Both the city defenders and the Tianji Sect were secretly shocked. They had never encountered such a situation before. As the southern military department, Chengjun and Tianji Sect had no experience in fighting against the Hu people in the north.

The reaction wasn't surprising either.

In fact, whether the northern cavalry is Han or Hu, riding is the most basic skill, and flying around the city is nothing. It is unimaginable that if the cavalry cannot shoot arrows on horseback, how will it be different from the infantry on horseback?

What's the difference? If a cavalryman can't even fly around the city, it can only be said that this person is not a cavalryman.

Before Yunfeng came to Liangzhou, the cavalry ability of the Liangzhou army was not inferior to that of the Qiang, Di, Xiongnu and other surrounding horse-riding peoples. This was normal. During the confrontation between the two cavalry,

, if one side does not know how to shoot arrows, it will have no choice but to rush forward despite the rain of arrows from the other side, which will inevitably cause a large number of casualties before the two armies come into contact, and it is not impossible for the entire cavalry to collapse as a result.

It's just that the current Liangzhou Army has the ability to turn back and its cavalry level has improved a lot, leaving the surrounding ethnic groups far behind.

Li Guo looked at the arrogant Jin cavalry under the city and shouted angrily: "She, kill them! Crossbowmen come forward!"

Nearly a hundred crossbowmen immediately came to the battlements, lined up tightly in a row, picked up their crossbows and leaned out of the city diagonally. Due to the distance problem, the crossbowmen further back in the row tilted at a greater angle, and could

There can only be so many crossbows involved in the attack.

"Let go!" Following the command from the top of the city, rounds of crossbow arrows were sprayed at the enemy cavalry below the city. However, something shocking happened to them. They clearly saw that the black arrows had hit the opponent's body, but the opponent did not.

As if nothing was wrong, they still galloped on their horses. Only a few horses were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. But the knights on the horses quickly rolled twice to relieve the momentum, then got up from the ground and galloped back.

go.

Some generals with advanced skills could clearly see that most of the crossbow arrows were bounced away by the opponent's mesh armor, and only a very few of them were inserted into the armor.

This group of cavalry were wearing chain mail armor. They were the only 5,000 chain mail armors in the Liangzhou Army. Yunfeng was also observing the effectiveness of the chain mail armor from behind. He was quite satisfied, although he could not

It is 100% anti-arrow, but the protection has indeed been improved a lot. As long as you are not unlucky enough to be shot in the front door on the spot, with the double protection of chain armor and silk clothing, you can indeed reduce the battle fatality rate to a minimum.

Being attacked from the top of the city, Zeng Daniu was immediately unhappy. He had boasted about Haikou in front of Yunfeng, and now the enemy's behavior was a naked shout in the face, and he immediately called for the cavalry to run along the city wall.

After passing by, the soldiers raised their bows and fired. Amidst the rumble of horse hooves, they shot arrows into the air, and then landed on the top of the city with a clanking sound.

The defenders hurriedly hid behind the battlements, trying their best to curl up and not dare to move. However, there were still some who were running slowly and were killed by arrows. There were also some who did not believe in evil or had hot tempers. They wanted to stand up and shoot arrows downwards, but

As soon as you show your head, immediately

He was hit by an arrow in the head! Originally, Li Guo was planning to use a trebuchet. However, under the continuous rain of arrows, except behind the battlements, there was nowhere to stand on the city wall. He could only watch helplessly.

A cluster of arrows passed overhead.

As time passed, the arrows fired by the cavalry were not dense except for a while at the beginning. Their intention was not to hurt the enemy. As long as the firepower at the top of the city was suppressed, the target had been reached, in order to inflict heavy damage to the enemy.

The sergeants building the dam provided cover.

Suddenly, a burst of cheers erupted from below the city, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. A simple dam made of sandbags and vehicles blocked the throat of the Han River and the moat, although there was still a trickle.

A trickle of water flowed out from the cracks in the sandbags, but except for a few small puddles at the bottom, the moat had already revealed its true appearance. It turned out that it was a trench two feet deep.

