Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 362 City Defense Strengthening
Knowing that Huo Du had amazing ability to defend the city, Li Qian appointed Huo Du as the chief general defending the city, responsible for commanding all the troops except special troops such as the Black Armor Army.

Huo Du provides a high defense bonus to the defenders and city fortifications.

The Great Emperor, Zhao Ci and other rebels did not know that Li Qian had changed his generals.

Even if they knew about the replacement of generals, it would be difficult for them to know Huo Du's character attributes, after all, Huo Du was really unknown.

Hundreds of thousands of rebels gathered under Liangshan City, and siege equipment for the siege of Yuyang City was also transported in, preparing to attack Liangshan City.

Yang Su used the same trick again, dividing the rebels into several batches and attacking the city in batches. If the soldiers in the front failed to capture the city, they would either die in battle or beheaded by the supervision team.

But Yang Su used both kindness and power. If the city was captured, everyone would be rewarded, so the soldiers fought to the death.

The attribute bonus provided by Yang Su's character traits to the rebels becomes higher and higher as more and more soldiers are sacrificed. The price is that human lives are worthless, and after victory, a large amount of gold, silver and treasures must be rewarded to maintain high morale and combat effectiveness.

The first batch of rebels consisted of 30,000 people; the second batch of rebels consisted of 60,000 people; the third batch of rebels consisted of 120,000 people; the fourth batch of rebels consisted of 240,000 people. The remaining rebels were kept as reserves, and were also the last batch of siege troops.

Judging from the number of the first four groups of rebels attacking the city, the rebels suffered considerable losses in the Battle of Yuyang City. After all, Yang Su sacrificed 120,000 rebels, and later another group of rebels were killed or injured.

At this rate of consumption, the rebels won't be able to hold out for long.

"We must eliminate Sheng Zuo as soon as possible, otherwise I will be the one to suffer a crushing defeat when the Jingzhou army arrives. If necessary, my own troops can also go into battle."

The greatest emperor in history was determined to attack and destroy Li Qian.

In the last battle of Yuyang City, although the city was captured, Li Qian and his elite soldiers fought their way out of the encirclement. Even if they took the city, they would have no time to digest it because hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops were gathering in Xiangyang City.

In addition, in order to fulfill his promise, the great emperor allowed the rebels to burn, kill and loot in Yuyang City, resulting in the killing of 100,000 civilians and more than 100,000 people fleeing into the mountains and forests. Yuyang City was almost destroyed.

Only by truly killing Li Qian or capturing the generals under Li Qian can we dominate Nanyang County. Otherwise, the gain or loss of a city or a pond will not change the situation.

"Attack the city as soon as possible!"

The great emperor gave an order, and the first batch of 30,000 rebels pushed the siege equipment up with roars.

With the supervision team behind them, the 30,000 rebels had no way to retreat and could only attack desperately.

As the 30,000 rebels approached, the defenders fired thousands of arrows, and the arrow towers also sprayed arrows. A large number of rebels fell during the siege.

"what happened?"

After all, Yang Su was the best general of the Sui Dynasty and had a keen intuition on the battlefield.

The first batch of 30,000 rebels encountered arrow tower attacks during the siege, and the casualties were even greater than when they attacked Yuyang City.

Li Qian lost 35000 elite troops in the Battle of Yuyang City. According to Yang Su's estimation, Liangshan City should be easier to attack. However, the first batch of troops attacking the city did not make good progress.

The 30,000 rebels who were at the vanguard had no way to retreat and could only climb the city wall while braving the rain of arrows from the defenders. A part of the ramparts also came close to the city wall. The rebel archers and crossbowmen on top of the ramparts fired their bows and crossbows in unison, fighting back with a dense rain of arrows that covered the defenders on the city wall.

This time the defenders were equipped with a large number of shields, and with the bonus of the military characteristics of the famous city defender Huo Du, the defenders' defense was greatly improved, and the damage caused by the rain of arrows from the well was limited.

