Yang Yi was also on the city gate tower.
He looked at the Persian offensive. Although he had confidence in Ma Yuan, he was still a little worried. After all, the Persian offensive was too strong, and they had so many soldiers.
Yang Yi looked at Ma Yuan and said, "General Ma, the city gate is already open. More and more people are coming. "
Ma Yuan smiled and said, "No rush!"
As he spoke, Ma Yuan pointed at the 20,000 Persian soldiers outside the city and said, "County Magistrate Yang, do you see the Persian army? Their forces are actually coming for the city gate. Their intention is to break through the city gate and then kill their way into the city. However, the more they do so, the more casualties they will suffer. County Magistrate Yang, riches and honor come from danger. If they didn't let the enemy tear open a hole, they wouldn't keep attacking from the city gate. "This area is where we are constantly killing the Persian soldiers. Therefore, let's just wait and watch the show. Let's keep exhausting their forces, then we can kill our way out. "
Yang Yi nodded and didn't say anything else.
He couldn't command the army if he didn't move. After all, Ma Yuan was the expert in this area.
Yang Yi only needed to watch.
At this moment, the Persian slave soldiers kept gathering. Under this premise, the mortars kept firing and bombarding the city gate. At this time, the range of the bombardment was also expanded. With the city gate as the center, the range of the bombardment extended a hundred and fifty steps. Therefore, the bombardment was unprecedentedly strong.
In addition, inside the city gate, the soldiers had already piled up sacks filled with mud and built defensive fortifications. Once the Persian soldiers broke through, they would be killed.
The number of Persian soldiers killed and injured was innumerable.
Grenades were constantly thrown, killing the Persian soldiers who broke through the city. Even if there were fish that escaped the net and got close, the soldiers with spears formed a spear formation and quickly attacked.
Under the fierce attack, although the Persian army kept pushing forward, their losses were still increasing.
Time passed little by little.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the afternoon. If it was in Chang 'an, the sun would be setting in the west and the sky would turn dark. However, in Dolle City, the sun was still shining brightly and there was no sign of the sky turning dark.
The sun was still hot.
The attacks did not stop.
The number of soldiers under Ma Yuan's command that were killed was actually not that great. At the very beginning, countless Persian soldiers had rushed up to the city gate tower, and both sides had suffered casualties during the battle. Later on, the number of people who rushed up the city tower decreased, and more people rushed towards the city gate. Although the dense crowd of people entering the city put a certain amount of pressure on the city's defenders, they also lost a certain amount of strength. However, from start to finish, Ma Yuan did not lose more than a thousand men.
However, on the Persian side, the number of casualties was uncountable.
There were already more than thirty thousand people.
After all, the losses on the Persian side were mainly due to the bombardment. Especially when the Persian soldiers gathered at the city gate, the number of people who were hit by the bombardment was uncountable. Every time the bombardment hit a person, a group of people would die.
The Persian Empire had suffered great losses.
Castel furrowed his brows when he saw this. That was because he had yet to make a breakthrough. Under such circumstances, Kass was extremely dissatisfied. He looked at Baler and ordered, "Baler, pass down the order. Everyone, charge. As long as they break through the city of Dole, I will allow them to plunder for three days. If they are unable to break through the city today, all of them will die. Kill them! "
Castel threw caution to the wind.
Because he could not be trapped in the city of Dole.
Especially after losing so many people, if they were still unable to make a breakthrough, then the losses in this battle would be too great.
Hearing this, Baler gave the order to attack.
When the order was passed down, the Persian soldiers received the order, especially the slave soldiers. As long as they broke through the city gate, they could plunder for three days. This plundering was their opportunity. Not only could they plunder money, but it was also an excellent opportunity to plunder women.
Many slaves were single people, but slaves also had their own thoughts. So, if they managed to plunder women, they would be their own property, and they would be able to have a family.
Countless Persian soldiers seemed to have gone crazy as they charged forward.
The remaining twenty thousand Persian soldiers on the battlefield charged through the gap created by the bombardment.
Their attacks became fiercer and fiercer.
When Yang Yi saw this, especially when he saw the countless Persian soldiers holding shields and swords charging forward, he immediately felt his scalp go numb. Because the slaughter that was happening before his eyes had exceeded his expectations. Even though Yang Yi felt that his endurance was not bad, at this moment, he still felt his heart tighten.
Ma Yuan glanced at Yang Yi and smiled.
Yang Yi was a civil official.
He had never been on the battlefield before, so it was normal for him to see such a scene.
