The lights in Dingxiang City are brightly lit at night, and the city walls need to be repaired, and the defensive materials such as rolling logs and stones must be replenished. Otherwise, the enemy will attack tomorrow. Without these things, there will only be hand-to-hand combat.
Hand-to-hand combat is not the strength of the Tang army. Being able to use city walls to block the enemy naturally relies on the city walls. This is also the advantage of the Han people!
The soldiers were all busy, and Li Jing and others were also not idle. The lights in the city lord's mansion were also brightly lit, and everyone was discussing the situation of tomorrow's battle and today's battle losses.
"You have all seen that we suffered a lot in today's battle!" Li Jing said, holding up a bamboo slip that counted the battle losses in his hand.
Everyone in the hall felt heavy. Everyone had indeed seen the bamboo slip, but the numbers on it made them unable to believe it. However, this was the fact.
"The biggest loss was on the west wall. I don't know which lunatic from the Western Turks was leading the troops. He actually didn't hesitate to sacrifice the lives of those foreigners. He pressed us with a rain of arrows and forced an attack! If the soldiers hadn't braved the rain of arrows and fought to the death to resist, I'm afraid that the western city wall will be captured by the Western Turks!" Niu Jinda said solemnly, he was the one guarding the western city wall, and he naturally knew the situation best on the west side.
It was his west wall that suffered heavy casualties. It can be said that he was defeated and wounded in a fight with the enemy!
If it hadn't been for the critical moment when Li Ji came with his troops to support, it's hard to say whether the west wall could have been defended.
After hearing Niu Jinda's words, everyone's expressions changed slightly.
You must know that there are a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and today's battle resulted in more than 10,000 casualties. If the remaining city walls follow the tactics of today's west wall tomorrow, it is unclear whether Dingxiang City can be defended.
However, Li Jing sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, glanced at everyone and said: "Tomorrow, let those Western Turks see the power of the wooden knot. As for the artillery, it cannot be used for the time being. If all the aliens die, the Western Turks will not feel bad. I will use the artillery." It must be left to the direct descendants of the Western Turks, I will make them suffer, so that they will know that Dingxiang City is not so easy to win!!"
Li Jing's words were naturally inspiring. Everyone was stunned. They had just entered a dead end and forgot that they still had wooden lumps and artillery.
Both of these things have been tested on the battlefield, and their power is beyond their imagination.
Let’s not talk about artillery, let’s talk about wooden lumps. If a wooden lump is thrown into the crowd of Western Turks, it can kill and injure a circle of people, making these people lose their combat effectiveness.
If there are tens of thousands of people in the city shooting wooden lumps out of the city, then it is conceivable that all the Western Turks who approach Dingxiang City will die!
Thinking of this, everyone relaxed a little, said goodbye to Li Jing, and went down to prepare for tomorrow's battle.
Li Jing looked at the departing soldiers, his brows did not relax, but furrowed even tighter.
He was indeed inspiring the troops just now. If the troops lose their morale at this time, they will definitely lose tomorrow!
We can indeed survive tomorrow, but what about the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow?
The wooden lumps are not unlimited. Although they brought a lot of them, it is difficult to defeat the Western Turks with wooden lumps and artillery.
In the end, it all depends on the strength of the troops. They only have more than 80,000 people, and the Western Turks have a full 400,000 horses. Today, there are 40,000 casualties, and the Western Turks still have 360,000 horses.
You must know that they are defending the city, not attacking it. The enemy's troops and horses are three or four times larger.
The 360,000 men and horses, using up all the wooden lumps and artillery shells, according to Li Jing's estimation, can only reduce the Western Turks' army and horses by 100,000 at most, and no more is possible.
But even so, it is already very valuable.
However, even if the enemy lost 100,000 troops, he still had 260,000 troops.
The only hope is for the enemy to be timid, frightened by the wooden lumps and artillery fire, and withdraw with more than 200,000 troops, otherwise Dingxiang City will be in danger!
Dingxiang City is making preparations, and in the west, Yumen Pass is also making preparations.
Contrary to Dingxiang City, Yumenguan is preparing to defeat the Tibetans tomorrow, while Dingxiang City is preparing to resist desperately.
The two are not the same. After all, Yumen Pass is a pass, and the guarded area is narrow. Even if there are more troops and horses, they cannot spread out. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
