For three days, Bao Xin commanded the army to attack continuously for three days. Although they scaled the city wall several times, they were eventually defeated by Yang Lin again.
In just these three days, Bao Xin had lost a quarter of his troops and suffered casualties of 5,000 soldiers.
On the first day of the siege, Bao Xin lost a total of more than 1,300 soldiers, but he also caused 400 to 500 casualties to the Xiliang army at Mengjin Pass.
The next day, Bao Xin lost 2,000 troops, but still only caused 400 casualties to the Xiliang army in Guancheng.
The reason why there is such a big difference in the results of these two days is because of the general's command. After all, Yu Jin, a good five-man general, was in command on the first day, so the results were naturally better.
However, as Yu Jin was injured, Bao Xin's ability in uniting the army was really not that good, which was why the battle loss ratio was so bad the next day.
Fortunately, Bao Xin also responded to this problem in time, and on the third day he forcibly pulled out Yu Jin who was recovering from his injuries. Of course, Bao Xin would not let the injured Yu Jin personally charge into the battle, he would just let him be responsible for commanding the soldiers.
With the command of Yu Jin, a good five-son general, the results on the third day finally looked better. Although they suffered 1,700 casualties, they caused more than 600 casualties to the enemy.
"General Li, the soldiers under my command have suffered heavy losses. If they are not repaired for a period of time, they may not be able to exert much combat effectiveness!" Before the military formation, Bao Xin said to Li Xiang with an ugly face.
It is true that the casualties of Bao Xinhui's soldiers were too heavy. If he continued to fight like this, with such huge casualties, I am afraid that the soldiers under his command would mutiny in less than two days.
Therefore, although he was a little afraid in his heart, Bao Xin still had the courage to say these words to Li Xiang.
"That's good. Governor Bao has worked hard these days, so I'll do my best next time." Li Xiang thought about it silently in his mind, and finally agreed to Bao Xin's request.
There is no need to push Bao Xin too much at this stage, besides, the casualties of Bao Xin's men have indeed been quite high in the past few days.
What's more, Li Xiang still has a cannon fodder unit under his command. During this period of time, the remnant army left behind after Qiao Mao died in the battle has been trained by Li Xiang, and it can be used again.
"Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, you two are responsible for attacking the city!"
"The last general takes command!"
After that, these two men led Qiao Mao's 10,000 remnant troops and part of the elite Bingzhou army to break away from the military formation and began to prepare for the attack.
Although Li Xiang was planning to use Qiao Mao's defeated army as cannon fodder, but he wanted to capture Mengjinguan under Yang Lin's guard with just such a cannon fodder unit, so he had better go to bed as soon as possible and don't do that.
What a sweet dream.
There is no way to get an elite Bingzhou Army to serve as a top force. Those cannon fodder are just to consume Yang Lin's troops and distract Yang Lin's energy. To really play a key role, they must be real elites.
"Let me release the catapults!" Following Qin Qiong's order, thirty catapults were launched at once, and stone bullets were thrown towards the direction of Mengjinguan.
Although some of them hit the wall due to accuracy issues, there were also many stone bullets that successfully hit the Mengjin Pass, and some unlucky ones were directly hit with bloody wounds.
The flying rocks in the sky were like bombers, constantly ravaging the Xiliang army on the wall. It didn't take long to bomb the Xiliang army all over the wall.
When Bao Xin's army attacked the city before, it wasn't that Li Xiang was stingy and didn't want to take out these catapults, but that Li Xiang couldn't take them out even if he wanted to. This batch of siege equipment had just arrived yesterday, and it happened to be
Li Xiang came in handy.
"Hahaha, brothers, kill me!" Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin shouted at the same time, and then took the initiative to rush forward.
At this time, there were still flying stones in the sky, one after another, hitting Mengjing Pass. When Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin led their troops to approach the pass wall, Qin Qiong would order the catapults to stop attacking to avoid accidentally injuring them.
own people.
"Quick, shoot the arrow!" Yang Lin roared angrily on the city wall of Mengjinguan.
But under the threat of continuous attacks from catapults, how many soldiers dared to stand up, draw their bows, and shoot arrows at the risk of being smashed to pieces?
It wasn't until Yang Lin had no choice but to draw his sword and kill a few soldiers to scare the monkeys that the situation changed slightly. However, even so, the arrow rain seemed a little sparse, which was completely different from the army that faced Bao Xin a few days ago.
Two states.
Yu Chigong, who personally led the siege of the city, suddenly raised his head. He held a standard shield in his left hand with several fallen arrows stuck on it. However, his right hand did not use his Zhangba spear, but used his bamboo spear.
Steel whip. Siege warfare is not a horse battle in the wild. Using long weapons will affect his performance, which is far less efficient than using short weapons.
I heard Yuchi Gong shouting, "Brothers, hurry up, put up the ladder quickly!"
"No!" The soldiers on both sides responded immediately after receiving the general's order, and started to do it.
"Fire arrows for me, hurry up, hurry up! Stop the enemy! Hurry!" Yang Lin has no other choice now. He can only command the soldiers under his command. No matter how fast he goes, they will no longer be able to cherish the arrows.
.Just now, due to being suppressed by the enemy's catapults, we had already lost the opportunity, but the enemy was able to attack the foot of the city wall so easily.
After being suppressed by catapults, the Xiliang garrison on the wall once again regained their courage and pulled the bowstrings in their hands.
The sound of arrows was heard, and arrows rained down, but under the leadership of the fierce general Yu Chigong, the soldiers bravely climbed up the ladder with their shields on their backs.
"Prepare the rocks and the rolling logs. Make sure you hit them accurately. Don't let any enemy soldiers climb up." The coldness in Yang Lin's eyes kept flashing as he calmly gave orders one after another.
Although the shield can defend against attacks from bows and arrows, it is somewhat powerless against rolling stones. Under the rolling stones falling from the city wall, countless soldiers on the ladders were hit one after another.
After the soldier in front was hit, he screamed and fell down and became a meat pie, while the soldier in the back followed up, but was also smashed down not long after, and it went on over and over again. Even Yuchi Gong was there.
Under the continuous rolling wood and thunder rocks, I was forced to jump off the ladder several times.
The only difference from Yu Jin is that Yu Chigong is stronger and the height of his jump is lower. Therefore, every time Yu Chigong jumps off the ladder, he is safe and can continue to lead his soldiers to attack.
