As Zhao Yun expected, on the morning of the next day, Nanjun, who had breakfast, finally took action.

Under Zhu Jun's personal command, eight thousand elite soldiers holding large Han-style longbows lined up in an orderly formation and slowly approached Huguan. When they were about to reach the range of the defenders at the pass, they suddenly stopped, as if they were waiting for something.

After a while, the siege soldiers following behind carried the ladder to approach the eight thousand long bowmen. At this time, Lu Zhi gave another order. The eight thousand bowmen immediately rushed to the city of Huguan with the rain of arrows tilted down the city. After they reached the effective range of the long bows they held, they immediately fired arrows densely at the city and even shot against the soldiers guarding the city.

In order to use fire skills, the soldiers of the Longbow Sect in the Pioneer Army only wore softer leather armor, and only some important parts were covered with steel plates, such as the heart, etc. The number of archers under the city was significantly higher than that of the defenders at the gate. When both sides could shoot at the other side, the side with dense arrows was naturally the dominant one.

As soon as he saw that his longbow soldiers began to be shot, Zhao Yun immediately ordered the soldiers to stop shooting and hid under the gap of the female wall designed in an inclined plane. This sloped female wall, which was shot at a 60-degree angle from the front, could completely resist the arrows shot from the city. However, in this way, the siege soldiers following the eight thousand archers under the city could quickly approach and finally climb up to the city using a ladder.

When Zhao Yun ordered the Changbow Group to stop shooting, he had already decided to put the siege soldiers on the top of the city and then take action. At that time, the longbow soldiers under the city naturally could not ignore the lives and death of their soldiers and continued to shoot archery rain at the critical moment, and a close-knit fight was inevitable.

"Zhou Cang obeys the order! You are ordered to lead all the soldiers of the First Division to take over the Changbow Group to fight. Be sure to drive all the soldiers of the imperial court who attacked the city!" Zhao Yun gave a death order to Zhou Cang.

"Stop shooting, the siege troops climb the city!" Almost at the same time, Zhu Jun also issued an order to siege the city.

The situation of the attack and defense is that although the longbow group above Huguan initially shot hundreds of fast- approaching Southern Army archers, they are now suppressed by the rain of arrows under the city and dare not show their heads. Once thousands of siege troops in the Southern Army start to climb the cloud ladder, the longbow group on the city can use the terrain advantages of the female wall and the battlements to raid and shoot at the enemy on the cloud ladder. However, the harassing and shooting is not accumulating shot after all. Once it appears, it will face the threat of archers under the city, so it is difficult to stop the siege of the southern army from finally climbing Huguan.

Sure enough, after a cup of tea, the siege troops came to the base of the Huguan city wall under the cover of the archers under the city. They carried Park Knife on their backs, wore a helmet similar to a big straw hat on their heads, and began to climb the cloud ladder. Once they climbed the city, the archers hiding behind the female wall were no match. Of course, Zhao Yun would not let the siege troops really gain a foothold on Huguan so easily. The elite of the two thousand heavy insurgent divisions had fought with the Xianbei cavalry, and they stood high and had an advantage in the battle with the Southern Army climbing on the cloud ladder.

Seeing that the soldiers siege were about to climb up the city, Lu Zhi ordered the archers to stop shooting. Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Taishici and others were watching the battle in the distance. When they saw this, they couldn't help but secretly applaud Zhu Jun's command. After all, they were veterans who had experienced many battles and had a good judgment and grasp of the battlefield situation.

Seeing that a soldier from the South Army finally showed his head, Zhou Cang's roar like a broken gong burst out instantly: "Heavy Infantry Division, start attacking!"

The heavy infantry, who had already been waiting under the female wall, immediately appeared at the squadron and began to launch a fatal attack on the soldiers of the Southern Army who dared to climb the city. The soldiers of the heavy infantry division were all tall and tall, wearing pitch-black armor, with a steel helmet covering the face and throat protection. A light and strong round shield was fixed on the forearm of the left hand, while the weapons held by the right hand were divided into three categories, namely the heavy axe, the extremely sharp short spear and the long sword that was forced by the cold light. In short, they were all standard equipment from the Cold Tiger Army Factory.

