"Wouldn't it be better to use a siege truck?" Immediately afterwards, before Ruan Qiling could speak, another Yijun general came up with another idea.
"There are not many siege vehicles left, and there are still our soldiers behind the city." With a look in his eyes, his subordinate's suggestion directly cheered up Ruan Qiling. After careful consideration, Ruan Qiling directly ordered: "Send archers to join the battle quickly."
"Yes," he agreed, and several generals of the archery camp moved together to mobilize their own archers who had not participated in the battle.
The archers quickly formed several square formations and quickly moved forward. At the same time, the wing troops under the city received instructions and began to retreat.
After the Star Army generals noticed that the Wing Army sent archers, the Star Army generals who were the first to understand the enemy's intentions became worried. Now all of their men were standing on the corpses, their bodies were completely exposed, and they had nothing to use. To resist the bow and arrow fire, they originally wanted to shoot the fleeing Yijun, but soon the generals discovered that their situation seemed to be more dangerous.
"Retreat quickly," the Star Army generals at the front shouted hurriedly for the personnel to retreat after realizing what would happen when the Wings shot at them with bows and arrows.
But the soldiers behind didn't know what was going on below the city, and they couldn't understand what the generals meant right away. They all stood there blankly, wondering why the generals above suddenly told them to retreat.
"Retreat quickly." Seeing that the people behind were unmoved, the star army generals who were increasingly aware of the danger of the situation shouted in shock. Seeing the archers of the wing army getting closer and closer to them, they wished they could confront each other. Wings fly down.
However, after the fierce fighting just now, the Star Army's reactions have become sluggish. Before they are truly aware of the danger, it seems difficult for them to understand the meaning of those generals. Even if some Star Army on the front line obey the military orders and retreat, because The Star Troops were mostly clustered together and their retreat was too slow.
"The enemy is going to shoot us with bows and arrows. It's too late. Everyone, be on defense." Seeing that the archers of the Yi Army were already within shooting range, the generals had no choice but to remind the soldiers behind to be on defense.
On the other side, the Yi Army showed their well-trained side. The archers quickly stepped forward and at the same time made way for the frontline personnel to retreat, retreating and advancing without any chaos in the middle.
It only took a short time for tens of thousands of archers to arrive less than a hundred meters away from the city wall. At such a close distance, even if the Star Army was on the slope, it was still within the range of the Yi Army. Those generals just said That's right, the Star Army had no time to retreat.
When a hail of arrows rains down, the unprepared Star Army will surely suffer a lot of casualties. The number of people who die at one time can even be compared with the number of people who died when the two armies fought before.
The situation was urgent, but Lan Xu was not there. The many generals in the city, whether they were standing together or separately, could only look around nervously. Facing the neatly arranged wing archers, they were anxious but could not think of anything. ways to solve the problem at hand.
At the same time, the star troops in the rear who finally understood the situation suddenly panicked after realizing that they were in danger, and then thought of running down below, but there were still people behind them who did not react, and as a result, they impacted each other and caused There were many chaotic situations, and for a while, the Star Army was unable to effectively evacuate.
"General, what should we do?" In panic, many soldiers hurriedly asked the general above for instructions, but it was already too late.
"Get back quickly," faced the soldiers' inquiries, the generals shouted angrily. If the soldiers below could have reacted earlier, they would not be in this situation, but if they retreat now, they will not be able to wait for them. When they retreat down the slope, arrows will rain down on their heads. When the time comes to attack the wing army with their backs turned, the casualties of the star army will be even more serious.
In desperation, the Star Army was in a state of agitation, and everything was in disarray from top to bottom.
"Commander, we are going to die." We have been fighting all the way until now, and finally drove all the enemy troops away, but in the end we have to face such an unexpected situation, one of Lu Yunyou's subordinates. He spoke to Lu Yunyou with a panic look on his face. As he spoke, the man's eyes were looking directly at the Yijun archers below, and he had no idea of escape.
Speaking of which, after fighting all the way until now, they also have no energy to run anymore, and they are almost close to each other. It is difficult to even turn around, let alone run back. In this situation, even some resisting movements are in vain. effort.
Seeing the sad look on the face of the subordinate who was speaking, Lu Yunyou felt a sad emotion in his heart for no reason. However, under the strong sense of crisis, he was still extremely calm and did not forget to think. As his thoughts turned rapidly, a trace of survival thought forced Lu Yunyou to constantly consider how to let himself go. Ways to survive.
