Chapter 643: Withdrawal
After a day's rest, the centaur cavalry led by Drogo were full of energy. After nightfall, according to Zhou Xu's wishes, they launched an attack on the enemy camp as usual. Due to endless harassment, the enemy troops could not rest peacefully and did not return until dawn.
In the next three days, just as Bai Tu had speculated in the previous discussion, the enemy siege troops launched a high-intensity siege against them for three consecutive days.
After gaining previous experience, the soldiers defending the city became more skilled in their responses.
After three consecutive days of fighting, the siege troops on the opposite side did not get any benefits from them. And by taking advantage of the defensive advantages brought by the city wall, after three days, their internal casualties were basically controlled at a hundred people. Within.
On the other hand, as the siege party, the number of casualties has doubled. Even a rough estimate of the number of soldiers killed in the battle is at least five or six hundred.
During this process, Long Zhantian, as the commander-in-chief, has clearly realized that the opposing defender has too much advantage and they do not have enough troops. If they continue to fight, the losses will only continue to increase.
At the same time, starting from the first day, they have been harassed by the opposite centaur cavalry after nightfall for four consecutive days. Not only is the morale of the siege troops low, but their condition is getting worse and worse. It will definitely not work if this continues.
There was no choice. In order to get rid of the lingering centaur cavalry, Long Zhantian could only order the withdrawal of troops with a dark face.
Originally, I wanted to retreat a hundred miles away and keep such a safe distance. Those centaur cavalry couldn't come over overnight to harass them, right?
But then I thought about it...
[I have already retreated a hundred miles away, so I might as well just go back to Black Rock City. There is not much distance left anyway. When I get back to Black Rock City, there is no need to worry about it. Under the harassment of men and cavalry, the army was able to rest and reorganize more completely. 】
With this thought in mind, Long Zhantian withdrew completely, then bit the bullet and wrote a letter to their king, reporting the latest battle situation on the front line.
Of course, he appropriately beautified the content, saying only that the enemy's defenders were very tenacious and that Huangsha City could not be easily captured, and finally requested military support.
Generally speaking, I didn’t lie.
During this period, news of the enemy's siege troops' retreat was undoubtedly delivered to Zhou Xu's eyes immediately.
For Zhou Xu, this was expected.
"Just in time, we can also take a good rest."
Although there were not many casualties on their side, the soldiers were indeed tired from the consecutive days of fighting.
Coupled with all the post-war work, the next three days flew by in the blink of an eye.
In a blink of an eye, the day comes when the energy channel opens again.
What is different from the past is that this time, in addition to the 800 immigrants, they need to bring back those wounded soldiers who were seriously injured and had to withdraw from the front line.
A group of people were sent away, and the food pressure in the city was much reduced. In addition, they had successfully repelled the enemy's siege troops in four consecutive battles. This made Zhou Xu and others All the generals were in a much lighter mood.
In comparison, Yan Sheng, who was far away in his capital, was not in a light mood at the moment.
“Waste!”
I just received a letter from Long Zhantian, and his eyes suddenly became furious after reading the content.
From his previous actions of annexing surrounding countries and proclaiming himself the First Emperor, it is not difficult to see his expansion.
But now?
The fact that Huangsha City was destroyed in one day already made him very unhappy.
Not only did his general fail to recapture Huangsha City, but now he led a large army back to Black Rock City in despair. How could Yan Sheng not be so angry about this result?
During this process, the six ministers standing on the side, knowing how explosive their Majesty's temper was, did not even dare to let go of one of them.
Until their Majesty's voice sounded again.
"Hurry up and tell the general to come see me!"
The order was issued from Yan Sheng's side. Soon, a man with a height of at least 1.8 meters appeared, with an upright face and pores. A strong, burly man wearing official robes walked in. "I understand (xiè) Liancheng and see your Majesty!"
With the insight coming in, Yan Sheng didn't waste any time and directly motioned to the eunuch beside him to send the flying pigeon letter to the other party for review.
Xie Liancheng took it and looked at it, and immediately let out a sneer.
"That guy Long Zhantian only has a few abilities. It's better to let me lead the troops to recapture Huangsha City."
In words, Jie Liancheng's opinion of Long Zhantian was Quite disdainful.
During this period, each of the six ministers standing nearby maintained a state of 'eyes watching nose, nose watching heart', and they could not hear or see.
But Yan Sheng couldn't do it. Invisibly, his face became a little ugly.
Although he had just scolded Long Zhantian as a waste before, no matter how waste he was, he was still one of the four dragon generals he personally named. Yan Sheng was naturally unhappy when Liancheng laughed at him like this.
But when I think about how this guy has always been such a piss-taker, and that the other person is indeed capable, I won’t say anything more.
"General, Gu Zheng has this intention! And this time, Gu also wants to conquer in person!"
Hearing that Yan Sheng wants to conquer in person, the six ministers who had no sense of existence before finally finally There is movement.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that!!"
While shouting, the six ministers knelt down.
"As the king of a country, how can you put yourself in danger? Just leave this matter to the general."
The voices of the six ministers rose and fell, and they all responded. Yan Sheng's head hurt when he heard it.
Xie Liancheng, who was standing there, even picked out his ears in public, and then blew a mouthful of earwax at the six ministers.
He was definitely the most indifferent person present as to whether His Majesty wanted to lead the expedition in person.
Seeing this action in his eyes, Yan Sheng's eyes twitched slightly.
【With some skills, this guy is really getting more and more presumptuous! 】
Of course, he just thought about it in his heart.
This Jie Liancheng has a special status. He was able to annex surrounding countries one after another, and the other party took great credit. It is not an exaggeration to say that his achievements are so great that he shocked the master.
And this also made Yan Sheng feel a little suspicious of him.
If possible, he didn't want to let Xie Liancheng lead the troops, but the other three of the Four Dragon Generals were guarding the other three borders.
If they are transferred back to support Long Zhantian, it will not be a wise choice either from the perspective of distance, time or border garrison.
In this way, it became a hard condition for him to lead the expedition in person.
What’s the point here?
The point is that if he were to conduct the conquest in person, the military power would be in his own hands!
On the contrary, if Xie Liancheng is allowed to lead the troops alone, and the other party has the military power, who knows what will happen to him?
"Shut up, everyone! I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss this matter again! Everyone, go down and make preparations!"
(End of this chapter)