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Half an hour later, the Shandong army outside the city finally moved, with a low horn sound, the soldiers in the enemy camp continued to appear on the horizon, and more and more, the infantry lined up in a neat phalanx, with a solid step, black pressure like a torrent, rushed towards Liaocheng.

Wang Bo deliberately put on a powerful formation this time, wanting to destroy the enemy from the momentum. The soldiers of the Xu Army on the wall of Liaocheng were a little shocked.

Yuhua soon sensed the enemy's intentions, and the two of them quietly patrolled along the city walls, assuming a gesture of disdain for the enemy. When the soldiers of the Xu army saw their emperor's calm demeanor, their mood quickly calmed down, and they all concentrated on preparing for battle.

A moment later, with the sound of a horn of "woo-woo-woo", the infantry of the Shandong Army launched the first attack with shields held high and sandbags on their backs.

They divided into groups and took turns carrying sandbags to the moat, then throwing sandbags into the river on the banks in an attempt to fill it up.

Xu Yuanlang also knows very well that if you want to break through Liaocheng, you must first fill in the moat, so that you can carry out the next move. This is also something that all siege generals know. It's just that it will cost to fill this moat and attack under the city walls, it is impossible to predict.

Wave after wave of attacks were like a tide, and the officers of the Xu Army on the city wall ran back and forth, waving the sharp blades in their hands, and kept shouting, ordering their soldiers to resist the enemy.

One after another of arrows poured down, constantly taking the lives of one Shandong soldier after another, and those giant trebuchets were even more terrifying. Stones the size of a round table were thrown high from the top of the city and accurately thrown into the crowd of the Shandong army, causing huge casualties.

The soldiers of the Shandong Army who attacked were often smashed with knives to the point that their bones were broken, their brains were bursting, their flesh and blood were blurred, and their condition was unbearable.

The screams, groans, and cries of the city came and went.

However, as time passed, the Shandong army also gradually advanced under the city wall and built a ladder to climb up. At the same time, their crossbowmen standing under the city walls also poured sharp arrows on the city, covering their comrades to rush up the walls. The two sides fought to the death around the foothold on the city.

The tragic first day passed quickly, and when the sun in the west was about to set, the sound of the Shandong army finally sounded.

At this time, the soldiers on both sides breathed a sigh of relief, and the Shandong army slowly withdrew to its large camp like the ebbing tide of the sea. Dou Jiande was also cautious, and still sent a large number of archers to break the rear when retreating, in case the Xu army took the opportunity to go out of the city to pursue.

Standing on the city wall, Yu Huaji, who had been paying close attention to the development of the battle situation, also breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that the combat effectiveness of the Shandong Army could not be underestimated, and that they could still stand tall under the condition that Zhang Xutuo, Yang Yichen and others had been wiped out for so many years, and their combat effectiveness and discipline were indeed not something that ordinary bandits could have.

Yu Chengdu wiped the blood from his face and sat down by the city wall.

There was not much suspense on the first day of fighting, and the attackers were unable to devote more troops to climb the walls before the moat was completely filled. The advantage of the Xu army defending the city is still very obvious.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Yucheng reported the casualties to Yuhua. More than 1,000 were killed and more than 2,700 wounded, of which 80 or 60 were seriously wounded. Judging from the corpses and the situation at the time of the battle, the number of dead and wounded should be more than 6,000.

After listening to the report, Yu Huahe nodded and said: "Chengdu, I'm afraid the next war will become more and more difficult, more and more cruel, today's results are achieved when the enemy has not used all his strength at all, you have to warn all soldiers, do not have paralyzing thoughts, strengthen your guard at night, and prevent the enemy from drilling into the air." ”

Yu Chengdu nodded after hearing this, and only then did he feel that his father had a hint of grandfather's style.

After Yu Chengdu left, Yu Shihe and Yu Zhihe glanced at his back, and Fang asked Yu Huaji anxiously: "Big brother, after we arrive in Beiping, how do we get along with Ah Ming?" ”

In fact, Yuhua is also worried about this problem. When he raised the banner of "Da Xu" in the south of the Yangtze River, Yuming did not change his banner with him, and the Liaodong Army was still nominally loyal to the Sui Dynasty. It can be seen from this that Yuming does not want to merge with himself.

And the reason is naturally very clear, he set up Yucheng as a leader, and Yuming naturally will not agree. This is also the reason why there has always been a gap between their fathers.

But now he has no territory, and there are only 10,000 people left. However, Yuming's subordinates have an army of 100,000 troops, and the soldiers are strong and strong. There was a huge disparity in strength between fathers. In the future, even if the Yu clan wins the world, I am afraid that I will only have the share of being the emperor.

"Forget it, if you become the emperor, you will be the emperor, anyway, you can enjoy glory and wealth in the future." Now that Yuhua has gone through this battle, he has seen a lot.

