Half an hour later, when the rebel general Xu Bao reorganized his position and launched an offensive against the eastern city wall of Kunyang again, the precious rest of Shi Yuan, Chen Gui, Xu Bai and others was over.

Unlike Liu De, who was in charge of attacking the southern city wall, Xu Bao adopted another strategy, that is, to continue to put pressure on the city wall and expand the casualties of the opposite county army.

After all, the Kunyang County Army is not elite, so it doesn't have to be treated like the Nanyang Army.

However, it is a pity that Wang Qing also knew that the strength of the county army was weak, especially the lack of experience in killing and fighting, so he let the county army and the brigade wolf climb the city wall at the same time to fight, and the two remained five or five.

In this way, the county army and the brigade wolf can play a 'complementary' role: those brigade members of the brigade are either experienced or have superior strength, and can effectively lead the county army, and the county army, which has gradually gained combat experience, can also temporarily take over the defensive post when the brigade wolves show fatigue.

This is what Wang Qing learned in the last battle of Kunyang, and it is indeed very effective.

Speaking of which, when the two forces are generally fighting at the same time, there will inevitably be confusion in command, but the Kunyang County Army and the Black Tiger Thieves are quite special, the Black Tiger Thieves' team can command the county army, and the county government's head catcher can also command the Black Tiger Thieves, because they both know that now the command power of Kunyang is in the hands of Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, so there is no difference in command between the county army and the Black Tiger Thieves.

It is not so much two systems, but more like two armies under Zhou Hu that originally had different divisions of labor.

At this point, the head catchers of county officials such as Ishihara and Chen Gui also acquiesced - at least they would not oppose Zhou Hu's command until the threat of the rebels was completely resolved.

Around mid-afternoon, Xu Bao, who was in charge of attacking the east city wall, and Huang Kang, who was in charge of attacking the west city wall, sent people to report the situation of their respective battlefields to Qu Shuai Guan Shuo.

How to put it, not progressing well.

According to Xu Bao's messenger, by the end of the day, the casualties of his subordinates had exceeded 3,000, and the morale of the five troops had collapsed and they could not resume the battle.

The only thing that made Guan Shuo feel relieved was that Xu Bao estimated that the casualties of the guards on the eastern wall of Kunyang were about 1,500 - although Guan Shuo also understood that Xu Bao's estimate must have carried some water, and the actual casualties in Kunyang should not be that large.

One to three, this is Guan Shuo's barely acceptable casualty ratio, and it is also in line with the overall casualty figure on the battlefield.

Compared with Xu Bao, Huang Kang's casualties on the west city wall were smaller, only more than a thousand people, but comparatively, the guards on the west city wall of Kunyang were also small, according to one to three, it was estimated that there were only a few hundred.

How can this Kunyang County be so 'stubborn'?

Guan Shuo frowned and let out a long breath.

He didn't know that in Kunyang County, Zhao Yu specially instructed the county commander Liu Bi to spread the evil deeds of the rebels and green forest thieves in the city, so that the people in the city could firmly stand on the side of the army defending the city.

According to Zhao Yu's meaning, Liu Bi selected some of the refugees he accepted in Kunyang a while ago as examples, and let them follow them to spread the evil deeds of the rebels and green forest thieves to the people in the city, because it was the personal experience of those refugees, the people in the city were convinced, in order to prevent the rebels and green forest thieves from slaughtering and looting in the city after the city was breached, the people of the city fully supported the black tiger thieves, fully supported the county government, or joined the brotherhood to help around, or joined the brotherhood workshop in the city, under the teaching of craftsmen, to create arrows, Shields and other things to defend the city.

In other words, what Guan Shuo's Changsha army faced was not just the Black Tiger Thief or the Kunyang County Army, but a real Kunyang City, as well as all the soldiers and civilians in the city.

This resistance force is no less than Zhaoling.

And Guan Shuo gradually realized this, realizing that the capture of Kunyang would be a protracted battle.

Since it was a protracted battle, it naturally didn't make sense to be strong for a while.

So when he learned that the army under the command of Liu De and Xu Bao was very reluctant, Guan Shuo decisively ordered to stop the attack and instead prepared for the siege of Kunyang.

Today, since Liu De's first wave of offensive was blocked by Kunyang, Guan Shuo is thinking about a question: when he withdraws his troops today, whether to retreat to the camp on the south bank of the Shahe River and make a comeback in the coming day; Or do not retreat, build a camp on the south, east and west sides of Kunyang, and build a camp to besiege Kunyang while attacking the city.

From the perspective of besieging Kunyang, it is naturally better to set up camp, but in the same way, this trick also has many dangers, such as Kunyang sending people to sneak attack - Kunyang's wolves are very good at dispatching at night.

However, after thinking that the three city gates of Kunyang had been blocked by himself from the other side, Guan Shuo thought about it, and still felt that he should take a little risk and further pressure Kunyang with a strong posture to suppress the morale of Kunyang's guards.

Weighing the trade-off, weighing the trade-off, Guan Shuo finally made a decision: to set up a village on the spot!

After making a decision, he immediately issued an order: "Order all the armies, Mingjin truce, and retreat five miles back and camp." …… sent someone to give orders to Xu Bao and Huang Kang, and ordered the two to retreat five miles to the village. ”

"Yes!" Clasp your fists left and right in response.

A moment later, the formation where Guan Shuo was located sounded the sound of 'ding ding ding'.

At this time, Liu De, the general who was supervising the battle and commanding here, also received an order sent by Guan Shuo, and issued an order: "Order the whole army to retreat slowly, and when retreating, each person will bring back a corpse, and the weapons should not fall." ”

Listening to his last sentence, it is not difficult to guess that he asked his subordinates to be responsible for bringing back a corpse when they evacuated, not out of humanity, but because he did not want the armament of the dead corpse to fall into the hands of Kunyang.

