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In a round of return artillery, if you are lucky, you can smash the five return cannons of the Yuan army, but if you are unlucky, you can't hurt any of them.

Because although there were many return cannons in the Yuan army, the position was very open, and after seeing the stone shells made of incendiary bombs and bombs, they were smart, and they would rather spend more energy to drag the return artillery back to the place than put the return cannon in place.

You must know that there is no such thing as a sight in ancient warfare, and aiming is also done by means such as a weather vane, but the ancient equipment such as the return cannon is large, simple in structure, rough in workmanship, etc., so the accuracy can be imagined, don't compare it with modern cannons. You can hit a wide range, but if you want to hit something 500 meters away, you need to be accurate to a range of a few meters, which is a bit difficult.

And if you attack a team of thousands of people, it will be many times easier.

The incendiary bombs were full of firepower, and in just one round, they smashed the team of archers composed of cannon fodder into pieces, the flames burned, and the black rumbling smoke was scattered, and the screams were terrifying and piercing, and the originally orderly team was chaotic into a pot of porridge.

At this time, the gap between the team composed of the elite and the ordinary men was revealed, the shield array was still running well after a strong blow, without the slightest collapse, and the team behind the shield array was composed of the men as sword and shield soldiers, after a round of incendiary bombs, the army collapsed, the sword and shield soldiers lost their weapons in their hands, and panicked with their heads and rats, some people were clicked on their heads by their angry companions, and more fled directly backwards, and the team that was originally going to fire back cannons was suddenly chaotic.

The chaos didn't last long, and those who fled were killed, and Jebe directly sent an elite team to suppress the other party, of course, it was suppressed rather than killed.

Soon, Zhang Yuan understood the other party's plan.

I saw those guys under the iron-blooded means of their companions. Trembling, they did not dare to resist or flee in the slightest, and they were driven back like ducks.

This time, they didn't have to protect the archers, and they didn't have to hide behind the shield, because the shield was withdrawn, and they became real cannon fodder, filling the trenches with corpses.

It was still a simple but not rudimentary shield, and each man carried a large sandbag on his back, and the weight of the sandbag weighed down their waists. Occasionally, he raised his head with difficulty and looked at the towering Xihe City, and his eyes also revealed unconcealable fear. After Zaijian recognized the terrifying flame, the terrifying death had completely broken the hearts of this group of weak-willed fellows, and they could no longer muster a little courage. Or the audacity of ignorance.

"Up!"

With a snap, the whip slammed into the sandbag. The man in the back was urged. Squeezing the people in front, the men began to trot with shields in one hand and sandbags in the other to prevent them from falling.

"Using sandbags as shields is clever, but useful. At the very least, it's comforting to them! Zhang Yuan watched those figures slowly lean over, sighing at the ruthlessness of Zhebei on the one hand, and sighing at the benefits of the other party using this method to resist sandbags. Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, Zhang Yuan's gaze gradually changed, becoming deep and indifferent: "Since this is the case, then I will completely kill your courage, and see how much precious time Jebel has to spend with this group of cannon fodder and me!" ”

Regardless of whether Jebel is determined to capture Xihe City, it is conceivable that when winter comes, if Jebel does not make great progress, they will face two choices, retreat or die!

In this way, time is not precious.

Of course, Jebe still has time to go, and it's nearly two months before the first snowfall. However, don't take time too lightly, when you think it's enough, in fact, time has slipped away quietly, and time is so fucked up.

"Crossbowmen shoot freely, others are on standby!" Zhang Yuan looked at the more and more scattered teams under the city wall, and gave an order, it was too wasteful to use bed crossbows to deal with these people, although Xihe City had a lot of reserves, but this Yuan and Han battles did not end in a day or two, Zhang Yuan didn't want to have to demolish Xihe City and fight with the other party at that time.

Boom........................!

The crossbowmen, who had been rereplenished to six hundred, stood on the walls of Xihe City, raised their crossbow arrows between the battlements, and were surrounded by two more soldiers who helped to wind up. These two soldiers were temporarily drawn from the small bed crossbow team, and without the shield array, there was naturally no place for the small bed crossbow.

Arrows shot down one after another, muffled grunts and screams resounded under the city walls, and many people were shot through the head by an arrow before they could get close to the trench, and some were shot in the arm, or staggered to the ground, and more were sandbags with arrows stuck in them, and they hesitated step by step towards Xihe City.

The distance of three hundred meters became the distance between life and death, and one figure fell, but more figures rushed from behind.

"The hussar general has ordered that whoever throws the body of the dead into the trench shall also be counted as sandbags, and those who fill ten bags shall be exempted from the crime of desertion!" When the first bag of sandbags was thrown into the trench, before the man could rejoice, an arrow rushed in, piercing the man's throat in an instant, and blood flowed out, and his consciousness gradually began to blur, and at this moment, a voice that seemed far away and seemed to be very close came from behind him, the voice was very familiar, because it was a stiff Chinese language.

The sun rose to the sky, and the earth outside Xihe City was stained red with blood, and in that bright red earth, there were dense arrows and arrows that were inserted diagonally, and the shields that were discarded on the ground.

"It's over, is it finally over?"

When the whining bull's horn sounded, it was long and pleasant, and for those men, it was no less than the sound of heaven.

They completely lost the persistence in their hearts, discarded the sandbags in their hands, turned around and rushed back, on the city wall, the crossbowmen still shot an arrow carelessly, and then handed the crossbow in their hands to the soldier behind them, took another crossbow from the other soldier, and so on, wrenched, shot.

"The three trenches have all been filled, and almost 20,000 of those cannon fodder have died, Jebel, this is really a big deal!" Zhang Yuan listened to the sound of the horn and looked at Jebie in the distance, and was somewhat shocked by the other party's cold-bloodedness.

