The black viscous anointing oil with a foul smell sprinkled on the Qiang people's wooden shield and cloud ladder.

"Set fire ......" Dongfang Shuo ordered again, and then one by one the soldiers picked up the firewood that had been lit, and one by one the fires fell from the city tower, and when the sparks fell on those wooden shields and carts, those sticky black anointing oil instantly rose into huge flames.

In an instant, there was a sea of fire downstairs. Under the effect of the anointing oil, those wooden shield chariots and even ladders were ignited, and the Qiang soldiers who originally used these instruments together with the fire could only helplessly drop their instruments, and some Qiang soldiers who did not react in time were also burned by the fire.

"Do you want to get water to put out the fire?" Mangbroch watched as the first wave of besieging troops was burned and scattered, and the wooden instruments were set on fire and discarded under the walls, forming a mass of fire, which hindered the besieging teams behind.

"No, I've heard of this kind of anointing oil, and it doesn't go out when it comes to water, but it burns more and more. They won't have much of this stuff in the future, so go on......." Du Song Ruozan calmly looked at the raging fire in front of him. War is inevitable and there will be casualties, and in Du Song Ruozan's view, as long as the anointing oil of the Han army is consumed, the victory will be tilted in favor of the Qiang people.

This kind of offensive and defensive warfare, which relies entirely on the consumption of numbers and materials, basically does not have much strategy to use, and even if there is, it cannot change some fundamental things. In this way, when the Qiang people paid for casualties and the Han army paid for material losses, this offensive and defensive battle lasted for most of the day, and it was not until the sky became dark that the Qiang side sounded the horn of collecting troops.

Dongfang Shuo looked at the Qiang army that receded like a tide, and then looked at the fire that was still burning under the gate, and Dongfang Shuo couldn't help but have a worried look on his face. Because he saw that although Guan downstairs looked miserable, he could hardly see the corpses of the Qiang people, even if he didn't need to count Dongfang Shuo, he knew that the anointing oil in his hands had been almost consumed.

"Captain Wang" Dongfang Shuo was silent for a long time, and suddenly shouted to the young captain beside him.

This young lieutenant surnamed Wang, was just an ordinary soldier when he followed Huo Guangnan's expedition the year before last, but because of his bravery and steady actions, he was promoted to captain in one year after accumulating merits.

"What do you command?" Captain Wang hugged his fists and bowed down.

"Tonight, you take some people and go down to the city to inquire about the grain and grass situation of the Qiang people." Dongfang Shuo instructed Captain Wang. So far, in addition to the situation of the Qiang people that Dongfang Shuo has seen in the past few days, he has only learned about some Qiang people from Zhuo Junchen, and Dongfang Shuo has always been curious, these 100,000 Qiang people are alone in the Han Dynasty, and the 100,000 people are all soldiers, so what is going on with their logistics and grass?

"No." Captain Wang didn't say much, just clenched his fists in response, and then left to prepare.

Dongfang Shuo stayed awake all night, and just after dawn, Captain Wang finally returned to Longdi Pass again. And Dongfang Shuo naturally couldn't wait to start asking.

"The villain has carefully probed around the Qiang camp, and these Qiang people have brought a lot of cattle and sheep with the army, and they only need to carry forage for cattle, sheep and horses, and those cattle and sheep are their food." Captain Wang told Dongfang Shuo what he saw that because of the difference in diet, the Qiang people did not carry much grain and grass with the army, and the most was the forage that some livestock ate.

The meat of one sheep, combined with bone broth, is enough for five people to eat for a day, and if the ration is restricted, it is even enough for ten people, and as for an adult yak, the number of people who can provide food is even more. Therefore, even if there is no follow-up supply for the Qiang people in a short period of time, they will not immediately fall into trouble.

When Dongfang Shuo was listening to Captain Wang's report, Du Song Ruozan, who was in the Qiang camp, had already gotten up to start a new day's deployment. Although a large number of siege equipment was lost in the siege yesterday, the casualties were not serious, and there were still some siege equipment left, so Du Song Ruozan decided to carry out another siege today.

As soon as the sky dawned, the Qiang army came to the city again, and this time Du Song Ruozan had no nonsense, and directly ordered to start attacking the city. In the face of this most direct siege battle, even if Dongfang Shuo had any strategy, it was useless, and he could only rely on the pass to defend.

At the beginning, the Qiang people were still full of siege equipment, and the Han army still poured anointing oil and set it on fire. A war that seemed to be tragic but not serious continued.

"My lord, there is no more anointing oil." Captain Wang whispered beside Dongfang Shuo.

"Tell the archers to come up and get ready for battle!" Dongfang Shuo said calmly, as if he had expected this moment.

"Da Lun, look, there is a ladder close to the city wall." Mangbroch excitedly pointed to a ladder that was already close to the city wall.

"Command an all-out attack, and break open the city gate first." Du Song Ruozan naturally saw the slight changes on the battlefield, when the Han army did not have anointing oil, it was not difficult for the cloud ladder to get close to the city wall.