Now that they were exposed because they were standing on corpses and various objects, they could not avoid the Yijun's shooting. But if there was something that could resist the arrows, the situation might be much better. In desperation, Lu Yunyou looked at the corpse at his feet. The idea arises spontaneously that maybe they can protect themselves with corpses.
Time was tight and there was no time to think about it. When some people in the army also thought of this method, Lu Yunyou was the first to shout: "Everyone, squat down quickly and use the enemy's corpses as shields."
This shout exhausted all Lu Yunyou's strength and instantly woke up the people around him.
"The whole army crouched down and used the corpses as shields," the Star Army generals who had been looking for bunkers but frequently ignored the corpses were the first to react. When they realized that the enemy's corpses could serve as shields, they instantly , shouting in succession.
Starting from the first general, one by one the generals simplified or changed some of the content of this order and spread it to the distance. On the long city wall, the voices of the high-ranking members of the Star Army came and went, each one shouting with all his strength. He asked people to use the corpse as a cover, fearing that the order would not be conveyed properly.
The shouts of those generals were very useful, and the previous chaos disappeared in an instant. When more and more star troops realized that they could protect themselves with the corpses under their feet, those who originally wanted to escape stopped, and then followed the instructions above Find body cover as quickly as possible.
In fact, there is no need to deliberately search for the corpses on the ground, but now is still a time to test the overall quality of the Star Army. If there is a dispute because of unwillingness to yield or disobeying orders, it will eventually cause more casualties.
"Hurry up," the next moment, such urging sounds were heard everywhere on the more than a thousand-meter-long battle line. Officers mixed in with the ordinary soldiers kept directing others. Many star soldiers simply gave up because they were afraid that they would not have enough time. Their weapons turned to lift a corpse from the ground and put it on their body to prevent arrows from shooting at any time.
"Fire arrows," the commotion in the city was so loud that it even reached Ruan Qiling. He didn't expect that the Star Army could improvise and come up with such a special idea. Ruan Qiling was worried that the Star Army's actions would make their archers useless, so he didn't wait for all the bows and arrows to be used. With his hands in place, he directly ordered the attack.
"Fire the arrows," after several passes, the military order was passed to the archers. Each of the archers drew the strings of their bows and pointed the arrows at the Star Army above the city wall.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," the sound of arrows cutting through the air was directly connected. The next moment, a hail of arrows flew straight towards the Star Army on the city.
"Attention everyone, the Yi Army has begun to attack." Seeing the Yi Army launching an attack, the Star Army general who had been paying attention to the movements of the Yi Army once again shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Quickly find a corpse to cover yourself."
The corpses all over the ground suddenly became sought-after items. Under the strong sense of crisis, even those who had no strength surged out of their bodies with great strength.
After a period of confusion, eight of the ten people found their own shields, and the remaining two cleverly hid behind these people.
Just at this moment, a hail of arrows shot out, so densely packed that if they had fallen head-on, they would have killed many Star Troopers. Fortunately, the Star Troops had already taken cover.
Ding, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, after a while, some screams came from the Star Army. Some Star Army were hit by arrows and fell down, either dead or injured. The arrow rain attack was too dense, and there would always be Star Army accidentally hit. arrow.
Those star troops who were not within the shooting range of the wing army, in accordance with the instructions of the general above, did not stay in place but quickly withdrew to a safe area, and then re-formed below the slope.
Not long after the Yi army attacked with bows and arrows, Lan Xu, who got the news, rushed to the city and saw the situation on the long slope. It was a matter of life and death. No matter how incredible the methods used by the soldiers above were, they had a practical effect. Lan Xu was very pleased. The generals in the army can make correct commands in critical moments to ensure that their troops are not lost. After patrolling back and forth, he, who was originally extremely worried, gradually felt relieved.
After calming down, Lan Xu thought that Ruan Qiling's approach was indeed surprising. Once successfully implemented, it would be enough to cause the Star Army to lose most of its troops. Fortunately, it did not succeed. Now the situation is developing in a good direction. When the shooting of the Yi Army ends, the cavalry will Then they can attack the outside of the city and implement their follow-up plan.
Below the city gate, there is a duel between the cavalry of both sides. As the Yi Army continues to seek breakthroughs, the battle line has moved forward greatly. The battlefield is much larger than before, and almost all the Star Army's cavalry have joined the battle.
