"General, this won't work. The enemy's bows and arrows are too strong, and it's impossible to charge forward even if all the allies are sacrificed." Su Wen, the top commander of the charge camp, rode his horse and came to Chi Aotian's side.
"did you mean?"
"The Allies have never seen battles, and they were frightened when they saw such a dense rain of arrows. Catapults cannot be used like this. One catapult is equipped with a hundred-man Allied force, and every two catapults are one
Groups should be formed to advance towards the city wall from multiple directions at the same time. In this way, the attacks of the Sweat-Blooded Prairie Elves will also be dispersed. Each group will bear less pressure." Su Wen, who had seen many wars in the Ice and Snow Continent, immediately came up with a solution.
"Okay. Also, mobilize a team of ten thousand residents to go up and rush directly to the city gate. If that doesn't work, push the rush cart under the city gate, pour kerosene on it, and burn the city gate." Chi Aotian's black eyes flashed.
A trace of cold light directly pushed the ranks of civilians forward, which was a huge challenge for anyone with chivalry spirit.
"This city really may not be able to be broken." Tayan floated over with the evil guards at some point, and the military counselor's tone clearly contained the feeling of unfinished entertainment.
The three top officers were silent for a moment. When attacking a city, the most important thing is that the siege troops must have an absolute advantage in strength. With 5,000 soldiers defending the city, as long as the commander does not use mixed tactics, and as long as there are no dragon knights in the opponent's camp,
So it is common for a team of 10,000 people to directly compete. In the history of continental wars, there are many records of 5,000 people successfully resisting an siege of 100,000 people. In Rhodes City, there are currently 5,000 elite troops, including 1,000 elves.
There are 1,000 archers, 1,000 troops directly under the city guard, 3,000 swordsman battalions, 2,000 mercenaries, plus the nobles, caravans and other armed forces in the city, the total combat strength must have exceeded the 15,000 mark. There are more than 100,000 residents, of which 15
~The 45-year-old man has a labor force of not less than 30,000. The Iron-handed Grand Duke did not attack at all, and defended the city of Rhodes as well as a tortoise and a bastard. In this case, with 5,000 regular troops and 15,000 civilians, he wanted to conquer the city.
This is too difficult, or to put it more bluntly, the probability is less than 0.1%.
"Yeah! Got it. Use up all these residents and retreat. Throw them a burden and use up more sweat-blooded mercenaries to prevent them from following behind." The cold and ruthless words still shocked both Tayang and Su Wen.
I was shocked, but this was the most effective way that two middle-aged and elderly people could think of - the continuous siege of fifty or sixty thousand residents would definitely put great pressure on the city. The Sweat and Blood Mercenary Group was the first to attack the city.
Those who are deployed to defend the city must be elite troops. As long as these soldiers can be almost exhausted, it will be fine. After retreating, there is no need to worry about whether the enemy will pursue them, regardless of whether the enemy has the strength to pursue them. This season is already restricted. We are in the subtropical zone.
There is no spring at all in the Huayu Plain in the area. After the dry winter, it directly enters the rainy summer. Even if the defenders do not rescue the injured residents, just burying these corpses will require a lot of manpower. Otherwise... As soon as the sultry rainy season arrives, it will
Let's wait for the plague to break out. Rhodes City is still on the main road of transportation, hum... By then, even if you kneel down to invite the Black Dragon Knights to come, no one will come. In history, in order to eliminate large-scale plagues, not only one
The two cities, including people and buildings, were burned to the ground by the regime.
On the city wall, Han Han and Tieshou Banjiang watched as many catapults dispersed below. Then, like herding sheep, the black dragon knights pushed groups of ordinary people to the front row, and dozens of simple catapults were aimed at them.
After entering the city gate, the two weather-beaten faces showed solemn expressions, and the real test came.
"Dong...dong...dong...dong dong dong..." The sound of the urging war drums increased from sparse to dense.
"Come on -" the dragon knights waved their whips and shouted for the people.
The huge wheel axle made a grunting, grunting, grunting sound.
