The twenty-pound Mo knife was already weighing a thousand pounds in his hand, Qin Yan used all his strength to slash down, and a rebel soldier couldn't dodge, and his body was split in half diagonally. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, this time the force was too strong, and his body also leaned forward with the Mo Dao. Suddenly, a bright blade emerged from the darkness and slashed straight at his neck.

At this time, his strength was already old, and seeing the blade slashing, Qin Yan closed his eyes in despair, but the expected pain did not appear, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the other party had fallen.

It was the robe that caught up with the city and saved Qin Yan at the critical moment, and at this moment in the battle, both sides had become the end of the strong crossbow, the rebels' offensive began to be weak, and the physical strength of the Shenwu army was also overdrawn to the extreme. As darkness fell, coupled with the icy night rain, the battle became a struggle.

Most of the rebels' cloud cars were blocked by corpses, and the rebel soldiers who climbed into the city became fewer and fewer, and the rebel soldiers who went to the city were cut off from the back road, and they could only fight to the death.

In this case, the offensive and defensive battles are no longer like a storm, like two beasts struggling desperately in a quagmire, exhausted from struggle.

Finally, Qin Yan felt relieved, and sat on the ground.

This section of the city wall where Qin Yan is located is the most tragic part of the fierce battle, after a whole day of fighting, most of the robes in the same camp are either dead or wounded, and those who survive are really rare. The reinforcements arrived just in time, and when he fell on his back, he found that the flag belonged to the private sector.

This battle actually used up all the united soldiers, and it seemed that the casualties must be not small, and at the last moment of losing consciousness, he realized the unprecedented crisis faced by the Shenwu army.

The battle was finally over, the rebels did not continue to send troops to Chang'an City, and everything returned to silence, but Qin Jin's mind never relaxed for a moment, in addition to ordering people to clean up the battlefield and clean up the corpses, more importantly, before dawn, destroy those parasite-like cloud chariots attached to the city wall of Chang'an.

"Set it on fire!"

There was no better way than to set it on fire, but due to a sleet, the wood of the cloud wheel was covered with a layer of ice, and it was difficult to light it even if it was poured with oil.

Listening to a group of subordinates talk about all kinds of difficulties, Qin Jin had a rare attack.

"Do you want me to tell me everything, go and find a way to solve it!"

With a scolding, the frightened crowd immediately closed their mouths.

After the attack, Qin Jin also felt that his attitude just now was a little bad, so he softened his tone and said:

"After burning the cloud car, count the heads of each battalion and report it for reward!"

Originally, it was worth cheering for the meritorious service, but after the tragic battle, everyone couldn't get excited, and most of the Pao Ze brothers around them were already separated by yin and yang, where was the mood to cheer and celebrate!

After a few words, Qin Jin dragged down the city wall with heavy steps, and after the battle ended at night, the private army was changed to the city, and the Shenwu army and the unity soldiers who had survived the war were replaced and returned to the camp to rest.

Before arriving at the Chinese army, Guo Ziyi came to meet him, and when he saw Qin Jin, he sighed:

"In today's battle, the losses far exceeded expectations. ”

In this regard, Qin Jin had already expected it, seeing that the battle was so tragic, it would be strange if the casualties were not large!

"What is the loss?"

When questioning, Qin Jin's mind was a little nervous!

"Fifty percent of the united soldiers, forty percent of the Shenwu army!"

This result made Qin Jin shocked, and the Shenwu army suffered forty percent casualties, even in the most tragic battle in Hedong, which was less than this number.

Qin Jin has always attached importance to the lives of the Shenwu Army and never made senseless sacrifices, but the casualties in defending the city today are so heavy that it is really beyond the scope of his acceptance.

"I expected that Sun Xiaozhe would fight the trapped beasts, but I didn't expect the rebels' combat effectiveness to still be so strong!

Guo Ziyi originally came to Qin Jin to discuss the next defense matters, but he happened to meet him halfway, so he didn't have to look around.

Back in the barracks, Qin Jin changed out of his cold and damp leather armor, and a servant had already boiled hot water and brought it into the house.

However, Qin Jin simply washed his face and sat on the military couch tiredly.

"Doctor, the hot soup for bathing has been prepared, soak it first to drive away the cold, and then it's not too late to discuss military affairs!"

"Now that the soldiers are suffering outside, how can I enjoy this hot soup with peace of mind?"

Qin Jin rejected the servant's suggestion and looked directly at Guo Ziyi.

"What are the numbers?"

Guo Ziyi picked up a parchment document from the official case and handed it to Qin Jin.

"Doctor, this is still an approximate number, and the specific casualties are still being counted. The last general believes that the rebels' offensive will not stop there, and after dawn, I am afraid that it will be fiercer than today. ”

Qin Jin nodded, he very much agreed with Guo Ziyi's statement, with Sun Xiaozhe's character, he would never give up so easily.

"The rebels' siege equipment has been destroyed, and it will take at least three days to build it again, and we still have time to breathe and recover. ”

Guo Ziyi was disapproving, shook his head and said:

"Not necessarily, since Sun Xiaozhe has already made plans to fight the trapped beasts, he will never care about casualties, no matter what costs, a stormy attack is the last resort!"

