Chapter 138: White-robed Guards VS Elite Cavalry (Part I.)

Although the departure of many of the Xi Gu tribes greatly damaged the morale of the allied forces. But after a few days of repair, as well as the timely pacification of Shesu and others. The morale of the coalition forces has gradually recovered. At the same time, the remaining two ladder trucks of the allied forces were also renovated under the continuous work of skilled craftsmen in the army. The top and bottom of the two ladder trucks were covered with mud, and the important parts were covered with a layer of wet cowhide to prevent the destruction of the bed crossbows. Overall, the defense of the modified ladder truck has been greatly enhanced. It also has a certain defense against fire oil.

After four days, when morale has recovered to a certain level. After some brief deliberations, the chiefs agreed to launch an immediate attack on Dongying. After all, the allied forces have been here for almost a month. The material consumption of the ministries is extremely high. Almost every tribe has a different voice. Although the adults of each ministry have suppressed these opposing voices by virtue of their own prestige. But they all know it's only temporary.

The Hu people are the most important interests, if the coalition forces cannot achieve great results in a short period of time. There will certainly be more opposition within the various clans involved in the Alliance. At that time, even the adults of the tribe will not be able to suppress these people. After all, none of these adults in the tribe can cover the sky with one hand. Like Yu He, there are too few Hu people who can mobilize all the resources in one sentence. Most of the Hu people were subject to the constraints of the elders and nobles of the tribe.

Once these elders and nobles united, even the lords of the tribe had to compromise. Now it has been nearly a month since the allied forces of the various tribes were blocked by the Xixiang Army under the wall of Dongying Wall. Until now, no real benefits have been reached. On the contrary, a lot of men, horses, grain and grass were lost. The elders and nobles behind the coalition forces had begun to get impatient.

The ministers who came to participate in this alliance were not only greedy for the interests of the moment. More or less, there is a sense of distress. These adults all know that 'Hu and Zhao are not mutually exclusive', and there are too many blood feuds between the two sides. They didn't want to put a tiger next to them. The adults of all the tribes wanted to completely eradicate the Zhao people (i.e., Han people) who were entrenched in the future, so as to prevent future troubles. But I can't stand the fact that there is a large group of pig teammates behind me. And the influence of these pig teammates is simply too high.

The adults who participated in the alliance now knew that if the war did not make any progress. The nobles and elders behind them will surely lose their patience completely. Once they get into action, it's only a matter of time before the coalition forces fall apart. At that time, they will no longer be able to restrain the development of the Zhao people. And their tribe will also face the threat of leaving the Zhao people. These adults are all old fritters living in troubled times, and troubled times are 'people eat people'. They didn't think that the Zhao people would be merciful enough to let them go. Therefore, this pre-war meeting convened by the Society and the Soviet Union proceeded very quickly. The adults of all the ministries were ruthless. Each of them took out the real elite of their headquarters and was ready to give it a go with the Zhao people who were out of the way.

After enjoying a hearty meal and resting for a while, Shesu led more than 4,000 allied troops with siege equipment to the east camp. Compared with the mighty 6,000 coalition troops twenty years ago, although the momentum of the more than 4,000 allied troops is much lower, the combat effectiveness has not dropped too much. In the past two decades, almost all of the soldiers who died under the walls of Dongying Village were Hu slave soldiers and ordinary Hu herdsmen. The elite of the Hu people only lost a small amount. Many of the Hu elites didn't even go out. Although the departure of many Xi Gu tribes took away the elite of their own clan, the number was not too much. Harmless for the entire coalition forces.

Today is the day of the decisive battle. The Shesu and the lords of the various divisions are ready to devote a large number of elite coalition forces, the Turks, to join the battlefield. These elite Hu people, who were proficient in foot cavalry, posed a mortal threat to the Xixiang army. At the same time, Shesu also gathered more than 300 of the most elite warriors from various departments and distributed limited heavy armor to them, ready to attack the city at any time.