The imperial standard ram is three and a half meters high, 13 meters long and 5 meters wide. It is composed of 8 to 10 hardwoods as thick as one person. At the front of the ram, the hardwoods are neatly sawed into wedge shapes, and the hardwood in the center is
It was covered with three centimeters of iron sheet, which was sharper than a knight's gun. There were arrow shields on both sides of the ram, and 40 soldiers could stand underneath. The ram was covered with wet soil, so even if it was poured with oil, it would be difficult to ignite.
The Black Dragon Knights have their own engineer team. When they formed the Northern Expeditionary Army, more than 20 backbones and officers were included in it. It was also difficult to find suitable materials on the prairie, so most of the vehicles were made improvised.
The size is much smaller, and the wheels are also removed from the carriage. The wheels are thin and can easily sink into the mud. It is better than nothing, but it is meant to be consumed anyway.
Louder than the sound of the killing was the overwhelming cry.
The smarter residents looked at the glimmering light of swords on the city wall, hunkering down as much as possible to hide under the arrows of the rushing car. The younger children were so frightened by the piles of corpses in front of them that their calves trembled, and they were dragged by ropes towards them.
As I walked forward, I kept crying.
"If you want to survive, quickly pick up your shields and weapons from the ground, quickly..." Some black dragon knights who didn't know their intentions were guiding the residents who had no combat experience from behind.
The charging formation formed in a line had just entered the 400-meter effective range of the prairie elves, and more than 80 catapults were shouting slogans and advancing simultaneously.
"Shoot while moving!" Su Wen had already issued the order before the catapult entered the effective range.
More than 80 catapults, which were as big as bowls, shot forward like hailstones. The stones rumbled on half of the city wall, fell to the ground, and fell on the heads of the advancing people... gray bricks, green
Broken grass and red and white brains boiled like boiling water under the green grass and blue sky.
Whether it was the forest elves in the sky or the grassland elves on the city wall, at this moment, they all thought of two words: murder.
"Shoot! I ask you, why don't you shoot!" Han Han's bodyguard rushed over along the city wall angrily.
"All the people below are civilians." Euroluo, the leader of the thousand-man prairie elf archers, is an elf in his prime who is over 400 years old. He glanced at the personal guards in embarrassment.
"Then what should we do? Are we waiting to die? This is the conspiracy of the Black Dragon Knights. What does it have to do with us? Shoot! Quick, shoot! This is the order of the captain and the deputy captain."
Euro shook his head helplessly: "The civilians are with the catapults. There is no danger now. Let's deal with the threats first. Target, catapult, shoot!"
Tieshou Banjiang and Hanhan both smiled bitterly after listening to the guards' statements. There was really no way to deal with a tribal army like the prairie elves. There was really no way to completely follow the army's requirements, otherwise... they might all run away the next day.
It's gone. What Euro said makes sense. After all, these rams have to rush to the city to be effective. In fact, when they rush to 150 meters, they have already entered the shooting range of the human longbows on the city wall. Even closer, the horn archers can also be used.
Damn it. There is no need to punish Euro for this.
Oh? Tie Shou was shocked. In this siege, the biggest variable was the mad eagle team of less than 1,000 people. Before that, Chi Aotian relied on these mad eagle knights first in Hamburg and then in Delhi.
Two battles, two victories. If these vulture knights just shoot arrows into the city beyond the range of the prairie elves, there is nothing to be afraid of. At such a height, the arrows follow the wind and fall quickly, but the arrow paths can be seen with the naked eye.
, it is easy to dodge. However, if Chi Aotian makes another downhill assault, or even directly attacks other city gates, it will not be a joke.
"Han Han, you take two fantasy beast knights, and then pull 500 people from the heavy knights as a reserve team. Once these mad eagle knights land, rush to stop them..." Tie Shou Banjiang thought for a while, with a look on his face.
He showed a stoic expression: "Prioritize the killing of the mad eagles. As long as these mad eagle knights can be killed, even if all the heavy knights' 1,000-man team is exhausted, it is still worth it." Of course it is worth it. If all the mad eagle knights can be killed, it will be worth it.
Losing the city of Delhi would be a great deal.
"Okay, don't worry." Hanhan's dragon mount has already landed in the city. The knight climbed on the dragon's back, and the dragon roared away against the roofs of the houses.
