Returning to the city, he counted the soldiers and horses, but he lost more than 300 cavalry, which made Ma Chao's mood a little heavy, the strength of the enemy cavalry was still beyond his expectations, especially when Tai Shici led the Lieyang archers to pursue, it caused a lot of casualties to his own cavalry. As the most elite cavalry in Liangzhou, the cavalry of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was naturally not a problem, but under the rain of arrows from the Sun Bow Cavalry, their attack was a little weak.

After Ma Chao's raid, the thunderbolts outside the city also suffered a lot of damage, in this regard, Lu Bu had already prepared, and the twelve giant thunderbolts that were damaged were quickly replenished, and continued to launch a boulder offensive against Xiajiao, and the Chang'an army was able to deal with it in such a short time, which made the defenders feel breathless.

The successive sieges made the defenders a little numb while their morale was low, and it was difficult for them to raise their heads under the boulders, and all they could do to stay in the city was to wait for the enemy to attack the city, and this kind of defense was a huge torture for the defenders, as if they were waiting for the approach of death.

Many of the defenders could not stand this huge psychological torture, rushed down the city wall, but they were greeted by the ruthless swords and guns of the robes, on the battlefield, if the order can not be forbidden, it is the most deadly for an army, on the city wall, there are not only defenders, but also a team responsible for supervising the soldiers.

When night fell, the big tent of the Chang'an Army was brightly lit, and all the generals in the army gathered in the tent.

After seeing that everyone was quiet, Lu Bu said slowly: "It has been half a month since our army attacked Xiajiao, and the sharp spirit of the defenders has been almost exhausted, Ben Hou intends to launch an attack on Xia Zhi tonight, Ben Hou hopes that when fighting, the generals of each department can have a certain understanding of the soldiers of each department, and the soldiers in the army are not only the first time to experience a war of this scale, but also the first time to experience a night battle, the situation on the battlefield must be tragic, and what Ben Hou wants is to take Xia Zhi by surprise." ”

"Whoa." The generals in the tent responded with a bang, they had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"When attacking the city, all departments must obey orders, and those who do not advance will be killed, and those who do not retreat will be killed." Lu Budao.

The Thunderbolts were still attacking the city walls, and not only that, but after the northern part of the city was filled, half of the Thunderbolts were distributed to the east of the city.

At the end of the watch, there was silence on the city wall, except for one or two screams occasionally, and the boulder falling on the city wall caused trembling.

The defenders were accustomed to such situations, so when the army outside the city attacked the city, it still could not change their sleep, and the boulders that fell on the city became their lullaby.

At this moment, the thunderbolt outside the city suddenly stopped attacking, and a group of ladder soldiers appeared behind the thunderbolt cart, and their expressions were extremely serious under the light of the fire.

On the battlefield below, the Chang'an army has absolute control over the situation on the battlefield, and the enemy scouts do not dare to go out of the city at all, which makes it difficult for the defenders to get news outside the city in time.

At the head of the city, a general rubbed his sleepy eyes, and the attack of the boulder suddenly stopped, which made the general wake up from his sleep, and after habitually glancing at the outside of the city, the general's sleepiness was completely gone, and what appeared in his field of vision was a cloud ladder soldier who was waiting for him.

"Kill!" A general of the Chang'an army shouted, the ladder soldiers came towards the city wall at the fastest speed, the ladder soldiers relied on speed, only on the battlefield can they run faster, they can smoothly erect the ladder to the city wall, for the rear soldiers to provide a favorable guarantee for the attack.

"Enemy siege!" The general let out a shout.

When the soldiers at the head of the city heard the shouting, they woke up from their sleep, and then they saw a series of ladders appearing on the top of the city.

In a hurry, some soldiers pointed their bows and arrows outside the city, and some soldiers even lifted the boulders at hand, and the city was in chaos.

At this time, the defenders in the city except for the elite cavalry brought by Ma Chao, the remaining defenders have not experienced the battlefield, and when dealing with the war, they are not much stronger than the Chang'an army outside the city.

The siege of the Chang'an army caught the defenders off guard, and they did not expect that the enemy outside the city would choose to suddenly attack Xiajiao in the middle of the night.

The general responded after a brief panic, but the defenders of the city did not follow the general's orders, and when faced with a great threat, ordinary soldiers often acted differently from the general's orders.

As a result, the defenders were unable to inflict enough casualties on the besieging soldiers in the first place.

Most of the soldiers at the front of the siege force are soldiers of the state army, and they have to use practical actions to set an example for the soldiers behind them.

The Chang'an army attacked the city wall at a very fast speed, and the soldiers who climbed the city wall showed strong combat effectiveness, and most of the soldiers in the state army had experienced a battle, they were no strangers to siege warfare, they only needed to gain a firm foothold on the city wall, so that the robe behind them continued to climb the city wall, occupy the advantage on the city wall, and win the war.

This kind of war was extremely cruel for the recruits of the Chang'an Army who had just participated in the war, and many soldiers fell from the ladder for boulders, lacking sufficient battlefield experience, so that they did not have a more effective response when facing the defenders' counterattack.

The rumbling of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city.

In the lower city, after Ma Chao learned the news of the siege of the city by the army outside the city, he hurriedly ordered thousands of soldiers to come to the east of the city, and Ma Dai ordered thousands of soldiers to go to the north of the city.

The east of the city was the focus of the Chang'an army's attack, and the number of troops invested was also the largest.

When Ma Chao led a thousand soldiers to the east of the city, the number of Chang'an troops on the city wall had reached two hundred, Ma Chao shouted angrily, led the soldiers to kill, and thousands of soldiers joined the battlefield, so that the pressure on the defenders was greatly relieved.

With a spear in hand, Ma Chao is like a killing god on the battlefield, but whenever the enemy encountered, there is no one enemy, the speed of the spear is not only fast and accurate, and the main general is brave, which gradually stabilizes the defenders to a certain extent.

However, the Chang'an soldiers who attacked the city wall would not give up so easily.

Half an hour later, Ma Chao was covered in blood, and the disadvantages on the city wall had been greatly alleviated, if it wasn't for Ma Chao's timely rescue, the situation on the city wall at this time would be another scene, if this battle was replaced by the state army, the control of the east of the city at this time would definitely not be in Ma Chao's hands.

On the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival, I wish book friends a happy holiday! Today's 10th update!

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