The air was filled with blood, and the Rouxuan army had launched a three-day offensive against Kyoto City.

During these three days, the defenders suffered some losses, but compared with the Rou Xuan army, the losses were much smaller.

Although the Rouxuan Army suffered heavy casualties, they continued to fight one after another. The bravery of fearlessness really made the defenders increasingly frightened.

In fact, the Rouxuan Army did not have many siege weapons, mainly cloud ladders and a small number of stone throwing cars.

The enemies of the border troops in the four northern towns have always been the grassland tribes, so their training focuses on field battles. In addition to training cavalry, they are more about training how to cut and surround the grassland cavalry in the wilderness. Siege is precisely the weakest link of the northern border troops.

This time, the Rouxuan border army had no siege equipment at all, but only requisitioned part of the army in the name of attacking Xuzhou on the way, and then stepped up the time to build some.

But the number of siege equipment is ultimately limited.

According to the plan, after besieging Kyoto City, craftsmen can be recruited around the surrounding area, and then siege equipment is built in an orderly manner to prepare for the final siege battle.

But Tai Shihong was suddenly assassinated, resulting in a complete change in the plan.

Taishi Cunxu has been in the northern border for many years. He has been tempered and has always been calm. If anything else is used to anger Taishi Cunxu and change his tactical plan, it will be difficult to do so.

But it was Taishi Hong who died.

Not to mention the bloodline between father and son, Tai Shi Cunxu has been with Tai Shi Hong since childhood and has been with him for many years. The deep relationship between father and son is extraordinary. Otherwise, Xiahou would not have used Tai Shi Hong as a hostage to seize Tai Shi Cunxu's fatal point.

Tai Shihong was not only assassinated

And he died tragically when he was old and his head was cut off. No matter how calm the Taishi Cunxu was, he would have been unable to calm down after such a tragedy.

The moat had long been filled with corpses, and the bodies were piled up very high. Rouxuan's army stepped on the corpses of its companions, carried a ladder, or climbed with homemade ropes, and launched wave after wave of offensives against the tall Kyoto City. Although a few soldiers even climbed up to the top of the city, the defenders were also very brave. The soldiers Rouxuan who climbed to the top of the city were eventually cut and killed, and more soldiers joined the ranks of corpses under the city.

The waters of the moat are filled with purple blood, and the sun shines with a disgusting smell.

It was already summer, and the weather was hot, and the corpses piled up under the city would soon rot, mosquitoes, ants, flies buzzed, and a strange smell and color rose from the entire city of Kyoto.

By the way, when the Rouxuan Bian Army was at the city, there were still many defenders who were afraid.

After all, only the people in the ranks know the gap between the two sides.

No matter how rigorous the training is, it is impossible to fight against real swords and guns on the battlefield. Compared with the soldiers crawling out of the dead, the border troops have a murderous aura that is difficult to compare with ordinary soldiers. Such killing nature cannot be made up for the huge gap in strength by excellent equipment.

However, after three days of fighting, although the defenders were killed or injured, seeing Rou Xuan's army fall one by one in a pool of blood, it also shocked the morale of the defenders.

Although the border troops are brave, they are still human.

Arrows shot on them, stones fell on their heads, and big swords slashed on their necks, and they would die too.

Every time Rou Xuan Army fails to attack, it will make

The morale of the defenders increased by one point.

At dusk, the Rou Xuan Army organized an offensive again.

Although the Rou Xuan Army suffered heavy casualties and no effective results were achieved after three days, they still had no intention of retreating.

The heads of the old general hanging at the top of Kyoto and the corpses of countless companions under the city not only did not make Rou Xuanjun afraid, but instead made their anger more and more.

The arrows from both sides were like raindrops. The Rouxuan Army, who had reached the city, set up a ladder again. The soldiers bravely climbed to the top of the city. Suddenly, the drums sounded loudly on the top of the city, and there were many soldiers standing on the top of the city, and countless boiling oil fell down. The Rouxuan Army under the city could not hide and was scorched in pain.

However, the defenders at the top of the city ignited a torch and threw them down, and the wall instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The fire was so big that the Rou Xuan army in the back team had to retreat. They saw the Rou Xuan soldiers in the sea of ​​fire screaming and screaming with smoke and screaming hard. After walking a few steps, they fell to the ground dejectedly, and gradually burned to charcoal.

The oil is in full bloom. Whether the living and dead people are stained, there will be thick smoke rolling in an instant, and the flames are burning. A stream of black smoke evaporates upwards, rushing straight to the sky, covering the sky.

Both sides of the offense and defense were silent.

No matter how fierce the attack is, you cannot rush into the sea of ​​fire. The two sides of the confrontation look at the figures in the fire and listen to the screams from hell. There may be many people who feel palpitations, but there will be no pity in their eyes.

Because everyone knows that the next person who wails in such a way is probably himself.

On the battlefield, either you die or I die, there is no mercy at all.

On the plain behind, flags are waving, and the character "Li" is under the banner, and the anti-school carving is engraved with Cheng Xi?

His face was cold, and he looked at the Kyoto City that had not been able to break through for several days, his eyes were filled with chills.

Suddenly, there was a commotion coming from behind, and another person heard a loud voice: "Don't stop me, I want to see the general, dodge!"

When Tai Shi Cunxu heard the voice, he did not look back, but said lightly: "Let him come!"

