"Obediently, just entering the valley, I'm afraid there are no less than two or three thousand people, right?" Liu Hongji, who was wearing a set of iron armor, looked at those people and horses, and couldn't help but sigh. "It's a pity that those good horses, if only we could get our hands on them. Brother Xian, you say yes, right? ”

"The question is, do you think it's possible? Unless all these fellows left their horses far away and ran over on their feet to attack the city, don't even think about it. "Ben Gongzi said angrily. Yang Shidao and the others were also snickering there.

However, Liu Hongji was extremely thick-skinned, so he didn't care at all, and continued to look at the Jihu people who were wearing simple armor, and even many people were actually wearing Great Sui leather armor and iron armor, thinking that these armors should have been peeled off by them from the bodies of those defeated Sui troops, and many of them could still see the damage that had not had time to be repaired.

And one group after another of the militia, under the orders of the commander and the captain, had already been waiting on the city wall, and the wall was wide enough to be crowded with more than a thousand people, and all the long-range weapons were distributed to the hands of those militia troops.

Bundles of feathered arrows and crossbows were also placed on the city walls, but unfortunately there were no catapults to use here, and this son could not let the militia rain bricks.

The crowded Jihu soldiers and horses stopped two hundred paces away from the pass, and rode in the lead, rushing towards the pass, speaking a skillful Guanzhong dialect, demanding that the people on the pass surrender immediately, otherwise, all those who participated in the resistance against them would be beheaded, and their families would be implicated.

It was very emotional, but only a short time after his speech was spoken, and a feathered arrow knocked the iron helmet he was wearing on his head to the ground. Queen Dou, who was holding a hard bow, stood in front of the female wall in a sassy posture, and pointed like a sword, pointing directly at the Ji Hu cavalry, and shouted: "Wait for Ji Hu, but dare to follow Liu Jia's argument to make trouble, and dare not be ashamed to say this again...... If you want to attack, come on. But next year, today will be the day of sacrifice for you. ”

At this time, the militia members in the city who were shocked by Queen Dou's precise archery skills all shouted loudly. The sound of three victories shook the canyon and the people changed color.

It seems that Queen Dou is really good at bewitching, or maybe this is the motivation skill specialization. Maybe this old lady has some hidden skills, but now is not the time to study this, and my son's attention is all attracted by the movements of the Jihu people.

The Jihu cavalry fled back to the ranks in disarray, and then the Jihu army, which seemed to be humiliated and furious, began to howl and rush towards the pass.

And the rain of arrows falling under the city, like a heavy rain, completely covered the road that would not exceed three zhang wide, and it was only less than one pillar of township effort, and the Jihu people could not support it, and quickly retreated. There were corpses all over the ground, and the feathered arrows stuck in the road and on the corpses were like white reeds on the banks of the river.

The Jihu people launched three attacks, but each time, they had to retreat for a quarter of an hour at most, because this kind of ring-shaped pass made those attacking Jihu suffer from the enemy on three sides, and they didn't know where to block the road with their shields.

And it was only in less than three hours, and in front of the pass, hundreds of Jihu's corpses and those who could not afford to be seriously injured had already fallen.

Every defensive victory brings a burst of cheers, especially for the militia who have only been training for about a month, and such a victory helps to greatly boost their morale. But the problem is that the arrows are consumed very quickly, and more than 15,000 arrows have been consumed in just three hours or so.

100,000 feather arrows, 100,000 crossbow arrows, it seems to be a lot, but this kind of consumables are really consumed too quickly, and if the arrows continue to shoot like this, I am afraid that it will support three days at most, and then you can only rely on spit to defend the city.

"Do we have any suitable materials for making arrows in Hancheng County?" I took off my helmet and wiped the sweat from my face, it was hot enough, but I couldn't help but wear such heavy armor, I didn't want myself to be blown off by a cold arrow.

"We have plenty of bamboo and wood in Hancheng County, but we don't have the flying feathers of the eagles and harriers needed to take refuge in the feather arrows," Han Xiong replied with a wink.

"Is it okay to use chicken feathers or duck feathers?" Ben Gongzi's eyes rolled and he immediately thought of these two kinds of poultry that were raised on a large scale in Hancheng County.

"This ...... Xia Guan didn't know very well, but Xia Guan remembered that there was a record in the book that the arrows containing the feathers of geese and geese were easy to slant when they encountered the wind, and the feathers of chickens and ducks were even worse. Han Xiong shook his head after thinking about it and replied.

"It's okay, although it's defense, as long as you can shoot people, it's better than fighting with knives and guns." After thinking about it, he decided to use chicken feathers and duck feathers to make feathered arrows.

