Unless these believers of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect have been completely brainwashed and are extremely fanatical about Zhang Lu.
Otherwise, in Jia Xu's opinion, there is a chance to find a breakthrough in them.
When the time comes, these people will influence other believers of the Five Dou Rice Sect.
Perhaps we can defeat the Five Dou Rice Sect from the inside and greatly reduce Zhang Lu’s prestige.
Wang Ding felt good and said: "Then I will leave this matter to you, sir."
Jia Xu touched his beard and nodded: "When their injuries are better in a few days, I will go and see them again."
Wang Dingdao: "Let them take good treatment in the past few days, and the food should not be too bad."
Since we want to use these people as a breakthrough point.
You should not treat them as outsiders, but as one of your own, as family members.
Wang Ding had no experience in brainwashing, but he had seen a little bit of the organizations that were recruiting people.
Zhang Lu’s Five Pecks of Rice Cult does not completely brainwash believers.
In comparison, Wang Ding found it easier to influence.
"Kill!"
Early in the morning, Zhang Lu launched another attack.
There are still only 20,000 believers, and Zhang Lu himself is hiding behind.
There is still one mile away from the city gate, but the church members are just allowed to attack the city gate.
An hour later, the 20,000 attacking believers withdrew.
Thousands of corpses were left behind.
But before Wang Ding and the others could rest, Zhang Lu led another 20,000 followers and continued to attack.
On the city wall, Wang Ding looked a little gloomy.
He probably understood Zhang Lu's plan.
"Do you want to rely on numbers and fight in turns without letting us rest?"
Another hour later, Zhang Lu once again left more than a thousand corpses behind and retreated with his troops.
But these people withdrew, and the other 20,000 people began to continue the siege.
Xu Huang and Han Sui, who were in charge of the night watch last night, also came to the city wall.
Han Sui was fine, Xu Huang only slept for two hours.
However, his physical fitness is good. Even though he only slept for two hours, he is still full of energy. He stands on the city wall, bends his bow and shoots arrows, and kills the attacking believers one by one.
Wang Ding's face became increasingly gloomy.
Zhang Lu only used 20,000 troops for each attack.
With the opponent's hundreds of thousands of followers, they can even attack without stopping.
20,000 people attack, 20,000 people prepare in the rear, and the rest rest.
An attack lasted an hour and resulted in the loss of 2,000 people.
Wang Ding was doing calculations in his mind.
……
"Forget it, forget it." Wang Ding's head hurt a little. He only had 20,000 people in his hands.
Every time to resist Zhang Lu's attack, at least 10,000 people must be arranged as insurance.
Even though they were on the defensive and fighting on the city wall, so their physical strength was not much exhausted, the continuous fighting all morning made them very tired.
Noon!
The enemy is still attacking.
Wang Ding had no choice but to ask the 10,000 soldiers who took turns keeping watch last night to come up.
Let the soldiers who have been fighting all morning go down and rest quickly.
The casualties of the Han army were not large, mainly due to fatigue.
Bending a bow and shooting an arrow, moving rocks, and throwing logs are all physical activities.
The battle continues.
Under the city wall, more and more corpses are piled up.
Many of them were seriously injured, but Zhang Lu didn't care about them.
Many of those seriously injured believers lying on the ground were trampled to death by those attacking from behind.
On the city wall, the arrows, stones, and rolling logs that Wang Ding had prepared before were being consumed rapidly.
Wang Ding looked at the enemies who were constantly attacking and said: "Their purpose is not only to tire us out, but also to consume our arrows."
By the time the arrows hit the rocks and these materials were almost consumed, it should be the time for Zhang Lu to really attack.
"You should use your arrows sparingly."
Every time the enemy launches an attack, Wang Ding will consume at least tens of thousands of arrows.
However, the number of enemies killed was very limited. Including the enemies killed by falling rocks and rolling trees, the number was more than a thousand.
Most of the arrows were blocked by the opponent's wooden shield.
The opponent has launched five consecutive waves of siege.
The number of corpses piled up under the city is now less than 10,000.
If Yangping Pass could be captured with only a few tens of thousands of people lost, Zhang Lu would definitely be willing.
Wang Ding didn't know how long Zhang Lu wanted to continue the attack.
Will we continue to attack tonight?
If Zhang Lu continues to attack at night, Yangping Pass may really be undefendable.
The sun has set.
The Han army successfully defended the fifth wave of attacks.
However, 20,000 enemy troops appeared again behind them. They stepped on the corpses of their companions and launched another attack on the city wall.
Two more ladders were pushed closer to the city wall.
The two ladders were quickly burned.
But the enemy did not retreat immediately.
Others set up long ladders and rushed up with wooden shields.
At some point, the rain of arrows falling from the city wall was no longer as dense as before.
Wang Ding looked tired.
The soldiers guarding the city rotated at noon.
He and Gao Shun fought on the city wall for a whole day.
That is to say, when the enemy troops rotate, you can take a short rest.
During that cup of tea, you can eat a few mouthfuls of dry food and drink a pot of water.
Wang Ding admired those generals who could hold on for dozens of days or even months.
This kind of battle is really tiring.
Both body and mind are suffering.
Anyone with a weaker will may choose to surrender sooner rather than later.
Another hour passed and it was completely dark.
The sound of gold sounded again outside the city.
Zhang Lu ends his sixth wave of attacks.
On the city wall, the Han troops finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You can't even see them. They probably won't be attacking anymore." A soldier sat leaning against the wall, rubbing his shoulders.
After fighting continuously for more than three hours, he was about to lose his strength.
He was not the only one. Wang Ding looked around and saw that after Zhang Lu withdrew his troops, a piece of the city wall was already lying on it.
Everyone is very tired.
After the enemy retreated, their tense minds finally relaxed and they thought they could have a good rest.
Wang Ding is very tired. He has not left the city wall yet.
Other soldiers can relax, but Wang Ding cannot.
He felt that Zhang Lu would not stop.
He had been attacking continuously for a whole day. If he withdrew his troops tonight, one night would be enough for the exhausted Han army to recover.
In that whole day, Zhang Lu left thousands of corpses behind, which only consumed a wave of Han army's arrows.
If it were Wang Ding himself who had already sacrificed so much, there would be absolutely no way he could give the enemy a chance to breathe tonight.
Jia Xu has already gone to rest.
Wang Ding did not let him stay on the city wall.
"Boping, go and have a rest." Wang Ding said.
Gao Shun shook his head and said: "My lord, I'm not tired yet."
How could he not be tired? Wang Ding and Gao Shun fought for the same length of time. Wang Ding's body recovered quickly. By the end of the day, he would be exhausted.
Gao Shun will only be more tired than Wang Ding.
Wang Ding was worried that there would be another battle tonight, and Gao Shun naturally also had his guesses.
The soldiers who had been fighting all afternoon withdrew.
He replaced another five thousand soldiers and came to the city wall.
Time passes with a cup of tea.
No enemy troops were found approaching.
"Boping, Gongming, let's go and rest first." Wang Ding said.