Volume 10 Chapter 59
Chapter 59
The Sanshui Army was quarrying rocks, logging, and making crossbows and stone bullets on the spot with great fanfare. On the other hand, the grain and grass from the rear were also being transported to the Sanshui Army's garrison. Since Vaal Town was still under the control of the Tiya Army, the logistics team of the Sanshui Army deliberately avoided Vaal Town and wanted to take a detour. It's a pity that they didn't escape the eyes of Du Jijun's scouts
When the logistics team arrived near the town of Vaal, Ed Azabao, who got the news, led his troops out of the town. Most of Du Ji's troops are cavalry, and they are good at direct combat on the ground. The two sides have not yet come into contact. They only saw that the other side was killing all cavalry. The Feng army escorting the grain and grass was already frightened and did not make any resistance. , abandoned the food and fled in a hurry.
Knowing that Feng Jun was cunning and afraid of being ambushed by the opponent, Ed Azabao did not order the pursuit, but took the food and grass abandoned by Feng Jun and returned in triumph. In just a few days, Ed Azabao led his army to defeat three waves of Fengjun's logistics supply teams, and captured more than 200,000 dan of food. It was a brilliant victory.
While Ed Azabao was excited, he did not forget to convey the good news to his brother Remy Azabao and explain the situation on his side in detail. After receiving the good news from his brother, Remi Azabao was naturally very happy and felt more confident. As long as the Feng Army's food and grass could not be replenished, then the Feng Army's defeat would only be a matter of time.
He estimated that in the next few days, the Feng Army would definitely launch a large-scale attack. This would also be the Feng Army's last ditch effort. If they could break through their own company, they would win. If they could not, the Feng Army would be forced to retreat. , at that time, it will be a good opportunity for our side to take the initiative.
Remi Azabao ordered the entire army to strictly guard the camp and no one was allowed to leave the camp to fight. In addition, he transferred 100,000 Duke troops to the east camp, leaving only more than 20,000 troops in the west camp.
His estimate was correct. As he expected, the Sanshui Army launched a second full-scale attack on the Duji Army camp on the fifth day after arriving in Tia City.
This time, the Sanshui Army was obviously much more cautious than the last attack. Instead of hastily advancing the entire army, they first moved out large siege weapons and bombarded the east camp of the Duji Army.
In fact, the weapons used by the Sanshui Army were very simple. There were only two types, one was the city-breaking crossbow and the other was the trebuchet. However, the Feng Army prepared too many crossbow swords and stone bullets. When they were fired, it was endless. Intermittently attacking the defense line of the Dukei military camp.
Because it was made on a temporary basis, the arrows of the city-breaking crossbow were not even covered with iron sheets, but it was enough to deal with the wooden wall. When the arrows were launched, they hit the wall, making a loud noise and flying sawdust, which could often directly hit the wall. The wall of the village runs through, half of the crossbow arrows are nailed into the wall, and the other half remains outside the wall.
Many Duji soldiers who were holding up the wall were unprepared and were pierced by the sudden crossbow arrows. Their bodies were hung on arrows, screaming and struggling.
The trebuchet's stone bullets were more powerful. Huge stones fell from the sky and hit the crowd. Wails were heard everywhere. The crowd fell down and hit the wall of the village. The ground shook and a large section of the wooden pile was broken.
Under the powerful attack of the large weapons of the Sanshui Army, the wall of the east camp of the Duji Army became riddled with holes. There were piles of corpses on the ground, and it was difficult to tell the number of them. Similarly, Du Ji's army also launched a fierce counterattack, but they did not have city-breaking crossbows, but only used trebuchets to smash into the Sanshui Army's camp.
The two sides came and went, and huge rocks shuttled back and forth in the air.
The large weapons of the Sanshui Army fired continuously for more than two hours, using up all the crossbow arrows and stone bullets that had been stored and produced in the past few days. Only then did Liang Qi give the order to attack. This is not a feint attack by the Sanshui Army, but a real attack. If they can capture the Du Ji Company Camp in one go, Liang Qi will no longer have to retreat and join forces with the Sky Eagle Army.
Boom, boom, boom - the phalanx of the Sanshui Army advanced in unison, and the people's steps were almost the same. Every step they took made a deafening roar, and the ground shook.
"Wind! Wind! Wind!" While the wind army battle formation was advancing, the officers and soldiers were also shouting in unison and hitting the shields with their weapons. Firstly, it boosted one's own morale. Secondly, it could also greatly intimidate the opponent.
At this time, Du Jijun in the camp was sweating coldly. They all held their weapons tightly and stared at the Fengjun camp outside the camp without blinking.
Remi Azabao personally went out to direct the battle. While he withdrew most of his troops to the inner wall, he also ordered a small part of Du Ji's army to continue to defend the outer wall.
The inner wall of Duji Military Camp is actually just adobe that is as tall as a person. A war horse can jump over it with just one leap. However, the adobe wall is also stronger and is not afraid of the trebuchet.
The inner wall is much shorter than the outer wall. When defending, as long as the outer wall is not breached, the inner wall is useless. But now the outer wall is seriously damaged and many places have been smashed and collapsed. At this time, the inner wall The function of the wall is revealed. People standing on the inner wall can shoot arrows directly through the gap in the outer wall.
