Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Because of the addition of these [-] new troops, even though there were still soldiers who continued to climb to the top of the city, the results of the battle did not continue to expand.

The defenders on the top of the city all retracted their heads to deal with the people on the top of the city. The five hundred archers outside the city had no chance to shoot the defenders.

However, they still did not leave, but stayed outside the city, recovering their strength.

After a cup of tea, Xue Yong mobilized thousands of people, and finally led them to the foot of the east gate, and then began to climb the long ladder, attacking the city with ants.

With the joining of these thousand people, the power of Liu Zhang's party on the top of the city gradually increased.

Dong Cheng, who had gained a little advantage, was no longer able to do so.

But just when they were about to be overwhelmed, hundreds of soldiers came up from the city. As a result, Xue Yong and others were driven back again.

Just like this, advancing and retreating, starting from the siege in the morning, the fierce fighting continued until the afternoon, and the east wall was still not breached.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Zhang ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

The soldiers who originally attacked the city quickly abandoned the defenders, and then turned around and left along the long ladder.

When they left, they didn't forget to take the long ladder with them.

The defenders just watched them leave without chasing them.

Zhang Kui led [-] archers, and they were still watching fiercely outside the city. As long as the defenders dared to lean out, they would shoot and kill them immediately.

Like the tide, the army left Huaili City and returned to the camp ten miles away.

Back at the camp, the soldiers returned to their tents to rest, but the generals did not. They immediately went to count their own soldiers and horses, as well as the wounded soldiers.

After half an hour, they arrived at Liu Zhang's tent one after another.

As soon as Liu Zhang returned to his military account, he ordered his soldiers to remove his armor.

His armor was very gorgeous and heavy, weighing more than 40 kilograms. He felt very uncomfortable wearing it for a day.

Even though he practiced martial arts since he was a child, he still felt that his body couldn't bear it anymore.

After taking off his armor, he drank a few mouthfuls of clean water before resting in the tent.

When the generals arrived one by one, he asked, "Today 5000 people left the camp, and the losses of the various ministries are so high. Please report it quickly!"

A total of five generals and 3000 people were involved in the siege today.

Luo Fu, Zhang Qin and others reported the number of people one after another. They were the first to attack the city and suffered the most losses. The three of them had 500 people, but only 800 returned, and 300 of them were injured.

Zhang Kui's troops were all archers, and only a few dozen people were killed or injured. Xue Yong, who was finally thrown into the siege, also suffered some losses.

Liu Zhang added up the losses of several people, and 900 people were killed and 500 were injured in today's siege.

Only on the first day, one-seventh of the soldiers and horses were lost, and the siege was indeed the least cost-effective.

There is a saying in the art of war, the upper level is to attack and plan, the lower level is to deliver, and the lower level is to attack the army, and the last level is to attack the city.

And in this siege battle, the one that consumes the most troops is the ants attacking the city.

According to the previous ratio, under normal circumstances, when ants attack a city, the loss of the attacking side is three times that of the defending side.

Now Liu Zhang has killed 900 people and injured 500 people, and Dong Cheng's casualties should be around 500.

"Send down the order to treat the wounded immediately, and then send more people to explore the surrounding twenty miles of Huaili County."

Liu Zhang began to issue a series of orders.

After a while, he felt that it was almost done, so he planned to let the generals return to their tents to rest.

Xue Yong hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking: "Master, our army only has more than three hundred corpses under the city, do you need to contact the prefect of Youfufeng now, and allow us to transport our army's corpses back?"

Xue Yong didn't say it, but he forgot about it.

There is an unwritten rule that after a battle between the two sides, through communication, both sides are allowed to transport their bodies back for disposal.

A large number of corpses are left untreated in the wild, which can easily cause plague.

"You send the cavalry first to negotiate with Huaili. If they agree, then send soldiers to bring our army back."

"Here!"

There is nothing left to discuss, and all the generals have returned.

Soon, the Huotou Army's meal was ready, and everyone began to have dinner.

Today, after breakfast, they continued to attack the city. The 5000 soldiers in the battalion had eaten their lunch, but the [-] soldiers who left the camp to attack the city had been fighting until now, and they were already starving.

Just after dinner, Xue Yong came over!
"My lord, my people are back!"

"What did they say?"

"Youfufeng prefect Dong Cheng allowed us to send people to collect the corpses of our army, but we are only allowed to send 200 people, and we are not allowed to bring weapons."

"Yes!" Liu Zhang thought for a while and agreed.

There are only 200 people. Even if Dong Cheng cheats, he will only lose 200 people, which is affordable for him.

If Dong Cheng breaks his promise because of this, his subordinates will also be dissatisfied.

Liu Zhang immediately ordered a military marquis to go to Huaili County with two soldiers who stayed in the barracks with their carts.

After Liu Zhang left with the siege army, he immediately organized people to clean the east wall. They collected all the weapons used by Liu Zhang's soldiers, and then threw all their bodies on the top of the city into the city.

Anyway, it was a corpse, even if it was thrown from a height of two feet, it was still a corpse.

No one would care about the enemy's corpse.

The defenders of Huaili County began to collect the corpses after they bandaged their wounded.

In order to preserve their strength, they even mobilized the young and strong in the city to help, and ordered these young and strong to collect the defense tools that could be used in the city.

Thunder stone rolling wood, as well as arrows, golden juice and so on.

They must collect all tools that can be used to defend the city.

It's just that the entire Youfufeng County has only 9 people.

Right Fufeng County governs the next fifteen counties. Even if it is the seat of the county, there are only [-] people in Huaili County, and thousands of people live in nearby villages.

There are not many young men available in the city, it is impossible for Dong Cheng to place all his hopes here, but there are only a few thousand men left, and there are only young men who have not received any military training left.

He only hoped that the soldiers from the other fourteen counties would arrive in time for reinforcements.

There were [-] soldiers in the fourteen counties. When Liu Zhang arrived in Huaili County, he sent envoys to convey orders to the counties.

One day has passed today, presumably the reinforcements from the nearby counties should arrive by tomorrow at the latest.

When the 200 people sent by Liu Zhang arrived outside Huaili County, it was already dark, but they had already prepared torches.

On the east gate of Huaili County, a large number of torches were lit, and the soldiers closely monitored the movement below the city.

Under the surveillance of the guards at the top of the city, the 200 people quickly collected the corpses on the ground, and then loaded them into the car.

After they loaded all the corpses into the vehicle, they returned along the way they had come, and transported the corpses back to the camp.

After the [-] corpses were transported back to the camp, without Liu Zhang's instructions, the soldiers below took off their armor, washed their bodies with clean water, and dug pits outside the camp overnight to bury them.

Only by letting them go to the ground can they rest in peace.