Chapter 1177 Battle of Hengchuan Ridge (Part 2)

This bloody battle was doomed to be bloody. At the beginning, because of Wen Conglong's order, it had already revealed naked brutality.

Didn't Wen Conglong know that doing this would bring him bad reputation? His army was not without food and money. The war would not stop for three days. Even if Sanchuankou was captured and a military victory was achieved, it would take years to completely suppress the resistance of this land.

Obviously, this was a loss.

However, Wen Conglong had no choice. The continuous looting had made this army dissatisfied with the normal military merits. The rewards from King Yong seemed a lot, but they were barely visible to everyone. It was better to rob once.

It would be difficult for this army to restore military discipline without a thorough reform. With the war imminent, could Wen Conglong be asked to adjust the military discipline? If the combat effectiveness was affected and a rout occurred, who would be responsible at that time?

Therefore, Wen Conglong had only this one choice. This army was not just a double-edged sword. In fact, even the handle of the sword had grown a sharp barb. The person who wielded it had to go through a period of tempering before defeating the enemy.

The soldiers were excited and cheered, but they didn't know that Wen Conglong had already begun to plan how to suggest to King Yong about the reform of the army.

Don't treat everyone as a fool. Wen Conglong was able to compete with Wu Yi, and it was definitely not based on a single background. King Yong would not let such a vase come to the stage.

Amid the rumbling of war drums, under the suppression of catapults and artillery, the troops began to charge. They said they were charging in formation. In fact, everyone wanted to climb to the top of the city as soon as possible, and there was no formation.

However, such a team has a stronger deterrent power. Sticking to the so-called winning formation, it will eventually be more than worth the loss.

On the top of the city, arrows rained down and fell on the shields, making a clanging sound. If they passed through the gaps in the shields and fell on people, they would bring a burst of blood rain.

In addition, these small countries, by some unknown means, actually got the rare artillery, mounted it on the top of the city, and fired "bang bang". Because the top of the city is higher, the small countries have fewer artillery, but the range is longer. One shell, I don't know if it was luck, actually landed on the artillery position of the Daji Dynasty, basically destroying the artillery of the Daji Dynasty.

Even so, the small countries have artillery, but not many corresponding shells. After a few rounds, they also died, and the war returned to the primitive cold weapons.

The attackers hit the city gates, climbed the ladders, and used the ant-attaching method. The entire city wall was densely packed with people, and the defenders either pushed down the ladders or poured gold juice (i.e. feces) on them. After boiling, pouring it on their bodies, they were almost certain to die.

The wailing, screaming, and shouting continued for a day without stopping. During this period, the Daji Dynasty attacked the top of the city many times and was pushed down again. Many people finally got up and were forced to jump down. They broke their bones and muscles. Even if there was a meat cushion underneath, it was useless.

In addition, the small gate under the city was invaded by small enemy troops from time to time. Some holes were shot with cold arrows. Some generals who led the charge died under the cold arrows.

On the first day of the war, the two sides were evenly matched and there was no winner.

After all, it was the last line of defense. If it collapsed in one battle, these small countries would also perish.

After three days, the war continued and continued to be tense.

The daily casualties were more than a thousand. The most uncomfortable thing in this siege war was not death, but the pain of wanting to die but not being able to. There were many smooth wars. This kind of war facing death still made some soldiers wonder how long this war would last?

Another ten days passed, and the two cities of Sanchuankou were several times more difficult than expected. After the daily bombing of catapults, some city walls had already been blown down, and huge gaps appeared in the city walls.

Whenever you think you are going to capture the city of Hexi, suddenly the city of Hedong sends supplies. The other side is fighting a war of attrition and a protracted war. Apart from anything else, this location is in their favor.

The huge consumption of the continuous war for many days, the endless front line, and the lack of attention to the maintenance of logistics before, now give Wen Conglong some headaches. It is not a good thing to advance too fast.

Continuing to delay is definitely not a good thing, it is self-destruction. Wen Conglong has made up his mind and once again mobilized in front of the battlefield, "leading the troops" and leading the army to attack.

After half a day of endless hard fighting, the half-collapsed city of Hexi was finally taken by Wen Conglong.

However, a new problem was placed in front of Wen Conglong. Apart from the supplies that the enemy had not had time to destroy before retreating, the city of Hexi was an empty city, without even a mouse.

After half a month of hard fighting, is this all they got? Many soldiers were dissatisfied, because Wen Conglong promised before the war that he would not ban swords and weapons, but now he was not even qualified to use swords and weapons.

So, they shouted to continue the attack. Although Wen Conglong knew that it was just an attempt and there was a high probability that he would return in vain, he was still prepared to let them give up and did not refuse.

The other side had the danger of the river. The water flow was very fast at the confluence of three rivers. After several days of continuous attempts, there was not much progress. It was basically a contest of catapults on both sides.

Although Wen Conglong was eager for fame, he also knew the reality. The reality was that the logistics no longer allowed him to continue the attack, and he was determined to rest.

During this rest period, Wen Conglong did not expect that soldiers would go out to plunder every day in the military camp. After the nearby villages were almost plundered, they had to go to further places. As a result, there were fewer and fewer people in the military camp every day, and some even stayed out at night, with no military discipline at all.

Wen Conglong could not have been unaware of this, but he was no longer able to suppress it. After a long battle, he had no gains. Instead of letting the soldiers grow dissatisfied, he might as well let them vent.

However, such indulgence ruined the last bit of reputation of the Daji Dynasty. Once the spies of small countries instigated, the fire of uprising burned from all over the place.

Wen Conglong originally wanted to use the opportunity of rest to rectify his logistics support problems, but he did not expect that the more he rested, the more difficult the logistics became. Many people were forced to go up the mountain to rob military rations after their food and grass were robbed by the soldiers.

After the logistics were reduced, the soldiers continued to go out to rob, thus forming an almost dead cycle.

It was an unbreakable vicious circle. If Wen Conglong had withdrawn his troops and narrowed the front line, there might have been a chance of a turnaround. However, he did not do so.

As a result, the outcome of this war was no longer in suspense.