"But Commander Huang." Yin Dian was unwilling and said angrily: "The enemy general is so arrogant. If we don't show him some color, it will be difficult to boost his morale."
"It doesn't matter." Huang Zu still didn't agree. Caizhou now only had 40,000 troops. He could only choose to stay in retreat and did not dare to take any risks.
"The rats won't surrender, but they dare to come out and fight!"
Xu Hu was still shouting under the city, pulling the reins slightly, and the horse stepped back and forth.
The spirit soldiers on the city were all looking at him with big eyes and small eyes. A group of spirit generals were also whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about and not paying attention at all.
Seeing that no one responded, Xu Hu immediately thrust his long knife into the ground, took out the hard bow from the side of the horse's belly, directly placed the bow on the arrow, and instantly drew it to full, and released an arrow.
At such a distance, ordinary people can't reach to shoot arrows, but as a general, you can imagine the power of the bow.
The bow string tightened, and the sharp arrow shot out with great force. With a bang, it hit a small flag at the top of the city and broke the flagpole directly. The force of the bow did not diminish, and it was nailed to the arrow stack behind. The arrow tail was still in chaos. trembling.
ah! ? All the spirits were shocked and couldn't help but turn sideways. First they looked at the arrow nailed on the arrow stack, and then at the flag that had fallen off the city wall. Not to mention how ugly their faces were.
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Xu Hu looked up and smiled, sheathed his bow and raised his sword, and pointed at the top of the city again: "Spirit Army rats! Why don't you come down and die!"
An arrow shot down the opponent's battle flag, and the soldiers of the Qin army behind him, excited, began to raise their weapons high, and they acted in unison, shouting in unison.
"wind!"
"wind!"
"Gale——"
The morale of both sides is not proportional to begin with, and it is even more so now.
The roar of the three hundred thousand troops shook the sky, their halberds were like a forest, and their flags blocked out the sun. The scene was huge, the scale was magnificent, and it was a spectacular sight.
This situation was so shocking and the sense of oppression was so strong that the palms of Ling Army soldiers had already become sweaty, and they couldn't help but tighten their weapons. Fortunately, these were regular troops who had been on the battlefield for a long time, otherwise they would have never been in a war. , I’m afraid they were all scared away.
Many of the generals' Adam's apples slipped and they swallowed secretly.
"Shuai Huang!" Yin Dian was angry and anxious.
Huang Zu raised his hand to stop him, his expression equally gloomy. He was well aware of the impact this would have on morale, but at this point in the battle, he had no choice.
After taking a deep breath, he said: "Get ready to defend the city! All generals must personally command and kill the enemy bravely! We must not let a Qin army attack the city!"
There was no response from the Ling Army to the formation call. After a while, Xu Hu had no choice but to pull the reins and ride his horse back to the formation.
When he came back, he was still a little depressed and said: "Your Majesty, all the rats in the spiritual army can't shrink away."
The purpose of sending generals into formation is to boost morale.
Xu Hu's operation had already achieved its goal. When Xiao Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but smile heartily and said: "The power of the Tiger Marquis has already intimidated the spirit thieves and greatly strengthened the momentum of our army."
After speaking, he also raised his right hand slightly and said simply and clearly: "Arrow array."
The flag bearer began to wave the handsome flag.
"Arrow formation ready!"
"Arrow array preparation——"
Qin generals were shouting and shouting everywhere.
The sound of neat infantry running sounded, and countless crossbowmen began to gather in formation.
"sit--"
General Qin shouted violently, and the sound of armor scraping was heard. The first two rows instantly fell down, and when viewed from the side, they looked like waves.
"crossbow--"
The soldiers began to move one after another. This was a powerful crossbow that required both feet and arms to kick open. Its range and power were far beyond those of other countries.
Similarly, the people in the back row also began to string their bows and arrows, straining to draw them to full length, pointing diagonally upwards.
Immediately afterwards
The order was given.
"put--"
With an order, the commander waved his flag forward, and the soldiers released their fingers one after another.
Buzz! The bowstrings twitched in unison, seeming to tear the air apart.
This can no longer be described as a thousand arrows fired at once.
The arrows from the string, gathered together, suddenly shot up like a long black curtain, covering the sun in the sky!
Dark clouds over the city.
Standing at the top of the city, looking up, all I could see was dense black spots, coming towards my face!
Plop, plop!
The continuous sound of armor breaking into flesh was mixed with one after another miserable howls.
Even though the Spirit Army was prepared, countless soldiers were instantly nailed into hedgehogs.
The crackling sounds became even more continuous, and the black arrow branches, like dense rain, shattered wood chips and shattered the tiles of the tower.
After the Qin army's arrow formation, they looked at the city defense again. The eagle feathers were thrust out like steel hedgehogs, corpses lay horizontally, blood flowed into rivers, and there was no place for anyone to stand.
Such scenes are terrifying and shocking!
Every time the King of Qin entered a city, he would use arrow arrays to wreak havoc in advance to test the strength of the city's defenses, attack the enemy's troops, and severely defeat their strength.
On the city tower, as generals, the generals of the Spirit Army were naturally protected to the greatest extent. They dared to show their heads only after the arrow formation passed. Some people were still hiding behind their shields, looking at the corpses not far away and the random arrows inserted sideways, with pale faces. , grinning secretly.
Huang Zu was shouting loudly: "Quick! Follow us!"
This was an emergency defense. Large numbers of Ling Army soldiers ran forward and took up the vacant positions. Another group of two people dragged down the corpses and wounded.
On the Qin army's side, after the arrow formation, the tall and heavy siege vehicles began to be pushed forward slowly by the combined efforts of the soldiers.
The trebuchets one after another have also been prepared, and the soldiers in charge cut the ropes.
Affected by the force of the rebound, the oil altar drew arcs in the air and hit various places in the city gate one after another.
Rumbling sounds were heard from time to time, and when the oil altar exploded, fire light spattered, and one could clearly see the burning men letting out pitiful howls, dancing around and falling off the city wall.
To storm a city, long-range suppression is essential.
Xiao Yuan also slowly drew out his sword.
"Start the war!!"
King Qin pointed forward with his sword.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The exciting war drums sounded.
The generals of each department rode on war horses, drew their swords, and led the charge.
"Kill--"
With the beating of drums and the march, the Qin army officers and soldiers picked up their halberds one after another, walked away, and rushed towards the city gate crazily.
In the plain outside the pass, dust was flying, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
The ladders one after another were also carried by the soldiers and ran quickly.
Oil jars were still bombarding the city defenses from above the Qin army's heads.
"Quick! Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!"
On top of the city, the generals of the Spiritual Army were also shouting desperately.
The spirit army's crossbowmen leaned out one after another. After releasing their arrows, they hid behind the wall again and bent their bows again.
Both sides started firing arrows back and forth.
Some Qin troops were knocked over by random arrows while charging forward. Similarly, some Ling troops were shot by stray arrows and fell off the city wall as soon as they leaned out.
Amidst the explosion of oil jars, ladders were quickly erected all over the city wall. The soldiers of the Qin army began to climb crazily with swords in their mouths and using their hands and feet.
Stones and rolling wood began to hit hard.
Blood splattered and screams filled the entire battlefield.
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