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As the soldiers of the Ladder Building set up the ladder, the first siege echelon following behind had also arrived. The soldiers held shields in one hand and swords in the other. Under the supervision of the officers and generals, they rushed to the Under the city, put the saber in your mouth, hold the shield with one hand, and climb the ladder with your feet with the other hand.

At this time, a large number of archers rushed over from outside the city and shot arrows at the city wall, providing long-range support to the siege generals who were climbing the ladder. Head-on blow, casualties greatly increased.

But as the siege soldiers climbed to the top of the city, the bow and arrow support under the city had to stop, lest they would shoot their own people.

The defenders with the protection of the city wall still had the upper hand after all. They picked up a piece of gravel and threw it down to cause damage to the soldiers on the ladder. Even if they couldn't kill people, they could still prevent them from climbing. If it hits it accurately enough, it will hit people directly.

When it comes time to fight face to face with real swords and guns, the importance of individual soldier quality is reflected at this time. This is not on the battlefield, but in siege. The soldiers in the city have to face several enemies at the same time.

The shortcomings of the poor individual soldiers of the Allied Army were revealed at this moment. Whether it is morale, fierceness, or individual combat effectiveness, these Allied Army are at the same level as the defenders, but because they are the attacking side, they are at a disadvantage. It is also very obvious that a defending soldier facing an attacking allied army can calmly use the advantage of the city wall to attack condescendingly, and many allied troops were beaten down without the power to fight back.

After the siege soldiers and generals had started to climb the ladders, the trebuchets and ground archers lost their deterrent power to the defenders, and these two weapons could not be used, otherwise they would easily hurt their own people.

The advantage of the defenders with the protection of the city walls and the condescending attack is very obvious. One defender standing by the wall can even kill three or four Concorde troops climbing the ladder.

However, there were also soldiers of the Confederacy Army who climbed the ladder and rushed to the top of the city to fight fiercely with the defenders, but were soon besieged and killed by the defenders.

The allied troops who were climbing faced arrows or stones shot from above their heads at any time, and there were even defenders who scooped up boiling water with ladles and poured it on the allied soldiers who were climbing the ladder, scalding them. After a scream, he fell down the city and was seriously injured or directly fell to death.

Su Ji, who was in charge of the siege command, frowned and watched for more than half an hour, "The casualties are too high, and the siege battalion is ordered to dispatch the wells, and the follow-up troops of the first siege echelon are ordered to attack!"

"Obey!" The orderly agreed, and turned around to deliver the order.

On the imperial chariot, Zhao Junsheng stood up after sitting for a long time, walked to the front and leaned on the railing to observe for a while, and said to the ministers and generals beside him: "What do you think of the combat power of the defenders?"

Dongfang Chen said: "Your Majesty, the defender Chen Xian is indeed very good at defending the city. The individual quality of the defenders is similar to that of the Congregation Army, but his deployment and command are tight, and he is even relaxed. Spend!"

Zhao Junsheng thinks what Dongfang Chen said is quite pertinent. When the Allied Army was attacking fiercely and supported by bows and arrows, Chen Xian ordered the defenders to release a lot of allied forces in order to reduce the casualties of the army's archers in the city. Join the army to climb the city wall for hand-to-hand combat.

In this way, the archers of the dry army under the city had to stop shooting arrows in order not to hurt the friendly army. In this way, the long-range support of the dry army was useless, and the defenders formed an formation on the city wall under the command of Chen Xian Defense, encircled and suppressed the allied troops who attacked the top of the city one by one. There were few allied troops to attack the top of the city, and there was no capable general to conduct a unified command. Most of them were quickly beheaded, and the rest were all driven off the city wall. , Some people fell to pieces, and some were seriously injured.

When the well fence of the Qianjun approached the command, the follow-up troops of the first siege echelon rushed under the city wall, and the archers of the Qianjun army also boarded the well fence. The height of the well fence was very high, even higher than the city wall. The dry army archers on the well fence began to shoot arrows at the defenders after they came into range.

The long-range suppression of the dry army archers finally worked. The defenders' activities on the city wall were restricted, and a large number of arrows were shot. There are many situations where some people ignore their heads and are suddenly shot by arrows on the well fence while defending the Allied Army under the city.

Chen Xian discovered this unfavorable situation, and ordered to mobilize some archers to contain them, and at the same time ordered the sword and shield hands to stand in front, so that the shields could be used to block the arrows.

Although the hesitant moat was filled, it was not filled evenly, and the well curbs could not be pushed to the edge of the city wall. Dozens of well curbs could only be parked by the edge of the moat. Shooting arrows at each other caused damage to each other. Because there are many city walls at the height of the well fence, there is a condescending advantage, and the defenders' archers suffered relatively large losses.

The siege battle lasted all morning, and Zhao Junsheng never gave any instructions on Su Ji's command. In his opinion, Su Ji's command was no problem.

At the beginning of noon, the temperature was too high. The battle lasted for nearly two hours, and many of the allied troops were exhausted. Su Ji ordered the troops to withdraw and fight again in the afternoon.

Chapter 1011 Heavy casualties

The army withdrew to the camp to rest, eat and drink. Zhao Junsheng, ministers and generals came to the camp, and each of them took a big bowl of tea and poured it into their mouths. It was too hot.

After drinking the tea, Zhao Junsheng put down the big bowl and asked, "Have the casualties been counted?"

The medical officer ran in panting with his official robe, "Come here!"

He paused for a few breaths, then bowed his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, the casualties have just been counted. 210 people were killed and 120 were injured. Among them, [-] were seriously wounded. I'm afraid we can't save them because the injuries are too serious." , the remaining lightly wounded should not have much problem after treatment!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned. This number of casualties is a bit large. You must know that this is only one morning. If the battle lasts for one day, the number of casualties may not be less than 700. If the number of casualties continues, the [-] Xie Congjun army will not be able to withstand it. so consumed.