The soldiers of the Zhenbei Army, who had been repeatedly trained by Gao Shun, finally burst out with amazing combat power. The soldiers had no fear or retreat in their eyes. They were all full of fighting spirit and cruelly ruthlessly cut off the soldiers of the Southern Army who had finally climbed up the city with an axe, stabbed the center of the heart with a gun, or cut off the head with a knife. In short, it was like a killing machine, and they took the most direct and effective way to kill the enemy without any drag.

Zhu Jun under the city and the generals watching the battle in the distance saw a group of black soldiers suddenly appearing from the battlements, killing all the soldiers who climbed up the city very quickly. You can imagine the shock in your heart. Only then did everyone realize that this was the combat power of the Zhenbei Legion!

When the archers under the city saw that their siege troops were slaughtered, they immediately fired archery rain upwards, but were sad to find that the group of strange-clad soldiers on the top of the city were not afraid of the attack of arrows at all. Their tightly protected armor throughout the province ensured their absolute safety.

The only way to deal with these heavily armored soldiers is to keep sending people to the top of the city, so that they can be exhausted after they kill people. If they really want to do this, there seems to be a little fewer than 10,000 people under the city. After all, a well-trained old soldier can kill one person within two or three strokes. How can he be exhausted if he doesn't kill dozens of people in one breath?

When Zhu Jun saw this, he ordered all the soldiers under Huguan to evacuate quickly without hesitation. The longbow soldiers who had not played a role in the city naturally would not be idle. They immediately sent a rain of arrows and shot hundreds more.

Zhu Jun, who withdrew from the camp, ordered people to count the casualties of the soldiers, but the result was very distressed. In just one hour, the eight thousand long bowmen lost nearly a thousand people, and more than a thousand siege soldiers who climbed Huguan were all killed, none of them were spared.

More than 2,000 people were lost in one battle, and this result seemed to be far from the number of the 130,000 army, but this was just the beginning! A fortress as strong as Huguan may not be broken in the first half of the year, with more than 2,000 casualties in a day, and the morale of the army would be dissipated to the point where it could no longer fight within a month. How can Zhu Jun not be anxious to get angry?

Zhao Yun also ordered his subordinates to count the casualties, but the result was not very satisfied. The Changbow Group was killed and shot by the Southern Army and injured more than 200 people. The situation of the Chongjian Division was slightly better, with only more than 100 casualties, and mainly minor injuries, with only a few dozen people killed.

Logically speaking, such a record was considered a great victory, but Zhao Yun was not happy at all, and even a little worried. Zhao Xing only gave him six thousand people, and there were 4,000 reserve troops drawn from various places. On the battlefield, one of the vanguard soldiers would be less casualties. These old soldiers were the most precious wealth of the Zhenbei Legion. Only by minimizing casualties as much as possible can they defend Huguan for a long time.

After a fierce offensive and defensive confrontation, both sides immediately convened the generals to discuss the future countermeasures. The difference between the Pioneer Army and the Southern Army was that before the discussion, a review-style battle summary was first conducted. Generals above all regiments and above all listed all the mistakes and problems in the battle, criticized and corrected them one by one. This was also the practice that the Zhenbei Legion had been insisting on for many years. Instead of reminding the problem with the blood of comrades on the battlefield, it was better to conduct review and reflection frequently.

The result of Zhu Jun's discussion was: all the troops took turns to attack the city, and even if they fought a war of attrition, the Bingzhou side could not stand the first one.

The result of Zhao Yun's discussion was: to strengthen the cooperation between heavy armored infantry and longbowmen, and form a combat team in the future, with a heavy armored infantry attached to an archer and a powerful crossbowman behind. One of them was assigned to be responsible for the attack.

The offensive and defensive battle in Huguan will continue, and at this time, the offensive and defensive battle in Jiguan has also begun.
Chapter completed!