The war did not stop because of the retreat of the Zuowuguan outpost.
The Jiuhu people divided the Shiwei people into six tribes, and tried to test the defenses of the left and right gates and the front and rear passes.
It's just that compared to the outposts, the defenses of these six locations are tighter. The Zuowuguan outpost was undefended. The Shiwei people in this section crossed the moat and boarded the outpost, only to find that the outpost was empty.
When Xia Zhi, the former captain of the Guan School, saw the crowds on the outpost city wall, he gave an order, and the crossbow arrows wrapped in oil packages were shot out. When Xie Kaizheng evacuated, the fierce oil he ordered to fill the outpost city wall was ignited by the crossbow. Before anyone could reach the frontier army, they were buried in the sea of fire.
The wooden corridors, arrow towers, and turrets blessed by fierce fire oil turned the outpost into a fire dragon. A light rain at noon made the outpost city walls extinguished the firelight make a crackling sound of shattering bricks and stones.
The outpost is destroyed!
At the same time, in other places, the Shiwei people's attack was also loud with thunder and light rain. The left and right forts had their own height advantage, and the left and right forts were built along the towering stone ridges. The front and rear passes were narrow, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack. The terrain. The Shiwei people did not test out the weak points of Zuowuguan's defense, but they accounted for the last few people.
The Shiwei people thought about retreating, but the Jiuhu people did not give them a chance. There were large crossbows in front and Jiuhu bows in the rear. The Shiwei Nu army ended in one morning.
The light rain at noon seemed to be the tears of God who could not bear the slaughter, but the war was interrupted by a light rain, but it did not end.
Aragbaz frowned when he heard the battle report in the morning. He had no slave troops available, and only his own army of 150,000 and 9 Hu soldiers was left. This was a huge deviation from his previous assumptions.
The urging of the Russians made Aragbaz upset.
Daqian's national policy of not attacking for three years has come to an end. If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to go south to seize Langyan Mountain this year, and wait until Daqian's military is fully prepared, the Russians will have no danger of defending.
Therefore, although the Russians promised the Jiuhu people to help them retake the North Plains, in fact the real purpose of the Russians was to occupy the Langyan Mountains.
How can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch?
The Russians have not forgotten how fierce the front of the Northern Army of Daqian'an was!
Aragba did not order any more troops to attack the city in the afternoon. He was also worried that Zuowuguan was too dangerous and he did not want to risk his life.
It’s just that the current situation no longer gives him much time to hesitate, because with the urging of the Ross envoy, the people from the Jiuhu tribe in the rear also brought back news that King Charles I of Ross transferred two regiments of guards to the The place where the territory of Duke Lviv meets, this area is the territory that Duke Lviv allocated to the Jiuhu people after the Jiuhu people became vassals of Duke Lviv.
The intention of King Charles I of Rus was very obvious, which was to force the Jiuhu people to seize the time to conquer Zuowuguan.
At the same time, Duke Lvov also received the king's order to call back the elite troops in the east of Langyan Mountain and return the land to the Shiwei people so as not to conflict with the Anton Protectorate. The returned army would be defeated at Zuowuguan later. , to attack the remaining two levels, King Charles I of Rus has recruited all ten legions in his hands, and other principalities are also preparing for war.
When I think about facing the Daqian army, which has been holding back no war for three years after three years of non-conquest, even if it is just the Anbei border army, the Rus Kingdom has trouble sleeping and eating.
A light rain was just the appetizer, and then it started raining heavily at night. The heavy rain lasted for several days, and it didn't stop until the early morning of the seventh day of July.
The weather was fine on the seventh day of the lunar month, so Alagbari did not choose to attack. At this time, the moisture in the valley was too heavy and the ground was slippery, making it difficult to attack. So on the eighth day of July, Alagbari personally led an army to attack the city.
