It has to be said that after all, Zhao Hongrun has led his troops on several expeditions and has a fairly accurate grasp of the situation on the battlefield.
Until around noon that day, Yan Mo's troops, who had rotated a total of 20,000 people, were ultimately unable to expand their advantage and take advantage of the situation to conquer the northern city wall of Qi County.
The most important thing is that the dozens of Jinglan chariots pushed by the Yanling army to the edge of the city wall have been almost destroyed by the Chu soldiers in Qi County with fire arrows. Only seven of them are still barely holding on, but look at the thick
From the thick black smoke, it is not difficult to judge that these Jinglan vehicles rescued by Yanling soldiers may not be able to survive for long.
Will they withdraw their troops?
Zhao Hongrun turned his head and looked at the main formation of the Yanling Army, where the leader of the Yanling Army, Qu Cheng, was located.
To Zhao Hongrun's surprise, Yanling Army General Qu Cheng was still sitting on his horse looking expressionlessly at the siege battle in the distance, and had no idea of withdrawing his troops.
It seems he still doesn't give up.
Zhao Hongrun nodded in relief, and then turned to look at the position of the Yanling Army's deputy general Yan Mo, which was the center of the Yanling Army.
There, I saw the soldiers who had just been withdrawn from the front of the battlefield, sitting on the ground one by one, eating dry food and drinking water. They were so quiet that it was terrifying.
Is morale high?
Zhao Hongrun was slightly surprised.
Because logically speaking, the first reaction of these soldiers after they had just retreated from the brutal siege battle should be to feel fear, cry, or laugh. Any weird behavior to celebrate that they are still alive is reasonable.
But these Yanling soldiers just filled their stomachs silently one by one, taking every opportunity to rest and make up for the energy they had consumed, as if they would rush to the front line of the battlefield later.
United as one!
A word suddenly appeared in Zhao Hongrun's heart: the Yanling Army at the moment deserved this comment!
"It's strange..."
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but murmur, because he felt that the Yanling Army seemed to have a strong obsession with taking Zhi County.
From the side, Zongwei Mu Qing seemed to have guessed the confusion in Zhao Hongrun's heart, and said with a smile: "This is not surprising. Your Highness, when we sent out troops this morning, the soldiers of the Yanling Army were encouraging each other, saying that they must seize the opportunity.
The Shang Shui Army conquered Zhi County before taking Qi County, and let the Shang Shui Army follow behind their Yanling Army!"
"...You added the last sentence yourself, right?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Mu Qing with some suspicion. After all, this kid has always spoken vulgarly.
Upon hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, Mu Qing shouted with aggrieved face: "You are wronged, Your Highness, these are indeed the exact words of the Yanling Army generals. Don't you know how much the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army fought for the first place?
Is it intense?"
"First? What first?" Zhao Hongrun asked doubtfully.
"Of course it ranks first in military merit!" Mu Qing took out the merit book recording the merits of each army from his arms and said while flipping through it: "Right now, the Yanling Army ranks first in merit, followed by the Shangshui Army and the Fenxing Army.
If the Yanling Army can capture Zhi County before the Shang Shui Army conquers Qi County, then the ranking of the three armies in terms of military merit will be... Yanling Army, Shang Shui Army, and Fenxing Army."
"cough!"
Zhao Hongrun coughed, and then Mu Qing noticed that Fenxing Army General Xu Yin was here, and smiled awkwardly.
Xu Yin smiled and waved his hand. Of course he would not care about such a trivial matter, let alone whether the Yanling Army and the Shang Shui Army competed for the reputation of being the first in military merit.
However, his favorite general Cai Qinhu screamed when he heard this: "Doesn't this mean that after this battle, our Fenxing Army will be at the bottom?... This is not possible! Your Highness King Su, you must leave the next battle to me.
Fenxing Army!"
"Qin Hu, you must not be rude to His Highness Prince Su... His Highness Prince Su has made his own arrangements. All we have to do is obey them. I'm sure our Fenxing Army will be the main force in the next war!" Xu Yin smiled and said.
said.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but smile bitterly. After all, Xu Yin's words were clearly a tactful invitation to fight.
The problem is that since Xu Yin said so, Zhao Hongrun might as well not sell this face to the former.
Maybe he noticed Zhao Hongrun's helpless expression, Xu Yin smiled narrowly, and then he didn't know what Jili Gulu said to Cai Qinhu. Anyway, he saw Cai Qinhu's eyes shining, looking at Xu with admiration.
Yin.
Zhao Hongrun shook his head speechlessly and focused his attention on the battlefield again.
He found that the front army of the Yanling Army was still attacking Zhi County, and the soldiers who had retreated from the front at Yan Mo's side were generally eating dry food, drinking water, and resting, while the Fenxing Army who was responding from the side was
The Xiwei camp advanced a certain distance at some point and got stuck on the west side of the Yanling Army's center front.
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood: Xu Bi, the deputy general of the Fenxing Army's Western Wei Battalion, was on guard against the central army from Zhi County who took the opportunity to attack the unsuspecting Yanling Army.
What a great general!
Zhao Hongrun secretly praised the deputy battalion general of the Fenxing Army's Western Guard Battalion for his handling of the details.
Although this army did not join the battle, it can be seen from this small detail that the Fenxing Army's Western Guard Battalion was indeed meticulously fulfilling its duty to support and protect the Yanling Army.
But it is a pity that Sun Shuke, the garrison of Zhi County, did not dare to lead an army out of the city to attack the central army of Yanling Army in the end. It was as if he was watching the soldiers of Yanling Army's central army fill their stomachs and regain their strength.
