The king behind the empress

Chapter 362 Bloody Battle

This tentative battle lasted for about an hour. After the people under Mo Chao's command lost hundreds of lives, this not-so-tragic battle temporarily came to an end.

Of course, what is not considered tragic here is just the intensity of the battle. After all, few people under Mo Chao's command even climbed the city wall, so this battle is not tragic at all.

It's just that for those who attacked the city, they were much more miserable when they were splashed with golden juice, but in this case, it was obvious that no one would care about them, and they were carried away to the wounded as they were still howling. barracks.

However, golden juice burns will definitely lead to infection. With the current level of medical treatment, if these wounded soldiers want to survive, they can only pray for God to protect them.

On the city wall, Du Cang, who was hoarse from shouting, could finally rest for a while. Looking at the slowly retreating army below, he couldn't help sighing: "The advance and retreat are orderly, and the march is orderly. Although this Mo Chao is a man He is a bit frivolous, but he is still a good general, and I am not as good as him in commanding the army."

Although I almost didn't lose any losses in the battle just now, it was all due to the fact that I was the side defending the city, and the city of Cangyi was so high and solid that the two sides were not fighting fairly at all, and Mo Chao was only tentative now. attack, so it is normal for him to have some losses.

Du Cang is very clear about himself, he just has some quick wit and experience, and he doesn't know much about commanding troops. With his own level, if he meets Mo Chao outside the city, even if the two sides have equal strength, he will He was beaten to pieces.

"Ah."

Du Yu nodded, agreeing with Du Cang's statement. He himself is a battle-tested person, and he is still a sharpshooter who needs to always pay attention to the overall situation. Therefore, he can still see a thing or two about the general's strength.

In his opinion, Mo Chao still has a bit of commanding ability, and Mo Chao's own strength is also very strong, so it is even more difficult to defend Cangyi City.

"Transfer the soldiers just now to the other two walls."

Du Cang thought for a while and said: "After the battle just now, although they are not qualified fighters, at least they will not be in a hurry. Putting them on the walls on the other two sides can also improve the fighting power there. "

Du Yu guessed Du Cang's thoughts after a little thought in his heart, he frowned and asked, "Master Du thinks that Mo Chao will attack the other two walls?"

"Hard to say."

Du Cang shook his head and said, "It's just that I'm watching you here on the frontal battlefield. Even if he's the main attack, I'm not very worried. In contrast, although the other two sides have slightly more troops, because they don't have a backbone, they can The displayed strength may be even weaker."

"Therefore, we can only transfer these people with a little bit of experience, and if they can be strengthened, it counts."

Hearing Du Cang's helpless words, Du Yu couldn't help but fell silent. He had been in the frontier army for many years, and he had never fought a battle with such a huge disparity in strength. Less than [-] were against [-], nearly ten times the strength of the troops. The gap, if not for them being the defenders of the city, plus the fact that they can recruit people to defend the city, he wouldn't even try.

"Mo Chao's testing is over, and there will be no more petty fights like this in the future. When the time comes, I will trouble you a lot."

Du Cang looked at Du Yu with a hint of apology in his eyes. He didn't want to involve Du Yu, but if Du Yu didn't come, Cangyi City wouldn't be able to defend at all, so after hesitating for a long time, he decided to bring Du Yu I was recruited.

Although this decision feels a little sorry for Du Yu, but he really has no other choice. Cangyi City, he really doesn't want to hand it over to a rebellious official like King Yu.

"My lord is serious."

Seeing the apology in Du Cang's eyes, Du Yu smiled indifferently. He touched the giant bow on his back, and then reached out to take it off from behind. When those cannon fodder came to attack the city just now, he didn't even make a move. .

After all, even though he is a bone-forging warrior, his physical strength is still limited, and the huge bow in his hand is specially made. Even with his strength, even if he is half-full, he can shoot uninterruptedly for half an hour. He played above and beyond.

But now this battle is likely to last for more than a day, so if he wants to maintain his combat effectiveness for a long time, he has to think about it. He can only shoot at critical moments, otherwise he will shoot blindly and cause no strength to shoot arrows later. The result will undoubtedly be even worse. Oops.

Thinking of this, Du Yu felt a little regretful. It's a pity that he is not in the marrow washing state, otherwise he would be able to attack recklessly. If that is the case, Du Yu has the confidence to defend Cangyi City even if the difference in strength is more than ten times.

