Chapter 474

Because the place of battle was too narrow, a layer of corpses had been laid on the ground, and the two armies were half mixed from the dress. The winged army is getting stronger and stronger, but it is so chaotic on the city walls that it is still difficult for the winged army to cooperate with each other despite its well-trained training.

Unlike the Wing Army, the Night Army is much inferior to the Wing Army in terms of momentum, but the Night Army is used to this chaotic scene. Threes and threes are combined to attack, the killing efficiency is very high, and the casualties are relatively small.

The scale of the battle between the two armies became larger and larger, and because of the increase in the number of winged armies, there were fewer and fewer battles in terms of officers. There was no room in the city for the generals to let go of their hands and feet, and many times, the generals could only stand in the crowd and direct the battle.

Like Xilanguan, the walls of the Winless City are not two high walls, and the other side is a long slope. This ensured that the walls would not be completely destroyed, so the winged troops naturally crossed the battlements and fought the night army on the long slope.

The figure of the wing army appeared more and more in the eyes of the night army under the city, and the night army below did not act rashly until they received the order to go up to help. The shouts of killing and the clashing of weapons on the walls continued, and a figure dangled around, and the winged army drove the night army to the long slope, much to the anger of those below.

The night army below wanted to go up and beat the wings back, and they had been waiting to wear down their spirits, but fortunately, the impact on them caused by the wings of the siege engines had been reduced, and the fear caused by the wings to the night army was not as strong as before, and the night army was now nervous and calm.

"A group of soldiers went up with me," Not long after, a herald brought Zhao Xu's order, and Yan Nantian, one of the main generals who stayed in the city, received instructions and immediately ordered a general to bring a team of people up for reinforcements.

The general received the order and drew a few thousand soldiers from the army and went up the long ladder. There were only two long ladders on either side of the gate, but each was already five meters wide, and thousands of soldiers divided into five columns, led by the general, rushed up with weapons.

"Rush," some soldiers couldn't help but shout loudly because of their excitement, which immediately caused a burst of resonance.

The shouts from the rear instantly filled the night army fighting in the city, and after realizing that reinforcements were coming, the night army that had been struggling to hold on suddenly had the courage to resist, and as if stimulated, they burst out with far more strength than before, and stabbed the wing army to death under the gun one after another.

It didn't take long for the night army rushing up the stairs to quickly disperse on both sides, clearing the enemy troops on the long slope and the enemy troops on the city at the same time. The reinforcements are not as afraid of the wing army as the night army just now, they only know how to kill the enemy. They had been waiting for a long time, and now they had the opportunity to kill the Night Army, and they would not be merciless at all when they killed people one by one.

In terms of fighting skills, the night army is obviously better at it than the wing army, each night army's movements are very simple, just a simple stab, the original ordinary spear has become a sharp weapon in their hands, and the three of them cooperate with each other in pairs, and the wing army that is killed for a time is not left.

The number of winged troops in the city was rapidly decreasing, and those winged officers were horrified to find that there were fewer and fewer subordinates around, so they kept shouting for the wings to stabilize their positions. For this reason, those officers also led by example and rushed to the front. They knew that the Night Army was no different from them, and that the Winged Army did not need to be afraid of the Night Army.

In addition, before sending troops, the Wing Army had clear instructions from above that only by driving all the night troops out of the city and then fighting the night army under the city could they give full play to their advantage of being numerous. If you keep fighting in the city, neither side will have a good result, so the wing army must block the attack of the night army.

Regarding the importance of the city wall, Zhao Xu had already made it clear to the generals before that he must not let the wing army fight, so the night army would not let the wing army occupy the city wall. Under the command of the generals on both sides, the battle between the wing army and the night army became more intense, and people continued to fall.

After the reinforcements came up, they not only had to kill the wings in the city, but also killed the wings who were climbing the city, and one by one the wings were stabbed down by the waiting night army as soon as they wanted to turn up from the battlements, but soon someone came up, one after another, and the wings seemed to be endless.

After a period of time, relying on the previous advantage and the continuous replenishment of personnel, the wing army soon defeated the support advantage of the night army just now, and then forced the night army down the slope on the other side of the city wall little by little. Some night soldiers were desperate and simply fought to the death with the wing army; some night soldiers had no way to retreat, turned over to the battlements, and condescended to fight the wing army.

When the wings came together, they jumped from the battlements to the slopes, slowed down and fought with the wings.

Once a night army is forced to jump onto the slope, the winged army behind will follow closely behind, jumping off the battlement and continuing to pursue the night army.

After a while, there were more and more winged troops chasing to the slope, and the fighting between the two sides became more and more fierce, and the thousands of reinforcements who had gone up had already died a lot, and those places that were broken through by the winged army were constantly filled by winged troops. In this way, as long as the wings of the city reach a certain number, they can in turn surround the night army on the city wall, and then the night army in the city will have only one way to die.

