At dusk, the bleak sunset hung alone on the treetops, and a pair of frightened eyes looked at the bloody battlefield of Xiangyang City in surprise. The huge black Chinese character on the upper floor of the www.biquge.info city danced wildly in the gusts of fishy wind, making a loud noise.

The soldiers of the Yizhou Army were slowly withdrawing from the battlefield, and the monotonous and dull drums and gongs sounded in the military formation from time to time, looking tired and desolate.

A large number of damaged siege equipment were thrown under the city, blood-stained stones and huge logs could be seen everywhere, and the corpses of the soldiers of the Yizhou army were densely covered in the death zone within fifty paces below the city walls, and there were corpses further away, but they were much more sparse. The battlefield is littered with discarded and broken weapons, battle flags.

Hundreds of people dressed in short shirts were scattered in all corners of the battlefield, busily carrying corpses or picking up weapons, cleaning the battlefield.

Yang Ye, the deputy commander of the Tenth Legion, sat on the city wall panting, and closed his eyes with difficulty.

Since Liu Bei led the Yizhou army to Xiangyang City, he quickly surrounded Xiangyang City.

There is a huge difference between the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army defending the city and the Yizhou Army, the Yizhou Army has an army of 300,000, but the Northern Xinjiang Army defending the city, after experiencing the previous defeat, although there are four legions in name, but in fact there are only more than 70,000 people, and the strength is not even three legions.

The battle was imminent, and the military advisors Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen and Jia Xu, who stayed in Xiangyang City, according to the arrangements made by the lord before leaving the city, asked the various departments to replenish the 50,000 Jingzhou soldiers who remained in Xiangyang City to the three legions with large losses, and finally barely made up the difference in strength.

But in this way, basically half of these three legions are soldiers, and their combat effectiveness has decreased a lot.

After discussion, the division group asked Chang Yuchun's Fifth Army, which had stayed in Xiangyang City, to defend the south of Xiangyang City, because this direction was the direction of the Yizhou Army's main attack. Tai Shici's Fourth Legion, Xie Xuan's Tenth Legion, and Xu Huang's Eleventh Legion, which had previously suffered losses, were defending the other three city walls.

Xie Xuan's Tenth Legion was assigned to defend the western wall of Xiangyang City.

According to Xie Xuan's arrangement, the deputy marshal Yang Ye, the commanders Hao Zhao, Wang Zhong, and Xiahou Yuan each led 5,000 men and horses to defend a section of the city wall, while Xie Xuan led the remaining 12,000 main forces to respond in the center and reinforce the places where there was danger.

Since the morning, the Yizhou army has launched a fierce attack on Xiangyang City, without any pause in the middle, continuous and crazy attacks, until the moment when the golden gong sounded just now, the attack of the Yizhou army gradually stopped.

Yang Ye, as the deputy commander of the Tenth Army, has been sticking to the tower of the west city wall, commanding the soldiers to resist stubbornly, all the weapons that can be used to defend the city, and all the methods to defend the city, I only hate that there are no four hands.

But there are so many enemies, they are like ants, so many and dense that they can't be killed. The city tower was full of soldiers of the Yizhou army, let him shout hoarsely, cut off the long sword, and finally even the spear pierced the corpse of the enemy soldier and couldn't pull it down, but still did not kill the enemy. Fortunately, every time when he was desperate, the commander of the legion, Xie Xuan, could lead reinforcements to kill at the right time.

For a whole day, not a single soldier of the Yizhou army walked back, they did not retreat at all, they just attacked, attacked desperately, until they died in battle. Whether they died on the city wall or under the city wall, whether they died under the long arrows of the Northern Xinjiang Army or died under the swords and guns of the Northern Xinjiang Army, they had no fear at all, as if their lives were not their own.

The ladders devoured the lives of countless soldiers, but countless soldiers still went forward one after another, bravely climbed the ladders, and used their blood and lives to pave the cornerstone of the attack for their comrades.

This purely attrition-style attack of the Yizhou Army not only killed and injured a large number of troops defending the northern frontier of the city, but also dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the northern frontier army defending the city. In the face of such a fierce enemy, there is no one who does not feel terrified.

Yang Ye only ate four small round cakes in a day, and he didn't eat a drop of water. It's not that I don't want to eat, it's that I don't have time to eat. He led the soldiers to stubbornly repel the enemy's attacks again and again.

In the end, he, like the soldiers, not only could not lift a stone, but also walked staggeringly. It was at this time that the enemy suspended the first day's attack and withdrew.

Yang Ye was tired, he was covered in blood, his armor was in tatters, and there was no intact place. The muscles were already sore and painful due to excessive exertion, and the legs could not support their bodies at all. His voice was hoarse and he could barely speak, and the loud roar in his ears grew louder and louder, and he could barely hear anything.

He couldn't sit still, even leaning against the walls. He was afraid that he would never be able to get up again after lying down, so he tried his best to open his eyes. The roar in his ears suddenly disappeared, and in front of him was a chaotic battlefield, full of corpses of soldiers from both sides of the city, who were lying together in various positions, piled up on top of the entire city wall.

The arrows and weapons on the ground were soaked in the brown blood that had gradually solidified. Battle flags of all colors were casually discarded on the soldiers' bodies, everywhere.

Some of the exhausted warriors had already lay down; Some couldn't find a place and simply lay down on the corpse and fell asleep; Some soldiers gathered together to drink water and eat; More people are looking for wounded comrades, looking for dead brothers.

