Looking at the battle situation in front of him, a few traces of surprise flashed in Zhang Lang's eyes, and he muttered in surprise, "Unbelievable......

Zhang Lang joined the army at the age of fifteen and fought hundreds of battles, large and small. After following the Taiwei Han Xuan, he participated in more than a dozen wars with the country.

The country that poses the greatest threat to the secluded country is the sea water as the eastern boundary, the western boundary is the Great Khing'an Alin, and the northern boundary is outside the Hung Yen Alin, with strong strength and prosperous culture, and is known as the "prosperous country of the eastern part of the sea".

The people of the Haoqian tribe live on fishing, hunting, and nomadic herding, and their farming technology lags behind that of the Central Plains. It is also located in the harsh climate of Baishan and Heishui, which has created their strong physique and fierce character.

Zhang Lang had fought more than a dozen times with the Hao army, and there were also several battles with more than 100,000 people. The ferocity and courage of the people of the Gang are still unforgettable to him. What he didn't expect was that such a fierce and brave feeling would now be experienced again in Zhuolu County.

Zhang Lang looked at the soldiers who were guarding the city on the city wall, wearing shackles, wearing armor, and fighting bravely, and said silently in his heart: Tang Army......

Zhang Lang, who originally thought that there was no suspense in breaking through the city, finally showed a solemn look in his eyes. But he firmly believed that no matter how brave these Tang troops were, they would not be able to resist the attack of his men.

Before sunset today, we must defeat Zhuolu!

"Kill!"

"It's coming up again!"

"Hold on! Hold on!"

I saw that in Zhuolu County, nearly 10,000 Tang troops were defending the defense line, and they launched a fierce battle with the Youjun army who continued to attack the city.

Don't look at Meng Song, who lives in the city gate tower and commands the overall situation, he is calm and calm, but in fact, he also has a cold sweat in his heart, ready to dispatch the Tang army on the north and south walls at any time.

Could it be that Meng Song has no confidence in the Tang Army under his command? In fact, he really didn't have much confidence, not because of anything else, but because there were too few Tang Army veterans on the city wall.

The so-called veteran of the Tang Army is now composed of two parts.

Some of them are veterans who have lived from the period of Wang Bo to today, they have experienced more than a dozen wars before and after, and their footprints are all over the four states of Yong and Jiliang, and they have fought with the Yong Army, the Ji Army, the Yu Army, the Pusha Army, the Qiang Army, and the Xuan Army, and the military drills have never fallen. Therefore, not only is the strength comparable to the emperor's pro-army like Wu Weijun, but the personality is even more fierce and abnormal, like Zhu Heng and Shi Pu are the most typical examples.

The other part is the surrendered troops like Han Yan and Zhang Teng who surrendered from the Yong army. They did not enter the Tang Army for a long time, but benefited from the Yongjun's complete and strict training system. Although they have not experienced much warfare and have certain skills, their strength should not be underestimated.

If it is said that the Tang Army soldiers standing at the head of the city at this moment are all composed of these two types of Tang Army veterans, then Meng Song is not so worried, but the problem is that these two types of Tang Army veterans only account for about one-third of the Eighth Army, and the remaining two-thirds of the Tang Army soldiers are basically recruits who have just been in the army for a year.

As the Eighth Army, which was established earlier in the Tang Army, why this was the case, this has to start with Wang Rong's order to establish the armies. In the current Tang *** system, counting the Wuwei Army, there are a total of twenty-one armies.

In addition to the 10 corps that were formed earlier, including the Armed Guards, there were 11 new sergeants. The soldiers are easy to handle, but the officers are not easy to handle, especially the captains and generals who are the backbone of the bottom level, they are the backbone of the soldiers. In order to enable these 11 armies to quickly establish a framework and form combat effectiveness. The First Army to the Tenth Army became the nurse of these eleven new armies, constantly replenishing the backbone of the army.

The current Meng Song is angry when he thinks about it, among the eleven armies, the other ten new armies are okay, and they can leave him some seeds. However, the Wuwei Army did not pay attention to it, and it was like a bottomless pit, and the backbone of the Eighth Army was almost exhausted. As a result, within the Eighth Army today, veterans are only half of the recruits, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not as good as at their peak.

The Eighth Army, which was in such a situation, was facing a large number of elite troops at this time, and the number was as high as 350,000.

Therefore, despite the advantages provided by the city wall, Meng Song still pinched a cold sweat in his heart.

What I didn't expect was that the battle between the two was more than Meng Song expected

It was much better, the ghost army of as many as 100,000 people, in a full quarter of an hour, was stunned that they didn't even touch the edge of the city wall, and their results were even worse than the previous slave army. The previous slave army, there were still a few who took the opportunity to jump onto the city.

Of course, this also means the weight of the Youjun in the hearts of the Tang army, which makes the latter dare not take it lightly.

Wielding the ring head knife, he slashed to death a soldier who tried to jump onto the city, and Duan Yu, the captain of Zhuolu County, who was covered in blood, panted and looked around, and sighed in his heart: "Block ...... Blocked down......"

"Zuo Chuan: Ten Years of Zhuang Gong" Cao Di said to Lu Zhuang Gong: "Husband fights, courage also. One blow, then decay, three exhaustion."

This sentence is not false at all, the regular army of Youguo that was put into the battlefield in the first round was extremely fierce, and the weak offensive of the previous Youjun slaves could not be compared at all. At least when he was commanding the county army to fight against the Youjun slaves, Zhang Teng could still find time to say a few words to Duan Yu, but at this time, in the face of the Youjun's offensive, he closed his lips tightly, and he didn't dare to speak easily unless he gave an order.

In addition to Zhang Teng's idea of retaining his physical strength, it was mainly because of the offensive of the ghost army, which brought him a lot of psychological pressure, so that he had no time to think about irrelevant things, and there was only one thought in his mind: to defend the city! Defend Zhuolu!

Even Zhang Teng, who has a military career of more than ten years and has experienced several major battles, is still the commander of the Tang Army, let alone the ordinary soldiers of the Tang Army next to him?

At this moment on the battlefield, in addition to the old soldiers in the Tang Army, they will also scold and roar, and those new soldiers who have joined the Tang Army for only one year, they are facing such a fierce battle situation, they can't control their voices, and they can't shout if they want to.

Among them were Hao Shu, who was appreciated by Shi Pu, and other county officials who volunteered to stay.

"Kill!"

"Ahh ——」

"Stop! Stop!"

"Stonegrin! Stone grease is needed here!"

Just a hasty glance, Zhang Teng took in the scene of the fierce battle at the head of the city.

As far as the eye could see, the number of Tang soldiers had plummeted by two percent, which meant that at least two of the ten Tang soldiers had been turned into corpses.

If the entire city wall is in this state, it means that the Tang army has lost nearly 2,000 people in a stick of incense.

One in five people was killed or wounded in a quarter of an hour, and the price was not insignificant.

But what made Zhang Teng feel fortunate was that even though he suffered such heavy casualties, the spirit of the officers and men of the Tang Army did not diminish at all.