The Xiliang army continued to attack the city wall in an orderly manner. There was no real strong attack, but it was constantly consuming the defensive supplies in Zhangye County.
Chen Huaihe, who had been trapped by the black water, did not want his soldiers to suffer that kind of pain again, so Li Xiang was willing to use his time to consume the other party's supplies. If the other party did not want to use the black water, the Xiliang soldiers would rush to the city wall.
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It takes a long time to build the ladder. Even Xiliang soldiers can build ordinary ladders. Every attack uses a large ladder to attract the opponent's firepower, and ordinary ladders block the main attack.
Even if a soldier on an ordinary ladder falls from a high place, as long as his luck is not too bad and he uses his true energy and the spear inserted on the city wall, the soldier can fall to the ground safely.
The only unpleasant thing is that during these days of fighting, the moat began to melt under the burning black water, which caused a lot of difficulties for the Xiliang army to attack the city.
On the city wall, the horse vines are a little haggard. The Xiliang army is attacking the city everywhere, which puts a lot of pressure on the soldiers in the city. Once they relax or are careless, the Xiliang army will attack the city wall.
He could not relax at all, which made both the soldiers and him feel a lot of pressure, and fatigue began to appear at the same time, even if the army alternately garrisoned the city wall, and there were militiamen to help.
The soldiers also felt very tired.
Until now, Ma Teng didn't know which way the Xiliang army's lord was heading. He could only look at where Li Xiang was.
As a strong man who can fight against the Grand Master, Li Xiangzuo, if Li Xiang is allowed to fight on the city wall, then the city will no longer be able to defend it.
There is no strong person in the city who can stop Li Xiang, not even him. The only way is to prevent Li Xiang from reaching the city wall. The city wall of more than 20 meters high is their tool to resist Li Xiang.
There is a forbidden air formation on the city wall, so there is no need to worry about Prime Minister Li flying over from the sky!
"City Lord, the Xiliang army at the North City Gate has launched a large-scale siege, using fifteen ladders!" A scout quickly rushed to Ma Teng and said.
Just when the scout retreated and Ma Teng had not digested the news, a scout ran over: "In the city, a large number of heavy infantry appeared in the Xiliang Army in the North City. They are landing at the North City Gate and need support!"
Ma Teng heard that Na did not issue an order immediately, and looked at the Xiliang army camp at the south city gate. He saw some tents in the camp moving. No, they were hiding something, as if they were covering something with the tents.
"Order five thousand militiamen to support the North City Gate and one thousand reserve troops to support!"
Ma Teng did not send more troops. Five thousand militiamen and one thousand soldiers were enough to deal with the attack of the North City Gate army. He set his sights on the South City Gate. As long as Li Xiang was still at the South City Gate, he would not
Will release all the troops in hand.
Even if the city wall is lost in other places, the army can fight back with all their strength, but if the South City Gate really falls into the hands of the Xiliang army, Li Xiang can fight from the top of the city gate to the lower city gate by himself, open the city gate, and let
When the Xiliang cavalry reached the city, they were really helpless!
"Yes!" The scouts quickly ran towards the reserve army in the city with the order. When the scout troops lost sight of the battlefield outside, they became messengers in the city and also supervised the civilians in the city.
Being surrounded by the Xiliang army, it is certain that some people would want to cooperate with the Xiliang army outside and open the city gate to let the Xiliang army rush into the city.
Ma Teng could feel that the temperature in the air was getting warmer, and it was almost time for the Ma family's army to counterattack!
He only needs to hold on for one more month. One month is neither long nor short. The army in his hand has not suffered much losses. It is still the same number. An army of 30,000 plus 50,000 militiamen, an army of 80,000 is enough
Block the Xiliang army.
Holding Zhangye County City and waiting for the Ma family's army to encircle the palace, he had a very bold idea in his mind, which was to kill Prime Minister Li.
Others are afraid that Li Xiang has the protection of a grand master, and masters at the grand master level cannot take action against Li Xiang.
Then they wouldn't use grandmaster-level experts to surround and kill Prime Minister Li with a large army.
He did not believe that Li Xiang could defeat tens of thousands of troops by himself, and it would cost Li Xiang to death.
At this time, he only had hatred for Prime Minister Li in his heart. After Ma Jin's death, he had no worries, even though he still had two daughters and a young son.
