Chapter 174: Flanking Attack
Originally, when Luo Hou came to attack, Xue Yong was still a little nervous. Although after the first battle, he took the advantage and held the city. However, if this situation is too long, it will be very unfavorable to him, because the grain and grass in Longxian County are not very abundant.
However, now Xue Yong was completely relaxed, because he had already received the news that Ma Shuo had sent someone over, and the reinforcements were already on the way, and it would not take long to arrive. There are reinforcements outside, and I am afraid of Na Luo Hou a bird.
Hahaha!
Xue Yong, who got the news for the first time, couldn't help laughing, and drank a large glass of wine very arrogantly, and the whole person suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Someone, give the order, our reinforcements are already on the way, and they will arrive soon. As long as you hold on for one more day, victory will be ours! Anyone who makes meritorious service this time will be rewarded by this general! Xue Yong then let his own soldiers spread the news of the imminent reinforcements. Of course, Xue Yong knew very well that this news was of great significance to improving the morale of his side.
Sure enough, as the news spread, the morale of the soldiers under Xue Yong's command immediately rose.
The next day, early in the morning, Luo Hou let his soldiers have breakfast and once again launched a siege battle. After some entanglement, Luo Hou still decided to give it another try, and withdrew like this, he was still a little unwilling in his heart.
However, Luo Hou soon discovered what shocked him. The morale of the Xue warrior soldiers suddenly became even higher than the day before, and one by one they seemed to have taken medicine, their fighting spirit was high, and they were full of murderous energy.
How so?
On the other hand, looking at the situation on his side, Luo Hou was full of doubts in his heart. He really couldn't figure out what had happened in the city overnight.
However, the order to attack had been given, and the soldiers had already rushed to the side of the wall, and by this time it was already a little too late to withdraw.
The scene of the first day was soon played out again.
As soon as Luo Hou's soldiers entered the range of the archers, wave after wave of arrows flew out of the city wall unceremoniously and fell into the crowd. Suddenly, countless Luo Hou's soldiers fell on the way forward, and the rudimentary ladders they were carrying were thrown directly to the side, or directly pressed against the wounded soldiers.
The screams soon rang out one after another, suddenly making the morale of the Luohou soldiers, who were not high, even weaker.
Of course, at this time, Luo Hou's archers also launched a counterattack towards the city. However, shooting arrows from below to above is not an easy task, so most of the arrows don't really work. Of course, there are also some unlucky guys who were accidentally shot in the vital point and lost their lives.
However, in general, there is still a big difference in the proportion of damage between the two sides. And go, the most important thing is that Xue Yong's soldiers' morale is high, and they are in a better state than on the first day.
The attack lasted for nearly half an hour, and Luo Hou's soldiers lost nearly two thousand. Under these circumstances, Luo Hou's other soldiers barely came to the foot of the city wall, and immediately, countless ladders were erected.
Siege warfare in the true sense of the word, this is the beginning.
Rolling wood and stones were first smashed down from the wall by Xue Yong's soldiers. Suddenly, those who were hit fell down the ladder, some were directly smashed in the head and whimpered, some fell to the ground and broke their necks and lost their lives, and more were seriously injured and dying, wailing everywhere.
In addition to soldiers, the targets of the rolling logs include ladders. Many of the ladders were smashed by the huge rolling logs, and the Luohou soldiers who happened to be on the ladders also fell down one after another.
However, there were also brave guys among Luo Hou's soldiers, carrying big shields and big knives, and the ladder all the way actually forced them up to the city, and jumped directly on the top of the city to confront Xue Yong's soldiers head-on.
Suddenly, several of Xue Yong's soldiers were recruited and killed by this brave Luohou soldier. However, there were a large number of Xue warriors at the head of the city, and after some combination, this brave Luohou soldier still could not hold on, and was finally stabbed in the body by a spear, and directly lost his life.
In fact, there are not many such situations, and the brave people who occasionally emerge have not been able to form a climate, so they have not been able to really change the pattern.
Time passed quietly, and more than an hour had passed since Luo Hou gave the order. However, Luo Hou's side still did not make substantial progress, but had lost nearly 5,000 men.
Such a loss is already a pain in the bones for Luo Hou.
"Withdraw!"
Luo Hou let out a long sigh, he finally made up his mind to evacuate this place. It's just that just when Luo Hou was about to withdraw his troops, suddenly, the ground shook, and then, a thunderous rumbling sound came from afar.
Cavalry!
As the general of the lock barbarian army, Luo Hou was naturally very familiar with the movements of the cavalry. It's just that he can't figure out where this cavalry came from.
"It's not good, it's rare to be a barbarian!" Luo Hou, who suddenly thought of something, changed his face greatly. If it's really a barbarian cavalry, then it's a big trouble. It's just that without waiting for Luo Hou to take action, he found that the cavalry that came to attack was not a barbarian, but a man and horse from an unknown force.
It's just that before Luo Hou could figure out the identity of the person who came, the cavalry had already killed him and rushed directly at his men and horses.
"Kill—"
All the cavalry, roaring in unison.
Immediately, I saw that the Luohou soldiers who were blocking in front of the cavalry fell to the ground one after another, or were killed by the people on the horses, or were killed by the horses, in short, there was no enemy among these rabble.
"Reinforcements have arrived!" At the same time, Xue Yong and the others standing on the city wall had already discovered the arrival of this cavalry, and when they saw that the other party actually attacked Luo Hou's men and horses directly, they immediately realized that the other party was the reinforcement that they and others were waiting for.
Guo Juboa, He Yilong, these two killers rushed all the way, and it took a short time to rush here from the station. Of course, the remaining three thousand-strong troops of the Suzaku Battalion also followed, and the distance between the two sides was only more than ten miles.
Guan Yun, the chief general of the Vermilion Bird Battalion, was in the crowd behind, this time, in fact, their cavalry battalion as a whole was the vanguard, so although their speed could not catch up with the two rammers, it was still very fast.
"Kill, haha, happy!"
Guo Jupython and He Yilong, two rammers, waved the weapons in their hands to kill Luo Hou's soldiers to their heart's content, and screamed at the same time, which gave people a very arrogant and vicious feeling, so that those Luo Hou's soldiers were so frightened that they quickly retreated again and again, and the whole team was in chaos.