In Yongzhou, a battle for the attack and defense of the city wall continues.

The fanged cave barbarians were shirtless and with knives in their mouths, and climbed up the dozen or so long ladders erected by the Yongzhou city wall, their movements as agile as apes, and they could leap up a large section in the blink of an eye.

However, this was not a good way to siege the city, and the people defending the city reasonably lifted stout logs and large stones and threw them out of the wall, and the brutes on a long ladder immediately rolled down in a daze.

The only archers in the defenders immediately stood up from behind the battlements, drew their bows and shot arrows.

A row of feathered arrows flew down the walls, bringing down the brutes who were stupidly waiting below the city to attack.

Most of the bows and arrows of the defenders are weak hunting bows, and the number of real war bows is very small, but the barbarians have no armor, because they are poor, probably to show their bravery, most of the barbarians do not even have a single coat, and the result is that they were shot by the condescending Zhou army.

After paying hundreds of casualties, the brutes abandoned the ladder and fled backwards like ants.

A platoon of Jiaozhi soldiers who supervised the battle stepped forward, their swords flashed, and the cave barbarians who fled at the front were divided into strength, but there were too many deserters, and the thin line of the overseer team was quickly crushed by the rout.

And so the day's fighting ended.

"You brutes are as stupid as monkeys!"

Li Changjie, the commander of the Vietnamese army, roared angrily at the barbarian cave masters who came to participate in the battle:

"It's just a matter of defeat, how to throw all the equipment under the city!"

Not far away, in Yongzhou City, the defenders took back all the long ladders they could get into the city - these things could only be chopped and burned as firewood for them, but for the enemies outside the city who were not good at building, these ladders that could be put directly on the head of the city were not materials that could be replenished in large quantities.

Although the material here is actually very rich.

Li Changjie also knew this, and it took at least three days for the craftsmen in his battalion to produce the fifty long ladders needed for the siege, and after handing them over to the barbarians to attack the city once, they lost everything, so they had to wait another three days before launching a new offensive.

Therefore, Li Changjie repeatedly ordered the brute soldiers to bring back the remaining ladders even if they retreated.

But those monkey-like idiots just can't remember!

Several cave masters were scolded, and they all pursed their mouths and didn't say a word.

They have now retreated, they have made a lot of money in Qinzhou and Lianzhou before, and continue to attack Yongzhou because they heard that the population in Yongzhou City is more wealthy, but it turns out that although this city is fat, it is full of thorns, and the army cannot break the city several times.

If it was when everyone was poor before, the cave masters would have to find ways to fight down even if they fought for their lives, but now that they have made a fortune, it seems very unnecessary to continue to fight for their sons.

It's better to go home as soon as possible and enjoy the harvest this time.

But the Yue coach, Taiwei Li Changjie, resolutely disagreed, and he gritted his teeth and insisted on conquering Yongzhou before stopping.

Even the generals of the Yue people themselves did not dare to refute this powerful minister, let alone the handsome people who wanted to be looked down upon.

A few people spoke against Li Changjie in the big tent before, but they were all killed by his order, and a few wanted to leave the battlefield and go home on their own, but even the boys under the barbarian were all killed by the Yue people.

So no one dared to mention the withdrawal of troops anymore.

It's just that everyone doesn't leave, and they don't necessarily have to do their best, and everyone hasn't learned the knowledge of siege, but they don't need to be taught if they don't work.

Anyway, it's like this, and when the people in the city run out of food, they have to go out of the city and surrender, or the army outside the city can't stop withdrawing without food.

Let's see who can't help it first.

As for Li Changjie's siege equipment ...... in Zizi, hehe, he has the ability to let the Vietnamese soldiers go on their own!

"Get out of here!" Li Changjie scolded for a long time, and finally got tired of scolding, so he let the barbarians go back: "Continue to attack in three days!" If the retreaters don't bring back the utensils this time, they will be killed! ”

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Yongzhou Zhizhou Su Mian has not been under the city wall for two months.

To be precise, he hasn't gone down the city wall since the siege of the Jiaozhi thieves.

His son Su Zizheng went down, but not in the city, but led his troops out of the city to counterattack.

It is precisely because Lord Zhizhou is so leading the way that Yongzhou City can work together to resist the attack of thieves until now.

It's a pity that Su Mian himself estimated that this city could not be defended.

Although the enemy's attack was weak, after all, there were many people, and they rushed up every day or two to attack and kill, and the losses in the city were getting bigger and bigger, and the defense was becoming more and more difficult every time, and no one knew how long they could hold out in such a situation.

What's even worse is that Yongzhou may be the last city of the Great Zhou.

Because it was surrounded by 200,000 thieves like an iron bucket, Yongzhou City was unable to send envoys to express its allegiance to the north, so it was never able to change its flag.

Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty has perished, who can be counted on to rescue such a remote and isolated city?

For the defenders in the city, Su Mian was still using the excuse that "the thieves have besieged the city for several months, and the grain and grass will inevitably not continue", but he knew in his heart that the thieves were not really short of food.

The area around the Fuliang River in Annam is rich in water and soil, and the fields can be harvested seven times in two years, and the Yue people can be said to be poor, but they will definitely not lack food.

What's more, they have also gained a lot in Qinzhou and Lianzhou, and the inventory in the two places is enough for the thieves to hold on for a long time.

This is a war that must be lost, and the only reason why Su Mian is still insisting is that he does not want the 60,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to be killed by the thieves in vain.

These 60,000 lives have to be exchanged for something, right? Even if it is just to give a few states and counties north of Yongzhou a little time to escape, it is good.

"Father." Su Zizheng walked down from the urn city, and his chapped lips and hoarse voice proved that he was in a bad state now.

A few days ago, the thieves attacked the city, and Su Zizheng was shot by a stray arrow, although he was not seriously injured, but he also shed a lot of blood. In today's water-starved city, any loss of bodily fluids can have fatal consequences.

But I have to say that the tiger father has no dogs, and Su Zizheng is also good, even if he was injured, he never went down the city wall, and always insisted with the officials and people in the city.

"The city has run out of food and grass." Su Zi said expressionlessly: "The child has ordered the slaughter of the ploughing cattle, and it is estimated that it will last for two or three days." But it's only for two or three days. ”

Su Mian closed his eyes in pain, for the Han people, slaughtering a ploughing cow is simply the same as selling the ancestral field, and it is to be scolded by the old man!

But now, when people have no food, there is only slaughter of ploughing cattle.

"Kill, kill all the cows, and eat them for as long as you can."

Su Mian knew that Yongzhou City was over.

Even if the thieves retreat at this time, kill so many people, and kill all the cattle and livestock, what will happen next year?

Perhaps, it won't be able to recover in ten years, right?

"Grandpa."

A little girl called Su Mu in a milky voice, this is Su Zizheng's daughter, Su Mi's granddaughter, only 9 years old.

The little girl is very beautiful, but now her little face is also dirty, holding half a bowl of porridge that can show the figure of a person, and wants to hand it to Su Mian.

"Grandpa, it's time to eat."