In his eyes, these people are not relatives, they are just the things he did after drinking. His only son is Ma Jin.
Ma Teng stared at Li Xiang, and Li Xiang also knew that Ma Jin had been listening to him.
So every day he had to go to the position to hold down the Xiliang soldiers. If the other side dared to give him a chance, he would rush directly to the city wall to open a gap for the Xiliang soldiers.
It's a pity that the other side didn't give a chance. All the black water in the city has gathered here. There is not a can of black water on other city walls, because those places can still be defended, but all the ladders must be removed at the south city gate to let
When Li Xiang reached the city wall, he was gone.
About two hours later, the armies from both sides of the North City Gate fought for three hours. The army from the North City Gate drove the Xiliang army off the city wall. There were corpses everywhere on the city wall, and most of them were from the defenders.
Just when the battle at the city gate ended, the Xiliang army from the east and west gates launched an attack on the city wall. It was already afternoon. The two sides fought until dark before the Xiliang army retreated to the bottom of the city wall.
Today, the total number of soldiers lost by both sides exceeded 10,000, of which the Xiliang side accounted for about 20%. The current ones are the defenders.
Among the defenders, the number of deaths among the Ma family troops was about 3,000, and the rest were the deaths of the militiamen.
The Ma family soldiers guarding the city knew how ferocious the Xiliang soldiers were, so he asked these inexperienced militiamen to rush to the front, and then they attacked from behind.
night falls
Ma Teng felt the strong smell of blood in the air. After today's bloody battle, he knew that Xixi Liang's army knew that the black water was gone and the other side was going to launch the most violent attack.
At the same time, it can also be seen that the other party is really anxious and anxious to capture Zhangye County City.
He just doesn't do what the other party wants, and has to make the other party pay a sufficient price.
The city's defenders patrolled around the clock, and even if they were very tired, they did not dare to relax even a little bit.
Militia camp.
"Brother Wang, the city lords don't think of us as human beings!" A militia captain said with a tearful voice: "They clearly know how ferocious the Xiliang army is, but they want us militiamen to be at the forefront, and they don't allow it.
Retreat. Once we retreat, their knives will strike at us.
I have more than a thousand neighbors, and more than 500 of them died in today's battle, that's 500 lives!"
More than a hundred of them died not by the swords of the Xiliang army, but by those soldiers.
They dare not show their swords to the Xiliang army, but they are so cruel to us militiamen!"
The man called Brother Wang is named Wang Liu, and he is the boss of the gangs in the city. The gangs in the entire Zhangye County are under his control.
In Zhangye County, it is known that during the day, Zhangye County is ruled by the Ma family, and at night, it is ruled by Wang Liu.
Wang Liu has more than 3,000 gangster disciples under him. This time the militia is being called up, Wang Liu and his entourage are all being recruited.
Wang Liu will never forget that night, the city lord led his men to fight directly to his gang's headquarters, and a sharp long knife was placed on his neck. If he hadn't agreed in time at that time, he might have been killed by now.
These gangs are very majestic in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the city lords and other powerful people, they are just a bunch of dogs. It would be better if they were more obedient. Once they dare to offend those powerful people, the other party can easily kill them.
After being beaten awake, Wang Liu came to the military camp with 3,000 people, hoping to use this war to get some official positions for himself.
But who would have thought that when the war started, only less than 2,000 of his 3,000 men were left. The people who were crying just now were the people in a camp next to him, and their losses were even worse than them.
In today's battle, the Ma family's army lost several thousand people, but compared to the damage suffered by her and other militiamen, it must be known that in addition to 5,000 dead, the number of militiamen who were seriously injured and incapacitated was as high as 7,000.
In other words, one-fifth of the militiamen have been lost in the First World War today!
How can these militia commanders be relieved? You must know that many militia commanders are leading relatives of their own families, and they are all dead now. How can they have the face to meet the families of the deceased.
Also, if the militiamen die, the city government will not give any compensation. That is to say, if the militiamen die, they will die without any compensation at all.
A commander next to him complained, and Wang Liu remembered all this in his heart.
Now that his ambition has changed, and he is unable to gain a foothold in the Ma family army and get his due status, he will follow his own path. These militiamen are not simple, and there are clan forces behind each of them.
