Li Jing glanced at the letter in his hand. The surrounding generals did not dare to express their anger, for fear of disturbing the commander-in-chief. Of course, more importantly, they wanted to learn about the reinforcements from the commander-in-chief.
When they saw a smile on Li Jing's lips, everyone stared at the boss, the commander smiled, the commander smiled.
What does this mean? It means there is good news. You know, since the war started, the commander-in-chief has never had a good face. He frowned every day, but now he is smiling. Reinforcements are probably not far away!
Sure enough, when Li Jing raised his head and glanced at everyone, he said: "If you persist for one more day, Zheng Rentai will arrive with his army tomorrow! I don't care what you do, in short, you must give me the time to hold on for the next day. Dingxiang City will live and die together!!!"
"We will live and die with Dingxiang City!!!"
"Defend Dingxiang City!!!"
Shouts rang out from the tower, and then spread to the surrounding areas. After hearing such good news, the soldiers were no longer tired. They all picked up the crossbows in their hands and shot at the enemy in high spirits. Lift up rocks one by one and throw them at the enemies approaching the city.
Pots of boiling oil poured down from the city wall, burning the skin and flesh of the Western Turks who tried to climb up the city wall with ladders.
Not to mention that the fall of kerosene turned the city into a sea of fire, making it impossible for the Western Turks to get close.
We can only wait until the fire is extinguished before we can continue to attack the city. This will delay the siege even more.
Night gradually fell and the sun was about to set. Looking at the sky, King Zuo Xian reluctantly announced the withdrawal of troops.
Night is not a good time to attack a city. If you do not withdraw your troops and continue to attack, it is equivalent to letting your soldiers die.
Seeing the Western Turks receding like a tide, Li Jing and the soldiers burst into warm cheers.
They once again defended the city. Although the process was a bit difficult and there were many casualties, they finally defended the city.
When the generals gathered in the city lord's palace again, they all fell silent after hearing the number of casualties reported by their subordinates.
More than 10,000 men and horses were lost in battle again. At this time, they only had less than 40,000 men left. Originally there were 100,000 men and horses, but now there were more than 60,000 casualties. The battle losses were so high that it was quite scary.
Although the Western Turks suffered twice as many casualties as them, this could not make up for their losses.
"Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow, and tomorrow, I am afraid that the Western Turks' attack will be even more crazy, but no matter how crazy they are, you still have to defend the city for me. If anyone's wall is broken, just commit suicide!!!" Li Jingsao He glanced at everyone and said coldly.
After hearing this, all the generals patted their chests and promised that they would never lose their belt, and then Li Jing nodded with satisfaction.
After that, everyone began to discuss how to distribute troops and horses, how to use artillery and other matters.
The atmosphere in the Western Turks' Chinese army tent was not so good. Tables, chairs, plates and cups were thrown everywhere in the tent. King Zuo Xian stood in the center of the tent, pointing at a group of his men and yelling curses.
The siege of more than 300,000 people not only failed to capture the city, but also lost 30,000 to 40,000 horses. This made him not angry.
You must know that these 30,000 to 40,000 horses are not from foreign races, but more than half of them are his sons from the Western Turks.
So many people died at once. How would he face the people of the Western Turks when he went back? Although people would die in war, he still killed and injured so many of his own people despite having hundreds of thousands of aliens. This in itself is unjustifiable.
At present, he can only offset his sins by capturing Dingxiang City. Otherwise, a more cruel punishment will be waiting for him!
No wonder King Zuo Xian was so angry and yelled here!
Changsun Chong watched all of this quietly with a sneer on his lips. He was already preparing to leave here. Yesterday, he discussed with some foreigners and decided to leave the Western Turks. For such a long time, Changsun Chong was not a living person. Instead, he constantly lobbied the leaders of these foreign races.
Now that the Western Turks' attack has failed, it is a good time for him to leave!
Although more than 30,000 troops are not many, with these troops, Changsun Chong feels that he can do a lot of things! There is no need to stay under the fence and listen to the instructions of the Western Turks.
