The rebel coalition soldiers who climbed up the city wall with their scythes and rolling stones, although they continued to climb to the juncture, were still unable to push the heavy armored infantry back, and more and more rebel coalition soldiers died tragically at the juncture.
Yang Lin gritted his teeth and shouted to the messenger behind him: "Mingjin and retreat." There is not much time left until dark. If this continues, it is impossible to completely capture Xianning before dark, only to expand the coalition forces. Loss. Moreover, the four arrow towers have been removed today, and this battle is not without gain. Without the threat of the arrow tower, the coalition forces can safely withdraw from the battlefield.
"Dang-dang-dang-!" The crisp jingle of gold spread throughout the battlefield, and the soldiers of the rebel coalition who were climbing were just taken aback, and they withdrew from the battle in accordance with the military order.
In the city, Huang Yunfei did not show the slightest expression of joy after seeing the enemy retreating. He always remained indifferent.
Outside the city, Liu Tong and Yang Lin watched the movement on the city, their eyes were full of complexity. Yang Lin sighed, "Heavy armored infantry is really powerful. Huang Yunfei must be our biggest obstacle to attacking Xianning." Although Liu Tong did not answer, But from his eyes, he agreed with Yang Lin's words.
At this time, Wang Gaoyi, who had been behind before, rushed forward with a gloomy face, looked at Liu Tong and Yang Lin resentfully, and shouted: "Major General. In today's battle, the cavalry lost nearly 1,500. People. I hope that by then, the major general can give a good explanation to my father-in-law."
"Humph!" Liu Tong snorted coldly, looked at Wang Gaoyi, and shouted: "Please don't worry, General Wang. Since I said, I will take full responsibility for this battle, and I won't shirk responsibility. With your paternal master, I will naturally. I have an explanation. As for you, General Wang, I think the general should spend more time on the issue of settling soldiers."
After that, Liu Tong ignored Wang Gaoyi, holding the big spear, pulling the rein, and the horse followed the army to withdraw to the rear.
Yang Lin had already turned his face with Wang Gaoyi before, so naturally he would not consider Wang Gaoyi's emotions anymore, and he didn't even look at Wang Gaoyi at all. He drove his mount to follow Liu Tong. Being so ignored by Liu Tong and Yang Lin one after another, Wang Gaoyi was extremely angry, but Liu Tong's terrifying aura had been entangled in his heart before, and he did not dare to act rashly.
In order to make a raid on Xianning, the coalition forces did not have time to build a camp, and now they can only temporarily build a camp at a location about ten miles away from Xianning. While building the camp, Liu Tong and Yang Lin also began to count the losses in today's battle. When the statistical results were handed over to them, both of them couldn't help but frowned.
In today’s World War I, the coalition suffered tremendous losses, including the cavalry losses that Wang Gaoyi had already said at the beginning. In addition, siege soldiers such as swordsmen and pikemen also lost more than 3,000 people, but archers suffered the least. There are only a hundred people. Adding this up, the coalition lost more than 5,000 men in today's battle. Although most of them were injured, in ancient battles, once injured, it was easy to die. Such losses are very heavy for the coalition forces with only 20,000 people.
"Huh!" Liu Tong snorted while looking at the war report written on the military report, and threw the report on the ground. He stepped forward on the ground in a reluctant manner, kicked hard, and kicked the broken military report. Far away.
Yang Lin, who was on the side, stepped forward and comforted: "Major General, don’t worry. Today’s battle is not without results. At least we have destroyed the four arrow towers. If we fight again tomorrow, there will be no threat from the four arrow towers. We can safely and boldly launch a full-scale attack on Xianning. I think there are not many archers on Xianning, and we have lost a lot in today’s battle. Huang Yun flies into the sky with heavy armored infantry, and it is impossible to withstand the army. Take turns."
"General Xia." Liu Tong said in a deep voice: "Since you are so confident, tomorrow is all up to you. I have to win Xianning. If I can't take Xianning tomorrow. Then I will go to battle myself." Speaking of the last, Liu Tongli clenched his fists. Although the military commander's force seldom exerted its power in the fortified battle, it was not entirely true. At least, when Liu Tong followed Liu Guang to attack Nanchang City, he once rushed to the top of the city alone, beheaded the enemy generals, and won the first attack in the city.