Ma Yuan saw that more and more people were arriving, and the battle on the city gate tower was no longer as intense as before. So, he simply handed the city gate tower over to Lai Ji and let Lai Ji take command. As for Ma Yuan himself, he went down the city gate tower and arrived at the place where the army was gathered, preparing to personally take command of the battle.
Ma Yuan saw that more and more people were gathering, but he did not panic. Even though there were many Persian soldiers charging at him, he still calmly stood behind the fortifications.
Because of Ma Yuan's appearance, although he did not participate in the battle, the moment he appeared, the situation changed.
The soldiers were all in high spirits.
They gave it their all.
As the soldiers did their best to stop them, more and more Persian soldiers charged over. At this moment, more and more Persian soldiers were charging over. Even if they had set up fortifications, even if they had prepared sandbags, it was useless at this moment.
Ma Yuan flipped onto his horse and directly took the drum and hammer from the soldier's hands. He shouted, "Boys, the time to counterattack has come. Follow me and kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill the enemy!"
He did not care about anything else and took the lead to kill from the side.
As Ma Yuan swung the drum and hammer in his hand, just by standing in the air, he gave off a great sense of oppression. In the next moment, Ma Yuan had already charged into the crowd. The drum and hammer in his hand fell, smashing into a Persian soldier and sending him flying.
Ma Yuan raised his hammer and began to charge. The hammer in his hand fell again, smashing into a Persian soldier. The Persian soldier hurriedly raised his shield to block.
"Clang!"
The hammer smashed into the shield, and a muffled sound of impact rang out. In the next moment, the soldier was sent flying along with his shield.
Ma Yuan was in high spirits as he continued to charge forward.
In an instant, he killed several people in succession.
There was no one who could contend against Ma Yuan.
The soldiers following behind Ma Yuan also began to quickly charge forward. Under the continuous charge, their attacks were incomparably ferocious. In a short period of time, the Persian soldiers who had charged into the city were forced to retreat.
All the soldiers on Xia Xia's side were counterattacking.
This was a confrontation of hand-to-hand combat.
As the general at the front, Ma Yuan was bathed in blood. Moreover, when he swung the hammer in his hand, a large number of people fell. Under such circumstances, the soldiers of the Third Army under Ma Yuan's command were even more motivated.
The soldiers were like wolves and tigers.
These soldiers were all influenced by Ma Yuan. As soon as they entered the battlefield, they were incomparably ferocious. The more they fought, the braver they became. In a short period of time, they had already charged out of the city gate. At this moment, the artillery fire behind them had already stopped. It had all turned into hand-to-hand combat.
Lai Ji, who was on the city gate tower, saw Ma Yuan leading his soldiers out. He immediately felt his blood boil and ordered the drums to be beaten and cheered.
"Boom! Boom! "
The sound of the war drums rang out inside and outside the city.
The sound of the drums was vast and mighty. It caused the fighting Xia Xia's soldiers to charge out with all their might.
The momentum of their charge became even more ferocious.
This scene fell into the eyes of Kass, who was at the rear. When Kass saw this scene of fighting, his gaze sharpened. He did not think that Xia Xia's army would be that powerful after charging out. Instead, it was Xia Xia's army that charged out that gave him the opportunity to defeat the enemy. In a head-on confrontation, if he could destroy this army in one go, then he would be able to easily win this battle.
Kass looked at Baler and said, "General Baler, the enemy's army is here."
Baler nodded and immediately gave the order.
He then mobilized thirty thousand elites to charge into the battlefield.
At this moment, there were only twenty thousand men left under Baler's command. The entire army charged forward in a grandiose manner and quickly converged with the Persian soldiers who were fighting outside the city. This was because the Persian soldiers who had previously charged into the city had already been slaughtered out. Moreover, the army under Ma Yuan's command had all attacked. Under the ferocious attacks of the army, the Persian army was defeated again and again. They were completely unable to resist.
Therefore, under this premise, the thirty thousand elites who had just entered the battlefield played a role in turning the tide, reversing the situation. Both sides continued to fight and kill outside the city.
Shouts and battle cries rose and fell one after another.
Corpses expressed their thanks one after another. Blood splattered everywhere. Both sides were in a killing frenzy. However, when Ma Yuan fought, he was even more ferocious. Under Ma Yuan's command, the army under his command continuously charged and pierced through the enemy's formation.
In truth, the Persian army did not have the slightest advantage over the two sides fighting on the battlefield.
