"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

As the horn sounded in the rear Qin army's formation, the attacking Liang Qin army immediately stopped attacking, and the Qin soldiers who had already attacked the city wall retreated down the city along the tower cart parked on the side of the city wall, and the Qin soldiers who attacked the city from the siege ladder also immediately retreated. Then pushing the remaining tower carts, retreating to the siege ladder, retreating backwards.

It was like a black tide, which receded in a blink of an eye, leaving behind corpses everywhere, stumps and broken arms, broken armor, broken spears and swords, and staggered, broken and destroyed military vehicles, thick smoke in many places, blood stained the earth red, and several broken flags, fluttering in the wind.

The situation on the city wall was similar to that outside the city, the corpses of the Dai army, the Wei army, and the Qin army were staggered and superimposed on each other, and weapons such as guns, swords, halberds, and shields were thrown everywhere.

After the Qin army retreated, the defenders immediately went to the city to clean up the corpses and clean up the battlefield. At this time, the defenders were familiar with the work of cleaning up the battlefield, first of all, the corpses of the Dai army, the Wei army, and the Qin army were treated differently, the bodies of the Wei soldiers were cleaned up and buried in the city, and the bodies of the soldiers of the Dai army were cremated in the city, and the ashes were packed in clay pots, ready to be taken back to Dai County for burial, and the bodies of the Qin army were sent out of the city and handed over to the Qin army personnel who cleaned up the battlefield outside the city.

When they went out of the city to deliver the corpses, the personnel of the Qin army sent back the corpses of some coalition soldiers outside the city, and the personnel of the two sides would greet each other when they met, and even talk a few words.

"It's you again today."

"yes, meet again, you ***, why haven't you seen him for two days."

"Sent to repair the earthen wall, haven't you been attacking in the past few days? Are we now stepping up the construction of earthen walls day and night? ”

"Oh! So that's the case, I said why I haven't seen him for two days. ”

"How's your town? Are you okay? ”

"It's very good, there is food and drink, those of us who collect corpses, can we earn three buckets of millet a day? After collecting corpses for a few days, I have earned more than one stone of millet. ”

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It has been five days since the Qin army took the initiative to attack Daliang City, and in these five days, the Qin army launched continuous attacks on Daliang City, and each time it was the main force of the Nanyang army, and several times attacked the city wall of Daliang, although each time it was finally repelled by the defenders, but the repeated attacks of the Qin army did greatly restrain the energy of the defenders, so that the defenders had no spare strength to attack from the city and attack the positions of the Qin army. Therefore, the Qin army also seized this rare time and stepped up the rush to work, so that the construction progress of the cofferdam and fortress was accelerated a lot.

Of course, the continuous attacks of the Qin army also caused the number of dead on both sides to rise sharply, and by this time the defenders in the city had lost more than 20,000 people, and the number of wounded was as high as 10,000, and a large number of defending materials were also consumed. The number of dead in the Dai army also reached 4,000 people, of which the casualties of the Beiwei army were the largest, which was close to 2,000 people, because in the battles of the past few days, it has always been the backbone of the defense of the Beiwei army, and the Nanyang army that resisted the Qin army, it can be said that if there was no Beiwei army, maybe Daliang City would have been lost a long time ago.

Now there are about 57,000 soldiers in the city who can fight, and if you add the team that returns from wounds later, the total strength is still more than 65,000, and after these fierce battles for several days, the reserve soldiers have been greatly tempered, although there is still a certain gap compared with the regular soldiers, but they have been able to take on the big responsibility, so there are still enough troops to defend the city.

During this time, the number of killed in the Qin army has reached more than 43,000, and the number of wounded soldiers has reached more than 25,000.

Now in addition to the Qin army stationed in other important places, the Qin army besieging the periphery of Daliang City is only more than 180,000 people, and such a military force is obviously unable to completely trap Daliang City, fortunately, at this time the Qin army still has nearly 300,000 civilian servants, most of which have experience in the army, so Wang Jian selected more than 50,000 civilian servants from them to serve as the army, and at the same time sent people to rush back to Xianyang immediately, and asked Qin Wangzheng to send 50,000 reinforcements.

In addition, the Qin army also lost a large number of siege and large construction equipment, only 21 tower carts were destroyed, 63 bed crossbows, 100 trebuchets and 9 trebuchets, 172 carts, and 235 siege ladders. Because the Qin army was the attacking party, the losses of the Qin army far exceeded those of the defenders.

However, both the number of casualties on both sides and the fierceness of the battlefield far exceeded the previous Battle of Xingkou.

However, it was the Qin army's continuous attack on Daliang City, which also allowed the Qin army to build positions and cofferdams to win a rare safe time, and in these five days, the Qin army also urged civilian service and stepped up the rush to work day and night, so the construction progress was greatly accelerated.

