Chapter 674: Siege of the City
Such siege battles were fought back and forth for ten days, and the Xianbei army also kept going out to harass the siege troops of the Pingzhou army. Although there were few results during the period, it also reduced the siege efficiency in disguise.
However, during this period, those who were killed by the bed crossbow torch stone, plus those who died in the raid out of the city, the Xianbei soldiers lost more than 100,000 before and after, and most of the troops who went out of the city to raid were elite soldiers, and the casualties were not insignificant.
The soldiers of the Pingzhou army did not suffer many casualties, but the loss of siege equipment was not small. The Xianbei people fought most of the time in vain, but there were always one or two times when they were lucky enough to succeed and successfully destroy some of the equipment.
In the past ten days, the Pingzhou army was damaged by accident, scrapped directly due to excessive use, and destroyed by the enemy's counterattack, and the siege equipment was damaged by about 20%.
The costs are expensive, and the results are significant.
The Pingzhou Army's offensive area was already the weakest link in the defense of Manchester City, coupled with Shang Ji's frantic attack at any cost, the city wall had already become full of holes, and it looked like it could collapse at any time.
The 20-zhang high city wall was directly flattened, and the corner towers, women's walls, arrow towers and other defensive facilities were destroyed, and now only a few large crossbow machines and some archery troops can still effectively play a counterattack role.
After destroying the catapults that were relatively threatening, Shang Ji decisively changed the siege strategy.
The Blasting Torch Carts and Torch Stones continue to throw torchstones at the city, and the Stone-throwing Carts and Heavy Siege Crossbows move forward, and send more archers to shoot at the enemy farther forward!
In order to gain an advantageous position in the archers' shooting, the Pingzhou Army dispatched the Xingyao Strong Bow and the Sun Shooting Force, and two prefecture-level special troops were dispatched, which crushed the Xianbei people to death at once.
The Giant Shield Soldier provided cover, and the Starlight Bow and Sunshooter shot from behind the Giant Shield towards the wall. Even if the Xianbei people have the advantage of the city wall, but in the face of the two long-range bow and arrow troops that can be called the strongest in the Huaxia District, the Xianbei people are still defeated.
The effectiveness of the archer unit far exceeds that of large equipment such as heavy bed crossbows.
In just one day, the number of defenders on the walls of the Xianbei Army was no less than 30,000!
In the previous battle, the Pingzhou army attacked non-stop during the day, but at night it also had to suspend the offensive, allowing the Xianbei army to breathe.
It's not that Shang Ji doesn't want to continue the attack, but the hit rate of siege equipment at night has plummeted. In addition, the reliability of this large device is not very strong, and it needs to be overhauled and maintained after multiple launches, otherwise it is easy to "lie down". There have been quite a few burst torch stone carts that have suffered major mechanical failures due to overuse and temporarily lost their offensive capabilities.
Therefore, at night, Shang Ji ordered the attack to be suspended, on the one hand, to let the soldiers rest, on the other hand, to maintain and repair the large siege equipment, and some minor problems were repaired in time.
But in this way, the Xianbei army also has a chance to breathe, and Manchester City is rich in human resources. Every night during the truce, personnel would be sent to repair the city wall, so that most of the efforts of the Pingzhou army during the day were lost.
But from today onwards, Xianbei people don't think about such beautiful things!
Although they are both prefecture-level special troops, the gap between the Star Shine Bow and the Sun Shooter is still quite large. During the day, the Sun-Shooting Warrior completely suppressed the Star-Shine Strongbow, and about two-thirds of the 30,000 results were caused by the Sun-Shooting Warrior.
But in the evening, it's time for the star to perform with a strong bow.
Five thousand elite starlight strongbows scattered, and then under the cover of night, they secretly approached the city walls, and then waited for an opportunity to hunt. Throughout the night, the screams from the city walls did not stop, and each scream represented the loss of life of a Xianbei soldier.
