In general siege warfare, the besieging side is actually very disadvantaged, because of the protection of the city wall, the difference in range and the problem of perspective, so usually the siege battle is pushed out with human lives, so this will disperse the use of troops at the beginning, consume the physical strength and sharpness of the defender archers, and then continue to increase the pressure and crush the opponent little by little.

The use of troops on the whole line like this, although it will bring more pressure to the defenders for a while, and it seems that the momentum is not weak, but there are so many ladders, and the point of going up to the city is fixed, and the extra people play a small role in addition to increasing the hit rate of the defenders' archers.

What happened to He Yi's side, why he pressed Ye Zhao on the whole line as if he had lost his mind for a while, but the war had already begun, Ye Zhao would not pay for the enemy's second offense, so he adjusted the lineup as soon as possible, and transferred Santun archers from the city, with full firepower, shooting at the place where the Yellow Turban Army was most crowded.

The splashed blood fell to the ground in a miserable howl, muddy the ground, and gradually converged into a small canal, a canal watered with blood, more people were still waiting in line to die, and the archers at the head of the city added up to only seven or eight hundred, such a few people, compared to tens of thousands of yellow turbans, even if the fire was full and the arms were broken, if the people shot were distributed to the heads of tens of thousands of yellow turban soldiers, they were actually insignificant.

But what Ye Zhao wanted was not to kill people, but to be scary, so from the beginning, these more than 700 archers were under Ye Zhao's order to release arrows at the place with the largest number of people and the densest crowd, causing a tragic situation like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in a small area.

A thousand casualties would seem insignificant in 50,000, but what would happen in 2,000? In such a tragic scene, it was not the formation of the Yellow Turban Army that was crushed at the first time, but the fighting spirit of the people around them.

For the Yellow Turban Army farther away, there may not be any feeling, but in a closer place, countless Yellow Turban Army was blinded by this blow to the head and face, their fighting spirit was not high, and they were able to move forward bravely under the stimulation of interests, but the rain of arrows falling from the sky was like a basin of cold ice water to extinguish the little fighting spirit in their hearts, some people began to be afraid of the battle, and some people began to retreat frantically, making an area of extreme chaos, crowded together with each other, completely paralyzed.

Ye Zhao did not continue to attack this area, but took advantage of the fact that the archers still had physical strength, and took them to another area, as concocted, each area, only three rounds of arrows were placed, regardless of whether the enemy would fall into chaos or not, Ye Zhao would take people to the next location, even so, after walking around the four city walls, it was difficult for these archers to pull the bowstring to kill the enemy, this combat power was temporarily wasted, but the effect was good.

There are still people in the Yellow Turban Army rushing up, but the indomitable momentum at the beginning is gone, although He Yi stubbornly fought this battle until the evening before collecting the troops, but the price is expensive, the wilderness around the city, all over the ground are the corpses of the Yellow Turban Army, radiating from the city wall, the farthest can reach two hundred paces away, that is not a place that the bow and arrow can reach, it is the result of the Yellow Turban Army trampling on each other in the chaos and crowding.

Looking at the Yellow Turban Army that receded like a tide, Ye Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this first battle was over, and the next one would be easy.

"Arrange for the soldiers to take turns to rest, there will be no battle tonight, but we have to guard against it." Ye Zhao stretched his body and smiled easily at the generals beside him.

It shouldn't be coming, unless He Yi goes out like Liang Fa and pours out his elite to make a night attack, but don't look at He Yi is a martial artist and Liang Fa is a literati, but as far as Ye Zhao feels today, He Yi is not as good as Liang Fa, at least He Yi does not have the ruthlessness on Liang Fa.

The success of the first day of defending the city was undoubtedly more inspiring than any words for the surrendered Yellow Turban army in the city, and the number of enemies was obviously not proportional to the combat effectiveness.

The so-called betrayal does not exist, most of these people were coerced by the Yellow Turban Army, and now they turn their guns to deal with the former 'robes', there is not much burden psychologically, even if there are loyal followers of the Taiping Sect in the past, it is only a small part, and now after Ye Zhao successfully defends Ruyin, their words cannot change people's hearts.

This night, Ye Zhao slept very deeply, Dian Wei was sent by him to rest, and next, there will be a battle, Ye Zhao must ensure that the elite troops have sufficient physical strength and energy.

Compared with Ye Zhao, He Yi didn't sleep well this night, in the big tent of the Yellow Turban Army, listening to the report of He Man and others, He Yi's face seemed to be constantly changing.

In today's battle, combat attrition plus non-combat attrition reached an astonishing 20,000!

This data sounds very disturbing, and now the actual number of people here is about 30,000, but what makes He Yi even more uncomfortable is that the non-combat attrition is about five times the number of combat attrition!

In other words, there are not many soldiers who died in siege battles, but more deserters!

