In the city gate tower, Duan Yu, the county lieutenant of Zhuolu, reported to Meng Song about the battle situation on the east city wall, and said with a smile on his face: "Marshal, the morale of the county soldiers is getting higher and higher, and those new soldiers are becoming more and more handy."

Meng Song's tone was also a little relaxed, and he replied: "The You*** team outside the city is obviously thinking about reducing their own casualties, so they will send those Youjun slaves to attack the city, trying to break through Zhuolu County with the sacrifice of these Youjun slaves. Hehe, I have to thank them for their contempt for us, and at the same time, I have to thank those soldiers of the Phantom Army who sacrificed their lives to help my soldiers of the Zhuolu County Army accumulate experience in defending the city and killing the enemy."

"Hah! Ha! Hah!"

Bursts of laughter sounded near the city gate tower, and even Liang Du, the commander of Zhuolu County, and Pu Hong, the county Cheng Puhong, who had been frightened before, had recovered as usual at this time, talking and laughing.

It's no wonder, after all, so far, those soldiers who are attacking the city have almost done nothing, let alone capturing the city wall, they can't even hurt the county guards on the city, but the county guards defending the city, as Duan Yu said, are becoming more and more handy in defending and killing the enemy.

All in all, we must thank the Youjun outside the city for sending a group of Youjun slaves who were weaker than their county soldiers to attack the city, so that the county soldiers gained valuable experience and increased their self-confidence by the way.

However, the generals of the Youjun army outside the city didn't seem to realize this, and seeing that the two thousand Youjun slaves were almost killed and wounded, they sent the remaining eight thousand or so Youjun slaves over without any distress.

Seeing this scene, Meng Song decisively ordered: "Replace the county guards at the head of the city in batches, and replace them with reserve county guards, so that they can also increase their experience."

"Yes!"

Under Meng Song's order, the spearmen of the county army, who still had more than 800 people guarding at this moment, and the crossbowmen who had only lost more than 100 people, were all replaced in batches and replaced with reserve county guards.

The Tang Army, on the other hand, not only did not withdraw the more than 1,000 elites, but even sent more than 500 new troops.

At this time, in the distance in the main formation of the Youjun army, as the main general, the captain Han Xuan gradually noticed the personnel transfer in Zhuolu County, and his brows furrowed deeply.

"Li Cong, this idiot, actually sent a group of slaves to attack the city, is he going to help Zhuolu County train troops? Expecting this group of stupid waste wood to consume the troops of Zhuolu County, I am really ......."

Thinking of this, Han Xuan shook his head slightly, and he said to the herald beside him, "Send the order down and tell the soldiers to prepare for the siege."

"Yes!"

The herald clenched his fists and left.

In less than half an hour, the first wave of more than 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded.

After rough statistics, the county army has suffered a total of more than 200 casualties so far, and the elite of the Tang army sent is only a single case, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us is close to ten to one, which is a very good and exaggerated data, even in siege warfare since ancient times, it is quite rare.

In addition to the factor that the county army occupies the advantage of the city wall, it can only be said that those ghost army slaves are too weak, have no fighting spirit, and have no training, but were forced by the nobles and came up to die in vain.

Although the county guards were also very weak, most of them were farmers, merchants and handicraftsmen, and after only a few days of training, with the advantage of the city wall, the county army still achieved an overwhelming advantage in this battle where they were weaker.

And more importantly, these guards have been fully tempered, compared to half an hour ago, these people have become more and more handy, they once showed panic and uneasiness, at this moment they are like the Tang army sharp soldiers, with confidence and contempt for the enemy on their faces. It can be seen that the county officials are imitating the Tang Army Ruishi, and it is the latter that has left a deep impression on them.

Meng Song looked at the changes in the county army, and was very satisfied: This is very good, it means that these county soldiers are transforming, gradually transforming into old soldiers.

But considering the physical strength of these county guards, and he wanted to take this opportunity to train another group of county soldiers, so when the Youjun outside the city sent another group of more than 8,000 Youjun slaves, Meng Song also rotated the county guards who had defended the city so far and replaced them with another group of county soldiers.

When the two groups of county guards handed over their posts, the previous group of county guards who guarded the city admonished and encouraged them with a "senior" attitude

and to take their place.

"Be calm, be calm."

"Remember to keep your eyes ahead, if an enemy soldier jumps on the top of the city, don't panic, the Tang soldiers will make up for it in time and kill the enemy who jumped on the top of the city."

"Obey the commands of the officers, including the generals of the Tang Army."

"The enemy is weak, as long as you don't panic and follow the command, you can be safe."

Looking at these "seniors" admonishing and encouraging themselves and others, the new soldiers of the county army who came to change their guards looked at each other, after all, both sides were actually the same group of county soldiers, and the difference was only that the other side had experienced less than half an hour of siege warfare.

Looking at these "seniors" who had changed a lot compared to half an hour ago, the new soldiers of the county army who came to change their guard lowered their posture and nodded in response. They really should respect these "seniors", after all, the other party is the victor of the round of defense of the city.

Moreover, the encouragement and motivation of these "seniors" also greatly inspired the new soldiers of the county army who came to change their guards.

After all, in half an hour, more than 2,000 pseudo-thieves who came to attack the city were killed and wounded, and these "seniors" who had no battlefield experience like them only paid about 200 casualties, and most of the county guards still survived.

Being able to live to this moment and inspire and motivate them with the attitude of their predecessors doesn't mean that they, the "juniors", can also survive the next battle to defend the city.

Thinking of this, the morale of the new soldiers of the county army who changed the guard was greatly boosted, and they were in much better condition than their "predecessors" at the beginning.

At this time, on the city wall, the generals of the Zhuolu County Army and the Tang Army were also tirelessly repeating this point to boost morale as much as possible.

"Don't panic, don't be afraid. Panic and fear will only cost you your life. The soldiers who defended the city, they have slain two thousand enemies and have won, and they can do it, and so can you!"

"Be bold, don't cower, not only will you miss the opportunity to kill the enemy, but it will also make you hesitate under the enemy's attack, and this hesitation is enough to kill you!"

"Think of your loved ones in the city, fighting for them!"

"Firm will, firmly believe that we will be able to defend Zhuolu in the end! Let the ghost army outside the city not succeed!"

"Oh! Oh!"

Encouraged by the generals, the new soldiers of the county army who changed their guards responded with a loud shout.