Chapter 296 At this time, Tang Yin's side did not know the news that Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuanrang had successfully attacked Tongmen, and the 400,000 Tianyuan army had arrived in the county seat of Lehu County, Xibai.
The army of 400,000 will surround the huge western hundred cities, surround the city, raise your eyes, the camp tents are one after another, you can't see the edge at a glance, in the big camp, the flags are unfurled, the embroidered ribbons are fluttering, the armor is like a forest, and its momentum is so great that it can only be seen in the war between the vassal states.
When the Tianyuan army did not arrive in the West Hundred City, Geng Qiang didn't feel anything, and now that the soldiers were in the city, Geng Qiang stood on the head of the city and looked out, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and there was a chill behind him, at this time he regretted a little, regretted that he really shouldn't have taken care of his face at the beginning, and insisted on staying in Lehu County to resist Tang Yin's army, the number of Tianyuan army is so numerous, can his army of less than 100,000 be able to resist it Seeing Geng Qiang's ugly face, his eyes looking directly at the enemy camp, his fists clenched tightly, and his nervous emotions were naturally revealed, a strategist named Qu Rang next to him persuaded: "Don't worry, my western hundred cities have thick walls and strong city defenses, even if the enemy has a million troops, there is nothing to fear."
Qu Rang was one of the main battle factions under Geng Qiang's command, and Geng Qiang wanted to stay in Xibaicheng to resist the Tianyuan Army, which coincided with his intentions.
Another strategist, Yu Jun, shook his head and said faintly: "The Tianyuan army is known as 500,000 people, and our army is only 80,000, once the war starts, how to resist?"
The humming made Wen Yan sneer in his heart, and on the surface, he pretended to be calm, and asked, "What does Mr.
Yu Jun mean?"
"At the beginning, His Royal Highness joined forces with 400,000 Ning troops to attack Tianyuan County, but he didn't even hit Tianguan, and he was defeated by the Tianyuan army, and His Royal Highness was killed in battle, and more than half of the 400,000 Ning army was lost.
"What kind of arrangement" Geng Qiang stared at Yu Jun.
"While the two sides are not at war now, if the Lord can take the initiative to sacrifice the city, return to the Tianyuan Army, and turn the war into a jade silk, it will be the blessing of hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and the blessing of the soldiers of our army, Tang Yin will also reuse the Lord, if the two sides are handed over, there will be no room for maneuver in the situation, and even if the Lord wants to surrender at that time."
Before Jun finished speaking, Qu Rang's face flushed with anger, and he shouted: "Before the two armies of the bold two armies, you actually persuaded the adults to surrender to the enemy, what are your intentions" As he spoke, he turned around and bowed to Geng Qiang, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, Yu Jun's demonic words confuse the people and shake the hearts of the army, and the adults should be punished with military law."
Geng Qiang looked at Qu Rang, then at Yu Jun, and sighed secretly, these two strategists are his henchmen, and the two of them are the main battle and the other are the main surrender, which sounds reasonable, but from the bottom of his heart, Geng Qiang still hopes to fight.
He was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and said: "I am deeply favored by the king, even if I die on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud, I will never do anything to turn my back on the king, no matter who it is in the future, you must not say anything about surrender lightly, otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless" After speaking, he glared at Yu Jun fiercely, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and walked towards the city.
"Hehe, Mr.
Yu Jun, you heard what the adults said" Qu Rang glanced at Yu Jun triumphantly, and quickly followed Geng Qiang.
Qu Rang and Yu Jun are both Geng Qiang's confidants and strategists, but the two have always disagreed, and their opinions are always different, and they are intrigued and secretly competed.
Yu Jun looked at Geng Qiang's departing back, looked up to the sky and sighed, and muttered: "The mantis arm is used as a car, and it will destroy itself, the Lord will be mediocre, and ten thousand people will suffer" Hearing this, the soldiers standing guard around all shrank their necks in fright, and someone stepped forward and gently persuaded: "Sir, don't say that again, in case it reaches the ears of adults."
Yu Jun waved his hand, shook his head and sighed, and slowly walked down the city.
Geng Qiang did not listen to Yu Junzhi's persuasion and made a posture of sticking to the city.
At the same time, Tang Yin was also discussing the siege strategy with his soldiers.
Although the Tianyuan Army is menacing and imposing, there are also hidden dangers, and the lack of food and grass is a big problem.
Liang Qi and Shangguan Yuan let the commander of the 100,000 three water troops to sneak attack Tongmen and take away a large amount of grain and grass, which made the grain and grass reserves of the Tianyuan army already very tight, and then a batch was burned by Mao An, and the problem of insufficient grain and grass was immediately exposed, now, Tianyuan County, Guannan County, and Jinguang County have transported the reserve grain to the army, but even so, the food in the army is only enough for one month, that is, the war must be ended within a month, otherwise, The Tianyuan Army will fall into the dilemma of having no food to eat.
Because of the problem of grain and grass, the mood of the soldiers up and down was very urgent, and in the Chinese army tent, the generals led by Xiao Muqing suggested that they must immediately launch an attack on Xibaicheng, strive to take Xibai within three days, and then attack Yancheng with all their might.
Tang Yin felt that what the generals said was reasonable, and immediately issued an order for the whole army to attack the city.
