Although he had rescued Gao Li and others in time just now, there was a Star Trooper next to him who was unlucky. He was caught off guard and was hit on the head by the corner of a heavy rolling log. His head was immediately bruised and bleeding. The tragic situation was unbearable. Look directly.
Many people had died in his hands before, and Lu Yunyou had seen many corpses, but now that the tragic scene was so obvious in front of him, he still felt that he couldn't bear to look at it.
While he was staring at the corpse, the soldiers behind him fixed the rolling log, then took back their weapons and ran forward, wanting to see if the person hit by the rolling log had any hope of surviving, but Unfortunately, the force of the rolling log falling from the eighty-nine-meter-high city was too great, and the man had completely lost his life.
"What are you doing standing there, why don't you go up quickly?" Now is not the time to mourn for the dead. Attacking the city is the first priority. A commander who arrived late saw the people going to check on the injured, and immediately said angrily scolded everyone.
"Yes," then, when everyone noticed that their commander was coming, they didn't dare to neglect and agreed. The next moment, several of them hurriedly built a new ladder and climbed up again.
"Yunyou, thank you so much just now." At the same time, Gao Li at the foot of the ladder nervously thanked Lu Yunyou. If Lu Yunyou hadn't pulled him out from under the rolling log in time, he would have been hit by the rolling log. So after knowing that it was Lu Yunyou who saved him, he immediately came over to express his thanks.
"Brother, stop talking and go up quickly!" Gao Li just thanked Lu Yunyou when Gao Da came over to remind them, because the captain behind was staring at them. No matter how scared he was about climbing the city, Gao Da did not dare to Disobey orders from above.
After his urging, Gao Li didn't dare to delay. After waiting for the people next to him to climb up the ladder, he smiled at Lu Yunyou. Gao Li followed the others and climbed onto the ladder again.
After what had just happened, when he touched the ladder again, Gao Da had lingering fears. He always felt that his grip was not stable enough. His original fearless aura no longer existed, and he even felt that his legs and feet were weak.
On the other side, the other star troops were all a little panicked because they had just witnessed the thrilling scene. They were afraid that when they boarded the city, Feng Jun would throw down a log again. Compared with the previous bravery, the morale of the star army was low. They have been severely hit, but fortunately they can still act in accordance with military orders.
Similar to the situation here, many Star Troops died tragically under the rolling logs in the past period. Those rolling logs not only caused great damage to the Star Troops, but also effectively prevented the Star Troops from climbing the city.
He has been paying attention to the situation near the city wall. On the chariot, Lan Wu remained calm on the surface, but his heart was already fluctuating greatly. Attacking the city was indeed not an easy task. He sighed secretly in his heart and also thought about what would happen if it weren't for this. He didn't want to miss the opportunity when Feng's army was small. He would rather wait for a while and wait for the large siege equipment to arrive before attacking the city.
Perhaps it would be easier to siege the city at that time, but now that they have reached this point, the Star Army has no retreat. From the beginning of the siege to the present, the casualties of the Star Army on the thousand-meter-long front have been close to tens of thousands. Once the Star Army withdraws, the Star Army will Their morale will definitely be hit hard by today's defeat in the siege.
"Dong, dong, dong..." At the city gate, the sound of siege engines hitting the city gate continued, but they still failed to open the city gate. Judging from the broken positions on the two doors, there was obviously something behind the city. Something was used as a barrier, and it was completely dark. It was not difficult to imagine that Feng Jun had completely blocked the city gate.
Even if they can break through the city gate, it is still difficult for siege vehicles to smash and remove the things behind the door in a short time. Feng Jun seems to have no intention of building a city at all, and has already sealed the city gate, regardless of this. Whether the move was ordered by Zhang Yuangang, in Lan Wu's view, Zhang Yuangang's ability was indeed extraordinary.
On the chariot, Lan Wu kept estimating his own casualties. Until now, under the cover of his own archers, many star troops had climbed over the wall to fight with the Feng army on the city.
On the city wall that is more than four meters wide, in addition to stones, rolling logs and some soldiers' weapons, the width of the walkway left for the soldiers to move is only about two meters wide. Now the narrow walkway is crowded with Feng troops and Xing troops. There are only two results when you go up, either you are killed by Feng Jun directly from the edge of the city wall, or you are killed by Feng Jun after climbing the city, and then your body is thrown down from the city by Feng Jun. What makes Xing Jun even more unexpected is that Feng Jun actually The crenels had been smeared with grease in advance. This method caused great trouble for the Star Army to climb the city.
