Chapter 828: Cursing
In terms of strength, the enemy general with a black face may be slightly better, but it is not difficult to see during the confrontation that he has the advantage in weapons and equipment, and even the warhorse under his seat. Overall, the two sides are evenly matched.
The reason why he fought so miserably in this battle, and even retreated before the opponent started to counterattack, was undoubtedly because of his arrogance.
He didn't even observe his opponent carefully, and just attacked with his axe with all his strength. As a result, his axe missed, which led to that situation.
When he thought of this, Li Tie felt extremely regretful and wished he could turn back time and start over again.
During this period, Shi Lei, who had returned to the military camp, had already begun to deal with post-war work.
"Sir, the casualty statistics are complete."
Taking the casualty statistics from his adjutant, Shi Lei quickly scanned the area.
Four hundred and twelve were slightly injured, one hundred and thirty-four were seriously injured, and ninety-one were killed in battle.
Among these casualties, more than 70% were new recruits. If only those seriously injured and killed in battle were counted, the proportion would directly increase to 90%.
After all, it was his first time on the battlefield and he had no combat experience. For now, Shi Lei could still accept this result.
At the same time, he was glad that he did not go out of the city to fight.
Once out of the city, depending on the performance of the new recruits, this number may not be as simple as doubling.
Compared to Shi Lei who accepted the casualties, the Liang army coach on the other side was a little bit unable to accept the results before him.
"Not counting the lightly wounded soldiers, the number of soldiers who were seriously injured and killed alone is more than six hundred?!"
The moment the commander-in-chief of the Liang army learned this number from the soldier responsible for counting casualties, his entire mentality exploded.
This was only the first round of attack! Moreover, he saw that the situation was not good and took the initiative to order a retreat.
[The garrison in the opposite city is definitely more than a thousand. Did they notice our actions and send more troops in advance? Judging from the situation on the first day of the attack, there are at least two thousand garrisons in the opposite city! ]
Seeing the commander with an angry face, the soldiers in the tent suddenly fell silent.
Seeing his subordinates looking terrified and fearful, the commander of the Liang army obviously realized his own mistake.
After taking a deep breath, he forced himself to calm down.
"Go and ask Captain Kabak to come to my tent."
In the previous siege, since the Centaur cavalry were not of much use, he simply did not let them show up, and the other side was unaware of their existence.
In the current situation, it is obviously unwise to continue to launch a fierce attack, and he must change his strategy.
Their Majesty paid a huge commission to the Centaur mercenaries to assist them in attacking China. The deposit has already been taken, and they can't just let them sit idle.
After three days of rest, the Liang army regrouped and attacked again.
However, this time, the Liang army, realizing that the opposing city’s defenses were strong, obviously had no intention of forcing the city to attack again.
The commander of the Liang army sent his subordinate Zhao Hu out to curse.
Because he had defeated Li Tie in the previous fight, Zhao Hu was extremely arrogant at this time.
The cold sarcasm made the usually calm Shi Lei feel a little angry.
Of course, this did not make him lose his mind, and his mind remained calm enough.
But Zhao Hu, who was cursing outside the city, obviously had no intention of stopping.
"You coward, come out and fight us to the death if you have the guts!"
The general was defeated and Li Tie is now injured. Although Shi Lei himself has three stars in bravery, he has long since transformed into a commander. Although he has also been training his skills, he is no match for Li Tie in a one-on-one duel. His chances of winning are too low. If he loses again, the morale of the defenders will surely drop to freezing point.
This also resulted in the fact that there were no suitable generals in Anling City who could go out of the city to fight.
Allowing the other side to curse outside the city will also affect their morale.
Shi Lei realized that he couldn't go on like this, so he simply cursed back at Zhao Hu who was outside the city.
"You talk more nonsense than a woman! If you are brave, come and attack the city! If you are not brave, go back to where you came from!"
After Shi Lei spoke, the garrison soldiers, who originally had extremely grim expressions, all perked up and couldn't wait to curse back in unison. Their voices were so loud that it was earth-shaking. It was obvious that they were exhausted from holding it in until now.
The words "you talk more nonsense than a woman" immediately made Zhao Hu furious. For a fierce general in the army, being called a woman was a great shame and humiliation, and he wished he could tear the opponent to pieces alive.
At the same time, the following words also made the faces of the Liang soldiers, who were originally complacent, become unnatural.
They had indeed won the previous duel, and at the same time, the opponent obviously had no powerful generals to send out today. They were showing off, and of course they had reasons to do so.
But when it comes to siege, it directly hits their pain points.
Before they could think any more, the loud shouting sounded again in Anling City...
"What? Are you scared?!"
At that moment, the whole face of the Liang army commander turned dark.
Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the fact that the opponent had no generals to send out and severely hit the opponent's morale, and then see if I could encourage the opponent to come out of the city to fight.
Who could have thought that when they turned around, the ridicule would fall on them.
It was impossible to attack the city. He had not been able to take it before when he had the most troops and the most equipment.
At the same time, according to his speculation, with at least two thousand troops stationed in the opposite city, the success rate of the siege was too low, and he had to change his strategy.
After two rounds of insults, "Come out if you dare!" and "Come in if you dare!", the Liang army commander realized that this was not a solution and waved his hand, and the army quickly moved.
At first, Shi Lei thought that the enemy could not hold back and was ready to attack the city, but he never expected that the enemy troops did not advance at all. Instead, they quickly spread out and moved to all directions.
Shi Lei's face darkened as he saw this scene.
[Are they planning to besiege the city?! ]
This was indeed the case. The Liang army quickly split into four groups, each targeting the four gates of Anling City, but they did not launch an offensive.
"Surround us but don't attack. Are you trying to trap us to death?"
Shi Lei quickly saw through the other party's intentions.
When the adjutant heard this, he suddenly became anxious.
"So what should we do now? Should we go out of the city to meet the enemy?"
After hearing this, Shi Lei simply waved his hand.
"Why are you in such a hurry? We are fighting at home, while the enemy is on an expedition. The transportation of supplies, the mobilization of personnel, and all other expenses are greater than ours. If they want to surround us, then let them. I want to see how long they can last!"
(End of this chapter)
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