Under the city, Mo Chao, who ordered the siege soldiers to retreat, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the city wall of Cangyi City. Although there was no gain from this siege, he already had some certainty in his heart.

"The soldiers who attacked the city just now were all recruits, and they didn't even have the most basic armor. But even in this situation, some of them could still attack the city wall, and they could also cause some disturbances on the city wall. This shows that the soldiers on the city wall are probably also recruits."

Mo Chao thought about the situation when the soldiers attacked the city just now, and nodded silently, "It seems that although Du Cang has made preparations, the problem of military strength is not so easy for him to solve."

"If that's the case, then this Cangyi City, I'm going to settle it!"

After making a decision in his heart, Mo Chao did not let the soldiers attack the city immediately, but called the lieutenant general, and said: "Burn the pot to make food, after the meal, put all the troops on it, I will take it today!" Xia Cangyi City."

"Press them all up?"

Lieutenant General Li was stunned for a moment, and just made a simple test, and all the members pressed on him. Isn't this a bit too impulsive, "Second Young Master, I'm worried that Cangyi City may hide its strength, shouldn't we be more cautious?"

"unnecessary!"

Mo Chao shook his head resolutely, and rejected Lieutenant General Li's proposal, "The opportunity is too late to come again. If we continue to refuel like this, and wait for Du Cang to train the new recruits on the city wall to become veterans, then we want to capture the warehouse." Yicheng will have to pay more losses."

"After all, we are the siege side, and we are inherently at a disadvantage. If we can make a quick decision, don't give them time to procrastinate. After all, military strength is not created out of thin air. It's fine to have a sharpshooter. If there is The army has entered Cangyi City, there is no way that I, Prince Yu's Mansion, will not receive news."

Mo Chao looked cold and stern. Although he was arrogant, he had one of his biggest advantages, that is, he was decisive in his actions. Although this kind of person might easily fall into other people's traps, he would never miss a good opportunity.

Seeing that Mo Chao had made up his mind, Lieutenant General Li stopped talking too much. After all, the coach here is Mo Chao, and he has the final say on how to fight.

……

After the army had finished their breakfast, Mo Chao directly divided his troops into three groups and launched an attack from three walls at the same time, while he himself stayed on the frontal battlefield, waiting for an opportunity.

This battle is different from the tentative attack in the morning. Mo Chao's soldiers this time are mainly elite soldiers. These elite soldiers not only have complete armor, but even shields are not rare. Under the protection of the equipment, the lethality of the archers on the top of the city against them was greatly weakened.

"Chong, whoever climbs to the top of the city first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and an official rank will be increased!"

The war supervisor held the banner high in his hand and spoke to encourage the soldiers attacking the city, but just as he finished shouting this sentence, a huge arrow was shot from the city wall, directly blowing his upper body into blood mist.

Standing on the top of the city, Du Yu's eyes were as sharp as the eyes of an eagle, and he was constantly looking for targets on the battlefield. The frequency of shooting the bow and arrow in his hand was not high, but every time he shot, there would be more than ten thousand arrows. The commander was killed by him.

The generals on the frontal battlefield were a little terrified of being killed by him for a while, and they didn't even dare to speak to command their own soldiers.

It's just that they stopped talking, and the soldiers who were not commanded suddenly turned into headless chickens. Some of them didn't know how to act, and the whole battlefield suddenly became a little chaotic.

Seeing this scene, Mo Chao gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Let the archer advance two hundred steps, aim at the sharpshooter, as long as he shows his head, shoot him!"

"Advance two hundred steps?"

Hearing this, Vice General Li quickly said, "Second Young Master, this is absolutely impossible."

"If we are two hundred steps ahead, we will be within the enemy's attack range, but we don't have a well fence, so if we are attacked by them condescendingly, our archers will be the target."

"It's okay, we have a lot of people."

Just pushing the archer to die like this made Mo Chao feel a little distressed, but he couldn't help it. If he couldn't suppress the sharp archer in the place, the generals on the frontal battlefield would not dare to take the lead at all. There is no way to fight.

After pondering for a while, Mo Chao added: "Well, let's send some shield soldiers to protect them, and tell them that no matter how much they lose, they must watch that sharpshooter dead for me, and he must not be allowed to attack again."

After Lieutenant General Li went down to give the order, Mo Chao looked at the tall figure at the top of the city with a gloomy expression. Although the number of sharpshooters is very small, they are extremely difficult to deal with. They have a long range and high accuracy. , It's just like Hades calling names.

