Chapter five hundred and eighty first strange riding around the city
Eight hundred horse archers, each equipped with a strong bow, the kind that can shoot a hundred steps away and still have lethality. Due to the living environment, the Xiongnu faced deep mountains and old forests, which contained countless
Hunting all kinds of wild beasts, bow shooting has become one of the skills they must master in life. After daily training, their strength and accuracy are far beyond ordinary people. This confidence allows them to come to the tower.
When they were playing, everyone looked confident and contented.
The Huns cavalry were full of confidence, and Xiao Zaiyin, who was defending the city, also had his own self-confidence. What they held were not ordinary bows and arrows, but the long ox-horn bows only equipped by the Jizhou army.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools!
Tang Ao has no shortage of money, let alone craftsmen, and his advanced ideas are unrivaled. The horn long bow he produced has a far longer range than ordinary bows and arrows, and the normal effective range can reach 150 meters.
Two hundred meters, this is their advantage.
The shooting range of bows and arrows is ten to dozens of meters better than that of the Huns' cavalry. In addition, they shoot from a high position and occupy the right time, so they are not afraid of the enemy at all.
In order to severely injure the foreign knights under the city and better deter them, Xiao Zaiyin equipped the soldiers with hook arrows. This kind of bow and arrow, which is difficult to pull out once it hits the human body, is far more likely to cause damage than ordinary flat arrows.
The power to kill.
"Don't be anxious, wait for the order." Hiding his body behind the battlements as a cover, Xiao Zaiyin's eyes were fixed on the approaching Yiqi, and his breathing gradually became calmer.
Tang Ao once taught them in the Dragon Academy that the more generals are, the more calm they must be. Especially on the battlefield, they should have the temperament of not changing color even if Mount Tai collapses in front of them. As long as the general is calm enough, he can give the people below him
Only when soldiers bring enough courage can they gain victory more easily.
What does that sentence mean? By the way, a soldier is the courage of a general, and a general is the soul of a soldier!
Xiao Zaiyin, who had long regarded Tang Ao as his idol in his heart, remembered these words at this moment and acted extremely calmly. His performance fell in the eyes of other warriors and indeed gave them unparalleled confidence.
Each of them became much calmer from being nervous, and the hands holding the long bow with horns no longer trembled so much.
The soldiers of the second battalion are all people who have experienced the baptism of the battlefield, and they are all people who have seen blood. They were a little nervous just now, which was just an emotion that they could not help but feel because the enemy was so powerful. But when they are about to enter a state of war,
During the training, I was still able to calm down quickly and make proper preparations based on my usual training.
The Hun cavalry under the city were still advancing slowly. When Han Sui noticed that there was no trace of the original Jizhou army on the city tower, he couldn't help but laugh. In his opinion, this was normal.
Things. They eat meat, while Han people eat grass. This statement has long been deeply ingrained in their minds. If Beidi had not said that they should abide by the rules set with Emperor Qianwen, in their eyes, their own steps would have been stepped on.
Entering this land, you can even become the master here.
The soldiers are all pampered, so how could they be their opponents? It is normal for them to disappear now. Maybe they have escaped through other city gates now.
The proud Han Sui had a smile on his face. He was waiting, waiting for the city gate to be knocked open. At that time, he would rush into the city first. By then, all the wealth in the city would be his, and all the wealth in the city would be his.
All women will become his playthings, all men will become their slaves, all...
At this moment, all the bows and arrows fell above their heads.
Just when the city ramming vehicle reached a distance of twenty meters before the city gate, huge boulders fell from the sky, fell straight down, and hit the top of the city ramming vehicle's head.
This also sounded the clarion call for counterattack. Behind the battlement wall where no one could be seen, a soldier suddenly appeared, and then bows and arrows flew towards them as if they had eyes.
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Unprepared, wailing sounds sounded one after another. It was just a face-to-face encounter, and more than ten Huns soldiers were injured in front of the city car. Some of them were very unlucky and were directly killed by the city.
The thrown boulder hit his head, and his head exploded on the spot.
There were also more than ten or twenty horse archers who were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. After the hooked arrow enters the body, it will produce a powerful killing force. The huge pain caused by twisting will make people involuntarily give birth to
A suffocating feeling came.
A wave of counterattacks killed and injured more than thirty Huns soldiers. This result made Han Sui's eyes widen involuntarily. Then his eyes filled with rage.
The meat that he thought had entered the bowl dared to resist and hurt his elite soldiers. This was unacceptable to Han Sui. At this moment, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and roared loudly, "Fight back, fight back."
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One after another, the bows and arrows were shot by the Huns' horse archers, falling towards the top of the city tower, and hitting the city battlements with crackling sounds, proving their extraordinary ability as archers and horsemen.
