Chapter 27 Casualties in the Stalemate

In response to the rapidly changing situation, Li Wei ordered his generals to stop the attack and hide behind the arrow stack. In this way, the Youzhou soldiers under the wall also lost the target of attack. The arrows shot by the two sides suddenly disappeared, and the previously lively battlefield suddenly returned to silence.

There is no ladder, no cloud car, and Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun and other generals will not command their soldiers to rush to the root of the city wall. In that case, isn't it to test the lethality of the city's defense equipment such as rolling wood and stone?

This change in the battlefield is also expected by Gongsun Zant. Therefore, under the command of Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun and other generals, the shield array and the rushing array began to retreat in an orderly manner. When their figures appeared in the attack area of the crossbow and the stone thrower, the enemy treated them rudely and enthusiastically.

Under a round of attack by the crossbow and the stone thrower, some Youzhou soldiers were unfortunately slightly injured. In the gap where the enemy reinstalled the carved arrow on the crossbow, the retreat speed of the Youzhou soldiers instantly changed from slow to fast. After a few breaths, they had retreated to a safe area.

At this time, the soldiers of Xiliang were very depressed, and Yuan Shao and Man Gao of the Confederate Army were also in a low mood. They stood on the indigenous high platform and had a panoramic view of the attack of the Youzhou soldiers. From the beginning to the end of the first round of attack, the Youzhou soldiers advanced and retreated, and excellently completed all the tasks of the first round of attack: destroy the enemy's traps and organs - pave the trenches, destroy the anti-horse array, and destroy the sharp pile array.

The reality of the Youzhou Army is beyond their imagination, and it is not as defeated as the two of them imagined. The casualties are huge, and the power of the enemy's stone-throwing machine and crossbow is not as unstoppable as imagined.

Yuan Shao and Man Gao know that if the enemy can skillfully control the stone throwing machine and bed crossbow, no matter how well Gongsun Zan's advance plan is, if they want to achieve such excellent victory, the Youzhou army will have to pay a huge price - at least half of the troops.

But the fact is that the Youzhou army has only suffered a negligible loss of troops, and has achieved such remarkable results! This disappointed Yuan Shao and quite high. Of course, they also gained: through actual combat, they also found the weakness of Xiliang soldiers: Xiliang soldiers can't operate stone throwing machines and bed crossbows skillfully, so that the lethality of these two domineering city defense equipment is limited, and it is estimated that it is only 30% of the actual!

Yuan Shaohe looked at the situation in his eyes and began to think about how his side should attack...

At the gate of the allied camp, Gongsun Zan summoned Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the five people exchanged their experience of fighting with each other. After all, it is the first time for five people to face such a large-scale siege. The invisible benefits of their growth, the accumulation of actual combat experience cannot be described in words.

In the first round of attack, he completed the task for a day at a very small price, which made the coach Gongsun Zun extremely satisfied. He was not stingy with words and praised Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"Guys, your performance is very excellent..." Gongsun Zan looked excited and praised everyone and said, "But we can't be idle. Lord Yuan and the arrogant leader are still monitoring us on the high platform?! In any case, we should also end the day and shoot as many enemy troops as possible. In the end, let the wise Lord Yuan and quite high have nothing to say..."

To improve Yuan Shao, Tai Shici and Zhao Yun had no reaction, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei suddenly showed contempt. Zhang Fei, who was grumpy, suddenly spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm and muttered in the direction of the local high platform.

Taishi Cisi thought for a while and arched his hand to Gongsun Zan and said, "Jihou, at present, the Xiliang soldiers can only exert 30% of the power of the stone throwing machine and the bed crossbow. Taking this opportunity, our offensive formation should be slightly adjusted: increase the number of shield arrays, a shield hand needs to protect an archer, and the martial arts of our innate realm. It will be concentrated in an area of 200 to 300 meters and use a two-stone iron tire bow to shoot enemy soldiers. ...In addition, the slightly injured soldiers can also carry the ladders and trucks needed for tomorrow's attack to the safe area, which can also help the Allies attack tomorrow..."

