Chapter 335: Siege

On February 11, the grassland coalition forces besieged Youyi City.

After two days of fighting, there were still more than 37,000 troops left in the coalition forces, and only the city guards guarded the inner city of Friendship City. In terms of military strength, the coalition forces do not have an absolute advantage.

In addition, Daiqin also deployed two thousand troops on two bridges.

Although the grassland army is dominated by cavalry, it does not mean that they will not attack the city.

For this war, the coalition forces have made preparations for a long time.

One of them is to prepare siege equipment. In addition to the simplest siege ladder, the coalition forces also prepared a secret weapon, which was a mysterious item pulled by dozens of carts behind the coalition forces-catapults.

The catapult was assisted by the Yanhuang League.

Ouyang Shuo was able to obtain the "Technical Manual for Ladder Manufacturing" by suppressing bandits, so Yanhuang League could naturally do so.

Opportunities are equal.

The trebuchet was smuggled to the Tianji tribe as early as half a month ago, and it has been kept strictly confidential.

Now, the mystery has finally been revealed.

When more than 30 trebuchets were erected in the north of Friendship City, Zhao Sihu's face turned bitter.

He had already reported the information to the High Command before, and the High Command had also dispatched special agents in the past two days, trying to find out what was covered by the coalition forces.

It's a pity that the coalition forces are too well-prepared. Anyone who tries to get close to the cart will be mercilessly killed.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, amidst the rumble of trebuchets, the siege battle began!

A large number of stones were thrown into the city by the trebuchet, destroying everything that could be destroyed, whether it was an arrow tower or a residential building, they could not escape the blow of the trebuchet.

In particular, the bed crossbow erected on the north city wall was the key target of the trebuchet.

The bed crossbow is basically the nemesis of the cavalry, how could Daiqin let it go.

However, in front of the three bows and eight cow bed crossbows, ordinary trebuchets do not have an advantage in range.

The range of the trebuchet is about 400 meters, but the range of the three bows and eight cow bed crossbows can reach 500 meters. Therefore, the trebuchet is completely within the strike range of the bed crossbow.

The Shenji Camp immediately responded, and the sky filled with crossbow arrows, pouring down on the catapult.

Whether it is a trebuchet or a bed crossbow, they are relatively sophisticated instruments. All precision instruments are also more expensive, once they are hit, they will be damaged immediately and cannot be used normally.

In this contest between the trebuchet and the bed crossbow, the Shenji camp won.

More than 30 trebuchets were destroyed in less than an hour.

Correspondingly, the bed crossbow only destroyed less than ten.

Divine Machine Camp, make another miracle!

Dai Qin's face turned black as the coalition army stood on the high platform. He still remembers that when the Yanhuang League assisted the catapults, they swore that Shanhai City would never be able to defend against the catapults.

Who would have thought that his catapult tactics would fail at the very beginning.

At the critical moment, Prairie Erlang has to go into battle in person. Dai Qin looked down on the Yanhuang League more and more. With a wave of the command flag, the mighty army, carrying the siege ladder, rushed towards the City of Friendship like a tide.

With the protection of the Shenji Battalion, it would be even more difficult for any large army to break through the Friendship City.

Such a murderous weapon, combined with the crossbowmen on the city wall, is simply a living head harvester. The densely packed grassland army has not yet approached the city wall, and there have been a large number of casualties.

The weakly protected steppe soldiers were harvested in rows and rows, like rice in a wheat field.

Fortunately, the prairie coalition forces were really fierce, and all of them were not afraid of death, braved the rain of arrows, and ran towards the city wall resolutely. When they finally got close to the city wall and set up the siege ladder, what greeted them was an even greater disaster.

Countless rolling logs and boulders poured down from the top of the city, taking away wave after wave of life.

Siege warfare has always been the most tragic.

In the bloody battlefield, if the heart is not cold enough, it will collapse immediately.

The storm continued until noon, and the Friendship City was still rock-solid. Not even a single soldier from the coalition forces was able to successfully climb to the top of the city, posing a threat to the city guards.

In the final analysis, without the cooperation of the catapults, the grassland coalition forces would still be heroic and short of breath.

Immediately, they are heroes; attacking the city, they can be tied.

Taking advantage of the intermission, the City Guard Division was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. With only one division, it is not as easy as it seems to defend such a huge city.

The bed crossbowmen of the Shenji camp, these strong men, not only exhausted all their strength due to frequent manipulation of the bed crossbow, but also their arms were swollen and trembling.

Not only the Hercules, but also the soldiers who are responsible for throwing logs and stones are also not easy. The enemy is really fierce, and the attacks are continuous, they can only keep lifting the log and throwing the log...

After repeated battles, the soldiers were exhausted.

Fortunately, at this time, the Combat Readiness Administration has organized women to deliver delicious rice.

The coalition army camp was also cooking, but the atmosphere was a bit dull.

