Outside the city of Baili, the flags fluttered, the enemy army almost poured out, the leader of the enemy army, Ling Tian, from the four cities they occupied, drew a lot of men and horses, gathered a mighty army of 150,000, and just wanted to recapture the ancient city of Baili. This time, they hope to pour most of their strength into this battle, for them, this is a turnaround battle, only by being afraid of the officers and soldiers, and showing their own prestige, can they wash away the shame of suffering two major defeats in a row.

In Baili City, because Wan Xing was worried that Baili City was too close to the front line, and the enemy army was coming, he sent 20,000 main forces of the Dragon Battalion to take over the city defense of Baili City the day before yesterday, Zhuo Ying and the general Feng Yanggu who came to take over the defense of the Dragon Camp discussed, and the defense of the city tower and the east and west gates were handed over to the Dragon Camp, and the original Wuwei army in the city came to assist them in defending the city as a reserve force, while the south gate and the north gate were still guarded by the Wuwei army.

On this day, Ling Tian used the tactics of crowds to attack the city, and the enemy soldiers took low-altitude aircraft, because the maximum flight altitude of the aircraft was only three meters, and it could not reach the city tower with a wall as high as ten meters, so they could only continuously shoot rockets at the head of the city. In an instant, countless rockets shot towards the soldiers of the dragon camp at the head of the city, and many people became targets for a while because they couldn't dodge, and only a few arrows fell into the city, injuring a few civilians by mistake. On the castle tower, in addition to using shields to protect, the soldiers quickly launched a counterattack, in addition to using arrows, they also used secret weapons, that is, a batch of lightning bolts (about dozens) borrowed from Sanchuan City before, in addition to the soldiers who shot arrows at the head of the city, the rest of the soldiers held the crashing wood, wave after wave to the city gate, the east, west, north and south four gates are the same attack strength. After hitting for a long time, because there were many soldiers on the inside of the city gate who blocked it with their bodies, and the strength inside and outside was balanced, so the city gate still did not move. On this side, under the intensive attack of lightning and arrow rain dropped by the soldiers of the dragon battalion, the enemy army suffered heavy casualties, and lost at least one or two thousand men in a moment's effort.

Seeing that the enemy army had organized more than a dozen siege charges, Ling Tian thought that he could not defeat it for a while, so he had to send troops to surround Baili City, and the siege was impassable. He thought that he would trap the people in the city to death.

Just as he was about to give the order to suspend the attack, the undercover agents in the city, who had just seen that the enemy troops outside the city had begun to attack the city, could not bear it anymore and began to move. Seeing that the defense of the north gate was slightly weaker, they killed the mighty army sergeant who was guarding the north gate at this moment, and for a time the city gate was opened, and the first two thousand enemy troops rushed in, and the remaining mighty army at the north gate carried out a fierce battle with this group of enemy troops. At the critical moment, Zhuo Ying personally led the main force of the dragon camp of 3,000 people who had just come to take over the defense from the city tower, rushed to the north gate to help, blocked the gap in time, and successfully closed the city gate. However, the two thousand enemy troops who were locked at the north gate at this time saw that the city gate was closed and there was no hope of retreating, so they fought the trapped beasts one after another. After another fierce battle, although the enemy army was completely annihilated, the armed guards guarding the north gate also suffered heavy losses, and although the dragon battalion that rushed to reinforce was brave and good at fighting, it had just experienced a war of attrition and in order to close the city gate in time, which also made them pay a lot of price, losing four or five hundred people. Facing the city gate that was finally closed, only to see the corpses piled up, blood everywhere, miserable, everyone silently watched these mighty soldiers who died for this battle sad, there is no doubt that they are the bravest, but also the most daring to sacrifice.

After the fierce fighting, before the night fell, the two sides seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding and temporarily extinguished the flames of war. No one knows if the enemy is making a short recuperation in preparation for the next attack. However, Zhuo Ying's side also arranged for the sergeants to take turns to change guards and take turns to eat. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates not to relax their vigilance for a moment, and to be vigilant against the enemy's attack on the camp at night. Fearing that the enemy would sneak attack, he didn't dare to leave the front line easily and return to the City Lord's Mansion. I had to discuss the battle plan with the lieutenant generals in the sentry tower on the city tower, and several people gathered around the brazier, eating while chatting about the enemy's combat intentions and strategic deployment.

At this time, the beginning of winter had passed, and the wind in the north was blowing like knives, and the weather was much colder than in previous days, and this weather also made the guards standing guard at night tremble a little, and they couldn't help rubbing their hands.

On the top of the city tower, soldiers wrapped in thick cotton clothes, looking from the city, the cold wind shouted, the heaven and the earth were full of solemn and bleak atmosphere, and a chill was poured into people's bones. From day to night, the enemy troops outside the city had been attacking and besieging for a whole day, and after a dozen charges, they were also a little tired. Ling Tian originally thought that this 150,000 army would be enough to cause a lot of deterrence to Baili City, and with the strength of his own troops, he would definitely be able to force Zhuo Ying to surrender, but he never expected that more than a dozen rounds of charges plus the two thousand men and horses who rushed into the city, on the first day, he had killed four or five thousand people and seriously injured eight hundred people in this battle. Before, when his subordinates sent tens of thousands of horses to attack this city, the city lord would take the initiative to surrender. Unexpectedly, this time, this guy actually resisted to the end, and this time it seems that the city's defense force has increased a lot.

