The wood that was cut from the forest was used to build a camp in the shortest amount of time.
The walls of the camp were three meters high, and there were many antlers and barricades outside the camp.
At this moment, there was a big pot in front of the commander's tent.
Half a lamb was cooked in the big pot. Although it was only added with simple seasonings, the fragrance was alluring.
The soldier carried the meat to Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng used a short knife to cut the meat, blew on the steam, and ate it in big mouthfuls. At the same time, there were soldiers pouring wine for Zhou Cheng.
Zhen Xian was also in the tent. There was a pot of mutton in front of him. Judging from the amount, it was at least two to three catties. He was not a martial artist. How could he eat so much? Besides, he didn't like mutton.
At this moment, Xu Fang reported,"Chief, General He Man attacked Ganling City for a day and lost more than 6,000 soldiers. General Zhou Cang attacked Zhang Xun's camp for a day and lost more than 3,000 soldiers.”
Hiss…
Someone gasped.
They had lost nearly ten thousand soldiers in one day!
The lieutenants in the commander's tent looked at each other. They knew that they would lose a lot of people, but they never thought that the price of attacking would be so heavy.
" Zhang Yi and Ganling City have long been prepared," Zhou Cheng said disapprovingly." Arrows and flying stones are ready. We lack siege weapons. Such losses are only natural."”
"Canal Marshal, are we going to continue the attack tomorrow?" Pei Yuan Shao asked.”
Pei Yuan Shao was currently in charge of the inspection team. Today, his subordinates reported that during the process of supervising the battle, more than a thousand soldiers had died at the hands of the inspectors.
To put it simply, they were forcing the young, strong, old, and weak to attack the city.
Zhou Cheng nodded and said," There are few generals in Jizhou and no generals in Ganling. The soldiers of the prefecture have not been trained in battle and the local soldiers have not been trained. They will be tired after fighting for a few days."”
Then, Zhou Cheng put down the mutton in his hand and said loudly,"Send my order to He Man and Zhou Cang to continue attacking, day and night. Don't give Zhang Yi and Zhang Xun any time to breathe.”
"Here." Xu Fang immediately went to inform him.
Zhou Cheng said," The fiercer He Man and Zhou Cang's attack, the faster the reinforcements from the other counties in Jizhou will arrive. They are rushing through the night, while we are waiting at ease. We will make up for the losses in the attack with them."”
"You're wise, Chief."
The lieutenants said in unison.
……
Dong dong dong.
The war drums never stopped.
The attacks of the Moth Bandits were like waves, wave after wave.
Moreover, each attack was more and more ferocious.
Every time a city was attacked, there would be people attacking the city tower. However, the county soldiers and local soldiers on the city tower would also fight to the death.
Otherwise, the city wall could be attacked at any time.
"Continue attacking!"
He Man's eyes were bloodshot as she shouted in the middle of the battle formation.
It was unknown how many waves of young, strong, old, and weak troops had gone up.
The number of casualties had already exceeded ten thousand.
The city walls were now filled with the corpses of the Moth Bandits.
As the defender of the city, Zhang Yi had not even had time to eat since yesterday.
The Moth Bandits 'attacks were beyond imagination. They were simply unreasonable.
Moreover, the moth bandit commander did not care about losses at all.
The archers on the city wall could no longer draw their bows. The frequency of their arrows decreased, and more and more moth bandits climbed up the city wall.
Fortunately, the county soldiers and local soldiers also knew the consequences of breaking through the city, so they resisted tenaciously. However, if the Moth Bandits continued to attack, the city wall might really fall.
At the same time, Zhou Cang also became impatient. He didn't sleep the entire night and attacked Zhang Xun's stronghold.
Zhang Xun followed Duan Wei and fought dozens of battles with the Qiang people of Liangzhou.
However, he had never encountered a fight like this before.
It was a war of attrition that completely disregarded casualties and relied purely on numbers.
The county soldiers and local soldiers in the village had been unable to draw their bows since yesterday morning.
Without bows and arrows, they couldn't suppress the Moth Bandits.
Thus, the frequency of the moth bandits attacking the village gate increased.
"Old General, if this continues, the camp will definitely not be able to hold on.”
"Yes, Old General. Most of the local soldiers we recruited are not good at archery, and there are only a few good archers among the county soldiers. Now that the entire army is tired, it is better to retreat into the city and help the prefect defend the city.”
The people around Zhang Xun were all sending a negative message, which was that the camp could not be defended.
Zhang Xun widened his eyes and said angrily,""This old man followed Grand Commandant Duan to battle the Qiang tribe of Liangzhou. We have fought many battles and fought many small battles.”
Zhang Xun's greatest glory in his life was that he had followed Duan Wei to battle in Liangzhou.
He had never been afraid of the Liangzhou barbarians, so how could he be afraid of the moth bandits?
The people around Zhang Xun couldn't persuade him, so they could only secretly send people back to the city to report to Zhang Yi.
Hearing this, Zhang Yi was shocked. He knew his uncle's temper. Although he was good at leading troops in battle, his temper was too stubborn.
Now the moth bandits led 30,000 troops to attack the camp.
Zhang Xun's situation was definitely even worse.
However, if Zhang Xun retreated into the city, the moth bandits would attack Ganling City with all their might, and Ganling City would lose the chance to counterattack.
Zhang Yi thought about it and refused to let Zhang Xun return to the city. At the same time, he sent out more than ten men of sacrifice to break out of the encirclement and call for reinforcements with his personal letter.
……
Two days later.
"Report!"
The men of sacrifice that Zhang Yi sent out finally broke out of the encirclement. However, he had seven arrows stuck in his body. When he encountered Liu Bei and the others, he fell off his horse.
Zhang Fei was fast and caught him immediately.
Liu Bei hurriedly asked,"Hero, hero!"”
" The moth bandits have been attacking Ganling City day and night. Ganling City is in an emergency."”
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