The reason was simple. When the siege began, there were around fifty thousand Persian soldiers attacking the city. However, after continuous losses, countless Persian soldiers died outside the city. Even if they managed to charge into the city, they were still slaughtered and forced out.
In the end, there were only around twenty thousand Persian soldiers left.
Now that Ma Yuan had sent another thirty thousand to join the battle, there were only around fifty thousand Persian soldiers left.
Ma Yuan also had around forty thousand Persian soldiers on his side.
There was not much of a disparity in strength between the two sides.
This was especially so when Ma Yuan personally went to meet the enemy. The soldiers under his command charged together with him. Under the fierce attacks, the Persian army suffered even greater losses.
After a series of exchanges, although the situation on the Persian side had not collapsed, their overall momentum had been completely suppressed, allowing Ma Yuan to charge back and forth.
It was the same for the soldiers under Ma Yuan's command.
They continued to charge back and forth.
Lai Ji, who was on the city gate tower, had been paying attention to the killing on the battlefield. He was now in charge of commanding. Seeing that the situation was completely in Xia Xia's favor, Lai Ji decisively ordered, "Pass down the order. Light the smoke signal and order the elephant soldiers to go out and cut off the Persian army's retreat."
"Yes!"
The messenger immediately went to pass down the order.
Not long after, the smoke signal rose into the sky.
In the distance outside the city, three thousand elephant soldiers charged out from the left and right, charging quickly. Every giant elephant was incomparably sturdy. Their legs were like giant pillars that supported the sky. When they stepped on the ground, it immediately caused a tremor.
One could feel the tremors from the ground even from afar.
"Kill!"
On the backs of the giant elephants, the soldiers shouted.
One by one, the elephants ran wildly. They were extremely fast and were getting closer and closer to Kass's rear.
Kass was overseeing the rear. He watched the battle continue. Even though his side was slightly tired and at a disadvantage, Kass was not the least bit afraid. The reason was simple. Kass still had twenty thousand men by his side. As long as he fought to the end and weakened the forces on Xia Xia's side, he would have a chance of victory.
When that time came, the army under his command would definitely be invincible. He would definitely be able to obtain the final victory. However, Kass did not expect to suddenly hear tremors from behind him.
Castel turned around and saw the giant elephants behind him. These giant elephants were spread out. After all of them separated, they formed a fan-shaped area and blocked the rear of the entire army.
Battle cries could be heard from afar.
There were also the roars of giant elephants.
Kass's expression changed drastically. His mind was shaken, and he could no longer maintain his calm. The reason was simple. Under the attack of these giant elephants, the formation of his soldiers would definitely be messed up.
Kass had once thought of going south to attack King of Jieri because the King of Jieri had the elephant soldiers. Once the two armies fought, the King of Jieri's forces were tyrannical. His army could not gain the upper hand, so he had never gone south.
Now, he encountered the elephant soldiers again.
Waldo's expression changed again and again. He quickly said, "City Lord, retreat. Quickly retreat and leave. Once the elephant soldiers get here, the formation will be broken. Together with Xia Xia's army, we will lose this battle. "
Twenty thousand men was not a small number.
However, twenty thousand men were too weak in the face of thousands of elephant soldiers. Under the charge of a giant elephant, a dozen people would be easily crushed. If the giant elephants continued to charge, the Persian soldiers would definitely be defeated.
Therefore, Waldo immediately suggested.
Kass did not answer Waldo. He looked directly at Baler and said, "General Baler, do we have no other choice but to retreat?"
"Retreat, we can only retreat!"
Baler's expression changed drastically.
He said anxiously, "City Lord, retreat quickly. Once we delay, the consequences will be unimaginable. Once we are hit by the giant elephants, we will not be able to retreat. "
"Pass down the order, retreat!"
Baler gave the order directly.
Then, he ordered the soldiers to surround Kass and retreat.
At the moment, they could not rely on the soldiers to block the elephant army, so they could only retreat quickly. Following the order, everyone began to retreat. All the soldiers even began to disperse and retreat, trying their best to avoid the elephant soldiers. Even so, there were still soldiers who were hit by the giant elephants. Many of those who were hit by the giant elephants were directly trampled to death. Moreover, there were soldiers on the backs of the giant elephants. They kept poking and killing the Persian soldiers.
The Persian Empire's forces completely retreated.
Ma Yuan seized the opportunity to order a counterattack.
The infantry under his command kept killing.
Lai Ji was in charge of commanding. When he saw the retreating Persian soldiers, he gave the order to beat the drums. The rhythm of this beat was completely different from the war drums from before. It was an individual rhythm, and there was a rhythm to it. It was not like the drumbeats of the war drums. Each beat was louder than the last, and the sound was inspiring.
