Chapter 1459: The Battle of Xuzhou (56)
If it really comes to the day of last resort, Zang Ba will definitely withdraw, and he will not be loyal to Liu Lan like Xu Fang.
For Xu Fang, his own choice, Zang Ba will not comment much, but what he has to do now is to protect Kaiyang City with him.
On the second day, before the dawn of the Jizhou army's siege drum was beaten, Zang Ba, who suddenly woke up, put on his shoes and climbed directly towards the city tower, but when he arrived at the city tower, he found that the battle at the east gate today was sporadic and suddenly remembered the situation yesterday, and sure enough, the main attack direction of the Jizhou army changed.
Hurriedly sent people to the north and south gates to understand the situation, and as a result, they were really blindsided, and the main forces of the enemy army were concentrated at the north gate.
Today's Jizhou army's attack, as yesterday, first carried out intensive shooting to suppress the defenders of the north gate, and at the same time sent siege troops to set up ladders, and at the same time began to climb the city and seize the north gate.
And the south gate and the east gate, although it is said that it is only a sporadic war, in fact, it is only compared to yesterday, in fact, the enemy's offensive is still very fierce, it is impossible to divide troops to help, and now the only thing that can be counted on is that the defenders of the north gate can hold on, fortunately, the advance deployment last night has greatly increased the defense of the north gate defenders, and the bow and arrow bed crossbow has made the Jizhou army suffer a lot.
However, such a defense could not prevent the enemy from attacking the tower, and the fierce battle continued.
The Jizhou army was killed and retreated several times at the north gate, although the defenders were the Qingzhou army and the Langya army cooperating with each other, and they were not very familiar, but the cold weapon battlefield, especially such a defensive battle, the side with the superior number may not be able to really achieve good results.
On the contrary, the defenders are so condescending and have the cover of the city wall, maybe they are not familiar with each other, but on the local battlefield, they can give full play to their numerical advantage, and this is something that the Jizhou army cannot do.
As long as they did not attack the city, they seemed to have an advantage in numbers, but on the contrary, the number of people in the local battlefield was insufficient, although there was the fear that the elite could seize the city, and then after exchanging space for time, the Jizhou army gathered more and more people in front of a certain wall battlement, but such a defense would attract more defenders, and finally be driven down the city tower again.
But the ferocity shown by the Jizhou army in order to break through Kaiyang is really staggering, and this time, it is not so easy for the defenders to drive them down, but for such a result, Yuan Tan is not very satisfied, and the casualties repeatedly mentioned yesterday are still not solved today.
Although the performance of the troops has improved, the price paid is the same as yesterday, how can he be satisfied?
After paying so many soldiers, even if he gets Kaiyang, he will be punished by his father, and even blame him for not having the talent to lead the troops, so why did he get such a result after experiencing this battle? Is it just to disappoint my father?
This kind of thing must not happen, so Kaiyang City must be taken down no matter what, and it must be taken at the cost of the smallest casualties, the war drums in the Chinese army are getting louder and louder, this is the only way for him to boost his morale and storm Kaiyang now.
The loud trumpet was sounded again, and the Karasuma people began to attack the city.
In one day, the Jizhou army launched dozens of attacks on the north gate but all ended in failure, and the most important thing is that today they did not even break through the city gate, looking at the sunset, Yuan Tan was unwilling in his heart, but in the end he could only give the order to rest.
The troops withdrew to the barracks.
Although Zang Ba's situation was better today, he and Xu Fang still appeared at the north gate in the afternoon, and at this moment the two left the city gate together and returned to the camp.
"Today is over, we have successfully held for two days, but the reinforcements will arrive at least two or three days, Xuangao, what should we do tomorrow?" The onslaught of the Jizhou army made Xu Fang very worried.
"No way, Yuan Tan is attacking so fiercely, we have already consumed almost two-thirds of our troops, although Yuan Tan has also suffered heavy losses, but they have the capital, tomorrow day, if this kind of tragic battle continues, I'm afraid I will have to evacuate Kaiyang in advance." Zang Ba smiled bitterly, and the latter words were more like self-deprecation: "I took the initiative to apply to stay in front of the lord, I originally thought that I could complete the mission and drag the enemy for five days, but now it seems that I underestimated the Jizhou army too much, think about it carefully, the Jizhou army is not so weak, how could I make such a mistake." ”
"Alas, the matter has come to this, Xuan Gao should think of a solution as soon as possible!" Xu Fang let out a long sigh, with a depressed expression on his face, now their troops, let alone guarding the three gates, even if it is one, they are afraid that it will be insufficient, what can they do tomorrow.
