The most powerful fool system

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　When the Sui army led by Yang Xin entered the firing range of the Zheng army's archers on the city wall, Duan Da decisively issued an order.

　Whoosh whoosh!

　In an instant, a large number of archers hiding behind the wall of Sishui Pass immediately stood up, shot an arrow towards the outside of the pass, and immediately crouched down again.

　Then, the archers re-nocked their arrows, got up quickly, shot another arrow, and squatted down again.

　Whoosh whoosh!

　There were a lot of archers in the Zheng army when Sishui was closed, there were three to 4000 people. They shot arrows quickly, and soon caused a lot of damage to the attacking Sui army.

　"Quickly, rush up!"

　Outside the pass, Yang Xin followed the Sui soldiers and urged them loudly.

　Naturally, it was impossible for him to personally participate in the siege. Instead, he stood behind on horseback, commanding the battle and supervising the battle at the same time.

Chapter 241 Take turns to tackle key problems, refueling tactics

　241 Take turns to tackle key problems, refueling tactics

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　Under the city, a large number of soldiers of the Sui army pushed shield carts and hid behind the shield carts to block the arrows shot by Zheng Jun's archers on the wall.

　"what!"

　There were screams from time to time, and in the process of advancing, Sui soldiers kept falling down with arrows.

　However, the mere rain of arrows could not stop these Sui soldiers from successfully rushing to the Sishui Pass.

　On both sides of the Sishui Pass, the wall was built on the mountains, and the attacking Sui soldiers had to rush up the mountains to reach the Sishui Pass.

　"Vertical ladder, hurry up!"

　After rushing to Sishui Pass, the generals of the Sui army on the front line shouted to the soldiers.

　The soldiers of the Sui army put the ladders they carried over on the wall, and climbed along the ladder to the wall.

　"The enemy is coming up, rolling logs and rocks, get ready!"

　Duan Da was on the wall, leaned out and saw the soldiers of the Sui Army who were passing the wall and began to climb on the ladder, so he opened his mouth and shouted.

　The soldiers of the Zheng army who had been hiding on the horse path to avoid the stones and crossbow arrows thrown by the Sui army rushed up the wall and walkway.

　On the closed wall, a large number of rolling logs and rocks have been carried up by civilians.

　The soldiers of the Zheng army who rushed up only needed to lift up these rolling logs and stones, and smash them down on the soldiers of the Sui army who were closing down.

　"Ah!"

　The screams were endless, and as Zheng Jun's soldiers smashed down the rolling logs and rocks, a large number of Sui soldiers on the ladder were smashed down one after another.

　However, the ones in front fell, and there were more Sui soldiers behind, rushing up continuously.

　Whoa whoa whoa!

　At this time, more than a hundred meters outside the pass, several soldiers of the Sui army in square formations were neatly arranged, arrayed outside the pass.

　These are the archers of the Sui Army, with a total of 2 people.

　"Get ready, shoot the arrow!"

　Lin Chong galloped between several archers phalanx on horseback, shouting loudly.

　"shoot!"

　A moment later, following Lin Chong's order, [-] Sui army archers fired the first wave of arrows.

　Whoosh whoosh!

　I saw arrowheads flying out of the sky, and the sky was densely packed with black spots, a real rain of arrows.

　This wave of arrow rain drew a half-arc in the air, and then landed on the side of Sishuiguan.

　Duan Da was standing on the top of Sishui Pass. At this moment, he saw the dense rain of arrows in the sky, his expression changed suddenly, and he shouted urgently: "Arrow rain, be careful!"

　Puff puff!

　As soon as Duan Da's voice fell, the rain of arrows fell, and a large number of Zheng soldiers on the wall were shot by arrows.

　Only the soldiers of Zheng Jun who hid behind the wall in time could survive.

　"Archers, the archers attacking the Sui army."

　Duan Da roared angrily.

　He knew very well that the archers of the Sui army outside the city could not be allowed to shoot waves of arrows at them unscrupulously.

　Otherwise, it would be several times more difficult for them to defend the pass against the Sui army's rain of arrows.

　And their archers stood at the Sishui Pass, condescending, and the range of their bows and arrows was much farther than that of the Sui army outside the pass.

　It stands to reason that the phalanx of archers of the Sui army outside the pass should all be within the effective range of their archers.

　"Report, General, the enemy's archers happen to be out of our range, and our archers can't shoot them."

　But soon, Zheng Jiang ran over and reported such news to Duan Da, which surprised him.

　"How? How could their bows shoot so far?"

　Duan Da was surprised and looked up.

　He found that the distance between the Sui army's archers outside the pass was indeed much farther than normal.

　It stands to reason that at such a long distance, the Sui army was in a low position, and it was impossible for them to shoot at the wall.

　But now, Sui Jun did it.

　"It's really evil."

　Duan Da cursed secretly.

　"If you can't shoot the enemy's archers, shoot their infantry.

　Without infantry rushing up, the Sui army would never even think about taking Lao Tzu's Sishui Pass. "

　Duan Da had no choice but to give up his plan to attack the Sui army's archers outside the pass, and continue to guard against the Sui army's infantry who came up.

　The archers on the side of the Sui Army have such a long range.

　The main reason is that these archers are all equipped with western longbows.

　The shooting range of this western longbow is much longer than that of ordinary bows.

