Chapter 1320 Stop Loss in Time

The brutal siege continues.

The 5,000 enemy troops that had just been deployed were still fighting hard to attack the city, and the 5,000 troops behind them were ready.

If more than half of the 5,000 people in the front are injured, the people behind will immediately fill in.

Chinpu wanted to use this high-pressure situation to leave the defenders no chance to breathe.

It turned out that Chinpu's strategy worked.

Under their continuous and fierce attacks, the defenders almost couldn't hold on several times.

Their men climbed up the city wall several times but were beaten down again.

The city before them seemed to have turned into a meat grinder, constantly devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense.

However, no matter what, the defenders will have the advantage.

The fierce battle lasted from dawn to afternoon, and Xiqu had deployed 15,000 men to attack the city.

The death toll has exceeded 10,000.

Under the fierce attack of the enemy, Yu Shizhong and his men were not having an easy time either.

Many of their men were already injured when they went into battle. Faced with the enemy's high-intensity attacks, the defenders became increasingly unable to cope as time went on.

Although Yu Shizhong ordered his men to deliberately let a small number of enemy troops climb onto the city wall the first two times, the third time it was indeed the enemy who relied on human wave tactics and desperate ferocity to charge up.

Yu Shizhong originally wanted to hold out until dark and then switch guard with Lu Xing, but seeing that things would get bad if he continued like this, he immediately ordered his men to start pouring out the limited kerosene, and at the same time to dismantle all the straw men that had been made before and set them on fire to create more smoke.

As the fire grew, the enemy's offensive was temporarily suppressed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yu Shizhong and Lu Xing's troops quickly changed their defenses.

As soon as Lu Xing climbed up the tower, he quickly issued an order: "Pass it down, all officers, pay close attention to my flags, cross the two flags, and immediately let a small number of enemy troops onto the city!"

This was something he and Yu Shizhong had discussed long ago.

It is to give the enemy hope!

The enemy will continue to invest troops to attack the city, and they can consume the enemy's troops!

As Lu Xing's order was passed down, the newly replaced soldiers quickly made preparations.

As the fire gradually died down, the enemy launched another fierce attack.

The brutal siege started again, and the enemy troops once again surged towards the city like a tide.

"Fire arrows!"

Lu Xing quickly gave the order.

The enemy has shot so many arrows at the city wall that they don't have to be stingy anymore.

Let’s rain a few rounds of arrows on the enemy first!

Following Lu Xing's order, a rain of arrows poured down.

The enemy troops who were still rushing towards the city wall fell down in large numbers.

The corpses were piled up like mountains under the city walls.

But under Qinpu's order, the enemy still launched a desperate attack.

This battle lasted from afternoon to dusk.

During this period, the Xiqu army pressed onto the city wall twice, but was pushed back again.

"what happened?"

"Why was it suppressed again?"

Qinpu stared into the distance with a grim face and growled angrily.

Five times!

Their men climbed up the city wall five times and were crushed down every time!

He was full of hope five times, but was disappointed five times!

Zhaduo and Kalon's 20,000 troops have all been deployed to attack the city!

Twenty thousand people!

Twenty thousand men were almost wiped out, yet they were unable to capture the city guarded by the remnants of a defeated army.

Are the enemy troops all indestructible?

Don’t they know how to get tired?

Wouldn't their will be broken?

Faced with Qinpu's roar, none of the generals around him could answer his question.

When they saw their men climb the walls for the first time, they thought they could capture the city before noon.

Later, they thought they could capture the city in the afternoon, but were disappointed again.

Now, it was almost completely dark.

But they still failed to break through this crumbling city.

"My lord, let them withdraw!"

After a long while, a general beside Qinpu spoke up, "They have suffered too many casualties, and their morale has been severely dampened. If they continue to attack, they will die in vain! I am willing to lead my troops to take over their attack on the city!"

After continuous setbacks in attacks and heavy casualties, the siege troops have lost much morale.

If it weren't for the elite troops sent by Qinpu to supervise the battle in the rear, those soldiers would have probably run back in panic.

Qinpu clenched his fists tightly, looked at the crumbling city from a distance, and growled unwillingly: "Sound the horn to call off the troops!"

"Dang Dang Dang..."

As Qinpu's order was issued, the sound of retreating troops was soon heard from the rear.

The siege troops who received the order seemed to have been pardoned and began to flee back desperately.

When they were fleeing, Lu Xing ordered his men to shoot arrows and take the opportunity to kill the enemy.

At the same time, the temporarily recruited civilians also began to deliver food and drink to the city wall.

What they eat is a kind of naan made from a mixture of grass seeds and wheat. It doesn't taste very good, but it can fill their stomachs.

As for what to drink, it is wild vegetable soup with salt and turmeric.

There were barely even a few vegetable leaves in the bucket of soup.

But this is already pretty good for them.

"Take this time to rest and eat! The enemy will soon launch a new round of attacks!"

As Lu Xing spoke, he grabbed a pancake and started to eat it.

At this time, Yu Shizhong, who had rested for a while, also climbed up the city wall and came to Lu Xing. "The enemy's attack may be more fierce tonight. I will lead my troops to wait at the foot of the city and support you at any time."

"Need not."

Lu Xing swallowed the dry naan and grinned, "You guys take a good rest and replace us at dawn! But you have to select 500 uninjured soldiers as my reserve army!"

Five hundred people are not a lot.

But at critical moments, these five hundred people can even determine the outcome of a war.

With the reserve troops, they won’t be in a panic in case of emergencies.

"it is good!"

Yu Shizhong nodded heavily.

On the other side of the battlefield, Kalon and Zhaduo knelt in front of Qinpu with grief and indignation on their faces and apologized.

They had a total of 20,000 troops, and if you counted all those who were still breathing, there were less than 6,000 left.

Such a result really made them ashamed to face Qinpu.

"Get up!"

Qinpu looked at the two of them tiredly, "The fault of this battle is not yours, but mine! We fell into a trap!"

"Fell into a trap?"

The two men suddenly raised their heads and looked at Qinpu in confusion.

"There are definitely more than just those defeated soldiers in this city!"

Qinpu showed a trace of anger on his face, and said bitterly: "The enemy must have replaced the guards while the smoke was billowing..."

When they were beaten back again, Qinpu thought a lot.

Qinpu would never believe that thousands of defeated soldiers could still have such strong fighting power after enduring a day and two nights, and could repel their attacks several times.

But if there are still a large number of enemy troops hiding in the city, all this can be explained.

As long as we think about this, it is not difficult to imagine that the reason why their people were able to climb the city wall was probably because the enemy did it intentionally.

The enemy's purpose is naturally to give them hope and continuously consume their military strength.

Once their troops are depleted to a certain extent, the enemy is likely to leave the city to seek battle!

By then, their morale will plummet and they may be eaten up by the enemy in one fell swoop!

After listening to Qinpu's analysis, the generals looked at each other in bewilderment.

Is it really?

After a long while, Qinpu slowly stood up and said unwillingly and tiredly: "Pass the order down, send 5,000 troops to feint and attack the enemy tonight, and the rest of the troops will retreat overnight!"

“Retreat… retreat?”

The generals were stunned.

Retreating now?

Wouldn’t it be that all those people who attacked the city died in vain?

Qin Pu glared at the generals and shouted, "If we don't retreat, are we going to continue to fight the enemy? The enemy is defending the city, so they can afford to fight, but can we?"

Stop losses in time!

Otherwise, the rest of their men would be in danger!