However, this Xian would rather not be comparable to Nanchang City, and Jiang Bo could not be compared with Huang Yunfei. If it were not compelling, Liu Tong would never take this risk. In this raid on Xianning, Liu Guang finally fought for the position of commander-in-chief for Liu Tong. Liu Tong could not shame Liu Guang.
If this battle fails, not only will Liu Guangyan lose face, but Liu Guang's position in the alliance will also plummet. Regardless of the reason, Liu Tong was not allowed to lose in this attack on Xianning. Yang Lin also understood what Liu Tong meant, and now he could only nod his head to agree, and he was already secretly calculating the siege plan for tomorrow.
Soon, the camp was built, Yang Lin announced his resignation to Liu, and he hurried back to his camp to think about more perfect tactics. The soldiers who had fought for a day also entered the camp to rest. Only Liu Tong stood alone at the gate of the camp, looking to the west. Suddenly the figure of a burly man holding a long weird weapon appeared in Liu Tong's mind. Suddenly, a trace of hatred flashed in Liu Tong's eyes, and he murmured: "Govern the world. The hatred of the year, I am. I have to report it. Just wash my neck and wait."
In order to formulate perfect siege tactics, Yang Lin can be said to have not slept all night, waiting until the next morning, Yang Lin rushed to the front of the army with a pair of bright red eyes. This time Liu Tong still gave Yang Lin the command of the army, and Yang Lin never shied away. The only thing that felt strange was that Wang Gaoyi didn't react at all this time, unlike the strong opposition he had yesterday.
Liu Tong glanced at Wang Gaoyi a little strangely, then stopped talking, turned his head and said to Yang Lin, "General Xia. Let's get started."
Yang Lin glared at his bright red eyes and nodded, and gave orders to the army one after another, arranging two thousand shield soldiers in front, all archers following closely, and the other shield soldiers and pikemen. Lift the ladder for the center. As for the cavalry, Yang Lin didn't assign any tasks to them. Yang Lin remembered Wang Gaoyi's attitude yesterday. Today, Yang Lin is determined to win Xianning. At this critical moment, Yang Lin is a little worried about Wang Gaoyi's tricks. Besides, the tactics that Yang Lin has arranged today are real hand-to-hand combat, and cavalry like cavalry has no effect.
After the formation was set up, Yang Lin directly waved his saber and shouted: "The whole army is attacking. Cheer up!"
"Kill--!" With the sound of the war drums, the coalition soldiers screamed loudly and launched an impact in the direction of Xianning. As for Xianning in front, as Yang Lin envisioned yesterday, after the four arrow towers were burnt down, Zhao Jun's archers also suffered a lot, and they could only shoot from the two wings of Xianning. However, such an attack did not have much effect, and was soon suppressed by the archers following the shield soldiers.
"Don't pay attention to the enemy's archers. The whole army rushed directly towards the gate of the city. They captured Xianning in one breath." Yang Lin saw that the archers of the coalition army seemed to be attracted to the past by the two-winged Zhao army and couldn't wait to pass the order. The officer helped to convey the military order and yelled directly in front of him. The slightly hoarse voice resounded throughout the battlefield.
With Yang Lin's reminder, those archers also decisively gave up the target, followed the sword and shield soldiers in front of them, and began to rush towards the gate of Xianning. Sure enough, although the Zhao Jun archers on both sides were still attacking, they did not cause much damage at all because of the number. The coalition forces rushed through this line of defense and launched an attack towards the wall.
Under the cover of the shield soldiers in front, the coalition archers reached the gate of the city. This time, without Yang Lin's instructions, the archers consciously bent their bows and shot arrows toward the city to suppress them. In the city, Huang Yunfei stood at a juncture as it did yesterday. As early as before the archers rushed to the gate of the city, Huang Yunfei waved a hand and sent to the heavily armored infantry who were still in a square formation behind him. A military order: "Heavy armored infantry, infantry basalt formation."
"Drink." The five thousand soldiers of the heavy-armored infantry screamed, took out the square shield that had been on their backs yesterday, and raised them to the chest. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the heavy armored infantry were divided into three rows again, standing in front of the female wall. When the archers outside the city fired their arrows, all the soldiers of the heavy armored infantry in the first row lifted their square shields and stood in front of them, while the heavy armored infantry soldiers following the third row moved the square shields. He lifted it high, protecting himself and the comrades in front of him. This is exactly the basalt formation that resisted the offensive of the Southern Army in the small county.
