After a brutal siege, it was not until evening that Zhang He looked ugly and ordered the troops to retreat.

In just one day of siege, not counting the engineering team massacred by Tian Kai, there were nearly 6,000 casualties. The siege weapons densely packed on the Beiping City were truly terrifying. The losses of the Peking defenders were estimated to be less than 1,000. It would be nice to have eight hundred people.

This was the result of Zhang He's insistence on attacking until dusk. Because of the towering and numerous walls of Peking City and the effective defense weapons, it took more than an hour for Zhang He's Zhao army to scale the city wall and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders. Before that, Only the crossbow arrows can cause some damage to the opponent, and the number of enemy soldiers killed or injured is expected to be less than a hundred.

After the test of this battle, Zhang He and others completely gave up the idea of ​​​​attacking by force. According to this battle loss ratio, if they want to capture Peiping, their more than 100,000 troops are not enough. With this, Zhang He can also explain to Yuan Shao. This incident proved that a forceful attack on Peiping was absolutely undesirable.

"Jun Yi, what should we do next, continue to dig the city wall?" After this battle, Chunyu Qiong also calmed down at this time. There is no way, anyone who is hit by the overwhelming boulders and crossbow arrows during the charge can't help it. If he fights back, he will be frightened. Every time Chunyu Qiong thinks about the situation at that time, his scalp feels numb and his heart feels extremely aggrieved.

"Of course, today's battle is enough to prove that a force attack is not advisable. With the towering city walls and siege equipment in Peiping, a force attack is completely asking for trouble. Our plan remains unchanged, and we are still digging the city wall." Zhang He said.

"But you have also seen what happened today. Tian Yu rashly left the city with his cavalry for a sneak attack. It was difficult for us to support him! And at such a short time after leaving the city, the soldiers who were cutting the wall had no time to react." Chunyu Qiong said.

"We were just careless this time. Next time we send soldiers to dig into the wall, we will send two thousand more elites to take charge of defense. When the Yan army leaves the city, we will sound the gong to warn them immediately. It will not be a big problem."

Gao Lan also nodded and said: "Yes, this time our soldiers were careless and failed to respond in time. If they had been nearby and hiding in the dug tunnel, they would not have been defeated so easily by Tian Kai's cavalry. Let these soldiers carry more powerful crossbows. Once they find the enemy hiding in the tunnel and firing with powerful crossbows, Tian Kai will definitely not be able to please him."

"Taking a step back, as long as we are prepared, even if we are defeated by Tian Kai's army, the damage in battle will be much better than attacking Peking." Zhang He said solemnly.

In the following days, Zhang He still sent his soldiers to continue excavating the Beiping city wall. During this period, Tian Kai repeated his old tactics several times and led his troops to attack, but the results made Tian Kai feel heartbroken.

A small group of troops attacked, but Zhang He's overwhelming army paid no attention to it. However, the soldiers digging the city wall resisted strongly. They did not huddle together in panic like before, but spread out and hid in the tunnels, using powerful crossbows. Shoot them. The cavalry led by Tian Kai had to dismount and fight with these people in the tunnel. There were many dangers, but they did not gain much advantage.

Tian Kai did not dare to send a large number of troops to attack. He knew that if he did so, Zhang He would probably take advantage of the situation and lead all his troops to attack, and his losses would only be more severe if he fell.

Tian Kai, who originally thought he had found a breakthrough, once again found himself in a dilemma. He sent out troops and suffered heavy losses. Even if he won, the battle loss ratio was not something he could accept. After all, he only had 20,000 soldiers, while there were hundreds of thousands under Peiping City. The army did not send out troops, but listening to the sounds coming from the city every day made Tian Kai feel extremely anxious.

"Give me the order to have the soldiers evacuate to the inner city and evacuate most of the siege equipment, leaving two thousand soldiers and a certain person stationed on the city wall." A few days later, I felt the increasingly louder movement below the city wall.

Tian Kai said solemnly to the deputy general. At this time, he could faintly feel the slight vibration of the city wall. It is estimated that this section of the city wall will probably collapse in the next two days at most.

"General, why don't we evacuate to the inner city together? It's too dangerous to stay here any longer," the deputy general said.

"No, if we all evacuate, Zhao Jun will definitely come directly. It's good if I can hold on here for a while longer." Tian Kai said calmly. In such a desperate situation, one and a half days are extremely important. If Gongsun Zan

When reinforcements arrive, he must hold on until then.

"promise!"

One day later, as expected, this small section of the city wall in the southwest corner of Peiping collapsed, revealing a huge gap. Seeing this, Zhang He led his army directly into Peking City without hesitation.

As soon as the city wall collapsed, Tian Kai destroyed the siege equipment on the city wall that had no time to evacuate, and then led his troops to withdraw towards the inner city. Zhang He took advantage of the situation and directly occupied the entire outer city of Beiping City.

The walls of the inner city were not as tall as those of the outer city. Although there were many siege equipment on them, Zhang He still did not hesitate to directly attack the city after slightly reorganizing his army.

After that, the siege battles never stopped for days, and the entire city of Beiping was filled with shouts of killing every day. With so many soldiers, Zhang He sent troops to harass them day and night, exhausting the soldiers of the Yan army who were guarding the inner city.

On this day, there was another hard battle. When the Zhao army called for gold and retreated, Tian Kai, who was covered with scars, let go of the hand holding the knife, leaned his back against the city wall, and breathed a sigh of relief, but his still determined face could not be concealed.

Tired of living.

After a while, the deputy general rushed over after counting the losses: "General, today we lost more than 1,300 people, and killed about 5,000 to 6,000 enemies."

Hearing this, Tian Kai showed no joy at all and said in a deep voice: "How many soldiers are there in the city who can fight?"

"There are about 6,000 brothers who can still fight. The number of those who are in good condition is less than 1,000. General, Peking can no longer be defended!" the deputy general said bitterly.

"Don't panic, His Majesty's reinforcements will arrive soon." Tian Kai still repeated what he had said countless times.

When the deputy general heard this, his mouth was slightly bitter. He was not afraid of death, especially dying for Gongsun Zan. But facing such a desperate situation, he still couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

Gongsun Zan, who had received hope from Tian Kai and others, was at this time near Fanyang between Beiping and Jixian, and on the upper reaches of the Duma River near Beiping City.

"Let's do it!"

Looking at the swollen river behind the dam in front of him, Gongsun Zan said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty!" Tian Yu, who was standing next to Gongsun Zan, looked sad and said sadly: "No!"

Gongsun Zan waved his hand nonchalantly, directly interrupting Tian Yu, and ordered with an extremely cold voice: "Do it!"

After saying that, the sergeants on both sides of the embankment grabbed the rope connected to the frame supporting the embankment and pulled hard.

In an instant, the dam collapsed, and the rolling river water behind it swarmed down like a wild horse, turning into a torrent. At the same time, the counselors in Gongsun Zan's army also mobilized their mental power to connect with the clouds, and the heavy rain poured down on the earth.

Come down and pour it hard into the river.
Chapter completed!