Half an hour later, the second siege began again. Having learned the painful experience of the first time, this time the cultists scattered in formation and charged down the city in a straggler array. The blocking fire at the head of the city is still fierce, but the lethality is much less than before. After three successive echelons attacked, and after paying hundreds of dead and wounded, the cultists once again rushed under the city walls.

Meng Xiang chose wheel combat this time, he thought clearly, he couldn't become a fat man by eating in one bite. The strength of the defenders of the city is beyond imagination, and it is difficult to take the city in one go. He wanted to carry out a rotational siege of superior forces, dragging the officers and soldiers defending the city to exhaustion, and then take it in one fell swoop.

Meng Xiang divided the 20,000 bandits into four waves, 5,000 people for a siege wave, and equipped the Guardian Army as a team to supervise the battle. The bandits launched round after round of siege without stopping. He himself personally led a wave of bandits to participate in the attack, without giving the other party any respite.

Ladder after ladder was built on the wall, and one after another was knocked down and erected again. Climb and charge, be repulsed again and again, and continue again and again.

Finally, at the time of the third watch. Dozens of bandits successfully broke through the city wall on the south side and became the first people to attack the city wall. Although, soon under the counterattack of the officers and soldiers, these dozens of people were quickly exterminated. But this has already sent a signal that the defenders are tired and the city is in danger.

At the fourth watch, more walls were breached, but the defenders fought back and kept the walls intact. But the bandits suddenly died down and retreated. Maybe their casualties were too great, or maybe they were preparing for the next wave of more intense sieges. In short, after two hours of fierce fighting, the fighting above and below the city subsided for the time being.

On the city walls, the soldiers and horses defending the city were tired to death. The number of defenders of the city was less than 2,000, and in order to resist the tide of attacks from the other side, they constantly ran back and forth on the city wall to support, and they were exhausted when they were tight. Although the number of casualties is not large, with less than 300 dead and wounded, the situation is already far from optimistic.

In addition to fatigue, war supplies were also largely depleted. The rolling wood and stones on the top of the city were lost, and the crossbow arrows of the forbidden soldiers were also shot clean. Although there are people who continue to carry materials to the city, the transportation cannot keep up with the consumption. The mountain-like piles of logs and stones that had been piled up under the city walls were also consumed.

The dead and wounded were able to be parked by the city wall under the stage, and very few of these people died in hand-to-hand combat with the bandits, and most of them died from the random arrows fired from the city. The bandits also had bows and arrows, although the number was only a few hundred, and most of them were homemade earthen bows and arrows. But in the midst of the melee, these bows and arrows still brought casualties to the defenders at the head of the city. Of course, the casualties of the defenders are not comparable to those of the bandits. The ground below the city was littered with corpses lit by burning torches, stacked on top of each other in a haphazard manner, and some of them were on fire, and the stench of burning was stinking. Although it is impossible to calculate the casualties of the opposing side, it is roughly estimated that the number of casualties of the opposing side is three or four thousand, which is more than ten times that of the defenders.

On the city wall, Lin Jue, Wei Dakui, Zhao Youji and others met in the city tower. When Wei Dakui saw him, he scolded: ". Fuck, are these guys crazy? There are so many dead and wounded, and it is still hard to rush up. Qingjiao's gang of dog thieves are really evil. Aren't these ordinary people? How can you be so fierce and not afraid of death? ”

Lin Jue wiped the cold sweat on his head and said in a deep voice: "One is to be bewitched, and the other is afraid that he will also be persecuted." Otherwise, it will not be so deadly

。 This kind of siege method relies on a large number of people. Didn't you notice? They are using the method of wheel warfare, attacking in waves, attacking continuously, regardless of casualties. They know that we are few people, and this is to exhaust us. ”

Zhao Youji nodded and said: "It's indeed a wheel war, and the anti-thieves don't know how to fight at all." Lord Lin, I am most afraid that they will divide their troops to attack the city from other city walls. Once we divide our manpower, it will not be enough at all. These people are still a little stupid, tens of thousands of people, at the beginning of the division of troops in four cities to attack the city at the same time, we need four cities to defend, it will be breached. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Zhao County Order, it's you thinking too much." I've been thinking about this since the beginning. Don't forget, except for the east city, there are moats under the three city walls in the northwest and south, and they have no siege equipment and no preparation to cross the river, so it is not easy to cross. Moreover, the terrain on the other three sides is not as open as that of Dongcheng, all of them are potholes and mounds, and their manpower is not conducive to launching a charge. I've always wondered why there is no moat in the East City. ”

Zhao Youji said: "Lord Lin, look at this terrain. Dongcheng is a sloping land, digging a moat that can be dug more than ten zhang deep to divert water, such a big project, we can't do it. There used to be a ditch, but there was no water, so it didn't do much, so it was simply abandoned. ”

Lin Jue nodded slightly, this Yangwu County is high in the east and low in the west. The eastern city wall is on the high ground, and if you want to dig a moat, you are afraid that the foundation of the city wall to be dug is not strong before the water can be diverted. There is no possibility of operation at all. Yangwu County has experienced many floods, and the city site has gradually moved to this high place, although it has the advantage of being condescending, but it also lacks the barrier of the moat surrounding the four cities.

