Cao Peng's voice was completely hoarse!

During the battle, he rushed to the city tower, fought with the Xiapi troops who rushed to the top of the city, and shouted loudly to encourage the soldiers on the top of the city.

The moment Pi Jun withdrew his troops, he seemed to have collapsed.

If he hadn't relied on that breath to hold him up, he might have fallen into the blood and slept for three days and three nights.

Today, more than thirty Xiapi soldiers died in his hands. At this time, the lives seemed to have turned into cold numbers. No matter how many people died, I am afraid it would not cause Cao Peng to have any emotional impact.

Fluctuation. As the saying goes, kindness does not lead to war! Maybe this is how it feels.

Looking at the corpses lying in a pool of blood, Cao Peng became numb...

"Sir, please rest for a while."

"Xingba's raid was really timely."

"Um!"

"But it's just this time. Next time Xingba wants to make a surprise attack, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, and the effect won't be as good as this time."

"Why?"

Zhou Cang couldn't help but ask.

Cao Peng watched the Pi soldiers withdraw their troops and return to the camp, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although his body was sore and uncomfortable, he still straightened his back and patrolled the city with his sword. He wanted to cheer up the soldiers. After all, the casualties this whole day were too great. Only the west city gate suffered casualties.

The number of people exceeded 150. The casualties at the East City Gate exceeded 200. In other words, Cao Peng lost at least 400 people during this daylight period, not counting the 100 people lost in the early morning sneak attack.

Warriors, there may be as many as five hundred in total. From the sound of it, this does not seem to be a shocking number.

But if you compare Qu Yang's total military strength, you will find that these 500 people account for a quarter.

"How many people will Wang Xu recruit today?"

"Not much, only about two or three hundred..."

After all, Quyang people's sense of belonging to Cao Peng is not high. Being able to recruit two to three hundred people has exceeded Cao Peng's original estimate...

"Order him to step up training."

"Here!"

Cao Peng let out a breath, feeling a burning pain in his throat.

When they reached a bucket, the water on the facade had turned red. Cao Peng didn't care much, picked up a dirty pottery bowl next to him, scooped out a bowl of water, and drank it all in one gulp. The water contained

It has a strong smell of blood, and I don’t know how many people’s blood has been mixed with it. But at this time, who will care about these things? A bowl of water enters the stomach, and the feeling of fire in the throat is relieved a lot. Cao Cao

Peng breathed out again, held on to the crenellations of the city wall, took a look outside the city, and let out a sigh.

"Chen Gong's reaction this time was beyond my expectation."

"oh?"

"When Xingba first launched the raid, I thought Chen Gong would be in disarray and withdraw his troops to fight back.

Who would have thought that this guy actually ignored him and continued to attack Qu Yang... If it weren't for Xing Ba's bravery, which caught Chen Gong off guard, I'm afraid he wouldn't have withdrawn his troops. This time, he suffered a loss, and he will definitely do something better next time

Be prepared, it will be very difficult for Xingba to succeed."

To be honest, Chen Gong's reaction really shocked Cao Peng.

He was speaking from his heart, that is, Gan Ning... If it had been anyone else, Qu Yang would have been in danger today.

Cao Peng naturally had great confidence in Gan Ning. Historically, during the Battle of Ruxukou, Gan Ning must have been forty years old. He was still able to lead hundreds of cavalry into the camp and come back without losing a single soldier.

This kind of courage can be imagined. Now Gan Ning is in a good age, and Cao Xing is probably the only one in the Xiapi army who can fight Gan Ning one-on-one... Therefore, Cao Peng is really not worthy

Worry.

What he is worried about now is the attitude shown by Chen Gong.

Judging from Chen Gong's reaction at that time, he wanted to conquer Quyang in one go.

That kind of determination frightened Cao Peng... Although Chen Gong had more casualties than his own today, he could not withstand the large number of others and was very determined. If he continued to fight like this, how long could he hold on? Cao Peng was really a little vague now, even

Somewhat scared.

"Uncle Zhou, let the brothers go down to the city to rest, and order Ziyou to lead his troops to defend the city."

"how about you?"

"I'll just watch here...Uncle Zhou, please go down and rest first, and recuperate your spirits. We have a long way to go, and the days to come will be even harder."

