In the sound of impact, the golden soldiers in the city resisted the attack of the Song soldiers, while watching the teak wood hit the city gate, and after a few clicks, the heavy city gate wrapped in iron sheet had already creaked and was knocked out of a crack.

"Huh......" The golden soldiers in the entire city let out a muffled snort together, and the movement was not small.

The Song soldiers under the city saw it clearly, cheering and shouting together, and their voices shook the sky.

At this moment, the golden soldiers at the head of the city gave an order, dozens of barrels of boiling hot oil were poured down, and the oil splashed everywhere, making hundreds of Song soldiers near the city gate jump up together, this boiling oil is very hot, a small drop can make people feel unbearable, and the first dozens of Song soldiers who hit the city gate were poured down, and they didn't even make a few screams, they were already scalded to death and burned unconscious on the spot.

After boiling oil, there are a lot of gold soldiers erected wooden buildings on the city wall, falling on the soil bag, when the Song soldier goose car is near, the soil bag is condescending, thrown on the goose car, and then pulled hard, in this way, the goose is top-heavy, although someone has begun to climb on the ladder, but the whole is pulled over, everyone only hears the squeaking sound constantly, there have been a lot of goose cars by the gold soldiers from the middle of the break.

Guo Hao looked furious, and pressed the knuckle of his right hand to hold the sword. His character is cautious and cautious, but he is not timid and cowardly, at this time, seeing that the enemy is guarding quite orderly, and the Song army under the city has suffered heavy losses, he is anxious and angry in his heart, and he can't wait to step forward in person.

At this time, Lu Yongzhong saw that the losses in front of him were getting bigger and bigger, and he couldn't help but be anxious, and when he arrived in front of Guo Hao, he hurriedly said: "Dashuai: It can't be attacked like this, there is no goose cart and a cloud ladder is used, and our army will suffer too much damage." Besides, it is not easy to build Goose Feng, so it can't be lost like this. ”

Guo Hao was furious in his heart, and he heard Lu Yong's center hurting the goose car. I almost threw a fist to fight, but I just remembered the identity of the other party. I had to force myself.

After suppressing the anger in his heart, Fang said: "Lord Lu doesn't know. The anger can be drummed but not vented, and now it is anxious, which side can stand up to the ground more, which side wins. ”

After a pause, he said with a cold face: "It is not easy to build Goose Feng; Nor is it as valuable as human life. Besides, it is important to conquer Taiyuan, and the goose car is damaged and then built. ”

"Yes, it's the lower officials who don't know what happened."

Lu Yongzhong's face was slightly red, and he stepped aside.

Although he is a civil servant, he has actually experienced a lot of battles. Seeing that the offensive of the Song soldiers at the head of the city has been weakened, the loss of the gold soldiers at the head of the city is also very large, but in the end, it occupies a favorable position, and the main general has a good command to advance and retreat, the battle has been fought for nearly two hours, and the corpses of the Song soldiers under the corner of the city are piled higher and higher, and the blood is spreading, although they are in the rear several miles away. It's also really clear. He had a suspicion that he might not be able to break the city. But he didn't dare to make a sound, so he had to retreat to the side. No more talking.

For a whole day, both sides were fighting to the death, and in the afternoon, the Song soldiers finally began to retreat, and the Jin soldiers at the head of the city also took a break, and many Jin soldiers leaned on the battlements, looking at the corpses of the Song soldiers under the city with gloomy faces, while watching, while gnawing on the dry food in the cup. There is a shortage of food in the city, and only the soldiers who have come to the front of the enemy can eat, and the guard general Wan Yan Jiujin has not touched the stove in his own house for several days. Fighting for a day, the Song soldiers under the city have a numerical advantage, and attack repeatedly, but the golden soldiers at the head of the city have to keep fighting, even if they are brave and strong, they can't stand it, when they see the Song soldiers retreat, many people fall to the ground, some people still have the strength to eat, and most people don't even use the strength to eat, the black and blood-stained hands still hold the weapons in their hands, just fall to the ground, and no longer be able to stand up. And not far behind them, gradually the people came up, carried down the damaged weapons to repair them, and began to carry away the corpses of those who had died in battle. As for the bloodstained and smelly, I didn't care about washing it.

The Jin soldiers were like this, and the Song soldiers who had fought hard for a day were also extremely tired. Such a siege battle, although the losses of each department were not very large due to the rotation of battles, and the number of dead and wounded was about one or two thousand, which was completely negligible for the Song army of nearly 70,000 people. It's just that the siege is unfavorable repeatedly, and the loss of siege equipment is huge, at noon, the city wall was once hit with cannons, but the enemy already has experience, and even the battlements are piled up with earthen bags to reduce the loss of shell explosions, and after the shells are used up, they are thrown with ordinary stones, and the damage is even more insignificant. As for the goose cart and the cave cart, they also lost nearly half, so the whole army was worried, although the confidence in breaking the city was not reduced by half a point, and the plan to break the city in the short term seemed to be unlikely.

When the battle was fought like this, not only Guo Hao was in a heavy mood, but even the rest of the generals were also gloomy.

In the twilight, wisps of red clouds under a round of red sun, showing extraordinarily enchanting, everyone looked at the city wall of Taiyuan City for more than ten miles, because it was standing on the hillside, and it was far away, so it seemed to be condescending, the short and thin city wall, as if one foot could be stepped on. It's just that after two days of fighting, the loss of generals, and it was never possible to break through this dilapidated and lost city, thinking of this, everyone was extremely depressed in their hearts, just watching a team of soldiers retreat and return to the camp, and there would be no one to say anything for a while?

