After fighting for nearly an hour, the Green Army soldiers who attacked the south gate suffered heavy losses. However, because the Eight Banners of Han were watching from behind, they did not dare to retreat without an order to retreat. They could only brace themselves and continue to attack.
Shang Zhixin watched the fierce battle with his binoculars. He did not show any heartache for the loss of more than half of the 2,000 Green Army soldiers. Instead, when he saw the guards on the city gate tower, he frowned and said to You Yunlong beside him,"Looking at the guards, they have basically just cut off the braids on their backs. Could they be the original Green Army soldiers of Xinhui City?”
You Yun Long also put down his binoculars and said,""It looks like they are indeed the original Green Army soldiers. Lord Shizi, should we continue to send reinforcements?”
Shang Zhixin thought for a moment and said," It's a pity to give up halfway since we've already fought to this point. How about this? I'll send 3,000 Green Army soldiers to attack the city. You mobilize 1,000 sharpshooters to follow behind them and specifically shoot at the Ming army that shows their heads."”
Yun Long understood Shang Zhixin's meaning instantly and cupped his hands.""Don't worry, Lord Shizi. This subordinate will do it immediately.”
Yun Long's orders were quickly passed down. The 1,000 arrows and 3,000 Green Army soldiers gathered and once again attacked the city wall.
Although the bloody battle on the city wall was still ongoing, Di Qing no longer paid any attention to it because he knew that the Green Army soldiers had suffered heavy losses and had lost the possibility of taking the city tower. He turned his attention to the main formation of the Shang Zhi Xin Army in the distance.
Through the binoculars, he saw that Shang Zhixin's main formation had sent out thousands of people. Upon closer inspection, he found that they were still dressed as Green Army soldiers. This made Di Qing a little confused. Logically speaking, Shang Zhixin should have tested the combat strength of the garrison on the city tower. He either ordered the retreat and repair or sent reinforcements. Obviously, Shang Zhixin chose the second method.
However, sending reinforcements should also be elites. After all, sending random soldiers at this time would not be of much use. They would only be sending more heads to their side.
If Shang Zhixin's troops were several times or even dozens of times his, Di Qing would not be surprised by his actions. After all, the human wave tactic can consume a large number of defenders, and then use elites to attack in one fell swoop. This is the best strategy.
However, Shang Zhixin only had a few soldiers, yet he dared to play like this. Di Qing did not believe that this guy was out of his mind. He knew this person's past and knew that he was not a playboy. He had been on the battlefield and had made many military achievements. This kind of person was not like those military supervisors in the Song Dynasty who did not understand military affairs but liked to command blindly.
Di Qing, who feels that something is wrong, looks at the Green Army soldiers who have come to reinforce him. He quickly discovers that there is a group of archers behind the Green Army soldiers. The armors of the archers are all inlaid with blue, which is completely different from the Green Army soldiers.
Seeing this, Di Qing immediately knows what the other party is up to. He immediately orders the hidden 1,000 elite crossbowmen to get ready and wait for the archers to enter the shooting range to kill them.
The order was passed down and the 1,000 crossbowmen quickly returned to their positions. They did not care about the Green Army soldiers who had lost more than half of their men but were still climbing the ladders to attack the city, nor did they care about the 3,000 Green Army soldiers who had come to reinforce them. Their eyes were fixed on the 1,000 archers following behind the Green Army soldiers.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The cannons rang out once again, continuously harvesting the lives of the Green Army soldiers who came to reinforce them, causing the Green Army soldiers who came to reinforce them to leave behind corpses along the way.
" Kill!!!"
After losing close to a hundred men, the Green Army soldiers finally charged past the death zone formed by the red cannons and continued to approach the city wall. The 1,000 sharpshooters behind them did not suffer any losses except for some unlucky ones who were hit by the cannons. After they also charged through the death zone of the cannons, they heaved a sigh of relief. Then, they secretly calculated the distance and prepared to use their godly shooting skills to shoot until the rebel soldiers in the city did not dare to show themselves.
It was getting closer.
A sharpshooter who was about to reach the city wall kept shouting in his heart. At the same time, he had already nocked an arrow and was ready to shoot at any time. He was very confident in his archery skills. Countless people had died under his arrows on the battlefield. Among these people, there were Liaodong Jian Nu, Ming army, and Li Zicheng's peasant army.
It could be said that all three major forces in China had been killed by his arrows, and they had all been shot in the throat, eyes, and other vital parts.
It could be said that his archery skills were fed by fresh lives, and this godly archery gave him endless confidence. It made him fantasize that he could kill a few bandits and get more rewards before going to the brothel to play with a few prostitutes.
With a swoosh, a crossbow bolt pierced through the air. The arrow flew at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye towards the sharpshooter closest to him. It was so fast that he didn't even have time to dodge before the arrow pierced his throat.
With a clang, the bow and arrow in his hand fell to the ground. He clutched his throat with both hands, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
He raised his head and looked at the city wall that was still some distance away."Such a long distance…how…how could an arrow hit?”
Because the arrow was lodged in his throat, the sharpshooter couldn't see that it wasn't a bow that killed him, but a crossbow...
The rapid loss of blood caused his vision to turn black and he lost his breath. It could be said that he did not even know that it was an arrow that killed him.
The same thing happened not only to the sharpshooter with the blue banner, but also to the other sharpshooters. They also didn't expect that the guards on the city gate tower would be equipped with crossbows, and because the shooting range was dozens of steps higher than normal shooting, they didn't expect that these crossbowmen were also sharpshooters or snipers.
The crossbows in their hands almost never missed. Such sniping skills were trained from the Xiongnu in the past. It was a skill that was nurtured by the lives of countless Xiongnu people.
The elite crossbowmen of the Han army were an army that had been buried in the mud for more than 2,000 years. Normally, it would be impossible for them to fight against an army that was 2,000 years old. However, because of the arrival of one person, the elite crossbowmen of the Han army, who had long been reduced to bones, once again showed their might 2,000 years later.
Two-thirds of the 1,000 elite archers from the Bordered Blue Banners were killed by the elite crossbowmen on the wall before they could even get close to the wall. The rest of the people were terrified when they saw this scene. They never thought that the enemy's arrows could shoot so far, far beyond the range of ordinary arrows.
His comrades were shot down one by one without any warning, and they were shot at vital spots such as the throat. This was the ability of a group of sharpshooters.
"Crossbow? It's actually a crossbow bolt!"
A sharpshooter came to the corpse of his companion and pulled out the arrow from his eye. He realized that it was not a bow but a crossbow.
This time, the mystery was finally solved. They also understood why the arrows on the city gate tower were beyond their understanding. How was this a f * cking arrow? It was clearly a crossbow.
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