Before half an hour had passed, countless Xianbei cavalry, as dense as ants, swarmed to several key locations near Juyan City.

The main force of the Xianbei cavalry was stationed near Juyan Lake and on the Juyan Grassland.

The troops sent to besiege the city numbered around ten thousand, easily surrounding Juyan City on three sides.

Juyan City is situated with its back to the Ruoshui River, controlling a strategic position at the throat of the Ruoshui River valley.

If they ignore this place and go directly there, the garrison of Juyan City will become an obstacle on their way.

If the cavalry of the Tuoba and Yuchi tribes wanted to go upstream along the Ruoshui River Valley and enter the Hexi Corridor, they first had to remove Juyan City as a thorn in their side.

However, they were also well aware of the power of the Han people's bows and crossbows.

Thus, the 10,000-strong siege force assembled two hundred paces away, and then, carrying round shields, advanced step by step toward the city.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As the horns sounded for the siege, countless arrows rained down from the Xianbei army's ranks onto Juyan City.

The more than 1,000 defenders seemed to know the Hu cavalry's attack tactics, and when they saw the Xianbei approaching, they were in no hurry to fire and suppress them.

Instead, they hid behind city walls and fortifications, letting the Xianbei archers have their fun first.

The Han soldiers had a limited number of arrows to defend the city. In order to more effectively take the lives of the enemy, Geng Chun ordered that the Xianbei people be let in so that they could be accurately attacked within a hundred paces.

After the Xianbei had fired three volleys of arrows, their vanguard had come within a hundred paces!

"Give them a good beating! Let them see what a real crossbow looks like!"

With a roar from Geng Chun, taking advantage of the lull in the Xianbei archers' arrows, a thousand Han soldiers on the city wall raised their heads and revealed themselves.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of arrows were fired at the Xianbei people who had entered within a hundred paces.

ah!

Click!

Pfft!

Whoosh!

The arrows of the Han army pierced through the wooden shields and leather armor of the Xianbei people and penetrated their bodies.

Two or three hundred of the sparsely armed Xianbei troops immediately fell!

The fall of two or three hundred men seemed to have no impact on the Xianbei people's army.

It did not hinder the Xianbei people's advance.

After the Han army finished firing a volley, the Xianbei archers knew the position of the Han army on the city wall. Taking advantage of the Han army's opportunity to reload their bows, they immediately returned fire.

This time, many Han soldiers who were hiding behind the battlements and other cover were still shot dead by the blind Xianbei. More than ten soldiers were killed.

Although the losses of the Han soldiers were very small, hundreds of the militiamen who were only wearing breastplates were unfortunately shot to death.

Such a huge difference in casualty ratio is also due to the fact that the armor worn by the Han soldiers could effectively reduce the damage caused by the arrival of Xianbei archers.

This also reflects the absolute confidence of the Central Plains dynasties in their technology.

The two sides exchanged fire from the city walls and below, and the battle suddenly became very intense.

The arrows flew through the air like locusts.

By the time the Xianbei finally reached the city walls, they had already lost over a thousand lives.

The defenders and able-bodied men on the city wall also suffered losses of three or four hundred men, most of whom were civilian laborers.

However, since the enemy had already reached the foot of the city wall, all we could do was muster our courage and continue to meet them as they scaled the wall and fought for control of the city!

However, when the bugle sounded again, the Xianbei troops suddenly stopped in their tracks.

After they had fired all their arrows, they retreated one after another.

"Damn it! These two Xianbei leaders are not simple; they are not greedy for merit or reckless."

"Judging from their appearance, they seem to be planning to exhaust our arrows first! Once we run out of arrows and can no longer inflict long-range damage, then we can calmly and methodically charge the city walls and gates!"

“They must know that we have very few troops in the city, which is why they resorted to such underhanded tactics.”

"We need to completely break us down psychologically!"

Geng Chun paced back and forth, loudly encouraging the soldiers and militia, "Don't panic, everyone! We will definitely hold out until reinforcements arrive!"

The soldiers were already prepared to die, and Geng Chun's encouragement strengthened their resolve.

Then, the Xianbei replaced their soldiers with another batch and continued to attack in the same manner.

This made Geng Chun and his soldiers very upset.

The Xianbei people's tactics put them in a very awkward position.

If they don't suppress them with arrows and instead retaliate in kind, the enemy can move freely around the city walls without restraint and can also use arrows to harm the Han soldiers and able-bodied men on the city walls.

But the arrows in the city were becoming fewer and fewer.

"It's a pity we have too few troops. If we could send out a cavalry unit to launch an attack, we could thwart their scheme."

Perhaps Geng Chun is just a fantasy. Of the thousand men under his command, only a hundred are cavalrymen, all of whom are scouts.

But if we were to rely on these people to go out into the field, they wouldn't even be enough to fill the teeth of the Xianbei.

"Commander, what do we do now?" Sima, who was beside Geng Chun, asked with a solemn expression.

"Then we can only endure it for now. Once they rush onto the city wall, we'll teach them a lesson with rolling stones, pounding logs, and scalding them with oil."

Geng Chun had no choice but to give this instruction.

The battle at Juyan City has been raging for three or four hours since it began.

The battle has now reached a fever pitch, with the fight for control of the city walls becoming the focal point.

The massive logs on the city wall rolled down, and hordes of Xianbei soldiers perished.

The rolling stones and hot oil took away many more Xianbei soldiers.

But the Xianbei soldiers seemed fearless, sacrificing their lives to deplete the city's resources.

"At this rate, let alone seven days, they'll probably break through in two or three days."

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