The one siege that Taishi Ci remembered very clearly was Xia Houyuan's all-out attack on the third day.
On that day, Xia Houyuan was no longer the speedy general who could travel thousands of miles, but completely turned into a madman.
With red eyes, he went to the battle in person to beat the drums and cheer.
When angry, he would even lead the law enforcement team on horseback to the front line of the battlefield, coming and going like the wind, using ruthless means to send all his soldiers to the meat grinding machine in Wending City.
After an hour passed, both sides had already suffered heavy casualties.
Countless corpses were lying on top of the city and below the city, and the entire Wending City was covered with blood and fire.
Xia Houyuan still had no intention of giving up.
After the previous round of siege warriors retreated, he rotated a group of energetic reserves to continue the attack.
Taishi Ci's troops had reached their limit, and the soldiers relied entirely on survival.
The instinct is fighting.
Although the power of Ma Jiajun's will was strong, when the peak of his will passed, he experienced another three days and three nights of sleepless suffering.
What replaced them was the successive collapse of their will.
If this kind of torture lasted to the psychological and physical limits, it is conceivable that the end of the Ma Jiajun in Wending City was coming.
Some Ma Jiajun fell down while waving their spears in the face of the enemy and could not get up again; some soldiers could not even trigger the crossbow and kept their shooting posture and were cut down by the rushing enemies. head.
The gate of Wending City has been breached by Cao's army, and the will and life of the Ma family's army, as well as the fiery red flag, have almost been burned away.
It seemed that the fall of Wending City was irreversible.
Another row of arrows flew over, and dozens of Ma Jiajun soldiers fell beside Tai Shi Ci wailing.
The crossbowmen on both sides immediately took a step forward and fired together in the direction of the flying arrows.
These elite Ma Jiajun crossbowmen were still fulfilling their last responsibilities.
Because of their existence, Cao Jun had to pay huge casualties before he could charge into Wending City.
"General, break out quickly, this is your last chance."
Li Chi, currently serving as deputy general under Tai Shici, had blood on his face at this time, and his helmet had fallen off somewhere.
He held a shield to block Cao Jun's arrows and shouted back.
Dozens of guards formed a human wall to block the battlements, preventing Cao's army from coming over for the time being.
Taishi Ci held his body firmly with both halberds.
It can be said that at this time, he was completely using his willpower to compete with his body.
In the past three days, he had led the Ma family's Qingqi back and forth no less than ten times without sleep.
Once, he was almost completely surrounded and killed by Xia Houyuan's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Although he seemed to be unscathed, he had already suffered internal injuries from Xia Houyuan's spear attack.
However, his pride did not allow him to let his soldiers see that the general was dying at such a critical moment.
When he heard Li Chi's words, Taishi Ci's sudden thought was to scold Li Chi angrily and encourage the soldiers to push forward.
Taishi Ci was indeed preparing to do that, but when he spoke, he suddenly looked at When he saw the arrows on Li Chi's shield that were different from the previous day, his words became: "Li Chi, don't you think these arrows are very strange?"
Li Chi's eyes immediately wandered for a moment, and his thoughts did not keep up with Tai Shi Ci's rhythm at that time.
It was only when he really noticed the arrow that had penetrated deeply into the shield that he shouted in shock: "This, this is" Get close to Taishi Ci's side and hide under the protection of Taishi Ci's personal guards.
Li Chi only had half a minute to release his shock.
He struggled to pull out the arrow and said incredulously: "This is the crossbow arrow used in Ma's bed crossbow."
The crossbow arrow was two feet and five inches long, with a hardwood pole and a cluster of wild goose feathers.
Such specifications are exactly the same as the crossbow arrows used by the Ma family's siege bed crossbow.
Moreover, suddenly, the two of them also recalled that at some point, the enemy below the city was able to shoot at each other with them above the city.
You know, Wending City is already equipped with a mountain-destroying crossbow that can shoot at a range of 200 years.
Although Wending City is not high, if the enemy wants to shoot their bows and arrows up, they need to be 230 steps away.
Before, the two thought that the battle was fierce, and the enemy who broke through shot crossbows, but now they see Come on, the enemy has already begun to use crossbows to suppress Wending City's defensive advantage and cover them to successfully rob Wending City.
Suddenly realizing such a huge military change, Taishi Ci and Li Chi's brains exploded.
Although Ma Chao has mentioned that the strength of the Ma family's crossbows and war cavalry will soon become the psychological support of the Ma family army.
But this change happened so quickly, and it happened at the most unexpected time, which left Taishi Ci and Li Chi at a loss as to how to deal with it.
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However, at this moment, Xun You ran over bent, his face covered with dust, holding Tai Shi Ci's handsome seal in his hand.
He put the handsome seal into Taishi Ci's hand, and even risked his life to give Taishi Ci a hand secretly.
"General, we should prepare for street fighting."
Xun You's scream immediately restored Tai Shici's sanity and responsibility as a commander.
With Xun You's efforts, he took a difficult look at the battlefield.
Xun You, who joined the army, had gathered about three thousand to four thousand Ma's troops, formed a charging formation and began to spin towards the city.
In the process of spinning, Ma Jiajunjun continued to join.
When this assault formation arrived at the gate of the city tower, it had already accumulated nearly 6,000 people.
Of course, Cao Jun's attention gradually focused here.
Taishi Ci obviously knew that Xun You had unintentionally made a very correct decision for him when he was a little confused.
Immediately Taishi Ci glanced at Xun You gratefully, and then used his last bit of strength to shout loudly: "Break through and fight hidden in the streets.
The Ma family army is mighty and honorable.
I will die without complaint."
"Honor lies, die without complaint."
Ma Jiajun, who was fighting hard, still remembered the glory of being a Ma Jiajun soldier at this most critical moment.
When their Lord would require their lives, they did not hesitate why Li Chi also reacted at the time, supported Tai Shici and wanted to retreat to the city and fight to the last moment.
But as Taishi Ci took a step forward, he handed the crossbow arrow in his hand to Xun You and said, "Mr.
Xun You took the arrow cluster and looked at it lightly, then threw it aside and said: "Our Ma Jiajun has never relied on these to get where we are today, and these crossbow arrows have never been the key to determining the outcome of a battle."
The term "waist-guided crossbow" Xun You immediately rescued Taishi Ci and Li Chi from their misunderstandings.
"Yes, before I came here, I recalled yesterday's attack when the general was besieged and defeated by Xia Houyuan.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry still only had three thousand men, but they trapped the general more easily than before, leading to Xia Houyuan's powerful attack. .
Coupled with the recent changes in the range of Cao’s crossbows, I know that Cao’s military is no less powerful than ours.”
It is impossible to say that Xun You's tone was not serious.
But amidst this heaviness, he still retained his sharp judgment on the battlefield: "However, it is only now that Cao Jun has sacrificed such magic weapons in Wending City.
At least it can be judged that, first, Cao Jun's attack on Wending City We are determined to win; secondly, the equipment of Cao's army is far less than that of our Ma's army; thirdly, it is also the most terrifying point."
"What is it" "The person who really presided over such a crazy and reckless attack was not the drummer Xia Houyuan.
What he did was more like making a clear decision in front of one person."
“Mr.
Xia Houyuan, who was eager to break the city, did not personally participate in an siege.
This was inconsistent with his pride of never bowing his head.
The only possibility is that the person behind him has strictly prohibited him from fighting in person.
And there is only one person who can make Xiahou Yuanyan follow his advice.
"If my guess is correct, sitting in the Chinese army tent opposite should be the head of the Cao family, Cao Cao":