Chapter 378: Bloody Battle
Yuan Xi asked the guide who accompanied the army, and knew that there were still ten days before he could reach the Xianbei Royal Court, so he gritted his teeth and let everyone rest.
For more than 20 days in total, I hope Li Da will not let himself down.
He had already given orders to the left and right armies to march on their own, not necessarily in unison.
Because at the moment, Kobi can shrink its forces significantly and sharply.
Along the way, there was a vast wilderness everywhere, and no one could meet it.
The city is empty, and the small tribes and villages passing by are all empty, and this prairie seems unusually quiet, especially at night.
All the way to the march, there is no problem with food, Yuan Xi led the army, and the most important thing is this problem of grain and grass.
While resting in the city, Yuan Xi asked the people to start cutting down nearby trees and making ladders. He knew that if he went any further, he couldn't be empty cities everywhere, and if Kebi could give up everything, what would be the use of retaking the royal court?
Therefore, when they arrived at the Xianbei Royal Court, there must be a city blocking their way.
In the face of this kind of city, Yuan Xi must also defeat him, otherwise he will face the enemy's heavy encirclement and end up with a total annihilation.
After a day of repair, Yuan Xi continued to set off, and five days later, Yuan Xi finally led his army to arrive, the barrier at the forefront of the Xianbei royal court, the city of Eile.
As expected, the city was indeed heavily guarded, and Yuan Xi observed it and found that there were quite a few, about 10,000 people.
There were no more than a hundred siege ladders he had made, and it was undoubtedly difficult to knock down this city, which was far stronger than Purr City.
But there is no way, if you want to make a gain, you have to attack.
The day before, Yuan Xi had already received news that the army on the left had also encountered resistance a long time ago, and the difficult siege battle had already begun.
After several battles with Xianbei, Yuan Xi felt that the most powerful thing was the cavalry of Xianbei, which was far inferior to the cavalry of the Han people, not to mention the ability to ride horses, that is, the bow and crossbow, and the opposite side was not a grade.
The bows and arrows of the Han people are generally only three or four hundred paces away, but the Xianbei people have a distance of seven or eight hundred, which was known when they fought with the Xianbei soldiers in the early days, so Yuan Xi led the heavy cavalry, so there was no big loss, but he also let all his soldiers be equipped with Xianbei bows and crossbows early.
Therefore, the range of the current bow and crossbow is the same as that of the Xianbei soldiers, not much worse than the other party.
Before attacking the city, he had to intimidate two sentences, and Yuan Xi was anxious to hurry. Take the guide directly to the city.
His eyesight was excellent, and he saw in the distance a general in iron armor at the head of the city.
So Yuan Xi beckoned Xu Chu and said a few words.
As soon as Xu Chu heard this, his courage was immediately aroused, and he rode directly into the range of the enemy's bow and arrow on a war horse, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Listen to the Xianbei people above, I order you to come down and surrender quickly, otherwise you will ......!" “
Before he finished speaking, a rain of five arrows flew over, Xu Chu casually removed the arrows, and scolded: "You listen to me, if you don't surrender, you will enter the city in a while, regardless of men and women, all of them will be killed!" ”
His voice was as fragrant as thunder, and the general on the city wall asked in Xianbei language, and suddenly changed color and cursed.
The guide hurriedly explained: "The general in the city said that if you want to fight, you will fight, and there is no general in Xianbei who surrendered!" ”
Damn, it's really backbone, Yuan Xi was furious in his heart, and shouted at the top of his voice: "You listen to me, Lao Tzu is not talking about fun, if you don't surrender, I will kill the whole city in a while!" ”
What followed was another rain of arrows, Yuan Xi called Xu Chu back, and with a wave of his hand, the Xuanjia Corps behind him slowly advanced in formation. Beneath the huge shield were the besieging soldiers.
Just a little bit of the siege ladder, Yuan Xi had to save a little.
Xu Chu followed behind Yuan Xi, looking at the Xuanjia Corps, which was still advancing steadily in the rain of arrows, his mouth couldn't help but crack, and he said with a smile: "Lord, you will attack it in a while, do you want to slaughter the city?" ”
Yuan Xi said coldly: "The opportunity has been given to them, and they will attack it in a while, and all the soldiers, not a single one will be left!" “
"Okay!" Xu Chu laughed. For these Xianbei soldiers, he owes no favor at all.
However, although the idea is good, the progress of progress is also gratifying.
But under the protection of the archers below, the Xuanjia soldiers who were holding the ladder to attack the city, even if they blocked the rain of arrows, when they put the ladder on the city wall, they still encountered fierce resistance, and the heavy boulders were not able to be stopped by the armor on their bodies.
After a while, more than a dozen ladders were smashed like this, and the soldiers on the ladders were naturally no better.
Xianbei people are not good at defending the city, and the tools for defending the city are stones and bows and arrows, and now the bows and arrows are useless, but the stones still make Yuan Xi close his eyes helplessly.
In fact, this city is extremely easy to conquer, and the stone is not a big problem, the biggest problem is that there are too few ladders.
There is no way to attack with all your might.
Since this is already the hinterland of Xianbei, there are a lot of trees, Yuan Xi looked at the situation in front of him and knew that these ladders were estimated to be consumed soon.
I had to let the soldiers go to the vicinity and continue to build the ladder.
An hour later, Yuan Xi asked all the soldiers to retreat, and the Xianbei soldiers at the head of the city were surprisingly tenacious, attacking for a long time, even if two or three people occasionally attacked, they were quickly hanged.
Yuan Xi planned to attack the city with a different strategy.
Because he got a pretty good news.
The real Xianbei soldiers actually pulled most of the soldiers to the southern city to guard the city, and the other three cities, but left a few hundred people to guard them.
I didn't expect that I would only attack one side, which is solid enough, Xianbei, a general, is more real than himself.
A great opportunity to be missed, but it is not suitable for siege during the day.
He was going to save the time until the evening, attack Nancheng head-on, and then quietly send soldiers to attack the other two sides, leaving one side, which is what Sun Wu called the siege of three queyi, which can not only save troops, but also make the enemy not give up the idea of escaping.
When Yuan Xi was in full swing to attack the city, the left and right route armies were not much better. It was also met with fierce resistance.
Behind them is the Xianbei royal court, although it has been captured now, but they believe that they will soon take it back, so of course they can't casually give up some fortresses like before.
Fighting to the death is not only Kebineng's order, but also the last determination of their Xianbei soldiers!
Xianbei Palace!
After conquering the Xianbei Royal Court, Li Da, who caused chaos in the whole territory of Xianbei, is currently in a very bad situation.
So far, they have lost more than half of their soldiers, and only half of their soldiers are defending the city.