Great Han Empire

Chapter 41 Yanzhao Fengyun
The battle for the auxiliary wall has begun.Li Hong chopped off the head of the enemy soldier who had just popped out with one blow.The other defenders began to throw stones, roll wood, and shoot arrows.The enemy soldiers kept screaming and fell to the hillside or the earth platform they built themselves.

After the initial contact, some Xianbei soldiers had jumped onto the wall, and some had already killed the city wall.The hand-to-hand combat became more and more intense.A centurion led by the head of the village, Zhou Hao, was firmly suppressed by the archers of the Xianbei soldiers around Meilou, and could not go down to support.Zhou Hao led the team several times and tried to rush down, but the casualties were too great, so he had to give up. He could only shoot from the side with a bow and arrow to help the defenders relieve a little pressure.And the centurions guarding between the main city wall and the auxiliary wall were even more shot by the condescending archers.Now only Cheng Jie's 60 people are fighting desperately in the middle of the auxiliary wall.

The siege battle in the direction of the main city wall has entered a fever pitch.Arrows flew in the air, huge stones were smashed down one by one, and rows of raging trees rolled down the ladder at high speed.The enemy's siege soldiers were either shot to death by long arrows, or knocked away by its huge impact, and no one was spared, or they were injured or died.Soldiers hiding on the base of the wall were either scalded by boiling water or damaged by hot oil.The corpses of enemy soldiers were scattered everywhere under the city wall.The wailing of the wounded soldiers was mixed with the sound of fighting, making it especially harsh.

Wu Yan concentrated the main force on the left side of the city wall, a group of five hundred soldiers attacked the fortress in turn.The Han army on the right side of the city wall launched intermittent attacks, forcing it to be unable to draw troops to support the left side.

On the auxiliary wall, more soldiers rushed to the top of the city.Li Hong had no way to deal with it, so he had to take a step back and help other comrades in arms to stop the enemy soldiers.At this time, a man's ferocity has no effect. He is surrounded by the enemy. Although he fights hard, he can't stop the enemy from killing his comrades.Cheng Xie's long arrow had been chopped off, but he still roared as he dealt with the enemy.A Xianbei soldier leaned out from the city wall and saw his comrade was killed by Cheng Xie's sword.In anger, he jumped onto the city wall, and before Cheng Xie's long sword pierced his chest, he shot a deadly arrow at Cheng Xie's throat.The Xianbei soldiers took Cheng Jie's long sword and fell down the city wall. Cheng Jie opened his eyes wide and fell straight on his back.

Li Hong held the enemy's knife and kicked the opponent's calf bone with one leg.The enemy roared and yelled, but was immediately slashed on the waist by Li Hong with an axe, and flew horizontally.Li Hong shouted at the Meilou on the mountain with all his strength: "Support..."

Zhou Hao's heart was bleeding, if he didn't rush down, there would be no one on the defensive side of the auxiliary wall, and it had basically been completely broken through by the enemy.He threw away the long shield in his hand, turned around and raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, go on killing, you have to die like a dead man."

Zhou Hao rushed out of the plum tower suddenly, shouting loudly: "Kill...", facing the enemy's dense arrow rain, he went forward bravely, and bravely took the lead in killing.The soldiers behind were inspired by Zhou Hao's bravery, roared angrily, rushed out of their hiding places, followed him closely, and flew down.

The long arrow pierced through Zhou Hao's body screaming.Zhou Hao's robust body shook, but he still ran forward tenaciously, still screaming loudly.Then the second arrow, the third arrow, and the fourth arrow shot through his body almost in no particular order.Zhou Hao felt that his body suddenly became lighter, and he felt as if he was going to float.He roared and flew up.He saw more arrows shooting into his body, but he had already flown, and he no longer knew it was his body.

Li Hong was stunned.He saw that Zhou Hao's chest was full of arrows, but he was still running fast, rushing down with the roaring soldiers behind him.

After losing more than 30 people, the centurion on Meilou finally broke through the death line and entered the fierce hand-to-hand battlefield.The twenty or so Xianbei soldiers on the city wall were immediately made dumplings, and all of them were killed on the top of the city wall by angry soldiers.

Standing on a distant mountain, Su Li shouted: "Good man. What a man. The second attack team rushed up to me."

