When Xu Sheng shouted, the guards of Chaisang City noticed a small black dot in the distance in the sky.

Soon, the Jiangxia soldiers lined up arrived in the field outside Chaisang City. Then, the passionate war drums echoed in the Jiangxia army. With the sound of drums, Jiangxia soldiers shouted 'Wan Sheng', and they became courageous.

At the same time, a big sword with the word 'yellow' slowly rose from the horizon, spears and spears were like a forest, and four thousand Jiangxia soldiers gathered in several phalanxes, advancing in black pressure. Although there were not 10,000 people, the crowd with black pressure in their eyes still put a lot of pressure on the soldiers defending the city.

"Don't panic, hold on to your crossbow."

Xu Shengpi insisted on being sharp and walked around the city to calm the nervousness of the soldiers. As the Jiangxia army array approached, Xu Sheng at the head of the city also saw the enemy formation in front more and more clearly. Every time he walked less than a hundred steps, Jiang Xia had to stop and rectify the queue, and the formation was indescribably neat. Although there was a uniform shout just now, Xu Sheng seemed to feel that the morale of the army in front of him was not strong.

Staring at the insignificant 'Huang' Daxu, Xu Sheng frowned slightly, and muttered: "Is this the thief general who shot Xu Pingyu and killed Ling Po's thief?" How can the soldiers be so loose, it is difficult to speak of elite! ”

In Xu Sheng's imagination, the person who can have the courage to break the rear and lead the command to defeat the Jiangdong Navy Division at a critical moment must be comparable to the general. Its soldiers cannot be said to be very elite, but they can also be said to be brave and combative. But this unit is different from what he imagined.

However, Xu Sheng did not dare to slack off, after all, he had previous military exploits, and those who could make that kind of merit would definitely have something to offer. And yesterday's deception strategy is also good, if it weren't for the other party's clumsy acting skills, maybe he would really be fooled.

Xu Sheng climbed the high platform and shouted: "Obey the military order, don't open the bow easily." ”

"No!"

Outside the city, the Jiangxia army stopped, Huang Jie looked at the city wall less than two zhang high, pulled out his long sword, and shouted: "Order, attack the city!" ”

"No!"

The height of the city in the Han Dynasty was not as high as that of the Tang Dynasty, and it was not difficult to compare with the Ming Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was limited by the technology of casting cities, and even the national capital Chang'an, its height was only 12 meters. Border fortresses and important county governors can reach a height of 6 to 8 meters.

Due to the soil quality in the southern region, there are fewer counties to build walls than in the north, and the structure and height are simpler. As a county-level small city, although there was a later reinforcement of Jiangdong, but due to the influence of the surrounding lakes, the city is difficult to build high, and its height is only about four meters.

This kind of wall is not high, but low is not low. If it is under the strong attack of the ants, it will not be difficult to break through the city. Otherwise, how could Huang Jie dare to lead a large army to storm the city, and Huo Jun would not dare to take more than a thousand people under his command to play this set of things.

Under Huang Jie's military order, six or seven simple shield carts and cloud ladders were pushed out of the military formation by Jiangxia soldiers and stood in front of the formation.

The drums of war rang out and beat on the soldiers' chests, and they shouted in unison, pushing the shield carts that had been working all night, and the ladders were hurrying forward. Behind them were the auxiliaries, carrying planks, and they were to erect wooden shields under the walls so that the crossbowmen could support them below.

"Stretch~"

The only bed crossbow on the head of Chaisan City was activated by the guards of the guards. Huge crossbow bolts shot down from the walls, falling into the loose crowd with the sound of howling wind.

"Tuk!"

A crossbow gun hit the wooden shield on one of the shield carts, and the rudimentary wooden shield could not stop the crossbow guns at all, and its huge impact pierced the wooden shield, nailing the Jiangxia soldiers pushing the shield cart to death on the spot. The broken sawdust also scratched the soldier's eyeballs, and he covered his eyes and fell to the ground wailing in pain.

Except for a few unlucky ones, most of them hid under the shield cart, but they were unharmed. The touching reloading rate of the bed crossbow is not big, although it can pose a threat to Jiang Xia's soldiers.

"The enemy is in a hundred steps!"

As Jiang Xia's foot soldiers gradually approached the city, this sentence sounded on the head of Chaisang City.

"Put!"