If this continues, I am afraid that tomorrow, the strength in my hands will have to shrink by half.

"Now that Liu Bi, Wu Ba, Huang Shao, and Gong Du are also eyeing Qu Shuai, there were 70,000 people before, and Qu Shuai was personally appointed by General Tiangong to be the commander of Runan Qu Shuai, and he was not afraid of him, but now he ......" A yellow turban general looked at He Yi worriedly, and did not finish his words.

He Yi didn't speak, he didn't know, although they were all members of the Taiping Sect in name, but I don't know when it started, in the Taiping Sect, there were many ambitious people, such as Liu Pi and Gong Du, He Yi wanted to drive troops to attack Ruyang several times before, but they were all dragged back by these people, these people don't talk about themselves, even the order of the Tiangong General Zhang Jiao is not very much valued, this is He Yi's feeling.

"Qu Shuai, why don't we withdraw?" A yellow turban general saw that He Yi did not speak for a long time, and said cautiously.

"Withdraw? Where to remove? He Yi raised his head and glanced at this person.

"This Runan, after all, is the place of our Taiping Sect, and now that I have no food and grass, the official army is extremely difficult to deal with, it is better to ask Liu Pi and Gong Du for help for the time being, after all, they are all their own people." After the general who spoke finished speaking, he glanced at He Yi carefully.

A trace of intent flashed in He Yi's heart, Ruyin was robbed, he had no place to stand, he thought he could easily snatch back Ruyin, but the performance of the Yellow Turban Army gave He Yi a boss's mouth, and he escaped several times more in a day than he died in battle, this is not just a simple thing like losing people, something too complicated, He Yi can't figure it out, but there is one thing he knows very well, the escape of these people will definitely make others have similar thoughts.

If you want to fight again tomorrow, how many people will run? Or, if you can't break the city tomorrow, how many people will be left around you? Twenty thousand? Ten thousand or less?

Besides, 50,000 people can't be defeated, and now there are only 30,000 left, can they still attack it?

He Yi is very worried, not to mention that he can't attack it, even if he captures Ruyin, will he still have the ability to sit firmly in this position of Qu Shuai? But if he asks Liu Bi and Gong Du for help, He Yi is also not at ease, these people have coveted their position for a long time, and now his power has been greatly reduced, He Yi is very worried that he will be swallowed up by these people in the past.

"Tomorrow is a truce!" In the end, He Yi made a decision irritably, anyway, so many people left today, the food and grass were still enough to support a few days, even if they had to leave, it was enough for them to rush to the next city.

"Whoa!" When the generals heard this, they agreed and left.

The next day, the Yellow Turban Army was like a plate of scattered sand, huddled in the makeshift camp, without the slightest intention of fighting.

"It seems that in yesterday's battle, these yellow turban thieves lost a lot of personnel!" After patrolling the city wall for a while and observing the formation of the Yellow Turban Army, Ye Zhao couldn't help but smile.

"General, do you want to counterattack?" Several generals looked at Ye Zhao eagerly, the weakness of the Yellow Turban Army had been confirmed yesterday, and now looking at its camp, don't talk about Ye Zhao, ordinary generals can also see that the other party's arrangement is not in order at all.

"Don't worry, our soldiers still need to rest, wait another day, if He Yi doesn't come to fight tomorrow, it's almost over, now it's time to make good arrangements for the next step." Ye Zhao shook his head, now fighting, the probability of winning is also not low, but he still wants to wait, anyway, he is not in a hurry, the reason why he did not accept Huang Fu Song's order at the beginning was just that he was unwilling to be coerced by him, let him lead the nose, and now that he is really fighting, he naturally wants to fight beautifully, let himself have more weight in the emperor's heart, and let the emperor know that he does not have to rely on veterans like Huang Fu Song.

Back in the county office, Ye Zhao spread out the map, this map of Runan, he has read it many times, and he has seen many problems, such as the deployment of the Yellow Turban Army, it stands to reason that Ruyang is a rich place, and now it is surrounded by He Yi, Liu Pi, and Gong Du, and even Shouchun was taken by them, there is no reason to let Ruyang go, but according to the information obtained by Ye Zhao, He Yi wanted to fight Ruyang several times, but was dragged back by Liu Bi or Gong Du, and even directly sent troops to stop him.

In Runan, where the yellow turbans are everywhere, there are several similar cities, obviously there is no defensive power, but under the general trend of the yellow turbans, they are as stable as Mount Tai, and even a large number of displaced people have poured in, making these cities more prosperous.

And Ruyang is the hometown of the Yuan family, Ye Zhao feels that he seems to have touched some shady things, after He Yi, it is time to clean up Liu Bi and others, but now it seems that the situation is not as simple as it seems on the surface, and it seems that he has to use his brains to clean up these few people.