The power of the small bed crossbow is not as strong as that of the large bed crossbow, although it can shoot more than 500 meters away, but it has no lethality for the huge return cannon.

Woo Woo Woo ............!!

Countless two-meter-long, five-centimeter-thick arrows were fired, five centimeters thinner than the large bed crossbow, but they were more than enough to deal with the Yuan army with thick shields.

There was a loud bang, the shield broke, and a large area was in the front row, and hundreds of elites died on the spot.

At this time, the Yuan army deeply realized the terrifying power of the small bed crossbow, even if they simply thickened the shield yesterday according to the analysis of the shield fragments, but when facing this terrifying crossbow arrow, they still seemed to have more than enough strength and insufficient strength.

After all, the Yuan army was well-trained, experienced in a hundred battles, and had never seen any scenes, and the riots quickly subsided, and under the orders of Jebe, some of the Yuan troops who were good at shooting quickly broke away from the Chinese army and went straight to the front line.

The small bed crossbow only shot five rounds, the Yuan army's slow army arrived, only to see the shield array like a hundred flowers suddenly blooming, blooming together, before the Xihe soldiers on the city wall came to defend it, hundreds of arrows were shot, turned into a rain of arrows and fell, and the screams sounded on the city wall for a while, and the losses caused by this round of arrows were greater than the casualties caused by the previous return cannons combined.

Zhang Yuan had already seen the support of the other party's troops, but after the other party entered the shield array, he hid his figure, although the shield array has been destroyed, but the super quality and tenacious will of the Yuan army are constantly replenished, taking advantage of the time difference between the bed crossbow and winding to make up for it, and their means came so suddenly, they gave Zhang Yuan a punch.

Zhang Yuan had to squeeze his brain cells, thought quickly, and gave an order: "Small bed crossbow three-stage shooting!" Zhang Xiu. Ma Yun, Bi Feng, each of the three of you will select two hundred crossbowmen to come and snipe those Yuan archers! ”

The Yuan army was good at shooting, and they hid in the shield array, even if they were broken by a small bed crossbow, they would not lose much, so they needed to send special people to deal with it.

At the same time, Zhang Yuan also needed to be distracted from the return cannon and the unmoved army of the Yuan army, it was precisely because of Jebe's containment that Zhang Yuan could not concentrate on the fight, even if he could let the people around him stare at the Yuan army. But how can this be compared to the comprehensiveness and accurate judgment of one's own personal attention?

As time passed, the average power of the small bed crossbow decreased as it was fired in three stages, but the victory continued. Everywhere they passed, the remnants of the soldiers broke their armor, and then the crossbowmen appeared on the city wall under the leadership of Zhang Xiu and the others. The archers of the Yuan army were suddenly no longer as unscrupulous as they had been at the beginning. The two sides were evenly matched.

In Xihe City, the small bed crossbow was used to break through the Dun armor, and the crossbowmen wound up to expand the gap in the shield array. The crossbow is not as good as the archer, but the victory is long-lasting, while the Yuan army is different, although it is good at shooting. However, after shooting thirty or forty arrows, the strength of the arrows slowly decreased, and Xihe City was thirty meters high, and the strength required was extremely great.

Casualties on both sides continue to mount. At this time, the stone was also brought up, compared to the small bed crossbow, although the stone has many shortcomings, even if the soldiers of the great force can be thrown 100 meters away, it is already good, but the stone is convenient and fast, Zhang Yuan immediately extracted a hundred strong heavy armor soldiers from the army and distributed them everywhere, they wore heavy armor, as soon as they got on the city wall, they immediately threw the stone unscrupulously, and for a time the front row of the Yuan army's shield array smashed the people on their backs, and gave the crossbowmen more flaws to shoot.

You know, there is no small bed crossbow and stone, the shield array is an indestructible turtle shell for the crossbowman, although the crossbow arrow is sharp, but it can only be under the opponent's thick shield, unwilling to shoot into the shield, making a dare tail concussion sound.

With the appearance of the beating stone, the entire Xicheng has been densely packed with people since then. Although the number of people is large, the impact area is very small. With the convenience of the city wall, the Xihe side operated the shields of large, small and individual crossbow soldiers, and the casualties were not as heavy as in the first round of arrows, and the ratio was about 1 to 5 for the Yuan army.

Among them, the crossbowmen and small bed crossbows only accounted for 30% of them, and the other 10% was the attack return cannon, but it did not hit the 'incendiary bombs' and 'stone bullets' that affected the Yuan army, and the other 0.20% was the damage caused by the large bed crossbow.

"Ding, congratulations to the player for repelling the first wave of the Yuan army's attack, morale +3!"

When eight o'clock in the morning, the siege that lasted for more than an hour ended, the Yuan army also bulldozed the first trench at this time, the shield soldiers began to retreat after hearing the sound of the horn, and the remnants of less than 70 return artillery also slowly withdrew from the Yuan army, the battle of Xihe City killed nearly 1,000 people, and lost countless arrows and stone bullets.

The Yuan army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and although the army of more than 100,000 was small, it could also be summed up as heavy casualties for Jebe.

Commander Shan Wanli, who was in control of the shield array, knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said tremblingly: "Hussar General, the first layer of trenches has been cleared, and there are still two trenches, see if you can contact General Zhang Rou and ask him to drive some prisoners over, our army has lost two thousand two hundred and seventy-three people!" ”

"Hussar general, our army has also lost more than 1,300 people, and 37 return cannons have been destroyed, of which 21 key parts are completely damaged and cannot be repaired!" Captain Allov was also thinking about how to impress the iron-blooded Jebe, and his troops had lost nearly 20%, which had never been encountered in recent years.