Zang Ba and Xu Fang had a headache and a decisive battle tomorrow, but Yuan Tan was frowning and drinking sullen wine in the camp, he didn't know that today's onslaught was almost completed, if he hadn't retired early, he should have been drinking celebration wine in Kaiyang now.
Yan Liang gave him ten days to capture Kaiyang, this is the time it took from Huang Zhong to Dongguan from Kaiyang plus Kaiyang sent spies to inform Huang Zhong's family, if you really want to use this time to set the siege time, it should not be allowed, ten days, Huang Zhong would have come back a long time ago.
Therefore, the time left for him should be more accurate to say that it should only be eight days, and if Huang Zhong marches in a hurry, day and night, it may even be seven days.
And now they have spent three days, and there are still four or even three days to go, so his plan is that he must break Kaiyang in three days.
The original plan, he hoped to attack Kaiyang in one to three days, but the plan failed, so if there were three days left to attack Kaiyang, Yuan Tan was full of confidence, as long as the troops were well planned, it would be easy to capture Kaiyang, and there would be no need to be so troublesome as these two days.
Knowing this, I was not so eager to capture Kaiyang.
If it really comes to the day of last resort, Zang Ba will definitely withdraw, and he will not be loyal to Liu Lan like Xu Fang.
For Xu Fang, his own choice, Zang Ba will not comment much, but what he has to do now is to protect Kaiyang City with him.
On the second day, before the dawn of the Jizhou army's siege drum was beaten, Zang Ba, who suddenly woke up, put on his shoes and climbed directly towards the city tower, but when he arrived at the city tower, he found that the battle at the east gate today was sporadic and suddenly remembered the situation yesterday, and sure enough, the main attack direction of the Jizhou army changed.
Hurriedly sent people to the north and south gates to understand the situation, and as a result, they were really blindsided, and the main forces of the enemy army were concentrated at the north gate.
Today's Jizhou army's attack, as yesterday, first carried out intensive shooting to suppress the defenders of the north gate, and at the same time sent siege troops to set up ladders, and at the same time began to climb the city and seize the north gate.
And the south gate and the east gate, although it is said that it is only a sporadic war, in fact, it is only compared to yesterday, in fact, the enemy's offensive is still very fierce, it is impossible to divide troops to help, and now the only thing that can be counted on is that the defenders of the north gate can hold on, fortunately, the advance deployment last night has greatly increased the defense of the north gate defenders, and the bow and arrow bed crossbow has made the Jizhou army suffer a lot.
However, such a defense could not prevent the enemy from attacking the tower, and the fierce battle continued.
The Jizhou army was killed and retreated several times at the north gate, although the defenders were the Qingzhou army and the Langya army cooperating with each other, and they were not very familiar, but the cold weapon battlefield, especially such a defensive battle, the side with the superior number may not be able to really achieve good results.
On the contrary, the defenders are so condescending and have the cover of the city wall, maybe they are not familiar with each other, but on the local battlefield, they can give full play to their numerical advantage, and this is something that the Jizhou army cannot do.
As long as they did not attack the city, they seemed to have an advantage in numbers, but on the contrary, the number of people in the local battlefield was insufficient, although there was the fear that the elite could seize the city, and then after exchanging space for time, the Jizhou army gathered more and more people in front of a certain wall battlement, but such a defense would attract more defenders, and finally be driven down the city tower again.
But the ferocity shown by the Jizhou army in order to break through Kaiyang is really staggering, and this time, it is not so easy for the defenders to drive them down, but for such a result, Yuan Tan is not very satisfied, and the casualties repeatedly mentioned yesterday are still not solved today.
Although the performance of the troops has improved, the price paid is the same as yesterday, how can he be satisfied?
After paying so many soldiers, even if he gets Kaiyang, he will be punished by his father, and even blame him for not having the talent to lead the troops, so why did he get such a result after experiencing this battle? Is it just to disappoint my father?
This kind of thing must not happen, so Kaiyang City must be taken down no matter what, and it must be taken at the cost of the smallest casualties, the war drums in the Chinese army are getting louder and louder, this is the only way for him to boost his morale and storm Kaiyang now.
The loud trumpet was sounded again, and the Karasuma people began to attack the city.
In one day, the Jizhou army launched dozens of attacks on the north gate but all ended in failure, and the most important thing is that today they did not even break through the city gate, looking at the sunset, Yuan Tan was unwilling in his heart, but in the end he could only give the order to rest.
