Chapter 399 The Siege War Turned into a Breakout War
Standing on the city wall and looking down, Aguta was so excited that he jumped off the city wall.
Walking around the Tucheng, there is actually only a ring of walls in the Tucheng. In addition to the tents scattered around, there are various destroyed trebuchets, carts for carrying items, etc. It can be said that the ground is in a mess.
The Dasheng guard was too afraid of death. He never had any decent direct confrontation from beginning to end, and now he even abandoned the city and fled.
Do you still want to outrun the legs of horses on the grassland?
If he took the city and defended it, he would probably suffer a lot of casualties. After all, he could only fight on foot in the city.
Just when he was excited, his men came to report that Essien's cavalry appeared again.
Aguta immediately asked: "How many troops are there?"
The subordinate replied: "It's dark and I can't see clearly. I estimate there are nearly 10,000 cavalry."
Agutu laughed heartily. The cavalrymen of the Essin Tribe probably did not expect Dasheng Guards to withdraw so quickly. They arrived now and it was already too late. He immediately ordered all his troops to withdraw into the city.
Although this city was only built according to the scale of a ten-thousand-person camp, it was still spacious enough for Aguta's fifty-thousand-strong army to accommodate even a small squeeze, excluding those who died in battle.
Now that he has a city defense, even if Essien's 30,000-strong army arrives, he is confident that he can withstand this wave of attacks and can counterattack as long as he takes a short rest.
Sure enough, when Essien's cavalry saw them retreating into the city, they stopped pursuing them. They just fired a burst of arrows angrily and then withdrew.
How did Agutu know that the nearly 10,000 cavalry men mentioned by his men were just a cover-up.
The elite cavalry on the grassland usually rides one person and two people, so among the nearly 10,000 cavalrymen he saw, there were only 3,000 cavalry, plus 3,000 horses. The horses were dummies tied with straw, and there were also grass tied behind the horses.
and bushes, dragging them across the ground, causing smoke and dust to billow.
Plus it’s dark, so it’s perfectly normal to see things wrong.
After Aguta's pride subsided, she vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
Logically speaking, all the Dasheng soldiers abandoned the city and fled, but there seemed to be few corpses in the city?
You can't just die a few people and then run away in fear.
This is very wrong.
Just when he was wondering, the elite cavalry sent to chase Da Sheng's soldiers returned.
From a distance, he saw something was wrong with his elite men. When they came forward to report, Aguta realized that when his elite men went out to pursue them, they were ambushed again.
The ones who ambushed them were not the Essin cavalry that Aguta had been worried about, but they were trapped by the Dasheng people again.
This ambush was completely unexpected, and the opponent's counterattack was so severe that less than one thousand of the three thousand cavalry returned.
Agutu was stunned. Three thousand fine cavalry pursued the fleeing infantry. Even if they encountered an ambush, the casualties would not be so heavy.
The cavalry commander said with tears: "We first stepped into a pit, and our formation was immediately disrupted. Then crossbows and stones directly covered most of the troops. Before we could react, another Dasheng cavalry appeared from behind and directly attacked
We were scattered, Da Sheng's crossbow arrows were fired hard and far away, but I still fought to my death to fight back."
Aguta was shocked and confused after hearing this.
He couldn't figure out why the opponent had to withdraw since it still had such fighting strength.
If there is a conspiracy and my army is already in the city, is it possible that they are tired of defending the city and want to attack the city for fun?
Shaking his head and putting aside this ridiculous idea, Aguta ordered the guards and patrols to be left behind, and the rest of the people to rest. They were tired after a day of fierce fighting. They should repair themselves and fight again tomorrow.
In fact, Agutu guessed correctly, Yang Xuan's plan was to change from defending the city to attacking the city.
The main purpose is to trap the opponent in the city and delay the opponent's withdrawal to their home base as much as possible.
As for how 10,000 people can trap 50,000 people, of course they still rely on their old skill of digging holes.
Throughout the night, the three thousand cavalrymen of the Essin tribe circled the Tucheng like a merry-go-round, driving all the patrols of the Fucha tribe back into the city.
Logically speaking, the Fucha Department has enough soldiers. If they really want to fight, these three thousand cavalry are not enough. However, after a big battle, Agu Tu decided to let his men have a good rest.
Regardless of whether there are 30,000 or 3,000 people outside the city, Aguta doesn't bother to care.
However, early the next morning, Aguta was awakened by a loud noise, and then his subordinates came to report: "Lord Commander, we are surrounded by people in the city."
Agutu dug his ears: "What are you talking about? Who surrounded us in the city?"
"It's Da Sheng's army. They are starting to attack the city."
Agu Tu jumped up and said: "You said Dasheng's army is attacking the city?"
Without waiting for his men to answer, Aguta had already strode out of the tent.
Sure enough, there were trebuchets outside the city constantly throwing stones, mud, and even kerosene bombs into the city.
The city was not a big place to begin with, and although the Fucha Division's 40,000 people could fit in, it was still very cramped. At this time, facing the trebuchet's rain-like attack, the damage range was a bit large.
The gravel and hard mud were thrown down. As long as they didn't hit their heads, they wouldn't be able to kill anyone, but many people suffered broken bones and muscles.
There are also those kerosene bombs. When one hits, it will cause a sea of fire, but as long as the fire is extinguished in time, it will not burn anyone to death, but the burned people will feel very uncomfortable, and the screams and wailings can be heard endlessly.
Agutu climbed to the top of the city under the cover of everyone. When he looked outside, he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
There are only 10,000 Dasheng troops outside the city. I have nearly 50,000 troops. How can I be trapped in the city with 10,000 troops?
"Send people out of the city and disperse them. Tuva, Jiuli Shen, Momoya and you three each bring three thousand cavalry and kill them out."
"Commander, we have made it through. There are traps everywhere outside the city. We can't make it out."
Agutu suddenly became angry and said: "If you can't rush out, you have to rush forward. There is a bulldozer, push it out for me, and set up the cannon when you return."
The men took the order and left. In fact, they had already done what Aguta said, but the commander insisted so much that they could only continue to do it. After all, it was not a problem to be beaten like this.
But the current situation is that, in addition to the gate that was entered yesterday, the other three gates are all large pits as deep as one person, and horses and bulldozers cannot get out.
As for the gate where we fought yesterday, although we can go out, we can only go out. The big pit that is as deep as one person, when we came down yesterday, we made a slope with soil, and this slope was repulsed after a charge was launched in the morning.
Afterwards, it was dug up again in front of them.
In other words, even if they rush out of the city, they can't go up. If they want to go up, they have to face the same situation as yesterday. They have to push out against the opponent's trebuchet attack, and then fill in the slope of the earth rampart.
The city we conquered with great effort yesterday must be conquered again today.
Not only are the soldiers under his command crazy, but Aguta is also going crazy.
He knew the situation clearly, but what else could he do if he didn't rush out? How could he just be beaten passively here?
This battle was outrageously fought, and it was extremely frustrating from beginning to end.
The siege turned into a breakout and the war began.
