The sun was just rising, and there was still heavy frost and dew in the morning. The three thousand soldiers who were going to participate in the siege were ready to go after having eaten and drank enough.

The sword and shield soldiers each have a shield in their hands, swords at their waists, and ladders on their shoulders; on both sides and in the middle, the crossbow team is followed by many carts and people who help push the carts, and there is also a battlefield rescue team with people carrying stretchers.

Someone is holding a wooden umbrella.

"Let's go!" Liu Bei ordered.

Three thousand people came out of camp and pressed on the enemy city.

The rebels were dispatched here. As soon as the yellow turbans in the enemy city saw the movement, they immediately filled the walls with alarm.

"The officers and soldiers are coming. The officers and soldiers are coming to attack the city. Quickly, get up! Get up!"

The Yellow Turban leader hurriedly called up the Yellow Turban soldiers who were staying at the top of the city for the night.

The rebels have had enough to eat and drink. They have just risen from the Yellow Turban and haven’t eaten yet.

One hundred and fifty steps in front of the city, Liu Guan and Zhang ran around to arrange the siege troops.

According to the length of the city wall, there were fifty siege teams, separated on the left and right. Each team corresponded to a section of the wall, and the siege teams were evenly divided from one end of the wall to the other.

In the siege queue, the siege ladder is in front. The crossbow team is divided into three parts. Two parts are on the left and right sides. This is to suppress the crossbow power of the arrow tower at the corner of the city. The other part is in the middle of the siege team.

Arrangements for suppressing the tower.

There are four siege engines, one behind the other, lined up in front and back. Each siege engine is followed by a group of sword and shield warriors in front and behind.

As for the medical team, there are only two people carrying stretchers and two people holding wooden umbrellas. There are only four people.

At this time, Li Mengxi climbed to the top of the siege ladder and pulled the shields on each siege ladder tightly.

Li Mengxi was just right for this job. The siege ladder was carried so high on the soldiers' shoulders that Liu, Guan, and Zhang could not see clearly whether the shield cover on the ladder was tight or not.

And Li Mengxi is small, so it is just right for him to climb up.

After a while, Li Mengxi used his shield to cover the ladders of the siege echelons tightly.

"Okay!" Li Mengxi shouted to Liu Bei.

Then, he jumped off the ladder with a thud and walked to the side.

"Send the flag and attack the city!" Liu Bei ordered the soldiers at his side.

The flag bearer behind Liu Bei immediately waved the big flag, and the other two archers, each holding a bow and arrow, fired their chirps towards the siege team in the distance to the left and right.

The roar of the thunder was heard, and it passed by countless siege teams in an instant.

The method of signaling orders by ringing a dynamite was clearly discussed not long ago, but it was immediately used in this siege.

Give it an order.

"kill!"

"Come on!"

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Each team of the attacking team went from being still to shouting for kill. The noise became as loud as a tiger coming out of its hole, and the shouting for kill was deafening.

Li Mengxi's location is to the right of the city wall, where the last siege ladder is.

After the siege team rushed out, Li Mengxi watched from the side as the sword and shield warriors rushed past him, shouting and killing. After a while, a group of sword and shield warriors all rushed forward.

One hundred and fifty steps away from the city, out of the enemy's range, I saw the siege team quickly approaching the city. The Yellow Turbans on the city responded with a hail of arrows.

When I visited the city a few days ago, I marked the location of the staircase entrance of the enemy city under the city, and the rope arrows and flags were still there.

The siege team should stay two steps away from the marked point and stagger the stairs.

A hundred and five steps away, Li Mengxi looked far away and saw that the siege team had followed the instructions in advance and was obviously far away from the marking flag. Li Mengxi felt relieved.

Fortunately, the results obtained recently were put to use, otherwise the work would have been in vain.

"Xi'er, come with me and take a look?" Liu Bei asked.

Li Mengxi said without thinking, "Let's go!"

The soldiers brought horses, and Liu Bei rode Li Mengxi and approached to observe the siege formation.

Still at the right end of the city wall, at the corner of the city wall, at fifty paces, the attacking crossbow team set up the carts they were pushing one by one, and then set them up.

A total of sixty carts were erected before and after.

This is the tower shield set up to facilitate the crossbow team and the enemy city's crossbowmen to shoot at each other.

Since there was no tower shield higher than a person's height, we had no choice but to push the empty cart over and set it up to act as a tower shield.

Anyway, the cart's deck is long and wide, and its defensive area is larger than that of a tower shield. Moreover, the cart's body is thick, and its defensive power is stronger than that of a real tower shield.

Even though they had already been hastily practiced before the siege, the archers and crossbowmen were ready to move behind the cart, and their hearts were beating wildly.

A crossbowman leaned against the cart. After loading the crossbow arrows, he wanted to sneak his head out to take a look at the arrow tower. As soon as his head was exposed, there was a whistle of arrows approaching.

