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Chapter 244: The boring pass defense

"Be good, there are probably no less than two or three thousand people who enter the valley?" Liu Hongji, who was wearing a set of iron armor, looked at the Jihu people and horses, and couldn't help but stutter. "It's a pity that those good horses, it would be great if we could get all these horses. Brother, do you think so?"

"The problem is do you think it's possible? Unless these guys leave their horses in the distance and run over to attack the city with their feet, otherwise, don't even think about it." This young master said angrily. Yang Shidao and others were also sniping there.

However, Liu Hongji was extremely thick-skinned and didn't care at all. He continued to look at the Jihu people wearing simple armor, and many of them even wore leather and iron armor. I think these armors should have been stripped from the defeated Sui army. Many of them could still see damaged areas that had not been repaired.

Teams of militia, under the command of Captain Shi and Captain, had already been on the front line on the city wall. The wide enough wall was filled with more than a thousand people, and all the long-range weapons were distributed to the hands of those militia departments.

Bales of feather arrows and crossbow arrows were also placed on the city wall. Unfortunately, there were no catapults here, so I couldn't let the militia perform brick rain.

The crowded Jihu soldiers stopped two hundred steps away from the pass, and a cavalry took the lead and ran towards the bottom of the pass, speaking with a skilled Guanzhong accent, asking the people at the pass to surrender immediately. Otherwise, all those who participated in the resistance to them would be killed and their families would be led by this.

He was very passionate, but after a short while of his speech, a feather arrow shot down the iron helmet on his head to the ground. Queen Dou, holding the hard bow, stood in front of the female wall in a cool posture, pointed like a sword, pointed directly at the Jihu cavalry, and shouted sternly: "When Jihu, I dare to rebel with Liu Jialun, and dare to speak so arrogantly again... If I want to attack, then come. But next year's day will be the day you are waiting for."

At this time, the militia members in the city who were shocked by Queen Dou's precise archery skills all shouted loudly. Three sounds of thousands of victories shook the canyon and the Jihu people changed their expressions.

It seems that Queen Dou is indeed very good at bewitching, or this is just a motivational skill specialization. Maybe this old lady may not be able to hide skills, but now is not the time to study this, and my master's attention is attracted by the movements of the Hu people.

The Jihu cavalry fled back to the team in a panic. Then, the Jihu army, who seemed to be humiliated and extremely angry, began to howl and rushed towards the pass.

The rain of arrows falling from the city was like pouring rain, completely covering the road that was not more than three meters wide. Within less than Yizhu Township, the Jihu people could no longer hold on and retreated quickly. The bodies were left all over the ground, and the feathered arrows inserted on the road and on the bodies were like reeds with white floss on the river bank.

The Jihu people launched three attacks, but each time, they had to retreat for up to a quarter of an hour, because this ring pass made those attacking Jihu attacked on three sides, and they didn't know where to block them with their shields.

In just less than three hours, hundreds of Ji Hu's corpses and those seriously injured people had fallen down in front of the pass.

Every defensive victory will bring a burst of cheers, especially those militiamen who have only been training for about a month. Such victory will greatly improve their morale. But the problem is that the arrows are consumed very quickly, and more than 15,000 were consumed in these three hours alone.

There are 100,000 feather arrows and 100,000 crossbow arrows, which seem to be a huge amount, but this kind of consumable is consumed too quickly. If the arrow continues like this, it will be a maximum of three days to support it. At that time, you can only rely on spit to defend the city.

"Does there any material suitable for making arrows in Hancheng County?" I took off my helmet and wiped the sweat from my face. It was hot enough that day, but I had to wear such heavy armor. I don't want me to lose my way because of a cold arrow.

"We in Hancheng County have plenty of bamboo and wood, but the eagle needed to surrender to the feather arrows does not have the flying feathers," Han Xiong replied with a blink of an eye.

"Will it be okay to use chicken feathers or duck feathers?" My young master's eyes turned and immediately thought of the two kinds of poultry raised on a large scale in Hancheng County.

"This... Xiaguan is not very clear, but Xiaguan remembers that there is a record in the book that the arrows containing geese and goose feathers are likely to slant when encountering the wind, and the feathers of chickens and ducks are probably even worse." Han Xiong shook his head and replied after thinking about it.

"It's okay. Although it's defense, as long as you can shoot the guy, it's better than fighting with those who use swords and guns." The young master thought for a while, and decided to use chicken feathers and duck feathers to make feather arrows.

