As the competition between the two sides slowly unfolded, there were countless stumps and broken arms scattered on both the top of the city tower and at the foot of the city.
As time passed, the steps above the cloud ladder were almost burned to six or seven points. In addition, the group of Tatar soldiers stepped on them. Soon, a Tatar soldier accidentally stepped on the steps and fell to death.
Huo Quxie was greatly surprised when he saw this, and immediately called for dozens of jars of wine to be thrown at the fire.
As the fire burned more and more fiercely, more soldiers broke the board and fell down.
Without the ladders to continuously transport people upwards, the pressure on the defenders was instantly reduced.
This battle lasted from morning until dusk in the afternoon.
But I don’t know how many people died. Anyway, he defended the city today. He made great efforts, then weakened, and then exhausted. Once the night approached, the Tatars would not attack the city again.
Sure enough, when the sun was about half-set, the Tatar army retreated and all the troops began to withdraw from the battlefield.
Seeing this scene, on top of the city, the sergeant who had been guarding the city with great concentration relaxed, and instantly sat down on the ground.
At that time, everything was going on in the world. Some people shed tears because of the death of their comrades. Some people looked up to the sky with pride because they had chopped off the heads of many barbarians today. Some people wiped the blood on their faces and fell to the ground to sleep.
Great awakening.
As for Huo Quxie, he was also in a dilapidated and embarrassed state at this moment, and his bun had already fallen apart when he faced the enemy.
The old injury has not healed, and now there are several more stab wounds.
The Tatar army's offensive was too fierce. Although Wujiang City was defended today, the defense was too far-fetched and it took the lives of four to five thousand people to defend it.
He looked at the retreating Tatar army with a melancholy look, and then looked into the distance.
Chen Mu, Chen Mu, this time, I will put all my treasure on you again.
The Tatar army camped about three miles away from Wujiang City.
The Tatar side also suffered heavy losses. Five ladders were burned to the point where they could no longer be used, and a full 2,000 heavily armored warriors were lost.
"Bang!"
In the camp, King Rimai was so angry that he threw the wine glass to the ground.
"Two thousand brave soldiers are just gone! Damn Central Plains bugs!"
Rida, the general under King Rimai, quickly picked up the cup on the ground, and then said with a smile: "King, although our ladder was destroyed by those Central Plains people, the other two kings are building an attack outside the pass.
City car, we will break open the Wujiang City Gate tomorrow, and we will definitely be able to go straight to Wujiang City."
King Rimai nodded solemnly that day: "This time, these insects are much more tenacious than in previous years, but they still have to surrender in front of my prairie cavalry!"
"This is natural, but I heard from the soldiers who attacked the city that the weapons used by these Central Plains people this time were large and different. The blades were light and sharp, and they were much more powerful than the weapons used by our army. The general thought that the weapons used by the Central Plains people during this siege were much more powerful.
So the difficulty has a lot to do with their weapons."
King Rimai took a sip of wine that day and said indifferently: "After the war is over, just ask the Central Plains dogs in the Longxia court to reveal the manufacturing method to us."
Upon hearing this, Zhida couldn't help but laugh out loud: "These high-ranking officials from the Central Plains, instead of thinking about protecting their country, are trying their best to please us. They are really a bunch of worms."
That day King Rimai sighed and waved his hand, signaling not to discuss this topic any more.
When Rida saw this, he closed his mouth knowingly.
"Bah!"
But at this moment, an extremely sharp eagle cry suddenly came from the distant sky.
That day, King Mai and the two heard the sound and took a look, and suddenly saw a black eagle with a wingspan of nearly two meters flying towards them.
I had only seen such a big eagle in my life. As for the general Zida, he slowly stood up.
The eagle flew prostrate at low altitude. When Rida reached a distance of about ten feet, its speed slowed down slightly and then slowly landed on Rida's shoulder.
This black eagle has been raised in front of Zida since he was a child.
Eagles are more arrogant and difficult to tame than wolves. If you want to tame an eagle, you must first tame it.
The human and the eagle looked at each other until the eagle closed his eyes first and compromised.
But Zida was different. He was a strange person on the grassland. He knew the language of birds and was able to talk to these birds, which was very magical.
At that moment, I saw the black hawk whispering softly close to Zida's ear. King Rimai became more and more confused as he looked at it. Although he didn't know what he was talking about, he could see that Zida's brows were getting tighter and tighter.
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After a cup of tea, the black eagle moved and then flew towards the distant sky again.
"King, something bad is going on!"
King Rimai frowned that day: "What's wrong?"
Rida glanced at the direction of the entrance to the Wanlayer Gorge, then said solemnly: "There is an ambush hidden on the mountain next to the entrance of the gorge!"
Upon hearing this, King Rimai's expression suddenly tightened: "These Central Plains bugs have really become cunning, how many of them are there?"
"About four to five thousand people."
Hearing that the number of people was not large, he breathed a sigh of relief again: "There are only five thousand people, so it's nothing to worry about. Yue Mo is just a deserter hiding in the mountain. Otherwise, if we have been fighting for so long today, why haven't we seen any movement from them?"
In contrast, Zhida was more concerned about this matter: "King, if not tomorrow morning, I will lead an army into the mountain and destroy them."
King Rimai thought for a while and shook his head slowly: "The mountains and forests are not suitable for us to fight. If we want to annihilate them, we must send at least 10,000 troops. Now we are mainly attacking Wujiang City. It is not worthwhile to send so many troops away, and this place
The mountains are connected with each other, and if they can't defeat them, they will run into the mountains."
"Five thousand people stationed there, the general will think...it is a disaster after all."
Narimai waved his hand to comfort him and said, "That's right. It's best to be careful on the battlefield. You can dispatch about a thousand cavalry and station them three miles behind. If they really dare to make other moves, they will be able to deal with them in time."
After General Zida thought for a moment, he nodded: "I am Wang Yingming."
After that, Rida got up and started to do this.
By that time, night had arrived.
In the past two days, Chen Mu has been strictly ordering the Shu army not to light fires. Even if they want to cook, they have to dig pits and light fires in the pits to cook, just to prevent the Tatars from discovering their existence.
But he never expected that after working so hard for so long, he would be discovered by a beast in the end.
"How's the war going? Did you hold on?"
A scout came back from Wujiang City after traveling through mountains and rivers. After taking a sip of water, he immediately responded: "Shou... we have secured it, but looking at the rows of corpses at the foot of the city, I'm afraid we have lost a lot of brothers today."
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Chen Mu was still sitting on the bluestone and nodded: "Go to rest early and explore again tomorrow morning."
"yes!"
After the scouts retreated, Lin Qiye slowly stepped forward: "General... It's not that we don't believe you. This time tens of thousands of troops besieged Wujiang City. It's a miracle that General Huo can hold on for a whole day. With us... five thousand people
, can you really defeat tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry?"
Chen Mu paused for a moment, and then teased: "Don't worry, we are the chosen ones. Tomorrow, God will help us fight those grassland barbarians. In that scene, I tell you, the sky will collapse and the earth will crack, and sand and stones will fly, let alone tens of thousands of people."
, even hundreds of thousands or millions of Tatar soldiers can be killed."
After hearing these words, Lin Qiye was speechless for a moment. There might have been a glimmer of hope for this gentleman before, but now he finally accepted his fate.
After all, he is a scholar, and he is still unreliable at the critical moment. With the current situation, we can only hope that General Huo can defend the city. If the Tatars cannot penetrate for a long time, they may withdraw to the grassland.