That night.
After resting, the Jin army launched a fierce attack on Guancheng again.
Countless torches lit up from far to near.
On the city wall, Song Wu was responsible for guarding the city wall, and the original garrison and Guo Yang's troops began to take charge of the rear.
During the day, the Jin army's trebuchets could hit Guancheng from a long distance, and the houses nearby had already suffered accidents and were torn to pieces.
Many people also packed up their belongings and began to move further away to avoid the flying stone attack.
Many houses have been vacated, and the troops in the rear began to demolish the houses and use them as military supplies to transport to the city wall.
Another part of the manpower also began to imitate the Jin Army in assembling trebuchets on the spot to counterattack the opponent.
With no visibility in the dark, a hot air balloon is of no use.
This city's Gaoguan Pass only has the word "Shou", and the hot air balloons are mainly used for observation, so there are not many of them.
Now the battle in the dark night has lost one dimension and has returned to a 'traditional war'.
With the help of Jin Bing, the ladders once again hooked up the city wall of Chenggaoguan, and the bloody battle started again at the head of the city.
In the darkness of the city, more than a dozen hot air balloons took advantage of the chaos to carry dozens of elite Jin Army soldiers to the city.
As soon as these dozens of heavily armed people landed, they were immediately surrounded by people and were immediately stunned.
Song Yang swarmed up with hundreds of people, looking at the huge hot air balloon against the firelight and couldn't help but sigh.
This guy Utu is really damn cunning.
The outside was covered with black cloth, leaving a gap for observation.
Fortunately, there were so many people on our side, so the whole army was on guard for enemies coming from the sky, otherwise these people would really sneak in.
These dozens of people say there are too many, but they say there are too few.
If it really ran to the city wall, it would be a big trouble.
Guo Yang laughed ferociously: "Kill them all! Keep the hot air balloon!"
.....
The roars of tens of thousands of people broke the silence of the night.
Stars on the city wall kept falling.
This battle lasted until dawn, and the golden soldiers never stopped, and the soldiers at the top of the city were constantly rotating.
Wutu stood not far away and observed, sighing secretly in his heart.
It seems that the hot air balloon tactic has failed, but this is also common sense. After all, this is what the opponent came up with first.
If it comes to usage, I am probably more proficient than myself.
"Your Majesty, the nearby stones have been used up, and the trebuchet is temporarily short of stones." Paba suddenly came to report.
"Used it so soon?" Wu Tu frowned in surprise, "Continue to send people to collect, the trebuchet cannot be stopped."
"There is no way out now, the city must be captured. Even if a hundred thousand people die here, you still have to fight me!"
"I will make arrangements now."
...
After several days of fierce attacks, corpses piled up like mountains in front of Chenggaoguan!
The corridors of the city wall have also been covered with blood.
If it wasn't winter already, the weather would be cold. The smell here is probably already nauseating.
Chenggaoguan has still not been captured, and the soldiers who defend the city are still holding on.
However, all the soldiers had unprecedented fatigue on their faces.
I have never seen such a crazy attack, almost non-stop day and night, without any chance to breathe.
Even Song Wu and Guo Yang, who had been in battle for a long time, secretly smacked their lips.
Fortunately, the Jin army just retreated for the second time...
Song and Guo looked at the bottom of the city with solemn expressions. Seeing corpses scattered everywhere, Song Wu said: "We can't hold on anymore, we should leave."
Guo Yang hesitated: "Would you like to take another look? I don't know what's wrong with Wutu withdrawing his troops at this time. He has changed his tactics continuously in the past two days. It's better to know more about such an opponent."
"The more things go like this, the more we should retreat. The gains outweigh the losses if we continue to hold on. The entire city has been emptied. There is no morale down there anymore. Look at it."
Song Wu pointed casually.
Guo Yang pointed towards him and saw a group of soldiers guarding the city sitting together, silent and numb on their faces.
Although the victory can be considered maintained now, the psychological pressure caused by bloody battles day and night and harvesting human lives is also obvious.
Without assistance, it was obvious that they could no longer hold on.
Guo Yang looked solemn and looked up at the sky again: "Well, while their hot air balloons are not here, order the entire army to evacuate immediately. Everything that cannot be taken away should be destroyed!"
.....
Inside the Chinese military tent, the clouds were gloomy and gloomy.
Utu remained expressionless.
I had been mentally prepared for the difficulty of siege, but when it came to the actual attack, this kind of intense consumption was still hard to accept.
Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed and injured before they can break through, but there is good news.
The opponent's city defense supplies seemed to be really running out. Jin soldiers climbed onto the city wall countless times to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent.
Now, just try again!
An unprecedented fierce attack should be able to take down Chenggaoguan!
"Why did your Majesty withdraw his troops again?" No one said anything, so Paba couldn't help but ask.
Wu Tu thought and said: "Morale is low. I look at the battle situation and see that the soldiers guarding the city are weak, and the follow-up supplies are insufficient."
"The high pass of the city will be captured within two days. This recall is to ask you and others to mobilize again. In the next round of siege, the elite leaders will capture the city wall as soon as possible."
"National Preceptor, please pass down the order and tell the soldiers below. Our army only has two days of food reserves. If we cannot take the high pass of the city within two days, I and all the soldiers will die together."
"After two hours of rest, attack the city again!"
Realizing the seriousness, Paba looked stern and ran out of the tent quickly.
Once the cauldron is destroyed, there is no way out.
Two hours later, the fully mobilized Jin soldiers launched a final general attack on Chenggaoguan like a tide.
Aerial ladders were also quickly transported on the battlefield, and the soldiers shouted slogans in unison.
Soon the city walls were covered with ladders.
One by one, the golden soldiers began to climb up the ladder.
But the next moment, everyone suddenly stopped and looked up at the city.
A question mark popped up in my mind.
No, where are the people? What about the sound?
Jin Bing, who had climbed up the city wall, stood on it blankly, with devastation in front of him.
There are signs of being smashed and burned by fire everywhere.
Behind him are mountains of corpses.
Utu and Paba watched as each of their own people climbed onto the city wall and stood on it blankly. They both slowly opened their mouths at the same time.
What's going on? Abandoned the city and fled?
It shouldn’t be! At such an important pass, which garrison would dare to abandon the city and escape? If he did, he would be dead?
Before he could think too much, a soldier ran back quickly, panting: "Your Majesty! They have abandoned the city and fled, and there is no one in the city!"
Paba was agitated, reacted quickly, and said with great joy: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The general guarding the city is a mediocre man. He must have reached the end of his battle and was frightened by the might of our army. He knew he was no match for Wangfeng and fled!" "
Wutu's dark face was full of disbelief. He couldn't help but touch it twice, feeling like he was falling into the clouds.
Looking at the top of the city again, he saw that it was already filled with Jin troops, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth became wider and wider.
Ran! He really ran away on his own!
"Hahaha, the guard is incompetent, God help me!!"
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