The Chu army stopped more than five hundred steps away from Yongqiu City. Xiang Yu originally wanted to advance the army to a formation three hundred steps away from the city wall, but Zhong Liwu reminded him to pay attention to the Qin crossbow, so he gave up his original plan and set up a formation five hundred steps away.

The Qin army on the city wall set up crossbow arrows under the command of Li You, and a crossbow with a buckle was aimed at the Chu army's large array, and those Qin troops with crossbows were all in a cold sweat with their palms, staring nervously at the Chu army under the city.

"Where's Jib?" The Chu army lined up in formation, Xiang Yu held the reins in his hand, and shouted behind him: "Get out of the column and listen to the order!" ”

As soon as his words fell, a member of the Chu General rode out of the queue, came to Xiang Yu and clenched his fists and said, "The last general is here, please give orders!" ”

Xiang Yu stretched out his hand and pointed at the Yongqiu city wall painted with jet-black mountain paint, and said to Ji Bu: "You can order your men and horses to attack Yongqiu immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Jibu clenched his fists in response, and rode his horse back to his camp.

After Ji Bu ran back to his main formation, one of the generals rode his horse out of the array, drew his sword and shouted to the neatly arranged Chu army of Ji Bu's department: "The shield array is out!" ”

With the shout of the general, more than 10,000 Chu troops holding large shields stepped forward in unison, and walked out of the array after a series of uniform steps.

"Archer, insert the shield array!" The general gave another order, and five thousand archers walked into the shield array with loose steps.

After the shield array and archers came out, the general rode his horse and ran in front of Ji Bu, bowed to Ji Bu and said: "Report to the general, the shield array and the archers are ready, please give the general the order to attack the city!" ”

Ji Bu raised the halberd in his hand and shouted to the general: "Attack the city immediately!" ”

"Siege!" After the general received the order, he turned over and jumped off his horse and ran towards the shield array, and at the same time as he ran towards the shield array, nearly a thousand Chu troops carrying cloud ladders rushed out of Ji Bu's camp.

After these Chu troops rushed out, they followed closely behind the shield array and rushed towards the Yongqiu city wall.

"Kill!" An earth-shattering roar came from the Chu army's shield array that rushed towards the city wall.

The shield array advanced slowly, approaching the city wall step by step, and every time he took a step forward, the Chu army holding the shield would roar "mighty", and tens of thousands of people roared at the same time, and the momentum was majestic.

The archers hunched their bodies and clasped their bowstrings behind the great shields; Behind these archers were more than a thousand Chu troops carrying cloud ladders, and in order not to destroy the sequence of the shield array, these Chu troops carried the cloud ladders horizontally and slowly leaned towards the city wall behind them.

Li You held the battlements and looked at the Chu army that was approaching the city wall, and when the Chu army advanced to a place more than two hundred steps away from the city wall, he said lightly to the general beside him: "Shoot the crossbow arrows." ”

When the general got the order, he hurriedly raised a fist and shouted to the Qin army holding the crossbow: "Crossbow arrows!" Launch! ”

"Whoosh!" Following the order of the partial general, the Qin army on the city wall shot rows of crossbow arrows at the approaching Chu army's shield array.

These crossbow shooters were lined up in three columns, the first column was fired, the second column stepped forward, and by the time the third column stepped forward, the first column had already reloaded the crossbow arrows. In this way, the crossbow arrows of the Qin army were fired towards the Chu army without any pause.

The power of the Qin crossbow was well known to the world during the Warring States Period, and the Chu army naturally would not underestimate it, and it was precisely because of this that Ji Bu sent a shield array holding a large shield before the siege to resist the Qin army's crossbow arrows.

The crossbow arrows rained down on the Chu army's big shield, most of the crossbow arrows were bounced off by the shield, and only a few of them got into the gap between the shields and shot the Chu army hiding behind.

After the Chu army that was shot fell, Tong Ze next to him would immediately move his position to fill the vacancy of the fallen Chu army, and the shield array reached only about fifty steps away from the city wall before maintaining a dense formation and stopping.

The general who had previously given the order to attack hid in the shield array with a short sword in his hand, and when the shield array stopped, he raised his arm and shouted: "Archer, counterattack!" ”

"Whoosh!" As soon as his shout fell, a crossbow bolt shot into his raised arm with a strong wind.

The general's attention was all on the archers who were preparing to counterattack, and he didn't pay attention to the crossbow arrows at all. With a "poof", the crossbow arrow pierced straight into the general's forearm.

Due to the proximity of the distance, and the strength of the Qin crossbow was indeed very strong, with a miserable howl from the general, the crossbow arrow passed through his arm, and flew out with a puddle of blood and a few pieces of bloodshot bone slag.

He let out a painful howl, and because of the pain, his body, which was slightly arched, suddenly straightened up unconsciously. As soon as he straightened up, several bolts shot into his chest like lightning.

With a few puffs of blood, several crossbow arrows all disappeared into the body of the general. The hard leather armor on his body didn't stop the crossbow arrows in the slightest.

