With Liu Yuan's reminder, the soldiers remembered their usual training. They formed into groups of three and five and coordinated with each other to suppress the Wuhuan's savagery.
"Yes! Just like that, he had to remain calm and perform according to his usual practice!”
Liu Yuan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the soldiers do as they were told.
At this moment, another soldier came to report that the southern city wall was on the verge of collapse. Liu Yuan was shocked and quickly ordered Dian Wei to go to the south wall. He also ordered the county magistrate to organize commoners to carry sandbags and wood to reinforce it.
The intense and cruel siege lasted for six hours before the Wuhuan finally stopped. Liu Yuan brought Dian Wei along as he walked on the city wall. Looking at the corpses strewn all over the ground and the numb and tired faces of the soldiers, his heart ached.
These were all soldiers he had personally trained. They could have done better, but they were still new recruits and had never seen blood. A moment of panic had caused huge casualties.
"My lord…" Guo Jia walked forward and said," The statistics are out. Our army has suffered more than 1,500 casualties. Among them, 1,100 died in battle, 100 were seriously injured, and 200 were lightly injured. The Wuhuan people left 4,500 bodies, but the wounded did not know.”
"How could there be so many casualties?”" Call the doctors in the city to take care of the wounded," Liu Yuan said with a heavy expression." Collect the corpses of our soldiers, cremate them, and collect their ashes. The Wuhuan people will find a quiet corner and bury them there."”
"Yes, my lord." Guo Jia continued," Because it's the first time the soldiers are on the battlefield, heavy casualties are inevitable. The situation will be much better next time. My lord, you don't have to worry."”
"How is the plan going?"
"It's already prepared."
"Good! We can't hold on much longer.”
After Guo Jia left, Liu Yuan looked at a young soldier sitting on the ground leaning against the battlements. He walked up and sat in the same row as him. He said softly,"How do you feel?"
The young soldier shook his head helplessly and did not say anything.
"It's always like this the first time. It'll be better next time.”Liu Yuan patted his shoulder and said," If we sacrifice our lives here, our family and friends will be safer. Don't you think so?"”
"Yes…" The soldier grunted and turned to look at Liu Yuan. However, Liu Yuan's face was covered in blood and he had taken off his armor, so he did not recognize him.
"How about I teach you a song?”
"Singing?" "You can sing? That's really strange. I don't even know how to read."”
"How about this, listen to me sing it once and then learn from me line by line, okay?”
"Alright."
"Smoke rises from the wolves,
The mountains and rivers look north.
The dragon flag rolled up, the horse neighed, and the sword qi was like frost.
......
Liu Yuan's voice was clear and loud, attracting the attention of the surrounding soldiers. They sat around him and listened quietly. They didn't know the true meaning of it, but they felt their blood boil. It was especially suitable for them.
Following that, more and more soldiers were lured over. Slowly, everyone began to sing along with Liu Yuan. Their voices grew louder and brighter, and even alarmed the Wuhuan camp outside the city.
" What's going on now?!"
King Qiao thought to himself,'They just had a big battle and these people still have the energy to sing?”
The Wuhuan people had fought with all their might, but they had failed to take down the city. The entire camp was a little dull. Hearing the singing coming from the distant city walls, many people couldn't help but hum along.
Seeing that the situation was not right, King Qiao was frustrated. He lashed out with his whip and shouted,"Shut up! Don't sing!"
As the various leaders passed on their messages, the entire Wuhuan camp fell silent again.
King Qiao returned to his tent and gathered all the leaders.""I see that Liu Yuan's soldiers still have some combat strength. I think it will be difficult to take down the city in a hurry.”
"They have fewer people, but we have more. What are we afraid of? We will continue to attack tomorrow and exhaust them!”
"Not bad!"
"That makes sense!"
No one felt that there was a possibility of failure in this battle because the gap between them was too great.
At this moment, a soldier came to report that a large number of civilians had left the west gate under the escort of 500 people.
"What do you think?" King Qiao thought for a moment.”
Zhang Ju pondered for a moment and said,""Liu Yuan actually moved the commoners away. Could it be that he swore to live and die with the city?”
"Could it be that he's deliberately setting up a trap?" "Or to reduce the consumption of rations?" King Qiao asked.”
Unable to make up his mind, King Qiao didn't send anyone to harass them. He knew that there was a strange army hiding somewhere outside the city. If he sent too few people, it would be like sending food. If he sent too many, it wouldn't be worth it.
At midnight, King Qiao's scouts reported that 500 men had entered the city with more than 100 carts of rations.
King Qiao's eyes lit up." I think that Liu Yuan's son will indeed hold on." Hundreds of carriages of grain, probably tens of thousands of stone, when the city falls and people die, it will be in my pocket.”
At this moment, in the military camp of Pan Xi City, Liu Yuan and Guo Jia heaved a sigh of relief.
"That King Qiao really didn't send anyone to attack us.”
" No." Guo Jia said," Actually, King Qiao is just afraid of the ambush of General Xu Huang and the others."”
"Then now…"
"My lord, hold on for two to three days and slowly pretend that our troops are exhausted. In the evening three days later..."
"Then, Xu Huang and the others…"
"My lord, don't worry. Jia has already made arrangements.”
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