The successive victories boosted the self-confidence of the Wei army, and in the battle, the Wei army's attack was quite fierce, and many Wei soldiers climbed the ladder desperately, like locusts and ants, filling the entire Jiexiu City.

Relatively speaking, the Huns defending the city were obviously a little flustered, after all, defending the city was not the strength of the Huns, they were more accustomed to fighting on horseback, and they were definitely not suitable for getting off their horses and going to the head of the city to fight.

The attacking side was high-spirited and fierce, and the defending side was in a hurry, so it stands to reason that there should be no suspense in such a battle, and the Wei army will definitely be able to take it in one go.

But in fact, on the contrary, the Wei army's attack thundered and rained, and the number of troops invested was large, but the effect was not great, and it launched many attacks in a row, but it was never able to break through the defense line of the Huns.

This is undoubtedly related to the position of the attacker and the defender, although the Huns are not good at city defense warfare, but the side defending the city has a natural advantage, otherwise what is the use of the city built with a lot of manpower and material resources.

The Huns defended the city and fought clumsily and laboriously, but this did not affect them to hold the city at all, and the Hun defender Sang Ke personally commanded the Hun army to fight on the front line of the city, so although the Huns did not fight well, their morale was still there, and they stubbornly held their positions and did not let the Wei army attack.

Yanghu was a little depressed, looking at the momentum of today's battle, the Wei army was very likely to quickly take the border, but after attacking for several hours in a row, the Wei army paid a lot of price, but it was always a little short of reaching the top of the city.

Just as he was about to mobilize the reserves and launch another assault on Jiexiu City, the herald rushed over and asked him to go back to see Cao Liang.

Yanghu had no choice but to be ordered to go back to see Cao Liang, and complained: "What a hell, obviously these Huns are not good at defending the city, and our army's attacks are also very in place, but it is always a little bit close, please General Rong Mo will have some time, and he will definitely be able to take the city of Jiexiu." ”

Cao Liang watched the battle from behind, and naturally had a deep view of the battle in front, Yanghu did have the talent of commanding and dispatching the army, but in just over two months, the infantry battalion under his command, both combat ability and morale have been significantly improved, and it is no less than an army that has been trained for several years to launch such a strong offensive.

Yanghu expressed his dissatisfaction with the current battle, in fact, in Cao Liang's opinion, he has done a good job, but in the offensive and defensive battle of the city, the attacking side is naturally more at a loss, and if he wants to take the city quickly, it is possible unless the comparison between the two sides is very different.

Now the number of Hun soldiers defending the city is not much worse than that of the Wei army, so it is difficult for Yanghu to break through the city in a very short time.

Siege warfare is like a quantitative change, only by continuing to attack and always putting pressure on the defenders, can we change from quantitative change to qualitative change, and finally break through the city.

This process takes a certain amount of time, and many famous city offensive and defensive battles have not been known for several years, which shows the difficulty of siege warfare.

However, the Wei army does not have much time to spend here, and now it seems that the main force of the Huns is not here, and the combat effectiveness of the army defending the city is also sparse.

Therefore, it is the best policy to win the boundary rest in the shortest possible time.

It's a pity that time is pressing, and the ordnance battalion has not yet been able to build catapults, otherwise this kind of siege weapons will be lined up under the city, and there will be a wild bombardment first, and I don't believe that the Huns can still withstand it.

It seems that it is necessary to supervise the ordnance battalion, and then fight with the Huns, siege warfare is indispensable, if it is so hard and laborious, if it does not reach Jinyang, I am afraid that the Pingbei army will already be exhausted.

Kill 1,000 enemies, lose 800 yourself, if you continue to fight at such a level, the Pingbei Army really can't bear it, so Cao Liang summoned Yanghu back and made another arrangement.

"Uncle, don't be impatient, the city is strong and well-defended, if you want to break the city, you can only outwit it, not attack." Cao Liang listened to Yanghu's complaints, so he smiled slightly.

"Outwitted? How to take it? Yanghu couldn't help but ask.

In fact, to call Yanghu back, Cao Liang already has a relatively mature idea. He smiled and said: "The only way to do this is to lure the Huns out of the city and inflict heavy losses on the enemy, so that they can attack the city again, and then they can take it lightly." ”

Yanghu shook his head lightly and said, "I'm afraid this is not easy, the last general has sent people to call for battle under the city for a long time, and the Huns are unwilling to fight." ”

Cao Liang said: "When we attacked before, our army was in the city for the first time, and the momentum was flourishing, and the Huns did not dare to save their front, so they did not fight. If you withdraw your troops and retreat away, the Huns will definitely open the city to pursue, and then they will ambush the troops and horses behind, and they will definitely be able to catch him off guard. ”

Yanghu frowned slightly and said: "The Huns are high in the city, you can see far away, if we ambush the cavalry behind the battle, the Huns will definitely see it clearly, and they will definitely not risk going out of the city to pursue." However, if the cavalry is placed too far away, it will not play the role of ambush, and the general thinks that such an arrangement is not appropriate. ”

Yang Hu is worried about Cao Liang is naturally clear, it is indeed inappropriate to use cavalry to deal with the pursuit of the Huns, it is too close to be easily recognized by the Huns, if it is too far, it will not work, the Huns can harvest a wave of leeks, and when the Wei cavalry rushes up, calmly retreat.

In this way, wouldn't Wei Jun steal chickens and rice?

However, Cao Liang had already made arrangements, he chuckled lightly and said, "Don't worry, uncle, I have already made arrangements." Then Cao Liang whispered a few words in his ear, and Yanghu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The last general will take the order." ”

Immediately, Yanghu hurried back to the front line.

The offensive of the Wei army has not stopped, and Yanghu has always been commanded by Wang Jun instead of him, and the siege operation is like this, and it is necessary to continuously put pressure on the enemy, so that it is possible to catch the enemy's loopholes and break through the city.

If the besieging side stops attacking from time to time, it will not pose any threat to the defending side, but will cause the already high morale to fall.

And once the morale falls, it becomes difficult to regain the momentum of the attack.

Yanghu and Wang Jun stood side by side, and Yanghu said to Wang Jun: "On the order of General Cao, Mingjin should withdraw his troops." ”

Wang Jun looked at the sun overhead, and said suspiciously: "It's still early, why did you withdraw your troops so quickly?" ”