Chapter 778 Reinforcements were allowed to enter
Bubble orchid.
At this moment, the shouts of killing were everywhere, and the boulders thrown from under the city would fall on the city tower from time to time, bringing a splash of blood.
This is the fourth day of the siege.
In the course of four days, General Peter launched no less than a dozen large and small attacks, the most dangerous of which had already reached the castle tower, but was finally suppressed by Dian Wei himself leading his troops into battle.
In the past four days, both sides have suffered heavy losses, of which Peter's army has lost about 60,000 men, and the 6th Army has lost more than 40,000 casualties.
After four days of defending the city, Dian Wei finally began to face up to the Rus' army, and it has to be said that their soldiers are tall and brave, and they are indeed a formidable opponent.
If it was just a one-man battle, the soldiers of the Sixth Legion were really no match for the soldiers of the Rus' Kingdom, but fortunately, they had a set of methods to cooperate in battle, but they made up for some shortcomings.
But even so, after four days of siege, the losses of the Sixth Army were not light. Compared to the defense of the city, their casualties were not small.
"Strategist, when will the emperor be able to lead the army to arrive, this way of fighting is really too embarrassing." Taking advantage of the rest of the other party's siege, Dian Wei finally couldn't help but ask Xiang Military Master Li Ru.
Dian Wei obeyed Li Ru's arrangement, and did not fully exert the strength of the Six Legions, and the most important thing is that this kind of city defense is not what he is good at, according to his meaning, the enemy attacks them and they also attack, and attacking against attack is the best way to attack. In fact, the Sixth Army Corps, which has more than half of the cavalry, has such strength, and with a fierce general like Dian Wei and a tiger general like Yan Liang, the deputy commander of the legion, it can really hit the other side by surprise.
It's just that Li Ru didn't agree to this style of play, if Dian Wei's eyes saw victory and defeat, what he saw in his eyes was the overall situation.
Li Ru had told Utkin before that it would be difficult to defend Haibalan with 500,000 people, but that was just to talk to this person. In fact, the Sixth Army was guarding in Haipaolan, and Mo said that the other party came with 800,000 horses, even if it was one million, or even more, it would not take advantage of anything.
The Sixth Legion has experienced countless battles, large and small, and this self-confidence and ability are still there, but Li Ru will still give such a statement to Utkin, undoubtedly in order to lure Zhang Chaoda into the army. You always need a suitable excuse, right?
Just like now, it is clear that the battle can not be so tense, but Li Ru just didn't order a counterattack, even when he was defending the city, he didn't show all his strength, and most of the soldiers used to defend the city were also some newly promoted soldiers, like many elite veterans, who were resting in the camp in the city.
Li Ru wanted to create a tense atmosphere, and he wanted to use it to tell Utkin that Hyppelan could be attacked at any time, and if you don't make a decision in a hurry, it might be too late.
Even with such an arrangement, how could Li Ru agree to Dian Wei's request now. It's just that he also knows that as the commander of the legion, he is not in a good mood when he sees the soldiers dying every moment, so although he did not agree to the request to send troops, he still said in a comforting tone: "Commander, don't be bored, as long as we can get Utkin to agree to the emperor to bring the army here, the six legions will be a great achievement, and the emperor will definitely reward us." ”
Li Ru knew what Dian Wei cared about, and knew his respect for the emperor Zhang Chao, so he used this as an excuse to say.
Sure enough, after saying this, Dian Wei's face became much better-looking, "Okay, that's it, then I'll wait for a few days." ”
On the top of the city tower, while Dian Wei and Li Ru were talking, in a mansion that looked magnificent and tall in the city, Utkin and Matwei were also anxiously waiting for the result.
The battle to defend the city has been fought for four days, and during these four days, both of them have gone to the city tower more than once to see, nominally to condole, to get some food to send, but in fact to observe the situation.
Peter is a fierce general that His Highness relies on very much, and his strength is extraordinary and his ability is extremely strong. There are even people who have the name of this person in the new five tiger generals, so is such a person easy to get along with?
After seeing the tragic siege battle, the two of them became more aware of Peter's ability, and they both felt a chill down their spines when they saw the corpses of countless wounded and dead Celestial Empire soldiers sent from under the castle tower every day.
They felt that the Sixth Legion had done their best, but unfortunately, Peter's soldiers were many generals, and if such losses continued, people would not be afraid, and it was very likely that the Sixth Legion would not be able to stand it first, and once they felt that the casualties were too heavy and decided to retreat, Haybalan City was afraid that it would change hands, and the heads of the two would be about to fall to the ground at that time.
