From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 142: Scorching Battlefield
The offensive on the first day was particularly fierce. The soldiers transferred from the Yu Dynasty survived on the battlefield for an average of less than a cup of tea.

In just less than two hours, more than 1,500 soldiers had been lost, and the main city of Daming Town was still holding on.

Wen Pin knew that this could not go on any longer, so he ordered a withdrawal.

The army set up camp three miles outside Daming Town, tightly surrounding the town and not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Daming Town Meeting Hall.

In this battle to defend the city, a total of more than 200 soldiers were lost, which gave Gongsun Zan and others hope.

There are still five or six thousand soldiers in the main city. Unless the other side transfers about 50,000 troops, they will not be able to capture Daming Town at all. This makes everyone in Daming Town feel a little more at ease.

However, Zhang Zhao's words poured cold water on everyone. He said, "The soldiers sent to attack the city this time are no different from ordinary people."

"It's not because they don't have the ability to fight, it's because those who are truly capable of fighting haven't come up yet."

Guan Ping also nodded in agreement and said, "That's right."

"The enemy is obviously using the lives of the people to exchange for our soldiers. They don't expect to break the city in the next few days. Only when our elite troops are almost exhausted, their main force will give us the final blow."

"This battle loss ratio looks good, but our situation is not optimistic."

The other side can dispatch their people to attack the city, but Daming Town cannot do so.

There are so many soldiers here, but they don't go to defend the city. Instead, they force the people to defend the city. The people will definitely be resentful.

But if they continue like this, sooner or later their troops will be exhausted. What will they do then?
After hearing the news, a layer of gloom gradually appeared on everyone's faces.

But the current situation is simply unbreakable. Even though they know what the other party is doing, they have no countermeasures.

……

On the other hand, after Wang Yu returned to the Yu Dynasty, he once again recruited 7,000 soldiers on the recruitment day. The seventh-level barracks could only recruit a maximum of 10,000 soldiers. More than 7,000 soldiers had been lost on the front line, and this time he just managed to replenish all the troops.

In addition, he recruited 15,000 militiamen, all of whom were recruited from the people. These people would become sitting ducks on the battlefield, and their sole purpose was to consume the military strength of Daming Town.

But it is enough. As long as the troops in Daming Town are almost exhausted, we can launch a full-scale attack.

After completing the recruitment, Wang Yu immediately led his troops to the other side of the Yellow River to join Wen Pin's army.

At this moment, the army's strength was instantly increased to 30,000 people. The dark military camp was filled with the sound of training, which could even be faintly heard in Daming Town five miles away.

The scouts terrifiedly told the Dameng Town garrison commander Guan Ping about this scene. Guan Ping was even more excited to hear that the enemy's strength had reached 30,000.

This is already five times the number on their side. If they are willing, they can use these 30,000 troops to launch a charge on Daming Town!

Unfortunately, the recruitment day in Daming Town has not yet arrived, so there is no way to recruit new soldiers. There are still four days until the next recruitment day.

I'm afraid the fighting will be particularly fierce and brutal in these four days.

The next morning, it was just getting light.

Wen Pin led his army to launch a new round of siege. Nearly 20,000 militiamen, as densely packed as ants, began to climb towards the top of the city from all directions.

On the city gate, looking at the dense siege soldiers below the city, everyone had a serious expression, picked up their weapons and began a new round of mechanical defense.

More than 20,000 militiamen climbed up the city gate desperately. These recruits who joined the battlefield for the first time had no experience at all and the mortality rate was extremely high.

Wen Pin also led hundreds of veteran soldiers to follow the new recruits. Several veteran soldiers had already climbed onto the city wall. This scene frightened Guan Ping so much that he broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately went into battle himself and killed the soldiers who had climbed up the city wall.

This situation has occurred several times in succession during today's siege.

Guan Ping and others were getting more and more worried. Once they broke into the city, Dameng Town would be in danger!

"Stop them, don't let anyone come up!"

Guan Ping immediately gave orders, asking Gongsun Zan, Yu Jin, Zhong Hui and others to personally guard the various passes.

Advisers such as Zhang Zhao and Chen Qun were closely following the situation on the battlefield and were extremely anxious, but there was nothing they could do to help at the moment.

All the pressure was placed on Guan Ping.

"There are several soldiers coming up over there!" Gongsun Zan shouted, "General Zhong, come over here quickly!"

Looking at Zhong Hui again, at this time, soldiers were rushing up to the pass guarded by Zhong Hui. He was fighting hard with the soldiers defending the city and was unable to take care of the loophole not far away.

The military forces of Dameng Town are too small, and the enemy has too many directions to attack the city, so it is impossible to take care of them all.

"kill!"

With a loud shout, Pan Feng and Gao Shun were seen climbing up to the top of the city wall.

Gongsun Zan asked in surprise: "Generals! How are your injuries?"

You have to know that Pan Feng and Gao Shun's injuries have not healed yet. If they come here at this time, their injuries will definitely get worse.

Pan Feng and Gao Shun shook their heads and said, "It's a matter of life and death. How can we hide in the ward and live in disgrace?"

"I'd rather die standing than live on my knees!"

"kill!"

After the two joined the battlefield, they finally contained Yu Chao's offensive.

The battle lasted for more than two hours, nearly five hours, from early morning to noon.

After a short rest, Yu Chao began to attack the city walls vigorously in the afternoon and continued until late at night.

Everyone in Daming Town was exhausted at this time, so Yu Chao simply stopped attacking.

Gongsun Zan and his men all had some minor injuries on their bodies. They just sat slumped on the city wall, gasping for breath.

Zhang Zhao immediately arranged for someone to deliver food to the soldiers.

Guan Ping and several other generals had already fallen asleep on the cold city wall.

Zhang Zhao sighed quietly. It was only the second day and he was already so tired. He didn't know what would happen next.

Chen Qun found Zhang Zhao and said, "Mr. Zhang, the loss of troops this time is quite serious. We lost more than 1,700 soldiers today."

"We only have about 4,000 troops left."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao was suddenly shocked. If this continued, the military strength of Daming Town would be exhausted in three days.

Daming Town can't start recruiting new soldiers until four days later. If all the troops are used up before then, the consequences will be disastrous!
Although Zhang Zhao felt sorry for it, he still came to Guan Ping and gently woke him up.

"Let's eat later. I'm too tired." Guan Ping said tiredly.

Zhang Zhao shook his head and said, "General Guan, that's not it... I have something to tell you."

(End of this chapter)