Zhang Liao's prediction was right. Su Li had indeed returned for revenge. The camp was broken and their rations were taken. No one could take this lying down.
Thus, Suli reorganized the troops he borrowed from Mika and charged towards Lulong. Suli swore in his heart that he would definitely take down Lulong to avenge his previous humiliation, and he would also take General Lulong's head and use it as a wine jug.
Facing tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry, Zhang Liao knew that he could no longer attack and he had no capital to attack. He could only defend. After all, the Xianbei people were all cavalry and were not good at attacking cities.
The Xianbei people rested for a day and used the trees outside Lulong Fortress to build some ladders for attacking the city. The next day, they began to attack the city.
The historical Lulong Fortress finally welcomed the baptism of blood and fire today. Standing on the city wall, Zhang Liao couldn't help but laugh as he watched the Xianbei people get off their horses. Of course, the Xianbei people's horns and shouts were indeed frightening.
The Xianbei people attacking the city was very interesting. They did not care about the importance of the attack and only attacked from all directions. Suri led the army to attack the south gate, while the other generals led five thousand men to attack the remaining three gates.
For this reason, Zhang Liao could only divide his forces to defend. Each gate had 1,000 cavalrymen, 1,000 infantrymen, 1,000 archers, reserve forces, and some civilians who had not retreated.
Zhang Liao led the main force to defend the south gate, while the deputy generals guarded the other three gates. After all, in Zhang Liao's opinion, the south gate was their main attack direction.
"Release the arrows!" Seeing the Xianbei people carrying the ladder enter the shooting range of the ballista bolts, Zhang Liao hurriedly gave the order. As a result, over a thousand crossbow bolts descended from the sky, pinning the hundred Xianbei soldiers at the front to the ground. Seeing that many arrows missed, Zhang Liao said,""Take aim before shooting. Don't waste your arrows.”
Stepping on the corpses of their comrades, the thousands of Xianbei people behind them charged forward. Although the range of a crossbow was longer than a bow, it took a lot of time to reassemble the arrows. Therefore, after firing an arrow, it would take some time to load another arrow.
Making use of the gap between the crossbowmen's reloading, the Xianbei people charged forward two hundred steps.
"Hairstone!" Zhang Liao shouted! As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen boulders flew towards the Xianbei soldiers. The boulders rolled about a hundred feet in the middle of the Xianbei soldiers before coming to a stop. However, the Xianbei soldiers 'screams could be heard from afar.
The thing that fired the boulders was the catapult invented by Dongfang Jian using the knowledge he knew in the future. This catapult was much better than Liu Ye's original invention. After all, it was built with thousands of years of knowledge. Dongfang Jian had asked Ma Jun to make hundreds of these catapults, which were specially used for defending the city. He had also made hundreds of catapults for attacking the city. The catapults used to defend the city were placed in Yuyang, Shanggu, Daijun, Youbeiping, and Lulong Fortress.
Now that they had witnessed the power of the catapults for the first time, the people and soldiers of Lulong were all cheering and jumping for joy. Of course, this included Zhang Liao. However, the Xianbei people were all bloodthirsty because their bows and arrows were not a threat to the Lulong garrison.
Thus, Suli waved his flag and ordered the Xianbei soldiers to attack. After another two hundred steps, the Xianbei soldiers appeared within the range of the arrows. As a result, arrows and arrows were fired from the city walls, and stones were thrown continuously. The Xianbei soldiers were heavily injured and died, and their screams were endless.
Seeing this scene, Suli was furious. He urged his horse to come to the front of the formation to command. Of course, he stood outside the shooting range of the crossbow. Therefore, when they saw Suli's crafty appearance outside the formation, the crossbowmen on Lulong Fortress gnashed their teeth in hatred.
Finally, after a few thousand casualties, the Xianbei soldiers finally set up the scaling ladders and began to climb up the walls. When they saw the Xianbei people attacking the city walls, Zhang Liao waved his flag and the officers immediately formed their soldiers.
Two pikemen, two longsword soldiers, an archer, a crossbowman, and a few strong commoners formed a small team to guard the battlements. As for the gray bottles, cannons, rolling wood, and stones, they had already been prepared and distributed properly, passed to the soldiers by the commoners.
At this moment, Lulong's defenders finally suffered casualties. After all, the Xianbei people weren't made of mud, and each of them was a valiant warrior.
At this time, the citizens and reserve army of Lulong finally came in handy. They dragged away the dead, helped up the injured, and quickly went down the city.
At the temporary medical station under the city, the lightly injured soldiers were being treated. After they were treated, the soldiers returned to the city wall. In the treatment station in the city, the heavily injured soldiers were also properly treated. Dongfang Jian's purpose in war was to avoid and reduce unnecessary casualties as much as possible. After all, compensation was very expensive. For this reason, he sent military doctors who were necessary in future wars to the battlefield. Of course, most of these military doctors were Hua Tuo's disciples.
Similar to the battle at the south gate, the other gates were also engaged in battle with the Xianbei soldiers. Some Xianbei soldiers had just climbed up the city wall when they were mercilessly stabbed down. Some of them were still on the ladder when they were smashed down by the rolling wood. In the process of close combat, the casualties on both sides began to increase. Blood dyed the moat of Lulong red, and also the city walls of Lulong red. In the biting cold autumn wind, the thick smell of blood accompanied by a cold killing intent began to pervade the air.
After a few hours, Suli finally felt bored and ordered the soldiers to retreat. Facing the retreating Xianbei soldiers, Zhang Liao gave them another batch of souvenirs.
Although the war was tense, the people who did not leave Lulong Pass did not forget to cook for their children. Therefore, once the battle stopped, hot and fragrant dishes were served on the city wall. The heat and fragrance spread far away in the cold wind. The soldiers of Lulong received the food with tears in their eyes, and the citizens of Lulong also served the food with tears in their eyes.
