Cao Wenzhao is very brave, but this does not mean that he is stupid. He thought that it should be more than enough for him to take his subordinates to hold Sanshui County. But today's scene made him realize how difficult these intruders are to deal with. He guessed that Li Zicheng should have given these intruders an order to die, something like retreating without an order and killing them directly.

That's why the army is so desperate.

He knew very well that relying on his own soldiers and horses, even if he added Dong Ce and others, it was unlikely that he would be able to defend this Sanshui County. After all, the strength of the two sides is extremely huge, almost 1 to 10.

So he called for help.

He didn't hold on, but chose to call for help.

Speaking of which, at this time, Cao Wenzhao and others were not particularly far away from Hong Chengchou, who was the governor of Shaanxi and had always led a large army to be stationed in Yan'an Mansion, but these days, he had been fighting in Guanzhong with the righteous army led by Gao Yingxiang, and he was also in Guanzhong at this time, and it was only two or three hundred miles away from here.

The distance of two or three hundred miles can be reached in one day. If you don't want the lives of people and horses, maybe you can reach it in half a day.

The news that Cao Wenzhao sent someone to ask for help, Li Zicheng did not know. In fact, this was indeed his carelessness, and he concentrated most of his forces in the north of the city, so that in the east, there were not even scouts. This was a very big mistake, and Cao Wenzhao also guarded against him, and the people sent out of the city were just at night.

At that time, even if there were scouts, it was not easy to see them.

The main reason is that Li Zicheng didn't think about that at all, he didn't think that Cao Wenzhao would ask for help. In his opinion, with Cao Wenzhao's character, he would rather die in battle than send troops for help.

This shows that in fact, he really doesn't know Cao Wenzhao that well.

On the second day, fierce fighting continued.

Li Zicheng sent about 5,000 troops again, not because he didn't want to send more, but because there was no more on this battlefield.

After all, Sanshui County is so big, and the city wall is so big, and now that he has sent these five thousand people, his attack range is not only limited to the vicinity of the North City Gate, but even covers the entire North City Wall. You must know that the length of the north city wall of Sanshui County is only a little more than two miles, that is, about 1,100 meters.

And there are 5,000 invading troops, if the invading army is pressed on the whole line, and these 5,000 people are all spread out, on average, there will be more than four or nearly five invading troops in length, what kind of huge density is this?

Of course, due to the deaths in the process of advancing and the limited number of ladders, it is impossible for the density of the intrusive army to reach such a large number, but Rao is so, and the entire northern wall is almost paved. Even if we increase the number of people, there will be no better results.

Five thousand people is already a limit.

This fierce battle lasted longer than yesterday, reaching more than half an hour. The intruders kept rushing up, and then they were pressed back by the defenders at the head of the city. Retreated, and then rushed back again. But if the intrusive army is the tide that never stops, then the defenders at the head of the city are the hard reef, although they have been pounced and even submerged again and again, but the tide has finally fallen, but the rock is still standing.

Finally, the intruders were repulsed.

But the price paid by the defenders of Sanshui County was also extremely heavy, and the casualties were even much heavier than yesterday. In these short three days, the troops under his command have lost more than forty percent.

If this were not a defensive battle, but a field battle that took place outside the city, such losses would have been enough to collapse the army.

Thankfully, this is the defending city.

On the evening of the same day, in the county government, Cao Wenzhao, Dong Ce, and Cao Bianjiao sat together to eat as usual.

Dong Ce sat for a while, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Brother Cao, tomorrow I will also lead my troops to participate in the war!" ”

Cao Wenzhao glanced at Dong Ce deeply, didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, good brother." ”

The good brother in front naturally promised Dong Ce that he could lead troops to the war, and the good brother in the back was also sincere.

Obviously, Cao Wenzhao understood Dong Ce's good intentions.

On the second day, the army was still attacking the city, exactly the same routine as before, exactly the same scene, and exactly the same troops.

No change!

But because there is no change, everything that remains unchanged can bring an extremely depressing feeling to everyone in the city.

Li Zicheng still rode his horse and stood on the top of the hill, staring at the situation at the head of the city, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

He said in a low voice: "Today, this Sanshui County should be able to be broken." ”

In Li Zicheng's opinion. Cao Wenzhao's headquarters in the city is already at the end of the strong crossbow, under the continuous attack in the past few days, tired of responding to the enemy, heavy losses, even if the remaining soldiers have the strength of a battle, most of them are wounded, and the physical consumption is very large. Their combat effectiveness is much weaker than it was a few days ago! On my own side, the newly invested 5,000 troops were not exhibited in the previous few days, and they are full of energy and very high-spirited! With the input of this new force, the tide of battle will change in one fell swoop.

The reason why Li Zicheng sent these 5,000 troops, all of whom had never participated in the war before, was to defeat the city in one fell swoop, completely destroy and defeat Cao Wenzhao's headquarters.

In the past few days, the casualties of the intrusive army have also been very large, and in three days, the number of dead and wounded in the battle has reached about 3,000 trees, which is far greater than the number of casualties of the defenders in the city. This is also a very normal thing, after all, one side defends the city and the other side attacks the city, and the side that is besieging the city will be more killed and injured in battle.

When he first began to attack the city, Li Zicheng was full of smiles.

But soon, Li Zicheng's smile froze on his face.

The trend of today's battle situation did not develop as he expected, at the beginning of the invasion of the army was of course like a rainbow, and soon killed the city wall, and the defenders of the city head continued to compress back, and saw that they could occupy a part of the city wall to the death, and drive the defenders on that section of the city wall out of the city.

As long as the defenders of that section of the city wall can be killed or driven out of the city, occupying that section of the city wall is equivalent to the breaking army has a very strong and stable stronghold on the city wall, and can continuously increase the number of troops. As long as you occupy it to the death, and use it as a breakthrough, and make persistent efforts, you can take down the entire city wall.

You can even go down from that section of the city wall and hang ropes from the inside of the wall, and send some soldiers into the city and open the gates.

But just when the momentum of the intrusive army was like a rainbow, and they were able to occupy a certain section of the city wall, they suddenly killed another officer army from the oblique stab. This officer army is stronger and more elite than the officers and soldiers under Cao Wenzhao. And they obviously had not participated in the battle before, and they were very physically strong, and as soon as they came up, they were like tigers on the mountain, directly cutting the army on the city wall from the middle and cutting it into two sections.

Then, this officer army was divided into two parts, each fighting to one side, and the invading army was constantly compressed. I don't know how many invading troops were killed, and more invading troops were forced to stand on the city wall, and they didn't have time to go down the ladder, so they fell from the city wall like dumplings.

The two-zhang high city wall may not necessarily die if it falls, but the rain of arrows poured on the city wall has not stopped, and many of the intruders who fell under the city have been shot.

The sudden appearance of this new force suddenly changed the entire battle situation. The Chuang army, which had completely gained the upper hand, was immediately suppressed.

And it was at this time that Cao Wenzhao led his soldiers and horses to launch a counterattack, and the two officers and armies worked together to defeat the intrusive army in one fell swoop and completely drive it down from the city wall.

The intruders suffered extremely heavy damage, and the number of people lost was much greater than in the previous two days.