Seeing this scene, some people from the five former counties of Yingzhou who stood at the top of the city and watched with hatred in their eyes. Because when the Northern Barbarians were filling in the Yingshui River, they killed countless Daning people.
Despite their hatred, these people were also secretly glad in their hearts. Fortunately, they followed the Lieying Army to Yunshan Pass. Otherwise, they would probably have been driven to the river and killed to fill it.
I saw some northern barbarian soldiers throwing the stones dropped from the trebuchet on the city head into the moat. Ye Ying asked people to stop using trebuchets to throw stones, and instead directed the archers on the city to shoot at the Northern Barbarian soldiers who were trying to fill the moat.
Because almost all the wooden chariots were smashed by huge rocks, the northern barbarian soldiers were no longer protected by the wooden boards on the wooden chariots. Once again exposed to the range of the opponent's bows and arrows, many northern barbarians were shot by the bows and arrows of the Eagle Army soldiers on the city and fell to the ground screaming in agony.
These northern barbarians are really not afraid of death. Their comrades fell in front of their eyes. They were not afraid at all, but were aroused to their bloody nature.
The Northern Barbarian soldiers held shields in one hand and various things that would help fill the moat in the other, and threw them all into the moat. Because they had to avoid the bows and arrows from the city, their speed of filling the river was much slower.
Seeing this situation, Heihan Mugu in the rear also summoned his own archers, stood under the city, and shot at the Dafu soldiers at the top of the city.
Since the Northern Barbarian archers shot arrows from bottom to top, their strength was much smaller, and their aim was also much worse. Only a few soldiers of the Fierce Eagle Army stood on the top of the city and were shot by the Northern Barbarian bows and arrows.
But in this way, the Archers of the Eagle Army on the city wall would not be able to attack the Chu soldiers who were filling the moat below the city without restraint. As a result, with the cooperation of the Northern Barbarians' archers, the speed at which the Northern Barbarians filled the river increased again.
As time passed, the Northern Barbarians paid the price of thousands of casualties. Finally, several passable passages were filled in the Huguan River at Yunshan Pass.
But at this time, more than half of the siege time on the second day had been used up. Heihan Mugu looked at the sun above his head, which was already somewhat westward, and knew that in the short period of time left, it was impossible for the Northern Barbarian army to attack the city and occupy Yunshan Pass.
So, he ordered the soldiers in the rear to beat the drums for retreat, ending the day's siege operation.
That night, Heihan Mugu specially asked the kitchen to provide extra meals for the Northern Barbarian soldiers. They were asked to eat well, return to the camp early to rest, recharge their batteries, and strive to successfully attack the city and occupy Yunshan Pass the next day.
Ye Ying, who was responsible for defending the city, was not as calm as Heihan Mugu, because he knew that the Northern Barbarians' attack in the first two days was actually just preparation for the official attack later. Tomorrow is the beginning of a bloody battle, and countless lives will be lost in this war.
In the evening, Ye Ying called Zhuge Ying, Chen Gang, Shan Fu and others to discuss with them what situations they would encounter in defending the city tomorrow and how they should respond.
Early the next morning, Heihan Mugu led the Northern Barbarian soldiers to Yunshan Pass. Once again, he shouted at the pass, asking Ye Ying and the soldiers of the Lieying Army guarding the pass to come out and surrender.
After seeing that the shouting had no effect, Heihan Mugu waved his hand, and his Northern Barbarian soldiers began to attack Yunshan Pass.
Due to the preparations made in the previous two days, the Northern Barbarians obviously accelerated the tempo of the siege this time. They were in groups of several, and some were responsible for holding shields to cover everyone's heads and block the bows and arrows shot from the city. . The rest of the people carried long ladders and rushed towards the Yunshan Pass wall.
The rear of the Northern Barbarian army was still the same as the previous day. Many archers held bows and arrows and continuously shot arrows at the city wall in an attempt to suppress the soldiers guarding the city wall.
Since the previous day, countless channels had been filled in on the moat. These soldiers carrying ladders quickly arrived at Yunshan Pass. They built long ladders on the wall of Yunshan Pass.
Some soldiers held shields in one hand and held him above their heads, while holding swords and guns in the other hand and quickly climbed up the ladder towards the city wall.
The soldiers guarding the city who were well prepared did not panic when they saw this situation. Seeing that the Northern Barbarian soldiers were already climbing up the ladder to the top of the city, these Eagle Army soldiers turned around and picked up jars from the rear.
The soldiers of the Fierce Eagle Army carrying the jar came to the city wall and poured the boiling oil in the jar down the ladder onto the heads of the Northern Barbarian soldiers. The boiling oil poured on the Northern Barbarian soldiers, and the tremendous pain made them unable to control their bodies. They immediately fell from the ladder and landed under the city wall, rolling and screaming.
At this time, other soldiers of the Fierce Eagle Army saw that the Northern Barbarians had no time to pay attention to the ladder set up on the city wall, and immediately pushed the ladder down under the city wall. The Northern Barbarian soldiers on the ladder were lucky enough to fall on others without being seriously injured, but those who were unlucky fell to have their limbs broken or died on the spot.
In this short period of time, seven to eight hundred of the Northern Barbarian soldiers who attacked the city were burned, injured, and shot.
Heihan Mugu stood behind the Northern Barbarian army, silently looking at the battlefield in the distance. Saw the Northern Barbarian soldiers falling under the city. He also felt very uncomfortable. Unexpectedly, the Fierce Eagle Army of Yunshan Pass was so tenacious and quickly caused so many casualties to themselves. This made Heihan Mugu very depressed.