The troops withdrew to the barracks.
Although Zang Ba's situation was better today, he and Xu Fang still appeared at the north gate in the afternoon, and at this moment the two left the city gate together and returned to the camp.
"Today is over, we have successfully held for two days, but the reinforcements will arrive at least two or three days, Xuangao, what should we do tomorrow?" The onslaught of the Jizhou army made Xu Fang very worried.
"No way, Yuan Tan is attacking so fiercely, we have already consumed almost two-thirds of our troops, although Yuan Tan has also suffered heavy losses, but they have the capital, tomorrow day, if this kind of tragic battle continues, I'm afraid I will have to evacuate Kaiyang in advance." Zang Ba smiled bitterly, and the latter words were more like self-deprecation: "I took the initiative to apply to stay in front of the lord, I originally thought that I could complete the mission and drag the enemy for five days, but now it seems that I underestimated the Jizhou army too much, think about it carefully, the Jizhou army is not so weak, how could I make such a mistake." ”
"Alas, the matter has come to this, Xuan Gao should think of a solution as soon as possible!" Xu Fang let out a long sigh, with a depressed expression on his face, now their troops, let alone guarding the three gates, even if it is one, they are afraid that it will be insufficient, what can they do tomorrow.
Zang Ba and Xu Fang had a headache and a decisive battle tomorrow, but Yuan Tan was frowning and drinking sullen wine in the camp, he didn't know that today's onslaught was almost completed, if he hadn't retired early, he should have been drinking celebration wine in Kaiyang now.
Yan Liang gave him ten days to capture Kaiyang, this is the time it took from Huang Zhong to Dongguan from Kaiyang plus Kaiyang sent spies to inform Huang Zhong's family, if you really want to use this time to set the siege time, it should not be allowed, ten days, Huang Zhong would have come back a long time ago.
Therefore, the time left for him should be more accurate to say that it should only be eight days, and if Huang Zhong marches in a hurry, day and night, it may even be seven days.
And now they have spent three days, and there are still four or even three days to go, so his plan is that he must break Kaiyang in three days.
The original plan, he hoped to attack Kaiyang in one to three days, but the plan failed, so if there were three days left to attack Kaiyang, Yuan Tan was full of confidence, as long as the troops were well planned, it would be easy to capture Kaiyang, and there would be no need to be so troublesome as these two days.
Knowing this, I was not so eager to capture Kaiyang.
"No way, Yuan Tan is attacking so fiercely, we have already consumed almost two-thirds of our troops, although Yuan Tan has also suffered heavy losses, but they have the capital, tomorrow day, if this kind of tragic battle continues, I'm afraid I will have to evacuate Kaiyang in advance." Zang Ba smiled bitterly, and the latter words were more like self-deprecation: "I took the initiative to apply to stay in front of the lord, I originally thought that I could complete the mission and drag the enemy for five days, but now it seems that I underestimated the Jizhou army too much, think about it carefully, the Jizhou army is not so weak, how could I make such a mistake." ”
"Alas, the matter has come to this, Xuan Gao should think of a solution as soon as possible!" Xu Fang let out a long sigh, with a depressed expression on his face, now their troops, let alone guarding the three gates, even if it is one, they are afraid that it will be insufficient, what can they do tomorrow.
Zang Ba and Xu Fang had a headache and a decisive battle tomorrow, but Yuan Tan was frowning and drinking sullen wine in the camp, he didn't know that today's onslaught was almost completed, if he hadn't retired early, he should have been drinking celebration wine in Kaiyang now.
Yan Liang gave him ten days to capture Kaiyang, this is the time it took from Huang Zhong to Dongguan from Kaiyang plus Kaiyang sent spies to inform Huang Zhong's family, if you really want to use this time to set the siege time, it should not be allowed, ten days, Huang Zhong would have come back a long time ago.
Therefore, the time left for him should be more accurate to say that it should only be eight days, and if Huang Zhong marches in a hurry, day and night, it may even be seven days.
And now they have spent three days, and there are still four or even three days to go, so his plan is that he must break Kaiyang in three days.
The original plan, he hoped to attack Kaiyang in one to three days, but the plan failed, so if there were three days left to attack Kaiyang, Yuan Tan was full of confidence, as long as the troops were well planned, it would be easy to capture Kaiyang, and there would be no need to be so troublesome as these two days.
Knowing this, I was not so eager to capture Kaiyang.