At the beginning of the siege of Julu, the number of soldiers on the Yuan army's side, plus the number of people, the total number was about 50,000. However, as the siege continued, every day, large and small teams organized by the powerful gathered in the Yuan army camp under Julu City, so that the scale of the Yuan army expanded day by day.

Those local heroes who supported Yuan Shao also knew that this battle was a key battle that determined the ownership of Jizhou, and they almost launched it with all their might. According to the report of the soldiers in charge of observing the enemy's situation at the head of Julu City, by 16 October, there were at least 30,000 or 40,000 regular soldiers and private soldiers in the camp of Yuan's army at this time, as well as no less than 40,000 or 50,000 people.

If calculated according to the smoke from the stoves that lit fires for cooking in the morning and evening in the camp of the Yuan army, the total number of besieging troops has risen to nearly 100,000, nearly ten times that of the defenders in the city!

It is precisely because of such a huge human resource that Yuan Shao was able to excavate more than ten tunnels while making a large number of various siege equipment.

Some of these tunnels were dug under the noses of the defenders, while others were hidden. However, as long as there is a tunnel that leaks through the net and is dug up by Yuan Jun, it will be a huge trouble for the defenders in the city. For this reason, Zhang Mad had to draw out the precious defenders and people in the city, and around the base of the city wall, he also dug a trench around the city with a shallow depth.

After the ditch around the city was dug, Yuan's tunnels would be exposed to the trench after passing under the city walls. With such siege measures, Zhang Qi can be a little more relieved.

In the midst of insolent anxiety, time continues to move forward. The fierce siege battle lasted for another two days. Every day, there was a Yuan army that was able to successfully climb the city, but each time it was driven down by the Julu defenders. Even if there are many fierce generals as the core of the counterattack, as the price of hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city, at the end of the day. The state army had to pay about 1,000 casualties.

On the eleventh day, due to the shortage of troops in the city, Zhang Qiang had to let some soldiers with minor injuries go into battle with wounds. Most of the war materials prepared for the defense of the city, especially rolling logs and stones, have also been consumed. The situation is gradually developing in a direction that is not good for insolence.

Fortunately, after three days of strong attack, the morale of the Yuan army also became extremely low due to the excessive loss of troops. By the morning of October 19, the number of siege equipment dragged out of Yuan's siege camp was significantly lower than that of the previous three days. Seeing such a scene, the tired defenders of Julu City. also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, would Yuan Shao slow down the attack on the giant deer so easily?

You must know that Yuan's side has a nearly tenfold advantage in terms of military strength!

Even though the Yuan army had suffered tens of thousands of casualties in the siege battle in the past few days, compared to the casualties of the defenders of Julu City, the gap between the two sides not only did not narrow. On the contrary, it has been stretched a lot.

Yuan Jun's move quickly proved to be problematic.

In front of the rising sun. An event that terrified the troops defending the city. Just under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, it suddenly came.

At the east gate where Yin Gang was responsible for guarding, a section of the Julu city wall that was quite intact suddenly began to shake and shake. Then, on both sides of the wall, a trace of cracks appeared visible to the naked eye.

The rift expands at a rapid pace. In a moment's astonishment, it has expanded to a huge gap. Immediately afterward, the walls suddenly became shorter, and the earth shook with a roar. It makes a loud and continuous noise that makes people nearby breathless.

The loud noise was accompanied by countless clouds of dirt and dust. After the sound stopped, and after a few more moments, after the smoke and dust cleared, all the viewers were left with an extremely sharp gap, a gap in the city wall that was seven or eight feet long.

In the middle of the rammed earth section of the two seemingly smooth walls, the section of the wall fell to the outside side of the city, and the collapse was very complete. Fragments of rammed earth from the cracking of the city walls spread on the ground outside the city, creating a small and noticeable slope, creating a gap that could almost be climbed directly!

For a moment, the defenders on the entire city wall froze.

The city wall actually collapsed for no reason, is this the rhythm of breaking the city?

was insolently attracted by the loud noise, and only felt a "buzz" in his head, and his face became extremely pale. An emotion called "despair" crowded into his head, as if it was about to explode!

- Julu City, at stake!

"Don't be in a daze! Give the order! ”

A pain in his head, coupled with a sharp roar, made Zhang Madness wake up from his stunned state. Dare to treat the arrogant person so rudely, there will not be a second one in this world, it can only be the arrogant Zheng Zhao Yu.

Because the stabbing [Harmony] stimulated a little too strongly, his consciousness was a little confused and arrogant, and when he saw his wife's face, he unconsciously murmured:

"The city is broken......