　You must know that the attacking side is already at a disadvantage, and the best cover for the attacking soldiers is the hands of bows and arrows.

　At this time, the [-] archers of the Sui Army outside the Sishui Pass could shoot arrows at the soldiers of the Zheng Army who closed the Sishui Pass without fear of the blows from the Zheng Army's archers at the Sishui Pass.

　This is simply too important.

　This also means that the soldiers of the Zheng Army who closed the Sishui Pass had to bear the blows of the Sui Army's arrow rain all the time, and they also had to resist the attacks of the Sui Army infantry who climbed up from the ladder.

　For Zheng Jun who was guarding the Sishui pass, the difficulty of defense increased, and the casualties he would pay at any time also increased sharply.

　Pumbaa!

　The Sui army's catapults and bed crossbows did not stop at the same time.

　When the water was closed, there were already piles of dead bodies.

　The arrowheads shot by ordinary Sui army archers, they can still resist with their shields.

　However, in the face of these smashed stones and heavy crossbow arrows, ordinary shields can't defend against them at all.

　Stones can directly crush people to death, and heavy crossbow arrows can directly shoot out shields.

　Fortunately, the Sui army's catapults and bed crossbows had a longer launch interval, otherwise Zheng Jun who closed the Sishui Pass would have suffered heavy casualties with the catapults and bed crossbows alone.

　However, if this is the case, Duan Da, the defender of Zheng Jun, can't stand it anymore.

　"Damn it, even the Sui Army's catapults and this kind of heavy crossbow are too much of a threat to us.

　We have to find a way to destroy it, otherwise our casualties will be too great if this continues. "

　Duan Da squatted behind the wall, not daring to stand up, looking at the Sui army's trebuchet positions in the distance outside the pass, and said through gritted teeth.

　"General, be careful!

　The trebuchets of the Sui army are all outside the pass, we can't easily send people out of the pass.

　At that time, I am afraid that the enemy's trebuchets have not been destroyed, and we send out troops, but we will never come back.

　Everything is still waiting for General Shan to lead the army, and then we can discuss it in the long run. "

　After hearing Duan Da's words, the lieutenant behind him knew what Duan Da meant, and quickly advised him.

　"Well, that's all it can do."

　In the end, Duan Da also had to give up this idea.

　At this time, the tens of thousands of Sui army main forces led by Xu Feng outside the pass were still watching.

　At this time, if he really sent a cavalry out to attack the Sui army's catapult positions, they probably wouldn't be able to come back.

　The [-] Sui soldiers led by Yang Xin stormed for more than an hour, but none of them were able to kill the wall of Sishui Pass, and the casualties were not small.

　"Ah!"

　The Sui army, who were constantly attacking, fell down from the ladder.

　"Pour golden juice!"

　When Sishui was closed, Duan Da's command was very skillful and calm, and he was an experienced veteran.

　Gradually, the Sui army's offensive strength became weaker and weaker, and its morale was low.

　"Come here, send an order to General Fan, let him prepare to bring someone up."

　Yang Xin decided to withdraw his group of troops, otherwise it would have no effect if they continued to attack.

　"Ming Jin withdraws troops, no chaos, retreat in an orderly manner."

　Afterwards, Yang Xin asked Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

　Dangdang!

　Ever since, the first batch of soldiers of the Sui army who had tackled the key issue all heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the sound of the golden gong, and retreated like a tide.

　"It's time for us to go, everyone, fight with the general!"

　Fan Chang also received news from Yang Xin. After seeing Yang Xin's retreat, he immediately led the [-] Sui soldiers under his command to replace him.

　"Kill!"

　The shouts of killing from the Sishuiguan side resounded again not long after it fell silent.

　The morale of the [-] soldiers brought by Fan Changxin was still high, and they continued to storm Sishui Pass.

　"Quickly, another group of soldiers will come up and carry the wounded soldiers down for treatment."

　When Sishui was closed, Duan Da also took advantage of Yang Xin's first group of Sui troops withdrawing to adjust the personnel of the guards.

　The first batch of exhausted and injured soldiers of the Zheng army were also replaced, so that the other soldiers who had been on standby after the customs were replaced and continued to fight.

　"Kill!"

　"Ah!"

　The Sishui was closed and the battle continued.

　There are casualties on both sides of the offense and defense every moment, and life becomes particularly cheap here.

　On Yang Xin's side, the first batch of Sui soldiers who were withdrawn were rectified.

　The wounded soldiers will be sent to the back to recuperate, and the rest of the soldiers will eat, rest, draw down, and wait for new orders.

　The first batch of 300 Sui soldiers brought up by Yang Xin lost more than [-] people in just one hour of siege.

　In addition to the more than 700 people killed in battle, there were more than [-] people who were lightly or severely wounded, more than one-third, which is already a very terrible proportion.

　"Hey, the casualties are too great. If you want to win this Sishui Pass, you can only use human lives to fill it."

　Yang Xin sighed, attacking such a fortified pass, the casualties are like this.

　On Fan Chang's side, the [-] Sui army soldiers brought up also stormed for an hour, but also failed to reach Sishui Pass, and suffered heavy casualties.

　Casualties continue, and no progress can be made. If this continues, the morale of the attacking soldiers will gradually decline, and the combat power will drop sharply.