"Rush—rush—" a loud roar came.

One, two, three······ The siege ladder was constantly erected on the city wall, and the method of erecting the ladder was different from the unfamiliar method of the captive army, these flame army sergeants were quite skilled in erecting the ladder, after they put the top on the city wall, someone below quickly pulled back, and the iron hook at the top was buckled upside down on the edge of the battlement, and the sergeant immediately climbed the ladder and used his own weight to press the ladder, no matter how the defending sergeant of the city wall used spears and swords to pry, he could not pry the top of the siege ladder.

The defending sergeants couldn't pry the ladder even with great effort, so they had to use bows and arrows and stones against the Flame Sergeant who was climbing the ladder.

Stones fell down and were blocked by shields, which were all smashed and deformed, and were still climbed up on the head by the Flame Sergeant.

At this moment a large group of Flame Army archers came running in a neat vertical line, and after they entered a stone's throw from the wall, they stood still, and then the front troops were the standard point, and the team quickly rotated ninety degrees counterclockwise to face the wall, and then dispersed, each with the same distance between them.

"Assign targets, shield soldiers come forward to cover!"

"Archers shoot freely!"

The support of the archers from the rear kept the siege of the Flame Army much safer, and the defenders who emerged from the walls were attacked by arrows, many of them were shot, and many of the defenders were unable to lift their heads by snakes.

Li Tong brandished his sword and kept flying arrows, this scene in front of him made him gasp, these flame troops are too good at protecting themselves, and they will take advantage of the gap between the defenders throwing stones and arrows to quickly climb, this combat quality throws Cao Jun off a lot.

There were also many Flame Army sergeants who climbed the walls through the crossbow shafts on the walls.

It didn't take long for the defenders to be unable to cope with being rushed to the city by a few Flame Army soldiers, which was like a drop of water dripping into a pot of boiling oil, and suddenly exploded into the pot, and the nearby defenders had to immediately pounce, hoping to kill these Flame Army soldiers, but after these people left, the section of the city wall they were responsible for defending was empty, and there was no one to defend, and soon a few more Flame Army soldiers rushed up.

"It's not good, go and report to the general, you can't hold it here, please send reinforcements to the general!" Some of the defenders shouted as they fought.

A section of the city wall more than twenty meters long was entangled in a scuffle, and the attacking Flame Army sergeants were in groups of several people covering each other back to back to fend off attacks from all directions, hoping to hold on for a longer period of time and buy more time for the comrades below to climb up.

Li Tong was also flawless at this time, and there were also many Flame Army sergeants on the side of the city tower who climbed up, so he had to organize troops to clear these sergeants, and he had to mobilize more sergeants to join the defense, and there was no shortage of vacant defense positions.

In terms of defending the city, Li Tong was still inexperienced, he did not expect the Flame Army to attack the city so quickly, so he was not well prepared, the number of defenders on the city wall was far from enough, he commanded the defense, and at the same time ordered to mobilize the soldiers who were resting from the city to rush over for reinforcements.

This tragic battle lasted for a day, Li Tong, the defender, was exhausted, not to mention others, the defenders suffered heavy casualties, the battle at the north gate was the most tragic among the three city walls, and the defenders also suffered the greatest losses, losing more than 600 people in one day today, and their morale was extremely low.

According to this method of fighting, even if all the defenders of the other three city walls are mobilized, I am afraid that they can only support it for three days at most, and even so, Li Tong's decision to stick to Yecheng has not wavered.

His side was unwavering, but several of his lieutenants did not have this determination, especially today's casualties, the casualties on the three attacked walls combined had exceeded a thousand, which was more than the casualties of the previous days combined.

At present, there are less than 1,200 defenders in the city, and there are at least 50 people in the city to maintain law and order, and the average number of defenders on each wall is less than 300, and the strength is too weak.

On the upper floor of the East Gate.

Captain Park pulled Captain He aside and whispered, "Brother He, is it possible that you really plan to die here?" I heard that more than 600 people died at the north gate today, and according to this kind of casualties, the city will be broken tomorrow, and by that time, we will definitely die! ”

Captain He said: "Do you want to rebel? ”

"Brother He, people don't kill the heavens and the earth for their own sake! I don't know what's the use of staying here, it's just a broken county town, can we all die here? Captain Park asked in an angry whisper.

Captain He was silent for a long time and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Captain Park immediately whispered in Captain He's ear, and the two lowered their voices and discussed for a while, ready to act after dinner.

Ten miles outside the city, inside the Flame Army barracks.

Qin Feng asked while cutting meat with a dagger to eat: "A few gentlemen, judging from today's siege situation, how long can the defenders in the city hold on?" ”

Xu Shu put down his chopsticks and suggested: "My subordinates suggest that the lord strengthen the vigilance outside the city gates to prevent Li Tonggou from jumping over the wall and leading people to break through and escape!" ”

Qin Feng thought about it for a while and did not rule out this possibility, although Li Tong showed an attitude of sticking to the end, but the situation is constantly changing, and a person's mentality and decisions can also change with the environment and situation.

In today's siege, although the casualties of the Flame Army were not small, the casualties of the Cao Army were also very large, even to the point that they could not bear it.

"Uncle Zhi, strengthen the vigilance in the direction of the four gates of Yecheng tonight, triple the troops, if anyone really wants to escape, intercept and kill immediately!"

The reason why Qin Feng arranged it this way was also considered, the siege warfare method of the Flame Army had already been used, and many Cao Army generals and officers had been taught, if they ran back to Xu Du and reported the situation here to Cao Cao, the Cao Army generals would begin to study the Flame Army's fighting methods and find out how to counter this style of fighting.

If you can try not to let the enemy collect more information, it will undoubtedly be a better protection for yourself.

Late at night, a large number of defenders came to the north gate under the leadership of Captain Park, Captain He and Captain Mo.

"General, Captain Park, Captain He and others have come over with a large number of people, and it seems that the people who came are not good!" A pro-soldier ran up to the castle tower out of breath to report to the tired Li Tong.

Li Tong's expression changed, and he immediately stood up with his sword to support his body, and as soon as he got up, he saw Captain Park and others climbing up the city tower with a large number of people.

"Captain Park, why don't you guard the city wall well, what are you doing at the north gate?" Li Tong asked sharply.