As long as he uses it properly, Wang Liu might be able to be the daytime ruler of Zhangye County!
"Everyone, listen to me!" Wang Liu opened his mouth. The originally noisy tent became much quieter. Everyone looked at Wang Liu, wanting to hear what Wang Liu wanted to say.
"Master Ma, you have called us together to protect Zhangye County, our relatives, family, and friends!" Wang Liu said with a serious face: "His original intention is good, and it is necessary for our militia to fight with the Xiliang Army.
, but the garrison soldiers on the city wall used this to coerce our subordinates to go to the front and die, while they were behind and pointed the swords we originally aimed at the Xiliang army at us!
Is this possible? We all went to the city wall to protect Zhangye County. It is our duty to protect the city, but they want to put a knife to our necks. I can't bear this!
We must ask for an explanation, otherwise they will put the knife on our necks today, and tomorrow they will put the knife on the necks of our family members. Don’t forget how the food in the city comes from, and what is left by those big households.
After all the food is eaten, the only food left in the city is the food in our homes!"
"Brother, just tell us what we are going to do, and we will follow you!" Wang Liu's subordinates shouted loudly.
"Yes, we must have an explanation!" said a leader.
"Brother Wang, we all listen to you!"
Wang Liu smiled a little when he heard what these people said, but it was quickly covered up. There were still 7,000 soldiers in the camp.
In today's battle, the West City Gate suffered a loss of more than 1,000 soldiers without the support of the South City Gate. In other words, at this time, the West City defenders only had more than 3,000 soldiers left (and a large number of wounded soldiers.)
His ambition is not very high, so he will take the West City first. He, Wang Liu, is not a parallel importer. He is confident that under his command, West City can guard the west gate of the city, and he will be stronger than the current guard at the west gate.
"Then let's go find them and demand an explanation now!" Wang Liu waved his big hand and led the S militiamen to rush towards the Xicheng garrison camp. They Liangzhou people are very tough, and their combat effectiveness is not much weaker than those soldiers.
, so they are not afraid of the garrison soldiers.
Wang Liu dared to lead his army into the Xicheng garrison camp at night. He also checked the time. It happened to be night at this time. The Xiliang army was usually sleeping at night, so there would be no night siege.
This is their opportunity. If they do this during the day, the Xiliang Army will take advantage of it!
"Who is it?" The night watch soldiers at the garrison camp saw a large group of people coming towards the barracks. They immediately sounded the gong and the soldiers on the city wall entered a fighting state. Then they looked outside the city and saw the Xiliang army gathering. They
We have become accustomed to this, and the Xiliang Army will have such an appearance every night, just to keep them on alert.
The sound of gongs came from inside. Is there something wrong in the city?
When the generals of the Xicheng garrison heard that the militia army was going to cause trouble, they were also confused. What did these idiots want to do?
When he walked to the gate of the military camp and saw Wang Liu taking the lead, the defender general said with some dissatisfaction: "Wang Liu, what are you going to do?"
He knew Wang Liu, he was just a rather ferocious dog. If he hadn't done anything outrageous before, he would have been killed by them long ago.
Wang Liu could see the disdain in the eyes of the defender general, with a hint of sneer: "What are we doing? We just want justice. We just want to ask some questions, sir, why did you let the soldiers point their weapons at us during the day?"
Militiamen, instead of targeting Xiliang soldiers!"
"Yes, why are we fighting in front while you are watching from behind?"
"We are all human beings with similar strength. Why do you want us to be in the front? Besides, your equipment is better than ours. If you want to be in front, you should be in front!"
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In an instant, there was a commotion at the gate of the camp, and the soldiers from the garrison camp behind came out in unison, looking fiercely at the seemingly ragtag militiamen.
The militiamen were not afraid at all and looked at those people fiercely. Many of them had already put their hands on the handles of their weapons.
Whoosh!
Bang!
Colorful lights rose in the sky in the distance, and the soldiers who were confronting them were in no mood to watch.
Gao Shun, who was outside the city, waved his big hand, and the soldiers trapped in the camp rushed forward quickly. The ladders and ladders that had been prepared long ago rushed forward quickly under the push of other soldiers.
When they went to battle during the day, they had already modified the ground to allow the ladder to quickly approach the city wall...
