Located on the bank of Fenshui, the city of Jiaoyang is the hometown of Kuching Zhao, itself has no reputation, but it is a strategic place, from the northeast to fifty miles, is the seat of Taiyuan County Jinyang City. Moreover, from the city of Jiaoyang to the east, there is also a road for the brigade to walk, which can lead directly to the well, so it has become a battleground for soldiers.

After ten days of night battles in Zixian, the obscure town of Jiaoyang has become the focus of attention in the world.

The Western Front Corps of the Qingzhou Army originally set up a defensive line on the border line, and the three cities of Zixian, Wu and Pingtao supported each other to keep the Xiliang Army out of the border.

However, in the night battle of Zixian, Xu Shu gathered all the forces that could be fought to attack, and after the defeat and retreat to Zixian, Ma Chao was also desperately pursued, and there was no time to disperse the remaining military forces to the other two cities.

If you can't hold Wu County, there is no way to prevent the Xiliang Army from dividing your troops to copy Jinyang, cut off the back road of the defenders of Ci County, and even attack Shangdang and cut off Wang Yu's main force to help. Therefore, Xu Shu could only fight and retreat, and successively abandoned many fortresses such as Pingtao, Daling, Wuxian, and Zhongdu, and withdrew for more than 200 miles before re-establishing the defensive line.

This reserve line of defense was centered on Jiaoyang City and Qi County, and these two fortresses were horns of each other, just blocking the eastward and southward advance of the Xiliang army.

If Ma Chao can make persistent efforts to break through this reserve line of defense, then the general trend of the world will basically become a foregone conclusion. Qingzhou's previous momentum was too strong, and the princes all knew the truth of raising tigers, even if Wang Yu gave up Yan and Henan, the princes would not give up, and they would definitely not leave a chance to breathe for him.

Qingzhou's battle line is too long, and it must be difficult to face the siege, and even if it can block this wave of onslaught in the end, I am afraid that it will be greatly damaged. To a certain extent, this small Terrier Yang City will determine the direction of the general trend of the world. The ownership of the Chinese artifact!

The two sides of the battle obviously knew this truth, so they also went all out to carry out an extremely fierce offensive and defensive battle here, turning this obscure small city into a world-famous meat grinder!

"Whoa! Crash! ”

The dozen or so nail beats at the head of the city of Terrier Yang are first-class weapons for defending the city. Each nail is more than five feet long and two feet wide. Weighing more than 60 catties, it was covered with rusty iron nails, and it was smashed down from the city wall more than two feet high, even if it encountered an elephant below, it was also smashed into a rotten watermelon, not to mention a person?

The screeching sound of chains rubbing against each other was endless. More than a dozen nails fell, and then they were shaken, shaken, and dropped by the soldiers, in an instant. smashed the Xiliang army close to the wall to the back.

The rebels who had swarmed under the low walls could not resist them, so they desperately moved away from the walls and crowded towards their companions. There are too many soldiers in Xiliang, and the city of Jiaoyang is too small, so it can't provide enough open space to squeeze, and the city is densely packed with human heads, and if you throw a brick, you can smash two or three, not to mention the big killer like nailing?

Seeing the falling nails hover in mid-air, seven or eight unlucky eggs were swept down. Then he was shaken by the Qingzhou army on the city wall, stirred up with a "bang", and then pushed away from the city wall with a spear, dragging the iron chain, hovering in mid-air and smashing down.

"Squat and raise the shield, squat and raise the shield!" The rebel generals who commanded the siege commanded loudly.

The soldiers who were closer to the base of the city wall crouched down and covered the sky above their heads with their shields, as if a tortoise shell had appeared out of thin air. The falling nail slams initially miss any target, and then are chained to draw a beautiful arc before falling to the lowest point. Several shields were hung.

The piercing sound of metal scraping sounded above the heads of the Xiliang army, and the soldiers hiding under the shields turned pale, tortured by the noise and almost went crazy. When the piercing scraping sound ended, they knew that they had luckily escaped by relying on the strength of the group, and looked up at their companions, only to find that this time the arm of the robe under the shield was hanging softly at their sides, and the whole person had already been knocked unconscious.

"The back row retreats, the left and right wings are spread out, and don't crowd too densely. Archers, block the walls above your head and prevent the enemy from firing again! ”

The poor ability of the Xiliang army to attack fortifications is actually relative, Qianghu knows nothing about it, and in the face of Jiancheng, he can only sigh with joy, but the rebels of the Han nationality are not like this. Yang Qiu, who commanded the siege, was very clever, and after discovering the weakness of the nail beat's attack, he quickly adjusted his tactics.

Yang Qiu's family is a wealthy family in Xiliang, a family of Jiangmen, with a very deep heritage, with Ma Teng's arrogance, Ma Chao married the daughter of the Yang family, and the status of the Yang family is also visible.

The soldiers of the Xiliang army, who were standing near the city gate, pushed open from the left and right of the city gate as if they had been amnestied, to avoid the attack of the nail slap. The follow-up troops rushed forward like a tide, and the hundreds of archers in the front row, as soon as they entered the firing range, they pulled out their longbows and aimed at the head of the city to shoot a round of rapid fire!

"Ahh Several Qingzhou auxiliaries who were stirring the nail shoot were shot by feather arrows and fell down screaming.

