Chapter 166 The last moment

Author: Zimu Feiyang

Chapter 166 The last moment

Under the command of Zhang He, Yuan Jun's attack was very fierce.

Wave after wave of soldiers surged towards the city wall like a tide.

The fight lasted from morning to noon, and then from noon to evening.

Under the city wall, there were corpses scattered everywhere, and these corpses were piled several meters high.

By evening, Zhang He's army had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties.

Fortunately, the soldiers under Zhang He's command were all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles. Otherwise, such casualties would have caused a mutiny long ago.

Zhang He's side suffered heavy casualties, and Su Ming's side was not feeling well either!

On the city wall, of the 5,000 private troops gathered by the aristocratic families, there were only over 2,000 left.

The wives, children, parents, and sisters of these soldiers are all in the city.

If they weren't afraid that Zhang He would enter the city and massacre them, they would have surrendered long ago.

However, the garrison on the city wall is almost reaching its limit.

The main reason is that Zhang He's wheel warfare tactics were too dirty. Yuan's troops who were attacking the city were able to take turns to rest, but the defenders on the city wall had no rest all day long.

At this time, it was the day when the sky was about to get dark.

It's getting dark, but it's not completely dark yet.

"Junyi, it's time!"

"It is most beneficial to our army to attack at this time."

"Our third wave of troops and your euphorbia are dead, we can attack the city!" Tian Feng said to Zhang He.

Zhang He divided his troops into three waves. The entire day's siege was conducted by the first and second waves of soldiers.

Zhang He has been hiding the third wave of soldiers to no avail.

What he was waiting for was when the defenders on the city wall were tired after a long day and were at their most exhausted.

At this time, he used his elite halberd to kill, and the third wave of troops who were waiting for work, also launched this fatal blow.

Zhang He nodded and said to Tian Feng: "Commander, I will leave everything under the city to you!"

"This time, I will personally lead the army to attack the city. If I don't succeed, I will be benevolent."

Zhang He has already taken the risk. If he cannot capture Yecheng today, he will die on the city wall.

Because Zhang He himself knew very well the principle of making great efforts, then failing, and finally exhausting himself.

Today is already their second day of attacking the city with all their strength.

Moreover, the casualties today were very high.

If Zhang He didn't have enough prestige in the army to use his power to suppress the soldiers, I'm afraid these soldiers would have mutinied long ago.

Zhang He knew in his heart that if they could not capture Yecheng today, I'm afraid it would be really difficult for them to capture Yecheng.

For Zhang He, success depends on tonight.

What Zhang He understood, Tian Feng naturally understood.

"Jun Yi, just give it a try, I will take care of everything in the city!" Tian Feng said slowly.

In Yuan Jun's camp, Zhang He summoned the third wave of soldiers and his elite troops, the Euphorbias.

Zhang He personally boosted their morale and said loudly: "Brothers, the battle tonight will be the last battle!"

"In this battle, I, Zhang He, will personally be the vanguard. If Yecheng is captured, we will rest in Yecheng tonight."

"If we cannot capture Yecheng, let my body fall under the city wall and rest in Yecheng forever."

"Brothers, do you have the confidence to capture Yecheng?"

When Zhang He's voice fell, the officers and soldiers of Yuan's army, led by Euphorbia, waved their weapons and shouted: "Yes! Yes!"

"Yes! Yes!"

Seeing these soldiers howling like wolf cubs, Zhang He's blood boiled with excitement.

Zhang He thought to himself, in this battle, I will definitely capture Yecheng and avenge the previous humiliation.

After boosting morale, Zhang He led the army and launched the most violent attack on the city wall of Yecheng.

"Whoosh."

"Whoosh, whoosh."

The sky-blocking rain of arrows was thrown towards the city wall.

The catapults under the city were also constantly throwing boulders towards the city wall.

Zhang He wanted to use long-range firepower to suppress the enemy troops on the city wall, so as to reach Yecheng's city wall at the minimum cost.

At this time, the defenders on the city wall were eating.

Since the battle lasted from daytime to dusk, and the interval in between was very short, everyone didn't even bother to eat.

Yuan Jun's offensive had just stopped, and the defenders on the city wall had just started to eat a few bites of big cakes and dried meat. Who knows, the next wave of Yuan Jun's offensive would come again.

"Oh shit!"

"It's endless!"

"If I didn't have enough troops at hand, I would have to go out to the city to kill them!" Taishi Ci said incomprehensibly while chewing his mouth full.

Seeing Yuan Jun under the city launching a new round of attack, Su Ming's face turned ugly.

After a tiring day, the defenders on the city wall were exhausted.

At this time, Yuan Jun actually wanted to fight.

"Sir, it looks like they are going to fight at night!" Zhang Liao said in a heavy tone.

Then, Zhang Liao looked at the disheveled and embarrassed defenders on the top of the city.

Zhang Liao knew that as a makeshift private army, it was already very good for them to be able to fight the war to this extent.

You know, the casualty ratio of these private armies has reached half.

If not, they were all locals, and their parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters were all in the city, I'm afraid they would have surrendered long ago.

"Lord, let my trapped camp take the lead!" Zhang Liao suggested to Su Ming.

At this time, the only garrison on the city wall whose organization remained relatively intact was Zhang Liao's trapped camp.

Let Zhang Liao's trapped camp take the lead?

There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the trapped camp, but taking the lead often means heavy casualties.

Su Ming shook his head and said: "No, trapping in the camp cannot be used like this."

"If we want to lead the charge with the trapped camp, the trapped camp will be exhausted before dawn."

"Without the trap, what will we do if Zhang He attacks tomorrow?"

Zhang Liao quickly advised: "Sir, if we don't let the trapped camp take the lead, we may not be able to hold on tonight."

"If you can't hold on today, what are you thinking about tomorrow?"

It has to be said that neither Zhang He's command nor the eliteness of his soldiers are inferior to Cao Cao's army.

It can even be said that Zhang He's army is more elite than Cao Cao's army.

Before the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shaocai was the number one prince in the world.

His men are all elite soldiers, with sufficient food and grass, and excellent armor and weapons.

Cao Cao has been fighting wars all year round. Although he has many veterans under his command, many of them are bandits and defeated troops.

For example, the Qingzhou Army and the Black Mountain Army were composed of the fleeing Yellow Turban Army.

Today, Zhang He's army also proved that Yuan's army before the Battle of Guandu was not weak.

If Su Ming hadn't set fire to the Wuchao Granary, it's hard to say who would win in the Guandu battle.

At this moment, Su Ming was also thinking hard.

Su Ming was thinking about how to defend this wave of Yuan's army's offensive without letting the trapped camp take the lead.

The troops are already stretched thin, and it is difficult to hold on.
Chapter completed!