Chapter 824

Yingbu placed the city-breaking crossbow and the city-breaking crossbow at the top of the city in order to deal with the enemy's trebuchets. However, the range of the heavy trebuchet was far beyond Yingbu's expectation. The range of the city-breaking crossbow and city-breaking crossbow It cannot be read in full from two miles away.

The Feng army rushed to the top of the city despite the enemy's stone bullets, stood in line, and then launched a volley at the enemy troops outside the city.

Buzz!

I saw a black cloud rising from the top of Baguan City, making bursts of sharp whistles, drawing an arc in the air, and then falling towards the camp of the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces.

When the arrow array finally came closer, it was as dense as raindrops. In an instant, the sound of arrows piercing armor was heard from the arrays of the Sichuan and Zhen armies.

After the rain of arrows rained down, a wide and long gap appeared in the originally neat array. In this open space, arrows were all over the ground, corpses were piled up, people were pressed on the arrows, and the arrows covered people.

This was just the beginning. Just as the previous round of arrow formation passed, the next round of arrow formation from the Feng Army came one after another, smashing into the crowd. The dense eagle feathers turned the people inside it into hedgehogs in an instant.

The generals of the Second Sichuan and Zhen Army shouted: "Go forward! Keep moving forward! Replacement of the front positions, everyone holding up the shield——"

Under the command of their respective generals, the soldiers of the two armies raised their shields and continued to advance.

The Sichuan army was all wearing steel helmets and armor, and their shields were also made of steel. When the whole army raised their shields, it seemed like they were holding up a huge mirror, and the silver light shone, which was really spectacular.

The Zhenjun are all made of leather armor, and the shield is not made of pure steel, but a wooden shield wrapped with a layer of iron. Zhenguo's domestic supplies are very scarce, and there is not so much steel, so it cannot afford to build pure steel shields. Secondly, the Zhenjun likes to fight in close combat, and the wooden shields are light and flexible, which makes them good at charging.

When the Feng Army's arrow formation came, the situation of the two armies was also completely different. The arrow formation shot into the Sichuan Army's camp, making a clanging sound, and the eagle feathers bounced to the ground. When it shot into the Zhen Army's camp, there was a continuous thud. In one piece, most of the arrows were nailed to the shield. After several rounds of arrow formations, the Sichuan Army camp looked like a mirror, while the Zhen Army camp looked like a giant hedgehog.

Of course, no matter how dense and perfect the shield formation is, it cannot be airtight. Under such a dense rain of arrows from the Feng Army, screams could be heard from time to time in the camp of the Sichuan-Zhen Allied Forces, and soldiers who were knocked down by arrows came one after another. .

On the top of the city, Zuo Shuang stared at the advance of the enemy camp, silently calculating in his heart. When the enemy army was almost eighty feet away, he waved his arm forward fiercely and shouted loudly: "Broken Army Crossbow, Broken Army Crossbow, Broken Army The city crossbows fired!"

He gave the order, and the soldiers of Feng Army fired the undamaged army-breaking crossbows and city-breaking crossbows one after another, aimed at the enemy's shield formation, and then launched them all.

The crossbow arrows of the City-Breaking Crossbow and the Army-Breaking Crossbow are so powerful that they cannot be stopped by human power.

When the crossbow arrow shot into the shield array, the soldiers who bore the brunt of the impact had their shields shattered. Since the crossbow arrow was shot diagonally, its force did not diminish after it penetrated one person. It also penetrated the second and third people. When it was nailed deep into the ground, two corpses were strung on top.

Seeing that there was a gap in the shield formation, the soldiers on the left and right shouted in unison: "The rear team will fill in..."

Before they could finish speaking, countless arrows fell from the sky. The soldiers behind the gap had their chests covered with eagle feathers, screaming and falling on their backs. This time, the gap was even wider, and more soldiers fell down in the continuous rain of arrows. On the ground, he never got up again. By the time people finally filled the gap, dozens of soldiers had been shot and killed, but the shield array that had just been raised had to withstand the impact of the next wave of crossbows.

This was just a part of the Second Army of Sichuan and Zhen. A large number of crossbow arrows were mixed with the rain of arrows and shot into the crowd, causing screams and wailing. The shield formations of the two armies were scattered and replenished, and the formations were all scattered. Confusion began.

The generals of each corps rode horses back and forth among the crowd, shouting loudly to stabilize the soldiers under their command.

In the Sichuan army, the commander of the regiment at the forefront screamed hoarsely. He was covered in white spiritual armor, but his eyes turned blood red due to congestion. He waved his sword forward in the crowd and gave orders to the following. The soldiers pushed forward, pushed forward, and pushed forward.

But his shouts soon came to an abrupt end. It turned out that a crossbow arrow suddenly flew over and hit him in the chest. The powerful force directly shattered his spiritual armor and penetrated his chest, even the horse he stepped off. He was not spared and was shot through with crossbow arrows. The poor regiment commander didn't even have a chance to fight the enemy face to face, so he was nailed to the ground alive with both men and horses until he died. The bodies of the men and horses were all Standing.

If the commander of a regiment is killed in battle, the commander of the first formation will take command. If he dies again, the commander of the second formation will take over, and so on. This is the rule of the Sichuan Army and will not allow the regiment to be in chaos due to a leaderless group.