He thought about it, and told the medical officer: "Now we are the siege party, and the medicines and supplies are not enough for the time being. We can't watch the seriously wounded die. Let the men treat them as much as possible. Don't be afraid of running out of medicines. We really can't save them, we have tried our best, whether it is to ourselves, or to other soldiers and these seriously injured, we have an explanation!"

"Also, pay more attention to the lightly wounded. The weather is hot now, and the wound is prone to infection, inflammation and suppuration. Once it becomes inflamed and suppurative, it will be troublesome. Therefore, the wounded should pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, and the wound should not be wet!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The medical officer agreed, bowed and retreated.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Su Ji, "General Su, what do you think of the siege situation this morning?"

Su Ji stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Return to Your Majesty, after all, the Congregation Army has been reorganized for too short a time and has not undergone strict training from our side. The tactics used in the siege battle are still the ones they have trained before, and the defenders are the same as they are. They are my own people, and I am very familiar with their siege tactics, so I have a lot of tricks to deal with them!"

"Because of the command of our officers and generals, these allied troops cooperated tacitly in the siege, and they advanced and retreated with certainty. However, because they were in the same robes as the defenders in the past, they inevitably couldn't bear to fight during the siege, and hesitated to start. And the morale is not high, the momentum is not enough, and the offensive is not strong enough, so the losses are relatively large!"

"Also, the individual combat strength of the Concorde Army is much more checked than that of our infantry, which is also the reason for the greater casualties!"

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while and asked, "What regulations do you have for this siege?"

Su Ji replied: "I decided to focus on the east gate first, and make a feint attack on the west gate and north gate. Gradually increase the offensive strength of the east gate, try to attract the defenders to the east gate, and then suddenly launch a fierce attack on the west gate or north gate!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "This idea is good, but we must make a decision before we move. If we don't fight, we must try to break through the city gate once. Otherwise, we will startle the enemy and let the enemy take precautions. We will use this tactic in the future." It won't work!"

Su Ji bowed and agreed: "I understand!"

Zhao Junsheng instructed Yang Lie again: "Send some soldiers and horses to recruit [-] refugees to dig up the soil and fill up the moat completely, so that the well fence can be pushed to the edge of the city wall!"

"As ordered!"

Zhao Junsheng asked Lin Jinghui again: "Where did the reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty go?

Lin Jinghui stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, according to the latest news, about a few days ago, 3 reinforcements from the Southern Dynasties had arrived at the boundary of Xunyang. With their 3 horses, their marching speed will not be too fast. They can march up to ten miles a day. It should be at the boundary of Yangxin County at this time!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "They didn't go by water?"

"Yes, but the naval ships of the Song Army are still going upstream. According to our detailed report, the reinforcements of the Song Army have absorbed many garrisons from various places along the way, ranging from thousands of people to three to five hundred at least. The current military strength should be far more than 3 people!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the generals of Gongqing: "Zhuqing thinks that the Song army has boats and doesn't sit on them, so why walk?"

Li Song stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I think they have two intentions for this move: one is to absorb troops stationed along the way and deploy troops to go west together; If you are going upstream, the speed of the boat will definitely not be fast!"

After Li Song finished speaking, he walked to the map next to him, pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, colleagues, please see that if you take the land route, the Song army can reach Baling in a straight line to the west. This road is much closer than taking the water road! Then The naval ships of the Song Army must be much faster when they are unloaded, and they can definitely join the army at Baling, and then load the soldiers and horses to go to Yiling by water!"

Everyone nodded when they heard this. Doing so could indeed save a lot of time, and it could also absorb the garrison troops along the way. According to this method, when they arrived in Yiling, the Song army's reinforcements would probably increase to 5 horses.

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin and asked, "National Teacher, how many soldiers and horses does Lu Shuang's army have now? Where is it?"

Dongfang Chen stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, Lu Shuang's army has gathered [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, and has captured Zigui and is marching towards Yiling!"

"Okay, pay close attention to the dynamics and positions of the armies of both sides, and report immediately if there is any news!"

"Yes!"

In the afternoon, at the beginning of Shen Shi, the temperature dropped a little, and the Qianjun came to the outside of the city again to set up a battle.

Su Ji still followed the previous method of attack, and made a feint attack on the west gate and north gate. Although the army formation was spread out, only a small number of troops were sent to attack, and the attack strength was not strong. And more violently.

There were many recruits on the city wall who had not undergone much training and could not adapt to such a siege force. In addition, the casualties were relatively large, and morale was relatively low. The defense of the city wall was once in trouble.

In desperation, the guard Chen Xian could only mobilize elite soldiers to defend the city wall, withdraw the recruits, and let the recruits relax.

The purpose of Chen Xian's deployment is very simple. It is to train the recruits in combat, so that the recruits can grow and adapt to the battle, but the price is huge. In the morning alone, more than two hundred recruits were lost. Many recruits were terrified, and no matter how much pressure the generals exerted, they could not muster up the courage to face the enemy's attack.

The siege battle lasted until sunset, and the generals on both sides were exhausted. The Qianjun beat the golden gong to withdraw their troops and returned to the camp. The defenders on the city wall finally breathed a sigh of relief. This most sad day was finally over.

The cooks brought food and water to the city wall with their loads. The veterans of the defenders got used to it. They were already hungry and devoured the food, but the recruits couldn’t eat a single bite. They saw corpses everywhere. With stumped limbs and broken arms, and a lot of dried blood, almost all recruits have no appetite.