After the men were routed by one of his incendiary bombs, Jebe suppressed all the men and sent them to the front to fill the trenches as cannon fodder, and not only that, if that was the case. That guy is really not enough for Zhang Yuan to kill. The real ruthlessness of Jebel lies in the fact that he sits together!

That's right, all the men were driven up by Jebel, more than 30,000 people, and less than a third survived in the end.

What's more, not only did they fill the trench with their lives, but even their bodies were pulled over by their companions and used as sandbags to fill the trench.

"Prepare the oil to be sprinkled on the trench, and then burn it, lest there be a plague!" Zhang Yuan saw that the Yuan army began to retreat, and said lightly to Li Yangxia behind him. Then he led the guards to leave the city wall and left: "After noon, the attack of the Yuan army will be more violent, and the trench will be filled, although there is still a moat. When you think about it, the other party won't care! And there's a good chance I won't be able to come...... This Simon ...... I'll leave it to you! ”

Li Yangxia said excitedly: "The last general is willing to die forever!" ”

"Not necessarily. I don't need your life. Defending the city for me is the most rewarding reward for me! "Zhang Yuan walked away quickly, adding a sentence in his heart: 'I hope you don't let me down!'

If it weren't for the fact that the enemy was Jebe, Zhang Yuan had no bottom in his heart, and he would not have come to defend the city in person at all, because this would not only be dangerous, but also unable to take into account the overall situation. It's easy to lose sight of one or the other, and the enemy can take advantage of it.

However, after a morning of fighting, Zhang Yuan had a bottom in his heart. Even if Jebe still has a lot of hole cards, he is not bad, as long as he deals with it carefully, it doesn't matter if the West City is breached, because the structure of Xihe City is not too broken in the unexpected city from the beginning, as long as the city wall is not destroyed, the outer city is breached The enemy rushes in, and only needs to recapture the city gate and put down the broken dragon stone, and the enemy in the city will become a turtle in the urn, seeking his own death.

Of course, it is naturally best if it can not be attacked, after all, that kind of means will be the same end, although Xihe City will kill the other party, but the entire outer city of Zuihou is basically destroyed.

After lunch, the horn outside the city sounded again, Zhang Yuan stopped what he was doing, took his eyes off the map, looked in the direction where Xicheng was located, and thought, "Come so fast, how will Jebe deal with Xihe City this time?" Don't fill the trenches, then the next thing is to fight to the death, what else? ”

Soon, Zhang Yuan knew about Jebe's movements.

"Report, Beicheng urgently, the Yuan army has invaded!"

"Report, Nancheng urgently report, I found that a large number of Yuan troops appeared!"

Almost at the same time, there was an urgent report from the south and north cities, Zhang Yuan and Jia Xu, Ma Yun, Chen Qing, Gao Huan, and Wei Jing glanced at each other, and Zhang Yuan was the first to speak: "Jebe actually sent troops to attack the other two city gates, what do you gentlemen think he means!" ”

"Is it a crooked move?" Ma Yun said, with Zhebei's various means, it is an understatement, but it is a fatal move, and the seemingly simple layout always hits Zhang Yuan's weakness, forcing Zhang Yuan to be led by his nose.

Although Zhang Yuan always dissolved his methods, he fought with Jebel, or even slightly better, but Zhang Yuan knew that the initiative was still firmly controlled by Jebel, and he knew that he was being led by the nose, but he could only wait for Jebel to make a move.

Therefore, when Zhebei withdrew his troops to rest, Zhang Yuan handed over Xicheng to Li Yangxia and returned to the inner city to discuss countermeasures with Jia Xu and them.

But before the countermeasures were discussed, Jebel made another move, and it was a seemingly crooked move.

"Zhebei is a scheming person, and he will definitely not make crooked moves, I can't see anything in this method, but it is very likely that he is laying out ......!" Gao Huan said gloomily: "Maybe if you fake attack on three sides, you have actually started to prepare for the secret Chen Cang, and you will defeat us from the east gate!" ”

is worthy of a man who has seized the world with power, Gao Huan's words were almost spoken, which made others feel that it was possible.

"Attacking with the great sacrifice of the West Gate, and then attacking the North and South Gates, are you actually secretly preparing to capture the East Gate?" Jia Xu thought about it contemplatively, the explanation was reasonable, and it was hidden deep enough, and few people could really see through it, but Jia Xu felt that Zhebei was not so simple, he might not have thought that he and others could see through it, after all, although such a plan was hidden, it was not even impossible to describe it quietly.

After all, before you really find out, who can guess if this is the case?

Jia Xu's eyes were shining, and he said slowly: "The minister thought that Jebe Dongcheng would be secretly attacked, but Ximen still would not relax, and he might even capture Xicheng in one go when the lord thought that his main force was in Dongcheng." This is, the virtual is real, the real is the virtual, the virtual is real, the real is virtual, the real is virtual, and it is unpredictable! ”

Hearing Jia Xu's words, others couldn't help but look sideways, compared to Gao Huan's words, Jia Xu's words were more clear and comprehensive, and it also made people feel a tingling in their hearts.

It's not that they want to overestimate Jebe, but that this Jebe is really extraordinary, otherwise they wouldn't have become Genghis Khan's right-hand man and laid down a piece of the world for Genghis Khan.

Jia Xu's voice changed, and he said: "If there are no hidden soldiers in my city, what should I do at this time?" ”

Gao Huan was shocked and blurted out: "Ask for relief!" ”

At this time, other people also understood, is this a siege of Wei to save Zhao? No, it's not just about encircling Wei to save Zhao, it's also Zhebei's strategy of killing two birds with one stone, and even more so of multiple eagles, he can change the strategy at any time according to Xihe City's reaction, but Xihe City can only defend passively. (To be continued......)