Eight hundred and seventieth chapters go all out to save
The fire continued to burn, mixed with human oil. Standing on the tower, you could smell the tangy smell of barbecue everywhere. I don't know how many recruits and veterans vomited. Even Sun Fuhu
The battlefield veterans also looked ugly, had difficulty breathing and looked pale.
After this battle, Sun Fuhu and others decided after discussion that they should not use black oil unless absolutely necessary in the future. This was really a test of their patience. If nothing else, after this burning, within three to five days, no one would be able to use black oil.
Some people will be thinking about eating meat, and some will faint because of their physical weakness while vomiting.
According to statistics afterwards, less than a hundred people were killed by the Jizhou Army in this battle, and only three hundred were injured. However, the number of people who lost combat power within a few days due to vomiting afterward actually reached three thousand. The total losses were definitely not small.
Fortunately, there are 60,000 soldiers defending the city. If there were only 10,000 or 20,000 people, they would probably lose the ability to fight again without their opponents attacking.
After deciding not to use black oil, more kerosene was transported to the tower, as well as boulders, sleepers, and bows and arrows. It can be imagined that the next time the enemy attacks the city, the losses they will pay will definitely not be too small.
Of course, hundreds of people will die in this battle. The main reason is the impulsiveness of the recruits. As soon as they go to the battlefield, they forget what they have learned in training. On impulse, they reveal their bodies without knowing how to protect them.
Be good to yourself. Because of this incident, one company commander was dismissed and six platoon commanders were named and criticized.
While the Jizhou Army was summarizing their combat experience here, the Huns Army also gathered together to discuss methods of siege.
I knew before that the Jizhou Army was difficult to deal with, but only when the fight started did I realize how difficult it would be to deal with it. First the artillery, then the giant crossbow, and finally the black oil, really made people feel that they were hard to defend against.
And this is only the first attack. No one knows what other methods the Jizhou Army will use in the future. If they keep using the black oil fire method, then this Pingcheng will be really difficult to capture.
"Try again tomorrow. I want to see how much black oil the Jizhou Army has prepared." There was really no other way. Landaoshun was so angry that he gave the order to continue the attack the next day. Anyway, those cadres who died were killed.
The lives of ordinary people will never be put in his eyes. If you die, you will die. If it can play a role in consuming the Jizhou Army, it is of value.
Fortunately, the weather has turned cold and has already gone below zero, so the corpses will not rot and cause a plague. Otherwise, just cleaning up these corpses will be enough to give both parties a headache.
The next day was still a sunny day. After breakfast, the Xuan-Hungarian coalition forces began a new siege of the city. There were still 50,000 Gan people and 2,000 Gan rapes among them, and they continued to repeat yesterday's actions.
The sound of the artillery is still rumbling, but the attack point is still about four miles away. This is also Sun Fuhu's idea. No one knows that the artillery can hit six miles away, so this can be used as a trump card to continue to hide it.
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Compared with yesterday's siege, today's artillery attack still caused chaos among the people who were attacking the city, but Gan Jie still played a role in it, keeping their formation from being too chaotic, and then they continued to move towards the city wall.
Compared with yesterday, today's moat is basically useless. Not to mention that there is a thin layer of ice on the river, but there are so many corpses in it. As long as people run fast enough, they can jump by stepping on it.
And passed.
Shen's crossbows kept flying down, killing groups of enemies. Then a ladder was set up on the city tower, and the people began to climb up.
"Pour in kerosene." Seeing more and more enemies under the city wall, Brigadier Sun Fuhu gave the order again, but it was not black oil but kerosene.
When pots of boiling oil fell from the sky, countless people were burned and the siege force was halted.
For no other reason, the common people thought that black oil had been poured down again, and their instinctive reaction was to retreat one after another. After retreating, they realized that this was different from the black oil that could not be extinguished yesterday. They became energetic again and began to gather under the city wall again, climbing up the ladder.
Boulders, sleepers and other objects fell from the sky, along with arrows that could hurt or kill people.
Different from yesterday, every Jizhou archer who shoots arrows today will be protected by two shield soldiers to ensure their safety and will not be easily injured when shooting bows and arrows.
This greatly reduced the casualties. However, without the help of Heiyou, more and more Ganren people appeared at the crenellations of the city tower through ladders. At this time, the spearmen and halberdiers who had been prepared for a long time rose up. effect.
They either stabbed the civilians who were about to rush up to the tower to death, or they directly pushed away the ladders and pushed down the enemies who were about to rush up to the tower one by one.