The defenders were still drawing their bows and drawing arrows, raining arrows on the rebels on their way to the city. The formation of the 30,000 rebels shrank rapidly, from a black mass to a scattered mess. Many rebels were killed by the Yaksha mace and wolf-fang paddles that fell from above their heads while clinging to the city walls.

The first batch of rebels was almost wiped out. Although the speed of the first batch of soldiers' loss was somewhat beyond the expectations of Yang Su and the emperor of all ages, there was no turning back after the arrow was shot. 30,000 soldiers had been lost, and the morale and combat effectiveness of the subsequent rebels were also improved due to Yang Su's character traits, so they had no choice but to go all out and continue fighting.

As Yang Su waved his hand, the second batch of 60,000 rebels pressed forward.

The combat effectiveness of these 60,000 rebels was obviously higher than that of the previous 30,000 rebels. In order to survive and gain merit, they fought desperately and quickly climbed the city wall.

However, the rebels faced even greater pressure on the city walls.

Huo Du increased the defenders' defense too high when defending the city. The rebels would have to suffer more casualties if they wanted to kill the defenders, and every step forward seemed difficult.

Moreover, although 35000 elite soldiers were lost in the battle of Yuyang City, Li Qian had more generals to defend the city this time, such as Wang Yanzhang, Hua Mulan, Huang Zhong, Beigong Chun, etc. These generals participated in the defense of the city, and they would immediately lead their troops to attack and kill the rebels if they dared to climb the city wall.

"The battle continues, it's so exciting!"

Wang Yanzhang wildly wielded the hundred-jin iron spear on the narrow city wall and crashed into the rebels. The rebels' weapons, armor, and heads could not withstand the horrific impact of the hundred-jin iron spear and were all destroyed.

The war in the Central Plains was even more brutal than the one in Liangzhou. The battle between Li Qian and the Great Emperor had been going on for a long time. The Great Emperor even encouraged Zhao Ci to launch a mutiny and take advantage of the rebels to destroy Li Qian in one fell swoop. Such a big move led to the war in Nanyang County.

Wang Yanzhang participated in the protracted war, and the killing was even more exciting than when he was in Liangzhou.

"Get down here, everyone!"

Huang Zhong held the Red Blood Knife and cut several rebel soldiers in front of him in half, and the blood made the Red Blood Knife even brighter.

The red blood knife swept wildly in all directions, and the rebel soldiers were torn apart by the red blood knife.

Unlike Wang Yanzhang, a mercenary, Huang Zhong was a military general recruited by Li Qian. Once Li Qian's forces were destroyed, Huang Zhong would find it hard to accept, so Huang Zhong vowed to fight to the death.

"what!!!"

Huo Jun led a team of giant shield soldiers, who pressed down like a solid wall of steel, and pushed the rebels who had finally climbed up the city wall down. The rebels who fell down let out miserable screams.

boom!
The stones thrown by the catapult hit several giant shield soldiers. The shields of the giant shield soldiers could not withstand the impact of the stones. They retreated backwards and hit the wall behind them, bleeding from all seven orifices and died.

"hateful."

Huo Jun, holding a giant sword, killed a rebel. Seeing his giant shield soldiers being killed or injured by the catapult attack, he gritted his teeth.

This group of giant shield soldiers came from his fellow villagers and relatives.

The attack and defense of Liangshan was extremely brutal. Even though the giant shield soldiers had a higher defense and had the bonus of Huo Du's military characteristics, they could not ignore the attack of the catapult.

"The third batch of troops, go into battle."

Seeing that half of the second batch of rebels attacking the city were quickly consumed, Yang Su was worried that this would become a tactic of adding fuel to the fire, so he sent a third batch of 120,000 rebels to attack the city in advance.

These 120,000 rebels seemed to be energized, their eyes were red, and they waved their weapons and charged towards Liangshan City.

(End of this chapter)