The arrow flew out from the archer's longbow, and went straight to the city to shoot, but it was blocked tightly by the strong square shield.
"Tsk." Yang Lin saw the movement in the city and couldn't help but snorted. Unexpectedly, Huang Yunfei would use a completely different formation from yesterday. Such a basalt formation, just like its name, is like a stunner. Tortoise shell with mouth. Yang Lin waved his hand anxiously and shouted loudly, "Go to the barrier. Give me his mother's tortoise shell."
Everything seemed to be a recurrence of yesterday. Seeing that arrows were no longer a threat to the enemies in the city, those archers simply put away their bows and arrows to make way for the main force behind them who was really responsible for the attack. A ladder was once again on the barrier wall, and countless allied soldiers began to climb up the city along the ladder. Because there were no obstacles from the cavalry, the number of allied soldiers climbing on the barrier wall was much larger this time. From a distance, the entire barrier wall seemed to be covered by black people.
"Rolling wood, stone, hook and sickle spear, all for me! Heavy armored infantry! Go!" Seeing that the coalition army was about to climb to a juncture, Huang Yunfei immediately issued an order this time. After hearing the order, the soldiers of the heavy armored infantry immediately took a step forward and pressed the square shield firmly against the female wall.
The soldiers of the rebel coalition forces were hit by the rolling wood and stone, or stabbed by the hook and sickle, and screamed directly and fell from the city. Even if they were a little more flexible, they barely climbed onto the female wall, but the blade suddenly pierced from the gap between the square shields still killed them.
A scream sounded from the city, and the rebel coalition soldiers rushed up without fear of life and death, but above their heads, the corpses of their comrades were falling like rain. The towering city wall and the soldiers on it have become an insurmountable gap, preventing the soldiers of the Rebel Allied Forces from breaking through this line of defense.
The fighting on the second day lasted from morning to evening. Yang Lin, who was determined to take down Xianning, commanded the coalition to launch the most ferocious offensive against Xianning. However, under Huang Yunfei's command, five thousand heavy infantry soldiers and thousands of garrison soldiers have always stood firmly on the Xianning city wall.
However, no matter how strong the commanding ability is, it can't erase the huge gap in military strength. Although Huang Yunfei successfully defended Xianning after two days of offensive and defensive battles, the losses of the city's defenders were quite tragic. There were only less than 3,000 left in the 5,000 heavy armored infantry, and the more than 1,000 defenders who were added later lost more than half. Even those archers are no exception.
In other words, in the entire Xianning city, there are now only the heavy armored infantry with less than 3,000 men left. Moreover, almost every soldier of the heavy armored infantry has large and small injuries, and only less than half of them are still fighting. This is probably the largest casualty in the history of heavy armored infantry.
But the heavy-armored infantry was hit so painfully, and the price paid by the coalition army was not small. After the war, according to Yang Lin's statistics, the coalition forces eventually lost nearly 7,000 casualties. Only less than 10,000 remain with the 20,000 armies capable of fighting. It can be said that in today's battle, the two armies were fighting and losing.
"Okay." It was completely different from the performance after seeing the battle report yesterday. Liu Tong appeared very calm, slowly set the battle report aside, raised his head and said to Yang Lin: "According to what I said yesterday, tomorrow, I will personally Go into battle and take down Xianning."
Yang Lin's face was very pale. Although from the results of the battle, the Allied Army and Zhao Jun had fought a match, but Yang Lin knew that he was completely defeated. With nearly 20,000 people attacking the barrier guarded by only 5,000 heavy infantry and more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, they still couldn't conquer Xianning. Yang Lin's efforts today can only prove his failure.
And hearing Liu Tong's words, Yang Lin's godless eyes finally showed a glimmer, and immediately shouted: "No! Major General, you can't take risks. Give the final general one more day, no! Only half a day! , Huang Yunfei is now at the end of the crossbow, and Xianning will definitely be taken down."
Regarding Yang Lin's request, Liu Tong directly refused, and said in a deep voice, "General Xia. I have watched your battle in the past two days. You did a good job. I don't mean to blame you. But tomorrow is the last time limit, and we can’t take risks. If we can’t conquer Xianning tomorrow, Zhao Jun’s reinforcements will arrive. At that time, our hard work these few days will be in vain. Needless to say. I will do it tomorrow. Personally lead the army to siege the city. As for the rear command, it depends on you."
