The most powerful fool system

　After a day of storming to no avail, the Sui army retreated after dark.

　At night, Zhou Yu asked Lu Meng to lead troops to carry out a night attack on Tongguan, but Liu Hongji had already prepared, and the Sui army's night attack failed.

　After three days of such an offensive and defensive battle between the two sides, and after the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, someone finally came up with a good way to defend against the Sui army's archers.

　The Tang army spread a layer of wooden boards on the wide city wall of Tongguan, and the soldiers who climbed the city hid under the wooden boards and went up the city wall, which could greatly reduce the arrows shot by the Tang army behind.

　In late September, Li Er led his army to Tongguan.

　"In just three days of defending the city, nearly ten thousand people were lost? How is it possible?"

　When Li Er heard that the Tang army had lost nearly ten thousand people by defending the city for three days, he was also shocked.

　"Your Highness, the Sui army is more elite than we expected.

　Moreover, the range of the Sui army's archers was too far, causing us huge damage.

　Fortunately, we thought of some ways later to reduce the casualties. "

　Liu Hongji said to Li Er with a wry smile.

　"The range is far beyond our archers?"

　Li Er was puzzled.

　Li Er had also fought against the Sui army before, and the Sui army hadn't found any super long-distance bows and arrows except for being a little more elite.

　That's because before, Xu Feng ordered that no new weapons be used in the fight with the Tang army, not even the bed crossbow.

　Xu Feng did this deliberately to show weakness to the Tang army, fearing that Li Tang would send someone to steal the bows and arrows and other weapons from the Sui army.

　From the beginning to the end, Xu Feng regarded Li Tang as his biggest enemy. Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, etc., Xu Feng never took it seriously.

　Sui Jun's low-key before finally had an effect now.

　It was the first time for Tang Jun to encounter the western longbow used by the Sui army. Facing the super-long-distance covering strike of the western longbow, Tang Jun had a hard time.

　Think about it, every ten seconds, [-] densely packed arrows rain down from the sky, covering most of Tongguan, how desperate it is.

　Those soldiers of the Tang army who were still fighting and carrying rolling logs and stones couldn't always wear a shield on their heads.

　Even if Tang Jun came up with some solutions later, it only reduced some of their casualties.

　On the second day after Li Er came, he saw for himself the power of the Sui army's arrow rain strike.

　"This... the Sui Army's improved longbow, how was it made, and why can it shoot so far?"

　Li Er was also horrified. He knew too well that letting the Sui army's archers go down like this would deal a severe blow to the morale of the Tang army.

　After all, compared to any other arms, the lethal power of archers is extremely strong.

　Especially this kind of archer, who can shoot arrows without any threat, is simply a nightmare for the enemy.

　Back then, when Xu Feng attacked Handan, he used arrow rain, crossbow formations and catapults to destroy the morale of the Xia army in Handan city.

　It's a pity that Xu Feng can no longer use the siege mortars, otherwise Tongguan is nothing.

　"No, we can't go on like this. Let's find a way to threaten the Sui army's archer phalanx outside the city, so that they don't dare to attack us so recklessly."

　After Li Er looked at it for a while, he shook his head one after another. This situation must be broken, otherwise they wouldn't be able to defend Tongguan for long.

　"Your Highness, do you want us to send cavalry out of the city to fight the Sui army after the battle starts tomorrow?"

　Qin Qiong was at the side and suggested to Li Er.

　Li Er thought for a while, and said: "At this time, we have more than [-] soldiers and horses in Tongguan, including more than [-] cavalry.

　With such power, we are not afraid to fight the Sui army out of the city.

　Maybe you can give it a try, anyway, even if you can't destroy the Sui army's archer phalanx, you have to force them to retreat to weaken the blow to our city defenders. "

　"We thought about it before, but at that time we didn't have enough defenders in the pass, so the general didn't dare to send cavalry out of the pass easily.

　But now, since His Royal Highness has arrived, we may give it a try. "

　Liu Hongji on the side also said at this time.

　"Okay, since that's the case, let's go out of the city tomorrow and fight the Sui army.

　However, everyone must remember that the purpose of going out of the city to fight the Sui army this time is not really to fight the Sui army.

　We are only trying to force back the archers of the Sui army, and everyone must listen to instructions at any time.

　Those who should return should return immediately without delay. "

　Li Er scanned the crowd and reminded.

　"Understood, Your Highness."

　"Okay, then let the general announce the generals and tasks that will go to battle tomorrow."

　Li Er looked at Liu Hongji and said.

　Li Er did not intend to take Liu Hongji's power. In Tongguan, Liu Hongji was still the coach. Even Li Er had to obey Liu Hongji's orders.

　"Okay, since that's the case, the general gave the order.

　Tomorrow, General Qin Qiong will lead [-] cavalry out of the city and attack the Sui army's infantry in the north.

　General Cheng Yaojin, leading [-] cavalry, rushed out of the city, followed General Qin Qiong, and rushed northward to the phalanx of Sui army archers in the north.

　The Sui army's archer phalanx has been divided into two groups in the past two days, one is in the south and the other is in the north.

　Generals Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were in charge of the archers of the Sui Army in the north.

　Duan Zhixuan, you lead [-] cavalry to attack the Sui army's archer phalanx in the south.

　General Yuchi, you lead [-] infantry and are responsible for resisting the impact of the frontal Sui army and guarding the passage for several generals to retreat. "

　Liu Hongji saw Qin Qiong, Chen Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and others, and gave orders one by one.

　"Humble position obeys orders." Everyone responded.

