The urgent military information was suddenly sent to Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's brothers. Zhang Chun's face changed drastically in shock, while his younger brother Zhang Ju looked much calmer.

Seeing how everyone was panicked by this sudden military situation, Zhang Juteng stood up with a loud voice and shouted angrily, "What a panic! When a certain person leads his troops to go out and kill him for a while, the safekeeper told him to wait and see if he has gone and not come back, and wait for news.

Go and come back!"

Zhang Ju is a man who is good at using soldiers. When he saw the panic among the people, he knew that if the situation was allowed to continue, people's hearts would be in chaos, so he stepped forward to stabilize people's hearts when faced with danger.

Zhang Ju left the city lord's palace and hurried towards the city. At this time, he did not know the details of the enemy situation outside the city.

When Zhang Ju ascended the city, he approached the battlements and looked out from a high position. He saw that the city was surrounded by an unknown number of soldiers and horses. He was frightened and looked around hurriedly. He saw that there was no damage to the area surrounded by the officers and soldiers.

The huge encirclement stretched continuously, actually surrounding the entire city. Zhang Ju's heart thumped, and his face changed drastically, "(It's a disaster!)"

The surrounding soldiers were all looking at Zhang Ju. The ordinary soldiers were more panicked and less confident than Zhang Ju. When people are in panic, they will naturally seek support from the backbone general.

Zhang Ju suddenly came to his senses, and suddenly realized that the soldiers around him were looking at him. The glances made him feel as uncomfortable as a ray of light on his back. When he came to his senses, Zhang Ju immediately changed his expression, and his face

The solemn expression on his face disappeared in an instant, and his face suddenly changed into Yun Danfengqing's.

He glanced at the soldiers around him and smiled at everyone. Facing countless eyes, Zhang Ju pointed at the officers and soldiers outside the city and said calmly, "Although the formation is strong, if you break it, it will be like the wind blowing away grass!"

Pretending to be brave and invincible, Zhang Ju hurried down to the city.

After he left, the city was a little more stable. An old soldier who had full confidence in Zhang Ju confidently talked about his general's past feats, such as how a thousand cavalry defeated seven thousand, how he won four victories in one day, and so on.

With such high-spirited soldiers in the crowd, the rest of them slowly felt relieved.

Let's talk about Zhang Ju. Zhang Ju is not as calm as he appears. The officers and soldiers outside the city formed an iron wall formation overnight. The sheer number of troops, the tightness of the arrangement, the swiftness of the movements, and the neatness of the formation all frightened Zhang Ju.

Zhang Ju pretended to be fearless in front of the soldiers, but in fact he had no chance of winning.

Zhang Ju also knew very well that the weaker he is, the less he can show weakness. He still has a strong city to defend, and he still has enough troops and food. If he continues to defend, when the situation changes, there is no chance of winning.

Zhang Ju hurriedly descended from the city, hurriedly summoned the elite troops in the city, and after gathering more than 10,000 heavy troops, he opened the city gates and marched out of the city.

At the south gate of Yuyang City, the Julu Army was arrayed four hundred steps away. The entire Julu Army remained motionless, quietly watching the enemy troops open the city gate and allowing the enemy troops to file out.

Zhang Ju led his troops out of the city first. He was extremely nervous, fearing that the officers and soldiers would take advantage of the undecided situation and rush over to attack him, but the officers and soldiers remained stationary.

There is a tacit understanding between the two sides at this moment, just like the battle between gentlemen in the Spring and Autumn Period. The two sides must set up their battle formations before starting the war. If one side's battle formation is not completed, the other side will never make the first move.

In this way, Li Mengxi and Guan Yu watched the movements of the enemy on the opposite side with great interest, and pointed at them from time to time.

After a period of time, the enemy's formation was finally formed. Tens of thousands of enemy troops were arranged in a long horizontal snake formation at the foot of the city wall. Their troops were divided into three armies, the left and right. From a distance, the formation was relatively neat, and the flags were clear. They looked like a powerful army.

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Seeing the enemy's military strength, Li Mengxi secretly thought that he had indeed done the right thing. The main force of the enemy's army was still there. If he fought head-on with the enemy, he would inevitably suffer a lot of casualties, so it was better to avoid fighting.

He turned to look at Guan Yu, who was also looking over. No need to say anything, he nodded towards Guan Yu, and Guan Yu understood what he meant.

Guan Yu raised his hand and waved, and a group of messengers carrying small flags behind them hurried forward. Guan Yu quickly made arrangements. The messengers took the orders and quickly passed through the formation to deliver the orders.

After a while.

Next to the big flag, a row of soldiers drew up their strong bows, with Wufeng Mingdi on the bow. The Mingdi was facing the sky, and they drew their bows and were about to shoot.