Tian Jing commanded the troops to finally repel the enemy's first ferocious attack.The soldiers looked at the Hu soldiers who retreated quickly, and let out a loud cheer.A soldier ran back and forth on the city wall holding the Han army flag high, shouting in his mouth to vent his happiness.

Wang Jin strode over, his armor was covered in blood.Tian Jing went up to him, and asked with concern: "How is it, how about the casualties?"

"Return to the adults, 54 people were killed and 27 people were seriously injured."

"Why are there so many?" Tian Jing was a little surprised.If there were so many casualties, there would be almost no one left after fighting for a few days.

"Returning to my lord, many soldiers participated in the battle for the first time, and they lacked experience in battle, resulting in unnecessary casualties. The next wave of attacks may improve a lot." Wang Jin hurriedly comforted Tian Jing.

Tian Jing nodded, "Tell the soldiers that weapons should be used sparingly as much as possible, and not to be wasted. If they are all thrown down in a swarm like just now, how many of them won't be used?"

Wang Jin repeatedly agreed, saluted, and hurried to the left side of the city wall.He wants to call a few military officers and quickly pass on the request of the adults.

The number of enemies on the auxiliary wall increased again, and the battlefield gradually expanded.The Xianbei archers who suppressed the Han army stopped shooting for fear of accidentally injuring their own people.Wu Fei, who had been suffocated for a long time, led a whole centurion, took advantage of this gap, and quickly rushed to the defensive area in the middle of the auxiliary wall.For a moment, the enemy and us were entangled together on the city wall, and blood and flesh were flying everywhere.

Li Hong's hands and feet are limp after killing.After he forcibly took the enemy's knife, he felt powerless for the first time. He was shocked and staggered back, leaning against the city wall, panting heavily.He saw his comrade fell down by the enemy right in front of him, but he just didn't have the strength to raise the knife, and he didn't have the strength to rush to save him.His sad tears flowed down.

The horn of the enemy's attack sounded again under the city of Luronsai.Immediately afterwards, the thunderous sound of war drums rushed straight to the sky above Lulongsai, and the sound shook the sky.

The second attack of the Hu coalition forces began.

The winter sun is white, and it hides behind the thick clouds, as if frightened by the killing field in front of it, from time to time it shows half of its face to peep, and then shrinks back.Unknowingly, it had already hid behind Lulongsai Pass and disappeared.

Wu Yan stared straight at the bloody battlefield indifferently, without saying a word.This is already the fourth attack on Lulongsai in the afternoon.

He looked up at the gradually darkening sky, and suddenly turned around and said:

"Send the order to stop the attack and withdraw the troops back to the camp."

The sound of the huge bull horn slowly resounded through the battlefield.The soldiers of the Hu coalition quickly retreated from every corner of the battlefield like a tide.

Xiong Ba squinted his eyes at the bloody battlefield, looked at the big Chinese character banner flying over Lulongsai, and suddenly said: "This Tian Jing commander is really good. We underestimated him in the past."

Wu Yan smiled casually and said, "So what? Can he still conjure troops?"

Xiong Ba nodded in agreement: "Siege warfare is a war of attrition. Under the condition that both sides are equal, whoever has more soldiers will be the final winner. Although we cannot have an absolute advantage in numbers, we can Through the local battlefield, a large amount of the opponent's vitality is consumed to achieve absolute advantage."

"If we have 5000 people, I guarantee that we can take Lulongsai within three days. Ten to one, Tian Jing can be killed even if it is exhausted."

Tian Jing stood on the tower and watched as the Hu allied forces slowly retreated back to the camp.The fierce battle this afternoon was completely within his expectations. Unexpectedly, the enemy attacked Meilou, and the battle there seemed to be very fierce.

He was a little worried, and he was very eager to know how many soldiers were there.

Li Hong sat on the crest of the city wall, looking at the remains of his comrades lying on the wall, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.The entire scout team is basically gone.This is his compatriots, his comrades-in-arms, but now it has become a memory.How can the cruelty of war be summed up in a single blood.

Wu Fei looked at Tian Jing's face, couldn't hold back his tears, bowed his head and was speechless.

"How many soldiers are left?" Tian Jing asked softly.

"Excluding the seriously injured, there are still 62 soldiers who can fight."

"Lost more than 200 in the first battle?" Tian Jing could hardly accept this fact, "What about tomorrow?" He only has a reserve of [-] troops, if they are all deployed to Meilou for defense tomorrow, once there is a loophole in his frontal defense, There is no emergency replenishment of troops.

