On March 28, Xun Lie ordered to concentrate his troops to attack the northern city wall. Ten trebuchets attacked, and the trebuchets immediately counterattacked in the city. There were many trebuchets outside the city, but because the soldiers inside the city were well-nourished, strong, and well-trained, the five trebuchets could hit accurately and quickly. You come and I go, regardless of top or bottom. Five hundred infantrymen pushed five cloud ladders in outside the city, and hundreds of Khitan cavalry roared and fired. At this time, the crossbows in the city were firing in unison. They were condescending, and their shots were far and heavy, but the hit rate was not high, and there were not many casualties between them. Fu Xi asked: "The crossbow arrows have little killing effect, so what?" Li San replied: "We still have few people." Fu Xi asked: "Can we focus on shooting at the enemies on the ladder?" Li San followed the order. Sure enough, the number of casualties among the enemies of the ladder increased significantly, and the advancement slowed down. But in the end the ladder came up, and the soldiers outside the city rushed up the ladder. At this time, Yaksha beat, crashed, and forked poles to meet them. The bows and crossbows became more and more lethal, and the casualties of the soldiers outside the city increased sharply. However, soldiers gradually climbed onto the city wall, and casualties in the city increased rapidly. The veterans of the Fu family and the officers of the city defense army came forward one after another. The enemy troops had limited ladders and could not rush in quickly. The defenders suppressed the enemy troops and fought. On the city tower, Li San accompanied Fu Xi and explained the battle situation to Fu Xi. Outside the city, Xun Lie saw that there was no hope of attacking the city, so he raised money and retreated his troops.
Fu Xi asked: "What are the casualties today?" Li San replied: "10 people died, 6 warriors and 4 city defenders. One of them died from a trebuchet and the rest died from fighting on the city wall. 21 people were seriously injured and 49 were lightly injured. The seriously injured have been admitted to the hospital for treatment, and the rest are resting at the medical point." Fu Xi asked Tong Jichun: "Is the mortality rate of the injured high?" Tong Jichun replied: "The mortality rate of the seriously injured in the army is generally 50%, and 20% of those with minor injuries died. . But our medical point is under the city wall, and there are men who bring the injured over in time, which basically avoids death due to excessive blood loss, which greatly reduces the mortality rate. We have dealt with the injuries to internal organs in time, and it depends on luck later. . The wounds of those with minor injuries have been cleaned in time and bandaged with medicine. They should be fine." Fu Xi asked Li San: "How many enemy casualties are estimated?" Li San replied: "The number of enemy casualties should be about 50, and the number of serious injuries should be about 50." There were 50 people, at least 100 were slightly injured."
At the camp outside the city, Xun Lie asked: "What are the casualties of our army?" Du Wenbai replied: "48 people died, 61 were seriously injured, and 120 were slightly injured." Xun Lie asked: "Can the Khitan reinforcement cavalry be deployed in place?" Du Wenbai replied: " Already in place." Xun Lie asked: "When will the remaining five ladders arrive?" Du Wenbai replied: "At most three days." Xun Lie asked: "Why is the defender of Su County so strong? According to the soldiers who attacked the city wall, Su County The county soldiers are powerful and skilled, and can fight one-on-one." Du Wenbai replied: "It seems that the spies are not capable enough. They only look at the number of enemy troops and do not pay attention to the quality of the enemy troops. I also take it for granted that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is equal to mine. . So we can't attack the city wall quickly." Xun Lie said: "We can only wait until we have all the people before attacking."
On the 29th, nothing happened outside the city. Before the reinforcements from Tongxian County left the country, they were ambushed by Khitan troops. After a sudden attack, the Khitan cavalry collapsed. No one was left alive, and only a few cavalrymen and generals fled back. The Khitan cavalry rushed to another ambush point. The Tan County reinforcements were trying their best to resist the ambush. When they saw another Khitan soldier coming, they immediately collapsed and could hardly escape. Reinforcements from Yixian County had not yet been sent out. After hearing the news, they did not dare to go out. In the evening, news from the capital reached Suxian, and Anbei general Wang Shiping led an army of 2,000 to come to the rescue.
