Inside and outside the city wall, fierce offensive and defensive battles were still going on. The barbarians below braved the rain of arrows and rushed upward crazily, hoping to scale the city wall, kill the defenders, and avenge the second leader.
As for the enemy troops on the city wall, they have no way out. They only have one county seat, and they have no choice but to defend it to the death.
Both sides had high fighting spirit and attacked desperately. The fighting lasted from afternoon to evening, and the barbarians failed to climb the city wall.
In the barbarian camp, the sound of gongs was heard. After hearing this sound, the barbarian army attacking the city retreated like a tide.
Seeing the barbarians retreating, the soldiers on top of the city seemed to have been drained of all their strength, and collapsed to the ground one by one.
After a high-intensity battle that lasted for a while, the soldiers were already extremely tired. At this time, the enemy retreated. They who had been gritting their teeth and persisting suddenly relaxed and sat down on the ground, not wanting to move.
Nie Chen put down the knife, held on to the city wall, panted heavily, and said,
"Stand up, go down to eat and rest, and let the other brothers go up to the city wall to guard against the enemy's night attack!"
After hearing this, the soldiers stood up holding on to their spears and swords, walked down the city wall tiredly, and went to the military camp to eat.
The new soldiers brought by Da Zhuang lined up on the city wall, carrying the corpses on the wall while guarding against the enemy.
The barbarians always kill and bury them in battles. They injured three to four thousand people this time. The corpses fell outside the city in a large layer, and there were corpses scattered in the distance.
The evacuating barbarians didn't care about these corpses at all. They believed that after the warriors died in battle, their souls would return to the embrace of the Immortal God, meet the barbarian gods, and enjoy eternal bliss. As for the body, it was just a skin and there was no need to take care of it.
The same is true when they fight in tribes. They let the corpses of the dead be eaten by wild beasts. As long as their souls can rest in peace, they don't care what happens to their bodies after death.
But they don't care, the county garrison has to take care of it. All these corpses are piled outside the city. Soon they will stink and rot, and then breed plague, so cleaning the battlefield must be done.
Wang Hao asked some new soldiers and some young common people to go outside to clean the battlefield, collect arrows and stones that could still be used, and carry the corpses.
After Nie Chen and others returned to the county government office, Xiao He and the other maids came up with steaming meals, and everyone started gobbling them up. Everyone was exhausted from the day.
Lin Guang said while eating,
"Lord, I have an idea. Should we let the corpse collection team outside dig some trenches outside when they are carrying the corpses? This can also block the enemy's siege speed."
Nie Chen shook his head and said,
"It's useless. The enemy is infantry, not cavalry. Trenches and horse pits are of little use. If you dig shallow, the enemy will come up in one step. If you dig deeper, we don't have that time. After all, there are many people outside." The open space is so wide that the enemy can go around it.
And even if we dig it out, it will be of no use. The enemy is not blind, they can still fill it up.
What is really useful in defensive warfare is the moat. "
Hearing this, Lin Guang nodded regretfully and said no more.
Qi Huan, Weng Qiuchan, Da Zhuang and others did not say anything either. Ma Niubao looked at the crowd while chewing the steamed buns and said,
"What are they all doing with droopy faces? What a big deal. Although we can't go out of the city to fight them now, we can defend. There is food and bows and arrows in the city now, so that's it.
We've had more than a hundred people die today, but there are thousands of people who have died outside. If this continues, they will definitely die first, don't worry.
Everyone was happy and brought wine to drink. It's been a long time since I had a good drink. "
"All the good men's wine is in the village, how can there be any wine here?"
Nie Chen rolled his eyes at him, and then said to Da Zhuang,
"Who is calling the shots in the village now? It's not okay if no one is looking after the house. There are so many people inside."
"I asked Shouhou to look after the house. When he came, I told him that this battle will last for who knows how long. I asked him to take good care of the house. If any people come to join him, he will recruit them and continue recruiting and training.
Shouhou is a veteran figure. He has been on the mountain for several years. He is extremely loyal and clever. "
"Okay, then I'm relieved. I'm also worried that the county guard will take advantage of this time to attack Qingfeng Village and take advantage of our background."
Da Zhuang said,
"It's okay, there are still 200 veterans in Qingfeng Village. Let them and their workers guard it for a while.
If the stubborn county guards really attack Qingfeng Village, then we will ignore the county and fight them to the death! "
Lin Guang smiled and said,
"Liu Hu is probably not in the mood to fight with us anymore. The hundred thousand troops outside are putting a lot of pressure on him. He is still waiting for us to fight the barbarians and reap the benefits. How can he go? Is it a waste of troops to attack Qingfeng Village?"
Nie Chen looked at Qi Huan and said,
"Send someone to conduct a secret inspection of the enemy's camp tonight to see where their food camp is and whether their food and grass can be burned, just like we did against the county guard last time."
While they were talking, Xiao He and the others came over with wine, but they were ordinary wine from the county government and could not be compared with Haohan wine.
"Come on, drink less. You're exhausted from fighting all day. Drink some wine to relieve your fatigue and have a good night's sleep."
Nie Chen took the wine jar and poured wine for everyone.
Qi Huan picked up the wine bowl and said,
"Thank you, lord, I will send someone to check."
However, Da Zhuang shook his head and said,
"My lord, you don't understand the barbarians. They don't fight like us Feng people. They don't have food and grass."
"No food and grass? Then what will they eat?"
Nie Chen asked in surprise.
“Food is scarce on the grasslands, so when they go on expeditions, people from each tribe bring their own dry food, usually fried beans, beef jerky and mutton jerky, which they carry with them.
Even after eating, there is grassland behind them, and they can send live cattle and sheep over. They have no grain team or large camp. Everyone has their own food, so there is no way to make a sneak attack. "
"Well, let's forget it. We only have 500 horses now. Attacking their camp at night will be a drop in the bucket. Let's just defend the city honestly and wait until the end to see if we can drag them away."
Nie Chen depressedly drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, then put it down heavily, picked up a steamed bun and was about to nibble on it, when a soldier suddenly came to report outside the door.
"My lord, there is a group of officers and soldiers coming from outside the south city wall. They are from the county guard Liu Hu. They want to see you."
"Liu Hu's people? Why are you meeting me at this time?"
Nie Chen asked curiously.
Weng Qiuchan thought for a while, frowned and said,
"It should be that Liu Hu wants to fight the barbarians with us, and then he will put forward the conditions for entering the city. He feels that we need their help at this time, so he will definitely agree.
We must not agree to him. Liu Hu is ambitious and full of lies. He cannot be believed. "
