By the time the commander of the Liang army realized that the problem in the front was serious and finally ordered the withdrawal of the troops, the corpses of the Liang army were already covered in the pocket formation within a radius of 200 steps inside the gap in the north city wall.

It was easy for the Liang army to kill through the gap, but it was difficult to turn around and escape from the pocket array, especially when the golden gong sounded to collect the troops, the more than 1,000 Liang troops who were still trapped in the pocket array, and the last bit of morale also collapsed.

Li Zhihe and Guo Liang each led an elite army, not to mention the defeat of the Liang army in the city, but also took the opportunity to chase out of the city, followed the rout and then entered the northern position of the Liang army 400 steps away, burned more than 30 trebuchets and more than 100 other weapons before calmly retreating.

Today's battle is full of corpses of the Liang army, but the real bloody and cruel is the battlefield in the gap in the north city wall.

There are stumps and broken arms everywhere, as if Shura hell, which makes the most heroic Chu army soldiers extremely uncomfortable in their eyes.

Zhou Yi re-led his troops to deploy the defense of the northern city wall, and thousands of people rushed to the gap that had been collapsed by the Liang army again, and found that the sand and gravel and wood that were ready to fill the gap were piled up in advance, and they had long been stained with blood.

Looking at the stumps and broken arms in one place, many people almost vomited out their bitter gall.

No matter how bloody and cruel the battlefield is, it is still necessary to fill in the gaps with blood-stained sand and gravel and wood overnight, seal the gaps at night, and then throw the corpses out of the city to meet the bloody battles that may be even more brutal tomorrow.

Han Qian stood in front of a pile of flesh and blood for a long time, and the third prince sent people to invite him twice, he saw that the Liang army that had regathered outside the northern city should be killed in a short time, so he invited Zhou Yi to go to the town general's mansion together.

Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and others were all injured, and Xi Chang was even more severely injured and unconscious; In order to suppress the crazy Liang army in Beicheng, the Xuzhou battalion, which had never suffered any casualties before, killed 200 generals this time, and most of the other generals were also wounded.

If it weren't for such a great victory, which was exciting, the Xuzhou battalion would have been almost completely abolished after this battle.

At this time, the night was already dark, and the oil-soaked torches illuminated the town general's mansion as bright as day.

Today's battle is extremely thrilling, and Xichuan City is almost unprotected, but after the war, people's hearts are trembling.

The young generals of the guard battalion also suffered heavy casualties, and at this time, less than half of them could still stand up and guard the town general's mansion, and when they saw Han Qian walking into the town general's mansion, the young generals were so excited that their hearts were pounding.

Han Qian was still nominally the deputy commander of the guard battalion, and many people couldn't help but want to be transferred to Han Qian's side to fight.

Seeing the trembling mood of the generals all the way, Han Qian's mood was inexplicably depressed, and he secretly felt that he was a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death after all.

Seeing that Han Qian's robe was stained with blood, Yang Yuanpu asked with concern, "What is wrong with Master Han?" ”

"These are the blood of the soldiers of the Xuzhou battalion, and our casualties today are also very heavy!" Han Qian saluted the three princes.

"Zuo Si can make such a sharp weapon, if it had been used earlier, where would there be today's casualties?" After Li Chong escorted the third prince Yang Yuanpu back to the Zhenjiang Mansion today, he did not return to the battlefield, although no one pointed this out afterwards, but at this moment, seeing that Han Qian didn't even look at him, he couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him with jealousy.

Today's battle almost annihilated more than 6,000 of the most elite combat forces of the Liang army, but the casualties of Zhou Yan's department were 800, Li Zhihe's department also suffered more than 400 casualties, plus the Xuzhou battalion and Guo Liang's department that blocked the Liang army from the west, the defenders also suffered 1,500 casualties.

Not to mention the fierce battle that lasted for half a month before, and the cumulative casualties of the defenders were also less than 2,000.

In fact, in Xichuan City, there are only 5,000 generals left who can barely fight at this time, and there are less than 3,000 people left.

In Li Chong's view, Zuo Si can build trebuchets with a range of 600 steps, if they are put into use as soon as possible, the Liang army will not be able to put seventy or eighty trebuchets 400 steps away from the Xichuan city wall to continuously bombard the fragile city wall of Xichuan, and the Liang army will not dare to attack the city so frequently and fiercely in the past half a month.

"Yes, Lord Han has already taken out such a sharp weapon, how can our army's casualties not be so miserable!" Shen He also said with regret, not understanding why Han Qian wanted to make such a mystery and increase so many casualties.

Han Qian originally didn't want to deal with Li Chong and Shen He's questions, but seeing that Yang En and Shen Yang frowned slightly, sat down on the long case, and said slowly:

"No one wants to suffer such a large number of casualties, but we need to delay even more!"

Han Qian's pupils weren't very sharp, but when he looked at him lightly, Li Chong lowered his head weakly.

Han Qian didn't wait for others to question further, and continued:

"No sharp weapon is omnipotent, the scorpion crossbow made by Zuo Si is actually not as good as the three-bow bed crossbow in the world, everyone can also see it, and although the whirlwind cannon can be thrown and killed by a distant enemy at a distance of six hundred steps, we use it as soon as possible, and the Liang army can adjust the deployment, and then build a larger trebuchet to fight against us. They control the outside of the city, can find better and tougher wood, and there are more strong people to drive, when the time comes, how much chance can we have, how long can we support Xichuan City from being broken by the Liang army? ”

Even though Yang En and the others had seen the true face of the new trebuchet two days ago, it was only at this time that Han Qian called this new trebuchet a whirlwind cannon; And to call another simple bed crossbow a scorpion crossbow, I really don't know what Han Qian's master passed on, so he mastered the construction method of these two new types of weapons.

