At daybreak, the rebel army reluctantly retreated, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses.
Li Yue also didn't sleep a wink all night, and had a clear understanding of the strength of each unit under his command. Chen Duan was a veteran, but Zhu Xu had the style of a famous general. He stayed on guard all night and only suffered about 20 casualties.
The worst thing is Zheng Hui's county soldiers, who have neither fighting strength nor willpower. If the supervising team hadn't been suppressing them from behind, they would have collapsed first.
Defending a city with 100,000 enemy troops with 20,000 troops is a valuable experience.
Some people are born as generals, but Li Yue knew that he was not that good and could only make up for it through hard work.
If you walk too many roads, you will also step on a path.
Everything in the world is a process of practice making perfect, isn’t it?
Moreover, Li Yue felt that those who work hard are not necessarily worse than those who are born. The outcome of a war depends on many factors, not just on the battlefield. Even Xiang Yu, who is brave and unparalleled throughout the ages, didn't commit suicide in Wujiang?
Not an hour later, the car crashed and crashed again.
It seems that he will not give up until the city is conquered.
This time, they were besieged from all sides, and tens of thousands of people came in a dark attack.
There were random arrows flying across the city, and some of them hit the toothbrush above Li Yue's head.
This scene naturally could not sway Li Yue.
"The city is broken!" the bandits shouted wildly below the city.
Li Yue looked around and saw that a large hole had been made in a section of the city wall on the southwest side of Nancheng by a car. Countless thieves cheered and laughed.
There was also a panic on the city wall. Some people were just about to turn around and flee, but suddenly saw the supervising team standing behind them and continued to fight without saying a word.
Behind the broken walls are antlers, pits, and trenches.
Anything that is done in advance will be ruined if it is not done in advance.
Li Yue had already expected this scene and was fully prepared, so he didn't panic.
Xu Cheng led a thousand black cloud troops who had been waiting for a long time and shouted: "Come quickly and fight to the death!"
As soon as the thief army saw the maces, bones, hammers and other heavy weapons carried by the Black Cloud Army, it seemed as if a terrifying memory was awakened. One thief army thought to himself: "No, it's a trap!"
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
"Where can the rats go!" Xu Cheng has always been brave and has been recharging his energy for a long time. Now that he got the opportunity, he naturally refused to let it go and led his men to charge towards him.
The collapsed hole is not big and can only accommodate two or three people at a time.
So many people wanted to go out, but they were so crowded together that they couldn't get out.
Xu Cheng led more than 200 people to catch up and smashed to death more than 100 people blocked in the city one by one. He also used the corpses of the rebels as bricks and piled them in the breach...
The siege lasted from noon to afternoon.
Two hours after the truce, another fierce attack was launched.
There were many collapses in the city walls, but there was a line of defense behind them, which instead strangled more rebels.
The attack continued until dawn, but Xingyang City still stood firm.
Li Yue had not slept for almost two days, and so had most of the soldiers. They were more tired and sleepy than Li Yue. They held swords and spears in their right hands to kill the enemy, and poured a mouthful of meat soup into their mouths with their left hands.
On the third day, there was also a high-intensity attack.
The bandit army seemed to have figured it out. If they didn't conquer Xingyang, they would stop here.
For them, they can only move forward, not backward.
Under the spring sun, the entire city of Xingyang seemed to be stained with blood, and the stench of corpses was everywhere.
Looking down from the tower, even the water was dyed red and slowly flowed to the east.
On the fifth day, the bandits were finally exhausted and stopped attacking the city.
The corpses piled up layer by layer under the city, reaching half the height of the city wall, with at least 10,000 casualties. Even so, they failed to break through Xingyang.
The defenders also suffered heavy casualties, especially Zheng Hui's county soldiers, who suffered nearly half of their casualties.
At this time, Shi Min finally appeared, "The thieves' army has been exhausted, and our elite soldiers have formed. We will defeat them within two days!"
Li Yue looked into the distance and said so, but he was definitely not the only one staring at this feast.
"You have worked hard these days. After defeating the thief, I will definitely get some rewards for you!"
"How dare you, how dare you, I was born in Xingyang, and I have the responsibility of guarding the land."
If you want to get a piece of the pie when Jie Zhao is destroyed, you must have a status...
At this moment, on a low hill to the northeast of the battlefield, several riders were cruising like vultures, their eyes never leaving the battlefield. Seeing that the fighting gradually stopped, the leader raised his head and let out a loud roar.
Then a few horses suddenly jumped out from the southwest, closer to the battlefield, and quickly ran towards the mound, and then ran north together.
He crossed the Yellow River in a boat that had been prepared and rushed towards Liyang.
After being transferred back to Zhang Hedu, the strength of Liyang camp reached 60,000.
However, Shi Bin, King of Yan in Jie Zhao, was not prepared to go to war.
If you keep the army in hand for one more day, you can recruit more generals.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Shi Bin sat cross-legged and gnawed on the leg of lamb in his hand. His beard was covered with debris, and he looked a bit ferocious in his life.
He pacified Guanzhong, but it was Shi Bao who picked the peaches. Shi Bin was transferred back to Yecheng and idled for seven or eight years. Now that Shi Tao and Shi Xuan are dead, he has become the most adept at fighting in the Jie Zhao clan.
"The prince is ten years old, your majesty... is in poor health, and there is chaos in all directions. King Yan is the only one who can stabilize the country!" Several eunuchs complimented him nearby.
"The traitor Liang Du is of no use. If King Yan had taken action, he would have been pacified for many days."
Shi Bin didn't respond, he just gnawed on the lamb leg in his hand, biting the lamb bone with his yellow teeth, making a clicking sound, which made several eunuchs dare not say anything.
At this moment, an old-fashioned voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Where is King Yan?"
Without waiting for the guard outside to answer, he directly opened the curtain and barged in.
Shi Bin glanced at the visitor and put down the leg of lamb in his hand, "What does Lao Qiang mean by coming here?"
Yao Yizhong glanced left and right, "Your Majesty sent King Yan here to punish thieves, why did you send troops here?"
"Thieves are rampant, why rush?"
"The bandit army was defeated at Hulao Pass first, and has been unable to attack Xingyang for a long time. It's time to attack!" Yao Yizhong stepped forward, grabbed the mutton on the plate in front of Shi Bin, and gnawed it without ceremony.
"You old Qiang." Shi Bin not only didn't mind, but laughed.
"King Yan, General Chariot and Cavalry would like to see you." The guard outside the tent said.
Yao Yizhong frowned.
Shi Bin shook his oily big hand and said, "Send him in."
"only!"
Not long after, Pu Hong also opened the curtain and came in. He bowed his hands and said, "Meet the King of Yan."
Seeing Yao Yizhong also there, he was not surprised and said, "Greetings to General Zhengxi."
Yao Yizhong had the title of envoy Chijie, Shizhong, and general who conquered the west, and his official position and status were higher than that of Pu Hong.
As soon as the two people's eyes met, they suddenly became sharp.
Shi Bin knew this and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Pu Hong looked away, "The bandit army has become exhausted. It's time to make progress. Great achievements are just around the corner!"
Shi Bin looked up to the sky and laughed, "Mount the troops tomorrow! Defeat the bandits for me, leaving no chickens or dogs behind!"
"Lao Qiang is willing to be a pioneer!" Yao Yizhong said solemnly.
(End of chapter)