Zhou Cang wanted to refuse, but Cao Peng stopped him by saying, "This is a military order." He had no choice but to obey the order.

After a while, Xia Houlan led 500 soldiers to the city tower and handed over to Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang led more than 300 people and retreated to the West Campus to rest.

"How is the situation in East City?"

"Not optimistic either."

Xia Houlan looked worried and said softly: "Wen Gui and Yan Fa's side, there are only 400 people left now, and they are all very tired. I have ordered Wang Xu to send people to replace them, but most of them have just been recruited and are not qualified.

Dayong. I estimate that in the battle tomorrow, Wen Gui will lose at least half of his troops. But there is nothing we can do. We are short of manpower, and Wang Xu only has 200 men left."

"Order Wang Xu to continue recruiting... If it doesn't work, raise the pension.

Tell the people of Quyang that every person who applies for the conscription will get one dendrobium of grain and rice per day...*** I don't believe it. One million dendrobium in Haixi can't conscript a thousand people. Open the treasury for me and send out grain. If

If someone dies in battle, his family can move to Haixi and get fifty acres of fertile land..."

Cao Peng was really furious!

Insufficient troops and low combat effectiveness have become the main problems he will face next.

Xia Houlan agreed. Seeing that there was no one around him, he couldn't help but said softly: "Master, there is one more thing that I must tell you in advance."

"What's up?"

"Our arrows...are consumed too quickly."

"ah?"

"Today, nearly 30,000 arrows were consumed in one day."

Cao Peng was a little confused.

But he remembered that Qu Yang only had a hundred thousand arrows in total now, and one-third of them were consumed in this day?

However, how many enemies were killed by 30,000 arrows? Cao Peng calculated and estimated that the number of enemy soldiers killed by arrows was about five or six hundred. In other words, every fifty arrows shot,

Killing someone... Cao Peng took a breath and was speechless for a long time.

“Many people are so nervous that they can’t even draw their bows when they go up.

The arrows fall as soon as they leave the string, so that... Master, it's best not to let the new soldiers use arrows, otherwise a lot of arrows will be wasted. I mean, it's best to have two hundred veterans on each of the east and west gates. I mean

, those who are going to fight today are veteran soldiers. If they are allowed to hold bows, they should be stronger than the new soldiers. After all, few of these people have seen big scenes, let alone killed people in battle..."

Cao Peng's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea. It's a good idea to use the old to lead the new."

He found that his head was really useless.

This is a very common method in later generations, but I can't even think of it. When new recruits go to the battlefield, they will inevitably have all kinds of nervousness and various mistakes. If there are a few veterans around, the effect will be obviously different. Pan Zhang's side is basically

This method has been followed, but on Ximen's side, it seems...

Cao Peng immediately ordered two hundred old soldiers to be sent over, and at the same time, he asked Danzi to send two hundred new soldiers down and let them be with the old soldiers.

Even if you have never been on the battlefield, you can still communicate with each other.

After finishing these things, it was getting close to midnight.

The night was dark and dark clouds were rolling in.

It seems like things are going to change...

Xia Houlan pushed Cao Peng into the foyer of the archery tower and forced Cao Peng to rest.

Cao Peng said: "Ziyou, it looks like things are going to change. Send someone to inform Wengui and ask them to strengthen their defense and be on alert. It's dark and murderous, and the wind is high and arson is set. We can steal the camp.

I think Chen Gongtai might also make a sneak attack..."

"Here!"

Xia Houlan looked up at the sky, feeling sad.

He immediately called for people, sent them to notify Pan Zhang and Deng Fan, and then closed the foyer door.

"Light a torch and throw it down the city every twenty steps. If the torch goes out, replace it immediately. Be careful of sneak attacks by Xiapi dogs. Everyone is on alert!"

Xia Houlan's voice echoed on the tower and entered the foyer.

Leaning on the couch, Cao Peng glanced at Chu Ge, who was lying naked next to the door.

This kid also worked very hard today. His quick eyesight and quick hands prevented Cao Peng from being injured several times.

He was injured in the early morning and fought fiercely all day long.

Even a tough man can't bear it. Falling to the ground, Chugo snored and seemed to be sleeping soundly.
To be continued...