At this time, the enemy had not yet attacked the city, so Xie Xing was relatively relaxed. He smiled and said,
"Old Zhang, our mission this time is to bring you and Zhang Mengqi back safely.
You are killing the enemy on the city wall with no eyesight. If something goes wrong, how can we go back and report to the marshal? 33
Besides, you have paid enough for the country, and we should protect our heroes.
You, just go back and hug your two little wives and have fun together. As long as we are here, the enemy army cannot attack the city. "
"Thank you, General! My subordinate is a soldier. Even though he has been a civil servant for five years, he has not forgotten the fighting nature in his bones. Please let me do something. Even if I hold a knife, I can kill the people on the ladder. Cut down the enemy."
"You call yourself a subordinate, do you still think of yourself as a soldier of my Yue Family Army?"
"That's natural!"
"Okay, General Zhang Xiaoyu of the Yue Family Army listens to the order!"
The smile on Xie Xing's face disappeared and he shouted seriously,
"The general now appoints you as the commander of the Sichuan Camp. You will be in charge of the soldiers and horses of the Sichuan Camp, lead the auxiliary troops, search the whole city, and bring all the materials and food that can be used to defend the city to the city wall. You are not allowed to mistaken!
You are familiar with Loulan City and know where things are hidden. Take your people and auxiliary troops to search them out! "
"I will obey your orders!"
Zhang Xiaoyu knew that Xie Xing was protecting him, so he didn't say anything more. He immediately got off the city wall and led the soldiers of Sichuan Ziying to search the whole city.
After he left, the enemy troops who had been forming a neat formation also stopped.
One hundred thousand troops from the south lined up, and a regiment at the front rushed towards the city wall holding a ladder.
Because the enemy army had to march in a hurry, they did not prepare any large-scale siege equipment. They just came over carrying ladders.
The 10,000 men in this corps held bows and arrows in the back to suppress the defenders at the city wall, while the front team carried ladders and ran as fast as they could.
On the top of the city, the soldiers of the Yue Family Army all fired arrows downward.
Loulan City was very poor and had no trebuchets or crossbows.
Yesterday when the Sichuan army attacked the city, these were all good things. Now that the Sichuan army is defending the city, these have become inconveniences.
The defenders on the city can only use long wooden sticks to knock down the enemy's ladder, lift up rocks and wood to smash it down, or burn kerosene and pour down the ladder, burning all the people and ladders. Lose.
The battle to defend the city is always the most cruel war. Both sides will do whatever it takes and use all methods to drive out the enemy.
The enemy's first corps fought for only an hour before it was no longer organized. This corps withdrew, and the next corps came up.
This is siege warfare. There is no such thing as a quick victory in siege warfare. Unless there are unreasonable masters like Yu Ming and Li Miaoyuan in the Zhenbei Army who can open the city gate, siege warfare is a war of attrition.
Consume the ordnance and supplies of the defenders, consume the number of defenders, and consume the will of the defenders. When the number of defenders is too small to take care of all the city walls, and the will collapses, the attackers can climb to the top of the city and occupy the walls. .
At this time, not only the south wall was under great pressure, but so were the other three walls.
The enemy had no feint attack tactics at all. It started with a general attack, one corps after another. While one corps was attacking, the other corps were resting.
However, the number of defenders is small, and the rotation is also small. The enemy's army is 400,000 to 50,000. It is a war of attrition, and the advantage is on the enemy's side.
The siege started in the morning and continued uninterrupted. The enemy troops took turns to attack, continuously and in a moderate manner.
Its elite level and tactical coordination are not the same as those of the Loulan Army that previously attacked Yumen Pass.
Zhao Long had been observing the enemy's offensive. After a while, he said to Xie Xing,
"Brother Xie, the enemy army is obviously commanded by experts. You see, every corps has a certain degree of attack and defense. The heavy shielders protect the archers and suppress the defenders at the top of the city. Others are running like crazy and building ladders to attack the city. Once a corps suffered more than 20% casualties, it immediately retreated to rest while the next corps came up.
This kind of city defense battle is not easy to fight. Our casualties are not small. The enemy will kill us. "
"What should we do? Call for help?"
"That's not enough. I will lead the Zhenbei Army out for a while to see where the enemy's defenses are weak and see if there is any hope of leading you to break through. If there is no hope of breaking out, it will not be too late to call for help."
"Okay, then go ahead."
Zhao Long descended from the city wall and came to the place where the Zhenbei Army gathered. He led the Zhenbei Army to kill towards the south gate.
The south city gate opened, and 20,000 Zhenbei troops filed out and attacked the enemy troops attacking the city outside the city.
The enemy army never expected that when the Sichuan army was at a disadvantage and passively defending the city, it would dare to take the initiative to attack. For a moment, the formation was in chaos, and they were wiped out by the Zhenbei Army. They fled in a panic and fled back to their own camp.
Zhao Long led the Zhenbei Army to pursue the enemy's defeated troops until they reached the enemy's camp. The Zhenbei Army was like a torrent of steel, thrusting straight into the center of the enemy's army. The enemy's infantry was unable to match it, and it was easy to defeat them. Then he was killed by the Zhenbei Army.
However, just when Zhao Long was about to make a comeback, the sound of gongs suddenly came from the top of the city, which meant that Ming Jin was withdrawing his troops.
Zhao Long frowned when he heard the sound, and immediately turned his head to look at the city.
On the top of the city, the messengers were waving the command flags. Zhao Long understood the meaning of the flags. The enemy troops in the west and east of the city were thinking of gathering and surrounding them from the south of the city. Xie Xing asked him to quickly return to the city and withdraw his troops.
After Zhao Long understood the meaning, he pondered for a moment and did not choose to return to the city through the south gate. Instead, he led the Zhenbei Army directly to the east of the city to kill him.
They bypassed the back of the Jingjue army and headed straight to the east of the city. The Zhenbei army rode on desert wolves and were extremely fast. The Jingjue army wanted to intercept them, but they simply couldn't do it. They quickly got rid of them. They overcame the enemy and collided with the Chengdong Che Division troops who came to support them.
Many of these chariot troops were people who had fled back to the country after being defeated in Mangya City in the west of Qinchuan. These people had been defeated by the Zhenbei Army. Now they saw the mighty torrent of steel and killed them. He came over, not even daring to resist, and just ran away.
Zhao Long easily attacked and defeated the enemy's reinforcements, and then led the Zhenbei Army to the Che Division Army.
Almost all the Che Division troops here are new troops. They have never seen the Zhenbei Army. When they saw the Zhenbei Army rushing over, they fought desperately to resist, causing considerable resistance to the Zhenbei Army.
However, how powerful the Zhenbei Army was. These new troops had little combat experience. Under the open guns and hidden arrows of the Zhenbei Army, they were quickly killed in a bloody way.
The Zhenbei Army passed through the Che Division Army and arrived outside the east city gate. The defenders inside immediately opened the city gate and let the Zhenbei Army enter the city.
Some people died, but not completely...
