The warships were on fire, and the Xian army was like a tide of soldiers and turned to kill and rushed to the city.

At this time, Zhao Xun, Bailiyan and others stood at the head of the city, with the bronze bell as the number, struck the bronze bell once, and the melee in the dark night withdrew one of the Xian troops according to the calculation, struck the bronze bell twice, and the other departments withdrew to the city.

In this way, the retreat was alternately covered, and when the Jin army had killed the word city in a big way, the Xian army fought and retreated in an orderly manner, and always maintained fierce combat contact, the Jin army was unconsciously lured by the Xian army to the east of the city wall of Yin Yangcheng, and waited until the last bronze bell rang, leaving the remnants of the Xian army to withdraw to the city with all their might.

When Zhao Xun ordered him, countless arrows rained down in the dark, which caught the Jin army off guard.

The Jin army crossed the river to annihilate the main force of the Xian army, but unexpectedly, the Xian army fought and retreated, lured the Jin army to the city wall, and ambushed them with bows and crossbows.

The worst thing is that the night is dark, the Jin army was ambushed by the Xian army and then was attacked by the bow and crossbow arrows, and nearly 10,000 people rushed to retreat under the terror, so that there was a trampling, falling, panic spread rapidly, and some were even squeezed into the river and drowned, or were accidentally injured by friendly troops, the scene was tragic, it can be described as tragic.

The chaos of the Jin army lasted until dawn, and Han cooperated as a veteran of the battlefield, and he did not see the tragedy of last night's battle in his life.

Looking at the thousands of dead, a large number of corpses fell to the ground, the Fuhe River under his feet was a river of blood, and the wails were endless.

At the same time, Yin Yang City is not much better, although the Jin army that was severely damaged in the raid last night, the Xian army suffered more than 2,000 casualties. More than 11,000 people were dispatched, and less than 9,000 returned. Bai Liyan was busy handling the wounded and did not close his eyes until dawn.

When Zhao Xun inspected the injured camp, he found the figure of Bailiyan (Wei Xian), and he couldn't help but sigh:

"I never thought that you also knew how to heal."

"General Hui Zhao, I know some medical skills in the next step, and now I am wearing armor and waiting for battle, and I have no choice but to do it."

"General Ben really underestimated you, do you know how many Jin soldiers were killed and wounded in the battle last night."

Bai Liyan shook his head and said:

"I don't know yet."

"Last night's battle, let alone more than 4,000 people died under the city, and there were many corpses and bones as far as the eye could see outside the city, so counting the lucky escapes back to the wounded, the Jin army suffered a huge number of casualties last night."

"Alas......"

Bai Liyan sighed, Zhao Xun was surprised, and hurriedly asked:

"Now that the Jin army is coming to the city, why sigh for the Jin army."

"I didn't want to kill people in the first intention, but now, it's all a last resort."

To put it mildly, use the cognition and concept beyond the times to destroy the enemy, even if you win, you will not be able to win, but you are forced to do it as a last resort, if you don't kill the Jin army, the Jin army will have to kill into the city.

Yesterday, the Jin army lost 3,000 people, and another 3,400 sailors at night, Han He was already enraged, and he couldn't swallow this breath.

Taking a step back, the main force of the Xian army is all outside the city, how can Han He watch the great opportunity to annihilate the Xian army slip away in one fell swoop, and he is bound to finish his work in one battle and annihilate the main force of the Xian army outside the city.

As everyone knows, Baili Yan fought and retreated the stairs, while blocking the Jin army across the river head-on, while withdrawing people, while withdrawing people and retreating, the Jin army was led to the city step by step, at this time there was little left of the Xian army outside the city, a wave of bows and arrows attacked, how could not a dead person turn over on his back.

The most ruthless is also that it is dark and frightened, and it has been hit many times by the Xian army, and the Jin army is like a bird with a frightened bow, and the Jin army that killed the city in fear must retreat in order to avoid the arrows.

Han He's biggest miscalculation last night was to pass through the pontoon bridge in Yizicheng in a big way, but the situation was in front of him, without reinforcements, the sacrifice of the navy army would be in vain, and the main force of the Xian army would be retracted into the city, he had no choice.