Sigh... A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on Tieshou Banjiang's face. This Han Han... was brave enough to be brave, but... why didn't he use his brain in everything and stepped on the dragon? These mad vulture knights would still fall down.
What? Forget it, you can’t get back even if you shout, so let’s just call it a warning.
Just as they were thinking about it, the mad vulture knights in the sky suddenly lowered their height, and they were already out of the direct range of the prairie elves. The mad vultures and the knights cheered at the same time, and the sound of rain hitting banana trees came from the sky above Rhodes City. The knights
Without pity for the arrow feathers in his hands, he pointed at the west city wall, repeatedly pulling the bow and releasing arrows, and shot down. Before the city defense soldiers understood what was going on, an entire city wall was placed among hundreds of people.
many.
"Quick! Withdraw to the north city wall!" Chang Qing watched as a group of prairie elf archers separated from the south city wall and rushed towards this side. The young man ordered loudly, opened a bag, picked up the corner of the bag, and lowered it.
As soon as it shook, the yellow-brown powder was blown away by the wind, emitting dots of light in the air, falling on the buildings below, and faint green smoke rose upwards in an instant. The organized residents carried iron pots to pick up the powder.
Go out with a bucket to put out the fire.
The mad eagle knights immediately pulled their mounts northward and fired more arrows at the soldiers on the city wall.
A farce was staged above Rhodes City. Hundreds of wild eagle knights continued to harass the three city walls, exhausting the 300 grassland elves who were separated. The two dragon knights did not dare to take off directly - at extremely high altitudes.
In the sky, there are 10 wild vulture knights soaring in the wind. Iron Hand Banjiang was born on the sea, and his eyes are extremely sharp. He has long seen that the black lightning is in the middle of these knights. Obviously, this is a trap that has been laid out clearly.
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While the farce is going on here, the siege battle just south of the city wall has entered its most critical moment. I don’t know how effective the hastily made car-rushing door is, but the effect of blocking arrows is quite good - these
The rush carts are all made of beams from residents' homes. The wood, which is more than 30 centimeters thick, easily blocked all the arrow feathers. In the thick smoke, the residents held their noses and pressed against the rush carts one by one, rushing.
The carriages were almost reaching the city, and the number of fallen civilians would not exceed 1,000.
The soldiers on the city were all anxious. Rockets were fired downwards one after another, but the effect was not great. The rush vehicle was covered with more than 20 centimeters of wet soil. When they got up in the morning, they just poured water, and the rockets were extinguished when they fell.
"Kerosene! Hurry!" Timogora shouted and shouted while jumping on the city wall. Pot after pot of kerosene fell against the city wall, and smoke billowed from the first few rams.
, across the wet soil and wooden purlins, the hot air was burning downwards, and the kerosene fell down along the cracks in the wood. If it fell on anyone, a flame would immediately jump out.
The raging fire jumped and devoured everything. The residents who had no war experience all panicked, overturned the carts, and ran backwards. The human horned archers on the city wall finally had a place to use, and thousands of bows and arrows were fired.
The hand kept pulling the horn bow, and the white arrows of death shot at the unarmed residents mercilessly. Residents fell forward one by one and fell to the ground... The screams could be heard endlessly.
A small group of residents had just cried and rolled out of the attack range of the archers on the city wall. Suddenly, a powerful crossbow bolt flew from the front and hit them. Their living flesh was blown away by the huge momentum. A group of black dragon knights.
He coldly raised the crossbow in his hand: "Anyone who takes a step back will die! Quick, go back! Quick! Use the car to rush through the door, otherwise, we will all be executed!"
"I don't want to die...Mom...I don't want to die..." A half-grown boy didn't know when he got rid of the rope on his left arm. His body was covered only with smoke and blood stains. He turned around and ran in the other direction while crying.
A black war horse galloped out from among the soldiers, and the sharp sword cut a mark in the air. The young man's body was instantly shortened by half...blood spurted out from his waist.
"Asshole! Charge on your own...do as we..." A man in the crowd stood up angrily, but...before he finished speaking, the man and more than a dozen people behind him were all shot to death by the roaring crossbow.
Got fragments.
