'Woo~~~'

The sound of the horn sounded through Tongguan again, on the third day of Murong Yanchao's arrival in Tongguan.

Murong Yanchao led 60,000 elite soldiers to attack the north gate, and Zhao Kuangyin only led 8,000 men and horses to guard it. Standing on the north gate, you can see the turbulent Wei River in the distance, the river is swelling in the middle of summer, but no matter how turbulent the river is, it is far less than Murong Yanchao's siege team.

Dozens of ladders rushed from a distance, the huge and sturdy rushing car came slowly, and the shouts of countless soldiers had already carried through the entire Tongguan, rushing towards Tongguan like ten thousand beasts running wildly.

Zhao Kuangyin ordered the arrows to be released, and the arrows fell like rain on the city tower, and there was no need to aim at all, just shoot the bow and arrow to hit. The rain of arrows was chaotic, some urgent and some slow, and it was impossible to see how many people were on the other side, how many arrows had been on the other side, only that people were falling every moment, and only that these bows and arrows alone could not stop the enemy.

'Click......'

A ladder suddenly came to the battlement of the tower, and then five or six soldiers began to climb up the ladder. Zhao Kuangyin did not have a trace of emotion on his face, admiring this rare scene. How spectacular is it that countless people have fallen at their feet?

There were no falling rocks, no boiling oil, and no means of defending the city, except that the archers were still shooting desperately.

The siege army also had archers, but they shot up from the bottom of the city, and they had to be close enough, otherwise the bows and arrows would not reach the towers at all, and even if they did, they might not cause casualties. However, archers are originally ranged troops, and it is impossible to charge and kill them on the battlefield, not to mention that there are battlements that have little protection effect. It's just that the swords and soldiers who are about to climb the city tower can't be ignored.

Murong Yanchao felt that something was wrong, why didn't the rocks fall? Why didn't there be boiling oil? Even if the boiling oil ran out in the enemy's army, the stones should be inexhaustible, and there was no way to do it? Although it felt strange, Murong Yanchao did not stop, dozens of soldiers were about to climb to the battlement, and they couldn't stop because they were worried, no matter what kind of backup he had, the city still had to be attacked.

Suddenly, more than a dozen huge wolf heads appeared on the battlements of the city tower, and then the giant wolves slowly walked up, revealing their incomparably huge bodies and armor on their bodies, and the most terrifying thing was the eighteen great monks behind them. These great monks held a variety of different blades, and then gently landed on the cloud ladder, urging with internal force.

The ladder is made of stout bamboo poles, as long as there is a gap, continue to apply pressure to the left and right, the bamboo can be easily broken, because it is fresh bamboo with plenty of water. Youyun Eighteen Cavalry is like this, as long as the bamboo pole at one end of the ladder is opened, and the internal force is pressed, half of the ladder becomes a bamboo strip, and the soldiers who are still on the ladder fall directly.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, he didn't expect it to be cracked so easily. The Eighteen Riders of Youyun stood behind the tower, and the giant wolf almost stood with his paws holding the battlement, and then the Eighteen Riders of Youyun let out an earth-shattering roar.

"Roar ~~~~~~"

"Ahh~~~~~~hh

The eighteen horsemen howled at the same time, so frightened that the siege soldiers were stunned for three seconds, and did not move half a step at all. What kind of siege is this? It's like fighting with monsters, and the most terrifying thing is that there are still so many monsters, and the monks behind them are even more powerful than monsters.

After Murong Yanchao got up, he picked up the drumstick and beat the drum vigorously, directing the soldiers to continue the siege with the sound of the drum. The penetrating power of the drum was quite amazing, and it immediately suppressed the howl of the wolf.

Under the tower, the archers immediately aimed at the wolf on the battlement and opened their bows and arrows, and the sturdy armor and the protective strength of the Eighteen Riders of Youyun directly bounced these light feathered arrows away. After all, it was shot from the bottom up, the strength was not enough, and the distance was too far, even if it was shot on the human body, at most it would be slightly injured, and the wolf's fur alone was enough to resist these bows and arrows.

The ladder continued to rise up the tower, and the soldiers could do nothing but use their shields to defend themselves against their bows and arrows. Zhao Kuangyin looked very calm on the top of the city tower, and his eyes kept staring at the slowly approaching rushing car. The task of the Eighteen Cavalry is also very simple, relying on their internal strength to break the bamboo ladder, as long as this is done, the soldiers under the tower will never be able to come up, so they will shoot with bows and arrows.

After knowing this, the archers on the castle tower also became bolder, and there was no need for the others to care, all the firepower was concentrated on the slowly approaching rushing car. One by one, black shadows kept shooting towards the left and right of the rushing cart, and the people pushing the cart fell one after another, although someone immediately filled the position, but soon died in the chaotic arrows.

This time there were not many casualties, but the pressure on the enemy was extremely heavy. Everyone could only watch the battlements of the city tower, eager to fly up and fight the enemy, but they didn't have this opportunity, so they could only stand in place and watch stupidly.

At such a distance of more than ten meters, it seems that there is a difference between heaven and earth, and the archers on the city tower keep harvesting. At this time, everyone noticed that in addition to the archers, there were not even close-quarters swords on the castle tower, and they had long believed that the enemy army could not rush up to the castle tower, so they sent more archers on the castle tower, no wonder no one threw stones or poured oil.