Groups of infantry marched through narrow passages into open territory, which was still cut off by the river, and as long as it caused panic and great pressure, it would be difficult for even modern well-educated people to avoid a stampede under the panic of the crowd.

As a result, tens of thousands of people rushed across a pontoon bridge that was only enough for four people to march side by side, the front surged backwards, and the back rushed forward, which was bound to cause stampedes and accidental injuries in the darkness, and they were all soldiers, holding guys in their hands, wearing armor on their bodies, and the weight was not ordinarily heavy, plus there were corpses on the ground, and it was a high probability event that a stampede occurred.

Forced by the arrows and surprise attacks of the Xian army, the Jin army rushed to the river, and many people were squeezed into the river and drowned.

At this point, Bailiyan can still kill again last night, and most of the Jin army that crossed the river will be annihilated, and the Jin army will be killed in seven or eight thousand today.

Cold weapon field warfare, in most cases, is on the way to disperse, the casualties and prisoners caused by the pursuit account for the largest proportion, and the real frontal killing, the casualties caused by the entire battle are not as good as the casualties caused by the pursuit, of course, there are many exceptions.

If the Jin army had lost seven or eight thousand people last night and had at least 10,000 people wounded, overnight, such an astonishing level of casualties under the city of Xiao Yin Yang would inevitably cause the world to shake, not to mention the accumulation of casualties yesterday and a few days ago, the casualties of the Jin army would be 20,000 less.

In the face of this pressure, Han He is bound to intensify his revenge, and Bai Liyan has no resources in his hands, so he must ease the current situation and delay it for a longer time.

"General Zhao, the Jin army has suffered a setback this time, and it will inevitably redouble its revenge on our army in the future, so it will be extremely difficult in the future, I hope Lord Ding Su has escaped at this time."

"General Ben knows this matter in his heart, thinking that if he can't cross the river together, he will definitely use stone carts and bed crossbows to destroy my city wall and frustrate my spirit."

The range of the bed crossbow or the ballista is basically more than four hundred meters, and even the ballista with the bronze crossbow arm will be farther, and it is completely possible to shoot the city wall of Yin Yangcheng from the east bank of the Fu River, of course, the accuracy will be much worse. It should be pushed across the river and reused, but now that the river crossing has been frustrated, Han He may not dare to cross the river rashly again.

Secondly, the distance of the stone cannon that relies on manpower is limited, two or three hundred meters is the limit, the lever trebuchet is five or six hundred meters, and the giant breeding lever trebuchet will be farther, but the current technology and engineering mechanics are not satisfactory, and it is already God blessed to be able to throw the stone five or six hundred meters to hit the target.

Bailiyan had seen the Jin army attacking the city, but the trebuchet operation was not realistic, or the stones were too heavy and scattered, and even could only be thrown two or three hundred meters.

Although the accuracy and distance are not satisfactory, it is not a problem to use it for such a large target as beating the city wall. The east, south, and north of the Fuhe River, except that the north bank is slightly far away and cannot be reached by trebuchet equipment, the east and south are within the maximum range of the trebuchet, and the eastern city wall is completely exposed to the range of catapult equipment.

Just when Yin Yangcheng was preparing for battle, Han He sat in the military tent with red eyes, interrogating the wounded soldiers of the Xian Army captured last night.

Although it was a defeat, and it was a terrible defeat, it was not without gains. Last night, a total of four wounded Xianjun soldiers were arrested, and one of them can still speak:

"As long as you tell the truth, Ben will keep you from dying!"

"But begging the general to spare his life, he must know everything below." Sergeant Xian begged for mercy, and it could be seen that he was already very old.

"The old man asked you, how many Xian troops are there in this Yin Yang City, and who are the guards."

"Back to the general's words, there are at least 13,000 defenders in Yin Yang City, and the guard general is Zhao Xun, the governor of the capital."

"Thirteen thousand!" Han He and all the generals were taken aback, and then hurriedly asked: "Why did the Xian army have 13,000 people!" ”。

"General Zhao Xun led the army into the city secretly a few days ago."

