The garrison soldiers in the city leaned against the strong city wall, eating hot rice balls sent from the rear, with some meat in the rice balls.
The sky was overcast, and black smoke was still rising from some houses not far away. They were the ruins left after the fighting last night.
Xiliang soldiers are very fierce. As long as they encounter resistance, they will set fire to it and burn it down. When the people inside can't stand it anymore, they will kill them with a knife when they run out.
This caused heavy losses to the defenders who were preparing to fight the Xiliang army in Chengna.
At the same time, many people died due to these reasons, and more people hid in cellars and did not dare to come out after seeing such a scene.
The cellar, which was originally used to store food and other things, became a refuge for the family.
Now all the elite troops in the city have gathered in the inner city, and the militiamen who have not been dispersed have gathered on the walls of the city. There are not many troops in the inner city now.
But the combat effectiveness is much stronger than before, especially after the army is reduced in size, which is easier for officers at all levels to control. The head of the Han family even personally patrols the city wall.
The senior generals of the Han family and the strongest members of the clan were stationed at various key points, which made it difficult for the Xiliang army to launch an overwhelming attack like before.
After a night of fighting, the Xiliang soldiers were exhausted, and the offensive slowed down the next morning, so these soldiers had time to lean against the city wall and eat.
They didn't know how long the city could be defended, or when reinforcements would arrive.
But as long as the head of the Han family and other powerful people are still in the city, they still have hope, because the head of the Han family and other high-ranking officials are all in the city, and the Han family's army outside will never give up on them.
Moreover, the inner city has a large amount of food reserves, weapons and equipment, etc. The only disadvantage is that there is no moat as big as outside the city.
However, the city wall is much higher than the city wall outside. In addition, all the troops are gathered in one place, and the combat effectiveness is much stronger than when defending on the outer layer.
This is where their confidence lies.
The soldiers on both sides stopped fighting, and the Xiliang soldiers found some safer places to rest and eat. They carried a large amount of food with them.
Just boil some hot water and mix it with cold food to quickly replenish your physical strength. A few people will keep watch while the rest rest. After a while, others will be replaced.
After resting for at most four hours, they can return to their full strength. The small wounds on their bodies are basically zero to them. They have bandages from the dark world.
As long as the bandage is hidden on the wound, it will heal quickly. If the injury is serious, it will be sent to the rear for treatment as soon as possible.
When they have the upper hand, Xiliang soldiers will never give up on their comrades. As long as there is still hope of treatment, they will send their comrades to the medical soldiers at the rear for treatment.
The lord assigned them medical soldiers, but they were not just for inspection, and a large amount of herbal medicine was stored in the rear camp. These things were used to protect the lives of Xiliang soldiers.
Li Xiang did not want to reduce the number of his troops due to injuries.
After resting, the Xiliang soldiers began to attack other places in the city. They also knew that it would be difficult to attack the enemy's inner city at this time.
Since it is difficult to break into the enemy's inner city, why not clean up other surrounding areas first?
Vigorous cleaning work began, and these troops who were hiding in the streets and alleys and preparing to resist were picked out and beheaded by Xiliang soldiers.
Street fighting is not a difficult task for Xiliang soldiers. Back then, the lord led his army and suffered a lot of losses in the alleys. From then on, the Xiliang soldiers had to learn how to fight in the alleys.
In addition to fighting in alleys, Xiliang soldiers learned the most about group operations, and in photo paper operations, groups are very important.
Two heavy infantry in full armor, two light infantry with swords, one or two pikemen, two archers, and two crossbowmen.
This is the standard configuration of a group of Xiliang soldiers. The heavy infantry is at the front, and the light infantry holding horizontal swords is on both sides of the team. Sometimes the pikemen are at the back, and sometimes they replace the light infantry on both sides.
The remaining archers and crossbowmen, regardless of the fact that they are holding long-range weapons, can pick up melee weapons when necessary, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of light infantry.
At the same time, they also carry a large amount of supplies on their backs. For example, the kerosene used to burn buildings is carried by archers and crossbowmen. They are long-range and also perform logistical tasks.
