At the head of the city, Zhao Hu watched Yuan Jun's movements coldly, raised his right hand without saying a word, and then fell heavily. The hundreds of ballistaemen www.biquge.info who had been waiting by the red-clothed ballista for a long time immediately lifted the red cloth and exposed the red-clothed ballista full of power. After a short period of adjustment, the ballistae pulled the tips of the red-coated ballistas, and fifty powerful crossbows roared out, bringing bursts of whistling and shooting towards the last echelon of Yuan's army like lightning.

The range of ordinary bows and crossbows is only dozens of steps, even if the arm strength is super strong, they can only barely shoot the crossbow arrows to about 100 steps, and only those first-class generals can accurately shoot the enemy one hundred and fifty steps away. Therefore, in the queue of the Yuan army, the phalanx of archers at the end was far from entering their own range, and they did not expect that the Youzhou army on the city wall would be able to form an effective shot at their own phalanx, and they were not psychologically prepared at all. It was only when fifty powerful crossbows pierced through the space and crossed a distance of hundreds of paces in an instant, reaching the top of their phalanx, that they realized that something was wrong.

Not to mention the thin leather armor on the crossbowmen of the Yuan army, even the iron armor that rushed to the first-echelon sword and axe hands could not stop the piercing of the red-clothed ballistas at all! Death began to appear in the queue of Yuan Jun's crossbowmen, and what made Gao Ran and Yuan Xi dumbfounded was that only fifty strong crossbows had caused hundreds of kills and injuries to the crossbowmen of his subordinates!

The powerful crossbow burst through the air, and after hundreds of paces, it still retains great lethality. Javelin-shaped crossbows could often pierce through a dozen Yuan archers in thin armor one after another, and even those sword-sized crossbows could pierce the bodies of at least five Yuan soldiers! A large amount of blood beads splattered into the air. Then scattered into blood flowers and fell at the same time, the archers of the Yuan army let out a miserable scream, and many of them even had no time to scream, they had already been pierced through their hearts or throats, and they could no longer make any sound. There are also a large number of crossbowmen, without being shot by the crossbow, witnessing the comrades around them being pierced one after another, and can't help but let out a palpitating cry for help, holding their heads and squatting in place, just crying for help. Never to take a step forward.

The power of the redcoat ballista. In this round of salvo fire, its greatest power is not to kill or injure the enemy, but to deter the enemy's heart! Let the enemy lose the courage to fight under the roar of the crossbows! When all 50 crossbows have stopped moving. Yuan Jun in the array. Hundreds of dead or wounded crossbowmen. Having lost the ability to fight, some of them who were lucky enough not to be pierced let out a faint moan. Struggling on the ground in pain, more blood erupted from the bowl-sized wound as they struggled, and even if they could be healed in time, they might not be able to save their lives.

And the crossbowmen who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, because of their sight, did not know that the crossbow had stopped, and they still wailed incessantly, eager to stick their heads into the crotch of their pants to avoid the crossbow's shot. Seeing that these people were not angry, Gao Ran hurriedly shouted: "The crossbow has stopped! Advance quickly, keep up with the siege troops in front!" Some of the crossbowmen listened to Gao Ran's call, stood up, and continued to move forward tremblingly, but more crossbowmen turned a deaf ear to Gao Ran's words, clasped their hands on their heads, and refused to stand up for anything.

From this detail, it can be seen that Zhao Hu accurately judged the form of the battlefield. Zhao Hu ordered the ballistaemen to bombard the Yuan army's bow and crossbow phalanx, not only to kill and deter the enemy, but to consciously want to cut off the four echelons of the Yuan army, causing a disconnect between the various battle formations of the Yuan army.

"Keep shooting, the target remains the same!" Zhao Hu calmly commanded the ballistamen. Hundreds of ballistae quickly shifted positions, and the person who had just shot pulled back and turned to prepare a new crossbow, while the man who had been waiting for a long time with a crossbow in his hand stepped forward and took over the control of the redcoat ballista. A new round of crossbows, under the operation of another group of ballistae, burst out, continuing to bring casualties and panic to the Yuan army's bow and crossbow phalanx.

After two rounds of salvos, Yuan Xi's face was already as pale as paper, he would never have imagined that Yuan Qi's command would be able to research this kind of battlefield killing weapon, especially when used to defend the city, the power was simply too terrifying, if the ballistae on Hejian City were not ten, but hundreds, then the 30,000 vanguard troops he brought, I am afraid that no one would survive.

Looking at Yuan Xi's face, Gao Ran knew that he couldn't be counted on in this battle, this outright battlefield junior brother had been knocked down by great fear. Urging the war horse to take a few steps forward, overtaking Yuan Xi, Gao Ran took over the command of the army, and shouted loudly: "Divide five thousand cavalry and dismount, raise shields to protect the crossbowmen!" After all the infantry had been sent out and there was no possibility of taking it back, Gao Ran decisively let half of the cavalry around him dismount and act as infantry. Gao Ran had been on the battlefield for a long time and knew that the role of the crossbowmen was much greater than that of the cavalry when attacking the fortification, so Gao Ran couldn't care about the high cost of training cavalry at the moment, and began to let the cavalry cover the crossbowmen.