The crossbowman was startled and his head jerked back.

With a click, the arrow hit the wood, and the arrow shaft trembled wildly.

The crossbowman, who had calmed down from the panic, came back to his senses and saw that the arrow just hit the railing of the cart and stuck there.

He was almost shot to death, but luckily there was a car blocking him.

Fortunately, the crossbowman looked back, then looked up again, and saw that the cart was standing upright, and another arrow was nailed to the back of the cart with a bang. The arrow didn't know where it was shot.

The arrow didn't pop up.

The crossbowman felt a little relieved.

"Stop shrinking! Shoot him in the pussy!" the centurion of the crossbow team cursed.

After hearing the order, the crossbowman held the crossbow, carefully poked out half of his head, stretched out the crossbow, aimed at the outline of the arrow tower in the distance, took a moment, clicked the trigger, and with a whoosh, the crossbow arrow shot out.

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Regardless of whether the shot was successful or not, the crossbowman immediately retracted his head and withdrew the crossbow after firing.

At this time, the exquisite arrangement of the crossbow team showed its effect.

Because it is considered that if the crossbow team follows the siege echelon to attack the city, then when the siege soldiers climb close to the city head, the crossbowmen will easily inadvertently injure their own people.

Therefore, the crossbow team should be staggered from the location where the siege ladder is set up.

There is an arrow tower at the corner of the city. It is difficult for the siege team to attack here, so the siege ladder avoids the corner of the city. Now that there is no interference from our own people, the crossbow team can shoot at the city head without any scruples.

At this time, the shouts of killing on and off the city walls were deafening. To the crossbowman, it seemed that other places had nothing to do with him.

The crossbowman, who huddled behind the cart, fired another arrow immediately.

The crossbowman himself was a little timid. He was afraid of arrows flying, so he stayed still for a while. But after waiting for a while, the arrows whizzed to the side, but there were no arrows flying towards him.

The crossbowman gained courage and once again stuck out half of his head, picked up the crossbow again, took out the crossbow, and aimed at the outline of the arrow tower. This time, because the crossbowman had become slightly accustomed to the atmosphere of the battlefield, he was a little bolder and aimed longer.

A little bit.

Then, the crossbowman found it uncomfortable because there were railings on both sides of the frame of the cart. When he went out to explore the crossbow, the railings just blocked the arms of the crossbow.

The crossbowman frowned and glanced at the railing. There happened to be a crossbar on the railing, which could be raised or lowered easily, so he simply put the crossbow on the railing and fired the crossbow directly.

Maybe they think it saves a lot of effort when the crossbow is mounted on a piece of wood and no longer has to be held. Later, when the crossbowman shoots at the enemy, he puts the crossbow on the railing of the cart and holds it while shooting.

The crossbowman loaded the crossbow with arrows again, and the crossbow was just stuck on the carriage rail.

"Don't squat on the ground, get up! It's inconvenient to dodge while squatting. If an arrow comes, you won't be able to dodge it.

Also, don’t rely on carts.”

A young boy's voice sounded.

The crossbowman quickly looked back and saw Duke Xuande coming on horseback from behind. The little head that poked out from behind Duke Xuande was the military advisor, wasn't it?

At this time, Li Mengxi's eyes widened. What did he see? He saw a crossbowman like an uncle. Not only was this crossbowman squatting on the ground and shooting leisurely, but his crossbow was also placed on the railing of the car.

Li Mengxi looked at the car barrier a few more times.

This crossbowman must not have been serious in his training. During the training before the siege, he asked whether the cart should face the city head-on or from the back. During the training, he found that it was better to face the city head-on.

Because of the existence of the carriage rails, the carts are erected. If the opposite side is facing the city, then the carriage rails will be on the people's side.

Crossbowmen are supposed to hide behind carts, but something happened during training. Someone accidentally hit the railing and knocked down the cart.

Car rails can cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, during the training, it was stipulated that when attacking a city, the carts should be set up and the front with the rails should face the direction of the enemy city.

It can be seen that the crossbowman and the cart in front of this guy are turned upside down.

Li Mengxi thought at first that this guy was too unreliable. But when he saw the crossbowman holding the crossbow on the railing, Li Mengxi suddenly became thoughtful.

At this time, Liu Bei led Li Mengxi to the position of the crossbow team, which was already fifty steps in front of the city. There was a chaos of arrows, and a feather arrow shot towards Liu Bei with a whoosh.

When Liu Bei saw the black shadow coming quickly and heard the roar of arrows, his expression became solemn and a bright light flashed in his eyes. He raised his male and female swords in his hand and slashed with his sword.

The arrow struck at an angle, and with a snap, the arrow was split into two halves and fell to the ground.

Li Mengxi, who was half a beat too slow to react, quickly retracted his head behind his back.
To be continued...