Under the command of the siege Sima Huangya Hu people of the coalition army, more than 500 Hu foot soldiers of the first echelon carried the siege ladder and launched an attack on the eastern camp. In the same way as in the past two decades, today's coalition forces still use the method of echelon rotation attack.

However, today the cannon fodder troops who rushed to the front and were responsible for erecting siege ladders. It is no longer all Hu slave soldiers, and there are also a large number of old and weak herdsmen. This is probably also related to the fact that a large number of Hu slave soldiers died in battle, which is no longer enough to independently complete the task of erecting siege ladders. After all, in the past two decades, whether it is the siege of the city or the battle of the city, the Hu slave soldiers have acted as the main force. Although there are nearly 2,500 Hu slave soldiers, they can't stand the daily consumption! Now the number of Hu slave soldiers is estimated to have dropped to a heinous number, otherwise it would be impossible to let the old and weak Hu herdsmen take the place of some slave soldiers.

According to the law of the jungle of the Hu people's 'law of the jungle', when the number of slaves is insufficient, the old and weak herdsmen are used as cannon fodder. But to be honest, the combat awareness and strength of these old and weak herdsmen are not comparable to those of the slave soldiers. Today the first echelon erected siege ladders very inefficiently. There was even a situation where the herdsmen were directly shot by the Saigo shortbowmen on the wall, and then took the lead in escaping. The Yellow Tooth Hu people, who were so angry that they commanded the battle, led the battle team to cut down more than ten Hu herdsmen in a row before they stopped the defeat. The efficiency of the cannon fodder erecting siege ladders was low, and the Yellow Tooth Hu people had no choice but to send turks to join the battle in advance to cover the cannon fodder who erected siege ladders.

Finally, with the joint efforts of the cannon fodder and the turks, the task of erecting the siege ladder was completed. However, the casualties paid were much higher than those of the Hu slave soldiers some time ago. This made the yellow-toothed people who commanded the battle in the back a little nostalgic for the slave soldiers who died under the wall of the Dongying village in the past.

After erecting the ladder, the two sides immediately entered a fierce battle to ascend the city. War leads to progress. This applies equally to both the defender and the attacker. Compared with the last assault cavalry siege, there were more than 200 assault cavalry who joined the first echelon siege this time, twice as many as last time, and there were far more people with bows and arrows in these assault cavalry than last time, and the target they shot was of course the unarmored auxiliary soldiers of the Xixiang Army. However, the casualties they inflicted on Saigo's auxiliaries this time were much lower than last time.

The reason is very simple, because each of the auxiliary soldiers of the Xixiang Army has a small round shield in his hand. This small round shield is lightweight, simple and easy to use. Of course! The defense is not bad. If it's an ordinary stepping bow, this kind of small round shield is really useless. However, the cavalry bow with low bow power in the Hu people could not shoot through. This made the Hu people under the wall a little helpless.

Soon, however, the insidious commander of the Hu Commandos found a new target. Although the small round shield can block the key parts of the Saigo auxiliaries. But the small round shield is too small to stop the whole body. The commander of the Hu people aimed at the parts of the Xixiang auxiliaries that these small round shields could not protect. With the superb archery skills of the assault cavalry, the Xixiang army suddenly had a lot of wounded and sick soldiers. Although Hu Ren's approach couldn't shoot people, it was really disgusting to Liu Ye. For battlefield commanders, sometimes the sick and wounded are better than the dead!

The battle of the city is brutal, and either you die or I die. In this narrow place, the two sides staged a cold drama of physical friction and blood flowing. However, these are just hors d'oeuvres before the hole cards of both sides collide. Although the siege echelon of the Hu people had more than 100 cavalry, Liu Ye did not think that this was the full strength of the Hu people. If Hu Ren's hole cards only have these, then Liu Ye will definitely be happy to death. However, it is clear that the Hu people have more advanced hole cards.