Zhao Hui cautiously ordered the cavalry to continue to fire arrows, and the infantry approached the city wall, until the bottom of the city wall began to unload the heavy armor that was not suitable for climbing, and began to build a ladder to attack.

The offensive and defensive battle of Chengtou, which suffered huge casualties, began again, and Zhao Hui signaled to Quan Zhonghan to give comprehensive cover and suppression, and on the other hand, ordered the defenders of Chengtou to organize a counterattack in the rain of arrows.

The two sides soon entered a stage of brutal attrition: the arrows of the Qilin Tiger Army could not break through the heavy armor of the opposing soldiers, but the lethality of the soldiers without heavy armor was terrifying, and the troops defending the city had to brave the dense rain of arrows of the opponent and even their own side, and stubbornly defend. The losses on both sides were significant, and the battlefield became a veritable meat grinder.

Jiang Yunhui expected that if his attack was unfavorable, the little prince Gu Yinqi would definitely put all the responsibility on his head in the future. So he made up his mind to win. He ordered the cavalry behind the infantry to take up the responsibility of supervising the battle, and strictly supervised the siege of the infantry. On the other hand, he drew 15,000 cavalry to dismount and form a foot death squad, and struck into the city from several gaps that had been knocked out by the ramming car yesterday.

Cavalry death squads in heavy armor poured into the gaps, which were filled with collapsed masonry, corpses, and the remains of crashing vehicles, and the armored soldiers staggered. When they poured into the breach, they smelled not only blood and burnt things, but also a strong smell of oil.

This was the oil that the defenders had spilled last night, and when the dense rockets were fired at these gaps, it suddenly turned into a sea of fire, and many of the soldiers who had rushed into the gaps were burned alive because they were wearing heavy armor, even if they were on fire, and were burned alive on the gaps, and the momentum of the attack was completely contained.

After the fire, Jiang Yunhui found that the soldiers defending the city began to throw planks and branches into the gap again, and poured buckets of oil on them, and he completely dispelled the idea of entering through the gap. He had always been puzzled as to why the seemingly imminent line of defense was so stubborn, and the constant rain of arrows behind the line also puzzled him - where did so many men come from, and it seemed that these men had a long distance of arrows, and it seemed that their elite troops could hardly reach each other.

The time has dragged on to the afternoon, and if you don't work harder, I'm afraid it will still be difficult to break the city today. Jiang Yunhui was impatient, he kept urging the cavalry to press forward, did not hesitate to consume a large number of arrows to cover the infantry, and even ordered some of the cavalry to dismount and join the infantry attack, showing a posture of never retreating without taking the city.

The soldiers also went mad under the stern supervision and rushed to the city in desperation. No matter how many of them fell from the walls, they still fought their way up and engaged in brutal hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. Under the onslaught of the death of a group of soldiers who had been inspired by the wild, some gradually found a breakthrough in the city, and then gained a foothold. They are shoulder to shoulder or back-to-back, constantly covering more people to come up.

Then, more sections of the wall were breached, and some Northern Union soldiers even rushed down the wall to hunt down the defeated defenders. Later, the number of enemies that poured up was so large that even the bows and arrows of the Qilin Tiger Army could not control the situation. At this critical juncture, Quan Zhonghan decisively commanded the Tiger Ben Army to launch a counterattack on all fronts. More than 30,000 Tiger Ben officers and soldiers let out an earth-shattering roar, like a tidal wave, surging and engulfing the rushing enemy troops at once.

Seeing that the counterattack of the Qilin Tiger Army was so vast and ferocious, some soldiers of the Xuanwu Kingdom did not have time to climb down the rope ladder, and they jumped down from the high city wall in a panic.

was about to break through the opponent's defense line, but was suddenly knocked down by a fierce counterattack by the opponent. Jiang Yunhui was not only frustrated and depressed, but also couldn't understand: before the war, the intelligence said that the enemy's defenders at Mingyang Fort were at most 20,000 people, and it stands to reason that they should have been taken on the first day. Now not only did they fail to take it on the first day, but the all-out attack on the second day still failed to cause a breakthrough, how many defenders were there on the opposite side?

Seeing that it was getting late, and the soldiers were shaken and tired, he lost the courage to continue fighting, and ordered his subordinates to withdraw their troops.

After the post-war count, after today's one-day battle, the Northern Alliance had more than 40,000 casualties, and more than two-thirds of all the arrows prepared for the entire war had been consumed, and the remaining arrows might not be able to last for a day.

Jiang Yunhui now has neither panic nor regret in his heart, and what occupies the depths of his heart is doubt. If the first day was not defeated and the enemy was underestimated, and the second day still failed to cause a breakthrough, then it is time to review the pre-war intelligence work and the corresponding war preparations.

Before the start of the war, although the scheming Gu Zhongxun repeatedly emphasized the importance of the enemy army. However, the entire Northern Alliance, including Gu Zhongxun, was permeated with the idea of underestimating the enemy, and did not treat the Qinglong Kingdom as a powerful opponent with caution. Isn't this the reason for today's defeat? The 100,000-strong army lost more than half of its losses in two days, so how will it be fought in the next battle?

Returning to the marshal's mansion temporarily set up in the suburbs of Fuhua Prefecture, he saw Gu Yinqi lying on a bed with a white towel wrapped around his head, humming and chirping, and two maids beside the bed were carefully serving him. Seeing Jiang Yunhui walk in the door, Gu Yinqi immediately got up from the bed and asked, "How is it?"

Jiang Yunhui shook his head in frustration and said, "Your Highness, can you start the king and ask for reinforcements?" Although the Northern Alliance has a total of 200,000 troops in the country, even exceeding the population of the Qinglong Kingdom, in addition to their good relationship with the Eastern Saint Kingdom in the east and no need for heavy defense, the Yafu Lance Empire in the north and the Ma Huaishan Kingdom in the northwest all have very strong strength.

The Ma Huaishan Kingdom has a national army of 500,000 troops, and it has always had a bad relationship with the Northern Alliance, so it must be guarded against. In addition, although the Northern Alliance is subject to the Apator Lance Empire and pays tribute every year, the Apatus Reims Empire has millions of troops in the country, and the army is very combative. In the face of such a strong military strength, Gu Zhongxun could not eat well and sleep soundly. On the contrary, he is always wary of any disturbances in the north.

If he uses too many troops against the Northern Alliance, he will be worried that due to the decline in his own strength, it will fundamentally lead to diplomatic passivity. Jiang Yunhui has followed Gu Zhongxun for many years and knows his mind very well, so when it comes to applying for reinforcements, he can only encourage the crown prince Gu Yinqi to say that he doesn't have the guts.