The Sanshui Army advanced very quickly, and within a short time, both sides had already entered the other side's shooting range. They could only hear the bang-bang sound of bowstrings playing in both camps, and then, a black rain of arrows rose into the sky, like two arrows. Like dark clouds, they crossed in the sky and fell towards the opponent's camp.
"Shield up——"
The generals of Feng Army and Du Ji Army shouted loudly at almost the same time, and the soldiers raised their shields one after another. Then, there were clanging sounds everywhere, arrows rained down on the shields, four sparks were fired, and crisp sounds came one after another. It was also mixed with heart-rending screams from time to time.
The outer wall of the Duji army had too many gaps, and now it was almost useless, but there were still Duji soldiers standing on it. Some of the walls were even smashed to only five or six meters wide, with huge gaps on both sides, but there were still several Duji archers on it constantly shooting arrows down, causing damage to the Feng army.
For these severely damaged walls, the Sanshui army was too lazy to even set up the cloud ladders, for fear that if the cloud ladders were set up on top, people would climb up and the wall would be crushed. After the Sanshui army rushed to the bottom of the wall, dozens or hundreds of soldiers crowded together, pushing the remaining wall hard.
Those walls that were only a few meters wide were already shaky, how could they withstand the push of so many people? Under the unanimous shouts of the Feng army soldiers, one by one the broken walls collapsed, and the Duji soldiers on top screamed and fell from the air. Some people fell to death or fainted on the spot, while others broke their bones and muscles and struggled to crawl back on the ground.
The Feng army, with their eyes red, didn't care whether you were dead or injured, or whether you still had the fighting power. They swarmed up and chopped the remaining Du Ji soldiers to pieces. But once the outer wall fell, the inner wall inside was immediately exposed. Countless Du Ji soldiers standing on the inner wall shot arrows at the same time. In the dense rain of arrows, the Sanshui soldiers who had just pushed down the outer wall were shot and fell to the ground.
The Sanshui army reacted quickly and launched a counterattack. The originally chaotic crowd re-formed into a neat square formation in a very short time. The soldiers in front held up the shield formation to resist the rain of arrows coming from above, and the soldiers behind twisted their bows and arrows and launched a counterattack.
The Du Ji archers on the inner wall had no time to dodge, and a whole row of people were shot down by a round of arrows from the Feng army.
Soon, the Du Ji archers retreated from the inner wall, used the inner wall as a cover, and continued to shoot arrows to kill the Feng army.
The two sides were inside and outside the adobe wall, firing arrows one after another, shooting at each other continuously, and the soldiers in both camps were hit by arrows from time to time and fell down, and the bodies on the ground piled up more and more. The wounded soldiers on both sides were pulled to the rear in carts. The fierce battle reached a white-hot level.
This battle was a tough battle for both the Feng Army and the Du Ji Army.
Although the Du Ji Army's arrow formation was fierce, the Feng Army's camp was still advancing forward. At this time, the vanguard of the Feng Army had entered the Du Ji company camp and was about to touch the inner wall of the stockade.
Seeing that the Feng Army was getting closer and closer, the generals in the Du Ji Army issued orders, the archers continued to shoot arrows, and the spearmen and long spearmen went up to the stockade wall to defend against the enemy.
Under the orders of the generals, countless Du Ji soldiers rushed up the stockade wall and stabbed the Feng Army outside the wall from a high position.
Duki and Besa belong to the same race, with strong bodies and brute force. Compared with the Feng army, they have an innate advantage in physical fitness. In addition, the environment of Duki is harsh, and most of the territory is desert, which makes the Duki people more sturdy and brave.
They stabbed down on the wall of the village, and even if the Feng army blocked it with shields, they were pushed back by the impact force. The arms holding the shields were numb and they could not use their strength. If they did not have time to block with shields, the end would be even worse, and they would be pierced with armor on the spot.
Of course, while the Duki army was stabbing the Feng army outside the wall, they were also enduring arrows from the Feng army camp. Many Duki soldiers had been hit by several arrows in their chests, arms, and thighs, but they still stood on the earth wall and continued to fight.
The Duki army was sturdy, and the Sanshui army was not much worse. In such a fierce battle, there was no soldier who was afraid of death. Even though they knew that they would be killed by the enemy if they went forward, they still kept pressing forward and attacking the enemy's last line of defense.
The soldiers of both sides fought one row after another. Before half an hour had passed, the corpses outside the earth wall had piled up to more than half the wall. There were corpses of Feng’s army and Du Ji’s army. The corpses of both sides were mixed together, bloody and blurred, and it was impossible to tell the number.
The battle continued endlessly, and the casualties of both sides continued to rise in a straight line. By the afternoon, the corpses outside the inner wall had piled up to the same height as the wall. When the Feng army advanced forward, they no longer needed to climb the wall, but could directly climb up by stepping on the corpses.
However, the Feng army rushed fast and fell fast, either being stabbed by the counterattacking enemy or being shot down by the enemy’s archers. However, the counterattacking Du Ji army could not stand for long and immediately followed the footsteps of the Feng army in front.
At the low inner wall of the stockade, both sides fought with all their might, but Du Ji's army could not counterattack, and Feng's army could not force its way in. The two sides fought the bloodiest and most brutal war of attrition. This was a pure competition of military strength, to see who had more troops and who could afford the casualties.