The people who helped defend the city had already begun to clean up the battlefield, clean the top of the city walls, and prepare for another battle tomorrow.

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Several generals of the Tenth Legion took the lead and walked to Xie Xuan's side to report the losses, and needed to replenish the weapons and equipment.

After a bloody battle, more than 1,500 soldiers defending the northern frontier of the city defending the western city wall were killed and wounded, the damage was huge, and the consumption of various weapons such as long arrows was also quite serious. At this rate, it will be difficult for the army to hold out until the time agreed with the Lord.

At this time, Xie Xuan saw the scout Tuntun Chang who was in charge of delivering the news running over, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any news from the rest of the city gates?" ”

"General Hui, the Yizhou army that attacked the various city walls has retreated. Several legions were busy clearing the battlefield. ”

"What about the losses?" Xie Xuan asked eagerly.

His main concern now is how many people he has lost. As there were fewer soldiers, the less hope of holding the city fewer. The Yizhou army attacked fiercely, and its combat effectiveness far exceeded Xie Xuan's imagination.

The tun chief replied: "The eastern wall was not attacked too fiercely, and more than 400 people were lost. However, the situation on the southern and northern walls was not good, with General Chang's Fifth Army losing about 3,000 men and General Taishi's Fourth Army losing nearly 4,000 men. ”

Xie Xuan's heart suddenly trembled. Nearly 9,000 people were lost in one day, and if we continue to fight like this every day, let alone persist until next month, I am afraid that this month will not be able to sustain it.

"The southern city wall garrisoned by General Chang is the direction of the main attack of the Yizhou army, and it is reasonable to lose so much. However, the Yizhou army's attack on the North City Gate was just a feint, and the purpose was only to disperse our forces, so why did it lose many people? Xie Xuan looked at the scout chief, as if asking him, and as if talking to himself.

The scout commander replied: "General Taishi said that the person in charge of the siege of the city was Liu Bi of the Yizhou Army, and he was a good friend of the Yizhou warrior Ling Bao, who died at the hands of General Xue before. Liu Bi supervised the onslaught of the army, and it is estimated that there is a sense of revenge. ”

Xie Xuan nodded, and then asked, "General Taishi is okay." ”

Scout Tun Chang smiled: "General Taishi is brave and fierce, invincible, and unscathed. ”

Xie Xuan laughed. He touched his three locks of long beard, and his mood suddenly improved.

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Liu Bei looked at Liu Bi, who was sitting silently on one side, and was very angry in his heart.

Today, the direction of the North City Gate was only a feint, but in order to take revenge, Liu Bi did not listen to the order and oversaw the army to attack, causing heavy casualties to the troops. The two battlefields together had a loss of nearly fifteen thousand people, which greatly exceeded Liu Bei's expectations.

After he seized Yizhou from Liu Zhang, Liu Bi has always opposed him. In fact, if it weren't for Ling Bao's persuasion, I'm afraid he wouldn't have surrendered himself.

But even under the persuasion of Ling Bao, Liu Bi has always been restless, often violates his military orders, and is also very disgusted with him Liu Bei, let alone sell his account. Liu Bei wanted to punish him several times, but he was strongly dissuaded by his subordinates. Because he is Ling Bao's brother, Ling Bao is loyal to Liu Bei and can't wipe Ling Bao's face. Moreover, Liu Bi fought bravely, obeyed Ling Bao's words, and used it well, and he was still a good general.

But now that Ling Bud is gone, who can deter Liu Bi?

Liu Bei began to summarize the gains and losses of today's siege, and finally criticized Liu Bi, blaming him for not obeying orders and causing senseless losses.

Ling Bao's death was a great stimulus to Liu Bi. When the Northern Xinjiang Army was defeated in Yiling and pursued all the way, the situation was a little better, but after arriving at Xiangyang City, the situation changed, and after hearing that the Northern Xinjiang cavalry did not stay in Xiangyang City, Liu Bi kept asking to lead his troops to chase and kill Xue Rengui alone.

Of course, Zhang Liu Bei did not agree to this irrational request. Just kidding, how did you lead a two-legged infantry, how did you catch up with the four-legged cavalry?

Liu Bi was originally dissatisfied with Liu Bei's robbery and seizure of Yizhou, and Ling Bao died again, so he hated Liu Bei very much in his heart. Today's siege of the city, Liu Bi avenged his friend, ignored the military order, supervised the army to attack, and suffered heavy losses. At the moment, he was in an extremely bad mood.

Seeing Liu Bei's hypocritical face, Liu Bi's emotions finally got out of control and he scolded.

In addition to him and several generals such as Wu Yi, Li Yan, Zhou Cang, and Zhang Ren, there are also many generals such as Zhang Yi and Zhang Wei. When he opened his mouth to scold like this, everyone in the tent was suddenly shocked, and the big tent was suddenly silent, except for Liu Xuan's roar.

Liu Bei's face was expressionless, and after sitting upright for a few years, he looked at Liu Bi with bright eyes, and he couldn't see any trace of anger.

After Liu Bi scolded a few words, his heart calmed down a little. He looked at Liu Bei, spat at the ground fiercely, and said loudly: "From now on, you do yours, I will do mine." You go to fight the world, I'll go to Xue Rengui, we have nothing to do with each other. ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.