However, even with the assistance of the sailors, the two previous tentative attacks were repulsed. However, at least during the second attack, the first team had already climbed the city wall, but unfortunately the enemy did not expect to place the crossbowmen at the rear, and the first batch of more than a dozen soldiers to go up to the city were killed by random arrows.

Suddenly lost their foothold, and the soldiers behind naturally had no choice but to retreat, but fortunately, the defenders also had the meaning of preserving their strength, so the losses of the two attacks were not large.

Rao is like this, Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian are still a little painful.

Now if we talk about the most serious problem they are facing, I am afraid that it is the lack of soldiers and horses, and of course, this problem is also plaguing the defenders of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The loss of hundreds of people is just a drop in the bucket for an army of more than 100,000 people, but for an army of several thousand people, it is not a small amount.

Li Xinchen can only give them more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, even if the army reorganized by the displaced people and the children of the Tang clan is sent to the battlefield later, there will be no more than a few hundred people, and more importantly, before that, the soldiers and horses under Xiao Shilian may have lost half of them, and the morale of the army is definitely not comparable to what it is now.

Standing on the platform and looking at the army that launched the third attack, Chen Zhishen frowned.

At the end of the strong crossbow, you can't wear Lu Min, Chen Zhishen is very clear about this truth.

If it weren't for Xiao Maha's fact that he was also from a poor family and didn't dislike his identity, and let him be in charge of training because of his physique and combat experience, if it weren't for Li Xinchen's heavy use of him, I'm afraid that Chen Zhishen is charging forward with a knife with the rest of the soldiers.

Chen Zhishen is grateful to Xiao Maha and even more grateful to Li Xinchen, but he also admits that he has little reading and does not have much experience in commanding, but Chen Zhishen knows very well where his own strengths are. As a general who has been in charge of military training for many years, he knows very well the morale of his soldiers, when it is high and when it is low, I am afraid that even Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian are not as accurate as him.

Therefore, Chen Zhishen just looked at the expressions on the faces of those soldiers who were ready to fight, and it was very clear that if there was no breakthrough this time, today's attack should be stopped, otherwise it would just be a senseless sacrifice.

Although Chen Zhishen did not expect that he could easily take down the city three times in two days, after all, the Luzhou City in front of him could be regarded as a heroic city. But he was still expecting a miracle. Otherwise, it will probably take some effort to take this Luzhou City.

"Bang!" The trebuchet at the head of Luzhou City was still desperately fighting back, but in front of Nan Chen's many siege equipment, the stone projectiles thrown by this small trebuchet were like tickling. But even so, Xie Chang, who was in charge of commanding the equipment, still felt that his face was very shameless.

He was the most important helper of the master craftsman Ouyang Mo, and when Ouyang Mo was running around the southern counties and Ba counties, working hard for the construction of the workshop, Xie Chang was naturally obliged to take on the task of commanding these large equipment.

According to legend, his ancestor is the famous Xie family, but the former "Wang Xie" has long since declined, and such a background does not bring Xie Chang any benefits, so he needs to struggle out of the way with his own hands.

Now this battle into Shu is undoubtedly a good opportunity for him that he can't miss, of course he doesn't want to leave a bad impression of being a jungler with Ouyang Mo or even Li Xinchen because of his poor performance.

"Aim at the direction where the stone bullet of the trebuchet is thrown, move the trebuchet on the left four steps forward, and the trebuchet on the right six steps back, listen to a certain order!" The muscles on Xie Chang's face tightened, and he watched as the stone bullet smashed heavily on his siege ladder, and the ladder shook violently and broke his waist.

A team of strong men pushed the trebuchet forward step by step. And Xie Chang exhaled softly, and all eyes converged on him. Xie Chang's eyes that were originally slightly narrowed opened and waved his hand suddenly: "Let's go!" ”

Three stone bullets burst through the air at the same time, crossing the city wall, and after a few moments, no stone bullets were fired from behind the wall.

The brawny men who operated the trebuchet looked at each other and burst into cheers.

"Kill!" One of the generals who led the team to the front suddenly waved the knife in his hand and roared. Countless Nanchen soldiers shouted and rushed towards the city wall.

Xiao Shilian carried a knife and walked quickly to Xie Chang surrounded by several soldiers, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Good job." ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Shilian directly greeted the guards beside him: "Sons, this Luzhou City is not a big deal, now they don't even have trebuchets and bed crossbows, do we have anything to be afraid of?!" ”

"Nope!" The guards hugged Xiao Shilian tightly and shouted loudly.

And this shout soon spread throughout this attack position, as the command flag in the hand of Chen Zhishen on the platform not far away fell appropriately, the soldiers waiting for the attack order began to run at the same time, and the red flags symbolizing Nan Chen danced wildly in the cold wind.

The knife in Xiao Shilian's hand pointed straight at the head of the city. And Chen Zhishen's hand holding the Ling Qi tightly on the stage was also full of sweat, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the city wall in front of him.

This is already the strongest force they can come up with, and whether they can attack successfully depends on this time.

If this can't open Luzhou City, then Chen Zhishen and Xiao Shilian will have to consider whether to change the strong attack to a long-term siege.

Now it's winter, if the siege continues for a long time, it means that Xiao Shilian and the others have to consider the problems of grain, grass and heating, and even have to consider whether the river will be frozen. Once the river freezes, it means that the ships of the navy division have to dock and retreat, and the waterway, the main channel for transporting grain, will be interrupted.

However, fortunately, river water freezing is quite common in Jiangnan and Jingzhou, but in Bashu, because the high mountains block a lot of cold air currents from the north, the frequency is not so high. However, in the march and battle, any slight mistake may lead to destruction, so these problems have to be considered even if they are unlikely.

Just when Chen Zhishen was still worried about the future, Xiao Shilian's voice faintly came from the wind ahead: "Brothers, we will never retreat!" ”

When they saw the "Xiao" character general flag appear at the front of the new charging team, whether it was the soldiers who were running wildly or the generals who were waving their swords and shouting, they were all a little distracted, but then they responded to Xiao Shilian hoarsely with their loudest voices:

"We will not retreat!"

A moment later, the same shouts erupted from the armless craftsmen and brawny men who operated the trebuchets bare-chested, and from the fleet of sailors on the water.

This is their answer to Xiao Shilian, and it is also a roar to the enemy!

For a time, in all directions of Luzhou City, this voice roared and tsunami!