Hearing this, Qin Jin's heart sank, indeed, he underestimated Sun Xiaozhe's determination to fight to the death. However, without the cloud car, the defenders still have a great advantage just by climbing by ladders.

"Report! The loss of gunpowder just counted, the heavy rain caught off guard, and the preparation was too late, and more than half of them were damp!"

The bad news came one after another, and I forgot about the effect of the ice rain on the gunpowder.

It's just that this is nothing, as long as it is not on the march, the gunpowder can be re-fried and dried and granulated after being damp, which is just an extra three or two days of effort.

"Got it!"

Qin Jin waved his hand and ordered the military official to retreat, he was now upset, and there was no better way to reduce the loss of defense.

"In fact, our army suffered heavy casualties, and the rebels who were the attackers suffered twice as many casualties as our army, but unfortunately, Sun Xiaozhe is now crazy and ...... at any cost."

Guo Ziyi admired the traditional tactics of the Tang Army, and his attitude towards such a novelty as firearms was indispensable, so even if the gunpowder was damp, it was not a priority trouble.

The real trouble is still the military spirit.

"The last general has just inspected a few battalions, and the morale of the army is a little depressed, today's abnormal rain has indeed brought a lot of trouble!"

After a pause, Guo Ziyi said again:

"The last general has ordered people to kill pigs and steam rice, and send down drinks, enough to eat and drink, hoping to redeem some of the uneasiness. ”

Using wine and meat as an introduction, if you have enough to eat and drink, it will at least make people feel a little satisfied and comfortable, but this is enough, Guo Ziyi's arrangement is indeed good.

In the middle of the night, the goose feathers and snow flakes fluttered one after another, falling bigger and bigger, and the snow was knee-high. Qin Jin bypassed the screen, pushed open the door, and the cold air rolled in with the wet and sticky heavy snow, hitting him in the face and body.

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"Waste, stupid! Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops, can't you also remove the cloud chariots? Leave them on the city wall and wait for the Tang army to destroy them?"

Sun Xiaozhe scolded, and Zhang Tongru lowered his head and listened.

In fact, at the end of the war, less than one in ten people had actually withdrawn, and he was even more unwilling to lose the lives of his soldiers in order to get back those wooden carts, so he could only admit to being scolded at this time.

"Wood is everywhere, and if it is gone, it will be rebuilt, but the lives of the soldiers are gone, where will they be replenished?"

In the end, Zhang Tongru still couldn't help but refute.

Sun Xiaozhe originally wanted to scold him, but when the words came to his mouth, he laughed out loud, he was not wrong, and Zhang Tongru was not wrong, but the starting point was different.

The so-called battle of the trapped beast is to fight hard at any cost, in the way of gamblers, either win a lot of money, or lose cleanly. With the current situation, there is only one way to capture Chang'an at any cost, even if 200,000 people fight to leave 10,000 people, as long as Chang'an is captured, as long as the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven is held in his hands, it will turn the tide and turn defeat into victory.

However, Zhang Tongru is still a woman's kindness and does not understand her hard work. It is true that it took only three or two days to rebuild the siege equipment, but didn't these three or two days also give the Tang army a chance to breathe? The situation on the battlefield has always been changing rapidly, and God knows whether there will be earth-shaking changes in these three or two days.

"Alright, go back and rest, and continue the siege tomorrow!"

Suddenly, the Malay newspaper said:

"Twenty miles west of Chang'an, a large number of people were found!"

Sun Xiaozhe and Zhang Tongru were shocked when they heard this, and asked in unison:

"Geometry of Centaurs?"

"At least around 100,000!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tongru was unsteady on his feet, sat down on the ground, and muttered:

"It's over, it's all over!"

The reinforcements of about 100,000 troops, once they cooperate with the defenders in Chang'an City, where can they still survive?

Sun Xiaozhe was also as shocked as Zhang Tongru, but after the shock, he immediately returned to normal, and then showed a puzzled face.

"Guanzhong, Hexi, and Longyou no longer have the main force of the Tang Army, and Shuofang's men and horses were completely wiped out last year, could it be that these 100,000 people jumped out of the stones?"

This question gave Zhang Tongru hope again, and he jumped up from the ground.

"Is there a deception here?"

"Probe, report!"

After sending away the exploration horse, Sun Xiaozhe pondered for a while before he said slowly:

"There may not be fraud, but the truth is true and false, false and real, this is the key to the art of war, Qin Jin is treacherous and cunning, I don't know what moth is being made!"

The situation cannot be determined only by scratching the scales, and we can only make a decision to deal with it by waiting for the information on the specific situation brought back by the probe.

About before dawn, the specific news of the horses in various places was finally delivered to Sun Xiaozhe's Zhongjun tent.

There are indeed more than 100,000 people, and the banner is Li Siye, the deputy envoy of the Anxi Army, but what puzzles Sun Xiaozhe is that the entire garrison of the imperial court in Anxi is only 50,000 people, and Liang Zai, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu, is a person with two ends of the rat's head, even if Li Siye is sent back to Chang'an, it is impossible to send all the men.