"What worries me most now is not that they divide up the city and disperse our forces, but that I am worried about their next all-out onslaught. They are the ones who keep their hands behind. They could have continued to attack, and we were almost unable to resist it, but they suddenly withdrew their troops. This does not bode well. I guess the next attack will be a whole force of their onslaught. Now we are running out of supplies and are unable to resist the enemy. If you fight hand-to-hand on the walls, this is probably not a good idea. Everyone was tired. I'm afraid it won't last long. Lin Jue groaned.

"yes, what can I do? The soldiers are tired and tired, and their numbers have been greatly reduced, and it may be difficult to cope with them. It's only been half a night, and it's already been so difficult, how can you support it until the army arrives? Wei Dakui smacked his lips.

Zhao Youji also frowned, thinking about countermeasures. He was also helpless about this.

"Should we immediately recruit young men in the city to defend the city? Among the people in the city, it should be possible to pick out more than a thousand young and strong. County Lieutenant Huang Ziyuan suggested.

"yes, why don't we do that?" Wei Dakui shouted.

Zhao Youji said: "I mentioned it to Lord Lin, but Lord Lin vetoed it. ”

"Why is that?" Everyone looked at Lin Jue, wondering why he didn't agree to do this.

Lin Jue said: "It's not that I disagree, it's that there is no need for this." If the other side attacks the city from all four cities at the same time, we must have the help of the people, otherwise we will be greatly undermanned. But the bandits only attacked the eastern city, so there was no need for this. There is actually little point in increasing the number of people, you look at this city wall, it is not as wide as a zhang, we have more than 1,000 people guarding it, and it is already difficult to move with some materials piled up. If there were more than a thousand and 800 people, the city would not be able to move. Everyone was fixed in one position, one wall was broken, and no one else could support it. And the biggest drawback of the people defending the city is that they

There had been no fighting, and the location where they were stationed could easily be breached. That's what worries me the most. Therefore, I would rather not have this situation happen, but also make it easier for us to mobilize manpower and deal with critical situations flexibly. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly, what Lin Jue meant was that the participation of the people in defending the city would lead to overcrowding on the narrow city walls. The people without weapons and armor did not do much except throw stones and sassalwood. Sometimes it's just in the way. If the city wall where the people were stationed was attacked and breached, the people could not fight back on the spot, but instead provided convenience for the other side to attack the city. At that time, the support will not pass, and the people will not be able to drive each other out of the city, but it will be an extremely difficult matter. If it is occupied by a section of the city wall with stone steps at the back, it is a passage to the city, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Such worries are clearly not unfounded. For those cities with high and wide walls, the more people who defend the city, the better. But this point is not applicable to a small county like Yangwu. Few people would have thought about this.

And the big problem now is not the problem of manpower, but the problem of insufficient supply of materials. The people of the organization have not been able to carry supplies to the city, so what is the use of having more people in the city.

"So what to do? Are we just staring like that? If they attack again, we will not be able to hold it. Now we are stepping up the transportation of wood and stones to the city. But I'm afraid it's not enough. Moving for an hour is not enough for a tea time to smash it all. Wei Dakui said anxiously.

Lin Jue looked at the mess on the dark battlefield outside the city with his hands in his hands, and pondered quietly. The next time the opponent's attack must be crazy, it will be really difficult to resist. He had to figure out how to figure it out. Maybe as soon as the day dawns, the other party is going to storm it. Time is running out.

The pre-dawn mist slowly rose and slowly enveloped the battlefield. In summer and autumn, morning fog is commonplace. Although it was faint and short-lived, it filled the ground, and no one was visible dozens of paces away. In this kind of foggy weather, if the bandits quietly launch it, I am afraid that they will not be able to find it until they are close. This adds to the current dire situation.

Everyone looked at Lin Jue anxiously, and they didn't know when Lin Jue had become their backbone. Even Wei Dakui unconsciously listened to Lin Jue's command. Lin Jue has a commanding temperament, just now when he was defending the city, Lin Jue has been standing above the city tower to observe the situation and give orders. It was precisely because of his command that in the face of the ferocious attack of the bandits, the soldiers and horses at the head of the city were able to resist in an orderly manner and successfully deal with several dangerous situations. Several times, Wei Dakui, Zhao Youji and others thought that the city was about to be broken. But Lin Jue still stubbornly turned the situation back.

Therefore, at such a time, everyone unconsciously pinned their hopes on Lin Jue.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we must hold out until the day after tomorrow, so that reinforcements may arrive. Even if Du Yuhou sends a few hundred cavalry to help first, it will not arrive until at least tomorrow night. Moreover, when the cavalry arrived here, they were also sleepy and lacked horses, and could not immediately enter the battle. Therefore, with the current situation, it is probably impossible to hold on to the city for three days and wait for the brigade of soldiers and horses to come to help. Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Wei Dakui shouted, "Then do you still need to say it to Lord Lin?" Three days? Are you kidding? Half a day is enough to choke. These dogs are so desperately attacking, they are absolutely unbearable. We're tired and tired. ”

Zhao Youji frowned and said: "Wei Dutou, the matter is man-made, and it may not be impossible to carry it for half a day." ”

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