Chapter 33: Stalemate attrition
The cold wind in the middle of the night blew cold on the body, and the wind still carried the smell of burnt trees. The big silk in the sky above Lu Longsai flew with a huge "pop" sound in the night.
"Tomorrow... Will there be calm tomorrow? Liu He thought alone as he looked at the enemy camp looming outside the city.
Because the sergeants were tired, Liu He personally and Guan Yu were responsible for inspecting the city wall at night after the sergeants slept.
Guan Yu pointed to the enemy camp in the distance and asked Liu He, "Lord!" I wonder if they still fight? ”
"It's going to be hit! Although more than 2,000 people were lost, they did not break their bones. They still have time to find reinforcements, and when they have regained their morale, the time will come to attack. But there are so few of us that there are only a little more than 2,000 of them alive now, and they can't stand in a row on this wall. If we don't have reinforcements, our situation is very dangerous. Liu He was very anxious.
Guan Yu sighed and didn't make a sound.
"Cloud Chief! We'll survive. You'll be able to go home and see your wife. Liu He hurriedly comforted him.
Guan Yu took out a jade pendant from his arms and looked at it again and again, his eyes full of affection.
At this time, in the Wuhuan camp, the Xianbei leader Xiong came with the news of reinforcements, and Wuyan and Que Ji hurriedly took him into the big tent.
"Where's our reinforcements?" That's what Que Ji cares about the most.
"It'll be there in three days! The reinforcements arranged by the big leader have already arrived as quickly as possible. Because the baggage needs to be transported at the same time, the time is a little later. ”
"Shall we wait for reinforcements to come and attack or will we start attacking from tomorrow?" As soon as Uyan heard that reinforcements were coming, his mood immediately improved.
"Let's start fighting tomorrow! In the past few days, the soldiers have regained their morale, and they are all full of anger to kill Lulongse to avenge the Suli Ministry. Que Ji took the words and said viciously.
"The soldiers' desire to fight is indeed very high. I think I can attack it immediately, and attack it for three days in a row. As soon as the reinforcements arrived, they took Luronse in one go. Wu Yan's face was excited, and he gestured with his hands excitedly, and said menacingly.
"Although we lost more than 2,000 troops of Suli very unexpectedly, we did not lose in vain. He did what we booked and it was done thoroughly. Now I estimate that the Han army has no reserve troops in its hands. In the first two days we saw with our own eyes that his losses on the fortress would not be less than three or four hundred men, and we would have exhausted him with more soldiers. Xiong said.
"Then we're going to play a little faster, it's been seven days since we arrived in Luronse. It stands to reason that Xu Wuxian, which is closest to it, should have sent reinforcements. Que Ji added on the side.
"But Xu Wucheng's reinforcements are not to worry about how many people a small county can send. Ten households draw one ding, there are 200 people, and they are all infantry defending the city with little combat effectiveness. Xiong said unexpectedly.
On the eighth day, the battle began again.
Liu He held a big stone high with both hands and smashed it at the enemy soldiers who were climbing up, and today he smashed stones, shot arrows, and threw huge logs on the ladder with other soldiers, and I don't know how many times it was repeated. The soldiers on both sides lost their minds a little, and from morning to afternoon, they even ate while running and stuffing them into their mouths. The enemy broke through at several points and successfully climbed the wall, and although it was quickly defeated, it was not a small blow to the morale of the soldiers defending the city.
The soldiers on the main floor were very nervous and confronted the enemy outside the auxiliary wall, and the two sides shot arrows at each other from time to time, and the enemy was still digging and bagging in the mountains outside the range, as if they were about to start a big battle.
After Cheng Pu heard the report, although he suspected that it was the enemy's containment action, he was not sure, so he had to ask the soldiers on the defense to be careful and not to look at other battlefields.
At this time, Liu He was covered in blood, and the swarthy steel spear roared, rolling and flying back and forth among the enemies, desperately eating away at the enemy's life.
On the left side of the main city wall, Guan Yu and his subordinates took all the soldiers into a fierce fight, and the enemy swarmed up too much, and no one had time to smash stones and roll wood, so they could only fight hand-to-hand with the enemy on the city wall.
On the right side of the main city wall, Liu Bei commanded the troops to barely cope with the situation, and that was because his side was not the enemy's main direction of attack. But even then, he did not have a single soldier to support the left side of the battlefield.
When the horn of the enemy's retreat sounded, the Han soldiers on the city wall let out a long breath, and the difficult and bloody day was finally over. The Han army suffered heavy losses, and in the face of a frenzied enemy, the weakness of the defender's weak forces was clearly visible. Although it is said that there will be no immediate danger, if the enemy attacks like this every day, the main city wall will definitely be lost in a few days, after most of the defenders have lost most of their soldiers.
As it got dark, the enemy slowly retreated into the camp.
There were corpses everywhere on and under the city walls, and the Han army was exhausted and sat on the top of the bloodstained city wall one by one, enjoying a rare rest.
Liu He and Cheng Pu looked at the generals silently, the losses of the troops had reached the point where they could not maintain the defense of the entire city wall. After ten days of fighting, there are now only more than 1,300 soldiers who can stand on the city walls and continue fighting, including the 200 lightly wounded soldiers on the back floor. The defending soldiers of the left wall were under the fierce attack of the enemy for three consecutive days, and only a hundred people remained. Tomorrow the fortress may be breached by the enemy.
"My lord! The enemy's losses were also very large. Seeing that the troops they withdrew would not exceed 2,000 people, we lost half of them, they lost more than half, and everyone was basically balanced in numbers. Zou Jing said slowly.
He was comforting Liu He and comforting himself.
"Yes, Shun Zhi! The losses of Wu Huan's troops were very large. Tomorrow he will not be able to spread out all the attack surfaces, and he can only choose the method of focusing on the attack. If that's the case, we can focus on defending in his attacking area and we can still support it tomorrow. Cheng Pu said in a hoarse voice.
"Enemy reinforcements are coming soon." Liu He said softly.
The generals were dumbfounded.
"My lord, do you have any basis?" Liu Bei hesitated for a moment and asked.
"Their reckless attack, regardless of casualties, just revealed that he had support behind him! If he continues to fight like this, his troops will soon be depleted. He's not an idiot and there's no benefit to putting his own people together, would he do such a stupid thing? ”
"What are we going to do?" Zhang Fei looked at the soldiers lying on the ground and asked helplessly.
"We will be the sinners of the Great Han." Liu Bei said sadly: "Future generations will bear this shame that can never be erased for us." ”
At this moment, a dense drum beat came from the direction of the backfield.
The soldiers on the city wall were stunned at first, and then burst into sky-shattering cheers. Reinforcements! The reinforcements that had been waiting for them finally arrived. The soldiers suddenly became excited, and they shouted loudly and cheered and swarmed to the inside of the city wall to look in the direction of the Lulong Tower.
A knight draped in a large sword suddenly appeared in the square of Luronse.