Before attacking the city, the Tianyuan army also sent a messenger as usual, holding a white flag to the city of Xibaicheng, and asked Geng Qiang to come out and speak.
When Geng Qiang went to the city, the messenger moved with affection, understood it with reason, and advised Geng Qiang to surrender the city.
Geng Qiang's battle intent has been decided, how can he still listen to the words of the envoy of the Tianyuan Army, and immediately ordered, fire arrows in unison, and shoot the envoy to death.
Poor messenger became a live target of the Peng army under the Xibai City, and even his men and horses were shot into hedgehogs.
Geng Qiang shot the envoy of the Tianyuan army, so that the possibility of negotiation between the two sides was completely lost, Tang Yin passed the general order, the plain army attacked the east gate of the West Hundred City, the Chifeng army attacked the west city gate, the direct army attacked the north city gate, and the small Tianyuan army harassed the west city gate and attacked on all sides.
As Tang Yin's generals conveyed, the Tianyuan army, which had traveled a long distance, did not take any rest, and immediately plunged into the fierce battle of attacking the city.
It was a tough battle for both sides.
The city defense of the West Hundred Cities is indeed strong, it itself is the county city, the city wall is high and thick, extremely firm, and since the Tianyuan Army raised the army, Geng Qiang has been strengthening the city defense of the West Hundred Cities, so that the city wall is more than half a length on the original basis, and the city defense weapons such as sticks and stones on the city head are even more numerous to the point of piling up. 80,000 soldiers, condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The siege equipment of the Tianyuan army has now arrived in the army, and the large siege weapons such as trebuchets, city-breaking crossbows, army-breaking crossbows and movable arrow towers have brought great threats to the defenders on the city, and the rushing vehicles that break the city walls and the thunderbolts that break the city gates also bring great pressure to the city defense.
The two sides fought, the arrows flew back and forth, the boulders shuttled in the air, a piece of soldiers fell under the fierce shooting of the arrows, countless soldiers were smashed into meat cakes by the flying boulders, the battlefield shouted and killed, the screams were continuous, the fires were everywhere, the smoke was billowing, the four city walls, everywhere were fighting to the death, not to mention the city, just the corpses piled up in the moat were paved with a whole layer, and the river water was dyed with scarlet blood.
It was a terrible battle in which the enemy lost 1,000 and we lost 800.
The Tianyuan army attacked the city from the morning until late at night, and the besieging army was replaced one after another, and many of the corps had already fought three rounds, and the officers and men were exhausted to the extreme.
And the situation in the West Hundred Cities is not much better, 80,000 soldiers, where can they withstand the attack of the 400,000 Tianyuan Army on all sides, in the case of insufficient manpower, Geng Qiang directly ordered the personal guards around him to go to the city to arrest people, as long as it is a strong man, all of them are brought to the city, not even armor, but each person is issued a spear, and immediately participates in the defense of the city.
Under Geng Qiang's almost frantic insistence, the Tianyuan Army took the lead in retreating.
Tang Yin accepted Zhang Zhe's advice, temporarily stopped the siege, and rested first.
The retreat of the Tianyuan Army made the soldiers on both sides on the battlefield breathe a sigh of relief.
After only one battle, only 50,000 of the 80,000 defenders in the West Hundred Cities remained, and there were countless strong men killed in the battle, and the casualties of the Tianyuan Army were also above 50,000.
Such a tragic battle is rare.
The solidity of the Western Hundred Cities can be said to be greater than Tang Yin and the generals under his command expected, such a strong city defense and such a tenacious resistance, let alone three days, even if it is ten days or even a month to be able to defeat the Western Hundred Cities, it can be regarded as fast.
"Fuck" In the tent of the Chinese army, Shangguan Yuanbiao pulled his neck and shouted: "If Geng Qiang hadn't disregarded the lives of the people in the city and captured a large number of people to resist our army, we would have attacked the city a long time ago."
Geng Qiang's use of coercive means to capture strong men to participate in the defense of the city was indeed something that no one expected.
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Xibai is the county seat, it is the largest city in Lehu County, the people in the city alone must have more than 500,000 people, except for half of the women, and then half of the old, young, sick and disabled, and there must be more than 100,000 strong men.
At this time, even Qiu Zhen, Zhang Zhe, Zong Yuan and other extremely clever strategists were full of sadness, feeling that it was difficult to end this battle in a short period of time, and if it was not done well, it would have to evolve into a protracted tug-of-war and war of attrition, of course, this was the most unacceptable war for the current Tianyuan Army.
Tang Yin paced back and forth in front of the handsome case, and after walking for a while, he stopped, looked around at the people in the tent, and said quietly: "No matter how strong the defense is, it will have weaknesses, even if it is ironclad, it will have weaknesses, everyone, who has a strategy to break the city."
Hearing this, everyone lowered their heads one after another, but no one spoke.
Seeing this, Tang Yin was depressed in his chest, and when he said that when he attacked the city, everyone spoke in unison, but now that the attack was frustrated, they all became dumb.
He took a deep breath and said: "The West Hundred Cities are strong, if our army can't attack for a long time, the army will have to run out of food, and we will be defeated without a fight, since everyone has no good strategy to break the city, let's withdraw the army, let's go back to Tuntian in Jinguang County first."
As soon as the adults heard this, everyone raised their heads and stopped in unison
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