"Yes, what Lord Han said is very true, and it is precisely to show the enemy to be weak, not only delayed for half a month, but also has the opportunity to severely damage the elite of the Liang army today," Zhou Yan's department was the most severely injured today, but he saw the battle situation reversed in an instant, and the shock was the greatest, and at this time he couldn't help but stand up and say a few words for Han Qian, "We hit the Liang army hard this time, and its main general, Han Yuanqi, probably didn't have the courage to forcibly attack the city again before building a larger trebuchet......"

All of this was done to buy more time, as well as to inflict a heavy blow on the most elite combat power of the Liang army and dampen its morale.

Yang En and Shen Yang glanced at each other, and their brows furrowed, severely damaging the Liang army's will to attack and morale, which was sometimes particularly important, which also meant that the will and morale of the defenders would become more and more firm.

They had just come to Beicheng with the three princes to inspect it, and although the casualties of the cottage recruits were extremely heavy today, their morale was still good.

Especially Zhou Yi was able to stand up and help Han Qian speak at this time, and I believe that this battle also strengthened his confidence in holding Xichuan City.

For many people, like Zhou Yi, they are not afraid of sacrifice, but afraid of sacrifice being meaningless and worthless.

This is very crucial.

Zhou Yi and other cottage generals all had the confidence to defend Xichuan City at this time, and believed that after holding Xichuan, the cottage children could get enough benefits from all levels, and they would then be able to further tap the potential of the cottage forces.

Prior to this, Zhou Yi and other cottage generals led their troops to participate in the defense of Xichuan City, which was somewhat like getting on a thief ship.

After all, when they gave up Canglang City before and transferred the cottage recruits to Xichuan, they didn't know how cruel the situation was, and after arriving in Xichuan, it was impossible to quit.

There are only 15,600 people in Zhou Yan's department, Li Zhihe, Zheng Hui, Guo Hui and the Xuzhou battalion directly under Han Qian, plus the guard battalion around the three princes, more than 7,000 soldiers, how can Zhou Yan withdraw?

During this time, Shen Yang and Yang En also had a further understanding of the potential of the cottage forces, and thought that as long as they were given the confidence to defend Xichuan City, and they were convinced that they could share great benefits by defending Xichuan City, it would be no problem to raise another three or five thousand elite combat power from the cottage.

Yang En and Shen Yang looked at Han Qian, I believe that Han Qian should have thought of this step a long time ago, right?

"The top priority is to ask His Highness and all of you to sign the good news, and send the good news to Your Majesty as soon as possible!" Han Qian said, "The survival of Xichuan City really depends on whether Your Majesty dares to directly throw the elite of the Lou Ship Army into the Hanshui battle at the fastest speed!" ”

The potential of the copycat forces naturally had to be further tapped, and even people would be sent into the mountains tonight to mobilize, but in Han Qian's opinion, this was not the most important thing for them to do at the moment.

After all, the cottage soldiers and horses have to be assembled, and because the Xichuan River is blocked, it is necessary to go north along the west bank of the Xichuan River to the depths of Funiu Mountain to make a detour, and then break through the blockade of the Liang army at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, so that it is possible to reinforce Xichuan City, which may be a little too late in time, and may not be able to pose much threat to the Liang army.

Han Qian was more concerned about the Jinling reinforcements at this time, especially the speed of the advance of the Lou Chuan Army and the Naval Division, which was the key to determining whether they lived or died.

Emperor Tianyou rose in Jianghuai, good at water division, after laying the foundation of the tomb, it is the formation of the Lou Chuan Army Naval Division subordinate to the Beiya Guard pro-army system, and is currently the only one who can quickly pass through the Han River, and enter the elite reinforcements of Xiangzhou City and Xichuan.

As long as the naval division of the Lou Boat Army dares to enter the Han River and tear apart the blockade of the Liang army along the Han River, it will not only be able to reinforce Xiangzhou City and Xichuan City, but also separate the Liang army located on both sides of the Han River!

Of course, it is not easy to make up your mind to send the elite sailors of the Lou Ship Army to go first.

First of all, it is necessary to convince Emperor Tianyou that the Lou Chuan Army and Naval Division will go all the way north and gain a foothold in Xichuan.

Otherwise, the Lou Boat Army marched north from the Hanshuikou Lonely Division, and had to break through many blockades along the way, and the upper reaches of the Danjiang River could not get a foothold, and in the narrow river, large warships were very easy to be destroyed by fire.

The lone division of the Lou Boat Army marched north, and it was really to risk the destruction of the entire division.

Da Chu is based on Jianghuai and relies heavily on the elite of sailors.

Even if Shengjie is passed to Emperor Tianyou, whether Emperor Tianyou will send the Lou Boat Army Sailor to the north alone, Han Qian is not sure at all, maybe it depends on Yang Yuanpu's son, whether there is enough weight in Emperor Tianyou's heart to let the Lou Boat Army Navy take this risk!