The entire line of defense of the defenders on the city wall was by no means as hard as a monolith.

The strength of the defensive capability depends on the quality and equipment of the soldiers, and the leadership and command ability and character of the generals of each battalion.

Even if it is the same soldier, under the command of different generals, the combat effectiveness will be very different, let alone different soldiers.

If it weren't for Wu Zheng's sudden "slapping his brain" to fight a decisive battle for Changlin Wei in the city, then there would be no chance to test the strength of the defenders everywhere.

In fact, very few people, it should be said that few main generals, would choose to attack a fortified city in such a way of general attack, and it is a fortified city that cannot be conquered for more than ten days, which is very undesirable.

Because, attacking the city gate and tower, there are roads and bridges to communicate, whether it is cold weapons or hot weapons, siege equipment and equipment are needed for siege weapons, cold weapons sometimes have trebuchets, siege vehicles, hot weapons sometimes have artillery and so on.

This requires a clear road, and the city wall, which is about twenty miles wide from east to west, is surrounded by moats and moats, and these instruments weighing thousands or even thousands of catties cannot easily cross the moat.

There is no equipment to assist the siege, then it depends on the pile of human life, and often, the siege of the city piled up by human life, the best result, is only a miserable victory, this is the era of cold weapons, the siege is often in a stalemate, but also the ancient times always like to build the city wall of the reason.

Many times, the attackers fight and fight, and they collapse on their own, because the more people die, the morale plummets.

For example, Zheng Chenggong's second attack on Fuzhou City collapsed like this. 80,000 people, attacking the city of Fuzhou, which was only garrisoned by more than 10,000 people, fought for half a month, and finally the city was not broken, and the Zheng army itself collapsed first, resulting in more than 30,000 people left after 80,000 horses finally returned.

At the same time, the attacker also has to guard against the defenders in the city to take the initiative to attack, once the whole line of general attack, the strength will be scattered to the left and right, the thickness will be diluted, once the defenders have the opportunity to concentrate their forces, out of the city gate to a counter-assault, it is very likely that even the main camp of the attacker has been killed in one fell swoop, this kind of thing, there have been cases in the past.

But Wu Zheng made this decision to attack generally, but it invisibly fit two points, one is surprise, Zu Dabi was still thinking that this was still a feint when he saw Taizhou Wei assembled. Seldom would have a Lord launch such a relentless general assault on a fortified city that had been impregnable for a long time, let alone in the middle of the night.

The second is that Taizhou Wei has no heavy weapons, and on the south side of the moat, there are only dozens of eight-pounder cannons that can reach the head of the city, and other small cannons that are easy to carry are almost useless, and there is no difficulty in transportation.

It's like you're already in the worst situation, how much worse can it be?

In this battle, Taizhou Wei has always been a soldier, attacking the south gate with flesh and blood.

A general offensive on all fronts is nothing more than lengthening the battle line and expanding the point of attack into a surface.

Therefore, with the "protection" of these two points, Wu Zheng's "wrong" decision is not so "wrong", just like "negative and positive".

However, the defenders in the city are different, and their tactical skills and qualities are greatly deviated, that is, the good and the bad are uneven.

Zu Dabi naturally selected the elites of each battalion, concentrated them in the city tower, and moved those who were not very "handy" to the distance on both sides of the city wall.

This is not wrong, because there are very few people who do not follow the rules like Wu Zheng.

Even if it is transposed, it will be replaced by Wu fighting to defend the city, so it is naturally the same.

The composition of the defenders has three major parts, Huai'anwei and Dahewei account for seven or eighty percent, and the other is the Han Eight Banners that went south with the ancestor Dabi, and then there are the two guards recruited in the city before the war.

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are naturally deployed in front of the South Gate, and then the elite of the Second Guard is also deployed at the South Gate, and the rest of the picks are deployed on both sides, while the three gates of the city and the north, east, and west are deployed to pick the rest and then pick the rest.

That is, the more than 3,000 people led by Chen Dong are now being incited by Zhao Shi to take advantage of the fire.

This method of arranging the formation, although it has toughly withstood the attack of Taizhou Wei for more than ten days, but when Wu Zheng ordered a general attack, it revealed its huge flaw - it collapsed at the first touch!

Taizhou Wei was sulking for more than ten days, and this order for a general attack was an "roar" shouting to attack.

As soon as I came into contact, I found that "ah", the enemy on this side is very vegetable, and this time the taste comes out, and there is a way that persimmons pick soft pinching, so it is out of control.

In the southwest corner, that is, in the direction of Wujiadun, the two defenders were broken by Taizhou Weiyi, thus opening a breakthrough.

The embankment of a thousand miles is still destroyed in the anthill, not to mention that this city wall cannot be said to be the same as the embankment of a thousand miles.

Once these two lines of defense were breached, the Taizhou guards quickly poured in from the breach, and in the time of a pillar of incense, the number of troops who climbed the wall and rushed into the city reached 1,000 people, and it is still increasing.

This made the Taizhou Wei, who were still desperately attacking around them, not want to attack a second time, they quickly retreated, and then rushed towards the breakthrough.

This situation attracted more and more troops to follow suit, and the Taizhou Wei who rushed into the city began to spread to the left and right, and the defenders of Xicheng suffered from the enemy on their backs, how could they still hold on, causing the rapid collapse of the western defense line.

At this time, the sky began to grow brighter.

The darkest hour has finally passed.

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Zu Dabi had not yet learned that Xicheng had been breached at this time.

He was still concentrating on directing the defense of the South Gate.

In Zu Dabi's view, the number of defenders on the east and west sides was enough to deal with the general attack of Taizhou Wei, and there was a strong city to rely on, he believed that as long as Taizhou Wei did not get heavy artillery for a day, then if he wanted to break the city, unless he died in battle.

Zu Dabi was overconfident, the only thing he didn't take into account was that the east and west city walls were defending, not his descendants, and when life and death were at stake, not many people cared too much about his orders.

Since the whole army can be cleared, why can't it be lowered anyway?

Therefore, Zu Dabi personally supervised the battle on the city tower, commanded one board at a glance, and made it difficult for the Taizhou Wei who attacked the south gate to attack five times to surpass Lei Chi.

Wu Zheng has a headache, he really has a headache!

Maybe it was the wind that had been blowing secretly for two hours, a sign before the cold, Wu Zheng shook his head vigorously.

He was not surprised by the fact that there was no progress in the siege, in fact, Wu Zheng was ready for defeat.

Wu Zheng's intention was not to break through the city overnight, but to contain the defenders and give the city chief Lin Wei a chance to breathe.

In fact, in Wu Zheng's heart, Changlin Wei in the city is important. It can already be confirmed that it is difficult for Taizhou Wei to break through Huai'an City without getting heavy artillery, so Changlin Wei in the city is the biggest variable and the only variable.

We must not sit idly by and watch Chang Lin Wei be annihilated by the enemy! This is the real purpose of Wu Zheng's brazen launch of this general offensive.

But the world is often intentionally planted flowers that do not bloom, and willows and willows are planted unintentionally.

Wu Zheng didn't expect that the defenders of Xicheng would be so vulnerable, and what he had a headache now was that after paying such a big price, did the situation of Chang Lin Wei in the city take a turn for the better?