Gongsun Zan nod with a smile and adopted Tai Shici's strategy. In this attack, the five teams became four teams, according to the method of the first attack. The shield array first attracted the enemy's first round of stone-throwing machine and bed crossbow attack. When the enemy reinstalled the carved arrows and stones, the archers quickly followed and followed the scattered shield soldiers.

At this time, Gongsun Zan led the four innate generals of the realm, including Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun, who had rushed to more than 200 meters away from the city wall. In this area, you can see the Xiliang soldiers around the stone thrower and the bed crossbow.

More than 200 meters is the effective distance of the innate super general's bow and arrow. The archery of the five innate realms is really a nightmare for Xiliang soldiers. The arrows were accurately inserted in the forehead or throat of the Xiliang generals, even the arrows of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were slightly inferior. The arrows they shot also made Xiliang soldiers suddenly lose their ability to move, and their bodies were softly spread on the aisle of the city wall.

With the casualties of soldiers who control the stone-throwing machine and the bed crossbow, the stone-throwing machine and the bed crossbow have also become the ears of the deaf - decoration. The lethality of the enemy decreased in an instant, and the lethality of Gongsun Zan's subordinates suddenly increased.

Li Yu, the leader of the Xiliang Army, looked at his soldiers under his command. He didn't even see the enemy clearly, so he fell under the enemy's arrows. He was really angry and angry.

He shouted angrily: all the soldiers lay down and dodged the enemy's deadly arrows. But when all the defenders lay down on the aisle. Li Yu saw the attacking Youzhou army lift the ladder from the camp and push out the cloud cart.

In this way, Li Yu is both frightened and angry. He just wanted to order the fallen soldiers to get up. Suddenly, there was a flash in his mind: even if the Youzhou army used ladders and cloud carts to attack, they did not have enough manpower. At this time, Yuan Shao and the leader of Rong Di were still watching on the earth-made high platform... Could it be that the allied forces were afraid of the power of the stone-throwing machine and the crossbow? Did the allied forces organize the siege of the city separately?

The more Li Wei thought about it, the chaotic thoughts gradually became clear: Yes, our soldiers are not good at defending according to the city, but the allied forces are not good at attacking the city...

When Li Wei analyzed that the allied forces were fighting separately in the siege, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. The civilian generals beside him looked puzzled and looked at him doubtfully. Li Yu laughed enough, and then said to the command, "The general's order, as long as the enemy does not use ladders and cloud carts to attack, we are not allowed to fight back."

After giving the order, Li Yu left the gate tower and returned to the palace. The officials who followed him were worried and followed closely.

After Gongsun Zan shot more than a thousand enemy soldiers, all the enemy soldiers lost their bodies on the wall. In this way, their precise arrows lost their target. Before long, Li Wei also hurriedly left the gate tower with the accompanying officials.

In this way, on Gongsun Zan's side, more than 20,000 soldiers could only stay in place and look at the towering and strong wall. After that, no matter how the Youzhou soldiers insulted, the Xiliang soldiers who guarded the city did not show their heads and only fought against the Youzhou soldiers with their mouths.

Facing such a situation, Tai Shici said helplessly to Gongsun Zan, "Jihou, presumably the dog thief Li Wei has seen our combat intention. They don't want to appear and fight with us... unless we use cloud carts and ladders!"

"Ha ha, use cloud carts and ladders?" Gongsun Zan smiled and said, "General Taishi, I won't do anything offside, and I won't rob Yuan Mengzhu's job."

Gongsun Zan's humorous words suddenly made everyone laugh. Finally, Gongsun Zan decided that Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun led hundreds of soldiers to continue to scold under the wall. Other soldiers followed him to continue to sort out the trenches and destroy the bamboo thorns in the trenches with stones and wood.

This is not for the purpose of Yuan Shaohe, but to lay a solid foundation for a larger siege in the future. In this way, from the standpoint of the Xiliang Legion, the trench that originally hindered the enemy's attack has now become an excellent bunker for the enemy to avoid stones and carved arrows.

In this way, Gongsun Zant commanded the brave Youzhou Army to win the glorious victory on the first day of the attack and excellently completed the strategic deployment task formulated by the Allies. Of course, Gongsun Zan is also in a good imagination: if he is given another 50,000 brave soldiers, he is very sure to break through the towering and strong walls in two days...

