0463: Night Attack
Arrows and flying stones continued to fly in the sky above Leling City, and the soldiers of the Yuan army were still roaring and attacking Leling City, but although they were still as imposing as a rainbow, under the command of Tai Shici, there was still no sign of capturing the city.
"Lord, the number of casualties among the soldiers has exceeded two thousand......" Xin Ping on the side glanced at Yuan Shao, who was full of dissatisfaction, hesitated for a moment and said respectfully.
"Humph! Collect the troops! Hearing this, Yuan Shao glanced at the city wall without any flaws in the slightest, left a cold voice, and took the lead in returning to the tent.
Seeing this, everyone around them glanced at each other, and they all saw the worry and fear in each other's eyes. Because they understood that Yuan Shao was already angry, not because he was angry that he didn't capture Leling, but because he was angry that he had paid so many casualties, he didn't even see a hint of victory, but as time went by, the garrison of Leling City became more impregnable.
This situation, how can Yuan Shao, who thinks he has a chance to win, accept it? You must know that such a thing as forcibly attacking a city is very particular. In fact, the vast majority of cases in history where cities were quickly captured were able to achieve a very large advantage on the first day, even so great that the confidence of the defenders was crushed.
And now, it can be seen from the earth-shattering cheers on the city wall that the morale of the defenders of Leling City at this time can be described as extremely high. On the other hand, most of the soldiers in Yuan's army were depressed and their morale was quite low.
It's just that when everyone entered the tent, they found that the haze on Yuan Shao's face had completely disappeared, "You don't have to be so disappointed, although today's results are not satisfactory, but this is war!" No one is guaranteed victory! Yuan Shao looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.
"The last general &...... the lower official is ashamed," everyone heard this, and hurriedly said respectfully.
Hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded, and ordered people to count the number of casualties, as well as the degree of loss of arrows and flying stones, and then discussed with everyone about breaking the city.
And in Leling City, Wang Xuan looked at Tai Shici and laughed and exclaimed, "Ziyi, Ziyi, you really impress me!" Wang Yu's expression was very excited, but he learned about Tai Shici's performance from the mouths of the soldiers guarding the city, which made Wang Yu's last suspicion of Tai Shici completely disappear.
"Although the enemy is repulsed, the hard battle is still to come." Tai Shi Ci shook his head when he heard this and said, his expression was very solemn, obviously not half proud because of Wang Yu's praise.
In this regard, Wang Yu's evaluation of Tai Shici became even higher, "What does Ziyi think?" Wang Xuan took the initiative to ask.
"I have an idea, but I don't know if Shuzhi will dare......" Tai Shici looked at Wang Yu and chuckled.
Just looking at Tai Shici's meaningful smile, Wang Yu didn't know why, he suddenly felt a little bad, and hurriedly said, "I'll talk about the matter of defending the city later, Ziyi has worked hard for a day, let's go back and have a good rest first~"
"Shuzhi thinks so, so is Yuan Jun even more so?" Tai Shi Ci laughed again when he heard this.
"Ziyi is trying to ......" Wang Yu heard this, and immediately looked at Tai Shici with a look of disbelief, obviously guessing what he meant.
"No! It's crazy! No, I won't say yes! Wang Yu shook his head quickly, and at the same time pulled at Tai Shi Ci's armor, as if as soon as he let go, Tai Shi Ci would run away to carry out the plan that seemed to him to be suicide.
"Shuzhi, I didn't want to make meritorious contributions or want to go crazy, but I have fully considered it!" Tai Shi Ci looked at Wang Yu and said with a serious expression.
After speaking, without waiting for Wang Xuan to speak, Tai Shici spoke again, "Today's siege of the Yuan army has made the soldiers very tired, you know this, and Yuan Shao's side must also know it." So I expect that the enemy will definitely not be too closely guarded tonight, and this will give our army a chance! ”
"Even so, but the soldiers are so tired, what can you do even if you lead your army into the enemy? When the time comes, once you are surrounded by layers, no one will be able to save you! Wang Yu looked at Tai Shi Ci and retorted solemnly.
"I didn't plan to break the enemy with this, my idea was to lead hundreds of soldiers out of the city at night, set fire to the enemy camp and then retreat directly......," Tai Shici explained in a deep voice.
"But the soldiers are already very tired......" Wang Yu heard this, although his heart was slightly moved, but he still tried his best to refuse Tai Shici's proposal.
"I've picked five hundred people and asked them to go to rest early." Tai Shi Ci looked at Wang Yu and said, "Shuzhi, I know what I'm doing, and I also know my mission. But if you want to defend Leling without reinforcements, is it enough to just defend it? ”
Hearing Tai Shici's words, Wang Yu was silent, because he knew very well that even if Yuan Shao was defeated today, what would happen after that? The Yuan army suffered a lot of casualties, but there were also a lot of them on their side, you must know that they were only 10,000 people! Six people died on the opposite side, and as long as one person died here, it would be a draw.
"That's it, I'll go and prepare first." Tai Shici saw that Wang Yu did not continue to refute, so he patted him on the shoulder and turned to leave.
At night, Tai Shi Ci and five hundred soldiers sat together, drinking and eating meat, this kind of treatment is generally only eligible for the soldiers after a big victory, but at this time, no one spoke, just lowered his head and kept stuffing meat and wine into his mouth.
After a long time, Tai Shi Ci got up and glanced around at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I won't say anything else. When you come back, I hope you don't even have the strength to take the reward! A sentence suddenly caused a slight laugh, dispelling the original solemn atmosphere.
Soon, Tai Shici led these 500 people to quietly go out of the city at night, and went all the way to the camp of the Yuan army. As Tai Shi Ci expected, although the enemy also had a vigil, the guard was not too strict. Perhaps, they didn't expect that after fighting for so long during the day, the enemy in the city would still have the strength to run out and sneak attack, right?
"Up!" Tai Shi Ci made a gesture, and at the same time rushed forward while quickly bending his bow and arrows, firing several arrows in a row, directly shooting the soldiers on the night vigil to death.
"The enemy has entered the camp!"
"It's the enemy's reinforcements!!"
"Someone has defected!!"
While shouting all kinds of disruptive words, they rushed into the enemy camp under the leadership of Tai Shici and kept setting fires. In a short time, countless soldiers came out of the tent, and when they saw the soldiers running around and the bursts of fire, they also shouted.
For a time, the former army camp of the Yuan army was in chaos.