Chapter 22: The Battle of the City

Lin Yuan had no time to take care of the remarks on the Internet.

On the second day after returning to Wushan Town, Yang Mi led an army of 30,000 and approached Wushan Town.

Obviously, the news of the total annihilation of Jin Cong's army had reached his ears and completely angered him.

Yang Mi would not give Lin Yuan any more chances.

An army of 30,000 surrounded the southeast and southeast of Wushan Town, and Yang Mi did not rush to order an attack, but chose to wait for the East Road army to converge.

After waiting for three days, Yang Mi's East Road army finally arrived.

After the arrival of this 10,000-strong army, they besieged the north of Wushan Town.

If the army of the Western Route had not been completely annihilated, it would have been responsible for besieging the west side of Wushan Town now.

The cage that was originally perfect was forced to open a door.

This is also the back road left by Lin Yuan.

Once Wushan Town really can't hold it, then he will abandon the city and flee west and return to Malan Town.

As long as he is alive, he has a chance to make a comeback.

His belief is that it is better to die than to live!

As long as people live, there will always be opportunities.

Lin Yuan stood on the city wall, looking at the Zhongxiang rebels outside the city, the black pressure was overwhelming, and his expression was extremely solemn.

He also saw that there were still a large number of siege equipment in the rebel barracks.

What siege towers, ladders, crashes......

Fortunately, there is no catapult, otherwise, the city wall of Wushan Town would not be able to resist the cannon stones of the catapult.

On October 8, Yang Mi issued an order to siege the city.

The 40,000-strong army was divided into three routes: east, south and north to attack Wushan Town.

Yang Yuan personally led an army of 20,000 to attack the southern city wall, and Lin Yuan personally led 1 heavy infantry battalion and 2 third-order infantry battalions to guard the southern wall.

The other east wall and north wall are guarded by Yuwen Chengdu and Gongsun He respectively.

For each wall, there are three battalions of troops, and there are also two battalions in reserve.

In addition, Lin Yuan also transferred 20,000 young men from the 100,000 people in the town, who were responsible for throwing rolling wood thunder stones on the city wall and pouring fire oil on the city.

As for the other 80,000 people, they were all on standby, under the unified command of Li Bing.

Yu Ban was kept by Lin Yuan's side because he needed Yu Ban's skill BUFF.

[Perseverance]: S-rank skill, defense of your soldiers +40%

[Iron Wall]: SS-level skill, after activated, the defense of your own military formation is +80%, the duration is 30 minutes, and the skill cooldown time is 1 day

This is the best buff for city defense.

Whether or not he can withstand Yang Mi's attack depends on Yu Ban's command.

"Attack!"

With Yang Mi's order, Zhong Xiang's rebels attacked Wushan Town from three sides.

Lin Yuan looked at the rebels, carrying a ladder on their backs, attacking the city wall like locusts, and he couldn't help but feel a little shocked in his heart.

I have to say that tens of thousands of people are attacking the city, and the momentum is really terrifying.

However, Lin Yuan didn't dare to be afraid!

If even he is afraid, then the soldiers under him will be even more afraid.

He stood at the head of the city and watched the rebels get closer and closer, 150 steps, 130 steps, 110 steps, 90 steps......

When the rebels rushed to a distance of only 50 paces from the wall, he decisively ordered the archers to shoot arrows.

Whoosh!

Hundreds of arrows rained down, and the rebels below immediately fell in large numbers.

It's just that it's the siege stage.

fell down one piece, and a new group of people carried the ladder, and rushed up without fear of death, the archers kept pulling their bows and shooting arrows, and Lin Yuan was also covering the shots, and fell down in two or three waves.

However, these rebels are like locusts, and they cannot be killed by any amount of killing.

After shooting five or six waves, they actually attacked under the city wall and put the ladder on the edge of the wall.

The siege dead soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, climbed the ladder.

Lin Yuan drew his bow and shot arrows, killing two dead soldiers on the ladder.

However, there are too many ladders, and there are many dead soldiers, and if you shoot like this, even if you shoot all the arrows, you can't stop them.

"With fire oil!"

He hurriedly yelled.

When the young man who had been preparing for a long time heard the news, he immediately poured the completely hot oil into the ladder one by one.

Some of the fire oil was poured directly on the bodies of those siege soldiers, and the whole person was scalded in an instant.

"Ignition!"

With Lin Yuan's order, one torch after another was thrown down, and in an instant, a layer of fire broke out under the city wall, burning those siege dead soldiers screaming and screaming.

However, there is a limit to the oil.

After the fire burned out, Yang Mi once again commanded the siege team to pounce.

Gradually, some besiegers began to climb the walls.

Lin Yuan held a phoenix mouth knife in his hand and slashed a dead soldier who stepped on the city wall, and blood splattered his face.

But he didn't know it now.

In front of him, another besieger stepped on the wall, and was immediately cut in two by a group of defenders.

But whoever rushed up to the city wall was slashed by the infantry defending the city.

However, the heroes couldn't stand the crowd, and there were too many Zhongxiang rebels besieging the city, and gradually, more and more rebels attacked the city wall, and even some arrow battlements began to be lost.

Lin Yuan continued to support back and forth, leading the soldiers to kill the rebels who attacked the city again.

Between the two sides, a tug-of-war began back and forth.

It lasted until late in the evening, when Yang Mi ordered the withdrawal of troops.

The soldiers on both sides were able to separate.

Lin Yuan leaned against the wall, supporting himself from falling.

The battle lasted all day, and he didn't know how many people he had killed, anyway, he was covered in blood, and the phoenix mouth knife in his hand was all slashed.

Now, he is severely depleted, and the two stab wounds on his left arm are beginning to ache.

The same goes for the surrounding soldiers.

But fortunately, the first day was finally held.

In this siege battle, many people died, and the casualty statistics continued.

"My lord, at the end of the day, we lost a total of 432 killed, and another 800 were slightly wounded."

After Yu Ban finished counting, he reported to Lin Yuan in a low voice.

"It's only been a day, and the casualties are so heavy?" Lin Yuan's heart trembled, and he had a bad illusion.

"How about the east wall, the north wall?"

"The loss of the eastern city wall is about the same as ours, and the loss of the northern city wall is slightly more, more than 600 people were killed!"

Yu Ban lowered his head, a little afraid to look at Lin Yuan's eyes.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath and tried his best to regain his composure.

"What about the casualties of the Zhongxiang rebels?"

"Their casualties are five times as ours, and in the whole day today, at least 8,000 rebels were killed, and more than 10,000 more were wounded."

"Got it." Lin Yuan nodded silently.

Although it also hit the Zhong Xiang rebels hard, after all, more than half of them were killed, and the main force of the Zhong Xiang rebels was still there.

"I must think of a clever plan to defeat the enemy, otherwise, my elite will probably be buried here."

After returning to the lord's mansion, Lin Yuan finished dinner and did not go to bed immediately.

He began to think of a way to break the enemy!

At this time, it would be nice if Zhuge Liang was by his side.

It's a pity that he sent Gao Cang to Malan Town to ask for help, but it has been more than ten days, and there is no trace of Zhuge Liang until now.

Lin Yuan was not worried about Zhuge Liang's loyalty.

The only possible reason is that Zhuge Liang had another plan and needed him to hold Wushan Town alone.