Temutel frowned, his eyes kept on the walls of Shema Town, this attack so far, almost no progress has been made, except for the use of soldiers' lives to consume some of the opponent's city defense materials, other results are basically zero.

This made the commander of the Humeng vanguard team very annoyed, but he was helpless, he knew that he would not make any progress if he continued to fight like this, but he did not want to withdraw his troops immediately, because he had a sense of grievance in his heart, and there was nowhere to vent his grievances.

Behind Temuter stood the deputy commander of the vanguard army, Khurdu, who was from the western tribe, his face was already very ugly, but he still clenched the hilt of his sword and was silent.

Because at this time, it was the elite he brought from his own tribe who was desperately working under the city wall, and Huer was the nephew of Mo Roll, the leader of the western tribe, and this time he was sent by Mo Roll to follow Temuter as the vanguard of the army, which really made him excited for a long time, and he was gearing up, looking forward to doing a big job.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that his troops were used as cannon fodder in this way, consumed meaninglessly, which made him how willing, but because of the prestige of Kelie, he didn't dare to clash with the henchmen in the eyes of the Khan in front of him, which his uncle had repeatedly instructed before he set off.

But looking at the warriors of the clan who fell one by one under the city wall, Kuerdu's heart was like being stabbed in the chest with a knife, and the battle situation in front of him knew that there was no point in continuing, but why didn't this commander withdraw his troops yet?

Temuter's eyes were extremely sharp, looking at the tall enemy tower from afar, he wanted to search for the commander of the Yan army at this time.

There seemed to be a sense of induction, Yan Wuji, who was busy observing the battle situation, also seemed to feel a strong hostility from Hu Meng's camp at this time, and looked up, although it was night, the eyes of the two collided with each other as if they could penetrate the night.

Then he invariably pulled a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

The eastern sky faintly showed a hint of fish-belly white, and the horn of the retreating Hu Mengjun sounded in the northwest with the first rays of light sprinkled by the morning light.

The Hu Mengjun who suffered heavy casualties retreated like a tide in a wail, those who were seriously wounded and fell to the ground but did not die, some slowly withdrew with the support of their comrades, and some were not supported, and they also tried to clasp the ground with their hands, and crawled their bodies towards the camp at once, and the Hu Mengbing soldiers who had lost their mobility, but had not yet lost their breath, were too weak because of their injuries to not even let out a wail, they could only lie there quietly, waiting for their own medical soldiers to come and rescue them, But it could also be the Grim Reaper.

Yan Wuji exhaled a long breath, the first time he officially commanded the actual battle, the psychological pressure was so great, only he knew, although he knew that the other party was only temporarily retreating, but this did not affect his sense of accomplishment and self-confidence that he had gained slightly.

Removing the personnel who participated in the battle and replacing them with the soldiers of the second column who had been on standby under the city, Yan Wuji asked people to count the casualties in the battle and the consumption of city defense materials.

Fortunately, except for the thirty-two soldiers and one colonel who were injured by stray arrows, there were no other casualties, but the consumption of arrows was quite large, which made Yan Wuji himself startled.

In fact, after every battle, both sides will send logistics personnel to the battlefield to collect wounded soldiers and recover supplies, and the recovery of arrows is the top priority in these tasks.

Know the importance of archers in a battle, they are the strongest output class to cause damage and fire suppression, and arrows are the basis for ensuring their damage output.

Hu Meng's next attack was not yet known, Qiu Xin's personal guards hurriedly ran to ask Yan Wuji to go to the meeting, because it was in wartime, so he only called the general manager of all departments to go, and the deputy general manager was still leading the troops on the city wall.

When Yan Wuji arrived, Zhu Ziming and the other two Qianzong had just arrived, and the four of them walked into the marshal's mansion quickly, because the situation was urgent, so several people didn't have any intention to greet each other, and if they had anything to say, they all kept it and said it together when the battalion commander asked.

Qiu Xin did not sit on his handsome position, but stood beside the sand table frowning and thinking, the footsteps of the four people and the metal sound of the armor on his body made him turn his attention to the door, the four people in his eyes, although they looked a little tired, but full of spirit, the pace of walking gave people a sense of vigor and resoluteness, and under the backdrop of the armor, it looked even more powerful.

These people are Qiu Xin's right-hand men who rely on the most now.

"Battalion commander!" Uniform, extraordinary.

"Sit down."

Qiu Xin was satisfied with their performance from the bottom of his heart, and when he saw them seated, Qiu Xin continued: "First report the battle damage of each department, Lao Zhu, start with you." ”

Zhu Ziming, who had just sat down, stood up again, hugged his fists and said: "Camp commander, Dongwei has 36 wounded in this battle, two dead, 20,000 arrows lost, eight barrels of tung oil, 78 fallen trees, and 182 rolling stones. ”

The rest reported in turn, the number of casualties and the number of battle losses were about the same for the four guards, except for the northern guard, which lost relatively more arrows.

After the report was completed, Qiu Xin had the bottom of his mind, although the Humeng people were menacing, they were still their shortcomings in the siege war, and it could even be said to be fatal.

