After three waves of arrows, less than a hundred people fled back, and many of the remaining ones were seriously injured but not dead. However, Da Sheng's spearmen and crossbowmen had already rushed forward to clean up the battlefield.
There are only two steps to cleaning the battlefield. The pikemen come forward, whether they are dead or alive, they need to stab them first and then talk about it.
Those who were seriously injured saw this situation and crawled out desperately. However, if there was any movement, they would be shot by crossbow arrows and die on the spot.
Agutu was so angry that his eyes were red, and he immediately ordered the elite cavalry to attack, not to rush into the formation, but to rescue his seriously injured men who were not dead.
Seeing this situation, the gongs on the city wall immediately sounded, and the troops were ordered to retreat.
Even during the retreat, Da Sheng's soldiers remained in an orderly manner. The pikemen all set up their shields, and the crossbowmen fired a hail of arrows to slow down the enemy's cavalry while retreating slowly.
The enemy cavalry only had time to fire one round of arrows before the enemy had already withdrawn from the shooting range, and was fired back, resulting in a large number of wounded.
Agutu experienced something terrible this time. The infantry who filled the hole, plus the cavalry who rescued them, lost more than 3,000 people in this wave. In addition, there were more than 1,000 wounded.
Looking at the crossbow arrows pulled out from the wounded man in his hand, Aguta fell into deep thought. Crossbows like Dasheng had a long range and strong penetration. Their leather armor and shields could not prevent them at all. Plus, there were so many people on the ground.
It may be difficult to capture this earthen city in a short while.
In Tucheng, Yang Xuan, Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue continued to discuss. It was Yang Xuan's idea to go out to clean up the city just now. On the one hand, it could kill the enemy troops, and on the other hand, it could continue to test the opponent's bottom line.
In front of you, if you can't kill the person who killed you, let's see how long you can endure it.
Now that the opponent was repelled, Yang Xuan sent people out of the city to continue digging holes. Not only did they fill up the holes that had been filled in before, but they even expanded outwards.
Just dig in front of you, the crossbow troops behind are ready, if you have the ability, come and fight.
All night long, Aguta made no further moves. Only after dawn did the enemy troops mobilize frequently again.
This time, the enemy moved out carts transporting grain and grass, filled them with soil, and the soldiers pushed the carts one after another and dumped the soil into the dug area.
In addition, tall wooden boards were erected in front of the cart to resist crossbow arrows, forming a shield formation that could not only transport soil, but also carefully fill holes.
Yang Xuan couldn't help but frown. The enemy general had something up his sleeve. This idea was quite good and very efficient. At this rate, a road could be paved directly to the city before dark.
Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue also became anxious and asked to lead troops to fight, but Yang Xuan waved his hand: "It's okay, it's just civil work. They fill in the holes, and we build the wall, continue to raise the city wall, and at the same time dig the ground outside the city wall.
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Digging down the outside of the city wall, and the excavated soil can be used to build the wall. Doing both sides at the same time will double the speed of raising the city wall.
The two of them held their hands and were about to take the order and leave, when Yang Xuan raised his hand to stop them.
"In this way, we can dig down from the ten feet of the city wall, which is enough for one person. In this way, we can form an urn city under the ground."
The two of them were confused, and Yang Xuan had no choice but to simply draw a schematic diagram on the ground, and then they suddenly realized that this was just digging a moat.
Yang Xuan clapped his hands: "That's what it means. Dig a moat, but make it wider. In this case, even if they rush over, the city wall will be at least a foot high."
Chen Zhuo, Dong Yue and others were dumbfounded. Although their subordinates were not elite, they could not just be used as engineers.
Yang Xuan rolled his eyes: "Isn't this saving troops? Digging holes is safer than fighting, right? Can't you two cherish your soldiers?"
The two of them were speechless. If they could win this battle without killing anyone, that would of course be the best, but they had never heard of this method of fighting.
Can you win by digging holes?
But no matter what, let’s give it a try first. After all, building a wall is also work, and digging holes is also work, so let’s get started.
As a result, there was a large construction site outside Tucheng. Fucha soldiers worked hard to fill the holes, and Dasheng soldiers started digging holes outside the city.
The dust was flying, covering the sky and the sun.
Of course, there were also a few tentative battles. The Fucha cavalry came and fired a few rounds of arrows, and Yang Xuan also returned a few rounds. There were almost no casualties among the Da Sheng soldiers, while the Fucha cavalry was killed even with the soldiers.
The horses were injured a lot.
At the same time, Yang Xuan started burning bricks in the city, or to be precise, burning stone bullets.
Pour the soil into water, stir it into mud, roll it into balls, and burn it in the furnace. The burned stones will definitely not be used to build walls, but they will still be enough to be used as ammunition for trebuchets.
Agu Tu was dumbfounded when he saw Da Sheng's soldiers digging such a big hole. He didn't know who led the army, so why did he like digging holes so much?
Seeing that in just one day, the other party dug a ditch as deep as one person, Aguta frowned. He didn't understand the use of digging such a ditch, because the horses could cross it with a light jump. This was a grassland.
, although there is a water pool in Tucheng, it is unrealistic to fill a moat with that little water.
When it was almost dark, soldiers from the Fucha Division had filled in a road, but they were blocked by the deep ditch.
Because the ditch was no longer wide enough for horses to cross easily.
Agutu had to give up his plan to attack the city overnight, mainly because he couldn't figure out what the opponent's tricks were.
Of course, the most important thing is that his scout cavalry discovered Essien's cavalry not far away.
Aguta has never known where the 30,000 cavalrymen of Essien's tribe have gone. Now that the other party's whereabouts have been revealed, how can he accidentally care about them.
His 50,000 yuan versus Essien's 30,000 yuan, the outcome is not certain.
So he decided to wait until daybreak before attacking the city.
But in the middle of the night, Agu Tu's men came to report that Da Sheng soldiers started digging small holes like that again.
When he arrived, he saw Dasheng's soldiers crossing the ditch and starting to dig holes again at the place that had been filled in today.
Agutu is going crazy. Is there something wrong with Dasheng's guard across from him?
"Order, let Turier lead the troops to harass, and don't let them continue digging holes."
Soon, the Fucha Department's cavalry was dispatched, preparing to drive away the Da Sheng soldiers who were digging holes. However, before they could reach the shooting range, they were hit by a shower of stones, which hit the attacking cavalry until they cried for their fathers and screamed for their mothers. They ran away with their heads in their hands.
This sudden attack shocked Aguta, and Dasheng's soldiers actually left the city again.
Moreover, even the trebuchets were set up outside the city.
Because he was afraid of Essin's cavalry, Aguta had to give up the attack. This was also the reason why he had not attacked the city with all his strength.
If it were to be a forceful attack, the horse trap, which was less than fifty feet long, could allow the spare horses to pass through.
But that's it. From yesterday to now, he has suffered casualties of more than 5,000 soldiers.
Aguta, who forcibly swallowed this breath, decided to change her strategy, which was to encircle rather than attack, and at the same time, use all her strength to search for the whereabouts of Essien's 30,000-strong army.
The other party was nowhere to be found, and he could never feel at ease.