Sun Xiu, the general of the Nanyang Army who commanded in the western section of the southern city wall, naturally guessed this, and sneered: "You still want to take it away? Shoot me! …… Bring me a crossbowman! ”

Under Sun Xiu's command, the Nanyang infantry on the city wall was quickly removed and replaced by a large number of crossbowmen, who held their crossbows and crossbows and fired indiscriminately at the rebels below, trying to prevent the rebels from taking away the corpses of the robes, as well as the weapons and armor.

Anyway, there are people in the city to help sharpen arrows, and Sun Xiu is not worried about the consumption of arrows at all.

Under the indiscriminate shooting of these Nanyang army crossbowmen, the rebel soldiers who tried to take away their robes and corpses suffered many casualties, and in desperation, Liu De had no choice but to change the order and order the soldiers to take away the swords, spears and other things that fell on the battlefield, as for the armor worn on those dead corpses, he could only give up temporarily.

Soon, the rebels outside the three city walls of the south city wall, the east city wall, and the west city wall all retreated, which made the county army and the black tiger thieves guarding the city wall couldn't help but cheer.

"Retreat! The rebels have finally retreated! ”

"I'll hold the city!"

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

Even Zhao Yu loudly announced in front of the South City Gate: "The rebels have been repelled by us!" ”

With his sonorous and powerful words, the guards on the southern city wall cheered continuously.

Of course, Zhao Yu knew that the rebels were only temporarily retreating, and they would make a comeback tomorrow and tomorrow, but then cheering to boost morale, what's the difference?

After a while, Sun Xiu strode to the city gate tower with a calm face, and saluted Zhao Yu with a fist: "Leader Zhou......"

Without waiting for Sun Xiu to say the following, Zhao Yu took the lead in asking, "How are the casualties of your army?" ”

Sun Xiu obviously didn't expect that the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him would pay so much attention to the casualties of his Nanyang army, and was slightly stunned, and said: "It hasn't been counted yet, but according to my personal estimates, there are about three hundred dead and nearly a thousand injured......

When he said this, Sun Xiu couldn't help but think of the rebels' despicable tricks again, if it weren't for the volley of arrows on the opposite side, his Nanyang army would have suffered fewer casualties, and there would not have been nearly a thousand wounded.

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu replied and said in a deep voice: "Later, please allow me to visit the wounded with General Sun, and please rest assured that General Sun will send someone to take good care of the wounded ......"

Sun Xiu was stunned again, clenched his fists and said, "Thank you, Leader Zhou, ......"

"No thanks, this is what your sergeant deserves." Zhao Yu raised his hand to interrupt Sun Xiu's words, and Zhengse said: "Let's talk about it, my Kunyang has a bad impression of the Nanyang Army, just because there was a partial general named Ji Rong who did some excessive things in the city, but General Sun, you and your subordinates should be respected by me Kunyang." ”

Even if he knew that the other party was winning people's hearts, Sun Xiu felt inexplicably relieved when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Ji Rong, I know him, he is a partial general under General Li Zhen...... I can't compare to him. ”

Although he said that, his tone did not mean anything incomparable, after all, he was a general under Wang Yan, and Wang Yan was Wang Shangde's younger brother, and his status in the Nanyang Army was not lower than that of Li Zhen, Wang Shangde's confidant.

Subsequently, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Ma Gai and others came to the South City Gate Tower one after another and surrendered their lives to Zhao Yu.

According to the three of them, today's defense of the city was the most fierce attack on the south wall side in the morning, but in the afternoon it was replaced by the east city wall side of the most fierce attack.

Wang Qing frowned and said, "The rebels in the eastern suburbs are called Xu Bao, right?" He seems intent on expanding the casualties of the county army...... Rather than besieging a city, he was more than willing to have his crossbowmen continue to fire volleys at the walls. The county army lacked relevant experience, and there was chaos when the arrows attacked, and there were still many casualties with wooden shields in their hands, so I sent some of our brothers up to teach these guys how to use wooden shields to protect themselves......"

His words made Ma Gai very embarrassed.

In fact, it's no wonder that Ma Gai is doing this, after all, the time to train those county officials is too hasty, how can he do everything? You must know that according to the ancient regulations, a qualified soldier must undergo one year of training before he is eligible to go to war.

How can he Kunyang have this time?

"What about the West Wall?" Zhao Yu opened his mouth to relieve Ma Gai.

Ma Gai hurriedly said: "On the west side of the city wall, compared with the south and east city walls, the pressure is quite small, I think the rebels on this side may just feint to distract the energy in the city." But for some reason, the rebels outside the western city wall were very concerned about breaking the city gate, and paid a lot of money to forcibly collapse the city gate, forcing me to block the city gate. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "Maybe their intention is to let us cut off the way out of the city and prepare for the subsequent siege of my Kunyang......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head and instructed several black tiger thieves: "Order Le Gui at the North City Gate, and tell him to immediately send a few teams of people to inquire about the withdrawal of the three rebel forces in the eastern, western, and southern suburbs, and see if they will retreat to the south bank of the Shahe River, or set up camp on the spot." Don't take too many chances, just explore the approximate location. ”

"Yes!" Several black tiger thieves left in response.

That night, Zhao Yu received news that the three rebel forces in the eastern, western and southern suburbs did not retreat to the south bank of the Shahe River, but set up camp in place after retreating only five miles.

"Five miles...... It's so rude!'

Zhao Yu thought to himself.

He decided to teach the rebels a lesson, lest the bunch take him too seriously.