Although the garrison at the head of the city knew that it was only a matter of time before the moat was cut off, when this scene actually appeared in front of them, they couldn't help but turn pale. The first line of support for the city was effortlessly broken by the opponent.

Already.

"Brother, what should we do?" Li Yun, who was hiding behind the battlements, asked with an ugly expression.

Li Guo said helplessly: "What can I do as a brother? I can only defend the city. Now even if I want to abandon the city and flee, I can't do anything. I can only do my best to hold on until the Lord sends troops to help."

Li Yun regretted and said: "If I had followed my brother's advice and built a stone fort at the intersection of the moat and the Han River, I wouldn't have ended up like this." As he said this, he shook his head.

Li Guo's face became ugly, and he said displeasedly: "Okay, it happened so many years ago, why are you bringing it up? Didn't you insist on it back then? The Jin army will definitely fill in the trenches next, so it's better to think too much about it.

How do you want to keep the trench intact?"

At this time, the sound of "Dang Dang Dang~!" was heard below the city head. The two Li brothers looked sideways through the battlements. The Jin army participating in the dam building was retreating back like a flood, covered with mud and water.

, then, another horn sounded in the Jin army formation, and two long and thin cavalry teams of 5,000 people each came out from the two wings, one on the left and the other on the right, and came towards the intersection of the city.

One team was still firing arrows at the city head from a distance of thirty-four feet, while the other team continued forward and threw bags of sandbags into the ditch.

The cavalry in mesh armor that originally flew around the city took the opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield. The three cavalry teams, totaling 15,000 people, criss-crossed in the small area in front of the city, not interacting with each other, like butterflies in flowers.

So dazzling.

However, the defenders at the head of the city did not feel the slightest sense of beauty. After all, once the trenches were filled in, Nanzheng City, which was once dangerous, became no different from an ordinary city.

Yunfeng's mood was similar to that of the city defenders. He didn't feel happy at all. His heart was bleeding!

The cost of making kerosene bombs is very cheap. After all, the raw materials are mainly petroleum and stone pellets, and they do not need to be carefully crafted. The cost is mainly reflected in the wages of the craftsmen. However, he does not have enough trebuchets to shoot twenty bombs at a time.

It is difficult to suppress fire with kerosene bombs. Under such difficult circumstances, his twenty trebuchets cannot be moved away. They must stay in place and continue to fire kerosene bombs, otherwise the defenders will rearrange the trebuchets.

Bomb the dikes.

If he continued to wait until a large number of trebuchets were built before attacking the city, the consumption of food and grass would be astronomical.

In desperation, they had to use the extravagant strategy of flying around the city. Flying around the city caused a lot of damage to arrows. For five thousand riders, one person with twenty arrows would be one hundred thousand! One hundred thousand arrows

Can arrows be used to fill up trenches? It is obviously impossible. This number would have to be doubled several times or even ten times!

The city of She is different from the people of She. The overall hit rate of the Liangzhou Army's return to She remains at about one-third, which means that two-thirds of the arrows recovered can be reused, and those shot on people are also different.

A small part can be recycled. However, the recycling rate in She City is pitifully low.

After all, iron arrows can easily break and deform when they hit hard city bricks at high speed. According to Yunfeng's estimation, the recovery rate can only reach two levels at most. There is a prerequisite for this, and the city must be captured. Otherwise, this round

If the siege fails, then he will cry to death, and soon his army will be in a dilemma with no arrows to use.

What's more, you can only use bows to suppress fire, not crossbows. The crossbow's trajectory is straight and shoots all over the sky from bottom to top. The bow is different. The trajectory is curved and can be used for parabolic attacks.

Zhuge Xian said in his letter that it would take about an hour to seize the city gate. While feeling heartbroken, Yunfeng was silently calculating the progress of filling the trenches. Feeling that time was almost up, he immediately instructed the herald to light the smoke.
Chapter completed!