Chapter 7: The Bow and Arrow That Can't Be Stopped
Arrows rain down the city, and every sharp arrow can always bring up a piece of blood.
Screams, shouts of killing, accompanied by the sound of war drums, resounded throughout the battlefield.
The Qi army under the city rushed to the city wall against the rain of arrows, and every time they took a step forward, dozens or hundreds of people were covered with arrow feathers, fell to the snow, and dyed the snow scarlet with blood.
Everyone, at this moment, has become a ruthless war machine, forgetting fear and pain, and entering a state that transcends life and death.
Although the Tang army led by Qin Yu was small in number, it was better to have a large number of arrows to support it, and as long as the arms did not stop, the arrows shot from the city would not stop.
"Who said that the armory at the south gate of Tunliu was burned, why did the Tang army still have so many arrows!"
The generals next to Jiang Wu lowered their heads one after another, and none of them could answer Jiang Wu in anger.
In just one or two sticks of incense, Jiang Wu has lost nearly a thousand people, but he hasn't even touched the city wall.
"General, do you want to continue to attack the city, the casualties are too great!" A general next to him asked cautiously.
Jiang Wu looked at the battlefield with a pale face, originally wanted to take advantage of the numerical advantage and rushed to the city wall to erect a cloud ladder, but after paying a huge price, he only advanced a few hundred steps.
The Qi army's charge this time was more wrong than before.
Because the soldiers were too well fed, after launching the charge, one by one they were angry, and the speed of the charge was greatly affected.
"Keep the siege! We will take this city today! Retreater, slash! Jiang Wu gritted his teeth and gave the order to continue the siege.
To the sound of war drums, the Qi army continued to charge towards the city wall one after another.
On the city wall, Qin Yu felt that the whole person was numb, where there were many people, he would shoot the arrow wherever he wanted, and he didn't even need to aim.
Qin Yu didn't know how many arrows had been shot, nor how many people had died under his own arrows.
Qin Yu only knew that if he couldn't stop the enemy army, he would die.
However, even with all their might, they could not stop the enemy's continuous charge with the superiority in numbers.
The enemy approached the walls and mounted a siege ladder full of arrows on the top of the city.
"Centurion! I'm afraid we won't be able to stand it anymore! Lao Huang looked at Qin Yu while shooting arrows.
"If you can't stand it, you have to top it!" As soon as Qin Yu finished speaking, he subconsciously squatted down, and the arrow directly lifted off his helmet.
Qin Yu was shocked into a cold sweat, as long as he took a slow step, he would return to his hometown.
Qin Yu looked into the distance, and the enemy's archers had reached a position where they could shoot to the head of the city, and began to counterattack them.
"It's going to take a little time for the enemy to climb up! Kill all the enemy archers! ”
Qin Yu knew how great the threat of archers was to them, so he ordered the bow and arrow to be aimed at the arrow array of the Qi army.
"Bang!"
As the bowstrings of both sides let out a burst of sound at the same time, a rain of pitch-black arrows converged in the sky, and it was not spectacular to suddenly obscure the sky.
"Dodge the arrows!" Qin Yu shouted, and lay directly on the corner, his body tightly pressed against the corner.
"Bang Bang Bang..."
In just an instant, the walls were already full of arrows, and a few soldiers were shot into arrowmen after dodging a step too slowly.
The Qi army's arrow array was not much better, because it could not block the armor-piercing arrows, resulting in a round of arrow raindown, it was already a heavy loss.
"Get up! Knock out all the archers of the opposing side! Ignoring the brothers who died in battle and the brothers who were wounded and screaming, everyone got up and shot another round of arrows.
Because the Qi army's arrow array was chaotic, it didn't shoot the second round of arrow rain at the first time, so it completely lost the opportunity to counterattack in the screams.
A few rounds of arrow rain from the Tang army crushed Jiang Wu's archers, which made Jiang Wu extremely mad.
However, seeing that the soldiers on the siege ladder were about to climb the city wall, Jiang Wu's face was slightly better.
"Pass the order! The whole army presses on! Take Tunliu City for me! ”
"No!"
With Jiang Wu's order, all the Qi troops pressed up, and they were about to take Tunliu City.
"Centurion! The Qi army is all pressed up! Lao Huang shouted.
"! Hold it for me! If you can't keep it, everyone will die! Qin Yu raised his arrow, and an arrow was inserted into the face of the enemy soldier who was about to climb the city wall, and the blood splattered Qin Yu's face.
Qin Yu picked up his bow and arrows and shot directly at the enemy on the ladder, never allowing an enemy to climb the city wall.
However, as the enemy continued to attack, the enemy finally climbed the tower and fought with the people on the wall.
Qin Yu saw that an enemy soldier had killed him, and slammed his bow on the enemy, and the enemy soldier also screamed and fell off the city wall.
Although Qin Yu is only the soul of a college student, at the moment of life and death, he is more ruthless than ordinary soldiers.
Qin Yu held a bronze sword, slashing left and right, blood staining his armor red, and a corpse of Qi Jun lay at his feet.
As more and more enemy troops poured into the city, Qin Yu also fell into a bitter battle, if it weren't for the armor on his body, Qin Yu would have lost his arm.
"Bang!"
Qin Yu only felt that someone had kicked him in the back, and then the whole person lay on the ground.
When Qin Yu turned over, a sturdy Qi soldier slashed at him with a sword.
"Dang!"
Qin Yu barely blocked this sword, but the other party's blade was only half an inch away from him.
Just when Qin Yu felt that he couldn't hold on, dozens of wounded soldiers wrapped in gauze climbed the city wall under the leadership of Iron Mask.
Iron Mask kicked the man away, and then swung out with a sword, cutting off the man's head, and the blood sprayed Qin Yu's face.
"Push the enemy down!" Iron Mask pierced an enemy who was about to ascend the city tower with a sword, and then turned around and pulled Qin Yu up.
"Why are you here?" Qin Yu asked with a pant.
Iron Mask wore a mask, revealing only a pair of eyes full of cruelty.
"The war at the South Gate is urgent, how can those of us who can still fight huddle behind."
After Iron Mask finished speaking, he rushed to the enemy at the head of the city with his sword.
Qin Yu wiped the blood stains on his face, "Lao Tzu can still lose to her!" Kill! ”
Qin Yu ran up and slashed down the enemy who wanted to sneak attack the iron mask with a single sword, pulled out an arrow, turned around and blinded an enemy soldier who had just emerged with an arrow.
"Brothers! Push all the enemy forces down! Defend the South Gate! ”
Although there were only a few dozen wounded soldiers who came to reinforce, it also greatly encouraged the morale of the army, and the Qi army that attacked the city was quickly cleared out.
The soldiers picked up their bows and arrows again and frantically poured arrows at the enemy to prevent them from climbing the wall again.
Under the city, Jiang Wu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
They had already climbed the city wall just now, but they were forced to come down.
What made Jiang Wu even more unacceptable was the huge casualties, and the five thousand men and horses in his hands had actually lost nearly half.
"General, collect the troops, if you continue to attack like this, even if you defeat the tunliu, there will not be a few of these 5,000 men and horses left." A general hurriedly persuaded.
"Yes, General, our army is short of siege equipment now, let's attack the city when the siege equipment is sufficient!" The other general is also anxious, these 5,000 people and horses are all his heart!
Jiang Wu pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and gave an order.
"Mingjin retreats!"