　Zhou Yu didn't know Tang Jun's plan yet.

　On September 22, Zhou Yu continued to send Lu Meng, Tai Shici, Gan Ning and others to lead the army to launch a new round of strong attack on Tongguan.

　When the siege progressed until noon, the gate of Tongguan City suddenly opened wide, and Qin Qiong led the cavalry of the Tang Army and rushed out first.

　"kill!"

　Qin Qiong led [-] cavalrymen of the Tang army, and suddenly rushed out from the city, killing the soldiers of the Sui army who were attacking the city by surprise.

　No one stopped Qin Qiong, so he led the army to rush northward quickly, opened a passage, and killed many soldiers of the Sui army who were besieging the city.

　"Follow me!"

　Afterwards, Cheng Yaojin also led five thousand cavalry of the Tang Army to kill them, and rushed straight to the Sui Army's archer phalanx in the north.

　Behind, the Tang army led by Duan Zhixuan, Yuchi Jingde and others also rushed out.

　The Sui army that was besieging the city no longer attacked the city at this time, but started a fierce field battle with several Tang troops rushing out of Tongguan.

　"Tang Jun left the city?

　They are running towards our phalanx of archers. "

　The moment Tang Jun rushed out of the city, Zhou Yu immediately understood Tang Jun's purpose.

　"Send an order to Tai Shici and Gan Ning to protect the two wings of the archer phalanx and never allow the Sui cavalry to disperse the archer formation.

　Let Luo Shixin and Lu Meng lead the cavalry to attack, outflank the back of the Tang army, and cut off the return of the Tang army.

　Since Tang Jun dared to venture out of the city, he should be prepared not to go back. "

　Zhou Yu quickly issued an order with cold eyes.

　"Kill!"

　Immediately, the originally calm outside of the city had been completely reduced to a battlefield.

　Soldiers from the Sui and Tang armies rushed together.

　"Kill me!"

　Cheng Yaojin rushed towards the phalanx of Sui army archers in the north direction along the passage led by Qin Qiong.

　"Stand up a shield!"

　However, shield soldiers of the Sui Army soon appeared in front of them, and heavy iron shields stood down to form a shield wall.

　"spread!"

　Cheng Yaojin roared.

　Cheng Yaojin knew very well that their cavalry could not collide with the shieldmen of the Sui army, otherwise they would slow down and be dragged.

　Before he left the customs, Li Er repeatedly told him that after he left the customs, the main purpose was to disperse the Sui army's archers, not to fight the Sui army's infantry.

　Rumble!

　The cavalry of the Tang army quickly dispersed, rushed across the two wings of the shield wall of the Sui army, and continued to charge towards the archer phalanx behind.

　"No, stop them!"

　Tai Shici was shocked when he saw this, and shouted loudly.

　But unfortunately, they are infantry and the heaviest heavy shield soldiers. It is too difficult to stop these maneuverable Tang cavalry.

　Fortunately, at the critical moment, the archers of the Sui Army retreated, and Luo Shixin led the army to arrive in time to block Cheng Yaojin.

　"Luo Shixin, why did you surrender to the Tyrant Sui Dynasty and sacrifice your life for Yang Guang's stupid king?"

　After Cheng Yaojin saw Luo Shixin, he asked loudly.

　"Bite Jin, His Majesty is no longer what he used to be, you can't always look at His Majesty with the same old eyes."

　"Hmph, I think you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and love vanity."

　"Bite gold, everyone has his own ambitions, now we are our own masters, let's not talk so much."

　Luo Shixin knew that Cheng Yaojin couldn't be persuaded. Both of them were very independent people. Once they identified the target, no one else could persuade them.

　"Then you will eat me!"

　Cheng Yaojin got angry and attacked Luo Shixin directly.

　The two fought together, and the cavalry from both sides also fought together.

　Cheng Yaojin's side was blocked by Luo Shixin, and the Tang army's cavalry on Duan Zhixuan's side to the south was also blocked by Lu Meng's army.

　Standing on top of Tongguan City, Li Er was looking at the battlefield outside the city, and found that the progress of the Tang army in the north and south directions was not smooth.

　On the middle side, Yuchi Jingde fought very hard at this time in order to block the charge of the Sui army's main infantry.

　"Your Highness, look quickly, the Sui army is still mobilizing troops, and they want to surround the few of us who have left the customs."

　Liu Hongji pointed to the distance at this time, and more Sui soldiers were mobilizing, so he said to Li Er who was beside him.

　"Wait a little longer, wait for another two incense sticks.

　After two sticks of incense, they immediately beat the drum to tell Qin Qiong and the others to withdraw. "

　Li Er was also very worried at this time, and said.

　As time went by, the Tang army outside the city still failed to break through the Sui army's block and rushed to the Sui army's archers.

　At the same time, the Sui Army's archers also completed the transfer.

　"I can't wait any longer, beat the drum, let Qin Qiong and the others back."

　Li Er couldn't wait any longer, and gave the order.

　Boom boom boom!

　On Tongguan, the sound of drums shook the sky.

　Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Duan Zhixuan and others who were still fighting outside the city heard the sound of war drums.

　"It's an order to withdraw the troops, the whole army will follow me!"

　After Qin Qiong heard the sound of war drums, without hesitation, he made a decisive decision and led the remaining cavalry of the Tang army to retreat to the gate of Tongguan.

　"Let's withdraw!"

　Cheng Yaojin also gave up the fight with Luo Shixin and led the retreat.

　Luo Shi believed in his past affection, and did not obstruct Cheng Yaojin.