The next day.
Zhao Yun did not expect the Jiangdong Army to launch an attack in the wee hours of the morning instead of the entire night.
The soldiers from the twelve roads were all in formation as they charged towards the mountaintop!
The twenty thousand soldiers led by Ling Tong were the most ferocious.
They hated the people from the Shanyue and were deeply influenced by Ling Tong.
Ling Tong had rarely been defeated ever since he started fighting on the battlefield.
In the end, the worst defeat they suffered was when they were fighting the bandits in the mountains.
Ling Tong could not wait to take down the Shanyue and clear his name.
However, just as the soldiers started charging, a crowd appeared on both sides of the mountain!
"It's the archers! Prepare the shield formation!"
Ling Tong roared. He had expected an ambush here and quickly ordered the shieldbearers at the front to raise their shields.
Ling Tong did not send the cavalry forward because he was afraid that the people from the Shanyue would ambush them.
However, the archers from the Shanyue still fired their arrows without hesitation.
Countless arrows rained down on them.
"How stubborn!"
Ling Tong could not help but laugh coldly.
The shields of the shieldbearers were more than enough to block the arrows.
These shields had been forged by Jiangdong craftsmen and were the shields that Sun Quan valued the most.
Sun Quan had invested a lot in this attack on the Shanyue.
However, in the next second, Ling Tong realized that something was amiss.
The arrows did not seem to be flying towards the front!
"How is this possible?!"
Ling Tong saw with his own eyes that the arrows were flying towards the rear!
To prevent the archers from launching a sneak attack, Ling Tong had arranged for the shieldbearers at the front to block the arrows.
However, the arrows were flying towards the rear!
Ling Tong was stunned.
What was going on?
The soldiers at the front were at least 150 steps away from the archers!
As for the place where there were no shieldbearers, there was a distance of 300 steps to reach!
Three hundred steps!
How could there be an arrow that could reach 300 steps?
At the very least, Ling Tong himself had never seen an arrow that could reach three hundred paces.
But now, Ling Tong had seen it.
Not only could it shoot to a distance of three hundred steps, it could even shoot further!
The soldiers at the rear were not prepared at all and were directly hit in the face by the rain of arrows!
They were in excruciating pain as the sharp arrows pierced through their bodies.
These soldiers were either dead or wounded.
Due to the excessive number of corpses, the path was blocked by the soldiers at the rear, and they could not advance at all!
"Charge! Charge! "
Seeing this, Ling Tong immediately roared.
At this moment, they couldn't care less about the dead soldiers.
Before the second volley of arrows came, they had to hurry up the mountain!
Only by going up the mountain would they be able to completely avoid these Archers who relied on the terrain advantage!
At that moment, Ling Tong could vaguely hear the shrill cries of people around him!
Could it be that the other routes were also …
Ling Tong could not help but clench his fists as an ominous premonition arose.
Could it be that these Shanyue people's actual strength was far beyond what he had imagined?
Previously, when Ling Tong was fighting with them, although the Shanyue people also shot arrows, they could only shoot about 200 paces at most.
After 200 paces, there were no arrows that could reach them at all.
But now, why did the range suddenly increase by so much?
Could it be that these Shanyue people had found a way to improve their bows and arrows?
However, this could not stop Ling Tong's footsteps.
At this moment, he understood that he could not afford to stop.
Although many soldiers had to die in order to charge up against this unusually long arrow rain, if this dragged on, the casualties would only increase.
Following this, the second volley of arrows came at them!
Then came the third volley, and the fourth volley!
These Shanyue people seemed to have gone crazy as they continuously nocked arrows on their bows.
At this moment, the sky was filled with arrows. Just looking at them made Ling Tong's heart palpitate slightly.
Although they had armor and helmets and these arrows might not all hit them, with such a dense area of attack, no matter how hard the armor was, it would be difficult to completely block all the arrows!
The soldiers behind them were already screaming in agony.
However, there was good news.
Ling Tong realized that the road ahead was getting wider and wider.
The first step was already completed!
As long as they continued forward, the soldiers would have an easier time.
Once they reached the top of the mountain, these Shanyue people would definitely not be a match for his soldiers!
However, when he looked ahead, Ling Tong was completely stunned.
What was ahead?
A city wall?!
Seeing that the road was completely blocked and only a huge gate was left, Ling Tong's heart sank.
Just a while ago, there were clearly no city walls here!
Why would they suddenly build a city wall now?
At this moment, Ling Tong finally understood.
Why had the Shanyue people not appeared all this time?
It was probably because they were building a fortification!
Want …
It would take a long time to repair a city wall like this.
However, this city wall was like a mountain that smashed heavily into Ling Tong's heart.
Attack the city? Ling Tong really did not expect that he would need to attack the city in order to exterminate the bandits!
However, the soldiers in front seemed to be all archers.
As long as the shield-bearers kept watch, the soldiers would slowly come up. It would not be difficult to attack the city!
At this moment, Tai Shici, who was watching from afar on the city wall, suddenly ordered in a low voice:
"Release the arrows!"
"These people are already in range!"
In the blink of an eye, the soldiers received the order and immediately activated the prepared ballistas and fired at the soldiers below.
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
"Swoosh!"
Following the sound of arrows that pierced the clouds, several huge arrows flew towards the shield-bearers in front of them!
The brute force directly pierced through the shields.
The shield-bearers were also pierced through.
A shield of this level would be able to block an ordinary arrow, but it was too weak.
However, these were ballistas used to attack cities!
With some modifications made by Bai Feng, these ballistas were abnormally powerful. These shields were completely useless against them.
Countless shield-bearers were shot through and died on the spot.
"What is this?"
"It's a ballista, a ballista!"
"How is this possible? Why would the Shanyue bandits build ballistas?! "
All the Jiangdong Army were dumbfounded. They immediately started discussing.
Seeing the terrifying ballistas fire again, their hearts were about to turn cold.
There was no way to defend against this kind of thing!
Even the shields were like pieces of paper in front of these sharp arrows. They were easily pierced through.
The only effect they had was to slow down the arrows and reduce the attack range.
He watched as the shield-bearers in front of him fell one by one. Moreover, the attack speed of the ballistas was dozens of times faster than what he knew!
This time, Ling Tong was completely panicking.
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