Chirp——

There was a sharp whistle in the air, and the moment this signal was sent out, the formation of the Julu Army, which was as calm as a mountain, suddenly moved.

The infantry array moved first. Under the command of officers at all levels, groups of infantry square formations left their original positions and marched forward in neat steps. When the infantry marched in the array, they raised their steps very high.

The stamping was very powerful, and the steps made a crackling sound. Thousands of people stepped together, and the footsteps sounded like dull thunder, and the earth trembled slightly.

Because it was to frighten the enemy and not to fight, the queue moved forward a short distance and reached its position.

Commander Xu Gouwa shouted loudly from one side of the team, "Every team listens to the order and stops advancing!"

After the infantry centurions received the order, the centurions all restrained and set a halt.

"First team, stand at attention!"

When the order to stand at attention was given, all the infantrymen in the first team raised their legs vigorously and stepped down hard.

boom……

Along with a loud landing sound, smoke and dust rose everywhere.

"Second team, stand at attention!"

boom……

"The third team..."

boom……

The footsteps were like powerful drumbeats, rising and falling one after another. Countless dust was raised on the battlefield, and the entire battlefield instantly became smoky.

This is the first method of deterring the enemy, the auditory deterrent method plus the visual deterrent method.

Later, the crossbow troops came forward, and four thousand crossbowmen formed a tight shooting formation. Each of the soldiers in the formation held a vermillion-feathered arrow in their hands. When the arrow missed the arrow, they attached it to the strong bow. They stretched the bow with all their strength and stretched the bow.

The sounds of clanking merged into one, and in the blink of an eye, four thousand crossbowmen, four thousand bows, and four thousand bows were raised in unison, pointing diagonally towards the direction of the enemy. Each bow was equipped with an arrow.

The arrow body and feathers are red in color.

"Ready -" the commander-in-chief of the crossbow unit gave the order and raised the flag in his hand.

"preparation--"

"preparation--"

Each phalanx of the crossbow corps followed the order and issued combat preparations.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Let go!" The commander's flag clattered down hard in his hand.

"Let go!" the centurion of the crossbow unit roared and ordered loudly.

Peng! There was a dense trembling sound of bow strings, and this sound was instantly covered by a large area of ​​dense chirping sounds like thousands of birds taking off in fear.

Choo Choo Choo!

Countless chirping sounds.

For a moment, there was no other sound on the battlefield. It was like a large flock of birds swooping away, and the sound of four thousand birds flying together dominated the battlefield.

At this moment, Li Mengxi was shocked by this spectacular scene. He let out a wow, opened his mouth wide and looked up, his eyes following the traces of the arrow rain.

In the formation, the Julu Army has strict military discipline. Those veterans who have been trained for a long time will not move randomly without any reason during the war. However, the sound of the rain of arrows is so shocking that many soldiers in the front row cannot help but raise their heads.

Go and see.

This wave of arrows flew a long distance in a large arc. After flying out of the Julu Army's formation and flying over a distance of more than 150 steps, under the witness of the soldiers on both sides, the arrows disappeared.

They landed one after another, and instantly "planted" a long and narrow arrow-missing zone at one hundred and fifty steps.

This is just the beginning.

After one wave of arrows, preparations for the second wave of arrows were completed.

The four thousand archers in the formation were still fully armed with strong bows, and all of them were equipped with red arrows.

"Prepare—release!"

Chirp chirp chirp…

There was another rapid cry, and a dense red shadow jumped out from the crossbow position and flew away in the blink of an eye.

One hundred and fifty steps later, the second wave of arrows fell. At the point where the original arrows had landed, new arrows dropped like rain and fell to the ground.

"Prepare—release!"

"preparation--"

"preparation--"

"put!"

"put!"

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The rain of arrows continued, wave after wave of arrow rain poured out continuously, like the sound of a thousand birds screaming, it covered the entire battlefield without stopping for a long time.

After a long time, more than twenty waves of arrows were finally fired, and the battlefield became silent.

In the middle of the battlefield, at a position of 150 steps, more than 20 waves of arrows rained down, and a total of more than 30,000 feather arrows were projected. Viewed from a distance, the arrows on the ground were as dense and red as weeds, which was shocking.

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The battlefield was chosen very cleverly. The Julu Army deliberately calculated the distance between the two sides. After the arrow was shot at the maximum range, it landed exactly in a conspicuous position in front of the enemy's formation. The arrow, which was as red as blood, completely disappeared from the jungle.

It fell into the sight of everyone above and below the enemy.

The battlefield became quiet.

After a while.

"Prepare—release!"

The command sounded again from the Julu Army's crossbow position, and another wave of arrows rained out.

This time, the arrow only shot three waves and then stopped.
To be continued...