According to common sense, Gao Ran's decision was quite correct, but he ignored one point, his opponent was not strictly speaking Zhao Hu in Hejian City, but Yuan Qi, who knew the art of war better than Zhao Hu. The faint sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the direction behind them, and in an instant, the sound of horses' hooves became clear and audible, and after a moment it had turned into a thunderous kick!

Gao Ran looked at the rear worriedly, he was waiting for the cavalry that suddenly came behind him, he wanted to see clearly, whether the cavalry coming from behind was Yuan Jun or Yuan Qi's Youzhou Army! If it was the Youzhou Army, Gao Ran could only order to abandon the siege and retreat from the flank. Gao Ran did not give the order to retreat immediately, because he knew that if he retreated rashly in the siege battle, it would be tantamount to completely giving up the troops invested in the early stage, except for the crossbowmen and 5,000 dismounted cavalry, the three phalanxes in front of him would be subjected to the ruthless long-range bow and arrow attacks of the defenders on the city walls, in which case, the casualties would inevitably be very heavy.

It didn't take long for Gao Ran to see the outfit of the cavalry behind him. With a white feather on his head, a sturdy Mingguang armor on his body, and a heavy horse chopping knife in his hand, this is the Tiangui Army that Yuan Qi is famous all over the world! At this moment, Gao Ran's heart instantly sank to the bottom. Similarly, Yuan Xi also saw the outfit of this team of cavalry clearly, and there was no trace of blood on his already miserable face, and he shouted in horror: "Heaven returns......! Yuan up. General Gao. We...... Let's withdraw quickly......" The excessive panic has already made Yuan Xi, a pampered son, unable to even speak.

Gao Ran glanced at Yuan Xi with some disdain, and was quite dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's anticlimactic tail in his heart! If it weren't for Yuan Xishi, he would have been very resolute in attacking the city. How could they fall into the trap that Yuan Qi had set up in advance?! Now that he knows the danger. He didn't care about the lives of the soldiers in front of him. Is this what a general should be? But no matter what, Yuan Xi is the son of Yuan Ding after all, and he is still a very favored son. Gao Ran couldn't let Yuan Xi throw his life away on the battlefield, otherwise Yuan Ding would definitely cut himself off! At this moment, Gao Ran suddenly had a disdain for Yuan's father and son. Sighing helplessly, Gao Ran waved his gun and pointed to the side, shouting: "The whole army retreats!"

Yuan Qi is not Yuan Ding, just when Yuan Ding was still engaging in those false etiquettes in order to save face, Yuan Qi had already led the army to rush and reached Yi County. After hearing the report of the sergeant stationed in Yi County, and learning that Zhao Hu had led his troops to Hejian, Yuan Qi immediately decided to divide his troops and lost the army to Qi Tian and Zhuge Liang.

When Yuan Qi arrived near Hejian, it happened that there were Qianlong members who sent a message that they had inquired about the movements of Yuan's army, and 30,000 vanguard troops came straight to Hejian, and set up a camp more than ten miles away from Hejian, and then only a few sergeants and local county soldiers were left to guard the village, and the main army was under the leadership of Gao Ran and Yuan Xi, ready to launch a fierce attack on Hejian City.

When he heard the news, Yuan Qi almost didn't laugh out loud. After a long journey, without even a basic rest, he rashly launched a tough battle, such a command is simply idiotic to the extreme! And Yuan Qi also accurately deduced that this must be Yuan Xi's straw bale idea.

Therefore, Yuan Qi did not rush into Hejian City, but let Ma Yue and Dian Wei take the 5,000 return army to bypass the battlefield and set up an ambush in the rear of the Yuan army, Yuan Qi himself wanted to take Xu Chu and 5,000 days to return to the army, with momentum and killing, to drive the Yuan army into the ambush circle of Ma Yue and Dian Wei, and then in the flank attack on the Yuan army, Yuan Qi believed that Zhao Hu in Hejian City would never miss the opportunity, after seeing his own banner, Zhao Hu would definitely lead the men and horses in the city to kill out, and form a three-sided encirclement and suppression of the Yuan army.

The moment he saw the Yuan Qi banner, Gao Ran was already fooled. According to Yuan Qi's plan, withdraw the army in the direction that Ma Yue had already ambushed. On Hejian City, Zhao Hu did not disappoint Yuan Qi, although he did not get any orders from Yuan Qi in advance, but Zhao Hu's accurate analysis of the form of the battlefield still made him make a correct judgment, leaving 10,000 people on the city wall to shoot crossbows at the three siege troops of the Yuan army, Zhao Hu himself returned with five thousand days, rushed out of the city, and perfectly filled a vacancy in the strategic territory of Yuan Qi.

