For three days, Bao Xin commanded the army to attack continuously for three days. Although he climbed onto the city wall several times, he was eventually defeated by Yang Lin again.
In just these three days, Bao Xin had lost a quarter of his troops and suffered casualties of 5,000 soldiers.
On the first day of the siege, Bao Xin lost a total of more than 1,300 soldiers, but he also caused 400 to 500 casualties to the Xiliang army at Mengjin Pass.
The next day, Bao Xin lost 2,000 troops, but still only caused 400 casualties to the Xiliang army in Guancheng.
The reason why there is such a big difference in the results of these two days is because of the general's command. After all, Yu Jin, a good five-man general, was in command on the first day, so the record was naturally better.
However, as Yu Jin was injured, Bao Xin's ability in uniting the army was really not that good, which was why the battle loss ratio was so bad the next day.
Fortunately, Bao Xin also responded to this problem in time, and on the third day he forcibly pulled out Yu Jin who was recovering from his injuries. Of course, Bao Xin would not let the injured Yu Jin personally charge into the battle, he would just let him be responsible for commanding the soldiers.
But with the command of Yu Jin, a good five-man general, the results on the third day finally looked better. Although it cost 1,700 casualties, it caused more than 600 casualties to the enemy.
"General Li, the soldiers under my command have suffered heavy losses. If they are not repaired for a period of time, they may not be able to exert much combat effectiveness!" Before the military formation, Bao Xin said to Li Xiang with an ugly face.
It is true that the casualties of Bao Xinhui's soldiers were too heavy. If he continued to fight like this, with such huge casualties, I am afraid that the soldiers under his command would mutiny in less than two days.
Therefore, although he was a little afraid in his heart, Bao Xin still had the courage to say these words to Li Xiang.
"That's good. Governor Bao has worked hard these days. I'll try my best next time." Li Xiang thought about it silently in his heart, and finally agreed to Bao Xin's request.
There is no need to push Bao Xin too much at this stage, and besides, the casualties of Bao Xin's men have indeed been quite high in the past few days.
What's more, Li Xiang still has a cannon fodder unit under his command. During this period of time, the remnant army left behind after Qiao Mao's death in battle was almost trained by Li Xiang and was able to play a role again.
"Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, you two are responsible for attacking the city!"
"The last general takes command!"
After that, the two men led Qiao Mao's 10,000 remnant troops and some of the elite Bingzhou troops to leave the military formation and began to prepare for the attack.
Although Li Xiang was planning to use Qiao Mao's defeated army as cannon fodder, but he wanted to capture Mengjinguan under the guard of Yang Lin with just such a cannon fodder unit, so he had better go to bed as soon as possible. Don't do that. Sweet dream.
There is no way to get an elite Bingzhou army to act as a top force. Those cannon fodder are just to consume Yang Lin's troops and distract Yang Lin's energy. To really play a key role, they must be truly elite.
"Let me release the catapults!" Following Qin Qiong's order, thirty catapults were launched at once, and stone bullets were thrown towards Mengjinguan.
Although some of them hit the wall due to accuracy issues, there were also many stone bullets that successfully hit the Mengjin Pass, and some unlucky ones were directly hit with bloody heads.
The flying rocks all over the sky were like bombers, constantly wreaking havoc on the Xiliang army on the wall. It didn't take long to bomb the Xiliang army all over the wall.
When Bao Xin's army attacked the city before, it wasn't that Li Xiang was stingy and unwilling to take out these catapults, but that Li Xiang couldn't take them out even if he wanted to. This batch of siege equipment had just arrived yesterday, and it happened to be put to use by Li Xiang.
"Hahaha, brothers, kill me!" Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin shouted at the same time, and then took the initiative to rush forward.
At this time, there were still pieces of flying rocks in the sky, hitting Mengjinguan one after another. When Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin led their troops to approach the Guanqiang, Qin Qiong would order the catapults to stop attacking to avoid accidentally injuring his own people.
"Quick, shoot the arrow!" Yang Lin roared angrily on the city wall of Mengjinguan.
But under the threat of continuous attacks from catapults, how many soldiers dared to stand up, draw their bows, and shoot arrows at the risk of being smashed to pieces?
It wasn't until Yang Lin had no choice but to draw his sword and kill several soldiers to scare the monkeys that the situation changed slightly. But despite this, the arrow rain also seemed a bit sparse, which was completely different from the army that faced Bao Xin a few days ago.
Yu Chigong, who personally led the siege of the city, suddenly raised his head. He held a standard shield in his left hand with several fallen arrows stuck on it. However, his right hand did not use his Zhangba spear, but used his bamboo spear. Steel whip. Siege warfare is not a field horse battle. Using long weapons will affect his performance, which is far less efficient than using short weapons.
Only to hear Yuchi Gong shout, "Brothers, hurry up, put up the ladder quickly!"
"No!" The soldiers on both sides responded immediately after receiving the general's order, and set out to do it.
"Fire arrows for me, hurry up, hurry up! Stop the enemy! Hurry!" Yang Lin has no other choice now. He can only command the soldiers under his command. No matter how fast he goes, they will no longer be able to cherish the arrows. . Just now, due to being suppressed by the enemy's catapult, they had already lost the opportunity, and the enemy was able to attack the foot of the city wall so easily.
After being suppressed by catapults, the Xiliang garrison on the wall once again regained their courage and pulled the bowstrings in their hands.
The sound of arrows was heard, and arrows rained down, but under the leadership of the fierce general Yu Chigong, the soldiers bravely climbed up the ladder with their shields on their backs.
"Prepare the rocks and the rolling logs. Make sure you hit them accurately. Don't let an enemy climb up." The coldness in Yang Lin's eyes kept flashing as he calmly gave orders one after another.
Although the shield can defend against bow and arrow attacks, it is somewhat powerless against rolling logs and rocks. Under the rolling stones falling from the city wall, countless soldiers on the ladders were hit one after another.
After the soldier in front was hit, he screamed and fell down and became a meat pie, while the soldier in the back followed up, but was also smashed down after a while, and it continued like this over and over again. Even Yu Chigong was forced to jump off the ladder several times under the continuous rolling wood and thunder stones.
The only difference from Yu Jin is that Yu Chigong is stronger, and he jumps from a lower height. Therefore, every time Yuchi Gong jumped off the ladder, he was safe and could continue to lead his soldiers to attack.
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