As the sky darkened, the Dongling army attacking the city suddenly retreated. Only corpses were left on the ground, the smell of blood mixed with the smell of earth, which stung the nose.
"Shoot fire arrows."
In the ravine under the city wall, following Ma Yi's order, he took advantage of the break to quickly shoot down a row of fire arrows, burning the densely packed corpses in a short time.
Defending a city is a time-consuming and labor-intensive matter. To avoid the occurrence of epidemics, prevention within one's ability is essential.
"Military advisor, it's night, you might as well go and rest for a while." Ma Yi reminded carefully as he walked back to the city gate.
The battle during the day was not actually tragic. At most, the civilian army in Dongling suffered heavy losses. Moreover, they did not even touch the ravines of Liancheng.
"No rush." Dongfang Jing wrapped his body in a large cloak, but did not relax at all under the light of the torch.
"I thought before that Ling Su would fight at night."
Throughout the ages, there have been many night battles during city sieges. In this way, not only did the attackers suffer losses, but the defenders also had almost no time to breathe.
"The little military advisor said before that the more time this takes, the better it will be for us."
"This is natural." Dongfang Jing nodded, "But again, Ling Su is not a fool. He will not attack the city openly. Instead, he will use all kinds of cunning and cunning tricks."
"Military advisor, if the soldiers come to block you, if the water comes and the earth comes to cover you, you are very afraid of him!"
Dongfang Jing didn't answer, and looked far away, looking at the Dongling camp in the distance. He had been thinking about the purpose of Lingsu's attack on the city.
Night ends and dawn dawns.
It was only midnight, and not long after, the Dongling Army outside Liancheng was ready again, and the dense civilian camp phalanx began to attack the city pass.
Different from yesterday, this time, behind the Minfu Camp, there was clearly the shield and soldier phalanx of Dongling. Behind the shield and soldier phalanx, there were clearly pushing ladder trucks and city ramming vehicles.
At the top of Liancheng City, the sound of beating drums suddenly sounded, startling all the Shu people who were defending. A new round of offensive and defensive battle was about to begin.
…
In the mountains southwest of Liancheng, a long and agile army was carefully moving forward, following the old forests in the mountains.
Click.
Mi Hu, the leader, raised his sword and chopped off the head of a hanging tree snake.
"How far is it?"
"General Mi, I've been to this mountain forest before. It's at least three days' journey away."
Mi Hu frowned. Deep down in his heart, he was a little dissatisfied. According to Zuo Shiren's instructions, if he could seize the opportunity to counterattack, he would definitely have made a great contribution.
"Everyone listens to the order and continues to march forward as quickly as possible."
Mi Hu did not dare to be careless. If he accomplished the extraordinary feat of defeating Shu, the position of General Dongling might not really fall into his hands. Zuo Shiren still needed to rely on the Shanyue people. Now that Kang Zhu is dead, Fei Fei
My husband is also dead. The huge Dongling seems to have the highest reputation among the Shanyue people.
"General Mi Hu, my general has said that we will temporarily separate our troops from General Mi Hu's Shanyue Camp here?" At this time, a captain with bright armor walked over cautiously.
"Divide the troops?" Hearing these words, Mi Hu was startled and looked unhappy. Although it was Ling Su's arrangement, this group of troops seemed to have been hidden for a long time. At first glance, it looked more like they were here to rob
meritorious.
"It's what the lord and the military advisor want." Captain Liang Yinjia smiled, "If not, shall I ask for a personal letter from the military advisor?"
Mi Hu frowned and did not refute, but nodded. They were obviously taking a detour together, could these people not go down the mountain?
"I would like to remind you that the mountains to the south of Cangzhou are extremely steep. After passing the mountain pass ahead, it will take at least a month and a half to find another place. By then, all the day lilies will be cold." After a moment of hesitation,
Mi Hu reminded him loudly.
"Of course, the military advisor said so in the letter."
