"The whole army is on alert, and the enemy is attacking with arrows..... Enemy Arrows! ”

On the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city heard the sudden shout of the main general Chen Chao, and couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously looked at the bandit formation.

At some point, the archers of the two battalions of the bandits advanced several feet, and a row of arrows rose into the air, whistling towards the soldiers of the sword and shield battalion behind the trench.

Woohoo!

Woooo

The sound was as dense as a rainstorm knocking on a window, and the whole sky seemed to be obscured by dark clouds, and as far as the eye could see, it was black and oppressive.

"Defense, defense!"

Xu Biao shouted anxiously, and immediately, the soldiers of the Sword and Shield Battalion, bathed in the rain of arrows, were under unprecedented pressure!

This rain of arrows took a long time.

Before and after the trench, there was a dead silence!

After a rain of arrows, the victorious army on the city wall suddenly found that the enemy army had made a new move.

I saw that the local government sent two cavalry battalions, totaling thousands of cavalry,

These cavalrymen lined up and mercilessly rushed forward to retreat the bandit footmen!

At the same time, Yao Wu shouted:

"Those who fear war, there is no mercy for killing!"

With Yao Wu's loud shout, the retreating bandits stood in place for a moment, with an incredible expression on their faces.

In this moment, the cavalry team had already rushed into the crowd, and everywhere there were fearful bandits who had been knocked out of thin air.

For a while, there was chaos on the field!

Watching their own side kill each other, this has brought a great psychological impact to all bandits!

It's not that they're afraid of war, they just don't want to die for no reason, and now they can't even cross the trench, and they can't find any solution, so they can't fight this battle!

Do you have to fill in the trenches with human lives?

Now, the front road is impassable, and the back road is driven by cavalry!

They are caught in a dilemma, caught in the middle and unable to move!

"Are they crazy? Why do you even kill your own people? The three swords at the head of the city couldn't believe their eyes.

"Shameful!"

"That Yao Wu.... What a disgrace! ”

In the eyes of Li Sandao, there must be casualties in all wars, which cannot be avoided, after all, how can there be a reason for immortals to fight a war?

But he couldn't accept it, and in order to achieve his tactical goals, he deliberately asked his soldiers to be sent to death!

Yao Wu sent cavalry to drive away the charging foot soldiers, just to fill the trench with human lives!

Chen Chao stood on the city wall and did not move for a long time!

The palm of the hand is dripping with sweat on the hilt!

He didn't have such resentment as Li Sandao, in his opinion, on the battlefield, everything was used, but anyone who could achieve the final victory, no matter what tactics, could be used!

It's just that more or less people die!

Of course, Chen Chao did not completely agree with Yao Wu's approach, and this kind of expulsion was tantamount to a small massacre!

Although it can achieve its goal, it will only make the morale of the military more shaken!

The name of Yao Wuren Tu is well deserved.....

.....

More and more bandits were driven back by the cavalry, and as Yao Wu's military order was issued, the cavalry pressed the bandits back into the trenches.

"Brothers, if you don't do anything, we'll all die!"

"Now, rushing through the trench, there is still a glimmer of life!"

Finally, some bandits could not stand it anymore and stepped over the trench without hesitation.

It's a pity that the opposite bank is the formation of the sword and shield battalion, and the soldiers of the sword and shield battalion have already recovered from the rain of arrows, and with an order, the shield array is sent forward, and the bandits in the air are easily knocked into the trench!

However, the bandits were now frightened, and one by one they jumped over, and one by one they were pushed out by their shields and fell into the trench!

If such a situation continues, it is only a matter of time before the bandits cross the trench!

Sure enough, in a few moments, the trench was already filled with the corpses of the bandits, and there were no more deep pits on the ground, which meant that the sword and shield battalion led by Xu Biao would start to confront the bandit army head-on!

At this time, several captains of the bandits, who were supervising the battle, rode to the flank, raised their swords in their hands and shouted:

"Rush over! Rush! ”

Bandit team, charge forward now!

Knock knock!

On the city walls, the drums of war sounded!

Xu Biao was at the front of the formation and shouted: "Yu! ”

The shield-carrying soldier erected dozens of pounds of shields in front of him, side by side.

The soldier with the spear in his hand, following closely behind, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and clenched the spear in his hand, the tip of the spear pointed diagonally upward!

The bandits slammed into their shields like moths to a flame!

The phalanx faced the impact of thousands of bandits, and soon appeared in a state of disarray!

But the soldiers behind the shield still gritted their teeth to support, unable to withstand the impact of the first wave, and the advantage of the formation could not be brought into full play.

It's going to be a failure!

Seeing that the bandits were gathering more and more in front of the shield, Xu Biao ordered the pikemen to stab the spear into the small opening on the shield along the small opening!