At this time, the twenty-two fortresses besieging Daliang City, all fifteen have been completed, and the remaining seven have been completed for most of the time, and the remaining two or three days at most can be completed, and the cofferdam is also half completed, the cofferdams in the northwest have been completely connected, and the height of most of the sections is more than one zhang and five feet, and the remaining sections have reached one zhang high, and they are continuing to be heightened and widened. In addition, in the northern part of the girder, three direct channels have been built, each of which varies from 10 to 15 zhang wide, half of which is excavated and half of which is made of mud and sand bags.

On the southeast side, the cofferdam is more than half completed, and it is still a gap, with less than a third of the area remaining. Although it is said that it will take at least ten to fifteen days before it is fully completed, the Qin army's strong attack at any cost in the past few days has indeed yielded great gains. Therefore, Gao Yuan also had to admit that the general trend of the Qin army encircling Daliang was complete, and even if the defenders went out of Daliang City again, it would be difficult to achieve the same effect as a few days ago.

Of course, this is not out of the plateau's expectations, even if the defenders attack as before, at most they can only delay the construction progress of the Qin army a little slower, and it is impossible to completely stop the construction of the Qin army. Moreover, the ultimate goal of the plateau is only to consume the Qin army, not necessarily to hold the girder, so from this point of view, the five-day battle has also initially achieved this goal.

Gao Yuan stood on the castle tower, watching the two sides clear the battlefield again, making room for tomorrow's battle, but although the corpses were cleared, and the discarded weapons and armor were also recovered, the blood had soaked the earth, and the land in many places under the city had taken on a dark brown color because of repeated soaking in blood.

Jiang Huanwu, who was beside him, said: "The attack of the Qin army has been very fierce in the past few days. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, but the casualties of the Qin army are not small, it seems that the Qin army is not at any cost, attacking instead of defending, these days, thanks to the help of Brother Jiang, they have been able to hold the girder." ”

Jiang Huanwu smiled and said: "It's nothing, but it's not too passive to blindly guard the city wall these days, when the Qin army attacks the city tomorrow, you might as well send the Fan Yong army to attack, and also give the Qin army a counterattack instead of defense." ”

Since the Qin army attacked Daliang for the first time and almost broke the city, Gao Yuan did not dare to be careless, and every day he transferred Jiang Huanwu to the city wall to garrison, it was the two of them who resisted several masters of the Nanyang Army on the city wall, so that the defenders firmly held Daliang City, but because of this, the Fan Yong Army has not attacked in the past few days, and several thousand cavalry commanders of the Fan Yong Army are also a little unbreathable, and they have come to Jiang Huanwu to ask for battle. Therefore, Jiang Huanwu also raised yì to the plateau, so that the Fan Yong army could attack.

Gao Yuan smiled: "What's the matter, can't these guys help it?" ”

Jiang Huanwu said: "I can't hide anything from you, these guys are people who can't be idle for a day, and after holding it for so many days, they can't hold it back for a long time, if they don't let them move and talk, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the city." And I also think that blindly guarding the city wall is not the best strategy, although our forces are pinned down by the Qin army, it is impossible to attack like the previous few days, but it is still completely possible to properly let the Fan Yong army attack, as you often say, take me as the main and seize the initiative. ”

After Gao Yuan listened, he was also silent, Jiang Huanwu knew that he was thinking about his own mentions, so he was also silent, and did not disturb Gao Yuan's train of thought.

After a while, Gao Yuan looked up into the distance, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Brother Jiang, I haven't let the Fan Yongjun attack in the past few days, in fact, I want the Fan Yongjun to have a good rest and recuperate, because there is an important task handed over to you next, as well as the Fan Yongjun." ”

When Jiang Huanwu heard this, he immediately perked up and said, "Say, there is something for me to do." ”

Gao Yuan turned around and said, "I want you to lead the Fan Yong Army to break through the siege overnight and fight out of the encirclement of the Qin army, and you don't have to go back to Daliang City in the future." ”

Jiang Huanwu was also surprised, and said, "Why? ”

Gao Yuan said: "The strongest part of the cavalry is the mobility and speed of the cavalry, not in the hard fight, now the Qin army's encirclement has been completed, and the Fan Yong army stays in Daliang City, which does not have much effect, so it is more effective to kill out of the city and fight on the periphery of Daliang City." ”

Jiang Huanwu understood what Gao Yuan meant, nodded, and said, "Don't worry, the peripheral affairs will be left to me." ”

Gao Yuan said: "It's just that after I get to the periphery, I can no longer command the Fan Yong Army to fight, and it will be easy for Brother Jiang to act by himself." However, in the periphery of the battle, remember not to fight hard with the Qin army, to fight against the transport team of the Qin army, but to raid the Qin army's reinforcement points, when encountering the Qin army's army or stubborn resistance, immediately retreat, defend can lose the fighter, and must not take risks. Because there are many fighters, and once the Fan Yong army is ambushed by the Qin army, there is a risk that the whole army will be wiped out, so it can't be careless. ”

Jiang Huanwu nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I won't risk the Fan Yongjun." ”