The high morale of Shenjuanhu when he took the oath, has dropped to the lowest point after repeated setbacks. Some soldiers even felt desperate. They felt that the coalition forces would not be able to take Friendship City no matter what.

The pessimistic mood in the barracks made Dai Qin frown.

He was able to persevere until now, entirely because of the reinforcements promised by the Yanhuang League. This group of damn rats, it's this time, and they haven't appeared yet, what kind of tricks are they playing?

The coalition forces are already on the verge of collapse, and if they encounter a slight setback, they may fall apart.

Dai Qin could feel that the eyes of the generals of various clans were already a little wandering, which was a precursor to the idea of ​​retreating. In the final analysis, the only people who have a heart-to-heart hatred with Shanhai City are the Tianqi tribe.

If it weren't for the temptation of the inexhaustible wealth in Shanhai City, they would not have eagerly responded to the so-called righteous call of Monk Khan and led an expedition to Shanhai City.

Three days passed, but not a single chicken feather was recovered, but the army was lost by more than half.

It's not good for anyone to let go.

In the afternoon, under the pressure of Dai Qin, the coalition forces attacked Friendship City again.

At this time, the morale of the coalition forces has plummeted, and the offensive is no longer as violent as it was at the beginning.

After adjustments at noon, the City Guards barely recovered, and after suffering some casualties, they managed to block the coalition's offensive without any risk.

On the third day, it ended anticlimactically.

At night, the coalition camp.

Dai Qin was furious, and he was no longer as calm as he was at the beginning.

In the just-concluded military meeting, among the seven generals of various ethnic groups, except Harichagai who remained silent, the other six unanimously put pressure on him to withdraw the troops tomorrow. Otherwise, they evacuate alone.

These short-sighted bastards!

Do you think nothing will happen if you withdraw your troops? It is not so easy to take back the minions that were exposed.

After this battle, will they let them go when Shanhai City recovers?

Extremely stupid!

For the coalition forces, there is no way out.

Going forward is a road of thorns; going back is a cliff.

Unfortunately, no one believed his words. They would rather be an ostrich than fight to the death.

asshole!

Dai Qin was so angry that he threw the things in the tent into a mess.

Lakshin stood quietly aside with an inexplicable expression. This is the first time he has seen Dai Qin lose his composure like this. So, would he lose control like this when he couldn't carry out his will?

Lakshin found that he was no longer so afraid of Dai Qin.

Dai Qin turned his head and saw Lakshin's expression, his heart tightened and he woke up instantly.

Impetuous, I am still too impetuous!

"You go back first!" Dai Qin regained his composure and said lightly.

"Yes!" Lakshin silently exited the tent.

Dai Qin looked at Lakshin's back with an inexplicable expression.

Not long after Lakshin left, the man in black came to Daiqin's camp again.

When Dai Qin saw the man in black, he couldn't control the accumulated anger anymore. He pulled out the scimitar from his waist, put it directly on the man in black's neck, and said in a cold voice, "It's agreed." What about the reinforcements? Give me a satisfactory answer, otherwise, just leave your life here!"

The man in black didn't change his face: "Why is the general so angry?"

"Bastard! It's not because of you. I tell you, those generals are already forcing the palace. If you don't show up again, they will retreat on their own without Shanhai City attacking. I can't escape, and your wishes will come true." Dai Qinzhen If you want to be pissed off by the black clothes, you will gnash your teeth when you speak.

"Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow!" The man in black was still so unhurried, turning a blind eye to the scimitar on his neck, but he really had the aura of a dead soldier.

Dai Qin's eyes were fixed, he put the scimitar back into its sheath, and said in a deep voice: "Is this true?"

"The general will know at a glance tomorrow, why should I lie."

"Okay, I'll trust you one last time." Dai Qin was also very helpless, he was in a dilemma now, his only hope was the Yanhuang League reinforcements.

Otherwise, one can imagine the fate of returning to the grassland in such a despondent manner.

The man in black smiled coldly in his heart. His grasp of people's hearts has reached its peak. The timing of the Yanhuang League's attack was repeatedly deduced by the military's senior staff, and it happened to be stuck at Daiqin's critical point.

On the surface, the man in black still had no expression on his face, and said flatly: "Let me leave now, I will have you as a general tomorrow, and cooperate with us to put on a good show."

"Hmph!" Dai Qin was unwilling to answer.

The man in black didn't care, he left the tent and disappeared into the night again.

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In the darkness, an army of 20,000 people quietly appeared in the wilderness of Lianzhou. The marching army, like a ghost, silently watched the Shanhai City standing in the wilderness.

Among the silently marching army, there are two giants of the Yanhuang League, Chunshenjun and Xiongba, as well as a special existence, he is Bai Qi's old friend——Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo rode on the horse, looked at the looming Shanhai City, and muttered to himself: "Mr. Wu An, we will meet again! This time, I will not lose to you again."

The night was as dark as ink, and a gust of wind blew by, drowning Zhao Kuo's voice.

Shanhai City, ushered in a real crisis!