"Ten Commander Zhou Hao, the three centurions were all killed." Wu Fei said softly again.

Tian Jing's face was already very ugly.Why did Wu Yan choose the easy and the difficult, so he must attack Meilou?My loss is great, isn't his loss greater?Just in such a small place, I lost more than 200 soldiers, and I can't afford to lose it.

Tian Jing probably also understood Wu Yan's intention.It is more cost-effective for Wu Yan to fight the Han army at Meilou than to fight the Han army on the main city wall.The main city wall has a large defense area, and the soldiers on the defensive side can complement and assist each other, while the attacking side can only attack passively.After a day of fighting, the attacker will naturally suffer a big loss based on the ratio of casualties between the two sides.But on the small defensive side, there are few soldiers on the defensive side, and there is almost no possibility of mutual support.The attacker only needs to attack a little bit.In this way, based on the ratio of casualties, the attacker does not appear to be at a disadvantage.Wu Yan probably just bullied him that he had few troops, and wanted to consume his troops on the flanking battlefield.

But we can't give up Meilou.Meilou was controlled by the enemy, and the defense on the left side of the main city wall was completely exposed to the enemy's bows and arrows.It was originally an advantageous place to strengthen defense, but it turned into a weak point for the enemy to attack like this.The severe shortage of soldiers is the bottleneck of the current defense.

Tian Jing was very distressed, now she could only hope that the reinforcements would arrive in time.

When Li Hong was having dinner on the city wall, Wu Fei, the military marquis, came and told him that he was already the captain of the centurion of the remaining 62 people.At night, a group of 200 people from the reserve force all came up and entered the defensive position.He was under the command of Ji Ming, the chief of the village.

Su-ri was unanimously praised by everyone, which made him very excited.

"Tomorrow, I will attack fiercely one more day, and I will definitely swallow Tian Jing's reserve troops." Su Li said triumphantly, shaking his fat head.

Xiong Ba smiled and said: "Tomorrow, if you can eliminate about 200 people like today, then the day when Lulongsai will be captured will be just around the corner."

"Don't worry, although my troops have lost 600 people, I still have nearly 2000 people who are fully capable. I just need to replenish the arrows for the day. I shot all the arrows in the afternoon."

Xiong Ba looked at Wu Yan.Wu Yan immediately smiled and said: "There is still some preparation for this. I wish you success tomorrow, and we will enter Lulongsai as soon as possible."

Que Ji asked suddenly from the side: "Shall we attack for a day tomorrow, or half a day?"

Xiong Ba interjected: "The soldiers are very tired, and weapons and supplies need to be replenished. It is better to attack for a long time? The key is Suli's place. It must be fast, fierce, and ruthless. It must annihilate his vital forces. Once the goal is achieved, leave immediately. battlefield."

Su Li interjected, "Didn't you say attack for one day?"

Xiong Ba laughed: "Your troops have been attacking since the morning. Let's lead the army to put on a show outside the city in the morning, forcing Tian Jing not to move."

"What if I take down Meilou in the morning?" Su Li suddenly said seriously.

"If you take the Mei Tower, Tian Jing can only deploy troops from the frontal defensive position to support it. That way it will be easier for us to attack the main city wall in the afternoon. But your loss must be very large. I still insist on fighting against the cloud with the Han army." When the building is negligent, take the Yunlou. This will reduce the loss of the troops, and the blow to the morale of the enemy will be greater."

"Will it break the city?" Que Ji asked eagerly.

Xiong Ba shook his head: "Impossible. Now the morale of the Han army is high, the supplies are sufficient, and the strength of the troops is still sufficient for a period of time. Even if he loses the protection of his two wings, he can still support him. Lulongsai is indeed difficult to attack, and it is not easy to win .We have to compete with them in numbers, morale, supplies, and perseverance. Whoever can persevere to the end is the winner."

"What if it snows?" Wu Yan asked.

"Withdraw the troops." Xiong Ba said firmly.

Wu Yan, Que Ji, and Su Li looked at each other and wanted to speak almost at the same time, but Su Li preempted them, "Then our work is not in vain."

"So we must unite with sincerity and win Luronse as soon as possible. Everyone is on the same boat, and everyone is hurt and everyone is prosperous. After taking Luronce, the future wealth will be inexhaustible."

(End of this chapter)