Although the troops brought by Lu Yang suffered more than 4,000 casualties, there were still more than 5,000 people left, and there were still a few hundred wounded soldiers, who would be raised for a while, but they could also make up the number, and they would be able to reach 6,000 people. Coupled with the remaining 8,000 or so van troops in Dingbian City, there are now nearly 15,000 soldiers in the city.

Although most of the village soldiers are new recruits, they can also help defend the city.

The addition of Luyang's troops made Huang Wenlong's mood a lot more relaxed. Reinforcements are better than nothing, even if the combat effectiveness of the recruits is not high, but for the defense of the city, the most important thing is not the combat skills, but the manpower to defend the city must be sufficient.

The days of siege warfare also caused the Hu people's troops to be rapidly reduced. The original army of 40,000 is now less than 30,000. With a team of more than 20,000, it is a little difficult to continue to surround the entire Dingbian City.

Balatian looked at the small county town in front of him and frowned. The siege of the city lasted for many days, and the soldiers and generals were continuously lost, but the border city was never captured.

The daily assault is hard and thankless. If only the military advisor were here. Bara couldn't help but think. The military advisor Mao Yanshun is very smart, if he is here, he will definitely be able to help him come up with a siege plan, and he will not have to attack like this all day long.

It's a pity that my mind is too stupid to think of a good way to break the city. Balatien patted his forehead and thought. Han Qianhu and the Yeli brothers are similar to him, and it is okay to fight on the battlefield, but it is much worse in terms of resourcefulness.

Balatin couldn't think of any good siege strategy, so he had to continue to command his soldiers to attack. He did not abandon the siege on all sides because of the decrease in the number of troops. He felt that if he attacked from all sides, he couldn't tell which direction it would be possible to break through.

There were suddenly more Lu Yang's troops in Dingbian City, and the pressure on defending the city was suddenly reduced a lot. Luyang's troops not only sent military rations, but also a lot of military supplies, weapons such as bows and arrows, as well as military uniforms, military boots, bedding and other daily necessities. After so many days of hard fighting, many of the soldiers in Dingbian City had already lost their clothes and shoes. With the replenishment of these military supplies. The morale of the soldiers also increased considerably.

Huang Wenlong is still looking forward to the arrival of the rescuers every day, he is really afraid that one day Dingbian City will not be able to hold on and fall into the hands of the Hu people, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Not only Dingbian City will be destroyed, but even Yongzhou City will be put in danger. Not to mention Pubian Castle and Shinsenjo Castle.

After Zhao Laixi entered Dingbian City, he also joined the army defending the city, he did not dare to go to the city to kill the enemy, but only helped to transport supplies to the city.

Fan Sanpang is still his cook, responsible for cooking for the army every day, easy and dangerous, and delicious.

Zhao Hu was slightly injured in the last battle, and his shoulder was accidentally cut by the enemy. Mahan was also stabbed in the thigh during the last battle. Both are currently recovering from injuries in the military. Several others, like Zhao Laixi, joined the army defending the city.

Compared with Dingbian City, the defense battle of Xinquan City was obviously much easier. As the number of new crossbow bolts increased in the past few days, it became easier for the defenders of New Springs to kill the enemy.

With the sharp decline in the number of siege personnel, Chibu Gou is now unable to launch a simultaneous siege on all sides.

Despite Chibugou's anxiety, he was still at a loss as to how to take New Springs City. There are only more than 10,000 people left in the 30,000-strong army, and the losses of Xinquan City in the past two days are only a few hundred. This kind of unequal rush and kill makes Chibu Gou feel like a wolf in the tiger's mouth.

Although in Xinquan County, Kou Zhi County, Cao Dutong and others were worried that the decrease in the number of soldiers defending the city would affect the defense of the city. However, the number of soldiers defending the city is decreasing every day, and the number of enemies is also decreasing!

In the past, when Chibugou had a large number of men, he could attack the city on all sides at the same time, but now his forces can maintain a siege on two sides at the same time. His remaining more than 10,000 people could no longer surround Xinquan County. Now it is only blocking the north gate and west gate of Xinquan County.

