Although An Jiguo's general believed that the enemy would only attack the mining area, he still asked the mining area troops to prepare siege equipment just in case. [26nbsp;] However, An Jiguo was not a strong country to begin with, and the so-called siege equipment was not
It was nothing more than a dozen ladders with a height of two feet and siege trees made of two tree trunks, used to hit the city gate.
The city wall of Qingtie City is nearly two feet high. Those ladders are enough for climbing the wall. However, the city gate of Qingtie City is just a wooden gate covered with a layer of iron. The gate is more than three inches thick, but it is not strong.
.However, if you want to hit the city gate, you need to transport the wood to the city gate, and you need soldiers to carry the wood to hit the city gate.
Once the enemy approaches, the soldiers on the city wall can directly throw down the prepared stones and wood to hit the enemy. Moreover, the two hundred archers can also prevent the enemy from approaching the city wall. The enemy also has more than three hundred archers, but the defenders
With the protection of the city wall, it will definitely be cheaper than the enemy.
The commander of the enemy army was the adjutant of the dead general. He was also a level 5 combat division who had experienced hundreds of battles and had rich actual combat experience. He quickly determined that there were only four to five hundred troops defending the city, so he immediately ordered
Shield soldiers and archers covered each other as they approached the city wall and attacked the city head with bows and arrows.
At this time, there were indeed less than 500 troops defending in this direction. Although there were nearly 800 combat troops in the city, some soldiers were left to guard each of the other three city gates, and dozens of soldiers were left in the grain harvesting area.
Assist the logistics troops in distributing food. Fortunately, the residents in the city hated the Anji Corps and took the initiative to help the defending troops transport a lot of stones.
There were more than a hundred people defending the city with shields. Under the cover of these shields, the archers at the top of the city suffered few casualties, and they were able to suppress the enemy's attack for the time being. But once the enemy approached and tried to climb the city wall, the city's top troops would be destroyed.
The soldiers then used those stones to smash down, causing the enemy a lot of losses, and they were able to hold on to the city wall for the time being.
The wood was as thick as an arm and six meters long. It took at least a dozen soldiers to lift it. How to approach the city gate was a problem. The enemy used carriages to transport the wood to the battlefield, but the target of the horses was too big.
When trying to get closer, the horses were hit by bows and arrows fired from the city wall, and the carriage was stranded halfway.
The deputy general saw that there were not many troops defending the city, and he still hoped that the generals in the city would still defend the general's mansion. If the general died, he would also be punished. Therefore, he did not dare to neglect and commanded the troops to continuously launch attacks on the city wall.
*'s attack. However, it only increased the casualties of soldiers on both sides, but could not attack the city wall.
Xu Sancai's troops originally had a very limited number of bows and arrows, but they received some supplements in the weapon refining camp, and the bows and arrows shot by the enemy could be used repeatedly if they were not damaged. This allowed the archers of the city defenders to barely hold on. And the enemy's
There were more than 300 archers, which also caused casualties to the defenders and residents in the city. The residents had been moved away from the city wall.
However, soldiers still need to guard at the top of the city. Although there are walls and shields for defense, more than 40 soldiers were injured and three people died after half a day. Especially the number of bows and arrows is getting smaller and smaller. Although the enemy shot in
There are a large number of arrows in the city, but they cannot be collected among the dense bows and arrows. The pressure on defending the city is naturally increasing.
The deputy general also saw that the bows and arrows shot from the top of the city were becoming more and more sparse. After he learned that Qingtie City had been breached, he mobilized all his troops and brought all the equipment. These were the equipment originally planned to deal with the Beiwu Kingdom army.
, naturally prepared a large number of bows and arrows, so there is no need to worry about bows and arrows for the time being.
However, the party attacking the city is ultimately in a weak position, and the army in the mining area is not in a state of war after all. Therefore, the troops' supplies are not complete, and the most important thing is insufficient food. Generally speaking, in large-scale wars, the troops
A large amount of dry food, drinking water and grain will be prepared. The food for the troops in the mining area is provided by Qingtiecheng. Although there are some food reserves, it is not dry food that can be eaten at any time.
When they were in the mining area, the troops cooked their own meals, including the miners' food. However, the troops in the mining area did not bring cooking stoves or food for this rescue. After five hours of siege, not to mention the nearly 400 casualties among the soldiers, the most important thing was that the troops
Tired and hungry, the combat effectiveness began to plummet. The commander had no choice but to send cavalry troops back to the mining area to get food, stoves, drinking water and firewood.
Although there are no stoves in the wild, the troops can simply dig holes and bury pots to make rice in the wild. These troops are regular troops who have experienced wild wars, so these things are not difficult for them. In order to prevent the soldiers defending the city from having time to rest,
The enemy commander ordered the troops to eat in batches, but continued the offensive on Qingtie City, intending to use fatigue tactics to wear down the soldiers defending the city.
However, just as the enemy's food had just been cooked and the first batch of soldiers were preparing to feast on the war meal, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind them, and then hundreds of cavalry rushed in quickly from far to near.
The commander hurriedly ordered the troops to fight, but in order to eat and rest, the soldiers had just loosened their armor. Before they had time to dress up again, the cavalry had already rushed in.
That was of course the cavalry unit led by Xu Sancai. Although the An Jiguo troops stationed in the town lost more than fifty soldiers, there were still more than five hundred soldiers. The troops had rested for a long time in the small mining town, and even at the latest
The arriving team also rested for more than three hours. At this time, the energetic troops finally waited for the opportunity to attack.
This is because the enemy was too careless and did not think that there would be a large number of armed forces attacking them in Qingtie City. Therefore, all their attention was focused on Qingtie City, and they did not even arrange basic sentries behind the troops. The enemy
When smoke rose from the army's position, Xu Sancai led his troops to quietly approach the enemy and waited one mile away. He waited until the enemy began to eat before ordering the troops to launch an attack.
Xu Sancai chose the time when the enemy commander recalled the infantry to have a meal and rest, and temporarily allowed the cavalry to conduct a diversionary attack. Of course, the cavalry horses were left behind the position. Otherwise, the cavalry's target would be too big, and the horses would be very valuable. Moreover, riding on horseback would be too big.
It was impossible to attack the city, so the cavalry did not ride on horseback. The enemy commander wanted these cavalry to contain the defenders. After the infantry had eaten, drank and rested, he could take advantage of the fatigue of the defenders to capture Qingtie City.
Xu Sancai chose this moment to launch an attack, and his troops rushed towards the enemy troops who were preparing to eat. Since they were only one mile away from the enemy's position, the cavalry troops rushed to the enemy's position in just over a minute, like a handle.