While the soldiers of the two armies were fighting fiercely in the Feihai Plain, a fierce battle was also going on on the eastern battlefield.
Su Cheng, who had been thinking hard since last night and couldn't come up with a strategy to break the fortified city of Mayin City for a whole night, had no choice but to send out troops and continue to use troops to attack Mayin City today.
Naval tactics.
The battle situation on the eastern front today is not much different from yesterday.
There are still constant sacrifices, gradually consuming the number of Mayin City defenders.
It often takes the lives of several, or even a dozen, soldiers to successfully kill a Luo Lin Army soldier.
Su Cheng frowned, looked at the city wall where the fierce battle was going on, and then sighed softly:
"Without any siege equipment, relying only on ladders, it is indeed very difficult..."
Without the cover of catapults, giant siege crossbows, siege engines and other siege equipment, it would be too difficult to capture a city just by relying on ladders, and it would be a complete waste of human lives.
"Sir..." Deng Jiaer, who was standing next to Su Cheng, frowned and said, "The casualties are too great... If we really want to use the human sea tactic to attack Mayin City, our East Route Army will suffer at least five casualties.
More than one percent... We should think of other tactics to capture Mayin City..."
"That's very easy for you to say, Deng Jiaer..." Su Cheng smiled bitterly and said to Deng Jiaer in a half-joking tone, "Then can you tell me what tactics you can come up with to capture Mayin City?"
"Oh... I thought, I can't believe..."
"I don't want to use the human sea tactic to deal with Mayin City, but apart from the human sea tactic, I can't think of any other tactics that can be used to deal with Mayin City..."
After saying that, Su Cheng sighed softly again.
This was Su Cheng's first siege. Su Cheng very much hoped that this would be his last siege. He really didn't want to fight such a disgusting battle again.
The most disgusting thing about siege warfare is that it doesn't have many tricks to play, and you can't use all kinds of fancy strategies.
If you want to capture a city with extremely low casualties, there are only a few methods available.
The first is the water attack.
Although using water to siege cities is easy to use, it also has considerable limitations.
First of all, to carry out a water attack, the city to be attacked must be low-lying. Then there is a large river near the city, which can burst its embankments and divert the river water to the low-lying city, turning the city into a
A piece of land.
However, not only was the city of Mayin not located at a low level, there were no large rivers around it to divert water, so water attacks could not be carried out at all.
What's more, the water attack is extremely lethal and can be said to be an indiscriminate attack.
Once it is used, basically all the people in this city, whether they are defenders or innocent civilians, will die.
Therefore, even if there is a time when water attack can be used, Su Cheng will not use this kind of tactic, which is considered very inhumane in the era of cold weapons, unless it is absolutely necessary.
If you plan to capture a city at a very low cost, the next best option is to use spies.
Let spies or spies sneak into the city and attack the city from the inside.
If this tactic is used properly, a city can even be captured without bloodshed and zero casualties.
However, there was no spy from the Britannia Empire or Su Cheng's informant in Mayin City who could help him defeat the Britannia Empire from within.
So this tactic cannot be used.
Apart from these two tactics, there are no other useful tactics that can be used to attack the city.
Is there any... is there any other clever strategy... think about it... think about it!
Su Cheng spurred and motivated himself loudly in his heart, staring at Mayin City in the distance, racking his brains to think of any clever strategy that could capture Mayin City with extremely low casualties.
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Just as Su Cheng was thinking hard, a knight suddenly ran to Su Cheng's right rear side.
"Coach!" the knight said respectfully, "a messenger has just arrived, saying that there is an urgent report jointly written by Mr. Albert, the coach of the Central Army, and Mr. Allen, the coach of the West Army, to you."
After saying that, the knight held the urgent report with both hands and handed it to Su Cheng respectfully.
"I have brought this urgent report from the messenger, please take a look at it, Commander!"
"Mr. Albert and Allen jointly sent it to me? Okay, I understand. You can go down first."
After taking the urgent report from the knight's hand and asking the knight to retreat, Su Cheng opened the envelope and began to read it quickly.
"Hey...please spare me..."
After reading the contents of the letter in his hand, Su Cheng put down the letter in his hand and said with a helpless smile.
"Sir, is there anything written in this urgent message?"
"Deng Jiaer." Su Cheng did not answer Deng Jiaer's question directly, but asked her, "What time is it now?"
"Um?"
Deng Jiaer took out her pocket watch and checked the time.
"It's already 17:10 in the afternoon."
"It's 17 o'clock... That's it for today, withdraw the troops. Let the soldiers return to camp."
"?" Deng Jiaer looked at Su Cheng in astonishment, "There are still almost two hours until dark."
Now there is still time to continue fighting, Deng Jiaer said with this implication.
"...There is an emergency military situation."
Su Cheng smiled bitterly and shook the urgent report that had just been delivered in his hand.
"I will tell you about this urgent military situation after Willy and the others come back."
After saying that, Su Cheng turned around and walked towards the camp behind him.
And Alan, who had been staying quietly by Su Cheng's side since just now, not disturbing Su Cheng's thinking, immediately followed Su Cheng obediently and followed Su Cheng back to the camp.
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August 1, 290 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.
19:25 pm.
Within the Luolin Empire, Donremi Village.
The man in black robe hummed a little tune, walked to the door of Jeanna's house, and then opened the door of Jeanna's house unceremoniously.
Her movements were bold and bold, as if this place was her home.
Although the man in black robe has been living in Jeanna's home since he came to this Remi village, this place can now be regarded as the man in black robe's home.
After entering the room, the man in black robe subconsciously turned his eyes to see how Jill, who had been lying in bed these days, was doing.
After casting his eyes on the bed, he was shocked to see that Jill, who had been lying on the bed these days, was now sitting on the bed!
However, this is not the most surprising thing.
The most surprising thing was that he still had a knife in his hand that he didn't know where he got, and it was pressed against the aorta in his neck.
When ordinary people encounter this kind of situation, they may turn pale with fright, and then immediately panic and tell the person not to do something stupid, or rush forward and grab the knife from that person.
However, the man in black robe is obviously not an ordinary person.
When the man in black robe saw Jill making a suicidal gesture, her beautiful eyebrows twitched slightly, and then she said in a relaxed tone:
"You have to think clearly, once a person dies, nothing can be done."
Hearing the words of the man in black robe, Gil's face turned ashen and his body trembled slightly.
Then, Jill tightened the knife in her hand and increased the pressure on the main artery in the neck.
The skin has been lightly scratched.
Chapter completed!