The wails grew louder and louder as the smoke of gunfire gradually dissipated. The dead and wounded and the destroyed siege equipment all over the ground declared the defeat of the new annexed army's attack.

According to Cao Ergou's order, heavy and medium guns were loaded with solid shells to bombard siege equipment, and light guns were loaded with shotguns against personnel.

This arrangement was obviously reasonable, and after three rounds of artillery bombardment, the siege equipment that the enemy had painstakingly built was basically restored to the state of parts, and the attacking 1,500 new annexed troops were killed and wounded more than 400 people, and the people were also killed and wounded more than 100 people.

In addition to the large number of new annexed troops, the main reason is that although the heavy artillery that bombarded the siege equipment was extremely powerful, it was a line kill, while the shotgun of the light artillery was a surface kill with a larger killing range.

It was the hot season, the sun exposure made the wounded soldiers who lost blood even more thirsty, and the wailing sound made people get goosebumps all over their bodies.

After a short time, the new soldiers escorted the people to carry the wounded soldiers and collect the corpses. In fact, if the corpse is not cleaned up, it will quickly rot and spread disease, which is also a threat to the Thunderbolts.

Caring for the wounded will take up more of the Mongolian army's manpower. The generals of the Mongolian army, such as the secret Huoli, naturally understand this truth, but if they ignore the dead and wounded in the battle, the new annexed army under them will definitely be demoralized, and even flee and mutiny.

Soon after clearing the battlefield, the Mongol army began to attack again. This attack was more numerous than the last, but there were no large siege engines.

A large group of new annex soldiers, armed with long ladders, hooks, ropes, and planks, poured out from behind the earthen walls and rushed towards the fortress.

To say that the Mongolian army had a strong ability to learn from the war, and only from the fact that most of the dead and wounded were in the rear, the Jiagu Longgu Belt was keenly aware of the weakness of the artillery of the Hengyuan Fort - and far from the close.

From the new annexes who had fled, he deduced that the area near the wall was the blind spot of the artillery. In addition, due to the slow advance of heavy siege equipment, it was not only easy to destroy, but also slowed down the speed of soldiers.

At that moment, he suggested to the secret one that he no longer wait to build new siege equipment, but quickly rushed to the fortress wall to attack the city.

The secret master knew that the casualties in this way would be very large, and he hesitated for a long time before agreeing. The cannon fodder army and talking animals, after all, are also the property of the Mongolian army, and the loss is so great that anyone will suffer.

It's just that Meng Ge Khan will set off for battle when he is in high spirits in autumn, and if he doesn't raze Xichuan at that time, he will definitely be despised by other Mongolian generals, and he will lose face in front of the Great Khan.

In order to ensure that the city was broken in this battle, the secret one put another 2,000 new troops and 500 people into the fire. In order to suppress the Thunderbolt artillery, he ordered the trebuchets not to cease fire.

He observed that the Thunderbolts did not fire the last time the trebuchet fired, and as soon as the trebuchet stopped, the artillery fired.

In addition, he increased the bounty - the first to stand on the city wall to confer the position of Zhizhou, and the rest of the bounties were greatly increased.

In addition, he ordered 200 of his own soldiers to dismount and sneak behind the earthen wall, and approached to act as a warlord, and killed those who dared to retreat.

To say that the plan in the secret fire went well, at least the first half went well. The distance of 200 meters is really not far, and it can be reached in a few moments with a rapid charge.

During this period, the Thunderbolts only had time to fire a round of artillery, and most of the new annexes rushed to the edge of the trench, losing only a few hundred men.

And many of the more than 100 people were injured in the back by a hit - a trebuchet projectile. Some of the soldiers of the new annex crossed the temporary bridge made of wooden planks, and some simply jumped into the trench and climbed to the wall, and climbed along the long ladder and hook rope to the wall.

For these big-headed soldiers, there is an opportunity to be the emperor of the soil in Zhizhou, not only to glorify the ancestors, but also to shade the future generations, it is worth fighting with their lives.

Cao Ergou was also stunned by the Meng Jun's deadly fighting style, he was not frightened by the black pressure formation under the city wall, but he was really surprised by this kind of behavior of giving people heads.

The soldiers of the new annex who climbed the wall held a knife in their mouths, a shield in one hand and an escalator in the other, and it was really difficult to avoid the spears piercing from the city wall, and they all screamed and fell to the bottom of the wall.

It's just that the reward of the Mongols is really tempting, and behind it is the supervising team, anyway, it is death, why not fight?

These red-eyed outlaws climbed the wall endlessly, and most of the new annex soldiers who rushed to the front were elite and brave, and most of them were wearing leather armor or even iron armor, but they were also very difficult, and they also killed the Thunderbolt soldiers softly for a while.

Seeing this, Cao Ergou ordered a grenade to be thrown. In order to prepare for the war, Yokohara Fort prepared a sufficient number of grenades, but due to the lack of raw materials such as thunder mercury, there are not many new grenades, and most of them are still old grenades.

However, this old grenade is more than enough for the defense of the city. The soldiers of the new annex army under the city wall saw that a large number of iron lumps were thrown down on the city, and they raised their shields to block, but the city wall was already densely crowded, and no matter what, the grid always fell in the crowd, and it was a large area when it exploded.

Before the siege of the city, the soldiers of the new annex army were told that they would not be bombarded by artillery under the city walls, and they had the luck of wealth and danger.

Now seeing that the power of the iron bump falling on the top of his head is not smaller than that of artillery and there is no way to hide, he has no intention of fighting for the position of Zhizhou again, and they scattered in a hurry.

Seeing that the first escapees had eaten another round of artillery on the city wall on the way back, and were shot and killed by the Mongols who were supervising the battle behind the earthen wall, many of the new annexed troops ran along the bottom of the trench to the mountain pass, but the defenders on the city wall thought that they were all voluntary surrenderers, so they did not attack.

About 500 people fled to the mountain pass, most of whom were unwilling to fight for the Mongols, but there were also dozens of diehards who were unwilling to surrender to the new annexes.

They did not listen to the commands of the Thunderbolt soldiers at the mountain pass to lay down their weapons, but instead killed the Thunderbolt soldiers.

There was only one squad of Perak soldiers at the pass, so they had to withdraw to Wanjiapu. After chasing them into the mountains for a while, these stubborn men turned around and returned, trying to bypass Yokohara Fort from the mountain pass and return to the Mongolian camp, but they were met with intensive artillery fire and had to continue with the brigade to the mountains.

After the failed second attack of the Mongol army retreated to the earthen wall, it was already noon. Cao Ergou ordered his subordinates to rest and eat.

The Perak soldiers, like the people of this era, eat only two meals, morning and evening. If there is a combat mission, you can eat an extra lunch meal, which is both to ensure physical strength and boost morale.

The underground warehouse of Yokohara Fort not only has enough food, but also some bacon and even extremely precious sugar.

Since the Mongol army could not cut off the connection between Yokohara Fort and the mountains, the Perak troops defending the fort were even able to eat fresh wild vegetables such as mushrooms every day, and as for drinks, tea and pine needle water.

In contrast, the diet of the Mongolian army is much worse, to be precise, the diet of the new annexed army is poor. Although Liu Heima, who was in charge of logistics, collected a lot of grain and grass for this battle, after giving priority to ensuring 2,000 Mongolian cavalry and thousands of war horses, it was not enough for the 5,000 newly attached soldiers to eat and drink.

So what to do? The big and small leaders are naturally full of brains, so they have to let the ordinary soldiers be wronged.

As for the people, in the eyes of the Mongols, they are like animals, as long as they don't starve to death.