It is said that the sharp archers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were developed by imitating the barbarian archers. At that time, the barbarian archers seemed to have an entire army. Now it is so troublesome to face one. I really don’t know when Gao Zu How did the emperor deal with an entire army of sharpshooters?

On the city wall, seeing Mo Chao's archers pressing forward, Du Yu quickly understood that these archers were here to target him, so he put away his quiver with some regret, and immediately moved to another place.

And just after he left, a wave of arrow rain fell on the city wall. Although most of them were blocked by the city wall, the remaining ones still caused great casualties to the army on the city wall.

A sharp arrow directly pierced a person's body. Those who were shot at vital points were better off, almost dying on the spot, while those who were shot and did not die on the spot were crying out in pain .

Seeing the blood-red scene on the battlefield, those people who had never been on the battlefield were suddenly frightened dumb. It was just a wave of arrows, and there were faint signs of collapse on the top of the city.

"Why are you all so dumb, keep throwing stones down!"

Looking at the scene here, Du Cang immediately arranged for someone to carry the wounded down, and then roared loudly: "Don't move now, wait for them to come up and kill you?"

"Quick, move, archers, turn the target for me, give me priority to shoot those sons of bitch archers in the city, don't give them a second chance to shoot!"

Under Du Cang's roar, the situation at the top of the city was quickly stabilized, but the situation did not improve much. The strength of those elite soldiers is not comparable to that of the cannon fodder in the morning. With stones, unfortunately, some people are afraid of coming up.

At this moment, the siege entered into a fierce hand-to-hand combat. A siege soldier climbed to the top of the city, and just stretched out his hand on the wall, the guarding soldier immediately cut off his palm, and he screamed suddenly fell down.

And just after he fell, another siege soldier took the opportunity to climb up, and when the defender had no time to withdraw his knife, he pierced the defender's chest with a knife, but in the next moment , He was pierced several holes in his body by several soldiers guarding the city.

Such scenes can be seen everywhere on the city walls. Although the soldiers who attacked the city suffered heavy losses, as they gradually climbed to the top of the city and stood firm, the losses of the defenders gradually increased.

"Master County Magistrate, it's not an option to go on like this!"

The city gate officer chopped off a soldier who had just climbed up to the top of the city, and said to Du Cang, "The casualties of the soldiers are too great. If this continues, we won't be able to defend for a whole morning!"

Du Cang wiped the blood all over his face, and his complexion was very ugly. He didn't expect that Mo Chao would be so decisive in deploying troops, and the [-] army would directly press him up. Now that he is under such great pressure on the frontal battlefield, the other two sides Not to mention the city walls.

Thinking of this, Du Cang took a deep breath, and said: "Let the reserve team go, don't think about the future, let's save today first."

For this defense of the city, Du Cang made a lot of plans, even with only this little force in hand, he even set up a reserve team.

Of course, most of the reserve team are newly recruited militiamen, so there are only a few more people, and their strength is not the only thing to mention. Originally, in his plan, this reserve team would go to the city to train in batches, so that they could gradually Adapt to the fighting on the battlefield.

Just looking at the current situation, there is no need for any reserve team. If they are not allowed to go, they will not even be able to defend this morning.

Under Du Cang's order, this new force quickly joined the battle. Although their combat effectiveness was weak, they were compensated by numbers. They quickly suppressed the arrogance of the siege soldiers and beat them down again.

Mo Chao tried to organize people to attack several times, and a few times even took down some sections of the city wall by himself. Unfortunately, under the threat of Du Yu and Hu Ya, the city wall he captured was not held for long before being given by Du Cang. Take it back again.

This bloody battle lasted for a whole day, and both sides suffered heavy losses. Mo Chao's 7000 army forced [-] people into it, and the troops above Du Cang City, more than half of the [-] defenders died, and the reserve team also lost their lives. lost heavily.

On the whole, the battle loss ratio of the two sides can reach about two to one, but the losses on Mo Chao's side are all elite soldiers, so even if they are defending the city, it would be a bit of a disadvantage for them to switch between the two.

But Mo Chao didn't care about these things. Although the casualties on Du Cang's side were not as high as his own, they were few.

After this stop, Du Cang's army guarding the city has almost been killed by him. After he rests for a night, he will definitely take down Cangyi City tomorrow!
Just when he made up his mind to take Cangyi City tomorrow, he received an urgent secret letter from Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Mo Zizai sent troops? And only [-] cavalry from the Yuzhi Army?"

(End of this chapter)