In the afternoon of that day, until nightfall, Hu soldiers did not continue to attack the city.

The main reason is that more than 30 wooden ladders made overnight yesterday were all smashed in one morning, and there is really nothing to climb.

Liu Xun plans to spend an afternoon making a new hundred wooden ladders, and wait for tomorrow to double the number of siege troops, so as to trap Chenggao, or at least force Pei to abandon the city. In addition, he also sent troops out ten miles away, cut down two giant trees, one of which was sharpened, and used it as a siege vertebrae - a double attack on the city wall and the city gate, and he was not afraid that this would not be broken!

In the daytime, he had repeatedly asked the wounded soldiers who had retreated from the defeat, and everyone said that there were no more than a thousand people in the city, and that there were three shifts, and the number of three thousand was up to the sky, and although the weapons were quite sophisticated, they were all brave and cowardly, and they were not good at fighting, and the command was also a little chaotic, and it was easy to take down. The problem was that there were seven or eight small teams, all of them strong, "fighting fires" everywhere, and several times we all climbed the city wall, and they forced us to retreat.

Liu Xun said secretly: This must be Pei Cai's cronies, tomorrow it depends on whether you are assisting in the defense of the city wall or the city gate, and you must always leave some protection for Pei to run away at any time...... When these soldiers are almost exhausted, or exhausted by the battle, the city can be swept down.

Last night, he sent a letter back to the camp, reporting to Liu Cang, saying that the guards of Chenggao saw that our army was covering, and they actually gave up the newly built barrier outside the city and retreated, which shows that it is really useless and not enough trouble. Today he wrote back again, saying that I had almost broken through Chenggao several times, but I had fallen short because the number of soldiers was too small...... If you send two or three thousand more soldiers, I will take Pei Gai's head and offer it!

In Chenggao City, Pei Cai saw that the Hu army had no intention of attacking again, so he immediately summoned the generals and asked Lu Yan to tell the big guys about today's battle situation, what experience do they have, don't hide their secrets, and come out to discuss with the generals.

To say that Lu Yan led his troops to defend the city, this is also "the first time that the new daughter-in-law gets on the sedan chair", it is true that he started from scratch and accumulated a lot of experience, but he doesn't want to give the generals the skills I have practiced, do you plan to learn them all without blood and fire? How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world?

But he couldn't stand Zhen Suiye's return from the city, and interjected from time to time, or "In a certain opinion, it may not be so", or "This statement is omission and not true", and even "nonsense, and tell the truth", Lu Yan asked the bottom of the question. If someone else had changed, maybe Lu Yan would have been in a hurry and quarreled with him on the spot, but unfortunately the other party was Zhen Sui, who had always had a temper, but was also particularly capable of fighting, plus he was from the same background as Lu Yan, and he was one of the fourteen subordinates that Director Wang gave Pei Gai that day...... No, yes, it was inconvenient for Lu Yanshi to collide with him in person, so he had no choice but to say everything he could think of under the guidance of Zhen Sui.

At the end, he patted his chest and boasted: "Tomorrow the thieves will attack the city again, and the last general will be able to reduce the damage and greatly kill the thieves!" ”

However, Pei Gai shook his head: "Tomorrow is not necessary." "No wonder you can't let you fight alone, and you have to take all the experience points alone. Raise his hand and point at Gao Le: "Today's soldiers defending the city have all been replaced, and they are still using auxiliaries to meet the thieves, and they can shoulder the responsibility of tomorrow." "Gao Le was overjoyed, and promised again - it can be regarded as my turn to play, now the two deputies Xiong Yizhi and Lu He have both built Qixun, and even been appointed as the county minister, I don't have any credit (the previous merit was offset by the crime of chasing and killing Chen Chuan without authorization), so in the future, I can still lead "Pengshan" and suppress my subordinates? It's still the governor of the city, and you know it's time to use me!

Before Lu Yan answered, Zhen Sui next to him was anxious: "Tomorrow the city will help, and you will have to use me, and the governor can't pay it to others!" ”

Pei Gai smiled: "After a fierce battle for half a day, Qing is not tired?" ”

Zhen Sui straightened his chest and crossed his arms and said: "The governor should know me, so he will kill from morning to night, from black to tomorrow, and he will not be tired, not to mention that it is only half a day." The last general can fight, and the governor must not be replaced! ”

Pei Gai shook his head when he heard this. To say that Zhen is really a good guy with these 100 people, he can always force Hu soldiers to retreat when there is no room for it, and after half a day of fierce fighting, the casualty ratio is very low. I believe that Hu Bing has already noticed these squads, maybe even the faces of Zhen Sui and the others can be clearly recognized, if they are replaced tomorrow, it will be easy for the enemy to see the flaws-"In this way, it is still necessary to use Qing." ”

The next day, a group of new soldiers were replaced, and Gao Le commanded the city to defend the battle. Gao Le was originally an ancestor of the family, and before following Zu Shizhi, he also served as a soldier and a thief, and had a certain experience in defending the city, which was not comparable to Lu Yan. Liu Xun under the city beat the drum and attacked, and just after an impact, he instinctively felt that something was wrong - "Today's enemy seems to be more tenacious than yesterday." ”

He consulted with his generals and came to the conclusion that the other party must have changed his command.

Yesterday, there was a report from a soldier who had climbed the city wall and was forced to retreat, saying that there was a general sitting in the big shield sanitation in the direction of the city tower, with all the armor, holding a three-foot bamboo cane, and it seemed that he was not very old...... Liu Xun immediately judged: "This must be Pei should also." He ordered the three long ladders to be built near the city wall where Pei Gai was, wanting to capture the thief and the king. But who wanted to rush again, but he didn't see Pei Gai's figure, he was probably frightened, slipped away, or simply fled back to the city.

