In the Prefect's Mansion, Feng Yi successfully convinced Wang Xun that he could recruit any strong men in the city.
Next, what Liu Yan and Feng Yi did was to mobilize the whole city.
Call on the strong men in the city to join the volunteer effort and join in the defense of the city. Call on the women to help the city defenders sew clothes, cook, and transport city defense supplies.
In addition, Feng Yi also organized the people in the city to dismantle the door panels from their homes and transport them all to the top of the city. It didn't matter if they didn't have weapons and equipment, they could make their own. These door panels could be used as shields to resist the arrows of the barbarians.
That night, the entire county was mobilized. The next morning, more people joined the city defense. Among them were common people and domestic slaves, both men and women, both old and young. People were busy. I kept sweating all the time.
In fact, organizing the people of the whole city does not require Liu Yan, Feng Yi and others to mobilize hard. The behavior of the barbarians is clearly known to the people of Hanzhong. While the city is still there, they still have a glimmer of hope. If the city dies, the people in the city will not survive. No matter men, women, old or young, no matter high or low status, no one can survive.
It can be said that the entire city's army and people share the same hatred for the barbarian invasion.
At noon, the barbarian army led by Xie Tu finally arrived at the county town.
As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of people, boundless, standing on the top of the Hanzhong City, looking out, the outside of the city is full of barbarians, and it is a dark area.
The barbarians did not stay outside the city for too long. Soon, the barbarian army launched a tentative attack on Hanzhong City.
The defenders in the city are seriously short of archers. Again, archers cannot be developed quickly in a day or two or a month or two. For ordinary people, if they pick up a hard bow, they will not be able to pull it. He can't shoot, let alone kill the enemy with archery. A qualified archer needs at least two or three years of hard training.
Liu Yan is one of the few people in the city who can use bows and arrows and has good archery skills. He also directly leads the archery team in the city.
The so-called archery team only has about a hundred people in total, and more than half of them are newcomers who have the arm strength to draw a hard bow, but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
Looking at the vanguard of hundreds of barbarian troops rushing towards the county town, Liu Yan clenched his fists. He looked to his left and right. There were archery teams, rebels, and ordinary people participating in the city defense. People's Their expressions were basically the same, that is, they were nervous, with a look of fear in their eyes.
It is not possible to continue like this. Before the battle even begins, our own morale has been suppressed by the barbarians.
He took a deep breath and said loudly: "In this battle, the barbarian army has more soldiers and we have fewer soldiers, but we have the advantage of geographical advantage, which is enough to make up for our lack of military strength!"
While speaking, he looked at the barbarians outside the city. They were less than two hundred steps away from the county seat. He picked up his hard bow, twisted the bow and nocked an arrow, pointed the arrow in the air, and said loudly: "The barbarians are not here. It’s terrifying, they are all made of flesh and blood just like us, and one spear or one sword is enough to kill them!”
At this time, some fast barbarians were only 150 steps away from the county town.
Liu Yan squinted his eyes, and suddenly loosened his grip on the arrow. He heard a popping sound, the arrow string flicked, and the flying arrow first rose into the air, drew an arc in mid-air, and then fell rapidly.
Chirp——
The arrow made a harsh sound and hit the chest of a barbarian soldier accurately. A popping sound was heard in the ear. The barbarian soldier screamed, and the running figure suddenly fell to the ground, and then rushed towards the ground. He rolled forward as far as he could before he stopped, fell to the ground, and could no longer stand up.
You must know that the effective range of archers at that time could only reach the next hundred steps, but Liu Yan's arrow shot a full 150 steps, and he also successfully killed a barbarian soldier.
Liu Yan's archery skills made the defenders on the city wall surprised, happy and excited.
People couldn't help but shout Liu Yan's name: "Bosheng! Bosheng! Bosheng——"
Liu Yan is also a very expressive person. The more people call him, the more excited he becomes.
Feng Yi's eyes sparkled, he struck while the iron was hot, and shouted loudly: "In this battle, we have no retreat, we have to fight with our last ditch! If we cannot stop the enemy outside the city, no one in the city will be spared. In this battle, we are fighting for ourselves. The battle is for the hundreds of thousands of people in Hanzhong City. We can only win, not lose!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill——"
Liu Yan's encouragement and Feng Yi's call aroused the morale of the defenders. Liu Yan never stopped. He shot arrow after arrow outside the city, and the barbarians running forward also pounced on them one after another. Fall to the ground.
When the barbarian soldiers were less than a hundred steps away from the city wall, the members of the archery team were divided into two teams. The archers in the first team drew out their arrows, put on the arrow strings, then opened their bows and fired a volley at the barbarian soldiers outside the city.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Dozens of arrows were shot into the crowd of barbarians, and more than ten people fell to the ground. As soon as the first team of archers finished shooting, they immediately retreated, and the second team of archers continued to shoot at the upper part. Shoot arrows outside.
The two teams of archers fired arrows alternately, and the barbarian soldiers outside the city fell one after another.
When the five hundred barbarian soldiers rushed to the city, there were already less than four hundred men. On the way, they lost more than a hundred people.
The barbarians did not use ladders to attack the city, but prepared many wooden poles of about ten meters (the walls of Seoul were usually eight meters).