However, Heihan Mugu knew very well that this time he would not be able to fight a protracted war due to insufficient food reserves for the army. Therefore, regardless of the casualties, he gritted his teeth and issued an order for the second batch of Northern Barbarian soldiers to dispatch and continue to attack the city wall.
Seeing these northern barbarian soldiers, they launched an attack on the city wall at all costs. Ye Ying also secretly complained in his heart. The toughness of these northern barbarians exceeded his imagination and brought him great trouble in guarding the border this time. But Ye Ying also knew that there was no room for failure in Yunshan Pass. For the nearly 100,000 people in the three counties within the pass, they could not retreat even a step.
But there was nothing to worry about at this time. Ye Ying continued to ask the soldiers on the city wall to pour a jar of boiling oil down from the city wall. At the same time, there were some soldiers holding stones and rolling logs and throwing them at the heads of the Northern Barbarian soldiers under the city wall. There were also some soldiers armed with spears and swords who stabbed at the Northern Barbarian soldiers who appeared on the city wall.
Since the Eagle Army soldiers were condescending, the Northern Barbarian soldiers attacking the city could only climb up the city wall using ladders. Therefore, the casualties of the Northern Barbarians were much greater than those of the Eagle Army soldiers on the city wall.
At this point in the battle, both sides were furious. No one seemed to notice the piles of corpses under the city wall and the blood flowing like a river, but they still continued to fight regardless.
Seeing that his soldiers had spent a long time not climbing to the wall of Yunshan Pass, Heihan Mugu sighed. He whispered a few words to the messenger beside him, who immediately ran to the rear quickly.
After a while, the Northern Barbarian soldiers pushed out a huge iron-framed cart from behind. On top of the iron-framed cart, there was a huge wood that was sharpened in front. These Northern barbarian soldiers pushed the iron-framed cart and quickly headed towards Yun. Rushing to the place where the mountain pass is closed.
Soon, the iron-framed cart arrived before the door closed. These barbaric soldiers slammed the sharp wood on the iron-framed cart toward the closed door of the Wind Guard City.
Seeing the behavior of the Northern Barbarian soldiers, Ye Ying, Zhuge Ying and others in the city secretly rejoiced.
Because before that, they all estimated that Heihan Mugu would use this method to try to break the door. Therefore, they added thick wooden boards and covered them with iron sheets behind the city gate in advance. Moreover, many stones and wooden pillars were used to support the city gate behind it. Therefore, the huge wood on the opponent's iron frame truck hit the city gate countless times, but failed to open the city gate.
The soldiers of the Fierce Eagle Army on the city wall kept throwing stones and rolling logs down the city, killing and injuring many Northern Barbarian soldiers.
The battle continued, and soldiers from both sides suffered heavy casualties. On the surface, the casualties of the Beiman soldiers who attacked the city were obviously much more serious than those of the Fu soldiers.
But Ye Ying knew in his heart that with the consumption of supplies and casualties. Defending the city will become increasingly difficult. For example, the boiling oil that made great achievements in defending the city on this day has been almost consumed in this day. At this time, there were these pitch-black boiling oils everywhere on the walls and at the foot of Yunshan Pass. They mixed with the blood of soldiers on both sides and gave off an unpleasant stench.
Zhuge Ying, who had been standing next to Ye Ying, looked at the Beiman soldiers attacking the city, and suddenly thought of something. He explained a few words to a soldier beside him. The soldier left quickly, and after a while, he took out several lit torches from behind the city wall.
The soldier quickly returned to the city gate, and then threw the torch in his hand toward the city. The torch fell on the boiling oil below the city, and immediately ignited a blazing flame.
A raging flame was ignited under the city wall, and many injured fell below the city wall. The Northern Barbarian soldiers who were groaning in pain suffered a disaster. They were immediately surrounded by fire, and soon there was no movement. A burning smell wafted from under the city wall. It was obvious that these northern barbarian soldiers had no chance of survival.
On the ladder, the Northern Barbarian soldiers who were about to climb up to the top of the city and seize a favorable position on the top of the city were also affected, because some of the boiling oil left on the city wall also burned. In desperation, these Northern Barbarian soldiers had to withdraw from the city wall and retreat to a safe area. The first wave of the Northern Barbarian army's siege was repelled in this way.
Soon after, the flames on the top of the city gradually extinguished. The Northern Barbarian soldiers who had rested for a while and recovered some strength saw this. Under the command of the generals, they carried ladders and launched another attack on the city wall. The soldiers of the Fierce Eagle Army guarding the city on the city wall once again held swords and guns, or raised stones, or carried boiling oil, and tried their best to fight against the attacking Chu army.
Huge boulders, long arrows, and basins of boiling oil... with the anger of the Eagle Army soldiers, they continued to fly down from the city wall. Not long after, many Northern Barbarian soldiers fell from the city wall. , groaning in pain under the city wall. Under the full defense of the Eagle Army soldiers, the Northern Barbarian army retreated again.
Seeing that many soldiers fell under the city wall and still did not set foot on the top of Yunshan Pass, the black and wooden eyes showed a look of intolerance. These are all warriors from the Northern Barbarians. There are relatively few Northern Barbarians to begin with, and it is difficult to replace this loss of troops.
However, Heihan Mugu knew in his heart that due to the serious shortage of food and grass in the army, there was no time for the army to attack calmly. At present, he could only rely on the advantage of having more soldiers and use the lives of soldiers to consume the supplies of the opponent's city defense. As long as the opponent's supplies for defending the city are gradually used up, they can quickly rush to the city and occupy the city.
The siege operations of the northern barbarian soldiers were carried out several more times, and many soldiers fell under the city wall. But there is also something that makes them feel happier, because there are fewer and fewer stones and boiling oil thrown from the city. This means that the other party's supplies are almost exhausted.