Hearing this, he sat down and sneered:

"It's nonsense, the main force of the Xian army has already been defeated by our army, how can there be an army of 10,000 people!"

"No, in the next sentence there are thirteen thousand men in the city."

At this time, Han He was thoughtful, motioned for Ji Chang to sit down, and then asked Wang Shuo on the side:

"General Wang Shuo, have you heard of Zhao Xun?"

"I have heard that this person was originally the governor of the western county of Xianguo, and he was transferred to the east of the Wangqin River last year."

"Then what is this person's strategy, it is not that since the robbery of grain, it has been done by this person."

"I'm afraid so, but I don't know why Zhao Xun was not incorporated into Wei Dan's department and fought a decisive battle with our army in Jiulipo. If Jiulipo Zhao Xun is defeated, our army should also know. Judging from the current situation, Zhao Xun is very likely to be ordered by Wei Dan to purge the conscripts and prepare for war, and then join forces with Wei Dan, but Wei Dan was broken by our army, and he had to retreat into Yin Yangcheng to wait for reinforcements. ”

"Well, that's true."

Hearing this, Han He asked the troops again:

"Ben will ask you how many days the grain and grass in the city can be sold."

"In March and April, we can still spend money in March and April."

"In addition to Zhao Xun alone, who else in the city is in command of the soldiers and horses guarding the city."

"One is the right governor Zhong Heng, the two are the right lieutenant Yao Sheng, and the third is the school military lang, and the school military lang. Yesterday and last night, it was rumored that the plan to defeat the general was the plan of the military man of this school. ”

"Varsity?! ...... hissed" Han He was suspicious, and then asked: "Who is the school soldier, and who is his surname!" ”

"Wei Xian, the school soldier Wei Xian, is only eighteen or nineteen years old."

"Are you sure!"

"It's true, it's indeed the school soldier Wei Xian's plan."

Hearing this, Han He glanced at Wang Shuo, and then ordered someone to drag the troops away.

Han He was silent for a long time, but he couldn't figure out how a seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen-year-old school soldier could set off such a big storm.

"General Wang Shuo, have you ever heard of Wei Xian, the military officer of this school?"

"No, no impression." Wang Shuo shook his head in affirmation.

"That's weird, just a young man can say that Zhao Xunyan, the governor of the capital, obeys his words, could it be that the last grain robbery was also designed by this person?"

The more Han He thought about it, the more it looked like it, the last time he robbed the grain, it was strange, and now that he thinks about it, it is more and more similar.

"Like, too much!"

"Like what?" Wang Shuo asked.

"The last time I robbed the grain, it must have been done by Wei Xian, a soldier from this school."

"How so?"

"This kind of planning and insight, if it is the usual trick of the Xianjun, how can we not know, if it is not a rising rookie, we will definitely not know."

"That being the case, how is General Han prepared to fight."

"From today onwards, we will attack them with bed crossbows and boulders, day and night. The old man didn't believe it, the more than 13,000 people of the Xian army could stop me from rolling stones and arrows with their flesh and blood. ”

So this day began, the Jin army began to continue for ten days of "artillery bombardment", stones and arrows covered the sky to bombard the city, in the first few days, the mud and grass mat that was hung on the city wall earlier played a good defensive effect, as the attack became more and more saturated, the intensity became more and more large, the mud and grass mat was overwhelmed, and the city wall was smashed out of thousands of holes.

The Xianjun army is across the river, smashed with stones every day, Bailiyan hides in the hidden soldier cave and worries all day long, this stone is not accurate at all, if one day it hits his head, his good life that has just begun, will it be buried.

Although I think so, there is no other way but to endure it at the moment.

At the same time, the political situation in Xianguo had undergone subtle changes since the invasion of the Jin army, and external pressure prompted the rebels in various places, especially the nobles and scholars whose positions were relatively peaceful and not radical, to once again turn to the reformers led by the great king Jiang Hai and the prime minister Gongsun Yue.

Coupled with the turn of domestic public opinion, the public anger aroused by the invasion of the Jin army quickly burned to the whole country.