In the evening, both sides sent out soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Hao Zhao's side was mainly collecting arrows that could still be used on the battlefield to replenish their inventory.
Today's volley of arrows had already used up two-thirds of the arrows in the city. If the Xianbei attacked again, they would probably use up all their arrows.
However, Hao Zhao still had a lot of bamboo in the city. At the same time, he had people work overtime to make arrows. If there were no arrowheads, they could just sharpen the heads with a knife.
Hao Zhao had the soldiers drag the Xianbei corpses together and burn them all!
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the plague was rampant. If these corpses were not dealt with in time, it was very likely that a plague would break out.
As for the Xianbei soldiers, they had also come to transport the Xianbei soldiers who had died in battle. Seeing that there weren't many Xianbei soldiers, Hao Zhao ordered that as long as they didn't enter the 50-step radius, they didn't need to be bothered.
To sum up today's battle, Hao Zhao's side could be said to have won a complete victory! Other than losing some defensive weapons, not a single soldier died!!
On the other hand, the Xianbei had lost countless soldiers…
Inside the Xianbei camp, inside Chief Kui's tent.
Everyone, including Chief Kui, looked dejected.
At this moment, Bu Dugen walked in. Everyone immediately looked at him. Chief Kui asked,""How are the casualties?"
Bu Dugen sighed painfully and said,"" In this siege, 38,000 Xianbei warriors died, nearly 10,000 were heavily injured, and 15,000 were lightly injured. There were countless shields and weapons, more than ten scaling ladders…"
Everyone in the tent fell silent when they heard the number of casualties.
This was only the first day!
More than 30,000 soldiers died on the first day?!
What was most unacceptable to them was that they had lost so many soldiers, yet they did not even touch the city walls of Ping City…
"Where's the Han army?" Kui raised his head and asked hurriedly. How are the casualties of the Han army?"
Bu Dugen shook his head with a bitter smile." Our archers can't reach as far as the Han army. They'll turn into porcupines if they get close. They won't be able to do anything." We didn't even go up the city walls, so…the Han army basically didn't suffer any casualties.”
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Hearing Bu Dugen's report, everyone in the tent couldn't help but gasp.
"Do you know who the leader of the Han army in Ping City is?" asked Chief Kui.”
"It is said that…his name is Hao Zhao, and he is a military commander under Yu Chen, the governor of Yanmen.”
Everyone fell silent again.
This was completely embarrassing!
They had thought that there should be a famous general guarding Ping City, but they did not expect that the other party was just a small military commander!!
He had led 600,000 Xianbei troops to attack a small county, but not only did they fail, they had lost 30,000 to 40,000 people!
Most importantly, his opponent was just a small military commander!？
If news of this spread to the plains, he, Chief Kui, would not be able to survive anymore!
"Detestable Han! I must avenge myself tomorrow! After we take down Ping Cheng, I will definitely cut this Han army commander into pieces!”At this moment, Kui Tou was a little angry from embarrassment.
"Pass down the order! Tomorrow, at sunrise, we will begin the siege!”
"Here!"
All the Xianbei generals returned to their tribes to plan for tomorrow's attack.
……
The next day, the sky was still full of stars, but there were already red dots in the eastern sky.
Hao Zhao had slept a little last night. He knew that the Xianbei would continue to attack the city today, so he had come to the city tower early to observe the Xianbei army's camp.
Not long after, he saw the Xianbei army rushing out of the camp and pressing down on Ping City. He immediately shouted to the messenger below,"Pass down the order to everyone! Prepare for battle!"
"Here!"
After receiving Hao Zhao's order, all the soldiers in Ping City moved.
He returned to his seat as quickly as possible and listened to Hao Zhao's orders.
The city wall of Ping City was different from yesterday. There were some more things on the city wall.
There were rolling logs with sharp blades all over their bodies, and there were iron chains at both ends of these rolling logs. After throwing them down, they could be pulled back up again.
There was also a kind of weapon called the Wolf Fang Raider. It was a city guarding weapon that was made of elm wood and was equipped with wolf-tooth shaped nails. There were iron rings at the front and back, and it was tied with thick hemp rope. They were thrown down from the city wall and killed the enemy soldiers climbing on the wall.
The last item was the divine weapon, the ballista, which could both attack and defend cities!
However, time was limited. Even with the 400% increase in the speed of building defensive weapons, Hao Zhao could only build five ballistae.
However, it was enough!
The Xianbei army once again arrived at the city.
Today, the Xianbei army had learned their lesson and no longer fought head-on. Instead, they first sent shield soldiers in front, infantry mixed in, and the siege ladders followed closely behind.
Just like that, they approached Ping Cheng step by step.
Seeing the Xianbei soldiers like this, Hao Zhao only ordered the archers to shoot a few rounds symbolically before stopping.
The Xianbei's cautious attack was clearly a result of yesterday's losses. They had come prepared, so the same method naturally wouldn't have much effect.
However, did they think that Hao Zhao would have no other choice?
Although there were also enemies attacking the other three walls, they were only probing and small skirmishes. The real battlefield was still at the main city gate.
Thus, Hao Zhao had placed the five ballistae at the main city gate.
All the ballistae loaded their huge arrows and aimed at the slowly approaching carriage.
"Release!"
The soldier standing behind the ballista tapped the trigger of the ballista with his hammer, and the huge bowstring immediately shot out, releasing the giant arrow.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The power of a ballista was many times greater than that of an ordinary arrow!
The huge arrow shot out and directly penetrated the shield!
Five or six Xianbei soldiers in a straight line were shot through!
Some of the arrows hit the chariots, and the loud sounds seemed to tear the chariots apart…
"The ladder! Hurry up and set it up! Warriors who climb the city wall and destroy the ballistae will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins! A thousand fat lambs! Ten Han women!"
The Xianbei commander knew that if they didn't destroy the ballistae, the threat would continue to exist.
When they heard the generous rewards, the Xianbei soldiers began to howl in excitement. They charged towards Ping City without any regard for their lives!
Under the protection of the shieldmen, the soldiers carrying the scaling ladders came to the bottom of the city wall and wanted to lift the scaling ladders up the city wall!
But how could Hao Zhao let them succeed!？
Some of the soldiers had already taken forks and pushed the ladder back before it was put up.
The top of the ladder had barbs. Once it was put up, it would be difficult to push it down. It was not an ordinary ladder like in TV dramas.
The wisdom of the ancients could not be underestimated.
Today, the attack and defense of Ping Cheng had started again. It was obviously impossible for them to play any tricks.
Next…they could only fight to the death!
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