The powerful force of the crossbow arrow flew out of the general's body backwards, and after his body flew out four or five meters in the air, he fell heavily to the ground, and several large holes in his chest that were pierced by the crossbow arrows were bubbling outward, and a crossbow arrow actually shot through his heart impartially, even if Bian Que was reincarnated, I am afraid that he could not be saved.

In Ji Bu's camp, another partial general saw that the partial general in the shield array shot a crossbow arrow and flew up, shook the reins, rode his horse to Ji Bu, and arched his hand and said: "General, General Chen is dead, the soldiers must not be without generals for a while, and the young general is willing to go to command the battle!" ”

"General Cao, be careful!" Ji Bu returned the salute to the partial general and said to him: "Everything depends on General Cao!" ”

"The young general will not fail in his mission!" General Cao received the order, took the shield from one of the soldiers, and rushed towards the shield array.

On the city wall, the general of the Qin army saw General Cao rushing out of the camp of the Chu army, and hurriedly commanded more than a dozen crossbowmen to fire crossbow arrows at him.

General Cao held a shield in one hand and a reins in the other, and his legs fiercely clamped the horse's belly to urge the war horse to rush towards the shield array.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows flew towards him with a strong wind, and he raised his shield to block it, and all the crossbow arrows shot on the surface of the shield, and fell to the ground after making a "crackling" sound.

The powerful impact of the crossbow arrow threw him backwards, but he still sat firmly on the horse's back, and the horse rushed towards the shield array without any pause.

"Quick, shoot his horse!" Seeing that a round of crossbow arrows did not work, the general of the Qin army hurriedly shouted to the crossbowman who was loading the crossbow arrows beside him.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows flew towards General Cao, but this time the crossbow arrows did not shoot directly at his chest, but shot straight at the war horse under his crotch.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows pierced the body of the war horse at the same time, and the war horse neighed miserably, and the two front legs flipped over and fell forward.

At the moment before the war horse rolled forward, General Cao's hand holding the reins pressed on the horse's back, and his body flew up in the air and fell towards the shield array.

Before he landed, he curled up and rolled on the ground, and when he got back up, he was already at the end of the shield array.

After getting up, he bent over his waist and drilled from the many shields to the front of the shield array.

At this time, the archers hidden in the array had also begun to shoot arrows at the battlements.

As the Qin army at the head of the city continuously shot crossbow arrows at the Chu army's shield array, the counterattack of the Chu army's archers appeared a little scattered and disorderly. Even so, the counterattack of the bow and arrow still had a certain effect, and the crossbow arrows fired by the Qin army at the head of the city were obviously sparser than before.

In the two sides of the shooting, the Chu army archers hiding in the shield array naturally suffered more than the Qin army crossbowmen hiding behind the battlements, and each row of crossbow arrows was shot, there would be several or even a dozen Chu army archers who got up to shoot arrows were shot through the body, while the Qin army crossbowmen were relatively much smaller casualties.

"Siege ladder! Above! General Cao saw that the crossbow arrows shot on the city wall were a little looser, and hurriedly shouted to the more than 1,000 Chu soldiers carrying siege ladders behind him.

When the more than 1,000 Chu troops got the order, they all shouted in unison, one holding a small shield in front of them, and the other hand holding the siege ladder and running towards the city wall quickly.

When these Chu troops rushed out of the shield array, Li You pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a playful smile.

"Archer!" Seeing the Chu army's cloud ladder rushing towards the city wall, the general of the Qin army, who gave the order, raised his arm and shouted: "Cooperate with the crossbowman and fire at the enemy!" ”

With the order of the partial general, two rows of archers stood behind the crossbowmen, and at the same time as the crossbowmen shot crossbow arrows at the shield array under the city, these archers drew the bowstrings, divided into two groups, and shot at the Chu army carrying the siege ladder.

General Cao obviously didn't expect the Qin army to have such a hand, and he was stunned when the rows of arrows on the city wall rained down on the Chu army carrying siege ladders.

Originally, his plan was to immediately strengthen the attack of the Qin army on the city with bows and arrows when the siege ladder attracted the attention of the Qin crossbowmen on the city, but he did not expect that the Qin crossbowmen did not shift the target of the attack at all, and still fired crossbow arrows towards the shield array, while the Chu army holding the siege ladder was attacked by the new Qin archers who joined the battle.

The shield held by the charging Chu army was much smaller than the big shield of the shield array, and when the arrow rain flew down overwhelmingly, the Chu army fell one by one.

When the Chu army, who was not hit by the arrow, saw their companion fall to the ground, they did not step forward to support their companion, but continued to rush forward with a ladder.

Some of the Chu soldiers were shot in the leg or arm by arrows, and although they did not fear for their lives, the pain slowed them down a lot.

The wounded Chu army let go of the siege ladder, and the wounded arm rushed forward with his arm in his arms; Those wounded in the legs limped after their companions and ran towards the wall; Those who were too injured to get up fell to the ground and rolled and struggled.

The overwhelming rain of arrows did not stop for a moment because of the bravery of the Chu army, but the Qin army in the city became more and more excited because the attack worked, and the speed of firing arrows was much faster.