The situation above is getting tighter and tighter, and the generals below are waiting for Zhao Xu's military order while looking at each other, and they can see the worry in their eyes one by one.

On Zhao Xu's side, in the past period of time, the herald has been here several times. Zhao Xu had been thinking about strategies to defeat the enemy, such as the kind of strategy that Zhao Wu used to hold Huangyan Pass, and the news brought by the herald made the time even more urgent. Unfortunately, the Windy City has no terrain that can be exploited, only a single city wall.

Behind them, there are so many wavering Snow Country people, and the situation has been very unfavorable for them. Now that the city is about to be unable to hold on, Zhao Xu stopped thinking about directly ordering the herald to go out and inform the generals outside to continue to send troops to help, and he must hold the city pass.

Of course, the reinforcements that Zhao Xu wanted to send were all drawn from infantry and archers, and the cavalry guarding behind the city gate could not move without a clear order.

The generals on both sides of the city gate received an order to once again draw several teams from the soldiers behind them to support the night army in the city. From the beginning to the present, there are only 20,000 night troops in the city. In addition to the 40,000 cavalry, the total number of infantry and archers below was about 70,000, and they could join the battle in the city at any time.

From the beginning of the siege of the Wing Army to the present, counting the people who died under the bow and arrow, more than 30,000 people have participated in the battle, and there are more than 20 sergeants waiting to join the battle. If you don't take down the walls or breach the gates, the number of people you can fight will always be limited.

"Marshal, how long will it take for our army to take the city pass?"

"It depends on how stubborn the resistance of the night army is. "On the side of the Wing Army, Ruan Qiling and many generals of the Wing Army are waiting for the Night Army to take the city pass.

"Marshal, there is one thing that is still unclear at the end. ”

"Iron General, you say. ”

"The city wall of the windless city is very long, although only this east gate enters the city, but the long city wall can be used as a place for our army to attack the city, why does our army only choose one city pass?"

"General Tie's question, the last general also doesn't understand it very well, and I ask the marshal to give me advice!"

"The question of the two generals has been considered before, and the city wall that extends from both sides of the city pass can indeed be used as a siege site for a long distance, but there are enemy troops patrolling those places. If our troops attack the city at the same time in several ways, the enemy will know about it as soon as possible. As the defender of the city, even though the enemy's strength is smaller than ours, there are still enough troops to defend everywhere. ”

"If you attack from a little farther away, the windless city will build its defenses on the mountain, and the enemy army on the mountain will not be armed, but our army will not be able to attack from those places again. ”

"Does the marshal mean that our army is not suitable for attacking the city at the same time in several ways?"

"No, to be exact, it is better to attack the city separately, than to attack one place. ”

"And the marshal for advice?"

"As long as our army takes the city pass and destroys the morale of the enemy army, then the enemy army has no way to retreat, and our army can annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop. ”

"If it is separated, it is not conducive to unified command, unless the night army can be defeated everywhere, our army will definitely have huge casualties. Second, the commander decided to attack one place, which could concentrate our troops to improve the morale of the army and capture the city pass as quickly as possible, so as to reduce the loss of troops. ”

"The marshal is wise. ”

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After Ruan Qiling briefly explained the reason for the main attack on Chengguan, those generals no longer had the slightest doubt, and they all praised Ruan Qiling's wisdom. In fact, the reason why Ruan Qiling was reluctant to divide his troops was because of his shield soldiers.

The shield soldiers of the wing army can not march in a hurry, if the division of the troops, the shield soldiers can only attack one part of the city pass, and the rest of the place can only send infantry and archers, but it is difficult to rely on these two types of troops to capture other places, and the shield soldiers and cavalry at the city pass are not yet effective, and there are very few people who can attack the city, and the division of troops will only reduce the advantage of the wing army. Rather than this, it is better to focus on one place.

The main attack can maximize the strength advantage of the wing army, and Ruan Qiling doesn't want to do superfluous things. At the moment, if it weren't for those generals asking, Ruan Qiling would not take the initiative to explain to the generals.

According to the herald's report, the Wing Army was about to take the city wall at this moment, and was driving the Night Army to the long slope. Looking at the winged army that kept going up from the ladder, Ruan Qiling thought that as long as the city wall was completely taken, the victory in this war would only belong to them.

At the same time, Zhao Xu and Ruan Qiling in the big account had the same idea, they must not lose the city pass, otherwise there would be no point in fighting this battle again, so no matter how many people were needed to go up to support, the night army had to push back the wing army and drive the wing army off the city wall.

It is important to hold the city, and the city gate under the city is also not to be missed, the siege team of the wing army has already smashed the city gate, and at this time the wing army is busy hooking the thing blocking the city gate with its hook claw and pulling it outside, with the help of fierce beasts, the efficiency is very high. It won't be long before everything heaps under the city will be emptied. When the city gate is opened, the wing army can naturally enter smoothly.