Following the sound of the war drums, two cavalry units suddenly charged out from the left and right of the city. The cavalry on the left side numbered about 1500 people, while the cavalry on the right side numbered about 1500 people. After the three thousand elites dispersed, they quickly chased after the Persian soldiers. They even killed the Persian soldiers, causing the Persian soldiers to suffer even more casualties.
This was the force that had been lying in ambush.
This was also the reason why Ma Yuan had only sent out 40,000 soldiers.
The strategy that Ma Yuan and Lai Ji had discussed was to first resist, then counterattack, and defeat the Persian army in one go. Now that the Persian army had retreated, it was time for the cavalry to make a contribution.
The ambush continued.
The ambush lasted until the night. When it was close to dawn, the army finally retreated. After chasing for four hours, the Persian army had suffered countless casualties. After Ma Yuan stopped chasing, he gave the order to retreat. At the same time, he started to clean up the battlefield to count the losses.
On the other side, Kass's side ran all the way. In a short time, they had retreated to the western border of Dole. At this time, the sky had already turned dark, and it was already past dawn. Seeing that there were no more pursuers, he dared to stop and rest.
Kass had suffered countless losses in this battle.
His face was filled with deep regret.
Xia Xia was too strong.
This time, he had overestimated himself and sent out troops to fight Xia Xia. He did not expect that he would not even be able to take down a single Dole. Furthermore, he had even caused his army to suffer countless losses. One had to know that he had managed to amass a force of more than a hundred thousand soldiers for many years. But now, it was all used up in a single display. Countless people had died.
Kass himself was also in a sorry state.
He dismounted from his war horse, sat down, and leaned against a tree to rest. He raised his head and looked at the sky. Under the bright full moon, the cold moonlight dispelled the darkness of the night, making the visibility good at night. The scenery was not bad. Unfortunately, Kass was not in the mood to relax at all. Instead, he felt extremely miserable.
Defeated!
He had lost this battle miserably.
Kass was waiting for Baler to count the losses. After a full half an hour, Baler returned to Kass's side. His face was cold and solemn, and his eyes were gloomy. He said, "City Lord, in this battle of Dole, we lost more than 83,600 soldiers. At this moment, there are only 16,000 soldiers who escaped with the army. We lost too many soldiers in this battle. Apart from the soldiers who abandoned their weapons along the way, we did not even have any military rations. Even if there are still many soldiers who have escaped, they will still return. However, the losses we have suffered in this battle are unbearably great. "
Kass was furious when he heard this.
A great defeat!
Kass did not expect that they would lose this battle so miserably.
Waldo also sighed.
He looked at Kass and said, "City Lord, I have an unavoidable responsibility for this defeat. Firstly, I did not expect Xia Xia's army to be so brave. Secondly, I did not expect Xia Xia's weapons to be so fierce. Most of our soldiers died on the battlefield. Thirdly, I did not expect that there would be an Elephant Army in the Xia Kingdom's army during the construction of Dolei City. As a result, we have lost countless soldiers. I am guilty. Please punish me, City Lord. "
Baler said, "City Lord, you can't blame Mr. Waldo. Speaking of which, I am also responsible for this. It was my poor command that caused the soldiers on the battlefield to be unable to go all out and unleash their strongest power. Please punish me, City Lord. "
Although Kass looked haggard and his eyes were bloodshot, he said in a deep voice, "You two are responsible for this battle, but I am also responsible. There's no need to apologize. We all have an unavoidable responsibility for this battle. We lost, but we did not lose just like that. This battle is not over yet. Although we only have a little more than ten thousand elites, we will be able to fight again after we return to Bolang City and recruit more soldiers. "
Waldo and Baler breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Because it would be best if Kass could pull himself together. Castel was everyone's pillar of support, and he could not afford to lose his composure. As long as Kass did not panic, they would not be affected.
Waldo said, "City Lord, we can only retreat to Bolang City now. After we return to Bolang City, we can mobilize the troops and prepare to fight Xia Xia again. It's just that Xia Xia's weapons exploded as soon as they landed, causing countless casualties. This weapon is really shocking. "
Kass nodded.
Baler said, "We have been defeated and retreated. City Lord, should we inform the Tang Dynasty?"
"No!"
Kass snorted and said, "What does the Tang Dynasty have to do with us? It's even better if the Tang Dynasty is defeated. At that time, Du Qi's forces will mainly be gathered at the Tang Dynasty's border and will not attack us. "
"No, no!"
