As soon as they entered the place of one arrow, they heard a commotion above the city, and with a scalp-numbing buzzing sound, dense arrows suddenly rained down on Zhang Nanfang's formation!
"Doudo doo..." The infantrymen clung to the arrow-blocking wooden sign. From time to time, chilling sounds were made from the wooden sign. From time to time, soldiers were shot by arrows and fell to the ground, screaming and wailing.
In a short time, they were filled with arrows. From a distance, the top was as white as a reed swamp, but for a while, it was unable to cause much damage to the Julu Army.
However, hiding on the arrow-blocking car could only be a passive defense. After being pushed closer to about fifty steps, Zhang Nanchen, who was standing an arrow away, shouted: "Send the order to fire arrows! Jinglan attacks!"
The red flags in the hands of the flag soldiers beside him were waving, and with the sound of more rapid and exciting war drums, the archers hiding behind the arrow-blocking vehicles finally began to fight back!
Hundreds of archers rushed out of the arrow-blocking carts one after another, and continued to pour arrows on the city. However, there were too few archers who rushed to the city. Apart from harassing and attracting the attention of the city, the damage caused was minimal.
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The defenders of Huguan, who were condescending to shoot arrows downwards, were undoubtedly in an extremely advantageous situation. In order to pursue flexibility, the giant deer archers only wore leather armor, with a piece of iron embedded in the chest and back. How could they block the sharpness of the bow and arrow?
In this period, more than ten people were injured or killed!
At this moment, three well carriages entered the battlefield, driven by dozens of strong infantrymen wearing heavy armor. This well carriage was four feet high and two feet wide. It was driven by wheels at the bottom and weighed several kilograms.
There is one, each with ten archers.
The appearance of the well gate immediately attracted the attention of the defenders. In an instant, nearly a hundred arrows roared towards the giant deer soldiers on the stage. Although the archers on the well gate were covered by animal skins, there were still more arrows in front of them.
The wooden sign protects the body, but the number of archers on it is really limited, and the height is not as high as the city wall, so the effect is worse than the arrow-blocking car!
Seeing that in less than a minute, nearly a hundred soldiers under his command were killed or injured, Zhang Nan's angry eyes spit fire, gritted his teeth and shouted: "The archers fill the gap, the siege vehicles attack!"
Hundreds of archers rushed forward as instructed, and a siege vehicle wrapped in layers of cooked cowhide rushed forward...
And this was with the assistance of siege equipment. Without these siege equipment, the casualties of the Julu Army would have doubled!
Moreover, these huge and heavy siege equipment are not invincible. Under the continuous fire of rockets, a well-mounted chariot caught fire. Several archers on the stage jumped from the high platform with broken bones and tendons! Several chariots blocked the arrows.
The chariots could not escape their misfortune. The siege chariots rushed to the city gate at the cost of more than two hundred archers of their own. Before they hit the city gate twice, they saw a hail of rolling logs and rocks falling from above their heads. The siege chariots were immediately struck.
It was smashed to pieces! More than a dozen sergeants in the car were also smashed into pulp!
Zhang Nan's heart was bleeding. On the battlefield, hundreds of sergeants fought hard against the dense arrows and fired back at the city. From time to time, screams of arrows could be heard, and some sergeants were shot to the ground by rockets.
, the wailing sound lasts for a long time!
At this moment in the battle, two to three hundred sergeants have closed their eyes forever. This kind of siege that only increases casualties makes Zhang Nan extremely distressed. The key reason is that Huguan Pass has a high wall, and the siege is most effective.
The ladder is not very effective at all!
Wen Yuan looked at the almost one-sided battle at the pass with a solemn face. In less than half an hour, more than 300 Julu sergeants fell in a pool of blood! And the number of casualties of the Huguan defenders was less than that of the three soldiers who attacked the house.
One part!
Calculating that this battle had already created enough pressure from the defenders, Wen Yuan sighed quietly and ordered the gold medal.
Hearing the sound of gold ringing coming from the enemy formation, the defenders cheered, but they saw the siege soldiers retreating in an orderly manner, and they were all gone in a short time. Under the wall, except for a few bodies that were still burning,
The equipment was used, and not even a single corpse of a fallen soldier was left behind. Each and every one of them felt awe-inspiring, and the joy of just winning quickly disappeared.
When they returned to the camp and counted the number of people, they found that more than 300 people had been lost. Wen Yuan was depressed, and the generals also bowed their heads and remained silent.
Tian Feng added: "Although this battle suffered a small setback, it made the Huguan defenders dare not underestimate our army's combat power. In this way, our army can confront each other here and wait for the filial piety and good news."
Wen Yuan nodded and said: "I will follow what Mr. Xi said, but we still need to build more siege equipment to prepare for emergencies. In addition, each department must take turns to feint to attack so that the defenders are not suspicious. When the Fengxiao soldiers arrive, they will attack with all their strength."
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The words were divided into two parts. Guo Jia led Su You and Zhou Cang's 1,300 troops away from the brigade and marched north. In order to maintain secrecy, Guo Jia used remote trails to stay day and night. If anyone was found, they would all be kidnapped.
Hidden in a secret place.
These 1,300 sergeants are almost all elite veterans who came out of Xiaquyang, especially the 300 Xuanying Guards, who are the ones that others look up to in the Julu Army.
As for the infantrymen who were born in Quyang, looking at the world today, if they are ranked second in terms of marching speed, no one dares to be ranked first. They can travel more than a hundred miles in a night without anyone falling behind, which makes people who were originally worried about the Huguan war
Guo Jia was secretly surprised!
Guo Jia understood that a frontal attack on Huguan would only be a waste of military strength. One more day of delay would cost the lives of more soldiers. Now that he saw Sergeant Julu marching so fast, he felt a little relieved.
However, after traveling more than 400 miles for three consecutive nights, Guo Jia's troops once again entered the Taihang Mountains. Not only did their marching speed slow down by more than half, they also entered the area controlled by Zhang Yan of Black Mountain and Geng Zhi of Bingzhou.
When he arrived here, Guo Jia was careful every step he took, but unfortunately things didn't go as planned. As soon as he left Jingxing Pass and entered the boundary of Bingzhou, he met Geng Zhi's small group of Bingzhou Qingqi!
Zhou Cang led more than 20 Xuanying guards on foot to explore the road. They bumped into a patrolling cavalry team. Both sides discovered each other almost at the same time. Zhou Cang was immediately panicked, and the team suddenly discovered an army of unknown origin.
, I don’t know why for a moment!
"Copycat! Kill them!" After panicking, Zhou Cang shouted through gritted teeth, straightened his sword, and took the lead in charging towards the cavalry team of less than thirty people!
When the Bingzhou Qingqi saw the intruder, they attacked without saying a word. They were also panicked. However, seeing that their opponents were only about twenty people, they didn't take it seriously at the moment. The twenty or so Qingqi whistled and spread out in all directions, forming an arc around them.
Everyone in the warehouse gathered around.
Zhou Cang raised his head and laughed, and was about to rush forward to fight for a while. Suddenly he thought of Military Advisor Guo's instructions not to let outsiders know his whereabouts. His heart tightened and he quickly ordered: "Stop, form a round formation to defend!"