Although the range of a crossbow is longer than that of a bow, it takes a lot of time to replace the arrows, so after a crossbow is issued, it takes a little time to load a crossbow arrow.

Taking advantage of the gap in the crossbowmen's loading arrows, the Huns rushed forward two hundred paces.

"Hair stone!" Zhang Liao shouted!

When the words landed, five round boulders flew towards the Hun soldiers.

The five boulders rolled in the middle of the Hun soldiers for more than ten zhang before they stopped, but the screams of the Hun soldiers came far away.

The thing that launched the boulder was a catapult that Lin Nan studied.

Compared with Liu Ye's catapult in history, Lin Nan studied that the catapult was more powerful, of course, he got it on Du Niang.

As soon as they saw the power of the catapult, the people and soldiers in Dingxiang City all cheered and their morale soared, but of course, the Huns were all red-eyed, because their bows and arrows did not pose a threat to Dingxiang City for the time being.

So, King Zuo Xian waved his banner and ordered the Hun soldiers to attack in a big way.

Two hundred steps forward, the Huns appeared within range of their bows and arrows.

As a result, bows and crossbows were fired in unison on the city, stones were thrown continuously, and the Hun soldiers were killed and wounded, screaming and wailing all over the field.

Seeing this scene, King Zuo Xian was furious, and actually urged the horse to come to the front of the battle to command, of course, he stood outside the range of crossbow arrows, so when he saw King Zuo Xian's treacherous appearance, all the crossbowmen in Dingxiang City hated it.

Finally, after paying nearly 3,000 casualties, the Huns finally set up a ladder and began to climb towards the city.

As a result, as soon as Zhang Liaoling's flag waved, officers at all levels immediately organized soldiers.

Two pikemen, two swordsmen, an archer, a crossbowman, and a few sturdy civilians formed a garrison squad responsible for guarding a battlement. It was properly distributed and passed from the people to the soldiers.

At this time, the defenders of Dingxiang finally suffered casualties, and the Huns were outnumbered after all.

And at this time. The logistics troops of the state finally came in handy, dragging away the dead, picking up the wounded, and quickly leaving the city.

At a makeshift medical post beneath the city, lightly wounded soldiers are being dressed and bandaged. After dealing with it, the soldiers returned to the city. In the hospital in the city, the seriously wounded soldiers were also properly treated, because Lin Nan's war purpose was to avoid and reduce some unnecessary casualties as much as possible, after all, pensions were very expensive.

Like the battle at the south gate, the other city gates also started the battle of the city head with the Huns.

As soon as some of the Huns climbed to the top of the city, they were stabbed down by merciless knives and guns, while some were still on the ladder and were smashed down by rolling logs.

In the course of the hand-to-hand engagement, the casualties on both sides began to intensify. The blood stained the moat water of Dingxiang red, and also stained the head of Dingxiang City. In the cold autumn south, the heavy smell of blood accompanied by the cold murderous aura began to diffuse and drift away.

After a few hours, King Zuo Xian finally got bored and ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Facing the Hun soldiers who receded like a tide, Zhang Liao gave them another batch of souvenirs.

Despite the tense fighting, the people in Dingxiang City did not forget to cook for their soldiers, so as soon as the fighting stopped, hot and fragrant meals were served to the city. The heat, the aroma, spread far and wide in the cold wind.

The soldiers of Dingxiang took the meal with tears in their eyes, and the people of Dingxiang also delivered the meal with tears in their eyes. But the soldiers of the Huns had to endure hunger and make their own cooking.

After eating and trimming, Zhang Liao waited for a new round of attacks from the Huns.

But Zhang Liao waited for a long time, but the Huns did not react.

Because, at this time, the Chinese army tent of Zuoxian King Raj. But it turned the sky upside down.

Although there are many Xiongnu people and horses, but the subordination is not very reasonable, most of them are based on the tribe as the marching unit, and the subordinate relationship between the various tribes is not very clear, most of them are a kind of interdependent relationship, that is, the small tribe is attached to the big tribe, and the big tribe is attached to the tribe larger than themselves.

With this kind of military system, when the victory is won, the various departments can naturally move forward together, but once they encounter setbacks, each department will begin to make their own calculations, and today's defeat in the siege battle has made the departments start to think about their own future again.

Therefore, at this time, in the big tent of Raj, the generals began to pour each other again.

I only heard a general say: "Today's attack on the West Gate, our army is the front, and there are heavy casualties, so our army can no longer be the front for a while." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a few people chimed in: "That's true, the Han people's bows and crossbows and rolling stones are too powerful, and they have to take turns to charge." ”

Then, naturally, some people accused them: "We are all heroes on the grassland, how can we be so bad, and you are afraid of a defeat?"

Before the man's words fell, someone retorted: "You're not afraid, you're not afraid of the next attack on you." ”

"I'm okay with the front, but who's going to command the siege? Let you come, can you?"

"Why not, you commanded for a day, didn't you climb the head of Dingxiang?"

In this way, there was a lot of noise in the big tent.

"Smack!" In anger, Zuoxian Wang Raj slapped the table hard.

Seeing that Shan Yu was angry, all the generals also calmed down.

