Chapter 333: Siege Battle
Although the Huns were stunned by Guan Yu's sudden attack, how could they stop when the cavalry started, the Huns' cavalry continued to attack, and Guan Yu also responded calmly and often counterattacked.
The Huns retreated for the time being, because after a few rounds, they found that they could not bargain at all.
Gongsun Du was stunned from the sidelines, he didn't expect the battle to be fought like this, Guan Yu completely controlled the rhythm, blocked it with a shield when the enemy attacked, and then used the gap between the enemy's attacks to counterattack.
Although this method is not difficult, it is difficult to sit up, and it requires a high quality of soldiers, as well as strong coordination skills and sufficient tacit understanding.
When the enemy attacks, you should protect yourself with a shield in time, and then quickly switch between them, and when the enemy attacks, you should immediately use your bow and arrow to counterattack.
When counterattacking, the archery skills are very demanding, otherwise the formation of an arrow formation, the lethality will be weakened, and the interval between the enemy's two rounds of attacks will not be very long, and the commander needs to indicate the direction and distance, and then the soldiers can attack quickly.
These skills are often trained by the soldiers of Liaodong, so they can be done by familiarizing themselves with the battlefield environment after being pulled to the battlefield.
After more than half an hour of attack, the Huns found that there were more than 500 casualties, although they did not know how the other side suffered casualties, but the power of the opponent's several counterattack arrow formations did not decrease, so it can be seen that the opponent's casualties will definitely not be very large.
Bashuel was very annoyed, he was very angry about what happened last night, and now he was choked by the enemy again.
"General, they are on guard, give me another chance, I will definitely teach them a good lesson." The generals under Bashuer, seeing that his face was not good, hurried over to ask for battle.
Bashuer didn't blame anyone, he saw the whole process clearly, and knew that it was the other party who was prepared, and he didn't expect it, not that his subordinates didn't work hard.
"Hmph, Han dog, I'm going to tear you apart this time." Bashuer's anger could no longer be suppressed, he cursed, and re-commanded the Hun army to kill.
This time, the Xiongnu did not use the previous way of playing, but used a safe way of playing.
The Xiongnu advanced slowly, and the troops in front prepared ladders to attack the city wall, while the Huns in the back covered with bows and arrows.
Due to the slow march, the bows and arrows in the city can be avoided a lot, and the arrow rain of the Huns behind has not stopped, although it is not an arrow array, wave after wave, but the victory has not stopped.
On the city walls, the soldiers of Liaodong had to brave the enemy's arrows every time they attacked, and they were often shot.
The archers in the rear of the Huns, where they saw that there were many arrows, they took care of them, and those who rose on the head of the city would definitely attract more than ten or twenty arrows.
The Huns' dispatch was very effective, and in a short time they were under the city walls, and some of them were already preparing to climb the top of the city with ladders.
The archers at the head of the city were suppressed by the Huns below, and although their arrows were sparse, they were not broken, and they were very difficult to deal with, and they could be hit if they were not careful.
"Ready, throw."
The Xiongnu began to climb the wall, and Guan Yu began to command the strong men and the original defenders to attack with stones and rolling logs.
The bloody side of the war began to show, with a steady stream of arrows below, and the soldiers above were often killed by the archers below as they smashed stones and logs down.
Guan Yu asked Gongsun Du to also take charge of a city wall and command the battle, and the two sides began to fight hard.
From time to time, someone was killed by an arrow, and the Huns were not happy, although the bows and arrows on the city wall were always suppressed by them, but they were still fighting back and never stopped.
The death toll was increasing due to the stones and logs thrown down from the city, but they had no better way to siege the city, so the two sides fought for it.
Fight for material consumption, personnel consumption, and morale consumption.
The war went on without stopping, and the Huns rushed several times, but they were all smashed down by stones and rolling logs on the city.
And the Xiongnu's bows and arrows also caused great damage to the defenders on the city, mainly because there were many Huns, and the archers completely suppressed the archers on the city, and they would be attacked by a large number of arrows under the city after each counterattack, so they either moved the place after each attack, or they had to immediately block it with a shield, and they could not continue to attack.
And the soldiers who threw the rolling logs and stones were not much better, as soon as they poked their heads out, there were several arrows attacking them below, so they had to move quickly, and they had to hide immediately after throwing stones and rolling logs, but there was always a lack of evasion.
Seeing the bloody battle between the two sides, Bashuer was secretly anxious, he didn't know how many people there were in the city, but he knew that it would definitely not be less, because after attacking for a long time, the defense of the city did not weaken at all.
If they really want to attack like this, they may not be able to attack in five days, but Bashuer can't wait that long at all, not because he doesn't have time, but because he is in a hurry.
King Zuo Xian sent two groups of men and horses to attack Jixian all the way, Bashuer didn't think that Jixian could last long, because there were not only tens of thousands of Hun soldiers attacking Jixian, but also Zhang Chun's subordinates.
Zhang Chun led the Han army, although the number was small, and many of them were newly recruited, but with tens of thousands of Hun soldiers, let them climb the city as cannon fodder in the front, and the Huns in the back, so that they could attack frantically at any cost.
According to Bashuer's view of the Han people, within ten days, at most fifteen days can capture Jixian County and capture Liu Yu alive, and then all the credit will be given to General Zuo.
That's why Bashuer is so anxious to break through the cities along the road and attack Liaodong as soon as possible, and the purpose set by King Zuo Xian this time is not just to loot.
Now there are signs of division in the Xiongnu royal court, although King Zuo Xian is the crown prince according to the regulations, but the power of King Right Xian is stronger than him, and there are many supporters.
In this invasion, King Zuoxian's ultimate goal is to strengthen himself, and in addition to money and food, he also needs people, so for such a big military operation, King Zuo Xian did not go out in person, he also took the army to hide aside, ready to do something else.
Money and grain, of course, is the fastest to loot from the Han Dynasty, and the object of their looting, Youzhou could not satisfy their appetite at all, Jizhou and Qingzhou are very good choices, but in recent years, Liaodong has sprung up, gathered a lot of wealth, and has become the object of their coveting.
Bashuel wanted to speed up the attack, but he found that there was no better way but to fight with the opponent.
Bashuer is very irritable, anything can happen if he consumes it like this, and what he is most afraid of is that he will be robbed of the credit by the right general, so his position will be shaken.
Zuo Xianwang's subordinates are directly the left and right generals, just two people, if he can't compete with the right general, then he may be replaced at any time, and if he can attack Liaodong early, the benefits are also huge.