Because the retreat was too urgent, most of the Yuan army could not keep up with Gao Ran's footsteps, only nearly 10,000 cavalry and some crossbowmen followed, and the rest of the people, who were followed by the pursuing Yuan Qi Department and the Zhao Hu Department who went out of the city to meet the battle, killed people turned on their horses, and they had completely separated from Gao Ran's department.

Gao Ran slammed the reins and shouted: "Protect the second son and go first, and after a certain break!" Yuan Xi heard Gao Ran's shout, instead of thanking, he trembled and said: "Gao ...... General Gao, give Ben ...... This son, leave more people and horses......" Yuan Xi's words almost didn't make Gao Ran vomit blood, Gao Ran had already held the belief of death, and volunteered to stay to cover Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi even asked to leave more soldiers and horses for him!

Without time to fight with Yuan Xi, Gao Ran returned to the battlefield with two thousand cavalry. It was also Gao Lan's fate that was not very good, the first enemy he encountered after returning to the battlefield was Yuan Qi of the White Horse Golden Armor! The speed of the jade unicorn was extremely fast, so Yuan Qi rushed all the way over, and he didn't delay much time, Yuan Qi didn't have the heart to fight with which shrimp soldiers and crabs, his goal was very clear, he must capture Yuan Xi and slap Yuan Ding's face fiercely!

Without waiting for Gao Ran's name to be announced, Yuan Qi urged the horse to rush over and shouted, "Ben Hou doesn't have time to play with you!" With Yuan Qi's roar, his mixed yuan halberd stabbed at Gao Randang's chest unstoppably. Gao Ran raised his spear and struggled to draw it towards Yuan Qi's hybrid halberd.

After the loud bang, Gao Lan and his horse were shocked back three or four paces, and looked at Yuan Qi with a shocked expression. The world says that the little overlord Yuan Qi is brave and incomparable, until today, Gao Ran can be regarded as knowing, and there is no exaggeration in the rumors of the world! A halberd failed to fly Gao Ran, and Yuan Qi's heart was also a little surprised, he could block his full strength with a halberd, presumably the person in front of him should be Gao Ran. Yuan Qi raised his eyes and looked behind Gao Lan, and saw that Yuan Xi had already run nearly a hundred steps away, and had just entered Ma Yue's encirclement, and Ma Yue was chasing and intercepting him. Worried that Yuan Xi would take advantage of the chaos to escape, Yuan Qi's subordinates no longer had the slightest reservation, and the Broken Formation Mixed Yuan Halberd suddenly used, with the invincible Finger Xuan Chapter, a halberd was drawn towards Gao Ran.

After another loud bang, Gao Ran barely blocked Yuan Qi's second halberd, and the seven orifices had been shocked by the dark energy of the Finger Xuan Chapter and bleed at the same time, and the tiger mouths of his hands were also cracked, but Gao Ran still did not fall, raised his spear weakly, and pointed at Yuan Qi tremblingly. Although he was dissatisfied with Yuan's father and son, Gao Ran still showed his loyalty at a critical moment!

Gao Ran's actions made Yuan Qi feel admiration, and he said: "Ben Hou is Yuan Qi! Are you Gao Lan?" Gao Ran had no strength to speak, so he could only nod slightly, indicating that what Yuan Qi said was right. After Yuan Qi said his name to show his respect for Gao Lan, he once again instigated his war horse to rush towards Gao Lan, this time, Gao Ran failed to make any moves, and only used his own flesh and blood to block Yuan Qi's way forward.

Puff - Yuan Qi's hybrid halberd easily pierced Gao Ran's shoulder, stabbing Gao Ran off his horse. Out of respect for Gao Lan, Yuan Qi did not kill him, his purpose was just to let Gao Ran fall off the horse and lose the ability to stop him. After Yuan Qi solved Gao Lan, Xu Chu took dozens of elites of the Heavenly Return Army to kill him, and shouted to Yuan Qi: "The lord will go and capture Yuan Xi, these small fish and shrimp will be handed over to me!"

Yuan Qi nodded to Xu Chu, then slapped the unicorn and rushed forward. Along the way, all the cavalry of the Yuan army who tried to block Yuan Qi were either picked off the horse by Yuan Qi's halberd, or they were kicked off the horse leg of the horse that sat down by the Qilin.

As if entering the encirclement of no man's land, Yuan Qi soon came behind Yuan Xi, at this moment Yuan Xi was no different from the deranged patient, and shouted frantically: "Protect this son! Return to Yecheng, this son will be rewarded! Everyone can worship the marquis! Come and protect this son!"

Obviously, in front of Ma Yue, Dian Wei and the brave soldiers of the Five Thousand Lands, Yuan Xi has been frightened, even if he is not really insane, I am afraid that he will leave a huge psychological shadow in the future. Yuan Qi did not intend to let Yuan Xi live in the shadows, and decided to help Yuan Xi completely and forever get rid of fear. So, Yuan Qi quietly approached Yuan Xi, and the heavy and sharp mixed yuan halberd stabbed Yuan Xi's back of the heart, making Yuan Xi scream frantically and stop abruptly.