The blood flowed freely along the city wall, but the weather was so cold that it froze into ice before it could flow very far.
After killing the advancing Jin-Barbarian coalition, the bodyguard immediately turned his sword outward to prevent the enemy from coming up, while the female soldiers quickly carried the enemy's corpse to the catapult.
Feng Shicai, who was supervising the battle from behind, just saw a group of civilians rushing up the city wall and thought a breach had been opened. When the catapults started throwing corpses out, he realized the reason why the bodyguards did this.
Even so, Feng Shicai did not remind the civilians and soldiers, but asked people to beat the drum of attack even harder.
After throwing away the corpses they had carried before, the bodyguards and female soldiers repeated their old tricks and deliberately let a group of enemies climb onto the city wall.
The male soldiers wearing heavy armor acted as shields in front, blocking the enemy on a certain section of the city wall, and then the female soldiers threw flash bombs into the crowd.
This time the enemy learned the lesson, and many people immediately closed their eyes when they saw the flash bombs.
But the next second, spears poked out from the bodyguard's shoulders and stabbed wildly into the crowd.
Flash grenades are only used in close combat, so the main items consumed before were grenades and explosive packets, and the remaining ammunition was the largest amount of flash grenades.
Relying on this method, the bodyguards and female soldiers survived for another day.
Although the bodyguards and female soldiers all had armor, after a whole day of close combat, the Northern Expeditionary Army also paid a huge price in casualties.
Even if we include the logistics, cooking company, civilian staff, and the entire Northern Expeditionary Army in Yuguan City, the number of people who can stand up and fight is already less than 600, and almost all of them are injured.
Even Mr. Tian, who holds the position of military advisor, has a bandage on his right arm.
Not to mention Jin Peng and Liu Tie.
Liu Tie's armor was densely covered with marks from swords and axes. His left leg was hit by the enemy with a wooden stick, and he was now limping when he walked.
Jin Peng is even worse than Liu Tie.
Because of the guilt in his heart, Jin Peng was almost lifeless when fighting. If it weren't for his armor, he would have been hacked to death by the enemy countless times.
However, there were areas that the armor could not protect. The little finger of his left hand was hanging at an abnormal angle. It was obvious that the fracture was serious, and his left hand was shaking uncontrollably.
But Jin Peng didn't even look at him and continued fighting with the curled black knife.
As the sky gets darker, the effect of flash bombs becomes more and more obvious. What requires four or five flash bombs to achieve the effect during the day can only be achieved after dark with two.
After a continuous fierce attack for a day, the Northern Expeditionary Army could not hold it back, and neither could the Jin-Barbarian coalition.
When Feng Shicai saw this situation, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.
"What's going on with King Jin's people? Doesn't he know that when attacking a city, you can't give the enemy some breathing time? Yesterday, we had to train the soldiers and stop for one night. Why did they stop again today?"
The Shanyu of the Eastern Barbarians lost his temper in the tent: "Send someone to send a message to Yeluyuan and ask him to urge the Jin King's people to attack quickly!"
I took a day off yesterday because I wanted to give the tribes who continued to attack the city a sigh of relief, and then the Eastern Barbarian Shanyu planned to continue the attack until Yuguan City was completely captured.
Who would have known that as soon as it got dark, the Jin-Barbarian coalition stopped attacking again!
This made the Chanyu of the Eastern Barbarians very angry, and he immediately sent a message to question the generals of the remnant Eastern Barbarian army who were following Feng Shicai.
Shanyu personally intervened, but Yeluyuan did not dare to be careless. He immediately got on a raft and ran over to explain to Shanyu himself.
"Your Majesty, Feng Shicai said that flash thunder at night is too powerful, and the casualties of attacking the city at night will be more serious than during the day. Most of the civilians and soldiers sent by the King of Jin have died, so attacking the city at night is not cost-effective."
"The power of flash thunder is indeed more powerful at night."
Shan Yu nodded slightly, and then asked: "How long can their food and grass last?"
"Even if the civilians' food rations are cut off, they will probably last for three more days at most!" Yeluyuan replied: "Before leaving, Feng Shicai told me that he would let the civilians and soldiers rest for a night today, and he would personally go into battle tomorrow to launch the final general attack!
"
"Launching a general attack so soon?" Shan Yu's face changed slightly.
"Yes, Feng Shicai said that we can't delay it any longer. If we delay it any longer, even if we don't starve to death, we won't have the strength to climb the city wall!" Yeluyuan explained.
"It makes sense!" Shanyu nodded.
Although their grain and grass were also burned, they still had a large number of cattle and sheep to satisfy their hunger, and grain and grass transported from behind were also gradually delivered.
But this place is too far away from Jin, so even if the King of Jin wanted to send supplies, it would be too late.
When all the people starve to death, the Jin-Barbarian coalition's operation will be considered a complete failure.
"Tell Feng Shicai that tomorrow I will cooperate with him in a general attack and capture Yuguan City in one fell swoop!"
A stern look flashed in the eyes of the Eastern Barbarian Chanyu: "Also, remind Feng Shicai not to stop harassing him at night, so as not to let the enemy take advantage of the loophole!" the Chanyu reminded again.
"yes"
Yeluyuan agreed, and when he saw Chanyu waving his hand, he quickly left the camp, made a raft and returned to the south of the city.
The Eastern Barbarian Chanyu did not want to face the Northern Expedition alone. After Yeluyuan left, he also ordered that 90% of the attackers be withdrawn. Just like last night, only one tribe was left to carry out the attack.
The Northern Expeditionary Army got another chance to breathe.
At this time, all the urns and towers on the city wall had been demolished, and the bodyguards and female soldiers really had nothing to demolish, so Liu Tie left two teams behind to keep watch and let the remaining people have a good sleep.
At dawn, Liu Tie was awakened by a burst of intense drumming.
The sound of drums came not from within the city, but from the Jinman-Barbarian coalition camp outside the city.
Immediately afterwards, more intensive drumming and loud shouts of killing came from the Dongman camp in the north.
Liu Tie hurriedly put on his armor, fastened his belt and ran outside.
As soon as I ran under the city wall, I saw Mr. Tian and Jin Peng running over.
The three of them had no time to say hello and ran up the north city wall together.
Without Liu Tie having to say anything, the guard captain who arrived shortly after had already handed over the binoculars.
The morning on the grassland was so hazy that nothing could be seen through the telescope.
However, the intensive drumbeats and loud shouts of death still made Liu Tiejinpeng and others realize the seriousness of the matter.
"General, let everyone assemble!"
Mr. Tian sighed: "The enemy's attack today will definitely be very fierce!"
Liu Tie nodded and signaled to the guard captain, telling him to give the order to assemble.
But the guard captain did not move, but looked under the city wall.
Liu Tie followed his gaze and found that the bodyguards and female soldiers had already gotten up and were lining up in the open space.
It's just that there are only a few dozen people left in the escort phalanx, and neither row is full, which is fewer than the remaining people in the cooking company.
Liu Tie and Mr. Tian quickly walked down the city wall and stood on the wooden box in front of the phalanx. They did not speak for a long time, but just looked at the escorts and female soldiers in front of them one by one.
The bodyguards and female soldiers also looked up at their general.