Zhang Jiao and the Yellow Turbans behind him were bound to conquer Yecheng and defeat Lu Zhi's army, but Lu Zhi was determined to use the fortified city to continuously destroy the effective strength of the Yellow Turbans.
Lu Zhi, who commanded 98, had a wonderful competition with Chi You, who commanded 103, inside and outside Yecheng.
Chi You's extremely flexible siege methods once gave Lu Zhi a huge headache, and he was tired of dealing with it and found it difficult to keep up with his opponents. During that time, Yecheng's defense was full of loopholes, and Chi You almost seized the opportunity.
But at this time, Xue Rengui finally couldn't stand it anymore, and under Li Xiang's instruction, he immediately advised Lu Zhi. Since our own commander's ability is not as good as the enemy's, then trying to keep up with the opponent's rhythm will only lead to the other party's lead.
In the end there was no way back.
In this case, simply ignore the other party and defend the city on your own. Wherever there are loopholes, just make up for them.
When Lu Zhi heard this, he suddenly understood and immediately changed the way he defended the city, no longer forcing himself to make changes according to the opponent's arrangements.
Afterwards, Xue Rengui made several suggestions to Lu Zhi, pointing out the loopholes in Lu Zhi's city defense system and greatly strengthening the defense of Yecheng.
After that, Xue Rengui took the initiative to provide Lu Zhi with temporary deployment methods of soldiers defending the city in several critical moments, effectively repelling Chi You's attacks one after another. With Xue Rengui, whose commander reached 101, helping Lu Zhi, Chi You's offensive collapsed instantly.
In the past, everyone in the Han Dynasty was envious of Liu Bei's good luck. The two sworn brothers he accepted were both brave and brave, and they are undoubtedly the top batch among the current Han army.
But now everyone is even more envious of Li Xiang's good luck. In the eyes of everyone, Xue Rengui's value is much greater than that of Guan and Zhang combined.
It's no wonder that everyone thinks this way, Xue Rengui's performance this time is really too amazing.
When the generals were fighting in the city, Xue Rengui took the formation to kill two Yellow Turban generals, and then joined forces with the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang to fight against Chi You. When the generals retreated, he forced the Yellow Turban generals back with two arrows, and then wounded Chi You with a third arrow.
In this battle, the force displayed by Xue Rengui was superior to that of Guan and Zhang, even among the entire Yecheng army, it was unmatched.
Compared with Xue Rengui's superior military force among all generals, what everyone in the Han Dynasty was amazed by was Xue Rengui's commanding ability. After all, no matter how powerful the military force is, he is just a reckless man. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was ambushed from all sides by the military immortal Han Xin.
He was beaten until he committed suicide in Wujiang River.
Facing the attack of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, and the commander of the opponent was obviously not a mediocre person, even Lu Zhi was beaten to the point where he was full of flaws for a while and was tired of dealing with it. However, with the help of Xue Rengui, Lu Zhi actually fought with the Yellow Turbans for a short time.
The internal fight was evenly matched.
There was even a time when Xue Rengui was ordered to temporarily command the army to defend the city for Lu Zhi. Without Chi You's knowledge and carelessness, even Chi You suffered a big loss. Chi You's Jinglan troops were defeated by Xue Rengui's surprise attack and lost nearly 100,000 yuan.
As many as half, the defensive pressure on the Yecheng Dahan side was immediately reduced a lot.
Since Xue Rengui was on hand to help, the casualties of the Han officers and soldiers led by Lu Zhi suddenly dropped sharply.
Looking at Xue Rengui, who was standing next to his mentor Lu Zhi and commanding the army with high spirits, Liu Bei's eyes almost turned red.
Others on the Han side, such as Liu Yu, Yuan Shao and others, were just envious that Li Xiang had a peerless general like Xue Rengui. Maybe they had some thoughts in their hearts, but they did not show it.
But Liu Bei was different. This man really took action.
These days, Liu Bei would go to Li Xiang's camp whenever he had time. Of course, Liu Bei was not visiting Li Xiang, but went to exchange military tactics with Xue Rengui under the pretense of the name. Although he was surprised by Liu Bei's shamelessness,
But it was not easy for Li Xiang to chase people away, and Li Xiang was very relieved about Xue Rengui, so he let Liu Bei go.
It's a pity that King Xiang has a dream and the goddess is ruthless. After Liu Bei showed a hint of disturbing intention, Xue Rengui immediately stayed away from him. He even used the excuse that he was tired from the war and needed to rest, so he just avoided seeing Liu Bei. And Liu Bei was unyielding, even if he couldn't see Xue Rengui
I still live here with Li Xiang every day.
In fact, Li Xiang also marveled at how big-hearted Liu Bei was. Now Xue Rengui's military position was far above that of Liu Bei. Xue Rengui was a serious captain of the Bingzhou Army, while Liu Bei was just the leader of a small rebel army. If it weren't for Liu Bei
How could the Han clan clan members and Lu Zhi disciples be qualified to interact with everyone? I don't know how Liu Bei had the confidence to conquer Xue Rengui and poach Li Xiang.
Of course, Li Xiang will not let Liu Bei be so unscrupulous these days. Although he knows that the effect is almost zero, Li Xiang is still like Liu Bei, running to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei every day. Not for anything else, just to make him feel sick.
That Liu Bei.
As soon as Li Xiang made this move, Liu Bei naturally understood Li Xiang's threatening move. Although Liu Bei was extremely confident in the relationship between his three brothers, Liu Bei did not have the courage to gamble. After all, if he lost the two sworn brothers
Brothers really have nothing.
Back to the topic, since the end of the battle, the battle between the Han Dynasty and the Yellow Turbans has been going on at the upper foot of Yecheng for more than 20 days. It seems that the fourth mission issued by the system to Li Xiang can be completed in just a few days.
In these twenty days, both the Han and the Yellow Turbans suffered heavy losses.
Just at the east gate of Ye City, where Lu Zhi and Chi You confronted each other, in the first three days, the Yellow Turbans suffered nearly 13,000 casualties, while the Han casualties were 5,000, a ratio of less than one to three. And such a small casualty ratio
, it should never be used in a city defense battle, let alone a strong city like Yecheng.
The reason why the Han side suffered so many casualties was naturally because the Yellow Turban Army's wells and catapult troops suppressed it. Although Lu Zhi also thought about letting the cavalry attack and destroy the Yellow Turban Army's siege equipment, Chi You did not give Lu Zhi any
Half a chance.
In the next four days, the Han Dynasty also suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, while the Yellow Turban casualties dropped to 11,000. The casualty ratio of both sides once again narrowed. This is because the few catapults on the Han side were all lost.
However, taking advantage of their superior position, the Han Dynasty also replaced more than half of the Yellow Turbans' catapults.
In the next ten days or so, with Xue Rengui's help, Lu Zhi finally stabilized the situation and gradually achieved a casualty ratio of more than one to three and close to one to four. After Xue Rengui attacked the Yellow Turban Army's catapult,
, and even once achieved a casualty ratio exceeding one to four.
In the more than twenty days since the war began, the Han side alone at the east gate suffered losses of more than 20,000, while the Yellow Turbans, as the attacking side, suffered losses of nearly 65,000.
It can be said that Zhang Jiao had lost as much as one-third in the battle against the 200,000 elite soldiers carefully trained in Jizhou.
Even if the east gate is like this, the other gates will naturally suffer a lot of casualties. Since the Yellow Turbans at the other three gates are all ordinary soldiers, and there are no famous generals like Chi You to lead them, they naturally suffer heavy losses. The Han army fought almost more than one match at these three gates.
