Cheng Tao on the side, his heart was already in his throat. Although the order from the top was to launch an unreserved fierce attack on Changshui County, with the current style of play, even the elite could not withstand it. The sixth battalion and the One of the Seventh Battalion suffered more than 30% casualties, and another suffered more than half of the casualties. There was no morale collapse, and it could be called an elite division.
However, according to the strength of Changshui County, if you want to capture the defense line, you must continue to invest troops. The entire vanguard force only has 5,000 people. Once the number of casualties exceeds 1,000, whether they are soldiers fighting or waiting for rotation in the rear, The military morale will be shaken by the large number of corpses that cannot be covered up.
When the time comes, let alone capturing the city, whether they can stabilize the morale of the army is a question.
"General, we can't fight like this, otherwise the morale of our army will collapse before the city is captured."
Faced with the obstruction by deputy general Cheng Tao, Jing Peng ignored it at all. He just stared at the raging city wall in front of him, his face expressionless, but in his heart he was already racking his brains to figure out the next strategy.
Cheng Tao was right, even if Shangfeng had issued a death order, such a fight would never work.
For the entire vanguard force, if the casualties exceed 10%, the soldiers will realize the seriousness of this battle. If the casualties exceed 30%, there is a risk of morale collapse. Although as an elite division, Jing Peng is confident that his soldiers can withstand this battle. The fight continued with 30% casualties, but what about more than half of the casualties? When soldiers realize that there is no hope of attacking the city, they will lose their fighting spirit and think of ways to save their lives.
At this time, Jing Peng had to send out supervisors to kill those soldiers who were too timid to fight and run away. In this way, drinking poison to quench their thirst would only speed up the defeat.
Jing Peng's goal was to directly break through Changshui County's defense line before the main force arrived, eliminate the enemy's effective forces, and capture Qin Feng alive.
But facts have proven that, let alone capturing Qin Feng alive, just breaking through Changshui County's defense line is already as difficult as climbing to the sky.
At the same time, Jing Peng realized that the tactics he had arranged to disturb the enemy had almost no effect, and his tactics had already been seen through by Qin Feng.
Five thousand people faced a solid city with 1,800 defenders, and the opponent's weapons, equipment, morale, and even war experience were more elite than their own.
At this time, Jing Peng had already thought of retreating, but retreating would be equivalent to violating the military order from the top.
For a time, Jing Peng also fell into a dilemma.
Jing Peng glanced at the anxious Cheng Tao next to him calmly, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. I'm afraid his soldiers still don't know that in this attack on Changshui County, the summit is to fill the top with human lives at all costs. Chew this bone off as quickly as possible.
Even if the entire vanguard force of 5,000 people is wiped out, Shangfeng will never care and will only throw more soldiers into the battlefield.
Should he continue to attack fiercely and kill all the soldiers, or should he disobey the command from the top and retreat, shoulder all the blame on his own, and allow Qin Feng to breathe?
No matter which choice he makes, it will be a disaster for Jing Peng.
The Fifth and Sixth Battalions gradually replaced the Seventh and Eighth Battalions, and fresh blood was injected, but the situation did not change at all. Changshui County was still as difficult as before.
This critical battle continued from day to night, and from night to day.
The early morning light shone on the earth, and the battle continued, but the high-intensity offensive and defensive battle had long since ended, replaced by confrontation and attrition.
All the soldiers who were able to siege the city had been rotated out. Those soldiers who had been removed for repairs had no idea of attacking in the face of the stronger east and west walls.
Jing Peng also knew very well that even the southern defense line of the city could not be breached, and turning to attack the east and west defense lines with abundant military supplies was simply seeking death. However, after days of fierce fighting, the fighting spirit of the soldiers has been worn away. Although they have not yet retreated, more and more soldiers are dying at the hands of the supervisors, which means that everyone has lost the will to attack the city. Start playing smart to save your life.
Now, the situation is no longer controlled by Jing Peng. Even if he wants to strictly implement the military orders from Shangfeng, he has to change his strategy because of the cowardice of the soldiers.
From large-scale battles to small-scale harassment, he only sent a hundred or ten men to attack the city at a time.
Half of the hundred or ten men were holding large shields to resist the arrows fired from the city wall, protecting their comrades, forcing themselves to the edge of the city wall, and throwing hook locks upwards.
This refueling tactic is not really for the purpose of attacking the city, but rather to prevent the defenders from resting.
According to the news sent back by the messenger, the main force has begun to gather. Under the dispatch of General Chen Si, it is estimated that they will arrive in three or four days.
Therefore, during this period, Jing Peng's only mission was to consume as much military supplies in the city as possible, as well as the physical strength and energy of the defenders.
During this period, Jing Peng also ordered the messengers to report the military situation to General Chen Si.
When he learned that Jing Peng had changed his strategy, Chen Sifei was not angry at all, but fully supported it.
Even Chen Si did not expect that the situation in the royal capital would be so chaotic, with various forces intertwined. After all, he was a military general, not a politician. Even if he relied on military means to suppress it and simply and crudely executed orders, he would not be able to assemble in a short time. The main force.
Of course, this short time is relative, because the "three-day period" is unacceptable to any general, even those loyal imperial generals.
Moreover, even if they are assembled in a hurry, various mistakes will occur, which will affect the situation of the battle.
Therefore, Chen Si could only bear the pressure and gave the generals of all parties four days. Within these four days, the main force must be assembled.
Besides lamenting that the impact of Ye Xiao's rebellion was too great, Chen Si had no other choice but to continue to waste away.
Fortunately, Jing Peng is extremely capable, which is a big comfort to Chen Si.
Chen Si sat in the Ministry of War and looked at the military reports sent back by Jing Peng. Although the records above were terrible, if it were normal, it would not be an exaggeration to directly bring Jing Peng to justice. However, these are extraordinary times after all, and Jing Peng also wants to carry out the mission. Feng ordered, and after the siege was unsuccessful, he could still continue to carry out the war of attrition to exhaust the enemy, which was considered to have overfulfilled the task.
For this reason, Chen Si urgently dispatched a thousand infantry to Changshui County to supplement Jingpeng's troops.
At this moment, Qin Feng had already left the city wall and returned to the county government office.
Except for Qin Feng, there was no one in the huge county government lobby. Not even Li Xiaolan and Shen Qingci came over, but asked Qin Feng to "calm down and calm down."
The city was indeed defended, but the pressure in Qin Feng's heart became even greater.
