Chapter 320: Brief Tranquility

The Liang Xia soldiers launched an attack on Cloud City almost at the same time.

The advance siege site rushed to the front with ladders and crashing wood, and on both sides were soldiers with large shields covering the siege team and approaching the city wall quickly.

As they approached the walls, the Death Revolution began. The screams of battle spread to the sky, and the wood slammed into the heavy city gate again and again, making a "knock knock" crashing sound, as if hitting the hearts of those soldiers on the battlefield and destroying their eardrums.

The defenders of Cloud City also launched a counterattack, and countless large stones were thrown down from the city tower, and the hot hot oil splashed on the ladder, hindering the Liang Xia soldiers from climbing the ladder.

One corpse after another tumbled down from the ladder, followed by a large number of Liang Xia soldiers who climbed up the ladder.

"Shoot the arrow!!"

Li Hui sat on the top of the city tower and commanded the archery team to release arrows.

Soon, the soldiers of the archery team who had already drawn their arrows heard Li Hui's order and immediately began to release their arrows. Arrows were like locusts, and they came down from the towers.

"Rush, rush me! There must be no going back! ”

The old general Chen of the Liang State drew his sword, boosting morale, and finally the first soldier climbed the tower, followed by the second, and the third...... The soldiers climbed the tower and met Xiao Jun in close combat.

"Brothers, we have no way out, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Li Hui let out a loud shout, and then took the lead in drawing his sword and slashing at the enemy who was the first to climb the tower.

"Dangdang, dang!"

Countless weapons collided with each other, stirring up sparks and splashing ......

The other two sides of the city tower also climbed up like a tide of soldiers, and the guards of Cloud City suddenly became tight. Gaps are constantly being punched out.

The defenders of Yuncheng were originally less than 30,000, guarding the city wall on three sides, and each side had to face several times or even three times the enemy army, and it was simply impossible to resist the surging Liangxia coalition army.

The soldiers on both sides were red-eyed, eager to eat each other alive.

Li Hui's bravery was so evident at this time that almost no one could get close. But even so, after all, he couldn't stand the large number of people on the other side, and if he was not careful, he was stabbed in the arm.

Seeing this, Sun Li hurried over to support.

"General Li, are you alright?" After Sun Li killed a wave of Liang Xia soldiers in front of him, he hurriedly reached out to support Li Hui.

Li Hui gritted his teeth and smiled coldly, "Careless, General Sun, thank you for coming to the rescue!" ”

"It's okay, the next wave is coming again, can you still hold on?"

"Of course!"

Sun Li and Li Hui fought side by side, slaughtering the enemy in front of them with all their might......

Xiao Jingcong stood on the city tower, looking at the battle situation in front of him with cold eyes, his eyes looked into the distance, wondering if the Dugu Yunliu in Liang Xiajun's camp would change the battle strategy?

Two hours passed, and Dugu Yunliu saw that Cloud City had not been able to attack for a long time, and even the city gate had not been broken, and his face became more and more gloomy.

Dugu Yunliu's fists were even more clenched, he never thought that the twenty or thirty thousand people on the other side could support it for so long.

Although the other party relied on the high city of Yuncheng Chijian and occupied the geographical advantage, the army of 150,000 people, the total number of soldiers and horses besieging the city was about 120,000, which was almost four times that of the opposite side, and there was no sign of defeat. Not even one of the gates was breached.

Dugu Yunliu was furious, and wanted to go into battle in person, but was stopped by the general who went through the procedures.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince has a noble status, and he must not be dispatched at this time, once he is not defeated, it will not be good to shake his morale."

Dugu Yunliu naturally knew his worries, indeed, if he, the coach, lost the battle, it would be the biggest damage to morale. Therefore, even if Dugu Yunliu is angry, he can only endure it for the time being.

After fighting for three hours in a row, until nightfall, he still failed to enter Cloud City, and Dugu Yunliu had no choice but to give an order to temporarily withdraw his troops. Book bar

On the city tower, the corpses of soldiers on both sides are lying everywhere, broken limbs and stumps are everywhere, and the moat outside the city is dyed red with blood.

The smoke and dust were filled, and the wounded soldiers who were not dead were screaming in pain.

Yan Zixi had already come to the wounded barracks, assisting the military doctors in the army to urgently treat the wounds of the injured soldiers who were defending the city today and treat their injuries. Yan Zixi's medical skills were superb, and those military doctors immediately noticed her and asked her for advice on experience in dealing with emergency wounds.

Yan Zixi naturally taught them one by one, and for several hours in a row, Yan Zixi plunged into the wounded barracks, without resting for a moment. Xiao Jingcong saw this scene, although she was very distressed, but she couldn't do anything. Because this army needs Yan Zixi's medical skills and needs her healing.