Humeng once used the speed advantage of the cavalry, so that each cavalry carried the soil to fill a city, this siege took place between Humeng and Molan, at that time there was no Dayan, the Central Plains was still the situation of the princes, this period, Humeng had the absolute right to speak under this sky, although they finally succeeded in winning, but the cost was 30,000 Humeng cavalry casualties, equivalent to five times the defenders of the city.

You must know that even in the most difficult siege battle, the casualty ratio of the attacking and defending sides will not exceed three times, so when the army broke through the city, the Humeng people slaughtered every living creature they could see in the city in order to vent their anger.

But in the end, this crazy way angered Humeng Khan, and even Humeng, who was in an absolute hegemonic position at the time, could not afford such consumption.

The commander of the battle was immediately replaced by a new general sent by Humeng Khan, who was immediately executed after being escorted back to the Humeng court.

Since then, the Humeng people have been looking for ways to attack the city, they continue to loot craftsmen from the Central Plains, accumulate and learn the knowledge of making siege equipment, but before they can apply all the knowledge they have learned, they are defeated by the rising Yan army on all fronts, driven to the other side of the Broken Trench.

Because of this, all the things they had accumulated before were also destroyed, and even the inheritors who learned the craft were not able to keep it.

So the current Humont is equivalent to being pushed to the end and starting all over again.

Over the years, Hu Meng has also made continuous efforts in this regard, but whether it is Yan Guo or Mo Lan, because of the lessons of the past, they have made deliberate precautions in this regard, Mo Lan does not know, but Yan Guo has relevant regulations.

Anyone who has been engaged in the production and manufacture of military equipment is absolutely not allowed to go to Dingzhou without permission, even if any state or county in Dingzhou needs this kind of equipment, it is also escorted by the army to a group of craftsmen, and when the equipment is manufactured, these craftsmen will be escorted back by the army one by one.

Because Dingzhou is the only state that cannot prevent Humeng, although Humeng cannot invade on a large scale, it is also very easy to send a small force to loot, and other states either have the Zimu River as a moat, or have a mountain range as a barrier, and Humeng can not easily come over.

And because the identity of these craftsmen is very sensitive, so their household registration is different from ordinary people, they belong to the workshop department directly under the Ministry of Industry, usually the government will not interfere with their normal life, but they are not allowed to pass on their skills to others privately, if they violate, the light will be beheaded, the heavy will be the bereaved family, very severe.

If these people want to go far away, when they go out and when they come back, they must report to the government, and if they go out but do not report to the government, and are discovered by the government, even if there is no misconduct, it is a felony to go to prison.

Because they are subject to more restrictions, correspondingly, the treatment given to them by the imperial court is also very generous, so many craftsmen still sharpen their heads and want to drill into the workshop, as long as they abide by the rules, they will live much happier than ordinary people.

It's far away, let's go back here.

Because there is no technical support in this area, Humeng's siege equipment only has the simplest ladder, and because of the production materials, Humeng's ladder is very easy to break, you must know that the best material for making ladders is the extremely tough bamboo, but the Humeng grassland does not have these things, and can only spend a lot of money to collect from the smuggling black merchants.

After the battle in front of him, he lost dozens of them, which made Temutel even more distressed compared to the soldiers who sacrificed.

"How's going on over there?" Humont's tent was also seriously summing up the gains and losses of the battle at this time, and when the various ministries had finished reporting, Temutel suddenly asked this question.

"Great Commander Qiqi, Chakeduo's Southern Vanguard Army and Northern Vanguard Army have entered the Yan Realm, and at the speed of my Hu Meng, the last general estimates that they will be able to join us in two days at the latest." The person who answered was a high-ranking general named Humeng, named Hanzan, who was also a close confidant of Temuter, who was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Tribe, and Hanzan commanded the vanguard of 15,000 people of the Eastern Ethnic Group under his command in the name of the vanguard officer of the Eastern Ethnic Groups.

The Humeng Quartet, at the request of Ke Li, each side sent 15,000 elite troops as the vanguard.

Temutel led the eastern and western tribes all the way to the town of Shema, leaving all the baggage and supplies to the southern and northern armies that followed.

His original plan was to take advantage of the speed advantage of Humeng's iron cavalry to raid Xiema Town, who would have thought that Yan Yun's surveillance of this side would be perfect, and when Humeng's army arrived outside Xiema Town, the Yan army in the city was already in full array, which is why Humeng did not attack immediately, but waited until dawn the next day to attack.

After receiving Hanzan's report, Temutel frowned, but did not say anything harsh, which made Hanzan feel relieved, for his own Shangguan, Hanzan was afraid from the bottom of his heart.

"Tell them to go as fast as they can."

As soon as the words fell, Temuter's expression turned around, and he said sharply: "All departments listen to orders!" ”

Qi brushed his chest up and raised his head, his eyes fixed on the person above, which was quite similar to Yan Guo.

"In the past few days, only a small force has been sent to feint to attack Xiema Town, and the focus has shifted to the surrounding villages, with Xiema Town as the center, with a radius of 100 miles as the search range."

"Commander, if the Yan army in the city breaks through, what should we do?"