After holding on all night, the city gate was breached three times, and three times it was recaptured by the Qi defenders.

Taking advantage of the geographical advantage of the city wall, the bomb carts behind the city wall carried out ultra-long-range attacks, bows and arrows carried out medium-distance attacks, and more than a dozen bombardiers carried out close-range attacks.

Under the combined attack of grenades and bows and arrows, the Fengzhou army attacking the city gate was either repulsed, or occupied less than half a moment, and then lost the city gate because of the lack of follow-up reinforcements.

Some of the city's civilians were also mobilized, who were responsible for filling the earth near the city gates, which were then transported by the soldiers to the city gates.

When the gates were blown open, they were blocked with bags full of dirt, and they didn't need to think about pursuit, so it didn't matter if they completely blocked the entire gate.

The sky was slightly bright, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the thick smell of blood filled the entire northern city of Zhenbei.

The defenders who held the city gate suffered the heaviest losses in the night battle last night, two hundred defenders, plus one hundred reservists, were almost killed as early as the first round of loss, and the next two times, it was Chen Min who transferred a thousand people from the two thousand guards who were responsible for the security of the city, which plugged the loopholes in the city gate.

The walls were littered with black traces of war, and grenades were thrown on them, leaving only a small crater and a black mark.

Du Ruhui's idea of relying on it to blow up the city wall has been declared a failure, the defenders are insufficient, but they can still resist the fierce attack of the Fengzhou army several times their own, and the night cannot be a reason to hinder them, and the corpses under the city wall are the best proof.

The whole night of fighting exhausted everyone, and the morning that should have been full of vitality was shrouded in a thick dead air.

A half-hot bowl of porridge with some pickles stirred in it.

The conditions in the city were much better than those of the southerners going north, and at least they could have a hot meal, although it wasn't very hot by the time they arrived.

"Brother Zhang! To give! Xiao Shanzi dragged his tired body, found the tension that was already tired and rested against the battlements of the city wall, and took out a piece of oil paper from his arms, which he didn't know what was wrapped in it.

Zhang Zhang shook his head, he no longer had the strength to take the things handed by Xiao Shanzi.

At the same time, he also sighed in his heart, this person, it is not okay to disobey, more than half a year ago, this kind of battle was not like this at all, but now, the injured body, it is difficult to persist in this level of fighting, at this moment, he also understood why Li Yuanji let these wounded soldiers retire, stay, can only die in vain.

"Brother Zhang, you have been injured and your body is weak, eat slowly! I don't know how long I'll have to fight next! Xiao Shanzi peeled back the oiled paper, revealing a small piece of black bacon inside.

"Meat? Where did you come from? Zhang Li dragged his tired body and looked left and right.

There is no shortage of meat in the grassland, but at this stage, cattle and sheep are not allowed to be slaughtered at will, the reason is that everyone knows that the last time the Northern Expedition Qi Army made the greatest contribution, but the division was the least, Li Yuanji ordered that those cattle and sheep should give birth to more cubs as soon as possible, so it is forbidden to slaughter at will in the past few years.

So a piece of bacon is also rare here, it's not common, and more importantly, I haven't seen meat in other people.

"Hair! Hehe, once during training, I found a hidden danger, and successfully avoided a tragedy, and was awarded such a big piece by the captain, I just couldn't help but be greedy, and I gnawed a little bit a day, and there was only so much left. Xiao Shanzi gestured with his hand, about the size of a fist.

"Let's eat!" Chen Min, who had patrolled here, happened to see this scene, Zhang Li was not a soldier, but he appeared at the head of the city, and now he looked like this, Chen Min also knew what the reason was, but it was a pity that there was a shortage of meat in the city, otherwise he would have ordered to slaughter more cattle and sheep to make up for the brothers.

Looking at Xiao Shanzi meaningfully, this little guy with a heart for the ancient way, really didn't know what to say, shook his head, and continued: "If you can survive this battle, I will personally invite you to drink wine and eat meat." ”

"Hey, hey! Why don't you reward me, general, and I'll keep it and eat it slowly? Xiao Shanzi smiled and bargained.

"Get out, General Ben is going to watch you eat in person!" Chen Min scolded Xiao Shanzi angrily, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that there was such a kind-hearted person in this world.

The piece of meat in Xiao Shanzi's hand was approved by himself, and without his own orders, the lieutenant couldn't give it to him.

But this piece of meat Xiaoshanzi has only eaten some meat foam, and most of it has been taken by him to those children or old people who are about to starve to death.