The second time he brought up the title of military advisor, Mi Hu no longer had the intention to dissuade him. Besides, wouldn't it be better if no one took the credit?
"Then we will divide our troops according to the wishes of the military advisor."
"Farewell."
There are more than 20,000 people in the Shanyue camp. Although most of them are young and old, they are enough to do a lot of things.
"Follow the intersection going down the mountain and speed up the march!"
Mi Hu knew that when Zuo Shiren attacked Liancheng, Kang Zhu also led his troops in such a roundabout way. Unfortunately, it took too much time and the effect was not great.
"At that time, if I had been allowed to lead the troops, I would have captured Liancheng long ago. How could I have lost so many people in the battle?" Mi Hu sneered, leading more than 20,000 men and horses, and continued marching in the direction of the mountain pass.
And go.
…
Bang.
In front of Liancheng, another huge stone fell into the phalanx on the left side of the siege.
"Kill the Shu people and avenge me Dongling Zhongyong——" More than a dozen Dongling generals were constantly in the square, waving their long swords and roaring.
Compared with the previous two days, today's Dongling offensive was more fierce. Several times, the city ladder had been erected on the city wall.
"Stab, sting!"
On the city wall, Xi Shu Pi generals were not to be outdone one by one. They commanded the army defending the city and kept knocking over the enemy troops who were about to climb to death.
"Pour hot oil!"
The hot fat poured down from the wall. Immediately, the Dongling civilians and soldiers below the city were so hot that they let out heart-piercing screams of pain.
"Fire Arrow."
A row of fire arrows shot down, igniting the poured hot oil. More than a hundred Dongling soldiers were burned and twisted in the sea of fire.
"Damn it, they are all civilians and soldiers. How many people will die in these three days?" Ma Yi gritted his teeth. It was not because he sympathized with him. He also knew that Ci did not control the army. It was just because Zuo Shiren was unhappy.
"Mobilize the civilians below the city and bring up all the objects needed to defend the city. I, Yuncheng General Ma Yi, will beat up the Dongling Dog today to avenge the Dou brothers!"
Under the command of Ma Yi, the soldiers defending the city were well organized and blocked the attacking Dongling Army from the city gate.
"General Ma, Linggou's ladder truck is approaching!"
"Don't panic." Ma Yi said calmly, and then turned his head unconsciously and looked at the position of his little military advisor.
The little strategist was like a sculpture, motionless.
"Push rope crossbow!"
"General Ma has an order, push the rope crossbow——"
"Today, I will let you and other mausoleum dogs learn how to defend the city from my little military advisor!"
"Shoot the rope arrow!"
In the west corner of the city, six or seven heavy crossbows took aim and fired the rope arrows with a whirring sound.
Ta, ta.
Even though three rope arrows were missed, four of them pierced the ladder truck under the city and penetrated the wood three-thirds of the way.
"What are these Shu people going to do!"
"No, this is an iron rope arrow with a barb left. The Shu people are going to drag down the ladder truck!"
To the west of the city, hundreds of civilians rushed over, and together with the hundreds of soldiers guarding the city, they all grabbed the rope arrows.
"Collapse, collapse -"
Boom.
With a united will, it took about half a stick of incense and the strength of six to seven hundred people to drag the ladder truck that was pushed to the front of the city until it tilted and tipped over, sending up dust and smoke all over the ground.
Dozens of Dongling soldiers on the ladder truck were suddenly crushed into a pulp. The Dongling phalanx guarding behind them all stopped in their steps, with a look of horror on their faces.
…
On the high ground, Ling Su sighed silently when he saw this scene. He could guess that the lame man still had many ways to deal with the ladder truck as a last resort.
He was suddenly very glad that he did not choose to attack directly. Otherwise, the lame man defending the city would have been sure of victory even if he faced the Dongling army of 100,000 people.
"In troubled times, it's so scary to have people like Cripple."