Yu Danjun, the young prince of the Xianyu Tribe, gave the order, and another three thousand Rong Di soldiers joined the siege.
Seeing the Rong Di army send another three thousand men to attack the city, Chen Tianhua, the County Magistrate of Hexi County, and Wu Cheng, the Colonel of Hexi County, immediately felt the pressure mount.
Fortunately, the city walls were high and thick enough to withstand the Rong Di tribal cavalry. The Rong Di cavalry could only dismount and attack on foot, greatly weakening the Rong Di army's advantage.
Rong Di, the Xiongnu, and other grassland peoples excelled most at mounted archery; cavalry was their strength. Compared with storming cities and seizing strongholds, the Rong Di army was not skilled at siege warfare. If they wanted to take a city, they could only fill the gap with soldiers.
The nobles high above would never care about ordinary lives. These common Rong Di soldiers were no different from cannon fodder.
Wu Cheng directed the soldiers in their constant defense against the enemy, while Chen Tianhua, this scholarly county magistrate, also raised his sword and slew foes.
Though he was merely a scholar, he still dared to wield a three-foot azure blade against the enemy, greatly boosting the morale of the defending soldiers.
"Hold on! Reinforcements are on the way. Once they arrive, we'll definitely drive back the Rong Di enemy army." Wu Cheng cut down a Rong Di enemy who had climbed onto the wall, constantly encouraging the troops.
Five hundred men had died defending the city yesterday. Today, there were only fifteen hundred defenders left, together with the strong men and martial artists in the city.
Yet the Rong Di army attacking today numbered five or six thousand.
They outnumbered them by four or five times.
Even with