Moreover, this time the defenders of the city attacked with fire.

Countless fireoil was poured on the ladder and the intruders under the city, and then the torches were thrown down, and in an instant, the ladder turned into a large burning torch, which was quickly burned and could no longer be used. I don't know how many intruders were burned alive, and the screams resounded in the sky, which made people shudder in their hearts when they heard it.

That scene was like hell on earth.

These fire oils are all in the arsenal of Sanshui County, a few days ago, Cao Wenzhao was reluctant to use it, and regarded this as a trump card in his hand, and today, he finally played this card.

The army collapsed.

This time they collapsed very early, and the whole battle took a little more than a quarter of an hour from the beginning of the battle to the time they began to retreat. And the previous times, it was Li Zicheng who ordered the retreat, but this time he took the initiative to retreat.

There was no way, those companions who were burned alive really brought them too much shock and extreme fear, and this fear even exceeded their fear of being court-martialed after they returned.

When Li Zicheng saw this scene, his face turned pale, and he clenched his hands tightly. He exerted so hard that his fingernails pierced the flesh, and his palms ached.

At this time, he was furious in his heart, and he could hardly help but order all these intruders who fled back to be killed. But he knew he couldn't do it, and he took a deep breath and suppressed the rage in his heart.

He knew that today's battle was over, and the soldiers under his command were defeated too quickly and completely, and their morale had dropped to a freezing point, and it would only be a defeat if they continued to fight, so it was better to rest for the night first and fight again tomorrow.

On the second day, the army continued to attack the city.

After these few days of siege, the army has a lot of tricks on the siege equipment, and there are a few days to make some more complex siege equipment, not just the ladder at the beginning. On this day, in addition to the ladders, the soldiers under Li Zicheng's command also used chariots and building cars.

However, the addition of these two engineering equipment did not give them the upper hand.

At the beginning, the city was still attacked with fire, which was very effective, after all, almost all siege equipment was made of wood. I don't know how many siege equipment was burned, and a lot of the invading army was also burned to death, but the storage of fire oil in Sanshui County was limited, and it was quickly used up.

And Li Zicheng was also keenly aware of this and immediately increased his troops. This time, there was no more oil available on the city, and the two sides entered the stage of fierce hand-to-hand fighting.

Dong Ce led his soldiers to the battlefield quickly, but this time Li Zicheng was also prepared to increase his troops for the second time. After yesterday's fighting, those people under Dong Ce also suffered a lot of losses, and their physical strength was also greatly consumed.

Because of these factors, the addition of Dong Ce's team has not changed the battle situation as much as yesterday.

So this battle has lasted much longer than yesterday.

And at one time, the army even occupied a section of the city wall, and hung a lot of people to the inside of the city wall with ropes. They removed the stuffing on the inside of the walls and opened the north gate. Seeing this scene, Li Zicheng was very excited, and immediately ordered a cavalry team that had already been prepared and ready to go, galloped wildly, and rushed straight towards the north city gate.

And just when the cavalry was about to arrive at the north city gate, an officer cavalry rushed down the street from the direction of the county office, slaughtered the intruders on the inside of the city gate, closed the north city gate again, and then filled in large stones and other objects.

Although he led his troops to the city wall to support, he also left a hundred cavalry, and ordered Alatan Ulan and Yelu Lihe to wait every day in the square outside the county office, even when the battle situation on the city wall was tight, Dong Ce did not mobilize them. This is what Dong Ce guarded against. And his caution was finally rewarded, and when the city was about to be breached, Alatan Ullah and Jeruuri arrived in time to save the situation.

The failure of the breaking army was a great shock to all the breaking troops on the battlefield, and it also made their morale plummet. On the defenders' side, Cao Wenzhao, Dong Ce and others were constantly agitating and fighting bravely to kill the enemy, without retreating a single step.

In the end, Dong Ce, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Changjiao, led his subordinates to fight desperately, but still resisted the offensive of the invading army.

Once again, the intruders were repulsed.

But the strength in the city has also weakened to the extreme, and there are less than seven hundred soldiers under Cao Wenzhao's command who can fight, and nearly half of Dong Ce's troops have been lost.

Tomorrow, as long as the army can organize another round of offensive, the three of them are afraid that they will die here.

Obviously, the army has this force.

The remaining 900 or so troops on the side of the official army cannot be said to be old, weak, sick and disabled, but the physical exertion of each one is extremely great, and even if they are able to fight, most of them are a little injured at this time. On the side of the breaking army, those who can be used are very physically strong, and the soldiers who have not fought before must at least exceed 10,000! If these people come up, they will rely on the defenders, and they will not be able to bear it at all.

It was late at night, and the entire Sanshui County and outside had fallen into silence. Most of the invading troops have fallen asleep, not to mention the defenders in the city, who are exhausted from fighting one by one during the day, and after the intruding army retreats, they can't wait to be able to lie on the ground and fall asleep, so they naturally fall asleep early. In Sanshui County, in addition to the thousands of defenders, there are tens of thousands of people, who are also frightened these days, and they don't know when they will break into the city.

During the days of defending the city, except for those who were called up to work for the army, the rest of the people hid in their homes every day, and did not even dare to go out.

In the whole city, the only store that is still open is the grain store. After all, the people living in the cities of the Ming Dynasty did not have the habit of storing a large amount of grain, and generally just bought enough food for three or five days at a time. So although they don't dare to leave the house on weekdays, they still have to do to buy food, and the grain shop is still open.

Like the situation when Dong Ce was stationed in Chengcheng County last time, this time there was also a sharp increase in the price of grain stores in the city, obviously because the grain merchants were unable to buy grain from outside the city because of the blockade outside the city, so they could only go to them to buy it, so they began to increase the price without fear.

Dong Ce is very experienced in dealing with them, and although Cao Wenzhao is not as experienced as him, he also has his own set of methods. It's a simple and crude solution, but it's very effective.

Cao Wenzhao directly led troops to the door, and after some intimidation, those grain merchants honestly lowered the price.

What are you kidding, this uncle even dares to slap the county lord in the face, what else does he dare not do? At this time, there is a shortage of soldiers, if it really annoys him and is killed by him with a knife, then there is nowhere to reason!

He is a dignified commander-in-chief, a figure that the governors of the three sides have to rely on!

It was pitch black inside and outside the city, and only the county government was still lit.

Dong Ce, Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao sat around the table and looked at each other, with bitterness on their faces that could not be hidden.

In the end, it was Dong Ce who spoke first, he glanced at Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, and said in a low voice: "Brother Cao, Qihua, our city, I'm afraid that we can't hold it, and tomorrow the army will come to fight again, and we are afraid that it will all be over." How to go in the back road, now it's time to think about it, should we fight or withdraw? ”

Cao Wenzhao looked at Dong Ce, a touch of guilt flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Dong, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have fallen into such a situation, and my brother is here to make amends for you." ”

After that, he left his seat to kowtow to Dong Ce and kneel, Dong Ce hurriedly helped him, showed an angry face, and shouted: "Brother Cao, it has come to such a situation, what's the use of you kowtowing to me again to make amends?" Not to mention these useless things, it's right to make a living and think about what to do. ”

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao glanced at each other, Cao Wenzhao did not speak, but Cao Bianjiao said to Dong Ce: "Hanchen, in my opinion, let's fight first tomorrow to see what the momentum of the thieves is, if we can't support it tomorrow, we will retreat from the south city gate, all the war horses are ready, and they can be pulled out at any time, what do you think?" ”