The nail slap that had been pulled up over the city gate lost its traction and fell softly. Seeing the opportunity, the Xiliang sergeant smashed the iron chain tied behind the nail with his sword and axe. After a few rounds of smashing, the thick iron chain could not withstand such a strong force, and it broke with a "click". There was a cheer from the city, and the target of the attack immediately turned to the other dozen or so nail beats.

"Buzz! Airplanes! Not to be outdone, the Qingzhou soldiers at the head of the city also picked up bows and arrows, twisted strong crossbows, and fired at the Xiliang army below.

Colorful white feathers filled the air, and someone risked his life to shake the wheel and raise the nail beat. There are also people who do not hesitate to be shot into hedgehogs by feather arrows, and at the moment when the nail beat rises again, they pull the blood-stained iron chain and pull it down with all their might. For the sake of victory, the soldiers on both sides paid the greatest price, and gradually, there were fewer and fewer nail beats that could be used, and the deterrent power against the enemy army became worse and worse.

"Roll the wood and get ready!" Xu Shu stood at the head of the city, watching the bloody battle under the city with cold eyes, and the ancient well in his heart was cold.

Bow and arrow shooting, the Qingzhou army is more dominant, but it can't stand the Xiliang army, almost everyone is good at shooting, the archers in front fall, and the back surge up, pick up the blood-stained bow and arrow, and shoot the bow when the bow is opened. Latent follow-up, like a tide, although the elite level of Qingzhou soldiers and horses is higher, they can't afford to consume.

"Put!" Xu Shu waved his gun to block a stray arrow and shouted orders.

First, the archers fired a volley, and then the auxiliaries behind the battlements leaned out, struggled to lift dozens of pounds of rolling logs high above their heads, and then smashed them down.

It was as if a meteor shower had fallen at the head of the city, and the crowd of people surging under the city was cut off from the beginning, and everywhere there were broken shields, and corpses twisted necks, soft spines, and limbs turned into strange shapes.

Taking advantage of the gap won by the archers, the momentum was immediately defeated.

"Archers fight back, archers fight back! Others raise their shields, raise their shields! Yang Qiu shouted hoarsely. He understood the importance of this battle too well, and when he broke through the city of Jiaoyang and took Xu Shu, the rich Hebei opened its doors to the Western Liang people. Whoever can capture Terrier Yang is the first achievement, so why is it difficult to take a state in the future?

At his urging, more archers rushed forward, shooting their arrows at the head of the city as they ran. The small Terrier Yang City was full of white feathers, as if there was an extra layer of feathers.

Feathered arrows whizzed in midair, and the sound of rolling logs smashing against shields was like thunder.

"Collapse! Collapse! Collapse! "An even more terrifying sound sounded in the city, like a thunderbolt! As the sound sounded, a cold light flew down from the city, unstoppably crashing into the crowd, pulling out blood-colored trajectories, like surging waves.

"Bed crossbow! Qingzhou's bed crossbow! "Fear, irrepressibly spread. Compared with the nails and rolling logs falling from the sky, the white feathers flying in the sky, and the short spears nearly a foot long, falling from the city at a thunderous speed, the sense of fear brought to people is absolute!

Long before the battle of Zixian, the Xiliang army suffered enough under this sharp weapon.

After the defeat, Xu Shu prioritized the preservation of military strength, and discarded many inconvenient baggage, including bed crossbows. Of course, before they were abandoned, those bed crossbows were destroyed, and the Xiliang army couldn't use them, but many Xiliang generals thought that the bed crossbows of the Qingzhou army were all lost, and they couldn't take out enough heavy weapons.

Although Qingzhou is rich, it has to supply four battlefields at the same time, and the terrain around Bingzhou is dangerous, transportation is difficult, and the replenishment is definitely not so fast. Who would have thought that Xu Shu still hid a hand, which showed up at a critical moment in this offensive and defensive battle.

With the sharpness of the bed crossbow, the damage caused in the dense siege crowd is terrifying, but what is even more terrifying is the blow to morale. Although the Xiliang Army is brave, it is still a little weak in the face of this somewhat unimaginable weapon.

What's more, this round of salvo from the bed crossbow happened to be the time when the Xiliang army fought hard for most of the day, experienced heavy casualties, mustered up the last momentum, and tried to create certain results. The head-on blow of the bed crossbow knocked out their morale in one fell swoop.

The thunderous power of the crossbow bolts is still in front of you, there are wailing and screaming everywhere around, the corpses in front of you are piled up, and the entire moat has turned into a viscous river of blood.

No matter how Yang Qiu urged, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army refused to move forward, even if they were forced up by the supervising team with knives, they would quickly retreat after walking a few steps, so angry that Yang Qiu was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

At this time, the best way is for the generals to take the lead, but how can Yang Qiu have the courage? Not to mention that there are masters like Xu Shu and Guan Hai in the city, even if there is none, the bed crossbow is not an ornament! Yang Qiu had no doubt that as long as he dared to step within three hundred steps of the city wall and raise his flag to lead the battle, dozens of bed crossbows at the head of the city would shoot at him!

"Withdraw...... Yang Qiu looked up at the blood-colored sky and ordered in a low voice. Anyway, it's getting late, and after a whole day of onslaught, who can find fault with themselves?