This suggestion was supported by Queen Dou, and she also felt that long-range weapons were much better than melee weapons by guarding the pass, as long as they could shoot dozens of steps and penetrate the armor, they were good feather arrows.

Except for the first day, the Jihu tribe, who did not know whether they were alive or dead, launched seven attacks, each time throwing down dozens or even hundreds of corpses, and then retreated in a huff. Then, at night, I wanted to attack at night, but even if it was a night attack, in such a terrain, in front of such a pass, it still failed to achieve any effect.

Eventually, the Jihu retreated to the mouth of the canyon and roamed around, as if trying to find a suitable way to invade Hancheng County from the surrounding area. And the trail in the north of Hancheng County has already been tightly blocked by Ben Gongzi's people with bricks and stones, and he has also sent special personnel to defend the narrow passage. They want to pass through there, and that's completely delusional.

"It's boring, fighting and not fighting, running and not escaping, I really don't know what these guys want." Li Yaoguang stood in front of the female wall beside me, wielding the unsheathed Hundred Refining Horizontal Knife, looking very bored.

She was wearing a set of iron armor, because she didn't expect a war when she came, so she didn't bring the armor at all, so this set was a pair of mountain armor among those iron armors that the court sent to Hancheng County.

Li Yaoguang's figure is tall, and although this set of fine-scale armor is not tailor-made, it has a relatively comprehensive defense, and it is enough to deal with arrows. Well, Li Yaoguang may be because of his tall figure, everything he wears is very tasteful, especially wearing a hunting suit or armor, which shows the queen's demeanor.

Maybe there is a chance, this son should design a set of full-body plate armor for her, well, a flash of beautiful and luxurious full-body armor, with her elegant and slender body, must be very perfect. In this way, at least it can be upgraded by a notch in terms of defense, and the weight can also be lighter than that of Mingguang armor, because the plate armor does not need to overlap to defend the whole body, and the workmanship is not cumbersome.

"What are you looking at?" Li Yaoguang glanced at me, shame and pride were intertwined in Qiushui's eyes, she liked me to admire her, but she also felt that I was too thick-skinned, so I had such complicated eyes.

I snorted and nodded with deep sympathy, this is the third day, except for the first day of fighting, in the next two days, the Jihu tribe has not even approached two hundred steps of the city wall. And after Queen Dou played here for a day, she returned to the county seat, at least the Li brothers and sisters stayed, according to Queen Dou's words, the troubled times are coming, and it is good for them to know more about the cruelty of war.

Just so irresponsibly threw all his daughters and sons here in this son, as for Yang Shidao and Tang Jian, after seeing that the enemy was unable to break through this pass, they decided to stay and enjoy the scenes and cruelty of the war, as for my sister, I have been persuaded to go back.

After all, my sister is not a future general like Li Yaoguang, who is extremely firm in heart and will, and she is not a female man like Sister Qingxia who has slaughtered many people with her own hands and does not change her face.

"Maybe they want to find an opportunity for us to relax, let's sneak attack again, third sister, look over there, there are several ridiculous sentinels there, who have been paying attention to our side." Li Shimin yawned boredly.

"Just let them be stupid there." Liu Hongji said angrily. For this kind of kraft candy-like enemy, it is really a little speechless, fighting and not winning, partial and not giving up, looking at it all day long, like a group of hungry jackals, always waiting for the opportunity to come.

"My mother originally said that she would go to the north to see the situation, and it seems that I am afraid that I will not be able to go." returned to the barracks, and after removing the armor on his body, he moved his arms, and Li Shimin said with some joy.

"Is your mother going north?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel my heart skip a beat, I remember that it was recorded in history that Queen Dou died in Zhuo County, could it be that this year's reason is not true?

"My mother wants to see what the world is like in chaos." Li Yaoguang said. "I want to see if there is still salvation in this world."

I understand, Queen Dou may be hoping to walk around to see if this Great Sui Dynasty can hold on, if not, then it may mean that the time for the Lao Li family is coming soon, and she can also avenge her uncle.

"Don't go, don't say it's our Guanzhong place, then Hebei is even more chaotic than our side, if something happens, when the time comes, it's too late to regret it." I hurriedly persuaded. "Your brothers and sisters must also know the situation in the north of the Dao, why don't you persuade her?"

"Persuade is persuade, the problem is that our brothers and sisters can't be persuaded at all, my mother has always been like this, once the matter is decided, no one can make her change her mind, not even my father." Li Yaoguang pursed his lips and replied, this answer made me speechless for a while.

"But it's such a big mess in Guanzhong, and besides, Hancheng County has been attacked, no matter how much my mother is, it's not easy to leave now." Li Shimin said with a smile.