"Go to hell or be cursed in heaven! Remember, if it weren't for the Sweat Blood Mercenary Group's final intervention, this city would have been conquered long ago, and you will never be dragged into being a scapegoat!" The knight captain lifted his mask.
He reprimanded loudly, waved the long whip in his hand, and knocked a resident to the ground.
The gray-haired old man, the middle-aged man, the slender village girl...the shadow of death was exposed before and after, which made everyone cry. I would rather be a dog in the prosperous times than a person in the troubled times. Heroes emerge from troubled times, and behind every hero at least lie down
Ten thousand corpses - in troubled times, human life... is worthless.
Rhodes City seems to be a huge sand table.
On one side were the officers of the Black Dragon Knights and the Mercenary Group, and on the other side were the cadres of the Holy See and the Sweat and Blood Mercenary Group, conducting exercises on this sand table. All conceivable offensive and defensive methods were used.
The catapults were destroyed one by one, the rams were burned one after another, the number of bows and arrows on the city wall was gradually reduced, the kerosene had been completely used up, and pigs and sheep had been killed to make livestock oil.
In the evening, the entire army was wiped out. Chi Aotian did not hesitate to invest in the second 10,000-man team - the rolling fires ignited by more than two hundred catapults and rams were much brighter than torches. The Wild Eagle Knights withdrew half of them.
, the rest are still flying in the sky, attacking certain sections of the city wall from time to time. In the distance, there are transport teams demolishing houses and churches in nearby villages and towns, and transporting them to the camp. The engineers are working continuously to build new siege facilities.
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Late at night, before midnight, the second 10,000-man team also disappeared from the combat formation. The ruthless young man calmly ordered the soldiers to wake up the third 10,000-person team who was already confused on the spot.
Unexpectedly, Iron Hands blocked the river and the enemy attacked the city overnight. All the defensive equipment was exhausted. Fortunately, the Grand Duke was experienced and had no more stones. He immediately sent people to remove all the residential buildings near the city wall and remove the thick purlins.
Saw the nails and put them on the iron nails and transport them to the city wall to replace them; when the boiling oil was gone, buckets of manure were taken from the toilet, sprinkled with golden millet and black croton, boiled under the city wall with a fire, and small wooden buckets were poured on the ladders
, this kind of burnt juice fell on the clothes, and the skin was instantly torn apart, and you watched the skin fester bit by bit...
At four o'clock in the morning, it was just dawn, and three places on the south wall had been smashed. The two-foot-thick bluestone bricks on the outside fell down, and the red soil inside poured outward.
Under the leadership of the regiment officers, they pounced like wolves. They blocked the river with their iron hands and red-eyed, and mobilized their own reserves. They attacked the city for 20 consecutive hours. At least half of the 8,000 troops who were first thrown into the city wall suffered casualties.
At the same moment, in order to mobilize the enemy's troops, Chi Aotian threw in a new army of tens of thousands of civilians and at the same time, without hesitation, also invested an army of tens of thousands of civilians in the other direction.
This is already the last army of tens of thousands of people in Chi Aotian's hands. At this point in the war, it has basically come to an end. The residents who came here have been exhausted immediately, and the Allied troops have now invested two brigades. If the remaining
All the Black Dragon Knights are engaged in attacking the city. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope to break the city, but... in that case... the price is too high. Even if the city is broken, the huge number of casualties will be unbearable by the Northern Expedition Army fighting on the outside. Chi
Aotian and Su Wen had a brief discussion and prepared to arrange a retreat at the last moment of the siege.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the south of Rhodes City. A small group of knights galloped close to their horses. On the periphery of the battlefield, a tall and tall knight jumped off the horse.
Pulling out the long bow as tall as a person in his hand, a slight bowstring sounded, and a light blue long arrow shot onto the city wall with a special sound.
Euroluo, captain of the prairie elf archers, picked up the long arrow and took a few glances at it before his expression changed drastically.
Temugoral trotted over: "Oluo, what is shooting up from below?"
The tall prairie elf gave the long arrow in his hand to the companion next to him, slowly raised the long war bow in his hand, and pointed the tip of the arrow with cold light under the reflection of the rising sun in the east sky at the new target: Temugoral