That night, Chen Anjie left Dangxiang's southern expedition camp and braved the cold wind to return to the southern end of Brass Valley all night.
Ever since the stone wall at the northern end and the hills on both sides of the Brass Trench came up, the fighting had not stopped for a moment.
Driven by Li Lingrui, Dangxiang soldiers lined up on the stone wall and attacked the Shu army's position, intending to bring down the Shu army.
This move is very simple. Not to mention Jin Feng and Zhang Liang, even Chen Fengzhi and many grassroots generals can guess that Li Lingrui is using this to weaken the enemy.
But the simpler the trick, the harder it is to crack.
At the beginning, Shu soldiers took advantage of heavy crossbow catapults and weapons to steadily suppress the enemy.
But as time went by, the attacks by the party members continued, and the Shu army gradually became unable to withstand it.
War is a very physically demanding thing, and the Shu army is not invincible. They rely on passion and faith to survive the first day, and then they can no longer hold on.
Da Zhuang, who was responsible for commanding at the front, quickly discovered this situation and wanted to replace the soldiers at the front to rest, but the party members did not give them a chance at all.
As soon as they find signs of a change in the Shu army, the Dangxiang people's attack will become particularly fierce, biting the Shu army and not giving them a chance to change their defenses.
The first batch of Shu troops to attack persisted for two days and one night. On the morning of the third day, they could no longer hold on. The casualties gradually increased, and Da Zhuang had to forcibly change defenses.
The first large-scale casualties of the Shu army also occurred at this time.
However, the losses will be greater if the defense is not changed, so Da Zhuang stipulates that the defense should be changed twice a day.
In the following two days, after the Shu army paid a heavy price of nearly 20% casualties, they finally summarized a complete defense change process, and the casualties were finally reduced.
The party members realized that they had little chance, and the attacks finally became less violent.
The two sides have entered a stage of normalized warfare, and the casualties on both sides have also been reduced.
But on the morning after Chen Anjie returned to the Qin King's army camp, the fighting at the north and south ends of Brass Valley suddenly became fierce again.
Even more fierce than at the beginning of the battle!
Regardless of Dang Xiang's southern expeditionary army or the Qin King's army, they were all like a tide, desperately attacking the Shu army's positions.
In particular, Dangxiang's Nanzheng Army in the north not only attacked from the stone wall, but also many people climbed down the stone wall along the rope ladder to attack the fortifications built by the Shu army in the Brass Valley.
The Shu army was caught off guard. Although they finally held their position, they suffered very serious casualties.
"Are Li Lingrui and Chen Anjie crazy? This is a completely lifeless style of play!"
Zuo Feifei stared at the map and said solemnly: "If we continue with this strategy, even if they capture Brass Valley, the casualties will be very high, right?"
The Shu army had advantages in terrain and weapons. If one Shu soldier was killed, at least three or four people from Dangxiang's Southern Expedition Army and the King of Qin's army would die.
Therefore, in Zuo Feifei's view, Li Lingrui and Chen Anjie's current fighting style is completely a suicide attack that injures the enemy a hundred times and damages themselves three to four hundred.
"It seems that they already know that our reinforcements are coming soon, so they are so desperate!"
Jin Feng said coldly: "Order the Fifth Division and the Thirteenth Division to be ready to reinforce the front line at any time."
In order to deal with the enemy's plan to weaken the enemy, Jin Feng temporarily divided the Shu army in Brass Valley into three combat formations and fought in turns.
There is a day shift, a night shift, and a rotational break, which can ensure that the escorts are in the best condition to face the battle.
The Fifth Division and the Thirteenth Division are the two divisions currently taking turns, one is stationed in the south and the other is stationed in the north.
Their main task is emergency response.
If the enemy launches a surprise attack, they must attack immediately.
"I have just given them orders. The Fifth Division and the Thirteenth Division are ready for battle." Zhang Liang replied.
"That's good." Jin Feng asked, "Where have the reinforcements gone?"
"I don't know." Han Feng shook his head: "Chen Liangfeng has been going crazy recently. He has mobilized all the people and horses he can mobilize. All the mountain roads in the section between Dayan River and Niangniang Mountain have been blocked by him. We are in Qin.
There are not many carrier pigeons, and they have been used up recently. I have not received any news yet.
But sir, don’t worry too much, Lao Zheng brought a lot of airships with him this time, and Chen Liangfeng only has one falcon left in his hand, they can’t stop Lao Zheng!”
"Chen Liangfeng is also desperate." Zhang Liang sneered: "As long as we hold on until the reinforcements arrive, they will be finished!"
This is also the biggest reason that supports the Shu army to persist until now.
Under the propaganda of the clerk, all the Shu troops knew that their reinforcements were coming soon.
But they didn't know what difficulties the reinforcements faced.
The counselors in King Qin's army found that they could not fight with the reinforcements, so they began to engage in guerrilla warfare or sabotage with the reinforcements.
One of the most sinister tactics was to poison the water sources along the way for the reinforcements.
According to Jin Feng's requirements, when marching outside, all water sources encountered must be boiled before drinking.
However, boiling water can kill germs in water sources, but it cannot completely eliminate toxins.
Fortunately, Zheng Fang would arrange for two mules and horses to poison the water before the army drank. He discovered that the water was poisonous and avoided poisoning the army.
But the northwest is already short of water, and finding that the water is poisonous cannot solve the drinking water problem.
Fortunately, two of the technicians who accompanied the reinforcements and were responsible for assembling the steam engine had worked in a salt factory and knew how to make filters.
In order not to delay the journey, Guan Xiaorou asked the logistics team to free up two carriages to make filters specifically for them.
During this process, the reinforcement soldiers could only drink the water previously stored in the water bladders.
Fortunately, the filter was not very complicated. The day after the soldiers ran out of water bags, they made the filter.
After testing, the filter is useful, but the filtering speed is very slow.
Guan Xiaorou had no choice but to ask the logistics team to work overtime at night to build two water trucks, one to store toxic water and one to store filtered clean water.
But the production capacity of one filter is simply not enough for tens of thousands of troops.
Just when the water was about to be cut off, it snowed heavily.
No matter how powerful the King of Qin's army is, it is impossible to poison all the snowflakes.
This heavy snow solved the urgent need of the reinforcements, but it also blocked the pace of the reinforcements.
The western part of Qin is also mountainous, and the mountain roads in many places are inherently narrow. You must be careful when passing by, especially when a carriage passes by. Once the wheels fall off the roadbed, the teams behind them will stop.
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Moreover, the dead soldiers under the King of Qin also became active, hiding in the snow one after another, and sneaking attacks on the reinforcement logistics group.
No matter how powerful the scouts are, they can't turn over all the snow and check it, right?
I am not afraid of thieves stealing, but I am afraid that thieves will miss me. Even though the logistics team and the scouts have been very careful, they still got it once in the past few days by the dead soldiers of King Qin.