"Who said the city was broken? Isn't it over when you plug the gap? ”

Zhao Yu, who was wearing light armor, looked like a fierce female leopard. She raised the spear in her hand, struck it again on the arrogant head, and shouted:

"For Ayuan, for Yu'er, we will definitely defend the city! Don't forget, you're the Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Star! ”

Hearing his wife talk about her children, her arrogant eyes lit up, and her heart suddenly became firm. If nothing else, even if it is for the sake of your own children, you have to defend the city!

That's his bloodline!

There must be no problem!

No matter what the cost!

Inspired by his wife and children, the arrogance of his heart regained his fighting spirit, and he immediately unsheathed his sword and shouted at the terrified soldiers around him:

"Guards, come with me! Ah Yu, go and call Ziren to come to support! ”

At this moment of great crisis, in order to turn the tide, Zhang Qiang had to throw himself to the front line of the battlefield!

The arrogant personal guards, because of the support for the leaks in the city wall these days, have been reduced by thirty percent. However, under the order of the supreme leader in their eyes, these young men with tired faces immediately stepped on the front line of killing the enemy without fear. Moreover, this time, there was a leader arrogant who personally went out, and the morale of all the members of the pro-guard team immediately exploded!

Therefore, when the commandos of the Yuan army, who were ready to go outside the city, struggled to climb the collapsed city wall and saw the inside of the city, they were greeted not by the scene of the Bingzhou army panicking and scattering in all directions, but by a group of elite armor soldiers with high morale and a firm position!

"Archers! Climb to the top of the city and crush the enemy! ”

At this moment, Zhang Qiang didn't care about the demeanor of a bullshit general, and shouted loudly at the top of his throat to boost the low morale and command the soldiers who were at a loss.

With the presence of Zhang Qiang in person, the defenders, who had been greatly shaken by the collapse of the city wall, immediately recovered considerable combat effectiveness. The soldiers of the Yuan army, who crowded the breach, were soon attacked by the defenders from the walls at both ends, which were still intact.

However, Yuan Jun was obviously prepared for this.

Accompanying the commando action, there was a large group of Yuan army archers. Just as the Bingzhou army launched a covering shot at the enemy at the gap from the city wall, the archers of the Yuan army, who approached the head of the city, also rained a fierce rain of arrows on the heads of the defenders.

If it weren't for the fact that the Bingzhou army had erected a lot of grass huts and planks on the city wall in advance to block arrows, and several waves of arrows rained down, the city head would not have been able to stand up. Rao is like this, in the face of the suppression of the Yuan army's crossbowmen, the defenders at the head of the city are too busy to take care of themselves, and they can't effectively hit the Yuan army that is crossing the breach.

The Yuan army commandos were all foot soldiers with knives in one hand and small shields in the other. In order to make it easier to get to the city, they were only protected by light leather armor. And after Zhang Madness arrived at the breach in time, he immediately let the guards line up into a gun formation and slowly approached the enemy.

Because Yuan's army came faster and climbed to the top of the collapsed city wall first, the pro-guards only blocked Yuan's advance. If you want to drive the enemy out of the city from the breach, you have to let your subordinates attack upwards. And this angle of attack is quite unfavorable terrain.

Therefore, when the guards arrived at the city wall, they only began to line up, and did not prepare to attack upward. If a counterattack is launched, but the Yuan army cannot be driven out of the city in one go, then the Yuan army is very likely to take advantage of the situation and enter the city. Until more reinforcements arrived, he didn't dare to take the risk.

Of course, the defenders had reinforcements, but Yuan's reinforcements would only be more. However, for this, insolence has a backhand that can be used. As long as it is used, Zhang Qiang believes that in a short period of time, he will be able to block Yuan Jun's attack.

It just so happened that on the inner side of the city wall, there was a deep ditch dug in order to prevent Yuan's army from "cave attack". Although the deep ravine was not wide enough for a soldier with good bounce power to jump through, it was a good line of defense—even if a small section of the ravine was automatically filled in by the shaking of the collapse of the wall.

"Kill!"

The task of Yuan's army was to enter the city from the breach. Even in the face of rows of spears, they must rush down decisively. Moreover, even if the Yuan army commando team did not take the initiative to charge downward, the soldiers who were constantly pouring up from the rear would automatically squeeze the companions in front forward.

If you can't win the front, waiting for those commandos of the Yuan army, there is only about one word "death".

"Ready, stab!"

Of course, it was not the arrogant lord who gave orders in the gun array of the pro-guards. As the spiritual leader of the whole army, as long as he stays on the front line, he will naturally be able to greatly boost the fighting spirit of the whole army. If you wait for arrogance to go into battle shirtless, it means that the situation is almost unpredictable.

The current leader of the pro-guard is Cheng Wu, the son of Cheng Yu, an important minister of Bingzhou. Cheng Wujia has a history of learning and is proficient in the art of war. Although due to his personal qualifications, he is not able to practice martial arts, but in commanding a small force, even if he is arrogant, he may not be able to do it. (To be continued......)