Therefore, the scouts in Xinquan County can take time out of the city to listen to the news.

When Xiao Ding learned from the scout what had happened in Dingbian in the past two days, he couldn't help but feel a little more worried. He knew that Zhao Laixi and Zhao Hu were all in that team of township soldiers. He didn't know if Zhao Laixi had saved his life or whether they had survived the battle outside Dingbian City.

Of course, he couldn't find out the safety of a nameless creep from the scouts. But when he heard the scout say that it was a short, unattractive Humpty Dumpty who captured the enemy's main general, and he was still a cook, he guessed that it might be Fan Sanpang.

There are currently less than 4,000 defenders in Xinquan City, and the Kou County Commander has begun to recruit the adult elites in the city to participate in the defense of the city. Fortunately, the people of the city were very active in participating in the defense of the city, after all, it was defending their own homeland.

More than 2,000 newly recruited people were arranged to defend the city, helping to repair the city walls, transport supplies, etc. to assist the soldiers in defending the city.

Now Xiao Ding has also begun to earnestly hope that reinforcements will arrive sooner. Listening to Cao Dutong, in addition to the north camp of the Xiang Army under the jurisdiction of Huang Wenlong, there is also a South Camp of the Xiang Army in Yongzhou. The commander of the soldiers and horses of the southern battalion of the Xiang army is called Fei Wen, who is the elder brother of Fei Wu, the assassin of Yongzhou. Because his younger brother Fei Wu is the assassin of Yongzhou, he is also the head of Yongzhou's soldiers and horses. So he easily took charge of the military power of the southern camp of the Yongzhou Xiang Army.

Xiao Ding hopes that the reinforcements can arrive sooner, that they can defeat the Hu people as soon as possible, and that the war will end as soon as possible, he is now very worried about the people at home, and he doesn't know what happened to the people in the family now, and he doesn't know if the man in black has gone to trouble again during this time.

If the reinforcements don't come, whether it's Xinquan or Dingbian, the next move is not very easy. Xiao Ding is in a hurry here, and Hu Ren is also in a hurry. Li Daocheng sat in Tuhe Town, and almost all the generals and soldiers around him were sent out, and now the siege battle has been fought for several days, and the battle report sent back from the front is not so optimistic. Not only did he not defeat any of the three small county towns that had been besieged for many days, but he also lost troops one after another, and the 120,000 troops he brought with him were now less than 70,000 soldiers and horses.

"Rubbish, all rubbish! With so many people, you can't beat a small town! Li Daocheng slammed down the battle report in his hand and said hatefully.

Mao Yanshun, the military advisor beside him, also frowned at this time, he stroked his beard, and whispered: "No, among the three small cities of the Great Song Kingdom, the most is only 20,000 defenders, and the least Xinquan City is only 10,000 defenders, how can we not defeat these small cities with so many people?" ”

"The battle report said that Dingbian City had sent thousands of reinforcements, and there were crossbow arrows with huge lethality on the head of Xinquan City." Li Daocheng replied.

"No wonder, didn't we send someone to monitor the reinforcements? Didn't our men go to intercept reinforcements? Mao Yanshun asked suspiciously.

"I went to intercept, but it didn't succeed, Kang Leguo led his troops to intercept, but he was defeated, and he was captured alive." Li Daocheng sighed.

"Enough rubbish!" Mao Yanshun was also angry.

"Strategist, what do you think our next move should be? Do you want to continue the assault? Li Daocheng asked.

"The city still has to be attacked, as for how to fight, let me think about it carefully." Mao Yanshun thought.

"Our army has suffered serious losses recently, and the total number of troops is now less than 70,000!" Li Daocheng said a little anxiously.

"Well, the attack on the three cities did disperse the forces of the Great Song Kingdom, but the strength of our army was also dispersed. I don't think it's better to do this, let's concentrate our forces on attacking a city with all our strength in the next move, the great prince, what do you think? Mao Yanshun raised his head to ask for Li Daocheng's opinion.

"It seems that this is the only way, military advisor, which city do you think it is better for us to concentrate on attacking?" Lee asked.