However, the Xianbei soldiers had no choice but to endure their hunger.
After eating and resting, Zhang Liao waited for the Xianbei people to attack again. However, after waiting for a long time, the Xianbei people did not react. Because at this moment, Zuo Suli's main tent was in chaos. Although there were many Xianbei people, their leadership was not logical. Most of them used tribes as marching units, and the relationship between the tribes was not very clear. Most of them were dependent on each other. In other words, a small tribe would be attached to a large tribe, and the large tribe would be attached to a tribe that was larger than itself. In this military system, when they won, the various tribes would naturally be able to advance bravely together, but once they were defeated, the various tribes would start to plot their own schemes. Today's defeat in the siege caused the various troops to start thinking about their future. In addition, these soldiers were not directly under Suli's command. Therefore, in Suli's tent, the generals began to fight with each other again.
One of the generals said," Today, we attacked the west gate. Our army was at the front and suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, we can't be at the front for a while."”
As soon as he finished speaking, a few people echoed,"That's true. The Han's bows and rolling stones are too powerful.”
Then, someone naturally criticized them."We are all heroes of the grasslands. How can we be so useless? Are you afraid of a defeat?”
Before this person finished speaking, someone retorted,"Aren't you afraid? Aren't you afraid that you'll be the vanguard in the next siege?”
"I can be the vanguard, but who will command the siege? Can you do it?"
"Why not? You've been commanding for a day, but you haven't climbed up the walls of Lulong, have you?”
Just like that, the big tent was in an uproar.
"Pa!" In a fit of rage, Sully slammed the table hard.
Seeing the Chief angry, the generals calmed down.
"What are you arguing about? Wasn't it just a failure to attack the city? This was expected. We are not good at attacking cities, but the enemy's general is a wise and brave general. The city's defense is tight and proper. Therefore, our defeat is very normal. "Our mission is to create the illusion of attacking Lulong and provide Gongsun Zan's subordinates with an opportunity to open the city gates so that we can successfully take down Lulong. So what do you have to feel wronged about?”Ignoring the pain in his hand, Suli angrily reprimanded the generals.
After a moment of silence, one of Suli's trusted aides stood up and said,""Marshal, we are wasting our forces here while others are enjoying the fruits of our labor. Why don't we let Mijia Chanyu attack the city and we help from the side?”
As soon as he finished speaking, all the generals raised their heads and looked at Suri, hoping that Suri would express something. Although they were given to Suri by Mika, they were not Mika's direct descendants. They were happy to see Mika suffer losses, but these people were not fools. When they heard the words of the general just now, they all understood Mika's plan.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Suli said,"Tu Chi's words make sense, but I've already made an agreement with Lord Mi Jia. I'll take down Lulong within five days. If I ask him for help now, wouldn't I be going back on my word?”
As soon as Suli finished speaking, Tu Chi said,"Marshal, Mika has long had the ambition to annex our tribes. The reason he's making such arrangements now is to deplete our forces and weaken our strength in order to achieve his goal of annexing us. Such a conspiracy, I hope the marshal will see through it!”
After he finished speaking, Tu Chi knelt on the ground. At the same time, the other generals in the camp knelt on the ground and shouted,"I hope Marshal will understand!"
Helpless, Suli helped everyone up and said,"I also know about Mika's scheme, but if we don't speed up the siege, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to the grasslands. "Moreover, we don't have much food left, and these food are Mijia's gifts.”
After Suli finished speaking, Tu Chi thought for a moment and said,"Marshal, we can beat them at their own game. Although we are attacking the city, we don't have to suffer heavy casualties.”
Hearing this, Raj said,""What does Tu Chi mean?"
"Bluffing," said Tu Chi.
Suli thought for a moment, then clapped his hands and said,"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Zhang Liao waited on the city wall for a long time but did not see any movement from the Xianbei people. Seeing that the sky was already dark, Zhang Liao thought that the Xianbei people were probably too tired or were researching new ways to attack the city, so they would not attack the city for the time being.
Thus, after arranging the night watch, Zhang Liao went down the city wall and returned to his General's Manor. After returning to the residence, Zhang Liao quickly gathered a few generals to discuss the military situation.
After they arrived, Zhang Liao said,"Although the Xianbei people have stopped attacking, we cannot be careless.”
After Zhang Liao finished speaking, the few of them nodded in agreement.
"However, why didn't the Xianbei people continue attacking the city?" the deputy general asked. Why did it suddenly stop?"
The deputy general's question was also everyone's question. Thus, the few of them began to ponder.
After a while, Zhang Liao said,"Whether he attacks or not, we have to defend Lulong." The city is there, the people are there, the city is broken, the people are dead."
Hearing Zhang Liao's words, the generals also stood up and said,""The city is there, the people are there. If the city is broken, the people will die."
"Good! I am very pleased that everyone has such determination. This will be the place where our glory and contributions will be verified.”Then, Zhang Liao said," Everyone, split up and get busy. Arrows, rolling wood, and other city guarding materials must be prepared.”
After Zhang Liao finished speaking, the deputy general and the others nodded and turned to leave.
That night passed peacefully.
The next day, the Xianbei people started to attack again. However, once they entered the range of the arrows, the Xianbei people started to retreat, and this repeated several times. Therefore, the siege on the second day was more like a fake military exercise. Despite the earth-shattering sound of the bugle horn below the city wall, after several hours of "fighting", neither side had suffered any casualties. Only the defenders on the city wall had lost a few crossbows.
Just like that, another day passed peacefully. This puzzled Zhang Liao, while Hou Cheng and the others were also bewildered. After some discussion, they still didn't understand the Xianbei people's intentions, so they decided to hold on until the end.
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