Guo Hao stayed for a long time, and only came back to his senses after half a ring, and saw that the generals were also silent, as the commander-in-chief, he had to raise his spirit first. smiled: "I didn't expect it to be like this." However, after a hard day of fighting today, our army was tired, and the enemy could not bear it. In the evening, I saw that the enemy was exhausted, and if it were not for the late day, I was afraid that the outcome of the battle would be unpredictable. ”

Zhang Jun came directly on the emperor's order, and the war was unexpectedly unrelated to himself, and he also muttered at the moment: "How about the night battle? He ordered the officers and men of the whole army to rest for an hour, rest with food, repair weapons and vehicles, and then attack again at night. Our army is ten times larger than the enemy, and there is no reason to let them go so lightly. ”

Guo Hao originally had this intention, he had experienced a hundred battles, and he saw that the tiredness of the old man was naturally not a lie, just a look at the sky in the distance. Although the red cloud is still there. According to the time, there is no moonlight to illuminate at night, and the city is purely attacked with torches, and the morale of the Song army has been slightly reduced today. If the night battle is unfavorable, the loss will be greater, and it will not be able to recover for a while.

Thinking about it, although the damage to the siege in this way is very large, at most one more attack, most of them can break the city. The enemy has less than 10,000 soldiers, and has lost one or two thousand people in two consecutive days.

immediately smiled and said, "What's the hurry? Take a two-day break to boost your morale. Let the brothers slow down their spirits. ”

Yao Duan and Zhang Xian glanced at each other, each knew each other's intentions, and immediately laughed together: "The manager is right, such a battlefield of life and death rushes back and forth, even if the soldiers are not injured, their spirit and spirit are also damaged, delay for two days, and the city sees that one day can't last one day, so we don't have to be in such a hurry." ”

The two lords spoke together, and others naturally had nothing to say, Guo Hao was very happy to hear that these two people obeyed his own arrangement. Just thought about it, these two people are both artillery tempers, and the siege of the city for two consecutive days is not conducive to the loss of soldiers, why are they so easy to talk? At the moment, he glanced at the two of them with suspicious eyes, but saw that the two of them were at ease, and they didn't have any weird appearances, so they had to stop.

At the moment, everyone dispersed, counted the losses, comforted the wounded, rewarded and encouraged the soldiers who were brave and meritorious in today's battle, and they still had to report the battle situation to the emperor and the privy councillor above the control, and they were busy until they were in charge of the lamp, and everyone was so busy that they didn't even care about eating, and then they went to Guo Hao's camp to gather, and reported that everything was in order, and Guo Hao told everyone to be careful, and then ordered their respective families to disperse and return to the camp.

Such a commotion, Zhang Xian Yao Rui knew that the time was pressing, and it was about to be midnight, the two of them went back to the camp first, secretly raised the soldiers and horses, and when they were over, the camp that stretched for more than ten miles was already snoring everywhere, and the Yao camp was in front, so he first raised the soldiers and horses, just waiting for Zhang Xian to come to meet.

He had only waited for half an hour. Zhang Xian has already arrived with hundreds of people. Because it was a sneak attack in the middle of the night, everyone was not wearing armor, just wearing short robes and holding short soldiers, Yao Rui swept over at a glance, only to feel that all of them were strong and strong, and they were obviously the elite of the army, so he nodded immediately and smiled at Zhang Xian: "Yes, it depends on them this time." ”

Zhang Xian also smiled, his teeth were shining in the dark night, he had changed his clothes and armor himself, and at this time he felt that his body was crisp and light, so he smiled at Yao Duan: "You wait here for Jieyin, I will personally take people up, you wait for the movement to come up, and then take the follow-up people to go immediately." ”

Then he asked, "There is silence in your camp, how many men and horses have been arranged to arrive later?" ”

Yao Rui replied first: "In addition to the soldiers and horses attacking the city, there are more than 3,000 people who have ordered them to go to bed early, and when the time comes, they will call up first, put on armor and prepare to respond. ”

Zhang Xian nodded and said, "Yes, although we are tired, the enemy is even more tired." Attacking the city tonight, there is a chance that it can be done. ”

He was full of confidence, but Yao Duan said hurriedly: "As a commander of the army, how can you do such a thing yourself." Taiyuan has not been captured for a few days, if you have a mistake, not only me, but also Guo Guan Zhang and them, they will also be reprimanded, why bother. ”

Zhang Xian waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, I won't go to the city in person, I'm just a little far away, and I will command it in person." If it doesn't go well, it won't hurt my fur. ”

Seeing that Yao Duan wanted to persuade again, Zhang Xian only said: "The person who came to the city last night was Li Xianzhong, this kid is a stunned young man, I will never teach him to look down on me." Besides, when my official was the deputy commander, he also led people to charge and kill in the array of ten thousand armies, what is the great deal? ”

He was so angry, Yao Duan couldn't cry or laugh, but he also admired it secretly. In fact, the ancients fought battles, and the strategic formation was important, and whether the generals were brave or not was also the key to whether an army could be strong. The ancient army, no matter how it was organized, its communication organization could not be compared with the modern army, and sometimes what could make the officers and men of the whole army fight to the death and be unswerving was whether the main general dared to fight and kill.

At the moment, he didn't persuade anymore, but only struck Zhang Xian the chest, and said with a smile: "Okay, be careful, I'll wait for you to move together, and then I'll go to answer." ”

Zhang Xian agreed, and had already let the front team go forward, in the dark night, only heard the sound of rustling footsteps, he squeezed his eyes towards Yao Duan, and said with a smile: "Let's see what Manager Guo said after I succeeded." ”