Mangcai became anxious immediately because he felt that Tang Dynasty was really going to besiege them instead of attacking them, but obviously... Hou Junji had no intention of betraying him at all, and the two thousand soldiers went straight to their retreat. When we went there, in the military camp in front, the three thousand soldiers who were originally stationed here also quickly started to advance.
As they were advancing, in the jungle behind the camp, another five thousand soldiers swarmed out from the forest. When they saw so many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty approaching quickly with neat steps, Mang Guess's face changed wildly.
Datang actually hid so many soldiers? Could it be that they have been waiting for their large army to arrive?
But at this time, Mangchai couldn't think about it anymore. Even the soldiers who went to steal their retreat didn't bother to pay attention, because now the soldiers of Tang Dynasty were ready to attack. If they couldn't stop the opponent's attack, Attacking is also fatal.
What's more, if they want to run away at this time, it's too late. When they rush out of the village, they will run into the more than two thousand soldiers.
In this flat valley, when they came in, their large troops could sneak into the mountain stronghold in small groups from halfway up the mountain, because the enemy did not know the time they came, but when they wanted to leave, there were only two soldiers on the small road. Three hundred soldiers would be able to block their escape route.
If you want the large force to retreat directly, you can only leave directly through the main road in the valley.
But speaking of it being a main road, the opponent's two thousand troops are enough to block all roads, and they have no place to run even if they want to.
Therefore, let’s stop Datang’s army first.
However, what Mangcai didn't see was that among the eight thousand Tang troops who lined up, except for the thousand soldiers at the front, five hundred of them carried huge weapons that could completely block a person's figure behind them. In addition to the large steel shields, all the troops behind them carried a bow in their hands, and they also had a quiver on their waist.
Each man's quiver contained thirty arrows.
As for the remaining 500 soldiers in the front row, two of every three carried the medium-sized bed crossbow, and one person carried the crossbow arrows of the medium-sized bed crossbow.
A total of more than a hundred medium-sized crossbows stood directly about a hundred meters away from the city wall. At this distance, even if they were standing on the city wall, Mangbu's bows and arrows could not attack them at all.
Under the horrified gaze of all the soldiers on the city wall, more than a hundred medium-sized crossbows took the lead in pulling the strings of the crossbows. Then, as a flag was waved down without hesitation, a low buzzing sound sounded, and more than three hundred A crossbow arrow came straight towards the city wall at a terrifying speed.
"Boom" and "ah", huge sounds and screams instantly resounded throughout the city wall.
The terrifying sound was caused by the crossbow arrows hitting the wood of the city wall directly. Some wooden stakes as thick as calfs were directly shot through by the terrifying crossbow arrows, and the exploding wood even directly injured many surrounding soldiers.
Accompanied by more screams, countless soldiers seemed to be hit head-on by an invisible bison, and flew upside down and fell out of the city wall.
Many soldiers even flew out together as if two or three of them had been skewered into kebabs.
Blood instantly covered half of the city wall. Not to mention ordinary Mangbu soldiers, even the clan leaders of Mangchai and Songbu were frightened.
But the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty under the city did not hesitate at all. When the medium-sized crossbow fired the first wave of crossbow arrows, the soldiers in the front row holding giant shields started to charge directly, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who followed them were like a tide. swarmed towards the city wall.
"Fight back, fight back." Mangchai shivered in excitement, then came back to his senses and shouted loudly.
But without him shouting, the soldiers on the city wall had actually started to fight back frantically with the bows and arrows in their hands.
It's just that their bow arms are not good enough and they can't shoot to such a long distance. The killing distance of their bows and arrows is only forty or fifty meters, especially since they have wooden arrows.
But when they were able to shoot at the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the shield soldiers in the front row, the soldiers in the second row behind also directly drew the long bows in their hands.
With a "buzz" sound, more than a thousand arrows hit the city wall at a terrifying speed.
The wooden city wall is not like the walls of the traditional cities of the Tang Dynasty. It does not have a high enough parapet to block arrows. What's more, Matsube's city wall is not big in the first place, and it is impossible for ten thousand soldiers to stand on the wall. , in fact, there were at most more than 3,000 soldiers standing on the city wall.
The rest are inside the walled city and are ready to be replenished at any time.
But now many arrows that crossed the city wall caused tragic damage to the soldiers behind.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty standing under the city wall did not hesitate at all, but continued to draw their bows as fast as possible, and the arrows in the quivers on their waists continued to decrease.
After shooting five arrows quickly, the soldier will quickly retreat, and there will also be soldiers behind him to fill his position. It is ensured that the number of soldiers shooting arrows at the same time is maintained at 2,000.
But the continuous arrows fired by these two thousand soldiers formed a terrifying arrow rain. The arrows of the three-sided armor-piercing arrows were an unprecedented terrifying experience for these Mangbu soldiers who used wooden arrows. .
The leather armor, rattan armor, etc. on their bodies are as if they don't exist. As long as they hit, they can be easily penetrated by these arrows.
As long as they are hit by arrows, death is almost waiting for them. Their companions are constantly falling down. The soldiers of Mangbu have been scared out of their courage. Just now, many people dared to stand up and attack, but when the soldiers of Tang Dynasty When they advanced about fifty meters and started shooting arrows, Mangbu's soldiers were so suppressed that they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
Many people were hiding behind some wooden piles or city walls like turtles, and the Mangbu soldiers inside the city walls were running away in all directions.
Just a few rounds of arrow rain, blood has already dyed the ground in Matsube Castle red.
Mangchai was completely frightened. Before he could recover, the giant shield soldiers who had already rushed to the bottom of the city wall tied some special sealing oilcloths to the load-bearing wooden pillars of the wooden city wall.
When the sharp whistle sounded, all the shield soldiers quickly ignited the fuse on the city-breaking mine with the already lit fire sticks in their hands!
After lighting the fuse, all the shield soldiers quickly carried their shields and began to retreat crazily. Although the fuse of the city-breaking mine was enough for them to run sixty or seventy meters away, what if it happened?
Mangchai on the city wall had no idea what they were doing. The shield soldiers who rushed in front of the archers quickly put down the giant shields in their hands. All the shields were pressed together to form a temporary steel city wall.
When Mangchai didn't know what they were doing, a sudden and terrifying "boom" sound resounded through the entire valley. The huge roar was accompanied by the tremor of the earth. A large section of their wooden city wall was like a child's toy. Same, thrown directly into the sky.