The person who came was Luo Xiang, who snatched him from the crowd and bowed, "General, the lower-ranking official has persuaded him several times, but the general has not argued. Although the lower-ranking official knew that the person was slight, he still wanted to persuade the general again." He raised his hand to point at the black smoke of Kyoto City and shouted: "General, this is the third day. In the past three days, the soldiers launched more than a dozen offensives, and there is no possibility of being broken by Kyoto City. You also see that the defenders are getting more and more experienced in the battle. In just three days, Rou Xuan Army has killed and injured two or three thousand people. It is definitely not possible to continue to fight like this. The lower-ranking official begs you to think about it again, and remove the soldiers first and let them rest for two days. Let's discuss it carefully in the past two days!"

"Luo joined the army to fight?" Grand Historian Cunxu rode on the horse, and did not look at Luo Xiang, but asked lightly: "Are you teaching me how to fight?"

Luo Xiang said: "The lower officials will never dare to point fingers at the general. However, the lower officials are joining the army and have participated in the formulation of combat plans. They are not very capable, but they are not incompetent. When marching and fighting, the most important thing is to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. If the general's troops suddenly arrive before the Kyoto Army deploys defense, they may be caught off guard, and they may also break through. But now they have been deploying defenses for a long time, and the city defense is strong and well prepared.

Although the soldiers are brave, they have no experience in siege and lack equipment. At this time, they can only attack with their own shortcomings and their strengths, which is absolutely not advisable."

Taishi Cunxu looked calm and did not speak.

"Rouxuan's army is invincible in the field, so they dare not leave the city." Luo Xiang said: "Our army wants to play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, and that is to siege Kyoto and let them lose their own stance. The general holds the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers, and must not act irresistibly. The subordinates also know that the veteran general is killed, so the general must be extremely sad. A gentleman takes revenge for ten years and sieges to death. Kyoto will be destroyed sooner or later. At that time, it will be easy for the general to avenge the veteran general. Now!"

Tai Shi Cunxu said coldly: "Luo, you have said too much. Our army is siegeing the city, but you are full of words that hurt our morale. What do you mean?"

Luo Xiang saw Taishi Cunxu staring at him with sharp eyes. He knew that Taishi Cunxu was stubborn and difficult to persuade him. He smiled bitterly: "The lower-ranking official has a low status, but he also knows that the revival of Li Tang is imminent. As long as we don't make any mistakes, we will definitely succeed." He took two steps forward and approached Taishi Cunxu, his voice was slightly lower, and said: "General, think carefully about what would happen if the Rou Xuan Army failed? At present, although the situation in the world is beneficial to the princess, many prefectures and counties have not yet sworn allegiance, and changes may occur at any time. Because the world knows that the general is loyal to the princess, the Xuzhou army and the Rou Xuan army jointly revived Li Tang, with strong strength, everyone thinks that the revival of Li Tang is hopeful. But once the general changes here, the situation in the world is likely to reverse. At that time,

Wait!"

"Bold!" Tai Shi Cunxu said sternly without waiting for him to finish speaking: "Luo Xiang, if you were not for the princess's sake, you would have ruined our morale here, and I would have killed you."

Luo Xiang sighed: "General, the subordinate has fulfilled his responsibilities, and everything will be decided by you after all. If the princess's plan is really messed up, it will be too late to regret it." He knew that Tai Shi Cunxu was already blinded by anger because Tai Shi Hong was killed.

Leading a general and acting intently is a taboo.

Especially for those who have always been calm, once they really act in a state of impulse, it is difficult for nine cows to pull them back.

Tai Shi Cunxu's temperament of perseverance has helped him make countless military achievements, but such a stubborn temperament will often bring serious consequences once he makes a wrong decision.

"Take Luo to join the army." Tai Shi Cunxu ordered: "The front line is in danger. He is the princess's confidant minister. Don't let him come to the front to take risks."

The two soldiers stepped forward, Luo Xiang just smiled bitterly and shook his head and stepped back.

The generals around Taishi Cunxu watched Luo Xiang leave. They all knew that Luo Xiang was not wrong, but the general's mentality was awkward to take his widow's right hand Huan釪庀玀玀 to send the eight parties to the horse?

"Send the order to let the soldiers retreat first and rest tonight." Tai Shi Cunxu said: "Let the future continue to build a ladder overnight and attack again tomorrow!" Seeing the generals' expressions solemn, he sighed: "Do you all think that the general is acting intent?"

The generals looked at each other and naturally did not dare to admit it.

"My father was assassinated, his head was hanging on the top of the city, and the news could not be hidden." Tai Shi Cunxu said in a low voice.

Only a few generals around him heard: "You know more than anyone else about his prestige in the army. The soldiers knew that he was stabbed, and they were extremely angry, but do you know what would happen after anger?"

All the generals looked at Taishi Cunxu.

"After anger, it will be panic." Taishi Cunxu said: "Assassinated by his father will make the soldiers feel in amazement after his anger. A general of the army was assassinated in his own camp, which is fatal to the morale of the soldiers. If we have no action, it will make their morale more depressed and eventually become panic." Looking at the capital of Kyoto, he slowly said: "Whether I want to fight or not, I will fight. Even if I can't break the city, I can temporarily stabilize my morale!"
Chapter completed!