And this means that this afternoon, Zhi County will have to continue to withstand the Yanling Army's crazy attack.
Sure enough, about half an hour later, Yan Mo ordered the soldiers who were fighting on the front line to retreat, and let the soldiers of the Yanling Army who had filled their stomachs with dry food, had plenty of physical strength, and high morale to take over the former's place.
fighting.
Just like the previous rotations, the Yanling Army was attacked in exchange. Although there was a slight disadvantage in the battle situation, it was reversed in the blink of an eye. Only the soldiers of the Yanling Army who had recovered their physical strength were seen scrambling to climb the city wall one after another.
The momentum that seemed to be overwhelming at that time even made Zhao Hongrun shake his previous judgment.
Could it be said that Zhi County can really be captured today?
Zhao Hongrun's heart suddenly became excited.
After all, although he had previously believed that no matter how powerful the Yanling Army was, it would be difficult for them to conquer Qi County in just one day in a frontal siege, but having said that, if they could conquer it, that would naturally be the best.
But unfortunately, Chu general Sun Shuke also reacted very quickly. Seeing that the situation on the city wall was not good, he immediately mobilized reserves from the city, and suddenly suppressed the situation that Yanling army had finally opened up again.
"pity!"
Zhao Hongrun waved his empty fist in annoyance, feeling sorry for the Yanling army.
Because sometimes siege warfare is like this: with the same number of defenders, if the siege side breaks through the city wall, then the defenders will be defeated like a mountain. Even if there are still sufficient troops in the city, it will be difficult to fight again.
To restore the disadvantage; but if the city wall cannot be broken through and the situation cannot be opened up, then the siege battle will continue to maintain a stalemate until the next opportunity to break the city or the attacker's retreat.
Therefore, sometimes, there is only a thin line between victory and victory, and it only takes an opportunity to promote it; but conversely, this line may also be just a few miles away.
Compared with Zhao Hongrun's regret and regret, Fenxing Army General Xu Yin had a calm face. After all, this general knew siege warfare very well.
No, Xu Yin shook his head and pointed out: "It is not a pity at all. Your Highness, the morale of the Chu army is still there, and it is impossible to break the city so easily... If the Yanling army really broke the enemy city, then it can only be said that
It's because the Yanling Army has good luck in battle and is a side of the Heavenly Father." After a pause, he turned to look in the direction of Zhixian City Wall and said seriously: "It can be seen that Sun Shuke is not a mediocre general. Although he was forced to death by the Yanling Army,
But so far, the soldiers of the Yanling Army have still been unable to form a stronghold on the city wall... It can only be said that both sides are equally matched in terms of the strength of their soldiers and the command of their generals."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Xu Yin, nodded slightly, and did not question the latter's intention. After all, Xu Yin, a veteran, had guarded the Fenxing Fortress for Wei for more than ten years. Xu Yin's experience in the siege battle like this was
Much richer than him.
"General, in your opinion, does the Yanling Army have a chance to capture Qi County today?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
After hearing this, Xu Yin stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, unless the strength and strength of the two armies are very different, it will be extremely difficult to capture the enemy's city on the first day... When the strength of the two armies is equal, it will be even more difficult.
Next, the victory or defeat of a siege does not depend on the results of the first day, but on the morale of the two soldiers on the next day."
"See the next day?" Zongwei Mu Qing asked in confusion: "Is this what you mean?"
Xu Yin smiled slightly, pointed to the battlefield in the distance and said: "At the head of Zhi County, both the soldiers of Yanling and the enemy Chu soldiers are all fighting without mercy... Do you really think that the soldiers of the two soldiers are not willing to sacrifice their lives? No, they are fighting with red eyes.
There is no time to take care of anything else. Therefore, unless the disparity in strength between the two sides leads to huge casualties on one side, the morale of both the enemy and ourselves in the first battle will almost never be low. The more intense the battle, the braver the soldiers will be."
"What does the general mean, that we have already given up on each other?" Zongwei Lu Mu asked in surprise.
"Yes! In such fierce battles, the soldiers often have a strangely high morale and risk their lives because of the death of their own Tongze... But this morale cannot be maintained for a long time. When it is time to withdraw troops from each other, the soldiers of both sides
They will gradually calm down. Only then will they see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears how many of their own soldiers died in this battle, and then they will begin to worry about whether they will become a dead corpse tomorrow. At this time, in the army,
Morale will gradually decline due to fear..."
Zhu Zongwei nodded suddenly, and then Zhou Pu looked at the Zhi County battlefield and said: "If the Yanling army can still maintain high morale tomorrow, but the Chu army has low morale, that means..."
"That means the enemy city will be destroyed tomorrow!" Xu Yin said decisively.
Immediately, he cast his gaze in the direction of the Yanling Army and whispered: "If the city is not broken today, then tonight will be a cruel test for this young army... Your Highness, you must be prepared.
, a cruel offensive and defensive battle will reshape an army, and it will also destroy an army..."
"..." Zhao Hongrun said nothing because he remembered the night after the victory of the Shangshui Army in the Battle of Sanchuan when they defended Luocheng.
As Xu Yin said, the Shang Shui Army was almost defeated and collapsed.
But in the end, the Shang Shui Army survived, so that in the attack and defense of Luocheng the next day, the slave soldiers with low morale than Tatu were no longer a match for the Shang Shui Army.
But now, it is the Yanling Army that faces the test.
You don't want to repeat the old trick and play that song for the Yanling army once, right?
Zhao Hongrun's expression is a little strange. (To be continued.)