"What are you arguing about, what is there to be noisy about? Isn't it just a failure in the siege? This was to be expected. We are not good at attacking the city, but the opponent's defender is a wise and brave general, the city defense is strict and decent, and there is a law, so it is normal for us to lose, and our task is to create the illusion of attacking Dingxiang, and lead out Lin Nan's defenders in the clouds, so as to achieve the goal of annihilating Lin Nan, so, what grievances do you have?" Ignoring the pain in his hand, Raj angrily accused the generals.

After the generals were silent for a long time, the first general got up and said: "Shan Yu, but now we are wasting our troops here, and others are sitting back and enjoying the results, or let Yu Fuluo attack the city, and we will ambush Lin Nan, how about it?"

After saying this, all the generals looked up at Raj, hoping that Raj would say something.

Seeing that all the generals were looking at him, Raj said: "What Guagua said makes sense, but I have already agreed with Yu Fuluo, I occupy Dingxiang, he ambushed Lin Nan, and if we change the agreement without authorization, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." ”

It turned out that the Hun general who spoke just now was actually called Guagua, which is really interesting.

As soon as Raj finished speaking, Guagua said, "Shan Yu." Yu Fuluo has long had the ambition to annex us, and now he is arranging it in order to waste our forces and weaken our strength. In order to achieve the goal of annexing us, such a conspiracy is expected to be seen alone!"

After saying that, Guagua's knees on the ground.

At the same time, the rest of the generals in the battalion also knelt on the ground. shouted in his mouth: "I still hope that Shan Yu Mingcha!"

Helplessly, Raj helped everyone up and said: "I also know Yu Fuluo's tricks, but if we don't step up the siege, I'm afraid we won't be able to go back to the grassland, and we don't have much grain and grass, and these grains and grasses are still gifts from Yu Fuluo." ”

After Raj finished speaking, Guagua, thinking about it, said: "Shan Yu, we can calculate it." Although the siege of the city was intensified here, it did not have to be a result of casualties. ”

As soon as he heard Guagua's words, Raj said, "What do you say?"

Guaga said: "Bluff." ”

Raj thought for a moment, clapped his hands with a smile and said, "Wonderful!"

And Zhang Liao waited at the head of the city for a long time, but he didn't see any movement from the Huns.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Liao thought that the Huns might be too tired, or they were studying new siege methods, so they would not attack the city again for a while.

So, arrange the manpower to be on duty at night. Zhang Liao went down the city and returned to his Taishou Mansion.

After returning home, Zhang Liao hurriedly summoned Hou Cheng, Shen Shi, Song Tian and others to discuss the military situation.

After a few people arrived, Zhang Liao said: "Although the Huns have stopped attacking. But we still can't be careless, and we should be cautious. ”

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, several people also nodded yes and agreed.

And Hou Cheng said: "It's just that why didn't the Huns continue to attack the city and go all out in one go?

Hou Cheng's question. It was also a question from everyone, so several people began to ponder.

After a while, Zhang Liao said: "No matter whether he attacks or not, we must hold Dingxiang, the city is in the people, and the city is broken and the people are dead." ”

Hearing Zhang Liao say this, Hou Cheng and several people also got up and said: "The city is in the people, and the city is ruined." ”

Zhang Liao said with satisfaction: "Okay! You have this determination, Liao is very pleased, and this will be the place to verify our glory and meritorious deeds. ”

Immediately, Zhang Liao said again: "Everyone should go separately, arrows and rolling wood and other materials for defending the city must be prepared sufficiently, just in case." ”

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, Hou Cheng and the others responded to a promise, turned around and left.

And this night passed safely.

The next day, the Huns really began another major attack.

However, as soon as they came within range of the crossbow arrows, the Huns began to retreat, and so on several times, so that the siege of the city the next day was more like a false military exercise, and although the horns under the city were earth-shattering, but after a few hours of fighting, there were only 100 casualties on both sides.

And just like that, the day passed peacefully.

This made Zhang Liao puzzled, and Hou Cheng and others were also very suspicious, and after discussion, everyone still did not understand the intentions of the Huns, so they still thought that they should stick to the end.

On the third day, the process of the previous day was repeated.

Helpless, Zhang Liao had no choice but to remind the soldiers and people of Dingxiang not to take it lightly, but to be cautious and stick to the city.

At this time, not only Zhang Liao and others were very suspicious of the war, but Lin Nan and others also began to be confused about the war, because Xu Huang and Gao Shun's troops arrived in the clouds.

After Gao Shun arrived in the clouds, he reported Dingxiang's military situation to Lin Nanyu.

Since receiving the task of Lin Nan's attention to Dingxiang, Gao Shun sent scouts to investigate the military situation of Dingxiang, although the connection between Yunzhong and Dingxiang was cut off by the Huns, but Wuyuan and Dingxiang were not cut off by the Huns, therefore, although the Huns surrounded Dingxiang, but did not surround Wuyuan, Gao Shun can still learn about Dingxiang's military situation through various ways.

As soon as he heard that the Huns had begun a fake siege of the city, Lin Nan hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss the military situation.

At the same time, Lin Nan also received a military report from Yanmen.

From Gu Yong's military report, Lin Nan learned that the 5,000 Hun cavalry who invaded Yanmen had actually gone to reinforce Dingxiang.

Since the Huns had already begun a fake siege of the city, why did they need to increase their troops to Dingxiang?

Therefore, Lin Nan hurriedly ordered Guan Hai to go north and reinforce Yunzhong, hoping to help the war. (To be continued.) )