The fierce battle lasted from morning to dusk. Under the city wall, Sima Jun's bodies were piled up like mountains, and the remains of the ladder burned by tinder were everywhere, half-burning, and blue smoke was emitted.

Logically speaking, it was time for Sima Army to call the gold and withdraw its troops. Until now, Sima Army suffered casualties and was exhausted, so it should have no ability to fight again.

But a new group of troops were once again involved in the battle. They screamed with high morale and were not scared by the scene where corpses were piled up in front of them. Instead, there was a kind of fanaticism after seeing the bloody scene. They stepped on the corpses and rushed towards the city even more crazily.

The more people died in front of him, the more intense the battle was. If someone died in this regard, the enemy guarding the city would probably pay the corresponding price. As long as the defenders became tired and declining, the siege became easier, and it would be one step further from Chen Tai's huge reward.

Those rewards are always hung on such a coveted bait. It inspires groups of Sima troops to continue to sacrifice themselves. No one wants the reward to be snatched away by others. Everyone hopes that the reward can fall on their own. As long as it is not taken away, the people behind will have a chance.

After nightfall, Sima's army lit countless torches, making the entire battlefield look like daylight. The fire spread to the camp outside the mountain, like a long fire dragon, lingering among the mountains.

Qian Hong's face changed slightly. Judging from this situation, Sima Jun was preparing to fight night and attack the city overnight.

Generally speaking, the difficulty of siege at night is far greater than that during the day. Even if there are more torches used, the degree of light is far less than that during the day. In addition, ignition of torches is the easiest to expose the target and make the opponent's archers target. However, if they do not ignite the torches, they can only attack in the dark, which makes the siege more difficult.

Therefore, most siege parties will choose to quit at night and launch an attack again after dawn.

But it was obvious that the Sima army's attack was relatively urgent this time. Not only did it launch a full-strength attack during the day, but it also did not stop at night, trying to drag down the defenders in this way of turning around.

However, Qian Hong was prepared for this. He did not send all 15,000 soldiers to the top of the city, but divided them into three squads, each squad of 5,000 people, one squad, and the other squad was a reserve team, which was in a state of half rest. If the enemy's offensive was fierce, the reserve team could be pushed up in time, while the remaining squad went to bed and rest, and evacuated from the battle in full.

This three-shift combat method was not first created by Qian Hong, but was founded by Cao Liang. It has been promoted to all the battalions of the Bingzhou Army. It is not only adopted by the Zuowei Battalion, but also other battalions will follow this principle when fighting in the city.

Because the battle to defend the city is often a protracted war, and it is often not uncommon for several months or even for several years, the army that defends the city cannot put all its troops into it at once at any time. No matter how tenacious the warrior is, he will be tired and exhausted when he is tired, and once the enemy's offensive remains unabated, it will be difficult for the city to be defended again.

Therefore, the army guarding the city must be a combination of work and rest, so as to ensure long-lasting combat effectiveness. In the past, most of the troops would adopt the two shift mode, but Cao Liang believed that if two shifts were only carried out during the day, there would be no problem, but when encountering situations where day and night, it would be difficult for two shifts to support it.

The army is divided into three squads, and the combat time of each squad is controlled for about four hours. Even if it is fought for many consecutive days, the army will not be too tired and will always maintain strong fighting spirit.

Therefore, when Qian Hong saw Sima Army continue to launch an attack overnight, he only expressed surprise, but did not show any worry, because the Bingzhou Army had made sufficient preparations to deal with the Sima Army's continuous attacks.

Qian Hong did not strictly stipulate the time for each squad to be four hours, because relatively speaking, the Sima Army's offensive was more fierce during the day, and the pressure on the teams fighting during the day was relatively greater, so Qian Hong had already completed the rotation of two squads during the day. When night fell, the second squad fought for more than three hours, and was already exhausted, so Qian Hong rotated the teams of the third squad in time and replaced the soldiers of the second squad.

Qian Hong ordered all the teams participating in the war during the day to take the time to sleep and rest. At the fifth update, the first team must get up and eat and devote themselves to the battle. Judging from the current combat method of Sima's army, they want to use the method of taking turns to drag down the defenders. It is estimated that after dawn, the Sima army will launch a more fierce attack, so it is more important to maintain energy and energy for the Bingzhou army to accumulate energy. Only after rest can they have sufficient physical strength and energy to deal with the Sima army's attack.

The scale of the attack at night cannot be compared with that during the day. Chen Tai sent the troops to attack the city, and the main purpose was to disturb the troops defending the city. After all, the Sima army had an advantage in military strength, and they could launch attacks in batches. Most of the troops were resting and participating in the attack would always account for a small part of the number of people.

The night battle is indeed quite difficult, and Chen Tai did not expect to conquer Jingxing Pass through night battles. He just hoped to disrupt the fighting spirit of the Bingzhou army through continuous attacks and make them exhausted. Then he would send the most elite troops to launch a strong attack during the day and take down Jingxing Pass in one fell swoop.

If one day doesn’t work, then two days, two days, three days and five days, or even dragging the battle for ten or half a month. Chen Tai didn’t believe that the Bingzhou army was cast by copper and iron, and they would always be exhausted and paralyzed. As long as the Sima army can maintain such an offensive, it will only be a matter of time before it can be defeated.

At night, the catapults and crossbows stopped attacking, so the Sima army was indeed relatively smooth during the attack. There was no need to worry that stone bullets would fall on their heads during the attack, and crossbows would break through their shields and armor.

But when he attacked the city, Sima's army found that the attack on the city had doubled. The light of the torch not only illuminated the road for them, but also attracted arrows of sneak attack. If you were not careful, cold arrows would suddenly emerge from the darkness and chase their souls and kill them.
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