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On the other side, the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River, where it became Li Jing's camp, close to the Yellow River, behind it is a pontoon bridge and nearly a hundred huge building boats, these are the tools that Du Ruhui found to help them cross the river, and now they are quietly docked there, connected into a whole row, the scene is very spectacular.

Different from the momentum outside, Li Jing at this moment was frowning, pacing back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army, and his entire brow was wrinkled into a line.

The lieutenant walked in from outside the account, his face a little ugly.

Li Jing hurriedly hugged him and hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Is there a result? ”

Although he already had a bad feeling in his heart, he still asked unswervingly, hoping that the answer he got was not what he imagined.

The adjutant general nodded, and said with a face as earthy: "There are less than 10,000 people left in each battalion, and ...... The soldiers are already war-weary, the grenades over there are too powerful, and they can be thrown so far that the soldiers ......"

The adjutant general didn't know how to continue, so he could only twist his head to the side, if there was a regret medicine in this world, he would definitely persuade Li Jing not to fight this battle.

But the reality is that Li Jing didn't want to fight, but someone pushed him and had to fight, and no one around him was on his side, which finally led to this result, and they had to suffer the consequences.

"Hey! I've done my best......" Li Jing sighed, and the whole person seemed to age a lot in an instant.

What else can I do?

The daytime battle has proved that they are not the opponent of the Qi army, and they are good at fighting with their brains, so they changed to a night attack, the effect is a little, but it is negligible, and in the end they were beaten back, and when they sent out the army, they were only less than 10,000 in just one day and one night.

The loss of a full 6,000 men, the loss alone has exceeded the total strength of the opposing side, and the loss is as high as nearly forty percent, and this battle is no longer fought.

"Governor, what are we going to do next?" The deputy general asked with some fear, 6,000 people were reimbursed in one day and one night, and they just touched the city gate of other people, what kind of bloody storm will be ushered in after the results of the battle are reported to Chang'an?

"What else can I do? It's nothing more than three results......" Li Jing said with a wry smile.

The adjutant general's face instantly stiffened, he thought of the three results that Li Jing said, and continued to fight until they were all killed, so that Chang'an had no reason to blame them.

Withdraw, truthfully report to the court, and then life and death depend on how the court handles it.

Or surrender to the King of Qi, the advantage of this is that they will never have to continue to experience such a war in the future, and those terrifying grenades will become their allies and will clear all obstacles for them.

It's just that how easy it is to surrender? Now is not the war era at the end of the Sui Dynasty, once they surrender, their fate will not be reversed, and their success or defeat will envelop their lives.

Li Jing's mind was already in chaos, completely chaotic, and he didn't know how to fight at all.

He has done everything possible, but there are only two city gates in the north and south of the town, and the effect of his tactics to confuse the enemy is not too great, the north gate is just to contain them, so that they don't send all the defenders to the south gate, but even so, the defenders on the south gate are still far beyond the north gate, on the other hand, last night, the north gate did not experience any decent battle.

They refused to go out of the city, and they had no way to break the city, and when Li Yuanji waved his troops south, his 10,000 people would also be reimbursed here, not only 10,000 people, but also the entire Fengzhou.

The cost is too great, it is difficult to choose, and more importantly, the military rations in their hands are not enough to support such a protracted war.

The original plan was to quickly take Zhenbei, and then rely on the grain stocks in Zhenbei for supplies, at least to ensure that the army survived this winter, and after the spring of the next year, it would be transported here through the Yellow River.

"Sudden ...... The Turkic cavalry ......" There were soldiers outside the tent who looked panicked, and hurriedly ran in, stammering and shouting, and the whole camp was in chaos.

They couldn't help but mess up, the war was not going well, so many people were lost, and now tens of thousands of Turks came, everyone knew that the Turks had attacked Qi in the north, and the king of Qi led his troops north, they wanted to take advantage of the road to go north to fight the Turks, but they were refused, but instead they arrested Du Ruhui, and then they fought like this.

The soldiers at the bottom didn't know that the purpose of their battle was not the Turks, but the Qi State, so when they saw the Turkic cavalry appear in front of them, they had to mess up, and there was no reason not to mess up.

At this time, everyone subconsciously thought that the Turks had defeated the king of Qi, and now, they were going to defeat themselves, and then besiege Zhenbei in turn.

"The Turks appeared? They defeated the King of Qi? The adjutant general's face was happy, and his state instantly returned to the same state, which is great news.

Li Jing frowned, hurriedly walked out of the big tent, and boarded the lookout platform prepared in advance, and his face changed in an instant: "Quick, order the army to quickly withdraw to the other side of the ......"