"But." Although Liu Tong had made up his mind, Yang Lin was still a little worried. Liu Tong's identity didn't want them. He was just an ordinary soldier. Liu Tong was Liu Guang's heir. If Liu Tong had any accident in Xianning, it would not only be a great blow to the morale of the coalition forces, but also might cause the coalition to split. This is not what Yang Lin wanted to see.
"Needless to say." Liu Tong waved his hand and stopped Yang Lin first, and then said again: "Also, in tomorrow's battle, you must be careful with that Wang Gaoyi. I think there is something wrong with him today, it seems to be There is another plan. Today I was in the back, he dare not make any movement, tomorrow I will not be in the back, it is difficult to say whether this kid will play tricks." Liu Tong always remembered Wang Gaoyi's abnormal behavior today. Go, and now I have also deliberately asked Yang Lin again.
In fact, even if Liu Tong didn't say anything, Yang Lin also noticed Wang Gaoyi. Dang even nodded and said: "Major general, don't worry, Wang Gaoyi has only a thousand cavalry in his hands. I will pay close attention. He can't make much waves. Regarding the battle plan for tomorrow, the major general should think about it again. It would be too dangerous to do that."
However, Liu Tong ignored Yang Lin’s dissuasion. He just waved his hand and walked straight to the gate of the camp. Looking at Xianning in the distance, Liu Tong clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of warfare, and said: "Huang Yunfei Let me, Liu Tong, come to meet you in person tomorrow."
Another night passed. Early in the morning, Liu Tong led his army to the outside of Xianning City. Seeing Zhao Jun who was already waiting in front of the city, the corner of Liu Tong's mouth was slightly raised, and his fighting spirit was immediately raised.
Yang Lin behind Liu Tong said anxiously: "Major General. Why not let me accompany you. The two of you have some kindness." Although Yang Lin said that he was not good at martial arts, he was at least better than average. Many generals are stronger.
Liu Tong smiled to the sky and said, "General Xia. How many times do you want me to tell you will remember. Today's battle is in charge of me. What General Xia has to do is to manage the rear. Also, If you and I are both in battle, who will Wang Gaoyi want to watch?" When saying the next sentence, Liu Tong deliberately lowered his voice, and pointed his finger at Wang Gaoyi who had been staying behind. Thousands of cavalry.
Liu Tong said so, and Yang Lin couldn't continue to persuade him, so he had to fist and shout to Liu Tong: "So, then I wish the Major General a victory." After all, Yang Lin hurried towards the rear of the army. Go, return the command of the army to Liu Tong.
"Soldiers." Liu Tong straightened his body, holding a big gun in his hand, pointing to Xianning in front of him, and shouting at the coalition soldiers behind him: "See clearly, the wall in front is a shame to our army! Both of us! Wan Dajun, wasted two days, but he couldn't capture such a gate!"
Liu Tong said kindly: "We all claim to be heroes. Such a city wall doesn’t have much strength in it. We can’t take it down yet. Don’t you feel ashamed? I tell you that today, I will take you with you. , Completely flatten the gate in front of us. This sign represents our shame. I want to listen to your heart. Do you have this confidence?"
Liu Tong's short words reinvigorated the morale of the rebel coalition soldiers who had gone through two days of hard fighting. All the soldiers stared with scarlet eyes, and roared according to their weapons: "Take down Xianning! Tread down Xianning!"
"Very good." When the goal was achieved, Liu Tong smiled, waved his big gun in the air, and shouted loudly: "All soldiers and soldiers listen to our military orders. Crush! Step down on Xianning."
"Kill." Without any tactical arrangements, no clear attack instructions, more than 8,000 coalition officers, led by Liu Tong, rushed towards Xianning like a huge sharp blade. Liu Tong's actions stunned Yang Lin, who was supervising the formation behind him. He didn't expect that Liu Tong would do this. What kind of play was this? No suppression, no division of labor, so rampant? This made Yang Lin, who was studying orthodox military training, look confused. However, the subsequent development of the battle situation made Yang Lin even more shocked, because the coalition led by Liu Tong rushed to the juncture very smoothly.