a thousand-commander level Meng'an Jimo, shouted even more in his mouth: "I used to say that I had heard of people, and the Song people were very powerful when defending the city with the advantage of bows and crossbows, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult."

Although the city in front of us is small, it is very complete with all kinds of ordnance and fortifications.

If this continues, even if this small city of Haiyang is defeated, the warriors under his command will suffer heavy casualties; On this trip to Pingzhou, we also plundered a lot of cattle, horses and slaves, so we might as well withdraw our troops.

Lou Mur, your second son is dead, it's great to share some of you. ”

The voice fell, and Wan Yan Lou scolded viciously: "Shut up, if there are still people who retreat easily in this battle, don't blame a certain subordinate for being ruthless." ”

In such a shouting and scolding, Na Mo immediately became angry, but after looking at Yan Lou's vicious eyes, he still held back the emotions that he wanted to attack.

Seeing this, Wan Yan Lou said in a soft voice:

"You don't need to worry about the casualties of the warriors under your command, you have your own way of dealing with it.

What if the Song people were good at defending the city? It's just a matter of spending more time and effort; Just drive the captives to bulldoze the earth outside the city, piled higher than the city walls.

Not only can you shoot arrows at the city, but you can also place a trebuchet on a mound of earth and throw stones at the city.

When their ballistas and city defenses are smashed, they will naturally be able to capture them in one go, and the warriors under your command will not suffer many casualties.

As for the casualties of the slaves and these eagle dogs, the general Liao soldiers; After a huge land of Pingzhou was conquered, slaves and Liao soldiers could be replenished even more. ”

After hearing such a statement, everyone had no meaning in completing Yan Lou's battle plan.

It was also after such a siege plan was implemented in the subsequent time, and a group of netizens in the city became more and more difficult day by day.

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