When attacking the city, a barbarian soldier hugged one end of the wooden pole, and several other barbarian soldiers were at the other end of the wooden pole. They worked together to lift the wooden pole and put it on the city wall. In this way, the man holding the wooden pole was The barbarian soldier could successfully cross the arrow stack and jump directly to the top of the city.
This siege strategy is simple and crude, but it is undeniable that it is practical and efficient. As wooden poles are put up on the city wall, a barbarian soldier jumps to the top of the city to fight with the defenders at the top of the city. The army engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
In a face-to-face fight, neither the rebels nor the common people were any match for the barbarians. Seeing that the defenders' defense line was about to be overrun by the barbarians, and the barbarians that followed were still jumping onto the city wall along the wooden poles, Liu Yan put down his bow and arrow and shouted: "Everyone, get out of the way!"
The defenders standing in front of him subconsciously retreated to the left and right. Liu Yan held two swords, walked through the crowd, ran up to several barbarian soldiers, and slashed them with his sword. The barbarian soldier subconsciously parried with his sword. Clang! This barbarian soldier blocked Liu Yan's menacing sword, but the powerful impact made him retreat backwards, followed the gap in the arrow stack, and fell headfirst. Liu Yan used both swords at the same time. Go out and kill the barbarians like chopping vegetables.
Liu Yan's bravery was like a magic needle that calmed the sea at this time, quickly calming down the turbulent defenders. People formed a square formation on the city wall, spears moved forward in unison, and pressed against the barbarians.
The barbarian soldiers who rushed over could not reach the defenders. They had already been penetrated by spears and fell down in a pool of blood, screaming.
Feng Yi, who was commanding the overall situation, nodded secretly. Bo Sheng's bravery could be said to be the most courageous among the three armies. In critical moments, having such a person in the army could even be more effective than thousands of troops.
Feng Yi also drew out the sword from his side and participated in the battle. While fighting with the barbarians who rushed to the city, he shouted loudly: "Kill all the barbarians and don't let anyone escape! Kill!"
"kill--"
As the saying goes, generals have a will to die and soldiers have no desire to live. Liu Yan and Feng Yi took the lead in killing the enemy. The morale of the defenders was greatly boosted. The barbarians who climbed to the top of the city fell one after another. The battle lasted for less than half an hour. Of the five hundred barbarians, only a few dozen escaped in the end.
Two hundred of them died on the top of Hanzhong City, and more than two hundred others died below the city.
Looking at the dozens of barbarian soldiers retreating in defeat, Xie Tu's face was gloomy. He slowly pulled out the saber from his ribs and swung it forward suddenly. As he gave the order to attack, a long trumpet sound immediately sounded in the barbarian army camp. Then, an army of more than 10,000 people began to march forward in unison.
Liu Yan and Feng Yi wiped the blood on their faces, then looked outside the city. They looked at each other and shouted to the left and right in unison: "Get ready to fight! Everyone, get ready to fight!"
This time the barbarian soldiers dispatched the main force, and the tactics of attacking the city were still wild. The barbarian soldiers were like a tide, overwhelmingly pouring towards the county city.
The arrow shot into the crowd, even if it hit a dozen or twenty barbarian soldiers at once, it would be like a pebble thrown into the vast ocean, causing only a little splash.
The barbarian troops rushed under the city wall and immediately launched a forceful attack. The defenders on top of the city were not idle either. Rolling logs and stones fell down like snow flakes. The barbarian soldiers below the city were smashed back and forth, making it difficult for them to get closer.
Soon, the archers among the barbarians stepped forward, formed a formation of archers, and fired a volley at the defenders who were throwing rolling logs and stones at the top of the city.
The inexperienced defenders immediately suffered a heavy loss. Many people were still throwing logs and stones, and were shot through the head or chest by arrows suddenly shot up. People had arrows stuck in their bodies, and they were shot in groups. Fall down.
When Feng Yi saw this, he immediately shouted loudly: "Get up the door! Put up the door to block the arrows!"
His words immediately made the defenders react. Yes, we have prepared so many door panels!
People put the door panels on the arrow stacks one after another to resist the arrows of the barbarians outside the city.
Just such a simple move significantly reduced the power of the arrows fired by the barbarians outside the city, and the pressure on the defenders was also greatly reduced.
Although under the protection of the door panel, some people were still hit by arrows from time to time when the defenders threw rolling logs and stones, but compared with the situation just now, it was much stronger.
More than 10,000 barbarians launched a fierce attack outside the north city of the county. The fighting lasted from noon to evening. During this period, the barbarians attacked the city several times, but were forced back by the defenders several times. After the fierce battle, the situation on the battlefield is basically still where it started.
The barbarian army was unable to attack outside the city, and the defenders did not dare to take the initiative to leave the city to fight.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, and his own offensive was still making no progress, Xie Tu had no choice but to order his troops to retreat and set up camp outside the city, preparing to fight again tomorrow.
As the barbarian army retreated, the fierce battle that lasted all afternoon finally came to an end.
The defenders' physical strength seemed to have been drained all at once, and the people were so tired that they collapsed on the top of the city.
The ground at the top of the city was covered with dried blood and corpses, but no one felt uncomfortable about it anymore. The whole afternoon of bloody fighting had already numbed people's nerves.