The effect is good, but in completing this task, many soldiers were still injured by arrows. The reason is that there are tens of thousands of common people archers under the city tower who are constantly firing arrows. These people do not care about their companions at all. Whether there will be casualties or not, they just shoot arrows like crazy. Even if many arrows fall on their own family members, they don't show any sign of mercy.
It only lasted for an hour, and nearly two thousand soldiers of the Jizhou Army were injured because they were hit by bows and arrows. They had to retreat from the tower and a new batch of soldiers were replaced to replace them.
Sun Fuhu was wearing a steel armor, so he was naturally not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows, which also allowed him to see everything that happened. Because of this, he deeply felt the helplessness of King Xiao Qi of Huizhou.
This is a lose-lose style of play that no one can stand. There are many medical officers and doctors in the Jizhou Army. Compared with King Xiao Qi, there must be some inferiority there, and the city will be destroyed one after another. It is only reasonable to capture it.
As time goes by, more and more Ganren people board the tower. Because of this, their weak side is also reflected, that is, their melee capabilities are very weak, and the weapons in their hands are not good enough. , the actual damage done to the Jizhou Army was very limited.
On the contrary, the well-trained Jizhou Army adopted the attack pattern of a small team of three people, looking after each other and cooperating, killing or injuring the Ganren civilians who rushed to the city in batches.
The siege and defensive battle lasted most of the day. It was not until the afternoon, when the sun was about to set and a cold wind blew, that the siege party had to retreat due to the weather.
Speaking of which, the common people of the Gan people all came from Huizhou. Their clothes were relatively thin. Not to mention armor, they couldn't even keep out the cold. When the weather is cold, the combat power they can exert is naturally Very limited.
The attacking army finally retreated. It had more than 50,000 troops when it came, but when it retreated it was less than 40,000, and suffered tens of thousands more losses.
On the tower of Pingcheng, watching the enemy retreat, there were no cheers. There were only sounds of treating the wounded and cleaning the battlefield.
In this battle, the actual death toll of the Jizhou Army would not exceed one thousand, or even less than eight hundred, but the number of wounded soldiers was two to three thousand. In total, it was a heavy price to pay.
"Brigadier, there are still many injured civilians on the city tower, please save or not." Wan Dingtian, the commander of the first regiment, ran to Sun Fuhu covered in blood and saluted for instructions.
"What? You're injured." Seeing his beloved general covered in blood, Sun Fuhu asked with concern.
"No, it's all the blood of the enemy, haha." Wan Dingtian chuckled. He was the leader of the regiment, and he was wearing steel chainmail, so how could he be injured so easily.
"It's fine. As for the enemy's wounded soldiers, it depends on the extent of their injuries. Just treat minor injuries. Don't bother with serious injuries. They are our enemies." Sun Fuhu hesitated for a moment and then said.
"Promise." After Wan Dingtian got the order, he was about to turn around and execute it. But at this time, Chief of Staff Rong Shao, Brigadier Zhou Qian and Chief of Staff Li You of the First Field Army came over, "Commander Sun, we still need to Unless the patient cannot be cured, we must do our best to save him."
It was Chief of Staff Rong Shao who said these words, and when he said these words, Zhou Qian and Li You who were following him also nodded one after another. Obviously this was something the three of them had discussed.
Sun Fuhu looked over with a slightly puzzled look. Although the Jizhou Army's logistics support capabilities are very complete and its investment in this aspect is huge, it is unmatched by other forces. However, the treatment of so many wounded people is only There won't be too few people and items needed. And these people were their enemies before, so it's really unnecessary to invest too much in this area.
Under Tang Ao's governance, Ji Di was very wealthy, and he never hesitated to spend money. But even so, Tang Ao had emphasized the word frugality more than once in various conferences. Can he not spend it? It is better not to spend the money, otherwise no matter how big the family fortune is, it will be ruined.
Knowing that Sun Fuhu would have doubts, Rong Shao stepped forward and explained seriously, "Brigadier, it's like this. We thought about it. Although these people were enemies of us before, they still did it after all. Just because of various reasons That’s why they became enemies of our Jizhou Army, but they are not helpless people. As long as we show our sincerity, they may be moved and it is possible that they will eventually be used by us.”
"You want to use these people? But apart from their brute strength, they have not received any military training at all. They are still far from becoming qualified Jizhou soldiers. Paying such a high price is just to let them in the future Isn’t it worth it to be a coolie?”