Seriously calculated, the results caused by the Star Shine Strongbow overnight are not particularly high, and there are only about 10,000 people in the sky. But the blow to the Xianbei people was devastating.
Not to mention that the Xianbei people lost the opportunity to repair the city wall, the elusive Xingyao Strongbow was a great blow to the morale of the Xianbei people. It also seriously interfered with the night repair of the Xianbei army, and it was impossible for anyone to sleep peacefully under the screams of their colleagues.
After three consecutive days like this, the morale of the Xianbei army dropped to a freezing point, and Kebineng had to adjust the deployment of the army on a large scale, and the defensive forces in other areas were exchanged with key areas.
The confusion in command brought about by a large-scale change of guard is a trivial matter, but this change of guard is only a symptom rather than a cure, and the new troops often lose their morale after a day or two.
After two or three such changes of defense, the other troops were even more afraid of defending this area, and even caused a certain degree of panic in the army.
"My lord, it's not a way to go on like this!"
The lock slave, who had just completed another change of guard scheduling, entered the big tent and whispered in front of Kebineng.
Thinking about the troops who were selected to take over the defense, Suo Nu's heart was on fire. The dignified Xianbei was so frightened by a city defense task that his face turned pale, if it weren't for the scruples, the lock slave really wanted to cut down the ten thousand horsemen with one sword!
Kebineng frowned, and after a long while, he asked, "Lock slave, what do you think we need to do?" β
"Your Excellency!"
Suo Nu raised his head, quietly looked at Kebineng's face, and said in a low voice: "The Han people have a saying that the lonely city is not guarded, and the slave thinks that this sentence is quite reasonable." Our Da Xianbei is not good at defending the city, although Touman City is a king-level fortified city, but under the onslaught of the enemy army day after day, there will be problems sooner or later. The subordinates think that they still need to go out of the city to fight the enemy army! β
In fact, the lock slave still didn't dare to say a word - if he keeps it like this, Manchester City will collapse in less than a month!
Not to mention anything else, food alone can drive Xianbei people crazy. The Xianbei people are a fishing and hunting people, and although they also engage in a small amount of farming activities, they are far from being comparable to the Han people. Although Manchester City has a lot of supplies in stock, it consumes more daily.
And before Kebi was able to fight with Budugen, Kebi never thought that there would be a day when he would retreat to Tou Manchester City, so he did not make too many preparations, and the material reserves in Tou Manchester City were not sufficient.
Strategically speaking, the Xianbei army fought a defensive battle with the Han army, which had already lost in grand strategy. It is impossible not to see this with the shrewdness of Kebineng. It's just that Kebi was able to force the army to retreat to Manchester City almost willingly.
Kebineng's actions have caused a great negative impact within Xianbei - not to mention that he can't beat this kind of thing. The number of Kebineng's elite troops surpassed that of the Pingzhou army, and there were more than three million miscellaneous cards to help the war.
In the elite troops, there are six Hun 10,000 cavalry, two remnant wolf soldiers and 10,000 cavalry (the advanced version of the wolf cavalry, between the wolf cavalry and the wolf cavalry), and four wolf cavalry 10,000 cavalry.
Even if the whole army fights a decisive battle in the field, the victory or defeat of the two sides is between five and five. If it weren't for the fact that Kebi could gain great prestige after gaining inheritance, this practice of forcing the army to retreat to the city would probably directly cause the army to mutiny.
After being silent for a while, Kebineng suddenly asked, "Suo slave, how long has it been since Dragon City was destroyed today?" β
Suo Nu was slightly stunned for a moment, and then said, "Lord Qiyu, the Tribulation of the Holy City was already thirty-eight days ago. β
"Thirty-eight days?" Kebineng lowered his head and groaned, slowly got up and said: "Pass the order, tomorrow Japan will personally lead the army to fight a big battle with the Han thieves to boost the army's heart!" βntent
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