"My lord, the defenders of the city today are a little different from yesterday. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 While thinking about it, Ban Chao, who was also observing the situation at the head of the city, suddenly interjected, and he pointed to a Qarakhanid general who was commanding a battle behind a certain section of the city wall and said, "This person did not appear in the garrison army yesterday, if I remember correctly, he should have led the army at the south gate yesterday." ”

"Huh? So it's a bit unbearable just to rely on the defenders of the East Gate? Li You's eyes lit up when he heard this, but this was an out-and-out good news.

"Perhaps, or maybe they take turns calling in different armies to defend the city, just like we do." Ban Chao seemed very cautious, not easy to draw conclusions, and there is indeed such a possibility, yesterday's battle was very fierce, the consumption of the Qarakhanid defenders at the head of the city was not much less than that of the Khotanese army, and the number of defenders in the city was far inferior to the coalition army, and it was reasonable for the defenders of the city yesterday to go down to rest for a day or two temporarily.

"Then we'll have to test it for a few more days." Li You was a little regretful, looking at it this way, this round of battles will continue until the bottom of the Qarakhanid army is tested.

The battle on the eastern side of the city wall was fierce, and on the south side was the large camp of the coalition army, although they did not attack, but the defenders of the city did not dare to slack off, and they all stared nervously at the enemy under the city, knowing that there were many more people here than in the east.

As for the west wall, it is slightly better, here is just arranged for thousands of people to block the city gate, no one is allowed to enter and exit the city gate, and there is no intention to attack, a few spies hide among the ordinary soldiers, carefully observe the situation at the city head, and exchange a few words from time to time, "Yesterday there were four Qarakhanid generals at the head of the city, but today there are only three left, and that one is afraid to go to the east to help." ”

"It's just one day, I can't say that yet, I'll have to watch it for a few more days." Another person who looked like a small boss carefully wrote down this situation on paper, and it was given to Li You later, so that he could understand the changes on the battlefield in more detail and make the right choice.

The fierce fighting continued for another whole day, and Bilegor was also unable to break through the defenses of the Qarakhanid, and had to choose to retreat after retrieving the dead and wounded soldiers, and the defenders at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief again, and after returning to the camp, they still visited the wounded soldiers, and the soldiers who had survived the death could be peaceful, so that their heroic souls could enjoy peace.

On the third day, the main force of the siege was replaced by the Ganzhou Uighur army of Lusheng, this time Li You and they saw a strange Qarakhanid general at the head of the city, and another general disappeared on the west wall, and the general who was not seen yesterday returned with a tired face, and the coalition army found that this was one of the Qarakhanid generals who had appeared at the east gate yesterday.

Although Lusheng's Ganzhou Uighur army rushed to the city many more times than before, they were driven down by the Qarakhanid soldiers, and on the third day they were still unable to complete their success.

On the fourth day, it was finally Li You's turn to come out of the Guiyi army, this time the Qarakhanid people withstood an unprecedented test, the offensive of the Guiyi army was more fierce than the previous three armies, Li You could find the flaws in the enemy's defense every time and command the army to attack in time, Arslan's defense level was really far worse than Zhang Xunlai, Li You could find the most suitable direction of attack without using Eagle Eye, and for a time the defenders in the city began to support left and right.

"Go get reinforcements over!" Ali Arslan understood that the soldiers on this wall alone would not be able to hold it, so he hurriedly summoned defenders from other directions to come to the rescue.

The defenders to the south and west immediately changed drastically, and groups of soldiers, led by the generals, rushed towards the eastern wall, and with the help of these reinforcements, the defense of the city was finally stabilized.

"King of Dunhuang, now that the defenses in the south and west are definitely weakened, it is better for me to wait......" Yuchi Sinhala Rama couldn't help but rush forward to persuade him, and these news also reached his ears.

"Don't worry, it's not time yet." Li You still looked extremely calm, "Although the defenders of the west and south gates are weakened now, they have not yet reached the point where they can be easily captured by us, even if we wave the whole army to attack the city on three sides, the Qarakhanid people can still block it, so we have to wait and see." ”

After these few days of fighting, Li You already has a relatively clear understanding of the number and combat effectiveness of the defenders in the city, and after a little thought, he understands that it is far from their limit, "But it won't take long now, they should not be able to hold on in a few days, and the only thing to worry about now is when their reinforcements will come." ”

"Most of the Qarakhanid army was taken by Nasser to the river to crusade against the Samanid state, and the rest of the troops were either in Barasagon or in Bakhana, which were hundreds of miles away from here, and they could not be rushed overnight, and as for the small number of troops in the vicinity, even if they all arrived in Kashgar, it didn't matter much." Yuchi Sinhala's answer relieved Li You's last worries.

In the next few days, the coalition forces still insisted on taking the eastern wall as the focus of the attack, and had no intention of moving elsewhere, and the scars on this wall were getting more and more.

Gradually, the defenders of the west and south gates became fewer and fewer, and the remaining soldiers gradually became slack, and they seemed to take the coalition attack on the east gate as an immutable truth, and most of them thought that they would not attack the walls they were guarding at all.

Finally, it was Li You's turn to command the Guiyi army to attack again, and before leaving, he invited Ban Chao to his side and asked, "Dingyuan Hou, how are you preparing these days?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, the elite of the 10,000 Guiyi Army has been secretly hidden outside the West Gate." In the past few days, Ban Chao has not wasted time, he took the opportunity of the continuous movement of the coalition army to hide 10,000 Guiyi troops in batches in the camp outside the west gate, these soldiers are crowded in tents to eat dry food to survive, and did not arouse the defense of the defenders.

"This is very good, today I continue to command the battle at the east gate, and I must force them into a corner, and when I see the signal rising, the Marquis of Dingyuan will lead the army to attack the west gate." The long-brewing plan has finally reached the most critical time.

Ban Chao took the order to go, Li You and Yu Chi Sinhala Rama they came to the east gate again, today's offensive is more fierce than before, forcing Arslan to constantly mobilize troops and horses to defend here, seeing that most of the troops in the city are piled up at the east gate, Li You ordered people to release a signal.