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The official army of Youzhou was extremely offensive this time, staring at the officials and troops under the city who were like black waves, surging towards him in waves, Mu Bai swallowed his saliva unconsciously.

The faces of the people on the city wall were extremely ugly as the deafening shouts of killing were shaken, but the Goguryeo tribe was not slow to react, and launched an attack without waiting for Mu Bai's order.

The elite archers led by Tai Shi Ci, when they approached the city, had already launched an attack, covering the march of the siege troops, and bursts of black arrows rained over, and there was a scream on the city wall immediately, and the strong bows and arrows of Tai Shi Ci's department caused the guards on the city wall to fall.

At this time, there was a gap between the reaction of the soldiers and the subordinates, the soldiers were not intimidated by the corpse that fell in front of them, grabbed the rolling wood and thunder stone on the city wall, and hit the officers and soldiers again, and the reaction of those subordinates was much worse, seeing the corpse of their companion who fell to the ground and kept twitching, although they did not scream, but some people lost the courage to resist, and looked at the corpse on the ground with a blank expression.

Mu Bai personally went to the city gate to command, so that the people had the courage to resist.

Although the morale of the besieging officers and soldiers was like a rainbow, they still suffered heavy losses when they stormed the strong city walls. The two sides fought for only an hour, and the officers and soldiers had already suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and although there were so many casualties, the officers and troops did not even touch the corners of the city wall.

Some of the soldiers who attacked the city gate were stoned to death by the rolling wood and thunder stones thrown down by the Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall, and some fell to death during the siege of the city by the cloud ladder.

Seeing the constant screams from the official and military camps, Zhao Yi's eyes flashed, and even Liu Bei's face became ugly. Although Liu Bei expected that there would be a shortage of officers and troops in this siege, he did not expect that the casualties would be so large.

With an anxious look on his face, Tai Shi Ci rode his horse to report on the current situation of the war: "My lord, the war is extremely unfavorable to us now, the Goguryeo tribe is condescending and has been prepared for a long time, and the siege troops of our official army are now suffering heavy casualties. Moreover, there are strange places in the city gate of the Goguryeo tribe, our officers and soldiers have already broken several logs, but the city gate has not been touched at all. ”

When Zhao Yi heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at the siege troops, and there were indeed a lot of soldiers gathered at the city gate, but they were helpless against the city gate. Seeing this situation, Zhao Yi's eyes rolled and he sighed: "Mingjin should withdraw his troops." "After this period of fighting, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses, and the fear of the soldiers and soldiers defending the city has disappeared, and if they attack again, they can only throw the soldiers into a huge meat grinder.

"Withdrawal?" Tai Shi Ci was stunned for a moment, "My lord, although our soldiers have casualties now, their morale has not disappeared. The Goguryeo tribe has no more than 10,000 soldiers, and as long as we persist in attacking, we will definitely be able to take the city. In Tai Shici's view, although the attack of the Goguryeo tribe is fierce now, it is the end of the crossbow. With the continuous siege of more than 100,000 troops in Youzhou, as long as the attack lasts for a few hours, the soldiers of the Goguryeo tribe are seriously damaged, then the city will be at your fingertips.

And most importantly, the withdrawal of troops and the return of troops without the slightest improvement in the offensive now has done too much damage to morale.

Tai Shi Ci wanted to defeat the outnumbered with the crowd and consume the other party's soldiers with his own soldiers, but it was precisely because there were many officers and soldiers that the Goguryeo tribe could not fight. This is indeed a way to siege the city, but if you do this, every Goguryeo tribe will die, several officials and soldiers will die, and finally the city will be broken by Zhao Yi, but the Youzhou officials and troops will also be defeated because of this small siege battle.

If this is the case, what is the use of Zhao Yi even if he takes the Goguryeo tribe. At that time, the Youzhou official army, whose strength was greatly damaged, may not be able to control these hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo tribes at all, and there are surrounding Wei Qiu Taifuyu tribes to snoop. If the strength of the official army is greatly reduced, Wei Qiutai will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack and defeat the Youzhou official army.

In that way, Wei Qiutai not only obtained the Youzhou officials and troops, but also obtained the Goguryeo tribe, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Zhao Yi didn't want to make a wedding dress for Wei Qiutai.

Almost as soon as Tai Shi Ci's words fell, Zhao Yi denied Tai Shi Ci's method: "Now is not the time to fight hard, there are still Fuyu tribes around us, if the strength of our department is greatly reduced, Wei Qiutai will definitely take advantage of the situation to withdraw the soldiers first, and then we will think of other ways." ”

Tai Shi Ci didn't expect the Fuyu tribe of Yu Qiutai, and when he heard Zhao Yi's words, he showed a look of sudden realization on his face, and hurriedly went down to pass the order.

The officers and soldiers retreated very quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour after receiving the order, they withdrew from the attack range of the Goguryeo tribes in the city, and looked at the fallen officers and soldiers under the city gate, and sadness spread among the officers and soldiers.

The soldiers with high morale became extremely decadent in an instant, and some of the recruits in the official army of Youzhou finally realized the gap between the battle in the wilderness and the siege battle the day before. In the wilderness, one's life was proportional to the intensity of one's training, but this was not the case in sieges, and some soldiers saw with their own eyes that there were many women and children of the Goguryeo tribe in the city.