In addition to these two commanders, the other Mongolian iron cavalry who were good at shooting from various armies couldn't help but have a slight calculation in their hearts after receiving the reward. The losses were very heavy, more than 3,000 Mongolian iron horsemen zuihou or only half of them returned, that is, even with the protection of the shield array, the archers also suffered heavy losses.

If it weren't for the support of a large number of troops behind them, these 3,000 archers would have been in turmoil and had different thoughts. In the case of an ordinary army, when the casualties reach 30%, there is a risk of collapse. In "Expedition", there are still some such cases, but it will definitely not exceed fifty percent.

Of course, this does not mean that the real spirit, strength, quality, discipline, etc., have professional training, and have rich experience, veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, elite troops.

"Are you scared?" Jebel's eyes were calm. Quiet like a pool of secluded springs, bottomless, calm and waveless.

His gaze swept over, and in the big tent, none of the generals dared to look at each other for a second, and they all bowed their heads, all of them were terrified and sweating coldly.

"I'll leave my words here, I will not destroy Xihe City, since they dare to fight with my Yuan Dynasty endlessly. How can we not be as they wish? Do you dare? ”

"Dare, dare, dare !!"

In a few words, ordinary words came out of Jebe's mouth. But the generals listened to the blood boiling, and the sky-shattering sound sounded from the big tent.

Jebe remained unmoved. In his eyes. All people are pawns, including himself, including everything that can be exploited. And the five thousand people lost are also a chess piece, and this sacrificial chess piece has used up its value, nothing more.

But less than half an hour. Jebe reorganized his troops and sounded the horn of war again.

In the front row, the shield soldiers were still in formation, but this time the number was generally reduced, followed by a few shield-wielding troops mixed with archers. The shield in the hands of these people is not as extreme as the shield array, the size is only half a meter, and the thickness is less than half of the shield array, the two of them can not protect a small bed crossbow, and the defensive crossbow is also slightly weak, unlike the shield array, as long as the bed crossbow breaks through the formation and reveals the flaw, even if the shield is full of arrows, it will not help, not to mention things like defensive oil.

Of course, this also has the advantage of being easy to move, and at the same time, the soldiers do not need to be very elite, let alone know the long-term training at a glance like the shield array.

And these shield soldiers Zhang Yuan can see it, I am afraid that they are composed of men who came with the army of the Yuan Dynasty, and they are simply cannon fodder who use their bodies to block arrows for archers.

A slight adjustment is not a loophole, but it can reduce losses.

Zhang Yuan knew that this Jebe was afraid that he was on the same page as Xihe City, but he also knew that Xihe City was not Jebe's real goal, and if Jebe really concentrated all his army in Xihe City, then he would lose.

"It seems that Xihe City has become the most fierce place for the two dynasties to clash since last night, and Jebel doesn't plan to take a detour! What an underestimation of him! ”

Zhang Yuan originally thought that Jebe would still make a detour like Zhang Rou, after all, although the army led by Jebe was large, it was not the main force after all, and the real main force was afraid that it would take seven or eight days to arrive, so it was obviously more important to disrupt Yuanzhou and prevent Xi Juan from concentrating his forces to counterattack than to capture Xihe City.

However, Jebe didn't do that now, he didn't leave last night, Zhang Yuan thought he still wanted to try, but now with such an attitude, he wants to try, obviously he is fighting his own Chinese army as the main force, and Zhang Rou's little force is used as a force to contain Xi Juan, does he think Xi Juan is so easy to deal with?

Zhang Yuan immediately put this possibility behind him, he frowned and thought: "No, Zhebei was defeated by Xi Juan once, he attaches more importance to Xi Juan than anyone else!" He should know that the last time Xi Juan took the risk of using the whole army to lure him into being fooled, causing him to be wiped out, this time, Xi Juan is not impossible to take a risk, as long as their 200,000 troops are strangled, the remaining troops who did not come will have to withdraw! ”

Don't treat anyone as stupid, only a real stupid person will think others are stupid!

This is a little bit that Zhang Yuan has learned from countless articles. The lion fights the rabbit with all his might, he would rather think the enemy is terrible than dare to think the enemy stupid. Victory with 120,000 points of spirit is the only way to come safely.

Sure enough, Zhebei's methods are simply impossible to figure out, especially the more you know, the more you can't see through it, and it's not as simple as when you don't know it! Since that's the case, then I don't have to guess what he's paying attention to, as long as he guards Xihe City, what does it have to do with me if his calculation is ringing? ”

Jebe is a smart man, and he is an extremely smart person, unless you are very familiar with him, you don't even want to see through his thoughts, often think that when you see through, you have fallen into the trap designed by Jebel. How can you know that Jebel didn't mean to make you clever but was mistaken by cleverness? Or is it a simple plan to design a simple plan, so the suspicious array is put on an empty plan?

Jebel is too smart, not only smart, but also experienced.

Zhang Yuan didn't know if Jebel would notice that he would guess his plan, but Zhang Yuan decided not to think about it, thinking that he might not be able to reduce his losses, but it was the safest way.

The return cannon was powerful again, leaving potholes and potholes in the reinforced concrete casting of Xicheng, and the Yuan army was still advancing steadily, and bags of sand and soil were sent in a steady stream, and they did not stop at all because of the blows on the city wall, Zhang Yuan looked at the archers who had nearly doubled, because of Jebe's simple adjustment, the losses of Xihe City increased suddenly.

And Yuan Jun is the same, but Zhang Yuan feels that he has lost a little, maybe, this is the feeling that Zhebei wants Zhang Yuan to have.

Zhang Yuan didn't guess what Jebe was thinking, and ordered: "Order the return cannon to prepare a round of incendiary bombs, and the target is the group of archers behind the shield array!" (To be continued......)