Waldo shook his head and said nothing.
Kass asked, "Why not?"
Waldo explained, "City Lord, the strength of the Tang Dynasty is no match for Xia Xia. If we don't inform him in advance and make it clear in advance, it will be even more difficult to restrain Du Qi if the Tang Dynasty is defeated again and again. So now, we must restrain Du Qi and make him afraid of the Tang Dynasty. We must make it so that Du Qi can't conquer the Tang Dynasty for a long time. So now, we must quickly arrange for someone to send a message to Li Shimin and let him know about our situation. We must tell him to switch from offense to defense and not to advance rashly. "
Kass pondered for a while and then nodded. "If so, Mr. Waldo, please arrange it."
"Yes!"
Waldo immediately answered.
Kass, Waldo, and the others rested for an hour and then continued their journey to Boland. They were defeated in this battle and were unable to fight again, so they could only retreat first.
Time passed, and it was early morning.
The sky was bright.
At this time, peace had been restored in Toledo, and auxiliary soldiers had begun to repair the collapsed towers and gates. Outside the city, however, there were mountains of corpses.
Corpses were piled up one by one.
Mountains of corpses.
Ma Yuan stood next to the pile of corpses and asked someone to pour kerosene and liquor, and then he asked someone to ignite the corpses. It was now June, and the weather was hot. If the corpses were left for too long, they would rot easily and cause many diseases. Therefore, the best outcome would be to burn them all to ashes.
After the fire was ignited, the fire quickly flowed together and formed a sea of fire.
The fire was extremely fierce.
After the fire was burning, Ma Yuan ordered a few soldiers to watch over it and then led the army into the city. After settling the soldiers down, Ma Yuan came to the main tent in the barracks.
At this time, Lai Ji and Yang Yi arrived.
After the two of them entered and took their seats, Yang Yi asked impatiently, "General Ma, how was the battle yesterday?"
The battle yesterday was definitely a great victory. However, Yang Yi did not know the exact losses because Ma Yuan had been arranging for people to collect the corpses and count the losses since last night.
Ma Yuan could not help but reveal a smile on his face. He said, "In yesterday's battle, we captured more than twenty-six thousand Persian soldiers and killed more than forty-six thousand. We achieved a great victory in this battle. Even if too many of the Persian soldiers managed to escape, after this battle, the Persian side will no longer be a threat. "
Yang Yi said, "Congratulations, General Ma. You have done a great service."
Ma Yuan said, "Congratulations to you too."
Lai Ji said in a deep voice, "General Ma, now that we have achieved a great victory, I will arrange for people to send the battle situation here to His Majesty in Suzhou as soon as possible, as well as to the Imperial Capital to let everyone in the court know. However, now that we are here, I feel that if we are only satisfied with the current battle situation, it would be a little too petty. "
Ma Yuan said, "Mister Lai, what do you mean?"
A glint flashed in Lai Ji's eyes as he suddenly said, "It is impolite not to reciprocate. Persia has invaded Xia 'Xia and invaded Xia' Xia's borders. If we do not attack, wouldn't it make Xia 'Xia look incompetent? Therefore, I feel that we should take advantage of the fact that Xia 'Xia's Bolang City's Lord has been severely injured and use this opportunity to attack and seize Bolang City. "
Ma Yuan's eyes also flickered with high fighting spirit. He said, "That's right, that's right. This is also my consideration for this battle. If we stay in Dole to build a city, it would be a waste of our military strength. Right now, we should continue to fight. I agree with Mister Lai's suggestion. "
As a general in the army, he had a high fighting spirit and wanted to fight on the battlefield. Now that Lai Ji, as the military advisor, had also proposed to continue the attack, he was naturally very happy.
Ma Yuan leaned forward slightly and said, "Mister Lai, what's the plan?"
Lai Ji said in a deep voice, "We will start with these captives and try to instigate some Persian soldiers to defect. Because on the way here, through the information sent back by the bad guys, a large portion of the Persian army is actually slave soldiers. These slaves are our opportunity. Although this method of instigation and subsequent arrangements will take some time, it is better to be safe. Moreover, when His Majesty finishes the battle at Suzhou in the east, our plan will be more or less complete. "
Ma Yuan nodded and said, "That's what I mean."
Lai Ji immediately explained the detailed plan. As Yang Yi had been in power for many years, he also understood the situation, so he supplemented the plan and added some things he knew.
After the plan was completed, Ma Yuan and Lai Ji each went to make their own arrangements.
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