Lin San is a veteran who has been in the army for thirteen years. He has always been glad that he is an archer, which he believes is the main reason why he is alive until now.

Archers were always a little farther away from the enemy, following behind the army when they were pursuing and ahead of the large army when fleeing.

Many of his comrades, now deceased, were spearmen or axemen.

But this time, Lin San felt that his life had come to an end.

Through the small square shooting hole in front of him, he saw the dense enemy formation in the distance with no end in sight, and saw the enemy siege army surging like a tide in the distance, and he smiled helplessly.

There are too many enemies. He had been in the army for thirteen years, had experienced dozens of battles, and it was the first time he had seen so many troops attacking a wall at the same time.

Lin San looked up at the long arrows flying in the sky, the huge piece of black pressure, and he was terrified. He swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva with difficulty, and muttered a few curses in his mouth.

On the wall of this eastern city, Liu Lingjun only arranged two thousand soldiers. Two thousand people to deal with the tens of thousands of troops in front of him, Lin San felt very ridiculous.

How many days can this last?

"Lin San, why hasn't the general given the order, the enemy is about to reach the moat." A young archer not far from him asked in a whisper.

"It's still early." Lin San smiled lightly, "These bridge-building enemies are currently covered by shield soldiers, and even if we shoot, we won't be able to shoot a few." Wait a minute, they will cross the river along the ladder and go to the opposite bank to fix the long ladder. At this point we can shoot, shoot one and die another. ”

"Lin San, how do you know everything?"

"I've been a soldier for more than ten years, and I don't know how many battles I've fought, so I know when it's best to shoot these bridge-building soldiers." Lin San said triumphantly.

"Do you think we can hold it?" "There are too many enemies, as many as ants," said the soldier, hopefully. ”

"No problem." Lin San smiled, "I fought with Liu Lingjun together. He fought well. Guarding such a small city is not nine out of ten. ”

Hearing this, the young soldier looked up at Liu Yi in the distance, with a look of admiration.

"What is Ling Jun doing?" Lin San asked.

Ling Jun raised his right arm, as if he was about to give an order.

"It's a little early." Lin San looked at the busy enemies by the moat, shook his head and said, "It's good to be a little later." ”

Liu Yi leaned in front of the shooting hole, waved his right arm violently, and shouted, "Shoot...... Arbitrary launch ......"

Lin San shot the first arrow very skillfully, and then his right hand was like a flying butterfly, holding the arrow. Loading the arrow, drawing the bow, aiming, shooting, a series of actions are completed in an instant, which is dazzling, and its speed is incredible. He was engrossed, cursing incessantly, immersed in the thrill of rapid shooting.

Long arrows roared with rage. Aiming at the enemy rushing to the moat, he rushed out of hundreds of shooting holes at the same time. The archers were all like Lin San, shooting arrows at the fastest speed, and the long arrows seemed to be connected together. Endlessly, frantically shooting at the enemy.

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Gongsun Luo's army successfully built more than 100 ladder bridges along the moat within a distance of 300 steps. Many dead soldiers lay on both sides of the moat. Traces of red blood began to float on the surface of the river.

Gongsun Yang patted Gongsun Xiao's shoulder vigorously and said loudly: "Brother, you crossed the river." I'm going to stop shooting. Life and death are fate. ”

Gongsun Xiao smiled: "Life and death are fate." ”

Gongsun Man gathered his long hair loosely, then tied a white cloth band on his forehead, and said with a smile: "Brother, it begins." I attack the left, you attack the right. ”

Gongsun Xiao nodded, he slowly pulled out the snowy war knife from his back, carried the round shield, and strode to the front of the team.

The drums of war rang out.

Gongsun Xiao raised his knife and looked back, and roared wildly: "Brothers, kill ......"

"Kill the ......" The soldiers echoed in unison, the roar was like thunder, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the flow of people was like a tide for a while, and the siege army was like a sea of mountains and seas to kill the most fierce battlefield.

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With the roar of Gongsun Yang, the long arrows in the sky suddenly disappeared without a trace. Thousands of archers hung their hands feebly, gasping violently.

The first batch of more than 100 ladders crossed the river at a rapid speed under the frantic rush of the siege soldiers, and was quickly erected. The first siege soldiers began to climb the ladder.

A part of the archers, under the cover of shield men, quickly approached the moat and began to shoot at the walls at close range to cover the crossing of the army.

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Liu Yi's eyes were fixed on the last long arrow in the sky, watching it draw a beautiful arc in the air, and then fiercely nailed to the blue brick at the top of the city wall, the long arrow bounced high, and then fell straight to the ground covered with a thick layer of arrows.

Liu Yi jumped up, raised his sword and shouted: "Archer, shoot ...... Arbitrary launch ......"

"Brothers, kill ...... Ah......h

Don't Liu Yi say that these soldiers who have fought in Liaodong for many years and have very rich combat experience have already rushed out of the bunker, and they each ran to their own battle area, picked up the stones, picked up the logs and smashed them. The archers rushed to the edge of the battlements as fast as they could, and opened heavy fire on the enemy soldiers gathered on both sides of the moat.

