On the city wall, Yang Xuan held a monocular and watched the enemy troops encamped, and listened to Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue's assessment of the enemy's strength.
The two men were rich in experience. After observing for a while, they said: "It seems that the opponent is a veteran general. Whether it is the layout of the camp or the movement of the army, everything is orderly. I'm afraid this will be a tough battle."
Since the last time they annihilated two thousand rangers according to Yang Xuan's clever plan, these two people still admire Yang Xuan quite a lot.
If not, they would probably complain when Yang Xuan decided to lead 10,000 people to defend the city.
Just as the three of them were discussing countermeasures, the enemy's camp opened and groups of cavalry poured out.
"No, the enemy is about to attack."
"Master Yang, please get down quickly and leave this to us."
Yang Xuan waved his hand: "No hurry, no rush, let's take a look and then talk."
The Fucha Division camp dispatched a large army and launched attacks from all sides at the same time. The momentum of thousands of cavalry galloping across the grassland was simply not comparable to those of the previous rangers.
Seeing that the enemy cavalry had already prepared their bows and arrows, Yang Xuan still took his time and said: "This is just a feint attack, just pretending. This is a city wall after all. I want to attack the city while riding a horse. What a joke."
Yang Xuan didn't care, but Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue didn't dare to ignore it. They raised their shields to block Yang Xuan, but they were pulled away by Yang Xuan.
"Look, there is a horse trap over there. They are about to step into the horse trap. Look, look, look... yo ho."
Following Yang Xuan's cheers, the aggressive enemy cavalry stepped into the horse pit, causing a wave of people to fall over. Without waiting for Yang Xuan's order, the trebuchets in the city started to throw clods of earth.
There is no way, there are really no stones on this grassland, but even the soil is very hard. If it is thrown into the air by a trebuchet and then smashed down, the victim will suffer head injuries, bleeding, broken muscles and fractures.
This counterweighted trebuchet was specially made by Yang Xuan. There were not many of them, and there were only about twenty of them in total on the four city walls.
However, there is enough wood in the city, and the counterweight trebuchet is still being made.
The enemy's first feint attack ended in haste. Not to mention attacking the city, even the range of their bows and arrows could not reach the city wall.
However, Yang Xuan's side did not gain much advantage. After all, the thrown clods of earth were not so easy to kill people. It is estimated that at most dozens of particularly unlucky ones were killed.
But there were quite a few injured. There were four to five thousand cavalrymen who launched the attack, and at least 30% of them were injured.
When the enemy troops retreated and it became dark, the people in the city were noisy and rejoiced for the battle just now. I was originally worried that such a short city wall would be easily broken by the enemy troops, but now my morale has been greatly improved.
Yang Xuan, Chen Zhuo and Dong Yue gathered in the camp to continue discussing countermeasures.
Yang Xuan raised the issue that he was worried about, and the two of them offered suggestions one after another. However, they couldn't come up with any good ideas, so they had no other choice but to stick to their guns.
"Master Yang, there are horse traps everywhere outside our city. It is difficult for the enemy to enter, so it is difficult for us to get out. Moreover, we have many infantry. Even if we break out, how can we survive against the cavalry?"
After Yang Xuan heard this, an idea seemed to flash through his mind, but he failed to catch it.
Dong Yue continued: "General Chen is right, this place is full of pits. Otherwise, we can go out and feint to attack and lure the enemy to attack the city, but now."
Chen Zhuo suddenly slapped his head: "Speaking of which, do you think the enemy will come to attack the city at night? No, no, there is a horse trap. They can't attack at night, but they can fill the hole at night.
Once they fill up all the holes, they can attack the city directly."
Yang Xuan suddenly slapped his thigh, and I had an idea.
The two were startled and looked at Yang Xuan at the same time.
"If they besiege and refuse to attack, then we will continue to dig holes all the way to their camp. I will see if they can attack or not."
"hiss……"
Yang Xuan's words immediately caused the two of them to fall into deep thought. It seemed impossible, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was no problem.
I'll dig all the way through, what else can you do? If the cavalry can't charge forward, and if you fall into the pit, I'll shoot you with a crossbow. If you dismount and fight, then I'll show you the strength of Dasheng's infantry.
Yang Xuan continued: "But what General Chen said is reasonable. The enemy may not attack at night, but they will definitely find ways to fill the hole. But how can we let them do what they want? Two generals, from now on, the two
The guards and horses take turns to rest and defend the city. The city is not big anyway, and one guard and horses are enough to defend the city. Let's fight them and see who can outlast them."
The two immediately held up their hands and said they had the order.
Yang Xuan then ordered: "In addition, we will continue to build the city during the day. We are not yet sure whether the opponent will besieged and not attack. We don't have to dig holes right now. We just need to prevent the opponent from filling the holes at night. If there are holes that have been filled, we will
Then just dig.”
This is why the digging tactic is so effective on the grassland. Otherwise, the enemy would have easily made some wooden planks to pave the way out.
At this time, in the Fucha tribe's camp, Commander Agutu also had a headache. According to the reports from his subordinates, there were pits the size of bowls all outside the city. Once a horse's hoof stepped into it, it would break immediately, and it was estimated that there were pits like this all over the place.
It's like a hedgehog covered in thorns. You can't get close to it at all. The only way is to pull out the thorns first.
After some discussion, Aguta decided to send people to fill the hole.
The group of feint attackers in the evening were elites and lost more than a thousand people. Although they were not killed, they had no fighting power in a short period of time, so the task of filling the hole was given to three thousand old and weak people.
They may be said to be old and weak, but they are still men from the prairie. They can still fight on horseback, and their combat effectiveness is not low.
But now they dismounted and took advantage of the darkness to sneak up to the front of the position.
In the evening, the traces of the battle were still there, including the corpses of horses and bloodstains everywhere.
Looking at the potholes on the ground, they were spread out over a large area every three feet. They started to fill the holes while cursing.
The hole was not easy to fill. It was not big, but it was half an arm deep. They had to pour soil into it and then compact it.
You have to be careful when tamping, otherwise you will be discovered if there is too much movement.
But this place is far enough away from the city wall that it shouldn't be a big problem.
Just as they were working hard to fill the land, they suddenly heard a slight buzzing sound. Some people didn't know why, but some people were experienced veterans and shouted loudly immediately.
"Run quickly, Dasheng is shooting an arrow."
This man was right, it was an overwhelming rain of arrows, and the three thousand infantry filling the hole were almost completely covered by the rain of arrows.
Because they had to carry sand on their backs and work conveniently, they did not carry any weapons or armor. When the arrows rained down, there was a sudden scream and howl.
But soon, the next round of arrow rain fell again. After three rounds of arrow rain in total, the wailing sound was already inaudible.
Of the three thousand foot soldiers, less than a hundred could escape.
Agutu, who had been staring at Dasheng's movements, was suddenly blinded. He never expected that these Dasheng soldiers who were guarding the city would dare to leave the city.
And he advanced hundreds of steps, and then shot all his men to death right under his nose.
Not only that, the opponent actually dared to continue to step forward to clean up the battlefield.
Agutu gritted his teeth and immediately ordered the cavalry to attack.