Since Yang Rui's troops had managed to dig out Yuan Shao's tunnel at the west gate of Lunu Prefecture City, then they would naturally be able to guess that there would be tunnels at the other city gates as well.
Moreover, Yang Rui had also investigated the situation of Yuan Shao's troops at the other city gates. He discovered that the Yuan Shao's tents at the various city gates were similar to those at the west gate. They were also connected to the civilian residences. Even if he couldn't accurately determine where the tunnel was, Yang Rui had a rough idea.
When Yuan Shao's troops launched their attacks from the east and south gates, even though Yang Rui's troops had taken precautions beforehand, they still couldn't break through the suddenness of the attack. This was because they had no way of knowing where exactly Yuan Shao's troops would launch their surprise attack.
The reason why Yang Rui's troops were forced into a passive situation was because of this. When faced with the sudden appearance of Yuan Shao's troops, the nearby Yang Rui's troops, who were already prepared, couldn't help but fall into chaos.
However, this didn't affect the final outcome.
Roughly 40000 Yuan Shao's troops charged out from the east gate of Lunu Prefecture City, while roughly 30000 Yuan Shao's troops charged out from the south gate. They moved out almost at the same time, and after less than an hour of fighting, the two paths of Yuan Shao's troops were pushed back one after another.
It wasn't that Yuan Shao didn't want to invest more troops to launch a sneak attack. However, the troops that charged out from the front weren't able to completely gain a foothold and provide enough space for the troops behind.
For example, the Yuan Shao's troops that launched their sneak attack from the east gate. Of the 40000 troops that charged out from the tunnel, only two to three thousand people charged out at the start. Even though Yuan Shao's troops were exceptionally ferocious, the space they managed to gain a foothold was only two to three hundred meters.
This was also the maximum space Yuan Shao's troops could control at the start of the sneak attack. Following that, as Yang Rui's troops stabilized their foothold, the space for Yuan Shao's troops to gain a foothold gradually shrunk. At the same time, the number of troops outside didn't exceed five thousand.
The south gate was in a similar situation. In fact, the situation was even worse. This was because there were ten or so siege chariots concentrated in that direction. Almost as soon as Yuan Shao's troops launched their sneak attack, they discovered their targets and were able to completely suppress them. As a result, Yuan Shao's troops at the south gate didn't have much to do.
The sneak attack at the two city gates was only an interlude. When the sun was high up in the sky the next day, Yuan Shao's troops within Lunu City clearly saw the situation around them. Especially after seeing the situation at the west gate, the intensity of the battle abruptly decreased by a lot.
At this time, the traces of battle near the west gate were extremely shocking. Two thick corpses had already appeared on both sides of the city gate tower, completely blocking off both sides of the city wall. The battle had basically stopped, only a wave of arrows would appear from time to time to suppress the situation.
Within the west gate, a circular wall of corpses had also appeared around the Qianji Black Armored Camp. Most of the corpses were piled up from Yuan Shao's troops, but there were also many corpses from Yang Rui's troops mixed in.
Although the battle here had never stopped, the wall of corpses also served as a buffer.
For Yuan Shao's troops, if they wanted to continue their attack, they would need to climb over the wall of corpses. It was a type of obstruction and also a type of accumulation. Charging up the wall of corpses would take a lot of effort, but once they charged down from the wall of corpses, their attacks would be even more ferocious.
For Yang Rui's troops, the wall of corpses had its advantages and disadvantages. It was a barrier to arrows, but at the same time, it also caused the Qianji Black Armored Camp to fall into a low-lying position.
Perhaps the soldiers were tired after a night of battle, or perhaps the number of casualties in the battle was too large, or perhaps the Yuan Shao's troops were shocked after seeing the actual situation. Anyway, after the sky darkened, the attacking rhythm of Yuan Shao's troops had obviously slowed down. As the defending side, Yang Rui could clearly feel it.
This slowed down caused a problem. Yuan Shao's troops had obviously slacked off. The previously high morale no longer existed. After the rapid drop in morale, it was even worse than when Yuan Shao's troops had not been ambushed.
It was just like how the previous night's attack was Yuan Shao's final desperate strike, which drained almost all the confidence and morale of his soldiers. It was more like an old monster who had just unleashed his ultimate move and entered a period of weakness, which was even worse than his usual state.
Yuan Shao's troops began to push and shove, intentionally delaying the attacking rhythm. They were afraid that they would die for nothing. Thus, the battle situation near the west gate changed again. Perhaps Yuan Shao's troops had also noticed this change. Not long after, Yuan Shao's troops completely stopped attacking.
Facing such a situation, Yang Rui still did not act rashly.
On one hand, his own troops had been busy for the entire night. Although they had taken turns to rest, even with the troops outside the city, it was still unavoidable that the army had not rested for the entire night.
On the other hand, Yang Rui was not as unconfident as before. If he were to attack Yuan Shao's troops now, it could be said that Yang Rui's victory was already within his grasp. However, there was still a difference in the method of victory. At the very least, Yang Rui needed to consider the time limit and the price at the same time.
After Yuan Shao's troops finally received the order to stop fighting, Yang Rui also began to arrange his troops to rest. After leaving behind enough combat readiness troops, he immediately ordered most of the soldiers to rest.
At the same time, Yang Rui also sent out a portion of his troops to clean up the battlefield. First, they cleaned up the battlefield around the Qian Ji Black First Battalion. They cleaned up the corpses on the city wall and collected the dropped items, equipment and skill books.
Secondly, after a moment of hesitation, Yang Rui ordered the corpses of the soldiers from both sides to be cleaned up in the buffer zone on the city wall.
The separation of the two city walls was not a bad thing for both sides. Yang Rui was not in a rush to collect loot from the battlefield. However, he did not want to see the corpses of both sides lying around. After all, they were fighting for their own Lords just a moment ago.
Yang Rui's troops pushed forward along the city wall to clean up the battlefield. After the buffer zone was opened up, Yuan Shao's troops actually took the initiative to retreat from the west side of the city wall and gave up on this side of the city wall.
Originally, Yang Rui thought that Yuan Shao would make a move very quickly. However, in the next half a day, Yuan Shao's troops did not make any moves. Lunu City fell into a strange stalemate. No matter if it was in the game or in real life, it could be said that this kind of situation was rarely seen.
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