Murong Yanchao threw the drum hammer in his hand, and then shouted, "Mingjin retreats." ”

'Ding~~ding~~~ding~~~' Hearing the sound of gold, the besieging soldiers began to retreat slowly, and the archers on the city tower still kept shooting, and the rushing car was left in the center of the battlefield, and it was abandoned before it could rush to the city gate.

......

At this time, the situation at the south gate was almost exactly the same, Murong Yanzhao originally did not plan to order the collection of troops, but after hearing the golden sound of the north gate, there was only Ming Jin in desperation.

Zhao Kuangyin and Chai Rong breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and today they are all down. This method was given by Wang Pu, because Wang Pu has been farming all the year round, knows the weakness of bamboo, and noticed that the ladder they use is cast from bamboo, as long as the internal force is slightly higher, it is not difficult to break the bamboo, as long as these ladders are useless, they can't attack the city, so just send archers to guard the city tower, archers, the most effective long-range troops, have a large range, and the damage is high enough, as long as there are enough bows and arrows, they can keep harvesting heads.

If you can make do with one day, you can make do with one day, the first siege is very easy to resist, Tongguan has fewer casualties this time, but the losses of the north and south gates of the Han Dynasty are not small, thousands of soldiers have died, because there are too many archers on the city tower, their rate of fire is amazing, and the number of enemy troops is too large, there is no need to aim at all, so this big victory bow and arrow started to play the biggest role.

The really powerful person is the person who came up with this bad move, destroying the cloud ladder made the siege of the city a simple passive beating, so that Murong Yanchao could not help but retreat, it was completely meaningless to continue to consume, and it was impossible to attack Tongguan with these soldiers who could only stand under the city.

But then the other party will definitely make adjustments, what should I do when the time comes? What Tongguan needs now is to delay time, and what is most lacking now is time.

Murong Yanchao and Murong Yanzhao will definitely step up the production of the ladder, and this time they will switch to a wooden ladder, unless the internal force is really strong, it is impossible for ordinary people to shatter the wooden ladder. The reason why bamboo poles are easy to break is because the bamboo heart is hollow, while the ladder made of solid wood is only easy to break, but it will not break.

And they will definitely step up their production, because today the importance of the ladder has been fully proven, and tomorrow they will not be able to use the stupid method of destroying the ladder.

Wang Pu smiled in front of Zhao Kuangyin: "My method really worked, a little trick can make Tongguan delay for a whole day." Now you admire it, it's right for Master Zongxin to appoint me as the prime minister. ”

"Wang Pu, Zong Xin and I are all the way, and the prime minister he is the prime minister is equivalent to the prime minister I am sealed, when did I disobey?" Zhao Kuangyin said depressedly: "Zong Xin has a good eye, when you came to Tongguan, I knew that you were definitely not a thing in the pool, even if Chai Rong disagreed, I would fight for you, so you don't have to show off your might in front of me, we are in the same boat." ”

"Oh~ yes, too. Wang Pu said depressedly: "It's a pity that I accompany you to guard the north gate, if I am at the south gate, I must show off in front of Wang Jun and Shi Shouxin, I, Wang Pu, am by no means as incompetent as they think." ”

"Didn't you accompany me to guard the north gate and leave a back road? Now that the back road has been cut off, you can go the same wherever you go. Wang Pu, tomorrow they will definitely make a large number of wooden ladders, and then you won't be able to use this method, you know?

Wang Pu twisted his willow beard lightly, and said confidently: "Hahahaha~ Now you know how good I am, now you know that I am useful." I'll tell you, I really can't help it tomorrow. ”

"Alas...... If it weren't for Zongxin's personal seal, I would have wanted to beat you up. It doesn't matter, you have to act like a superior person. You don't have Zongxin's kind of ability, but today's plan is not bad, so you won't be beaten. ”

Wang Pu was a little unhappy when he heard Zhao Kuangyin's words, but this kind of thing has to convince people with virtue. In fact, Wang Pu doesn't like to convince people with morality, the main reason is that he can't beat Zhao Kuangyin.

"Zhao Kuangyin, let me tell you. Actually, I was originally a village husband in the mountains, and I had a good life, and Zongxin enveloped me as a prime minister and asked me to assist Guo Wei, but I didn't take it for a day, I ran from Chang'an to Tongguan, ran to the enemy barracks to deliver a letter for him, and then came to Tongguan to suffer this living crime, and was looked down upon by so many people, why should I? What am I sorry for you? If I want to say that I took Zongxin's money, it's just that, but I really didn't take a penny, and I didn't have a status, I was full of food?"

Zhao Kuangyin pouted and said: "If you want to be someone else, you may be able to deceive them, but who am I? I know Zongxin too well, he must be ready to kill you, but he thinks it is inappropriate, so he takes you away." You should be grateful that you can live until now, and don't cry with me here. ”

Wang Pu sighed helplessly, sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin knew Zongxin very well, and he actually understood this level, and even the procedures for his work were clear. At that time, Zong Xin really wanted to kill himself and kill his mouth, and it was really good to be alive until now.