Chapter 303
The real offensive of Cao Ren's army was in the north. There were also 4,000 soldiers in the north, but they were all capable soldiers. As for the south, it was attacked by two people from the Xingzhou Dynasty in the Yuexi Consular District, 2,000 battle-ready soldiers and 1,000 wounded soldiers. Hu Yandu, Huangfu Chaobo's subordinate, was still cruising around the battlefield wàiwéi, ready to deal with the cavalry in the town or the soldiers who abandoned their defenses.
In the first round of battle, Cao Ren didn't send any of his strong generals to attack the city, so although the defenders felt a lot of pressure, they repelled the attackers very smoothly. The number was not large, but there were also many casualties, which still caused a lot of pressure on the defenders. In particular, hundreds of crossbowmen were deployed to attack the east wall, so Gao Lan felt a little difficult in the second round of attack. Ten soldiers assisted in the defense, and the two town walls had also transferred wounded soldiers to the town walls to reduce the loss of battleable soldiers.
Cao Ren saw all the situation on the town wall. After the second round of attack, it was almost noon. When the defenders were tired, Cao Ren suddenly sent an order for the three main generals to attack at the same time. Zhongdu directly led the troops to attack the city. This action made Gao Lan on the town wall very nervous. Just as he was about to defend with all his strength from the attack outside the east gate, suddenly Dian Wei and Zhou Cang attacked at the same time on the north wall. News of the Walled City. Only at this time did Gao Lan realize that he had been deceived by Cao Ren's strategy of making a fool of himself. After a long sigh, Gao Lan had no choice but to order the soldiers to resist desperately, while contacting his lord knight, ready to retreat at any time.
Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, news came that the North Gate had been broken. In desperation, Gao Lan had to lead the guards who had already prepared to escort the knight and himself, and retreated towards the west gate. Of course, a warrior from Luonan Town was left behind to slow down the speed of the soldiers of the coalition of princes.
At the same time, Bo Hua from the north gate and Ling Cao from the south gate also protected their lord and headed towards the west gate, while Li Guang had already led his Xiliang iron cavalry to the west gate. After receiving the news that the north gate was lost, he ordered to open the west gate and head towards Rongyang without looking back. Facing the two hundred Xiliang iron cavalry, Hu Yan carried out Huangfu Chaobo's order very well, and let them go after only a little pursuit. His target was the pawns that Dong Zhuo's camp then retreated.
As the defending player lords and their generals took the lead and retreated, the battle in Longcheng came to an end. Although there was still a lot of resistance in the town, it was no longer enough to stop the attack of the coalition of princes.
At the beginning of Shenshi in the afternoon, that is, around three o'clock in the afternoon, the army that invaded the town finally wiped out the remnants of the enemy in the town. Cao Ren was overjoyed when he got the news, and he didn't think of his goal of capturing Longcheng in five days. Finally reached. After sitting on the horse and laughing, the energetic Cao Ren led the crowd into Longcheng Town on horseback. When his horseshoe stepped into the town, all the players received the news that "the offensive and defensive battle of Longcheng is over, the camp of princes has won, and successfully captured Longcheng". For a moment, players and soldiers cheered everywhere in the town. So far, the Battle of Longcheng has finally come to an end.
When they heard the news, all the players breathed a sigh of relief. It can be said that the offensive and defensive battle in Longcheng was the hardest battle the players had fought since the start of the plot. Not only the attacking side, but also the defending side. For five days, there were constant battles every day, and thousands of soldiers were killed and injured on both sides every day. Of the 20,000 soldiers from Dong Zhuo's camp, in the end, only less than 2,000 soldiers escaped. Of the remaining 18,000 soldiers, as many as 8,000 were captured and surrendered due to injuries, and all the other 10,000 soldiers died in battle. As for the players in the vassal camp on the offensive side, only 6,000 of the 40,000 soldiers were left to fight, including the 1,000 cavalry that Huangfu Chaobo finally transferred, and the other nearly 10,000 wounded soldiers. It even reached more than 20,000 people. It can be seen that,
Siege soldiers suffered almost twice as many casualties as defenders.
However, although the casualties were large, the losses for both players were actually not that great. Let’s talk about Dong Zhuo’s camp first, because at the beginning of the war, Li Meng promised to have double military merit, plus some other rewards from property craftsmen, it can be said that it is enough for everyone to recruit the lost soldiers and horses again, and make some money, but everyone has more than one The veterans accumulated over the past month were all lost in one battle. Compared with the players in the vassal camp, although the rewards are not as much as those in the Dong Zhuo camp, we still have more than 10,000 wounded soldiers and thousands of captives, which can make up for some of our losses. However, after this battle, everyone's combat power will drop a lot. Regarding this battle, everyone laughed and said that this is the system giving everyone benefits. In fact, everyone knows that this may be the last large-scale battle led by the player in the entire plot mission, and then it will be replaced by an NPC, and the player will be reduced to a role of soy sauce.
As soon as the battle was over, Cao Ren was ready to return to Suanzao to return to his command. However, after careful consideration of Longcheng's defense, Cao Ren decided to hand it over to Huangfu Chaobo, and for safety's sake, Cao Ren did not bring back his 2,000 soldiers. Instead, one of his deputy generals will continue to stay in Longcheng to assist Huangfu Chaobo's defense. As for the other players participating in the battle and their soldiers, they should either disperse separately or go to the nearby county town. After all, everyone’s soldiers and horses need to rest and replenish, especially since everyone has a large number of wounded soldiers who need to be treated. The town simply cannot provide so many medicines. In addition, the soldiers and horses that everyone needs are not what the small town can provide. You must know that the army has a lot of losses, so it must be replenished as soon as possible and ready to do tasks at any time.
Only Huangfu Chaobo is still wandering leisurely in Longcheng Town, and is now counting the gains of this battle with his subordinates. A total of 3,000 soldiers and horses were invested in this battle. After five days of fighting, in the end, there were still 100 tiger and cardinal cavalry, and 170 cavalry were lost. The soldiers lost more than 400 people. Regarding his own loss, Huangfu Chaobo is most distressed by the loss of the more than 200 guard-level soldiers. You must know that the 1,000 soldiers are elite soldiers who have spent a lot of energy training. Now they have lost after several battles. Three hundred, and the five hundred cavalry lost a hundred after several battles, can it not make people feel distressed?