So, he stroked his long beard under his chin and said, "Second brother, don't worry, I will have a good discussion with Ming'er then." In the future, the emperor can be made by him, but the important positions in the court, my Yu family's uncles and brothers, have to occupy most of them......"

The defeat on the first day of the battle was also expected by Dou Jiande, when the dark sky turned white again, it also indicated that the bloody battle between the two sides would start again. As the horn sounded outside the city, the offensive and defensive battle between the two sides began again.

The Shandong army's attack on the second day changed significantly, and the dense phalanx was changed to a looser line attack, so as not to be hit by the stones thrown by the Xu army's giant trebuchet.

A large wooden shield that they had made overnight was also raised, and these wooden shields were two feet high and two feet wide, and were carried forward by four soldiers, which could effectively defend against the enemy's bows and crossbows.

They lined up several large wooden shields, let the soldiers carrying sandbags hide behind, and slowly pushed forward, and when they reached the moat, the soldiers behind the wooden shields threw the sandbags into the river, so that the moat could be filled without being killed by the enemy's bows and arrows.

However, Yu Cheng had already taken precautions against such an enemy attack, and he immediately ordered the soldiers operating the trebuchet to concentrate on the accurate bombardment of the wooden shield, which often broke after a few blows from the boulder. So the soldiers who were hiding behind were exposed.

Xu Jun's archers immediately fired at it, turning it into a corpse.

However, in this way, the advance of the Shandong army to fill the moat has been greatly accelerated, and the attack on the defenders on the city wall has also been greatly enhanced. By the time the war dragged on into the afternoon, the moat had finally been completely filled. And the big wooden shield prepared by the Shandong army was also smashed to the point that there was not much left.

Dou Jiande gritted his teeth and announced that he would withdraw his troops in advance, and he was ready to let the defenders have a good rest. And then tomorrow launch the fiercest offensive and fight for a fight.

At this time, the city was left with corpses, broken weapons and siege tools, and it was a mess. This time Dou Jiande was also very smart, although the Shandong army collected its troops and returned to the camp, it left a cavalry force of 10,000 people to monitor the gate of Liaocheng to prevent the Xu army from sneaking up at night. This made Yu Chengdu, who originally wanted to send people to attack the camp, have to dispel this idea.

In the Shandong army camp, Wang Bo, Xu Yuanlang, and Dou Jiande also inspected various departments overnight, asking the soldiers to seize the time to get a good night's sleep, maintain a good physical and mental state, and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

At this time, they had already received a report that the 50,000 cavalry of the Liaodong Army had arrived in the territory of Leshou and was marching in the direction of Liaocheng. With the speed of this army's march, it will definitely arrive in the future, and then the Shandong army's siege plan will be frustrated.

The men returned to the tent, discussed the arrangements for tomorrow's battle, and decided to attack with all their might after dawn, and strive to settle the battle before dark. Otherwise, when the Liaodong Army arrives in the future, they will be in danger of being attacked from inside and outside.

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Early in the morning, when it was still dark, Armageddon began. In order to ensure that he could take the city within a day, Wang Bo even ordered his cavalry to dismount their horses and launch a general attack with the infantry. More than 80,000 soldiers of the Shandong Army roared and rushed over with shouts.

They either pushed siege vehicles, or carried ladders, waved the weapons in their hands, like ants, and launched a charge against the walls of Liaocheng, in order to increase the defense of the defenders, they launched attacks on the walls on all sides at the same time, anyway, there are so many of them.

As a result, Yuhua had to move all his troops to the head of the city, in order to withstand the enemy's first charge.

The infantry of the Shandong army, holding wooden shields and braving the rain of arrows, soon poured under the city wall, but suffered heavy casualties under the blows of the soldiers defending on the city wall rolling wood and rocks.

However, they were all equipped with bows and arrows, and when the siege was blocked, the soldiers of the Shandong army continued to suppress the Xu army on the city wall with bows and arrows. Under the attack of waves of arrows, the casualties of the soldiers of the Xu army defending on the city wall were also heavy.

Yuhua immediately ordered all the trebuchets to concentrate on the approaching enemy archer troops to bombard, and in a loud "boom" sound, stones the size of grinding discs fell from the sky, smashing the archers who entered its range into pulp, this move immediately had a good effect, so that the archers of the Shandong army were afraid and did not dare to approach the city wall too closely.

While they do so, the threat of boulders thrown by trebuchets drops greatly. But their threat to the soldiers on the city wall was also greatly reduced.

However, under Dou Jiande's supervision, the attack of the infantry of the Shandong Army did not weaken in the slightest, and wave after wave of soldiers poured under the city wall, constantly erecting the ladder.

The siege vehicles also continuously impacted the weaker parts of the Liaocheng city wall, making some of the city walls a little crumbling, and even gaps.

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