This suggestion from this young master was supported by Queen Dou. She also felt that defending the pass by means of a distance, long-range weapons are much more useful than melee weapons. As long as they can shoot dozens of steps and penetrate armor, they are good feather arrows.

Except for the first day, the ignorant Jihu tribe launched seven attacks, each time they would drop dozens or even hundreds of corpses and retreat in disappointment. Then, at night, they wanted to attack at night, but even in the night attack, in such a terrain, in front of such a pass, they still failed to achieve any effect.

In the end, the Jihu people retreated to the entrance of the canyon and were wandering around, as if they wanted to find a road suitable for invasion of Hancheng County from the surrounding area. The path in the north of Hancheng County had already been blocked tightly by my men with bricks and stones, and they also sent special personnel to defend the narrow passage. They wanted to pass through there, which was completely delusion.

"It's so boring. I don't fight and run away. I really don't know what these guys are thinking about." Li Yaoguang stood in front of the female wall beside me, waving the hundred-refined horizontal sword that was unsheathed, looking very bored.

She was wearing a set of iron armor. Because she didn't expect a war to happen when she came, she didn't bring the armor at all. Therefore, this set was a pair of mountain armor among the iron armors placed in Hancheng County in the court.

Li Yaoguang is tall. Although this set of thin scale armor is not customized, it has a relatively comprehensive defense and is enough to deal with arrows. Well, Li Yaoguang may be because of his tall figure, and everything he wears is very interesting, especially when wearing hunting outfits or armor, which makes him look more queen-like.

Perhaps if you have the chance, I should design her a set of full-body armor. Well, a beautiful and luxurious full-body armor, paired with her elegant and slender body shape, it must be perfect. In this way, at least it can be improved to a higher level in defense, and the weight can be lighter than the Mingguang armor, because the plate armor does not need to overlap, it can defend the whole body, and the workmanship is not cumbersome.

"What are you looking at?" Li Yaoguang glanced at me, and his shame and pride were intertwined in Qiu Shui's eyes. He liked me to admire her, but also felt that I was too thick-skinned, so he had such complicated eyes.

I blew up and nodded with a deep sense of agreement. It was the third day. Except for the war on the first day, the Jihu tribe had never approached the city wall in the past two days. After playing here for a day, Queen Dou returned to the county town. At least the Li brothers and sisters stayed. According to Queen Dou, the troubled times were coming, so it would be good for them to learn more about the cruelty of the war.

He just threw his daughter and son all over the place of this young master. As for Yang Shidao and Tang Jian, after seeing that the enemy could not break through the pass, he decided to stay and appreciate the scene and cruelty of the war. As for my sister, I have been persuaded to go back.

After all, I am not a future general like Li Yaoguang who has a strong mind and will, nor is it a tomboy like Sister Qingxia who has killed many people with her own hands but has remained calm.

"Maybe they hope to find the opportunity to relax and attack again. Third sister, look at the side, there are several sentries from Jihu there, and they are always paying attention to our side." Li Shimin yawned boredly.

"Just let them be foolish there." Liu Hongji said unhappily. He was speechless to this kind of candy-like enemy. He couldn't win, but he was unwilling to give up. He looked at him all day long, like a group of hungry jackals, always looking forward to the arrival of opportunities.

"My mother said she wanted to go to the north to check the situation. It seems that she would not be able to leave." After returning to the barracks, she took off her armor and moved her arms. Li Shimin said with some gratitude.

"Why are your mother going to the north?" I couldn't help but feel a sudden laugh when I heard this. I remember history records that Queen Dou died in Zhuo County. Could it be that this year's reason?

"My mother wants to see what the world is like in chaos." Li Yaoguang said. "I want to see if this world is still saved."

I understand. Queen Dou might hope to walk around and see if the Sui Dynasty could still hold on. If she couldn't hold on, then it might mean that the time for the Li family was coming soon and she could avenge her uncle for another generation.

"Don't go, don't say it's our Guanzhong area. Hebei will be a little more chaotic than ours. If something happens, it will be too late to regret it." I quickly advised. "You brothers and sisters must also know the situation in the north, so why not persuade her?"

"I'm persuading, but the problem is that we brother and sister can't persuade them at all. Mom has always been like this. Once she decides something, no one can change her mind, even my father can't do it." Li Yaoguang curled his lips and replied, this answer made me speechless.

"But there is such a chaos in Guanzhong, and Hancheng County has been attacked. No matter what my mother is, it is difficult to leave now." Li Shimin said with a smile.
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