Take it all back!

The tip of the gun turned red in an instant!

But the bandits didn't care about this, the stabbed bandits were squeezed in the middle, and after being shot, they collapsed to the ground and were trampled to death!

As time goes on, the bandits gather more and more!

Xu Biao ordered, and the phalanx as a whole slowly retreated!

There are too many people, even if the bandits can't break through the phalanx, the huge pressure from the outside will soon exhaust the soldiers of the Sword and Shield Battalion!

Without strength, the Sword and Shield Battalion will die here!

Chen Chao on the city wall also discovered the situation of the Sword and Shield Battalion, and immediately ordered to concentrate all the bows and arrows to help the Sword and Shield Battalion relieve the pressure!

Woohoo!

The rain of arrows came, and the bandits fell in a batch,

This gave the Sword and Shield battalion a chance to retreat.

Dozens of bandits were stabbed to death, and the sword and shield battalion quickly retreated to the city, and the city gate slammed shut!

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"Siege crossbow!"

Yao Wu commanded in a hoarse voice.

While the bandits were preparing, Yao Wu stared at the battlefield in front of him, and this tragic picture gave him a great shock!

Since the Yunzhou uprising, this is definitely the siege battle with the heaviest casualties!

Last night, nearly 4,000 soldiers were lost on the road alone.

Now, in order to clear the Yongguan defenders outside the city and drive them back to the city, they have lost nearly thousands.

This time and again, all the soldiers of the little 10,000 were buried in Yongguan!

The casualties are just too great!

So many people have died before the official siege began, and after that?

Battle for the city walls, street battles in the city?

How many more people will die?

Yao Wu has people in his hands, 50,000 people.

However, if this casualty rate continues, no one wants to charge!

"General, the siege crossbow is ready!"

"Okay."

Yao Wu looked at the more than ten huge ballistas launched behind him, and gave himself a comfort.

I saw that the size of these ballistas was a bit exaggerated.

It takes a dozen people to operate the launch.

The bolts fired by the ballista are thicker than a human wrist and one foot long!

It's definitely a killing weapon!

The fact that Fu Hu who was hanging on the city wall with an arrow just now is its credit!

In the previous year, the bandit armies from all walks of life were able to defeat the Daji army and conquer the city, as if entering a no-man's land.

This kind of ballista is indispensable!

This time, Yao Wu was not ready to send soldiers to brave the rain of arrows, roll stones and trees, and carry siege ladders to attack the city.

That's a lot of casualties.

Everything he has done since last night is to create an opportunity for the siege crossbow to break through the walls of Yongguan! He cleared all forces outside the city and drove the Yongguan defenders back into the city, just so that the siege crossbow could get close!

At that time, the ballista will be close enough!

A dozen crossbow arrows with chains tied to the back are fired in a volley, and the crossbow arrows will penetrate deep into the city wall.

Then, thousands of people will pull back behind each chain!

In a few moments, a wall will be pulled down alive!

This kind of loess rammed city wall can even be pierced deep by ordinary crossbow arrows, not to mention this siege crossbow!

Yao Wu could almost imagine that the city wall had fallen, and the defenders in the city had a dead face on their faces!

It's a pleasure to think about!

Everything you did in the early stages was worth it.

With Yao Wu's order, a row of siege ballistae slowly advanced.

As soon as these big guys came out, the bandits were like a shot in the arm, and the Yongguan soldiers on the city wall were panicked!

Finally, the siege crossbow was pushed fifty meters away from the Yongguan city wall!

During this period, there was no shortage of arrows on the Yongguan city wall to try to block the advance of the siege crossbow, but it was all in vain.

"Stop!"

"Open the crossbow!"

"Get on the arrow!"

Three orders were given in a row, and the bandits in charge of operating the ballista quickly prepared.

"General, what a big guy!"

"I've heard that this crossbow can shoot through the walls with one arrow!"

"General, think of a way...... Be sure to stop it. ”

On the city wall, the soldiers shouted one after another, anxiously looking at the Chen Dynasty in the center.

During the time they came to Yongguan, they naturally heard all kinds of legends on the battlefield of Yunzhou.

Among them is this siege crossbow, which is said to be as simple as piercing a window paper with a finger.

If nothing is done now, it is only a matter of time before the city is broken!

Even a few lieutenants also cast their eyes and asked Chen Chao to come up with a solution.

Chen Chao stood quietly, his hands subconsciously clapped on the city wall, pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Looks very calm!

How did others know that Chen Chao was also the first time to experience this kind of scene, when he saw more than ten ballistas being pushed up by bandits, he was also as worried and scared as the soldiers!

It's just that Chen Chao knows very well in his heart that as the main general, he can't show any fear!

He forced himself to calm down!

Asked yourself a question.

Siege crossbows, shoot through cement?