Flags were waved and drums thundered. Xu Sheng shouted angrily, his arm waved down heavily, and the Jiangdong soldiers behind the female wall all pulled their bows and released arrows, only to hear the sound of breaking the air on the city wall, and countless feather arrows had already pierced the low sky, and were thrown like raindrops above the Jiangxia soldiers.

"Watch for secrecy!"

A chief clutched the sword and shield in his hand, hid behind the shield cart, and shouted loudly. The sergeants who motioned around them also buried their bodies behind the shield cart as much as possible.

It is good to have a shield to cover the body, and those soldiers who carry the ladder are the most pitiful. They are only shielded by shields, and they are the focus of their shots. After the arrow fell, it hit the human body, making a continuous muffled sound, and many people fell to the ground.

After shooting a round, Jiang Xia's soldiers approached seventy or eighty steps below the city. The closer and closer distances made those Jiangdong soldiers on the city better aim, and it was another round of arrow rain, and more people fell to the ground and were hit by arrows.

"Stretch~"

A huge bed crossbow shot next to the young and young Jiangxia soldier, and its loud sound was terrifying. Frightened, Jiang Xia's feet weakened, and then he heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, which made this Jiangxia soldier pee his pants directly.

"No more fighting!"

Unable to bear the fear of death, this Jiangxia soldier took advantage of the window period when the arrows at the head of the city were shifting, and ran backwards with his shield. With the first person eating the crab, the second person fled, and the number of people who retreated in fear of battle became more and more. Another round of arrows shot out from the top of the city, directly scaring away the remaining Jiangxia soldiers who were attacking.

"This~"

In such a scene, looking at Xu Sheng, he frowned again, this is the level of the soldiers who defeated the Jiangdong Water Division. If it's a normal head-to-head match, it's definitely not your opponent. Perhaps as the generals said, Xu Pingyu was the victim of the treacherous schemes of the Chinese enemy.

In fact, not only Xu Sheng frowned, but Huo Jun, who was secretly watching the battle in the distant lake, couldn't help but complain and said: "Jiangxia soldiers not only have unclear military discipline, but even their bloody nature is insufficient. If the two armies fight in formation, our 1,000 people will be enough to break this 4,000 people. ”

After complaining, what followed was worry, if the yellow shot could not attack and did not attract Xu Sheng's main force, then how could Gao Xiang and Huo Du win the east and south gates.

Such a clumsy performance made Huang Jie also feel annoyed, and said: "How can you break the city if you abandon the battle and leave before you reach the city." ”

In the face of the incompetence of his subordinates, Chen Da hardened his head and said: "General, it's not that our department is incompetent, but that the city of Chaisang is high, and the defenders have a lot of bows and crossbows, and it is really difficult to break the city and break the enemy. ”

After a pause, Chen Da pointed to the head of Chaisang City and said: "General, our soldiers are several times the enemy, and the enemy is outnumbered, so it is better to shoot at the enemy under the city, wait for the enemy to suffer more casualties, and then send soldiers and ants to attack the city." ”

Huang Jian groaned a little, looked at the crossbowmen who were only three or four hundred people on the head of the city, bowed his head slightly, and ordered: "Transfer the crossbowmen of the whole army, and fire them with bows and arrows to see who can outweigh whom." ”

"No!"

"Crossbowmen come forward!"

With the shouting, nearly a thousand crossbowmen in the Jiangxia army pulled away and stepped forward in unison, using the wooden wall erected by the auxiliaries in advance as a cover, ready to shoot at the Jiangdong soldiers on the head of the city.

Seeing this scene, Xu Sheng's expression was condescending, although his department was covered by a city wall, he was condescending, but he was outnumbered, if he dealt with the current strength, it was difficult to say what the victory would be.

Xu Sheng sneered and ordered: "Fifty people from the east, west, and south cities will each be sent to the north gate, and they will shoot at a distance from the enemy to see who has more superb archery skills." ”

"No!"

Huo Jun saw Huang Jie's scheduling arrangement, and said with a smile: "Although Bo Zhong is not good at soldiers, he has Xiaozhi, and he should live up to Jun's expectations." ”

Huo Jun was glad in his heart, but fortunately he didn't tell Huang Shot's plan in advance. If he told him in advance that he would be able to shoot with Xu Sheng at such a large cost. After all, when shooting with bows and arrows, the one who has the advantage must be Xu Sheng, who has the cover of the city wall.

ps: The topography and city of Chaisang, Zhou has basically studied it from the literature. Combat against each other was quite a bit in ancient siege warfare.