The officers and soldiers did not care about women and children at all, but they did not expect that it was the children they did not care about at all, and they were beaten to the ground. They all have doubts about themselves.

Zhao Yi in the military tent was studying the map of the Goguryeo tribe and thinking about the siege method, Tai Shici walked into the military tent to report the casualties of the soldiers: "My lord, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of our army were killed in today's battle, and more than 5,000 people were wounded. ”

Hearing this, the pen in Zhao Yi's hand paused slightly, Zhao Yi had already thought of the heavy casualties of the officers and soldiers this time, but he did not expect that the casualties of the soldiers would be so heavy, his army only attacked once, and there were nearly 10,000 casualties. If he continues to attack like this, will his soldiers not be completely lost?

"What is the morale of the soldiers?" This is what Zhao Yi is more concerned about, although he suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in this battle, as long as the morale of his troops is not lost, then there is still a chance to win.

Hearing Zhao Yi's question, Tai Shici glanced up at Zhao Yi, and saw that Zhao Yi's face had not changed, so he slowly said the current situation of the official army: "Lord Qiqi, the morale of our soldiers was seriously damaged after losing the first battle. If you attack again, you can only push the soldiers into a larger meat grinder. ”

"What does the general propose for today's battle?" Zhao Yi raised his head and asked Tai Shici.

In today's battle, Tai Shi Ci felt a lot, and it was no longer the blind attack that day, but compared the difference between the strength and weakness of the official army and the Goguryeo tribe: "Although our official army is numerous, it is difficult to break through the gate of the Goguryeo tribe in a short time, according to the advice of the last general, it is better for us to withdraw the army first, and then find a way to get rid of the Goguryeo tribe." ”

Tai Shi Ci is standing in the overall situation of Youzhou to consider things this time, now the morale of the soldiers of the Goguryeo tribe is flourishing, and it is impossible to break through it in a short period of time, and the officers and soldiers of the Youzhou Department brought by Zhao Yi are good to say, they belong directly to the capital city of Youzhou, and they have nothing to do with the county, but the soldiers of Liaodong County who guard Li Wang are different.

Li Wang and they are destined not to stay in the Liaodong region for too long, because there are many county affairs that they need to go back to deal with, if they delay the major affairs of the imperial court, even if Zhao Yi is a Youzhou pastor, I am afraid that they will not be able to afford it.

Tai Shici's suggestion was similar to Liu Bei's suggestion at the beginning, if the city could not be broken in a short time, the Youzhou official army had to retreat.

Zhao Yi slowly put the pen on the pen stand: "General, rest assured, our army will definitely be able to break through the Goguryeo tribal city." ”

Today, the officers and soldiers of the First World War suffered heavy casualties, but they did not even touch the walls of the city. Tai Shi Ci really didn't know where Zhao Yi's confidence came from.

Zhao Yi unfolded the map of Goguryeo Fortress that he sketched and pointed out a few places for Tai Shici: "These are several important places in Goguryeo Fortress, as long as we can take this place, the possibility of our success in attacking the city is much greater." ”

"The Goguryeo tribe seems to have done something on the city gate, so that our siege can only climb through the city wall, which is an important reason for the failure of our siege." Zhao Yi said his disadvantages, generally speaking, if the siege troops are besieging the city, they cannot break through the city gate and enter the city, and it is very rare to succeed in capturing the city gate by climbing over the city gate.

Because the officers and soldiers who climbed the ladder to attack the city could only climb the city gate one after another, and could not go up in large numbers, but how could a single soldier who had just climbed the city gate be the opponents of the Goguryeo tribe on the city gate. Even if the Goguryeo tribe was not as strong as the official army, it was outnumbered by the official army.

In the battle under the city gate, the official army had an absolute advantage against the Goguryeo tribes, but in the battle at the city wall, the Goguryeo tribes had an excellent advantage, which is why the official army suffered so many casualties.

Tai Shi Ci glanced at the map drawn by Zhao Yi, and had to say that Zhao Yi marked the place on it very correctly, but it was not solved because of a problem: "What the Lord said is very correct, but our army has nothing to do about it at present, the Goguryeo tribe has the advantage of the city gate, and our army is difficult to break through for a while." ”

"The battle of the city wall is different from the rush in the wilderness, if my Youzhou official army fights in the wilderness, the Goguryeo people in the city will not be able to support it for half an hour, but in the battle of the city wall, our officers and soldiers will suffer." Tai Shici analyzed the current strengths and weaknesses of the two sides. The strength of the officers and troops is strong, but the current situation is not favorable to the officers and troops. When he said this, Tai Shici muttered in a low voice: "The soldiers of the Goguryeo tribe above the city gate are outnumbered by many, if our soldiers can rush to the city wall in large numbers, then the Goguryeo tribe will not be our opponent." ”

Tai Shici's words made Zhao Yi's eyes light up, and then Zhao Yi laughed twice: "Don't worry, general, this official already has a good way to break through the city!" The top priority now is to stabilize the morale of the officers and soldiers, and if the morale is seriously damaged, even if there is a good way, it will be difficult for our army to defeat the Goguryeo tribe. ”

Although Zhao Yi was full of confidence, Tai Shici still felt bottomless in his heart, and asked curiously: "What clever plan did the adults think of?" ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yi's mouth: "A way to let the war horse gallop in the city." ”

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