Under the previous refueling tactics, the 50,000 Shiwei people were exhausted by Zuowuguan, and the lions fought the rabbits with all their strength. Once they came up, Aragbari had 100,000 Hu Laoqi.
Passes at the front and back, fortresses at the left and right, defenses at the left and right, every place is the main direction of attack.
Su Ce stood alone in front of the sand table in the war hall. The military news was passed on word of mouth by the messengers, and it only took half a cup of tea to reach the war hall from the top of the city.
The soldiers came to block it, and the water came to cover it. It was nothing more than dispatching troops and generals. In just one day, 10% of the massive arrows at Zuowuguan were consumed, and more than a thousand soldiers were lost.
At the end of the day, Su Ce's voice was a little dry and hoarse. Compared with the Shiwei people, the Jiuhu people were obviously more organized in their attack on the city. The Jiuhu people's fighting style was obviously based on the methods of the Daqian army.
Get close, shoot, consume, rotate, continue shooting, then consume.
There was no intention of ascending the city, but this style of fighting was what made the Zuowuguan defenders most uncomfortable.
The Jiuhu people's shooting skills are very strong, which everyone in the Anbei line knows. Relying on their numerical advantage, the Zuowuguan defenders who occupied the terrain had an advantage in the shooting range at the beginning, but they could only struggle to support it later.
Alagbaz hides a very smart heart beneath his cruelty.
When manpower was always limited, in the evening, the defenders at Zuowuguan could no longer draw their bows. Su Ce opened his eyes and looked at the sky outside, where the sunset was thousands of miles away and was all red.
"Order, all armies throw down straw mats and wooden stakes to fire oil and establish a line of fire to prevent the enemy from attacking the city. All armies should seize the time to rest." Su Ce saw Aragbari's strategy of exhausting his troops, but this was a conspiracy.
The veterans in the army led the new recruits, and the six captains were also veterans of many battles. Naturally, they understood the consequences of large-scale demobilization in the army, so in the afternoon, each army was assigned to take turns defending, with two teams of troops every half an hour.
Only a short rest can relieve physical fatigue, but if you don't sleep, mental fatigue cannot be relieved. Therefore, Su Ce ordered the establishment of a fire line, hoping to buy some sleep time for the defenders on the city wall.
But Su Ce could think of it, and Aragbari was not stupid either.
When Aragbari saw the walls of fire ignited outside Zuowuguan, he did not allow the army to attack. Instead, he asked half of the veteran cavalry to return to camp, while the remaining half shouted at Zuowuguan at the top of their lungs.
The defenders who wanted to sleep had no choice but to find some cloth strips to plug their ears while eating.
At night, the Jiuhu people light a bonfire under Zuowuguan and sing and dance around the bonfire.
Aragbaz also participated in it. While patrolling, he had a drink with his subordinates, showing his heroic spirit.
Back in the camp, Aragbaz listened to the report from his men. When he learned about the casualties in today's siege, the joy on Aragbaz's face disappeared.
After all, they have the advantages of terrain and city defense. Although the Jiuhu people relied on their numerical advantage to defeat the Dagan people on the city wall today, their own casualties exceeded 5,000.
"The crossbows are amazing!" Aragbari sighed with emotion. When attacking from below, the power of the bows will inevitably weaken. However, the Dagan people on the city wall relied on the powerful crossbows. Although they were suppressed and hit, as long as they fought back, nine Those caught in the trap will either die or be injured.
Ross's man-made siege equipment is very good. Except for the gentle terrain in front of the outpost, Zuowuguan cannot be passed by these siege equipment at other places. Aragbaz also began to encounter difficulties.
Aragba decided to change his approach. At the same time, Su Ce also decided to change his approach after listening to the generals' summary of the day's battle results in the combat hall.
Although shooting against the Jiuhu people can cause great casualties to the Jiuhu people, it is very limited, and it will have to withstand thousands of casualties. This kind of fighting method can be considered a cost-effective deal if the military strength is not much different.