After a day of attack, both sides were not having a good time, and if they continued to lose like this, Zhu Zhi knew that they would not be able to hold it for half a month.

Zhu Zhi called several lieutenant generals.

"Everyone knows about today's casualties, and if it continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it for ten days." Zhu Zhi said solemnly.

An adjutant general slapped the table and said, "General Zhu, the enemy army is the attacking side, and there is no way to maintain such an intensity of attack all the time, and their soldiers will definitely not be able to stand it first." ”

Another lieutenant also said: "That is, can they keep it for three days, can they keep it for five days?" ”

Zhu Zhi is also a highly capable general, and his status in the Sun group is also quite high.

Of course he understands that.

"We are the defender, the enemy is the attacker, this will be very clear, today's attack can show the determination of the enemy, we know that they have no support?"

Yes, what if the enemy has support.

Although they also have support, it is very difficult to say who can beat the reinforcements on both sides.

"There was news before that there was a group of soldiers and horses in Danyang County moving in the direction of Poyang Lake, but it was not clear the number of enemy troops, if Zhang Yu was determined to take the entire Poyang Lake area, I am afraid that there would be a lot of enemy troops."

Zhu Zhi's words calmed down several lieutenants.

After Zhu Zhi and the others understood their situation, they said: "Today's losses are too great, the enemy fights us with a desperate posture, and if this is still the case tomorrow, we must also fight with them, and we must suppress their arrogance." ”

"Starting tomorrow, each general will be responsible for a city wall, send a team of overseers, and let the archers fight against them regardless of casualties."

Zhu Zhi understood that only after the enemy did not dare to fight hard, they could not fight for attrition, so that they could naturally defend for a longer time.

After Zhu Zhi gave the order, several deputy generals took the order, and then went to prepare separately.

Zhu Zhi couldn't sleep, so he returned to the city wall, and the soldiers and horses of Jiangdong rarely attacked overnight, and only a few battles were attacked day and night.

The night was very calm, Zhu Zhi patrolled around, and the city could still smell a strong smell of blood, and there were many soldiers spilling blood on the spot during the day.

Looking at the military camp with many fires in the distance, Zhu Zhi's heart was uneasy.

The next day, the enemy troops outside gathered early in the morning, and this time Zhu Zhi also led the generals to the city wall.

Last night's vigil had also been replaced by soldiers who had already rested.

"Attack."

Koto's army attacked again.

As the day and night before, the soldiers were still attacking frantically.

The archers attacked as close as they could, shooting at the enemy at the head of the city.

"Don't go back."

"Attack, whoever dares to retreat will be killed."

"Don't be afraid, attack me."

Several lieutenants and their guards stood behind the archers, shouting and shouting.

The archers did not dare to slack off, let alone retreat, so they stood on the head of the city and confronted the enemy.

Soldiers are constantly falling, and new ones are being replaced.

Groups of soldiers fell, and another group of soldiers came up to make up.

The Jiangdong soldiers and horses under the city had to bear great pressure.

After all, Sun Ce's side had the advantage of the city wall, and when both sides fought to the death and did not retreat, the casualties of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses increased rapidly.

The huge casualties did not make Jiangdong's soldiers and horses retreat, and several young generals frowned and still insisted on attacking.

Jiangdong's soldiers and horses also changed several batches, and the large number of casualties made their hearts bleed.

It was a particularly difficult day, and the casualties of the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong increased greatly.

At the end of the day, they lost more than 8,000 people, while Sun Ce's side lost nearly 5,000 people.

After the end of the day, the ratio of battle losses between the offensive and defensive sides is relatively normal.

Several youngsters got together for a meeting.

"Damn, our army has suffered so many casualties, how can we be worthy of the lord."

"If we slow down the pace, the casualties can be controlled."

"We have to stick to it, and the military advisor requires us to maintain this rhythm of three to four days."

"It's just that the casualties are too great, and the loss of more than 8,000 brothers a day is too great."

Several young generals were a little emotional, and their hearts were indeed bleeding when they saw the casualty figures.

But they are soldiers, and even if they know that the casualties will be so large, they must hold on, and an order is an order.

A few young generals were angry, but they still had to carry out the order.

"The casualties today are so large, mainly because the enemy's archers are too fierce, and the constant attacks make them very difficult."

"Tomorrow we will storm the walls, so that they have to put more energy into dealing with them, so that the archers will not be under so much pressure."

They were in a meeting, and Zhu Zhi also called several lieutenants over.

"Today's battle, the effect is not bad, the enemy army has been dealt a powerful blow by us, and Ben will estimate that their casualties are close to twice ours." Zhu Zhi said.

Several lieutenants agreed with Zhu Zhi's judgment, but one lieutenant general said: "General, we don't have enough archers, and after two days, the archers will lose the most." ”

Zhu Zhi was unmoved, he said: "Don't be afraid, when the archers are exhausted, we will fight with them in the city, this time is different from other times, the two sides are desperate, there is no other way." ”

"Tomorrow, I will organize some family guards to fight against them, and they must defend the city, otherwise the entire Poyang Lake will be passive."

Zhu Zhi made up his mind, and several lieutenants had no opinion.

Sun Ce didn't have many archers in his soldiers and horses, although some ordinary soldiers had also been trained, but not much, so if they were archers, their attack power would not be very high.

Archers, like the soldiers of later generations, were to be fed with arrows, but only with bullets in later generations.

Koto's professional archers train every day, three days to train their shooting skills, and other times to train their physical fitness, arm strength, etc.

A qualified archer is a long time to train.

And arrows are very expensive to use, and there are not many archers who can't be equipped without money.

A new day is about to begin, and it could be another fierce battle.

In Chao County, Huang Gai and others also began to attack a long time ago.

The onslaught was carried out for a day, leaving more than 3,000 soldiers behind, and there was no progress.

The soldiers at the head of the city did not attack them suddenly, but they maintained a very steady rhythm and did not panic at all.

There is no panic in the city, and the troops in the city should not be empty.

But Huang Gai is still not easy to judge.

At this time, news from the south kept coming, and Huang Gai and the others were able to confirm that the soldiers and horses heading south were the main battle army in Jiangdong.

"General Huang, this army going south is the main battle army, I'm afraid their purpose is really to break through Lujiang County and occupy the Poyang Lake area that I put it." Jiang Qin said.

Huang Gai's face was solemn, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Lujiang County can hold for a while, but if Jiangdong is planning for a long time, I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to fight." ”

(End of chapter)