While he was wandering in the tent, one of the undercover agents who opened the city gate during the day escaped from death, and was taken to the tent by his men at this moment.

"Tell the Great Chief, we have underestimated the strength of the dragon battalion that has recently come to take over the defense, all the men we arranged in the city were killed in the battle, only I was knocked unconscious in the melee when I met our people outside the city gate, and I picked up a life. The nobody reported to him.

"Waste, all of them died in battle, why don't you die. Also, why didn't the dragon battalion come to take over this information, I was still thinking just now, how can these soldiers defending the city seem to be a lot stronger in combat, damn, I have killed and injured five or six thousand brothers, five or six thousand lives. You know how much effort and time I spent on these family funds. Ling Tian was furious, pinching the collar of the visitor with both hands, eager to kill him immediately.

Then he pushed the man away, "You, get out of here, my thousands of brothers died in vain," and with that, the whole person sat down on the ground and froze in place.

Above the castle tower, a brazier was burning in the sentry tower, and a group of people were discussing the next step, how to launch an offensive against the enemy.

"Lord Zhuo Ying, do you have any personnel to count the casualties of our army in today's battle, please tell us" Feng Yanggu asked anxiously.

"It's cold weather, it's really cold at night, everyone come and take a sip to warm up, and I'll report to you again. Zhuo Ying took a few sips of fragrant rice wine to ward off the cold. After drinking, he handed the flask to a few brothers around him, so that everyone could also protect themselves from the cold.

One by one, everyone passed the flasks and said yes again and again.

After a while, he exhaled softly and said lightly: "Victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, there are 30,000 armed guards in my city, plus 20,000 dragon camps brought by General Feng Yanggu, and the entire city defense force has 50,000. Today, the Wuwei Army lost more than 2,000 people in the First World War, counting the 1,500 killed in the Dragon Battalion, we lost nearly 4,000 people in this battle, and I also asked people to calculate the enemy's losses, and the casualties were no less than 5,000. ”

"Alas, it is a pity that the casualty rate of our army is much higher than that of the enemy. Feng Yanggu shook his head and sighed.

"Actually, it's all my fault, if it weren't for my negligence, I would have let the enemy plant a small group of spies in the city to secretly open the north gate, and I wouldn't have killed and injured so many people, after this battle, the defense of the north gate was even more empty. Zhuo Ying added as she blamed herself.

"Lord Zhuo Ying, you don't need to blame yourself, I ask you to send someone to investigate the scheming matter, and see if there are any suspicious people in the city who have recently been involved, and arrest them. The air defense of the North Gate City, I will arrange the guards of the two thousand dragon battalions to guard it, this time it must be foolproof, if the hundred miles of the city is lost, we will all be to blame, and I will not have the face to go back to see Marshal Wanxing. The weather is getting colder and colder every day, and attacking the city in this season is simply killing the enemy. We only need to unite as one, and everyone is united, to hold the city for five days, and there will be reinforcements within five days, and then we can break the siege by attacking from inside and outside!"

At the moment, I'm more concerned about how much grain and grass we have in the city, and how long can we support it? Feng Yanggu continued.

"Grain and grass, general, don't worry, at least half a month, half a month, presumably the reinforcements and grain and grass have arrived at the same time. Zhuo Ying responded to him.

"I still can't take it lightly, the thieves are menacing, and I think I have made sufficient preparations. In case we are besieged for a month or two, and the reinforcements are blocked by them outside, and we can't get in, and there is no reinforcements inside, then what should we do, like this, now you arrange for your subordinates to see if you can collect grain from the grain merchants in the city, and remember to make an IOU. Raise as much as you can. And during the day, didn't we kill a lot of thieves who attacked the city, find a few clean thief uniforms, and find a few more clever sergeants, let them put on, and find a way to get out of the city, see if we can jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and bring the signal for help to Sanchuan City verbally. ”

"The general said so, I will arrange someone to do it immediately, and you can wait for my news. Zhuo Ying accepted his arrangement.

"By the way, although it is cold at night now, we must arrange a few more secret sentry posts to prevent thieves from sneaking up on the night. Feng Yanggu added again.

Okay, this matter will be done immediately, Zhuo Ying bowed his hand, did not mess with Feng Yanggu, and arranged everything in an orderly manner, casting a little appreciative gaze. "Someone, arrange it immediately, find a few good-eyed people, add a few more dark posts tonight, and beware of enemy attacks.

"Yes, sir. The sergeant outside replied.

In fact, even if Baili City didn't send people out to report the news, Sanchuan City had already learned the news of Baili City being besieged from the mouths of those uninvited guests, but it would take some time to transfer troops and horses, and they also knew that Baili City was besieged, and the enemy must have come prepared. If you rush to save yourself, you may suffer a big loss.

That night, the reinforcements had reached the periphery of the enemy's encirclement, and quietly camped twenty miles away from the enemy. There was a large area of flat land inside and outside the city for hundreds of miles, and this place twenty miles away from the enemy army was a mountainous area, and under the cover of the night and the mountains and trees, the other party could not find their traces for a while. However, with their geographical advantage, they could observe the situation of the enemy's camp tent on the flat ground and the tower of Baili City from a distance when the light was sufficient.