Chapter 228: The Straw Man Lies the Arrow

Faced with several ditches, the Wuhuan people didn't have much to do, which surprised Zhang Yu.

The Wuhuan people have never been engaged in agriculture, and they are not even good at filling ditches.

In addition, Zhang Yu and the others sent some archers to block it, and it took five days for the Wuhuan people to fill these trenches.

During this period, the Wuhuan people paid a price of more than 2,000 people.

The trench was filled and the Wuhuan people could rush directly to the city.

The anger that Bashuer had held back for a few days completely broke out.

"Let me level the city, and kill them all." Bashuer roared angrily.

More than 20,000 cavalry began to prepare, and with an order, they began to charge rumblingly.

Zhang Yu and several other generals stood on the city wall with serious expressions on their faces. Facing the overwhelming army, they all felt pressured.

Huang Zhongdian and Wei are each in charge of a direction, while Zhang Yu is not responsible for anything specific.

"kill."

The Wuhuan people rushed over, holding bows and arrows in their hands.

"put."

The Wuhuan people rushed to the base of the city, and with an order, ten thousand arrows were fired.

"Shhhhh~"

Arrows rained through the air, attacking and killing them.

Looking at the densely packed arrows, Zhang Yu felt a sense of oppression.

The soldiers on both sides quickly covered Zhang Yu with shields.

The soldiers on the top of the city had been prepared for a long time and put up their shields one after another.

The arrow slanted down, and most of the city was covered.

The soldiers, under command, removed their shields and began to counterattack.

But Wuhuan's second wave of arrows will arrive soon.

Many soldiers who avoided it were shot and fell in a pool of blood.

The two sides began to shoot at each other. Zhang Yu and the others had the advantages of the city wall and shield defense, while the Wuhuan were on horseback and had strong mobility. The two sides were evenly matched.

After several rounds of shooting, Zhang Yu and the others were slightly better than the Wuhuan people.

The casualties on both sides were not too great, Zhang Yu and the others had protection, and the Wuhuan people ran fast.

"The wave after wave of arrows is really terrifying. Under the arrows, it almost covers the entire city." Zhang Yu looked at the attack of the Wuhuan people with lingering fear.

Fortunately, they were well prepared and had enough shield protection.

The two sides fought like this for a long time, and they didn't stop until all the soldiers were very tired.

The Wuhuan people will also be tired. They are constantly pulling the bowstring and manipulating the horses. They are very tired.

"How is it possible? When did the Han people have such strong willpower? Under our arrow formation, they should have collapsed long ago." Ba Shuer asked very puzzled.

In the past, when they attacked the city, even if the enemy was prepared, under the attack of their powerful arrow array, their liver and gallbladder would be torn apart, and their morale would collapse.

However, this time they attacked for a long time, not only did the defenders in Xiangping City not collapse, but there was no chaos.

This made Bashuer very puzzled.

Of course Zhang Yu and the others are under a lot of pressure, but many of his men are veterans of many battles, with rich experience, and they will not be afraid on the battlefield.

The Wuhuan people retired to rest.

Zhang Yu asked people to count the casualties.

Half an hour later, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei came over.

Huang Zhong said: "My lord, we have more than 600 casualties, and the Wuhuan people estimate that there are more than 1,300 casualties."

Zhang Yu calculated carefully, the ratio of casualties was really inappropriate, they had a city wall, they were on the defensive side, and if they fought like this, they were considered a loser.

"The Wuhuan people's arrow array is too powerful. After one round, it covers the entire city. Moreover, if the soldiers withdraw their shields and attack, it is too dangerous. If they don't fight back, they can only be beaten passively." Zhang Yu thought.

Counterattack is inevitable, and it is useless not to counterattack.

"Is there any way?" Zhang Yu asked.

Needless to say, Dian Wei scratched his head in a daze, while Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun looked pensive.

Zhang Yu saw that the others had nothing to do, so he left Dian Wei on duty, while the rest retreated first to rest.

The strength is too weak, this is not the time to fight recklessly.

"With it, weary the enemy first, preserve our strength, and seek a counterattack when the time is right."

Zhang Yu thought of a not very good solution, but it is still useful for the current situation.

Zhang Yu asked people to prepare.

In the afternoon, the Wuhuan people who had rested for a while attacked again, while Zhang Yu and the others focused on defense.

In one afternoon, Zhang Yu and the others were killed or injured more than 300 people.

At night, Zhang Yu asked the soldiers to set up many banners on the top of the city, and then set up some straw men.

"My lord, these straw people can really beat back the Wuhuan people." Dian Wei asked.

Zhang Yu shook his head with a smile and said, "How is that possible? We have to rely on our brave soldiers to defeat the Wuhuan people."

Seeing Dian Wei's bewildered look, Zhang Yu said, "These dummies are only used to consume the Wuhuan people's arrows and serve as suspicious soldiers. After a long time, not all Wuhuan people will find out if they are fools."

Zhang Yu concluded that the Wuhuan people did not have many arrows.

The Wuhuan people had already used hundreds of thousands of arrows in this day's attack.

There are more than 20,000 people, even if one person shoots ten arrows, there will be more than 200,000 arrows in one day.

The next day, there were many banners and people on the top of the city.

"What? These Han people actually hid so many people in the city." Early in the morning, Bashuer started to attack again, and when he saw that the city was full of people, he yelled again in anger.

One of the ten thousand commanders said: "Chief, the Han people used all the hidden people. It can be seen that they must have suffered a lot of casualties yesterday."

Ba Shuer nodded, this is normal, they fought in the past, a round of arrows rained down, covering the entire city, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the city was breached after a few rounds.

But not this time, so they thought there must be too many people in the city.

"Okay, then wipe them all out." Ba Shuer drew out his scimitar and pointed at Xiangping City.

His men immediately began to attack the city.

The cavalry charged with a sharp murderous look.

The rain of arrows pierced through the air, and a murderous aura immediately enveloped the entire city.

"Puff puff."

Many arrows hit the target and hit the straw man.

After two rounds of arrow attacks, the Wuhuan people thought that there must be heavy casualties on the top of the city.

"Counterattack, pay attention to concealment."

Zhang Yu gave the order, ordering the soldiers hidden under the shield to start a counterattack.

Thousands of soldiers began to counterattack in an orderly manner, but Zhang Yu did not expose them all.

On the top of the city, they counterattacked section by section.

Wherever the Wuhuan people saw a counterattack, they would attack there, covering them with powerful arrow arrays every time, intending to wipe out all the soldiers there.

The power of the arrow formation is powerful, and if the covered area is not protected, a single head cannot escape.

But Zhang Yu and the others had already prepared, and the arrow array didn't have much effect.

After several rounds of attacks, there was still strong resistance on the top of the city, and the Wuhuan people were repelled by Zhang Yu and the others several times when they approached.

"Haha, the Wuhuan people were really fooled. They couldn't figure out the situation on the top of the city, so they used arrows to baptize them."

Although the Wuhuan people attacked fiercely, Zhang Yu and the others did not lose much. In one day, they lost hundreds of people.