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In the tent of the Liang military camp outside Cloud City.

Dugu Yunliu was also unsteady at the moment, pacing back and forth in the tent, and his original cold face was also very heavy, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, the old general Chen, whose armor was covered with blood, bandaged his wound and walked quickly into the camp.

Dugu Yunliu saw that Old General Chen was also injured, so he immediately asked with concern: "Old General Chen, are you injured?" Although Dugu Yunliu is unruly and thinks highly of himself, he still has a lot of respect for this veteran of the two dynasties, General Chen, who has made great achievements.

When General Chen saw Dugu Yunliu asking about his injuries, he touched his white hair and smiled, and said nonchalantly: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince doesn't need to worry about the injuries of the last general, he is old, and his hands and feet are not good, but fortunately, they are just some skin injuries......

Dugu Yunliu saw that General Chen's injury was not a major problem, so he was relieved. You must know that his status is extremely high in the army and even in the entire Liang, if he has any three strengths and two weaknesses, I am afraid that my father will dispel the idea of continuing to attack Liang Xiaoguo, then everything that Dugu Yunliu has done will be in vain.

"Well, General Chen's injuries are unharmed, and I can rest assured." Dugu Yunliu nodded, paused slightly, and asked again: "Old General Chen, have the casualties of today's attack on Cloud City come out, and how many of our casualties have we?" ”

When Old General Chen heard Dugu Yunliu's question, his face was not very good-looking, and his mouth hesitated.

"What's the matter, General Chen said it was okay." Dugu Yunliu saw that General Chen was still hesitant and seemed to be a little embarrassed, so he asked again.

Old General Chen nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Second Prince, the casualty statistics have come out, and the old minister came to you to report to you......"

"How?"

"In this siege, more than 18,000 soldiers were killed, 20,000 were seriously injured and could not continue the battle, and 30......,000 were slightly injured."

"What? Why are so many dead and wounded? After listening to General Chen's report, Dugu Yunliu also frowned and asked anxiously.

Old General Chen knelt on the ground and took the initiative to plead guilty to Dugu Yunliu: "The old minister is incompetent in command, please surrender the second prince!" ”

"General Chen, what are you doing? Hurry up, please! Dugu Yunliu hurriedly picked up General Chen, and then said earnestly: "General Chen, what are you guilty of?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Lao Chen, as the commander-in-chief of the front line this time, has killed so many brothers in vain and lost nearly 20,000 men and horses, which is already a big crime!"

"Old General Chen, if you say so, then I am still the commander of this coalition army, and I should bear this responsibility!" Dugu Yunliu comforted Old General Chen bitterly: "Old General Chen, this is not your crime of using troops, Yuncheng is a tough battle, and there is Xiao Jingcong, the peerless general of Da Xiao, who is in command of the defense, how easy is it to take it......

After a moment's pause, Dugu Yunliu continued to inquire about Old General Chen: "By the way, Old General Chen, do you know how the casualties on the Xiao army in Yuncheng are?" ”

Old General Chen thought for a moment, and then replied to Dugu Yunliu: "Back to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, according to the report of the scouts on the front line, it is said that there are corpses all over the city and under the city of Yuncheng, but I am afraid that they will also suffer heavy casualties, but after all, they rely on Yuncheng for defense, so the total number of casualties does not exceed 10,000......"

"Really? In this way, there should be less than 20,000 soldiers in Cloud City now...... Coupled with the wounded soldiers, I'm afraid that there are only more than 10,000 people left in the truly effective combat force, right? Dugu Yunliu seemed to ask General Chen, and seemed to be talking to himself.

Immediately, a sneer appeared at the corner of Dugu Yunliu's mouth, and Old General Chen couldn't understand why Dugu Yunliu was laughing at this time, and when he was about to ask, Dugu Yunliu took the initiative to speak.

"Old General Chen, pass the order and attack again tonight!"

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Cloud City Tower.

Bai Qian leaned in front of the parapet of the city tower, covered his chest with his hands, and kept coughing there, Mo Yun beside him saw it, and asked with a wry smile: "What, Xiaobai, will you also be injured?" Have you not exercised well lately, and your skills have regressed? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I haven't wasted my cultivation!" Bai Qian shook his head, and then slowly removed his hand, only to see that the heart shield on his chest was almost completely shattered, and pools of blood stains were constantly spilling out. But fortunately, most of the force was removed from the heart goggles, so the wound in Bai Qian's place didn't look very deep, and it wasn't enough to be fatal.

Bai Qian glanced down at the wound on his chest, and said to Mo Yun next to him with a smile: "Just now, a veteran of Beiliang cut me before he died, but fortunately, he didn't have much strength left, and the cut wound was not enough to be fatal, if it was a little heavier, I would probably have to say goodbye to Yun You!" ”