Along with the corpses of the Star Army, their weapons fell together. Whether long weapons or short weapons were thrown down, they would cause damage to the Star Army below, even greater than the impact of the falling corpses on the Star Army.
Chaotic situations could be seen everywhere under the city. Screams, calls for help, and even insults were heard. The formation of the Star Army became more and more chaotic. Before long, even the officers responsible for commanding behind the crowd were unable to stabilize the situation.
The morale of the army was in chaos, and the situation was very unfavorable to them. The generals of Lan Wu and Qianxing Army who were watching the battle from a distance had solemn expressions. By now, they had already seen that attacking the city was more difficult than they thought. The long and fearless charge had no effect. The casualties of our own soldiers continued to increase, and the morale of the Star Army generals was also severely hit.
The tenacity of Feng Jun's resistance has exceeded everyone's imagination. Zhang Yuangang is no longer an ordinary marshal in the hearts of Lan Wu and others. On the contrary, Lan Wu's image in the hearts of the generals has been reduced. If Lan Wu cannot take it in time, As countermeasures are taken, the morale of the Star Army will become lower and lower, and the chance of conquering the city will naturally become smaller and smaller.
As time went by, some generals even thought that after they had worked so hard to break open the city gate, what would be waiting for them when they tried to rush in would be a rigorous bow and arrow attack. The city gate was only so wide and was not suitable for a large army to charge. Feng Jun's bows and arrows The hand should always be on standby behind the city gate, and by that time, the Star Army on the scale of the city may have suffered numerous casualties.
The generals had more and more doubts in their minds. When they originally went to war, they had a complete battle plan in mind. However, when faced with the changes in the battle situation, each of them felt that they had not thought carefully before, and even had their will to attack the city. shake.
But having said that, Lan Wu has already considered the issues that the generals are worried about now. The situation at hand is indeed not good for them. Considering the possibility of the city gate being blocked by Feng Jun, there is only one way left for the Star Army to board the city. , that is to rely on the ladder to climb over the city wall.
Using ladders to climb the city requires breaking through layers of enemy obstacles. Judging from the current situation, this method of siege will also bring a large number of casualties. If it had not been previously expected, the only option would be to withdraw troops.
But now for Lan Wu, the siege has reached a critical moment. If they cannot capture Languan in one fell swoop, they will miss the opportunity, and the entire army will be demoralized due to the failure of the siege. The image of the military commander will become more powerful in the eyes of your own soldiers.
When reinforcements from the Feng Army arrive later, they will lose all their advantages as the victor. It will be easy to withdraw, but withdrawing will cause too many problems. Lan Wu knows that if they want to capture Lan Pass as soon as possible, they can only advance. Retreat, otherwise once time passes and enemy reinforcements arrive, it will be even more difficult for them to break through Lan City due to various reasons.
"Marshal, the Feng Army's defense methods are endless, and the resistance is too tenacious. I'm afraid it will be very detrimental to our army in the long run." While Lan Wu was silently making up his mind, a general waited for Lan Wu to issue an order, but he was helpless. So he had no choice but to take the initiative to ask Lan Wu for instructions.
"Marshal, the number of ladders in our army is limited. If too many are destroyed by the enemy, even if we can finally board the city, it will be difficult to take care of us because there are too few ladders. I am afraid that the situation will be even more unfavorable to us then!" Then there was another person! The general expressed his opinion based on the situation at hand.
"I wonder if you guys have any good strategies for attacking the city?" The two generals' analyzes were correct. Lan Wu did not question the two of them, but wanted to take this opportunity to see if the generals had a better strategy for attacking the city.
"Marshal, in my opinion, our army's current siege strategy should be to extend the front line. However, Feng Army's reinforcements are convenient. It will take some time for us to extend the front line to areas where Feng Army's defense is weak. During this period, our army will still suffer a large number of casualties!" Facing Lan Wu's inquiry, a general in his forties with a heroic spirit calmly expressed his thoughts.
"The general felt that our army's siege was too hasty, the siege equipment was insufficiently prepared, and the enemy's defense method was insufficient. Therefore, the general believed that our army should withdraw early before it suffered a large number of casualties. That's right." Immediately afterwards, another general gave his opinion.
"General Zhou's words are reasonable, and the last general also believes that it is advisable to withdraw his troops as soon as possible."
"The general will agree to withdraw the troops."
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