"General, after another three kilometers, we will enter the South City Gate. There is a Xiliang headquarters army outside the South City Gate. Judging from the appearance of the enemy, they should be waiting for us!"
The Han family's scouts rode up to the Han family's general and said: "The opponent is a large army composed of infantry and cavalry. The number is currently unknown, but the cavalry on both sides are all heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor!"
"It should be the Xiliang Iron Cavalry!" The leader of the Han family said to the deputy general beside him: "Let the brothers slow down and take a rest for everyone and the horses. There will be a tough battle waiting for us next!"
The head of the Han family knew that this stop was inevitable, and the other party openly invited them to come and fight. If they did not go, the other party could continue to launch a fierce attack on the troops in the city.
He never expected that the outer city of the stable layer guarded by the clan leader and others would be captured by the enemy so quickly. He knew how powerful the Xiliang soldiers were, but this city was high and deep, and there were even more people inside.
One hundred thousand troops.
Although only 40,000 to 50,000 of these hundreds of thousands of troops are elite troops, there are still so many young and middle-aged men, and any young and middle-aged man living at the border has seen blood.
This is also the reason why the three major families were able to recruit millions of troops so quickly.
They only need to train for a period of time when recruiting soldiers, and those people will quickly transform into qualified soldiers. After experiencing one or two wars, they will quickly transform into veterans.
He couldn't figure out why so many people were defeated by the enemy in just one day.
The speed of the entire cavalry slowed down, and some people took out the food they had brought with them, while others fed the horses with food and grass specially prepared for them.
A war is about to begin, and both humans and horses need to replenish their physical strength, food and water.
This battle is difficult to fight and must be fought!
The Han family's army discovered the Xiliang army, and the Xiliang army naturally discovered the Han family's cavalry that was galloping towards them.
This time the people who came over were all cavalry, and they were very fast.
The Xiliang soldiers had already expected this, so they were fully prepared and dug a large number of horse traps in front of the position. Not only could they block the opponent, they could also cause the opponent to suffer serious casualties and slow down the opponent's speed.
There are also infantry phalanxes as well as long-range archers, crossbowmen, repeating crossbows and other heavy weapons specifically designed to restrain cavalry.
Their formation was lined up outside the gate of Nancheng. If the opponent wanted to support the Han family army inside, they had to step over them.
After resting, the Han cavalry galloped outside the south city gate. The first thing they saw was the neatly arranged Xiliang army.
The infantry phalanx is very dense, but it can be seen that there should be another army behind the enemy phalanx, but it is covered by the army in front, so it is impossible to observe who is behind this army.
On the plains on both sides of the battlefield, they could clearly see two cavalrymen, who were watching openly and openly.
He knew that once they charged the enemy's infantry phalanx, the two cavalrymen on both sides would rush in from both sides.
It is impossible for the troops on the city wall to watch them launch a fierce attack on the infantry troops under the city gate.
People in the city knew through some method that the Han family's cavalry reinforcements had arrived from outside, and began to launch a fierce counterattack. The Han family and others started a counterattack with militia as the main force and their elite troops as the supplement.
They knew very well that if they wanted to counterattack successfully, they must first recapture the city wall, because on the city wall they could suppress them from a high position.
At the same time, the main roads must be controlled, and another fierce fighting began in the city.
The head of the Han family took the lead and led his guards and militia to launch a fierce charge against the Xiliang soldiers. He and his guards were strong because of their strength.
The soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters fought to the death but could not stop the advance of these people. The army led by the Han family fought all the way towards the gate of the south city.
The other urban areas have been broken, but because there are still a large number of militiamen there, the troops in the other three urban areas cannot launch an attack on the inner city.
At the same time, the teammates of the Xiliang Army in the other three urban areas were unable to support the Xiliang Army in the Nancheng District, and a large number of cavalry had arrived outside.
This Xiliang army at the south city gate will be attacked from both sides. They must put more pressure on the army inside the city in order to help the cavalry outside the city.
The Xiliang army in the city was unable to support the Xiliang army outside the city. The two sides fiercely attacked the battlefield all over the streets and alleys. The militiamen who were a little desperate now saw hope of survival.
