Chapter 238: Bloody Battle (6)
After a night's rest, the southern army was already exhausted and high-spirited.
The biggest advantage of entering Anfeng City is that you can eat a mouthful of hot food and sleep peacefully, which is of great help to the physical and mental recovery of the soldiers.
From the beginning of the breakout battle, the southern army was really like a lost dog, chased and beaten by the Wu army, and it had long been so aggrieved that it was sullen, if it weren't for the great disparity in the strength of the two sides, the southern army would have been eager to turn around and teach the Wu people a hard lesson.
This returned to Anfeng City, the Wu army was still in pursuit, but with the support of the city, the southern army was much more courageous, and when the Wu army attacked the city, all the battalions were asking for battle, wanting to fight with the Wu army.
The general of the expedition to the south Xiahou Xuan was seriously injured and did not come out, and the military affairs were handled by the long history Ren Lan, and in the face of the generals' request for war, Ren Ran was also helpless, after all, An Feng Taishou only regarded the expeditionary army as a reserve, and here, he had no right to make claims, so he could only order the generals to wait for the service at ease and wait for orders at any time.
After waiting for a day, the officers and men of all the battalions had a lot of complaints, and there were many discussions, thinking that Wang Ji was favoring one over the other, and simply did not give the southern army a chance to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.
The army is not the same as ordinary people, ordinary people see the war, they can't hide yet, where do they dare to go up, but the army is different, the army is born to fight, if you see the war and go around, cowering, it is definitely not a qualified army.
Although the battle of Anfengdu was fought very fiercely, and the Zhengnan army lost nearly half of its men and horses, this did not affect the morale of the Zhengnan army, Zhuge Ke was anxious to avenge his dead father, and the Zhengnan army did not want to hate the brothers who died in An Fengdu, so their desire to fight was extremely strong.
But it was such a simple wish, it seemed that Wang Ji refused to give it, and it was no wonder that the southern army would complain.
Ren Ran was also helpless, under the low eaves, he had to bow his head, since Wang Ji made such an arrangement, they had to obey the order, in the face of the army's whispers, Ren Ran had to try his best to appease, at the critical moment, the military heart is still the most important.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ren Ran thought that there was no drama today, but he didn't expect Cao Liang to suddenly send someone to inform them to go to the city to fight.
Ren Ran's spirit was suddenly shocked, and the opportunity finally came.
However, the herald also brought Cao Liang other words, Cao Liang told Ren Ran, don't put all the Zhengnan army on the city wall at one time, after all, Anfeng City is not that kind of big city, the city wall has a limited capacity, and if all the 15,000 Zhengnan troops go to the city, it will be crowded and not conducive to combat.
Therefore, Cao Liang suggested that the southern army should be divided into three groups and carried out rotational operations, each group of 5,000 people, one group went to the city to fight, the other group waited for the order, and the other group rested to recuperate.
Judging from the offensive of the Wu army today, Cao Liang believed that this would be a protracted war, and Zhuge Ke relied on the large number of troops and generals, so he tried to use the tactics of wheel warfare to drag down the Wei army.
If the southern army also adopts Wang Ji's style of play, does not care about the military strength, and is willing to give up until it is exhausted, then it will definitely suffer a loss when it hits the back, and the attack of the Wu army will never end, and once the defenders are exhausted, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Like today, Wang Ji's county soldiers have been fighting for a day in a row, and they are basically exhausted, if the Wu army stops fighting at night, they still have a chance to recover, but from now on, the Wu people have no idea of a truce at all, it is approaching dark, and the offensive is still wave after wave, if there is no reserve force like the southern army, An Fengcheng may be hanging tonight.
Therefore, Cao Liang was not prepared to put all the southern troops into it from the beginning, but changed the defense in batches, and the tentative combat time was set for two to three hours, and then adjusted according to the battle situation, so that the combat effectiveness of the army could be continuously maintained.
Ren Lan quickly led the Zhengnan army to climb the city wall, and the Anfeng soldiers began to evacuate, handing over the defense of the city to the Zhengnan army.
Wang Ji's face was tired, but he didn't mean to go down to the city, Cao Liang said to him: "Wang Taishou, leave it to me here, don't worry, with me Cao Liang here, I will never let An Feng City lose!" β
Wang Ji received his assurance, finally nodded, dragged his tired body, and left the city.
The attack of the Wu army never stopped, so as soon as the southern army landed in the city, it immediately entered the battle.
After resting for a day and a night, the Zhengnan army was at the peak of its physical strength and energy, with high morale and surging combat power.
The soldiers of Anfeng County are indeed extremely tired, which is reflected in the battle, that is, the defensive ability has obviously decreased, and Lu Ju, who supervised the battle under the city, secretly rejoiced, thinking that the Wei army was no longer supported, as long as he increased his strength on his side, he would soon be able to take Anfeng City.
Just when LΓΌ Ju mobilized elite troops to attack again, he found that the defensive ability of the Wei army was instantly full of blood, and even the arrows shot out were not only dense but also quite powerful, and the Wu army could occasionally break through the defense and attack the city, but now it was suppressed and couldn't raise its head at all.
Is this a Shenma situation?
Lu Zhi looked confused, I haven't heard of what kind of army has more and more spirit, can't these Wei soldiers be defeated by chicken blood?
Seeing that victory was in sight, but I didn't expect the Wei army to be in a state of resurgence, and the destruction of the city was probably far away, and Lu Ju's depression can be imagined.
Originally, wearing thick armor to supervise the battle for a day, Lu Ju was also tired, and he was expecting to take Anfeng City and go to rest, but in the current situation, I am afraid that even if he fights for another night, it will be in vain.
The general army does not fight at night, especially the siege battle, if you don't use torches to illuminate, you can't see it at all, but after lighting the torches, the enemy is dark and I am bright, and the Wu soldiers under the city have become live targets, and the difficulty of attacking the city at night is at least several times higher than that during the day.
But this is Zhuge Ke's order, who dares to disobey?
Even if he was tired, Lu Ju had to grit his teeth and persevere, the siege of the city by the ants was originally a battle of hard attrition, that is, the Wu army was numerous, and it could be attacked regardless of the cost of casualties, if the troops were insufficient, I am afraid that the casualties fought on this day would not be able to bear it.
Even so, the morale of the Wu army is far less high now than it was when it first attacked, although the huge reward is still so tempting, but no matter how high the reward is, when you can't see it, you will have a slack mentality.
One drum, then decline, three exhaustion, the current Wu army, the morale has indeed reached the time of exhaustion.