The sound of war drums, shouts, fights, and screams resounded up and down the city walls, long black arrows flew in the air, bloody war knives whistled in the wind, huge stones raged on the ladders, and heavy timbers carried the sound of wind and thunder falling from the sky with the force of thunder.

Due to the narrow terrain of the siege, the rebel soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the banks of the moat were soon filled with dead soldiers, and the corpses of enemy soldiers also floated on the surface of the river, and the river was quickly stained red with blood.

Liu Yi commanded the archers to block the moat with a dense array of arrows, and the other defenders took the opportunity to massacre the remaining enemies under the city.

Seeing that the first round of attacks had failed, Gongsun Wen did not wait for the troops by the moat to withdraw, and immediately ordered the archers to launch a new round of heavy fire at the city walls.

The defenders of Fanhan City were caught off guard and suddenly fell in large numbers. Gongsun Xiao and Gongsun Man immediately took the second batch of siege soldiers to brave the sky full of long arrows and started the second round of strong attack.

This time, some soldiers managed to climb the walls and break through several defenses. Liu Yi personally led his personal guards to support all the enemies who broke through the defense on the city wall.

There were more and more ladder bridges over the moat, and one after another the siege ladders leaned against the high walls, and the siege soldiers began to attack at the same time on the attack surface at a distance of three hundred paces.

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The sun hung lazily in the air, indifferently looking at the bloody battle that was taking place in the city of Fanhan.

Gongsun Han ordered Mingjin to withdraw and rest for the time being. In two hours, he launched only two small attacks on the north gate of the city of Fanhan. His mission was a feint, with the aim of pinning down the defenders, so the pace of the attack was very slow. Hua Zheng led the infantry to repel them very easily.

At the South City Gate, Huang Xu waited from morning to noon, and did not wait for Gongsun Lei's attack. The Hu just coped with shooting two rounds of arrows, and then lay down on the ground to rest. The Hu people chatted in groups of three or five, as if they had come here not to fight, but to graze.

At the East City Gate, Liu Yi led his soldiers to stubbornly and resolutely repel more than a dozen enemy attacks.

By noon, Gongsun Yu ordered the army to temporarily stop the attack and take a short rest.

Liu Yi sat on the city wall panting, holding a bloody war knife in his hand. The rebels' subsequent attacks were ferocious, and each time they managed to break through the city defenses. Liu Yi took the lead, and led his guards to intercept and block the attack, and fought fiercely. At this moment, he was covered in blood, and his armor was torn in many places, and he was exhausted.

He had been in war for a long time, and he was oblivious to the bloody and bloody remains of soldiers everywhere in the city. He gulped down the bloody air, and the battle intent in his heart grew louder and higher.

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Li Yi stood by the Peishui River and looked at the opposite bank, which was the direction of Fanhan City. It's just that now, the city of Fanhan has been completely submerged in darkness, and there is not even a trace of outline to be seen.

This is the tenth day since the rebels stormed the city of Fanhan.

The scouts of the Youzhou Army swam to the opposite bank many times to reconnoitre. They told Li Yi that Fanhan City was still in Liu Yi's hands, and the soldiers and civilians of Fanhan City were still stubbornly holding on under the leadership of Liu Yi.

Because of the different language and familiarity with the terrain, the scouts in charge of reconnaissance work are now composed of the newly incorporated Liaodong soldiers.

When these scouts reported to Li Yi on the situation of the battle in Fanhan City, they all expected that the legendary invincible former general would turn the tide, defeat the rebels, and rescue Fanhan City.

Li Yi read this trust and expectation from their gazes, but he couldn't do anything.

With 3,000 Youzhou Iron Cavalry and 500 soldiers of the Guards Battalion, he had been wandering aimlessly along the Peishui coast for eight days.

Li Yi didn't know what he wanted to do, and he didn't know why he didn't want to stay in Xiangping, but he had to run back and forth between the mountains. Could he have found a miracle? Will he be able to defeat the rebels?

Li Yi sighed deeply. He felt tired, very tired.

Since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion last year, he has not enjoyed leisure. In the past two years, there seems to have only been one short break, and that was the period last year in Luoyang, Beijing.

Li Yi remembered the situation when he left Quanzhou in the spring and separated from Cai Yan. Now, in a blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

Li Yi stood stupidly, all in his mind was Cai Yan's resentful eyes.

"Lord......" Tai Shici's shout came from behind him.

Li Yi sighed quietly, took a few breaths of the humid and fresh air by the river, and tried his best to hide the big sad eyes in his mind.

He turned to look at Tai Shi Ci and saw Tai Shi Ci walking over with Dian Wei.

Because they are both Li Yi's personal guards, Tai Shici and Dian Wei have been very familiar with each other recently, and they often compete in martial arts when they are fine. (To be continued.) )