The reinforcements have arrived. What they have to do now is to fight out and gather with the reinforcements. This is their only chance.
So they violently attacked the military formation on the Xiliang side. The sound of fighting between the two sides made the civilians hiding in the cellar panic. Bright red blood flowed into the sewer, and the entire sewer was dyed red.
There were corpses everywhere on the ground, and weapons were scattered everywhere. The Xiliang army, which had originally pressed its troops under the inner city, was pushed back to the central area of Nancheng District.
A large number of Xiliang's war weapons are deployed here. Seeing the enemy's fierce attack, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who received the order were already ready.
They placed heavy war machinery such as bed crossbows in the middle of the road, and used giant two-meter-long crossbow arrows to aim at the enemy directly in front. When the enemy rushed to 100 steps.
Bang, bang, bang!
beat
The crossbows placed in the middle of the road shot out long arrows at the same time, a dull sound sounded, and ten giant crossbow arrows more than two meters long flew out. The militiamen who were rushing forward were frightened when they saw the crossbows.
But before they had time to react, the giant Lu Jian of the crossbow flew out, directly tore the wallets on their bodies, penetrated their bodies and continued shooting towards the back.
After killing more than a dozen people in a row, the crossbow arrow finally stopped and was inserted into a stone lion, three-thirds of the way into the stone. The blood of the militiamen was still dripping from it.
The entire street emptied out in an instant, and the militiamen behind them were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them.
Their heads, which had been extremely hot-blooded, suddenly became cold. Looking at the crossbow on the bed, they seemed to see the underworld.
This is what gets them to hell fast!
The Xiliang soldiers didn't care about them. There were a large number of war machines behind him. They had just come in from outside the city and had not had much time to repair before the enemy launched a counterattack.
This caught them a bit off guard, but fortunately the news from the front spread very quickly, giving them enough time to set up their positions.
The enemy's offensive on the main road collapsed in an instant, and the young and middle-aged men who had been fighting with the wind and fighting against the wind were hit hard and lost all their energy.
After the Xiliang soldiers saw the terrifying power of war machines in such a small place, they lined up the war machines on the main roads, coupled with the protection of heavy infantry.
Block the enemy's counterattack in the city.
And the war outside the city is about to begin.
"Han Tieshan, I give you a mission!" The leader of the Han family said to an extremely burly man next to him: "I need you to lead the heavy infantry into the enemy's infantry formation and fight a way out for us."
The burly man known as Han Tie Shang clasped his hands and said: "General, take orders!"
The most elite of the Han family's cavalry is the heavy cavalry, led by Han Tieshan, with a total of 5,000 people. It is a heavy cavalry created by the Han family through selling iron.
The enemy's infantry phalanx is extremely powerful, and the light cavalry will be killed if they go over there, so the leader of the Han family will send out heavy cavalry, and only heavy cavalry can break through.
"Han Lin'er!"
"The end will be here!" The sturdy young man wearing white armor responded loudly.
"After the heavy infantry launches the attack and is about to enter the enemy's position, you lead five thousand fine cavalry to attack from the right wing."
"yes!"
"Han Xiao!"
"The end is here!" The big man with a scar from his eyebrows to his mouth responded.
"You are like Han Lin'er. When the heavy cavalry is about to approach the enemy's square, you lead five thousand fine cavalry to attack from the left wing."
The heavy cavalry attracted fire from the front, and then two cavalry attacked from both sides. This was the plan of Han Meng, the leader of the Han family.
He has 73,000 cavalry, of which 23,000 are light cavalry, and the remaining 50,000 are considered iron cavalry, but they only wear some armor. There are only 5,000 real heavy cavalry.
In his eyes, the real threat is not the infantry, but the two wandering cavalry. Who knows the name of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in Liangzhou?
"Han Zhanshan, you lead 13,000 light cavalry to follow the heavy cavalry and provide support at any time."
"Han Zhong, you lead 10,000 light cavalry and show me the cavalry in the north. Even if you are not in a hurry, you must hold him back!"
Han Meng said as he looked at the three thousand flying bear troops, first eating one of the enemy's cavalry, and then turning to attack others on the battlefield!