I have to admit that when it comes to the level of playing bows, the second battalion led by Xiao Zaiyin will never be the opponent of the Huns cavalry. Although they have also been trained in bows and arrows, compared to those who have been playing with bows since childhood and making a living with bows.
The gap between the Huns is still huge.
Fortunately, with the existence of battlements, a defensive weapon, as long as you don't show your head, you can avoid being hurt by the bows and arrows under the city.
"Fire the arrows." Xiao Zaiyin, who was also hiding behind the battlements, felt that the opponent's second batch of bows and arrows had just fallen. It was time to prepare to string the bows and arrows. He fully seized this opportunity and gave another order.
Thousands of warriors appeared again and fired. The bows and arrows once again rained down on the Xiongnu horsemen below the city, taking away more than ten or twenty lives.
One attack by a thousand archers only injured a dozen or twenty people. The killing power was still too weak. The main reason for all this was that the time for everyone to shoot arrows was too short. Tang Ao once said, Save
A real victory is when you hit the enemy hard while doing it yourself.
Xiao Zaiyinman could order all the warriors to engage in a duel with the Huns' archers. In this way, he would definitely be able to kill more enemies, but at the same time, his own losses would probably be considerable. And once the loss of troops was too large,
The Xiongnu changed their attack method again and built ladders. If they turned to siege warfare, they might not even have enough soldiers to defend the city at that time. This was the most critical thing.
No one knows how long the Yiqi fight will take this time. For the long term, Xiao Zaiyin would rather spend less time attacking and inflicting less damage on his opponents, but he must also ensure the safety of his own soldiers first.
Another dozen or twenty people were lost, but now neither the other party nor Mao was injured. Han Sui's eyes were full of anger. What made him even more angry was what was behind him, when he saw the car rushing towards the city.
They charged with boulders, kerosene and sleepers, and lost more than half of the people. They finally reached the city gate. After the collision started, the wooden door was quickly broken open, but what came into view was piles of boulders lying in front of them.
Block the city gate yourself!
The advantage of this is that it is difficult for the enemy to enter the city from the city gate.
The disadvantage is that if you do this, it will be difficult for you to rush out, which is equivalent to giving up all escape routes.
The scene in front of him was completely beyond Han Sui's expectation. He originally thought that Ancheng could be captured with just one charge or even a show of force. Now it seems that this is simply a difficult stone to chew. If you don't get it right, you will be defeated.
I broke a few of my teeth.
But having already arrived at the city gate, with General Qiao Xiong watching behind him, Han Sui had no way out. Apart from continuing to fight, he really saw no other option.
In this way, for the next half day, the two sides went back and forth to shoot at each other up and down the city. The city rushing vehicles also continued to rush forward with great difficulty, moving the huge boulders blocking the road one by one that they had finally knocked down.
It's open, but no matter how you look at it, it feels like it has no end.
For more than two hours, the attacking side suffered more than 200 casualties, and the defending side, Xiao Zaiyin's troops, also suffered more than 100 casualties. Finally, Qiao Xiong's order to withdraw came.
Han Sui carefully returned to the middle camp and saw Qiao Xiong with a sullen face. "General, we can prepare a ladder next. There are not many soldiers guarding the city. We can definitely kill those who go up to the city. Then we can definitely kill here."
Just rob them all and burn them all.”
Of course, this is not just talk. If Han Sui really does this, Ancheng will probably not be able to defend it. After all, it is just a city wall more than four meters high. Once there is a ladder, it really doesn't take much effort to break through.
Go up. By that time, the Quartet Army with less than a thousand troops will definitely not be able to stop them.
"No need." Qiao Xiong said, but he refused immediately.
"General, we can definitely do it." Han Sui thought that the general was disappointed with him. If this was the case, he might not have a good life in the future. He might even be responsible for it and be punished severely.
It's possible. The Huns talk about who is braver. There won't be any sympathy for the losers, but only abandonment and punishment.
"My general said, no need. In this way, I will give you a chance to make meritorious service. Is there any problem in leading your people to bypass Ancheng and go straight to Songcheng?" Qiao Xiong said with a pair of tiger eyes.
Han Sui, who was about to continue explaining, heard this, and his eyes lit up immediately, and he replied: "Don't worry, general, there is no problem. The two cities are only less than two hundred miles apart. Normally, they can arrive tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow evening
If everything goes well, we can enter the city."
Han Sui understood what Qiao Xiong meant, and the latter's face looked better. "Very good, then go ahead and do it."
Qiao Xiong finally gave up the attack on Songcheng. It wasn't that it couldn't be captured, but that the price required to capture it was too high.