On the 30th, the Khitan sent reinforcements back to Xun Lie's camp, and another five ladders arrived. Du Wenbai said to Xun Lie: "My lord, spies from the capital came flying pigeons to report that Anbei general Wang Shiping set off from the capital today with an army of 2,000. It is estimated that two The Japanese cavalry has arrived. We currently have 1,000 Khitan cavalry, including the 100 who fought with the troops sent out from Su County. We have left 10 to fight and 90 to return. We have 100 cavalry and 500 infantry. We have 10 ladders and trebuchets. We lost two and now have eight." Xun Lie said: "We will attack the city with all our strength tomorrow."
Tomorrow, all the enemy troops will be dispatched. 500 infantry, 100 Han cavalry and 400 Khitan cavalry will dismount and come towards the north wall with ladders and swords and shields. Fu Xi was shocked when he saw it: "Uncle Li San, why are there so many Khitan soldiers?" Li San looked bad and replied: "They should be reinforcements." Fu Xi asked: "What should I do?" Li San replied: "What if the enemy All the troops are attacking the city from the north wall. I have backup, so I am not afraid. But the enemy troops should attack the city from all sides, so the men must go up and let the women participate in carrying the supplies." Li San sent an order to Zhao Si and Sun Wu to adjust accordingly. Fu Xi asked: "Can we hold it?" Li San replied: "We are not optimistic. Even if we can hold it, we will suffer heavy losses, and there will be countless casualties among men." Fu Xi almost cried. After finally achieving some achievements in construction, we have to return to before liberation overnight. Fu Xi asked: "How do we get the secret army?" Li San thought for a while and replied: "If we take risks, maybe it's an opportunity." Fu Xiyan: "Oh?" Li Sanyan: "The enemy can't attack from the front, so the Khitans should be defeated. People are attacking the city from all sides. As long as all the people are dispersed, we can send a signal to the secret army to attack the leader, and we can take it in one fell swoop. But the other three walls must be taken advantage of by the Khitan people, who will attack the city with all their strength and have no time to save their leader. . How can we make it feel that we have an opportunity? The city defense attack must be relatively weak. I plan to send a group of city defense troops to each of the three city walls to lead some men to defend frontally, and disabled veterans and some men to defend with crossbows on the city tower and round tower. This way It has the effect of slowing down the enemy's attack, but it cannot completely curb the enemy's attack on the city. If you do this, there is a risk of conquering a section of the city wall." Fu Xiyan: "Just do it." Li San passed the order and asked the disabled veterans and some men to Go to other city walls first and wait for orders. There is no rush to mobilize the city defense troops. Fu Xiyan: "Contacting with the secret army's signal must be accurate and timely!" Li San replied: "Don't worry, sir, we have agreed to send letters by flying pigeons in the past two days. Xu Shisan and the others are already waiting in the hiding place. , after receiving the signal, we can kill him in two or three minutes." Fu Xi was very happy.
The enemy only had eight trebuchets, and one damaged trebuchet was repaired in the city, and three more trebuchets were urgently produced. There were also eight trebuchets, so the five trebuchets pressed against the opponent's trebuchets, and the three trebuchets were The machine used kerosene to attack the enemy's ladder. Good guy, he concentrated his attack on a ladder and actually lit it on fire. Fu Xixiao asked: "Uncle Li San, is this your back-up plan?" Li San smiled and replied: "Yes! This will shake the enemy's morale." The enemy troops under the city were indeed in a hurry, but they also pushed forward more crazily. Ladder. Finally, eight ladders reached the city wall, and the enemy troops roared up. The defenders Yaksha beat, crashed, and forked poles to meet them. Arrows rained down from the towers and round towers, and kerosene poured directly onto the ladders. Although the enemy troops stormed the city wall, the passage was not smooth and they were suppressed by the defenders. The enemy troops could not completely attack and take advantage of their numerical advantage. While talking, another ladder was burned.
