"Lord, the defenders at the city today are quite different from yesterday." While thinking about it, Ban Chao, who was also observing the situation on the city, suddenly interrupted. He pointed to a Karakhanate general who was commanding the battle behind a certain wall in the city and said, "This person did not appear in the defenders yesterday. If he remembered correctly, he should have led the army at the South Gate yesterday."

"Well? Just relying on the defenders of the East Gate is already a little overwhelmed?" Li You's eyes lit up when he heard this, but this was a perfectly good news.

"Maybe so, or they took turns to call different troops to defend the city like us." Ban Chao seemed very cautious and did not make conclusions easily. This possibility existed. Yesterday's war was very fierce. The consumption of the Karakhan defenders on the city was no less than that of the Khotan army, and the number of defenders in the city was far inferior to that of the coalition forces. It was reasonable that the defenders yesterday went down to rest for a day or two for a while.

"Then we need to test for a few more days." Li You felt a little regretful. Judging from this, the rotation battle would continue until the details of the Karakhan army were tested.

The war in the city walls on the east was fierce, and the coalition camps on the south were large. Although they did not launch an attack, the defenders on the city did not dare to neglect at all. They all stared at the enemies under the city nervously. You must know that the number of people here is much more than that on the east.

As for the city wall to the west, it was a little better. There were only thousands of people arranged to block the city gates and no one was allowed to enter and exit the city gates. There was no intention to launch an attack. Several spies hid among ordinary soldiers and carefully observed the situation at the city gates. They exchanged a few words from time to time, "Yesterday there were four generals from Karakhan on the city gates, but today there were only three left. I'm afraid that one of them would go east to help."

"It's just one day, and it's not like this. You have to watch it for a few more days." Another person who looked like a small leader carefully recorded this situation on paper, and later they would give it to Li You, so that he could understand the changes on the battlefield more carefully and make the right choice.

The fierce war lasted for a whole day, and Bilege was also unable to break through the defense of Karakhan. After regaining the dead and wounded soldiers, he had to choose to retreat. The defenders at the city were relieved again. After returning to the camp, they still visited the wounded soldiers, saving the dead soldiers, so that their heroic souls could enjoy peace.

On the third day, the main force of the siege was replaced by Lu Sheng's Ganzhou Uighur Army. This time, Li You and the others saw a strange Karakhan general on the top of the city. Another general disappeared on the city wall to the west. The general who disappeared yesterday returned with a tired look on his face. After the two were compared, the coalition forces found that this was one of the Karakhan generals who had appeared at the East Gate yesterday.

Although the Ganzhou Uighur Army in Lusheng rushed to the city more times than before, it was still driven down by the Karakhan soldiers and still could not achieve full results on the third day.

On the fourth day, it was finally Li You's turn to appear. This time, the Karakhans had an unprecedented test. The Guiyi army's offensive was more fierce than the previous three armies. Li You could find the flaws in the enemy's defense and command the army to attack in time. Arslan's level of defense in the city was far worse than Zhang Xunlai. Li You could find the most suitable attack direction without using Hawkeye. For a moment, the defenders on the city began to support left and right.

"Go and let reinforcements come!" Ali Arslan understood that the soldiers on this wall would not be able to defend themselves, so he quickly summoned defenders from other directions to come for assistance.

The defenders on the south and west immediately changed drastically. A group of soldiers, led by generals, rushed towards the east wall. With the help of these reinforcements, the defense at the city end finally gradually stabilized.

"King of Dunhuang, the defenses in the south and west are definitely weakened now, not as good as us." Yuchi Sinharama couldn't help but come and persuaded him, and the news also reached his ears.

"No hurry, it's not the time yet." Li You still seemed extremely calm. "Although the defenders of Ximen and South Gate are weakened, they are not yet able to be easily captured by us. Even if we wave the entire army to attack the city from three sides, the Karakhans can still block it, so we have to wait and see."

After these days of fighting, Li You has already had a clear understanding of the number and combat effectiveness of the defenders in the city. After a little thought, he realized that it is far from their limit. "But it won't take long now. They will not be able to hold on in a few days. The only thing they have to worry about now is when their reinforcements will arrive."

"Most of the Karakhan army was taken to the river by Nasser to conquer the Saman Kingdom. The remaining troops were either in Balashaguen or in Bakhan, which were hundreds of miles away from here, and they were not something that could be arrived overnight. As for the small amount of troops nearby, it would not matter if they were all in Kashgar." Yuchi Sinharama's answer relieved Li You's final concerns.

The coalition forces continued to focus on the east wall as the focus of their attack in the next few days, and had no intention of diverting others. There were more and more scars on this wall. Ali Arslan kept drawing the defenders from the west gate and the south gate to supplement them here, blocking the coalition forces' attacks again and again.

Gradually, fewer and fewer defenders were at the West Gate and the South Gate, and the remaining soldiers gradually became lazy. They seemed to regard the coalition's attack on the East Gate as an unchanging truth, and most of them believed that they would not attack the city walls they guarded at all.

Finally, it was Li You's turn to command the Guiyi army to launch an attack again. Before setting off, he invited Ban Chao to his side and asked, "Marquis Dingyuan, how are you doing these days?"

"Report to the lord, 10,000 elite Guiyi Army soldiers have been secretly hiding outside the West Gate." Ban Chao did not waste time in the past few days. He took advantage of the coalition's continuous mobilization opportunity to hide 10,000 Guiyi Army soldiers in batches into the camp outside the West Gate. These soldiers were squeezed into tents to eat dry food and did not cause defense to the defenders.

"It's so good. Today I will continue to command the battle at the East Gate. Be sure to force them to a desperate situation. When the signal rises, Dingyuan Hou will lead his army to attack the West Gate directly." The plan to attack the West that had been brewing for a long time finally reached the most critical time.
Chapter completed!