Seeing the Corps Commander's body nailed to the ground, the nearby soldiers immediately put down their shields and went up to try to seize the body. However, they fell down just as quickly as they went up. Under the arrow formation of the Feng Army, they put down their shields to save their lives. It is tantamount to giving up life.

A group of soldiers went up, and a group of soldiers were shot down, but the Sichuan army came one after another. People rushed up regardless, even if they lost their lives, they still wanted to take the body and save the whole body of their regiment commander.

The Sichuan army spent a lot of effort to pull the crossbow arrows out of the ground, and the body of the regiment commander was finally carried down. However, in just such a short time, the Sichuan army paid the lives of hundreds of people. .

War is tragic for both the enemy and ourselves, requiring countless soldiers to shed blood and sacrifice, but the ultimate beneficiary is often only one person or a group.

Under the almost crazy arrow shooting of the Feng army, the Zhen army displayed its unique and powerful fighting power. No matter how fierce the counterattack from the Baguan direction was, the Zhen army's advance was not slow, but faster and faster.

The more comrades died around them, the more fiercely the Zhen army rushed forward. Years of experience in battle told them that in the fiercely fighting battlefield, charging and killing the enemy were the only way to survive. As for deserting in battle, these four words never appeared in the dictionary of the Zhen army.

At this time, the obvious gap could be seen on the battlefield. When the Zhen army had entered Baguan for thirty feet, the Sichuan army was still fifty feet away!

Thirty feet, it was already within the Zhen army's shooting range. The forward-rushing Zhen army archers threw away their shields, took off their bows and arrows, and shot back at the city while running. Without the protection of shields, they would be shot and killed by the Feng army, but their return shots could also kill the Feng army. In the siege, it was worth it for the attacking party to exchange one life for another.

The ferocity of the Zhen Army made Tang Yin and many Fengjiang think of the Barbarian Army. The Zhen Army was indeed very similar to the Besa Army. The soldiers were like wild beasts. Once they launched a charge, the whole army became crazy. Even if there was a sea of ​​fire and a mountain of swords in front of them, the soldiers of the Zhen Army would rush up and jump in without hesitation.

What made them more powerful than the Besa Army was that they maintained the entire camp to charge, instead of rushing forward like the Besa Army. At this time, the Fengjiangs were secretly calculating in their hearts that if they had a head-on confrontation with the Zhen Army, the only legions that could compete with them were probably the Pingyuan Army and the Sanshui Army.

The Zhen Army's charge was to run all the way and die all the way. The soldiers in front fell to the ground, and the soldiers behind stepped on their companions' bodies and continued to charge forward. No one cared about the wounded, and no one even looked at them. They only had eyes for the enemy in front.

The Zhen army advanced quickly, but left behind many corpses. Wherever they passed, the corpses were piled up and countless. However, it was not the case with the Sichuan army. Although the casualties of the Sichuan army were not necessarily less than those of the Zhen army, it was rare to see the bodies of the Sichuan people exposed on the battlefield. When someone died in the front, the corps following behind would allocate manpower to hand over the corpses and the wounded to the logistics team, and then carry them off the battlefield.

At that time, the Sichuan country respected soldiers the most.

In the culture of the Sichuan country, any soldier who died in the battle was considered to have sacrificed his life for the country and died for the country. Even the lowest-level soldiers would have their names recorded one by one and engraved on the monument after they died. Perhaps no one would remember them, and perhaps the younger generations would not check their names one by one, but this was the minimum respect for those soldiers who died in the battle. In the statistics of the deaths in the Sichuan country, there was never such vague statements as tens of thousands, thousands, or hundreds of people. Some were detailed data accurate to the single digit.

No country can compare to Chuan State in this regard.

No matter when, no matter how many people there are, people are the most important. Respect for people is also respect for the country and the nation. If those soldiers who died for the country are left with only a bunch of general data, it will be a sad thing.

Let's get back to the point.

The Zhen army rushed to the foot of Baguan City first, and the cloud ladder hit the city wall, making a bang. Then, the cloud ladder was erected high, and the soldiers of the Zhen army swarmed up. The heavy panting and their ferocious expressions made them look like a group of savages.

Zuo Shuang drew his sword back, and asked people to continue shooting arrows while smashing rolling logs and stones. At the same time, Tang Yin on the city gate tower said to the messenger beside him: "Let Yingbu lead the Baguan defenders to resist the enemy!"

"Yes! King!" The messenger agreed, ran quickly to the other side of the gate tower, and waved the flag to the Feng army soldiers in the city.

Ying Bu in the crowd looked at it, straightened his back, and shouted to the soldiers of the Baguan garrison around him: "Brothers, it's our turn to go into battle now. Pick up your weapons and follow me to the city to kill the enemy!"

"Kill——"

Ying Bu has been the leader of Baguan for nearly ten years. His reputation is so high that no one can match him. He called for hundreds of people to respond and led his army to rush to the city wall.

As the Baguan garrison went into battle, the Western Border Army led by Zuo Shuang was gradually replaced on the battlefield. When all the soldiers retreated back to the city, Zuo Shuang asked someone to count. In the previous battle, the casualties of his side were close to 5,000, most of whom were killed or injured by stone bullets, and the others were shot dead or injured by the counterattack of the Zhen army.

After Zuo Shuang counted the casualties, he immediately sent someone to report to Tang Yin. On the other side, Ying Bu led tens of thousands of Guan garrison soldiers to engage in a fierce battle with the Zhen army that attacked Baguan.