It's just that in reality, he only has poor 30,000 soldiers. In the battle, he doesn't have the courage to work hard!

At night, the allied forces held a summary meeting of the offensive battle. As the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao first praised the Youzhou Army for its impressive achievements. In Yuan Shao's original words, the heroic and flexible Youzhou army beat the invincible Xiliang Legion into a shrinking turtle.

Gongsun Zong treated him with a smile and said nothing. I only care about drinking and eating vegetables.

Yuan Shao inspected the people present, and then focused on Liu Bei's table. At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also sat at the same table with Liu Bei, enjoying wine and food.

Of course, the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei felt Yuan Shao's deliberate attention, but they pretended not to realize it and still buried their heads and fought hard with wine and food.

Yuan Shao, who had something in his heart, ignored the indifference of Liu Bei's three brothers and said with a smile, "Liu Taishou, in today's siege battle, your two brothers' performance is remarkable, which makes the leader of the alliance very gratified and admired!"

Yuan Shao's words highlight the "two tones" of the alliance leader!

When the three brothers Liu Bei heard the words, they all felt a chill, especially Zhang Fei. He replied mercilessly, "I don't know who forced me to wait to escort food and grass..."

Liu Bei was afraid that Zhang Fei, who was unscrupulous, would offend Yuan Shao. He quickly grabbed Zhang Fei's arm and said politely to Yuan Shao, "Thank you for your praise! King Qin's rebelliousness is the responsibility of the heroes in the world, and it is also our duty!"

At this time, Gongsun Zan seemed to know Yuan Shao's inner thoughts. There was an imperceptible smile on the corners of his mouth.

Yuan Shao was so satisfied with Liu Bei's statement that he ignored Zhang Fei's gaffe. Yuan Shao laughed and shook Liu Bei with a glass of wine.

After the two finished drinking, Yuan Shao continued to say, "Liu Taishou, I don't want to beat around the bush, so I just opened the window to speak out. In tomorrow's battle, the Lord of the League would like to invite your two brothers to participate in tomorrow's siege. What is Liu Taishou's intention?

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bei warmly, as if Liu Bei was a beautiful woman.

At this time, Zhang Fei wanted to contradict him again. Liu Bei stared at him fiercely. Zhang Fei closed his mouth, swallowed what he wanted to say, and continued to fight with wine and delicious food with an aggrieved face. And Guan Yu has always been a peaceful look, which is really the essence of Confucianism.

Liu Bei arched his hand and said to Yuan Shao, "Master Yuan Meng, we are very eager to participate in every siege battle, hoping to save today from the promiscuous ministers in Xiliang as soon as possible..."

When Liu Bei said this, his eyes immediately turned red. After all, he was a royal relative.

Yuan Shao nodded to show his understanding of Liu Bei's mood.

"Lord Yuan Meng, if we participate in tomorrow's siege, we will escort grain and fodder the day after tomorrow... This..." Liu Bei said with an embarrassed face.

"Oh, Liu Taishou, this is easy to solve!" Yuan Shao waved his hand to Liu Bei and said, "Liu Taishou, from tomorrow, the task of escorting food and fodder will be transferred to General Ju Yi... Liu Taishou, from tomorrow on, your army will start to rest. As for the siege battle, you only need your two brothers to participate! ".

"Follow the order of the alliance leader!" Liu Bei raised his head and said with his chest.

Yuan Shao nodded with great satisfaction, and then he toasted Liu Bei's three brothers a glass of wine alone. At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's faces finally became happy, and they looked a little angry.

With the help of two super fierce generals, Yuan Shao was full of confidence. He looked at Gongsun Zan sideways. Gongsun Zan was deaf and dumb, only ate and drank, and ignored Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zan thought: Besides, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will follow your instructions as they wish...

At this time, the messenger entered the Chinese barracks and handed the report of the battle situation of the East Alliance Army in Chang'an City to Yuan Shao for reading. Yuan Shao read it, and his face suddenly became solemn. There is a gray smell all over the body.

Gongsun Zang took the document curiously. After reading it, he couldn't help taking a breath...