"General Pang, the offensive of the bandits continues. They want to drag our army to death!" A sweaty deputy general ran to the city gate tower and reported to Pang Zhong, who had been standing on the city gate tower to watch the battle.

"I know, I order my brothers to delay the gap between two shootings as much as possible, aim and shoot again, and don't be exhausted until it gets dark!" Pang Zhong gave the order with a dark face.

Each group of sergeants had shot at least ten rounds of arrows, and the situation of exhaustion had initially shown that the height and strength of the arrows shot by the sergeants were already a little worse than at the beginning.

This is a very bad phenomenon. Pang Zhong knew that if this continues, the soldiers will not be able to rest and many people will not be able to draw their bows.

Pang Zhong also knew that the rebels must have known that there were not many defenders on the front of Hantongguan city and there was no way to rotate, so they would attack the city continuously. The purpose was to use continuous attacks to consume the strength of the defenders on the front of the city or to consume arrows in the city.

When the arrows shot from the city are sparse and the range is closer, it is when the rebels' larger-scale attack begins.

Although the lethality of the bow and arrow shot from the city below is a little weaker, it still has a very high lethality. Before now, the rebels had no chance to shoot at the city on a large scale. There were only some sporadic arrows shooting up the city, but there would definitely be next!

Pang Zhong has commanded the soldiers to repel five charges of five or six hundred rebels, and killed more than a thousand rebels at the cost of dozens of casualties. Such casualties can be said to be a brilliant record, as brilliant as the results of the Tongguan offensive and defensive battle in the previous few months. But he also knew that as long as the rebels did not give up and always adopted such tactics, the one who lost in this offensive and defensive battle today must be their guardians.

Pang Zhongduo hoped that reinforcements would arrive so that they could have time to take a rotation rest. He looked back at the direction of Sui Tongguan City behind from time to time, hoping to see the arrival of reinforcements, but unfortunately he never saw them.

Pang Zhong also knew that neither Geshuhan nor Yang Xi would send reinforcements, because the number of defenders in Sui Tongguan City is seriously insufficient now, and that is the focus of defense and the final gateway to guard Chang'an. Many of Yang Xi's arrangements were just to slow down the speed of the rebels' attack on Sui Tongguan City, and wait until the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.

The city of Tongguan, Sui, which has been through war for a long time, is too dilapidated, and it is difficult to defend with the current troops near Tongguan.

He also knew that even if Yang Xi or Geshuhan would send reinforcements, it would not be the time at this time. At least after a certain period of time, they would have fought with the rebels in bloody battles, and sending reinforcements would be the most effective at that time.

In other words, under this situation, even if the subsequent reinforcements have arrived in Tongguan City of Sui, no one will rescue them now.

Pang Zhong also fully knew that the danger of Tongguan City in Sui was several times that of Tongguan City in Hantongguan City. If he commanded all his troops, he would only arrange a small number of troops in the dilapidated Hantongguan City, which would play a sluggish role. He would definitely use a few troops to defend Hantongguan City to block the rebels' progress at any cost, and buy time for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements.

He once again thought of the word "lost the pawns and protect the carts". He believed that they were "pirates" abandoned by Yang Xi and Geshu Han. These two men wanted to sacrifice their two thousand men to defend Han Tongguan City to death, and delay the speed of the rebels' attack. When he thought of this, Pang Zhong felt sad. Although Lingbao was defeated and the 100,000 soldiers and horses he led were almost completely destroyed, the court could not not hold him accountable. If he defended Han Tongguan City and eventually died heroically, the court might ignore his previous failure and not hold him accountable. But he was always unwilling to be abandoned like abandoned soldiers!

Just as Pang Zhong was worried and moved, Yang Xi's order came, which was to let them pay attention to the rhythm of the rebel attack and find ways to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers. They had to persist until dark no matter what. After darkness was even more unfavorable to the rebels' attack, they arranged a suspicious formation so that the rebels dared not attack the city easily. They retreated safely to the Sui Tongguan City behind. After hearing Yang Xi's order, Pang Zhong's vague resentment just now was eliminated, and he admired Yang Xi who was watching the battle that could actually see the rebel's intentions.

It is not easy for such a young man to see the intentions of the rebels after watching the battle for a while. At least many people fighting on the city wall did not see the true intentions of the rebels, and even Li Fude in the other direction might not be able to see clearly.

Instead of giving up on them, Yang Xi ordered them to persevere until dark, and found ways to arrange a formation of suspicious troops, so that the rebels believed that they did not give up on Han Tongguan City, but strengthened their guards so that the rebels could not easily attack the city. This would cover their safe retreat, and at the same time confusing the rebels so that the rebels would not find that they had abandoned Tongguan City.

After hearing Yang Xi's orders clearly, Pang Zhong felt a sense of gratitude. He also knew that it was inappropriate to feel grateful to Yang Xi at this time, but this feeling could not be hidden and naturally arised.

It felt better and seemed to be energetic. Pang Zhong issued his latest order with a very powerful voice, which was to order the soldiers to extend the shooting time of the two rounds of arrows, and then shoot after the rebels advanced a distance, unless the rebels accelerated the rhythm of the offensive.

With the issuance of Pang Zhong's order, the arrows flying down from the city were less dense, but this did not make the rebel soldiers siege any sense of happiness. The threat of death was not less. As they advanced forward, the lethality of arrows shot from the city was also increasing. In summer, people could not fit in more thick armor. Apart from the shields raised, the siege soldiers had almost no other equipment to resist arrows. The shield could not effectively prevent arrows shot from several directions at the city. If they were not careful, an arrow would be shot in a certain part of their body. After being hit, the shield would naturally not be lifted firmly. Without the shield cover, it would almost become the target of the Tang army.

The casualties of the siege rebels did not go away, but they had the opportunity to shoot some arrows to the top of the city. However, the arrows shot in a hurry either did not fall on the top of the city or did not have a great impact on the defenders on the top of the city. The defenses of the defenders on the top of the city were not disordered.

Li Fude also received Yang Xi's order.

After receiving Yang Xi's order, Li Fude also carefully observed the rebels' offensive situation, immediately understood what was going on, and immediately ordered to adjust the frequency and speed of the shooting.

However, his troops had not experienced the offensive and defensive battles in Tongguan. When they saw the rebels attacking one after another, they shot in a row without any effort. After the five rounds of attacks of the rebels, they shot at least several more arrows than Pang Zhong's troops. The soldiers also consumed more physical strength. Some soldiers were already unable to draw their bows, and the arrows shot only fell not far outside the city. Even if the arrows shot by some people were shot on the rebel soldiers, the damage caused was not great. Fortunately, Yang Xi's order came in time, giving Li Fude a chance to adjust his arrangements and could use hundreds of substitute soldiers to rotate.

Fortunately, the terrain in front of Tongguan City was almost in danger, and the rebels could not launch a larger-scale attack. Otherwise, it would be a dangerous time, and many ladders would be placed on the top of the city!

But everyone knows that the harder time has not come yet!

Everyone knows that the most difficult time is coming!
Chapter completed!