When you think of this, how can you not make people sweat?
"Lord Wu, hasn't there been a reply from the second prince?" Matvey asked with some concern, he had already lost because of the attack on Nexus, but now he is really soft-spoken, and he has to ask Utkin for instructions on everything.
"Not yet." Utkin also looked anxious, but quickly added, "It takes time for the messenger to go back and forth, so it shouldn't be so fast." ”
When I said this, I didn't know if I was comforting myself or if I had something else in mind. In short, he is also very anxious, whether Hai Paulan can be saved, but it is related to his life and death.
This answer obviously did not satisfy Matvey, and he seemed to be very relieved to ask again: "Lord Wu, do you think that the second prince will not agree to the Celestial Empire sending reinforcements to come?" ”
These days, Matvey also figured out why the Celestial Empire army was not allowed to support them, it was because the second prince was worried that once the Celestial Empire army entered, he was afraid that it would be easy to welcome them. If there is a celestial empire, it is easy to invite the gods, and it is difficult to send the gods.
Matvey did not understand such a reason. In his eyes, Ross is the most powerful country in the world, and they have always been the only ones to bully others, when did anyone dare to think anything about them? Not to mention, once Hai Paulan is breached, the army of the second prince will be in danger of being attacked from both sides, and the environment and space for survival will also become smaller, and at that time, I am afraid that it will not be far from being destroyed. Even so, life is almost gone, so what's the use of thinking about those? Let's solve the problem in front of us first.
Matvey asked if the second prince would agree to their request, and Utkin was also bottomless about this, so he was not very confident when he answered: "This, I think the second prince should agree, after all, Hybalan can't be lost, once it is lost, there is no way out." ”
"Hmm." This answer was quite satisfactory to Matvey, and his face couldn't help but relax a little.
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Outside the city of Hypaola.
Peter is commanding a large army in a new siege formation.
In the past four days, although tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have been lost, but for him, this is nothing at all, even if it is a war, then where will there be immortals? And as long as you can take the city, it will be worth all the effort.
As for the opponent of the Sixth Legion of the Celestial Empire, Peter didn't pay much attention to it, in his opinion, how could the Celestial Empire people with short and small strength be the opponents of the tall and tall Rus soldiers, and it was only a matter of time before they were captured. As for the other party is still struggling to hold on, that's just the last struggle.
Even Peter thought that after destroying the second prince one day, he must ask His Highness for permission to send troops to the Celestial Empire. This country dares to participate in its own internal affairs, just by virtue of this, it should be killed and destroyed, and at that time, he will use his strength to tell the other party what will happen if he is angry.
And now, what he needs to do is to teach the other party a lesson, he decided to storm and fight, first let this six legions suffer some losses, and also let them see the true strength of the Rus army.
Peter was furious, and the next day's attack became even more violent, costing at least tens of thousands of lives on both sides.
Under such a fierce attack, Haibalan City seems to be in danger, and yesterday alone, there were two times when the Rus soldiers rushed up to the tower, but fortunately, Dian Wei led people to drive the other party down.
But this is not a good sign, and it seems to indicate that it is only a matter of time before Hybolan is captured.
Peter's army slaughtered the tower, which made Utkin and Matvey nervous, they were afraid that the Sixth Legion would not be able to hold it, if that was the case, even if the second prince agreed to the Celestial Empire to send reinforcements, it would be too late at that time.
While the two were anxiously waiting, the reply from the second prince was finally delivered.
At the first time, Utkin opened it and looked at it, and then there was a relieved expression, the second prince agreed to the Celestial Empire to send additional reinforcements, but this amount is up to him to decide.
This is tantamount to completely handing over the right to speak into his own hands, and at this moment Utkin feels that his identity and status have been invisibly elevated a lot.
"Lady Wu, how is it?" Although he had already guessed the result by seeing Utkin's relaxed expression, Matvey asked aloud, he still wanted to know the exact answer.
"The second prince said that he agreed to our request, but we still need to decide how many reinforcements the Celestial Empire will send." Utkin replied as if he were in power.
Hearing that he agreed, Matvey couldn't help but relax for a while. Then he remembered the question of the number of reinforcements from the Celestial Empire, and immediately explained his opinion, "Lord Wu, the last general thinks that of course the more reinforcements, the better. This time we were forced to come here by Peter, I think we can fight back, retake Links City, and let them know that we are powerful? ”
"Huh? Does the general mean that the more reinforcements from the Celestial Empire, the better? Listening to Matvey's suggestion, Utkin asked aloud.