At this time, the city gates were still wooden structures, and no matter how heavy the wooden gates were, they couldn't stop the continuous collision. More Qiang began to storm the gate, and the battlefield, which had been slightly scorched, suddenly became fierce.

"Archers prepare, fifty paces ahead of you to fire a volley." Dongfang Shuo ordered, and then the archers who were already full of pipes released the arrows in their hands below. Under the first wave of Han arrows, a large number of Qiang people who were rushing towards the city gate were knocked down.

"Archers prepare, suppress Guan Lou." When the first wave of Han arrows was fired, Du Song Ruozan also immediately gave an order, and then thousands of Qiang cavalry jumped forward, and these Qiang cavalry held not swords and guns, but strong bows. While the horses were running, these Qiang cavalry had already bent their bows and arrows, and they were still sixty paces away from the Guan Tower, and they all shot towards the Guan Tower.

"Cover ....." shouted from Guanlou, and when the Qiang cavalry also suppressed Guanlou with bows and arrows, the Han army had to temporarily find cover to avoid the arrows.

"Whoosh..... Sou.. The sound .....of arrows whistling and shooting into the Guan Lou was endless, and when the sound stopped, the Han archers on the Guan Lou got up again and aimed their arrows at the Qiang people below.

"Put" was another volley of arrows, followed by a volley of Qiang people. The arrows on both sides tilted towards each other as if they didn't want money, and the gate looked shaky under the continuous onslaught of the Qiang people.

Behind the knife cart was a sword and shield team of 5,000 people, and then a cavalry team of 10,000 people. Once the gate was broken, the Han army had to engage the Qiang in close combat.

After nearly an hour of impact, the gate of Longdi was finally opened a little crack, and once there was a gap, the Qiang people worked harder to impact the gate.

"Knife car prepare, attack ......" After closing the door, a Han army captain wearing armor pulled out the accessories on his waist, pointed in the direction of the closed door and shouted. Then the knife car formation advanced into the corridor of the Guan Lou, and then the five thousand sword and shield army array filled behind the knife car, blocking the entire road to the brim.

At this point in the battle, neither Du Song Ruozan nor Dongfang Shuo had any skills to speak of, and at this time, the only way to let the soldiers fight until one side could not hold on.

Arrows flew in the sky, corpses were everywhere on the ground, and the smoke was everywhere, especially in the corridor, where the stumps and broken arms were wasted everywhere, and the corpses on the ground had accumulated a thick layer. But even so, the Qiang people still stepped on the fallen corpses of their own people and continued to rush forward to kill, while the Han army also stepped on the corpses of their own companions without taking a step back.

No one retreats, no one fears......

"Blow the trumpet, collect the troops...... a war from dawn to dusk, and when night was about to fall, Du Song Ruozan still ordered to blow the horn of the troops. When the horn sounded, even those Qiang people who had killed red-eyed people and were not afraid of death silently withdrew from the road.

A terrible battle came to an abrupt end in the night, but neither the Qiang nor Han soldiers rested immediately. Because too many soldiers were killed in battle, both the Han army and the Qiang people tacitly began to collect the corpses of their companions, and in this process, the two armies were unexpectedly peaceful.

"The Qiang people have Dusong Ruozan, if it takes time, it will be a big trouble for my Han's henchmen...... I don't know what happened to Master Hou? Dongfang Shuo looked at the battlefield like a purgatory on earth, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In the past, the Qiang people were just a group of brave and fearless nomadic cavalry, but just because of the existence of a Dusong Ruozan, this group of wolves on the plateau is like having a wolf king and the capital to compete for dominance in the world.

The Chinese character banner on the Longdi Pass has been shot out of the holes one by one by the arrows of the Qiang people, and in the Guanlou Yongdao, the soldiers are repairing the gate, and Dongfang Shuo is patrolling everywhere with Captain Wang.

"How many of our troops died in battle today?" Dongfang Shuo looked at the corpses that were carried down, and asked in a somewhat indifferent voice.

"Four thousand three hundred and twenty-seven days were killed, and six hundred and nineteen were seriously wounded." Captain Wang quickly replied.

In this battle, the Han army directly lost 5,000 combat strength, plus the 3,000 people who died in the first test with Du Song Ruozan, and now there are only about 12,000 people left in Longdi Pass, which is still the sixth day has been lost by more than half.

"What about the Qiang people?" Dongfang Shuo frowned and continued to ask.

"About seven to eight thousand killed." Captain Wang returned to the Tao with some uncertainty.

Relying on the advantages of the defense of the pass, the Han army almost reached the number of enemies killed in today's battle, which is normally a good result, but the Qiang people have an army of 100,000, even if they are killed more than 10,000 people now, there are still nearly 90,000 troops. And the Han army only has more than 10,000 people in Longdi Pass, and the gap between the two is getting bigger and bigger!

"Du Song Ruozan will definitely continue to attack the city tomorrow, what should I do? How can we hold Longdi Pass? There are more than 30 days to go...... What can I do? Dongfang Shuo looked up at the starry sky and asked himself silently in his heart, at this moment he felt unprecedented pressure.