So yesterday it was basically Pei Gai who commanded, and who will it be today? Some generals speculated: "Wen Pei should make Tao Kan the military Sima, this thief is a famous general in the south of the Yangtze River, and he must be good at defending the city - in the city today, is it not Tao Kanhu?" Liu Xun nodded: "I think so." Then he twisted his eyebrows: "The southerners are accustomed to water warfare, how can they fight against me in the Central Plains?" Even if I am good at defending the city, my department is weak, and it is difficult for me to be an elite soldier in a hundred battles! "Immediately ordered, don't wait for the opportunity, hurry up and carry our siege vertebrae out!

This siege vertebrae is a large tree with a thick hug, one of which is roughly sharpened, and is specially used to hit the city gate. In fact, for an earthen fortress city like Chenggao, if the siege vertebrae are larger, they can be reinforced with iron hoops, and fine iron is inserted on the head, so there is no need to go to the city gate, and the city walls are likely to be knocked down. It's a pity that the materials in the Hu army are limited, and qualified craftsmen are even more lacking, so they can't build a larger siege vertebrae.

In the same way, the siege vertebrae are best to be tied to oxen leather and suspended on the number of carts, and they are pulled by livestock, which can maximize the force to hit the city. Liu Xun deliberately selected forty tall and brave soldiers, each with thick hemp rope on his shoulder, hanging the siege vertebrae, and with a shout, he immediately raised his head to the beat of the drum.

This thing came violently, Gao Le saw it in the city, and couldn't help but be a little flustered, and hurriedly spread the word to the city, and hurriedly dispatched men and horses to prevent blocking the city gate. Who thought that it was just a false alarm, probably Liu Xun was too urgent, causing the first siege vertebrae to overturn before it passed the moat......

Because Hu Jun did not fill the moat with earth and rock, which Liu Xun felt was excessive, he only built a long ladder on the moat to cross it. However, although the long ladder could withstand the coming and going of people, it could not withstand the addition of a huge siege vertebrae, and the forty warriors had only stepped on it halfway through it, and the long ladder brokes were broken, so that even the men and the siege vertebrae all overturned into the trench - and two were crushed to death by the siege vertebrae on the spot, and four were seriously injured.

As a result, Liu Xun jumped to his feet and scolded, and hurriedly strengthened the long ladder, until late afternoon, when he finally carried the second siege vertebrae. The battle before noon was more fierce than yesterday, because the Hu army had invested almost double the number of troops, but Gao Le was still a group of novices, and before the mountains and rivers were exhausted, he was too embarrassed to ask Pei Gai for more defenders, so he had to grit his teeth and hold on. Fortunately, Zhen followed the courage, just like yesterday, and did not deliberately put him together because he had a lot of disagreements with Gao Le. Gao Le couldn't help but think to himself: When the battle is over, why don't I ask for a meal of wine and reward the barbarian. In the end, it is not possible to be an enemy for a long time, and it is necessary to get closer to the relationship......

It's just that the barbarian eats wine, will he go berserk? I was scolded by him a few words, I got used to it, and I just endured it, but if he shook his fist and hit someone, what should I do?

Carried until the afternoon, seeing that the Hu soldiers were carrying the siege vertebrae again, Gao Le hurriedly ordered the city to release arrows, but it was a pity that he was suppressed by the Hu army's random arrows under the city, and there were very few people who could really shoot the warriors who carried the siege spine. Moreover, those Hu warriors were all wearing heavy armor, except when they crossed the trenches, there were often foot soldiers with large shields on their sides, so until they arrived at the city gate, only two people were slightly injured by arrows.

Liu Xun couldn't help but be happy when he saw it from afar on the Tianquan Fort, so he personally held the drumsticks, beat the drums to cheer, and at the same time used the drums to command the siege vertebrae to hit the city gate. But then rain fell above the city gate, pouring down countless rolling logs and stones, to smash the siege vertebrae, a warrior was too unlucky, was hit by a large stone of rubble in the top gate, although wearing an iron helmet, he couldn't help but "buzz" his head, and immediately fell.

Fortunately, there were guards next to him, and he hurriedly reached out to help. Looking at this warrior again, his eyes wandered, and blood seeped from the cracks of his helmet, and he knew that he was no longer able to complete the task. One of the foot soldiers hurriedly untied the thick rope from the other's shoulders and put it on his shoulders himself, taking the place of his comrade.

In just a short period of time, the foot soldiers next to him came one after another, each holding a large shield, covering the siege vertebrae. Immediately, forty people shouted in unison with the sound of drums, and together they exerted their strength, slowly lifting the giant tree, and then swinging back, and with a loud "boom", the entire city gate and the nearby city walls trembled together......

Even Pei Gai, who was sitting in the government office in the city, was vaguely aware of the tremors, and was surprised, Gao Le sent someone to report that the siege vertebrae of the Hu army were coming. Pei Gai couldn't help gritting his teeth, and said in his heart: One day, when I have the kung fu to personally supervise the construction of a strong city, it will definitely be stronger than such an old and dilapidated city! But this is just secretly ruthless, in fact, he doesn't understand architecture, if he really wants to plan according to the famous cities of later generations, it is just good-looking on paper, if no famous craftsman will understand the connotation, ordinary craftsmen may not be able to build it. Besides, doesn't the government of this year want to build a heroic city that is difficult to attack? You have to have enough money to support it.