Chapter 854 Endless Harassment

With the arrival of the follow-up troops led by 10,000 Beihuan Jingqi and Zuo Ren, Yun Zheng's strategy of weakening the enemy officially began.

For several days, Yunzheng ordered people to attack from morning to night.

However, every time, they would stop about a mile away from Turtle Back City, and then they would beat drums and shout to the enemy, or they would take advantage of the cover of night to send a small number of soldiers with stronger arms to the enemy. The army would shoot arrows casually on the city wall, regardless of whether they hit anyone or not. After shooting an arrow, they would immediately turn around and run away.

Under their continuous torture, the defenders of Turtle Back City were miserable.

If you are not careful, you are afraid that the enemy troops will sneak up on the city wall at night.

Defense requires a lot of energy and makes you tense all the time.

Moreover, the enemy always sent cavalry to attack.

The movement of several thousand cavalrymen was quite loud, and many people were unable to sleep.

On the one hand, it was because it was too noisy, and on the other hand, many soldiers were on high alert.

Sometimes the soldiers couldn't bear it anymore and slept for a short while, but they would be woken up soon.

Some soldiers tried to plug their ears with things, but were severely stopped.

With their ears plugged, they can sleep soundly.

But if the enemy really starts to attack, they may still sleep like dead pigs.

Kucha will never allow this situation to occur.

Kucha also knew that this would never work.

If the enemy forces are toiling so unscrupulously all day long, by the time all the soldiers defending the city are exhausted, the enemy forces may really launch an attack!

By that time, Turtleback City may not be able to defend it!

Kucha wanted to send troops out of the city several times to attack the enemy troops harassing them, but thinking about Lou Yi's order and the scheming Yunzheng, he finally suppressed the idea.

The risk of sending troops out of the city is too great!

But we must find a way to let these soldiers rest!

Otherwise, this battle will be impossible to fight!

"Dong dong dong..."

Just when Kucha was frowning, the sound of war drums sounded in his ears again.

Again!

These bastards are here again!

Kucha was so angry that he cursed his mother, forced himself to cheer up and ran up the tower.

As expected, the enemy troops began to harass again.

It was pitch dark outside now, with only light visible around the city walls.

He didn't know how many enemy troops came, but based on previous experience, it should not exceed 10,000.

"Dengdeng..."

The sound of horse hooves kept ringing in Kucha's ears, getting closer and closer.

Look at the soldiers on their city wall. They are all listless, and they have no sense of tension at the moment of the enemy.

Looking at these soldiers, Kucha couldn't help but frown.

He really wanted these soldiers to cheer up and prepare for the battle.

But if the enemy troops continue to harass them, these soldiers will only become more exhausted after being prepared.

Moreover, even he himself felt that it was impossible for the enemy to attack, let alone these soldiers?

In the end, Kucha swallowed back the words that were about to reach his lips.

"Dong dong dong..."

The sound of the war drums continued, but the sound of the enemy's hooves gradually stopped.

really!

Harassment again!

Yunzheng wanted to keep their soldiers awake and make everyone highly nervous.

Once these soldiers relax, Yun Zheng will probably really start to attack the city.

Kucha took a deep breath and ordered the lieutenant: "Send the order, everyone hide behind shields and battlements! The enemy's archers are coming!"

This has become a fixed routine.

At first, Kucha ordered others to fight back.

But after realizing that the enemy was just shooting an arrow and running away, Kucha stopped fighting back.

The point is, it's useless to fight back, it's a waste of arrows!

The enemy took advantage of the darkness and sneakily sent dozens of them close to shoot arrows.

They had no idea where the enemy would fire their arrows.

When a round of arrows rained down, not even a hair of the enemy's army could be touched, but they had to waste thousands of arrows.

No matter how you calculate it, it’s a loss-making business!

If the enemy uses this little trick to consume all their arrows, they will have no arrows left when the enemy actually begins to attack the city.

Kucha expected nothing bad.

Soon, dozens of arrows were shot from the southwest side of the city wall.

Fortunately, they were well prepared.

"Duh, duh..."

The enemy's arrows hit the shields, and some flew directly over the heads of the soldiers behind the battlements.

Dozens of arrows did not cause any casualties to them.

But it left their people defenseless!

Otherwise, no one knows from which direction the arrow will hit them.

"Snapped!"

Kucha slapped his hand on the city wall and cursed bitterly: "Despicable! Despicable and shameless..."

Damn Yunzheng!

Yunzheng was so determined that they did not dare to leave the city, so he was so unscrupulous.

God knows how come this bastard Yunzheng has so many insidious tricks?

This battle was really frustrating!

"General, let's send the cavalry out of the city to fight!"

The lieutenant gritted his teeth and looked at the dark outside of the city, "If we let the enemy continue to be so unscrupulous, our city will be breached sooner or later!"

"You think I don't want to go out of the city to fight?"

Kucha replied angrily: "Can you guarantee that we won't fall into Yunzheng's tricks when we leave the city? Even if Yunzheng doesn't have any tricks, can you guarantee that our cavalry can defeat the enemy?"

beat?

Who doesn't want to fight?

If His Highness were here, His Highness would definitely want to fight.

But they can't go out of the city to fight the enemy now!

They can't afford to lose!

"But we have been so harassed by the enemy. When will this end?"

The deputy general was extremely depressed, "If we let the enemy keep doing this for a few more days, these soldiers won't be able to bear it anymore!"

"I know!!!"

Kucha gritted his teeth and replied, "We can't go out of the city to fight anyway. If you have a way to let the soldiers take turns to rest, please propose it quickly!"

The lieutenant smiled bitterly: "The general will definitely not agree with this low-level approach."

"Say!"

Kucha urged impatiently.

The deputy general hesitated for a moment and replied: "About 10,000 people will be left to guard the city every day. The rest will all withdraw to the north of the city to rest. The north of the city is relatively far away from here and the enemy troops cannot affect them."

"no!"

Kucha refused as expected, "If the enemy army really attacks, by the time the people from the north of the city arrive, the enemy army may have already attacked the city wall!"

It's not that he hasn't thought about it when it comes to the north of the city.

He also knew that this was indeed a solution.

But he is afraid!

Afraid of sudden enemy attack.

I'm afraid that the soldiers in the north of the city won't be able to come over in time!

"Then take breaks at different times!"

The deputy general suggested again, "The cavalry rests at night, and the infantry rests during the day! You can see far during the day, and you can tell at a glance whether the enemy will attack the city!"

Kucha thought for a moment and then nodded: "I'll do as you say! However, the 20,000 infantry are divided into two groups to rest. The enemy has more cavalry. If a sudden attack is launched, I'm afraid that the soldiers in the north of the city will not be able to come over in time."

"Yes!"

The deputy general took the order and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although we cannot let all soldiers rest, this is the safest way...