Chapter 199: Tentative Attack
Under Liu Ye's order, the Xixiang army built a large camp in the east, south, and west directions outside the Tutunu camp. Among them, the southern battalion was stationed with the main force of the Xixiang Army led by Liu Ye himself, as the main direction of the siege. The large battalions on the east and west sides each stationed a partial division as an auxiliary attack to cover the main attack on the city. As for the north, Liu Ye did not send a large army to station except for sending a part of the scouts to monitor. Liu Ye also understands the principle of 'three missing one'. He didn't want to force the Hu people in the city into trapped beasts.
At present, the most important thing is to break through the Tutunu tribe and seize the grain stored inside. As for the rest, you can put it down slightly. Liu Ye didn't want to force the Hu people in the city to be anxious, let them come and fight with him, the rabbits were in a hurry and bit people, not to mention these vicious Hu people? And now that time is pressing, the coalition forces may arrive at any time. Liu Ye must capture Tutunu as soon as possible and destroy the main force of the Tuhou coalition army in order to solve his worries. As for the small number of remnants of the Tuhou coalition army, Liu Ye can let them go for the time being. Of course! The premise is that they can escape the pursuit of the Saigo cavalry. This is also the most fundamental reason why Liu Ye took the circumference of three missing one. After all, time doesn't wait for Liu Ye!
Although it will take two days to build the siege machine. But it doesn't mean that Liu Ye will let the Tuhou coalition army in the city spend these two days easily. Letting the enemy relax is not the tradition of the Saigo Army.
After the morning eclipse, outside the southern gate of the Tutunu Department, thousands of the main forces of the Xixiang Army gathered together in a neat formation. There are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary. Although there were only a few thousand people in the Xixiang Army, most of them had been trained in queues, and their neat momentum was not inferior to that of ordinary 10,000 people. This made the Hu people on the wall of the Tutunu tribe angry and couldn't help but drop wildly.
Although the Hu people are more vicious, they still belong to the category of people, and they are afraid of people. The horsemen on the wall were better, after all, most of them were militarily trained and battle-hardened. But ordinary Hu herdsmen and slave soldiers are different. Looking at the majestic Xixiang Army, many Hu herdsmen trembled. Don't think that the Hu herdsmen are very awesome, they are soldiers all their lives, they can fight when they get on horses, they are brave and good at fighting, and so on. It turns out that ordinary Hu herdsmen are not much better than Han Chinese. If they fight against the wind, they may be more powerful by nature, but if they fight against the wind, they are wastes who bully the soft and fear the hard. Of course! If you push them into a hurry, they will also show their true nature and fight for their lives, instead of sitting and waiting for death.
As for the lowest-ranking slave soldiers of the Tutunu Tribe, although many of them had pale faces and cold sweats. But more people, especially Zhao Nu (i.e., Han Nu), their eyes were full of heat. During this period, the Han Chinese, who were deeply influenced by the idea of great revenge, were not a cowardly people willing to be slaves. The deeds of the Xixiang Army, they have already heard about it. These days, they fantasize every day that the great hero Liu Ye is leading the army of Xixiang to rescue them. Now that the army of Saigo is in front of them, how can they not be happy? There are even quite a few sturdy Zhao slaves who have started to contact each other in private. The Han people in these years are not stable lords. In normal times, Lord Tutunu might have noticed the anomalies of these slave soldiers. But now, in order to be able to defend the Tutunu Ministry, the Tutunu Ministry is so busy that he has no time to care about these lowly slaves.
"Let's get started!" Outside the Nanzhai Gate of the Tutunu Ministry, Liu Ye, who was standing on a nest car (a kind of command vehicle), gave an expression of the order.
"Herald the Lord's Decree! Start attacking! ”
"Drumming!"
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"Go to war!"
"Kill!"
Thousands of Saigo troops who participated in the battle shouted at the same time. Its momentum and voice were so fierce that the Hu people on the wall of the Tutunu tribe were startled.
Before the siege is officially carried out, it is definitely necessary to test the strength and weakness of the city defense, as well as the advantages and disadvantages. In order to formulate a reasonable plan in the event of a formal siege.
Now the craftsmen of the Saigo Army are building siege equipment. Taking advantage of this free time, Liu Ye could just test the city defense of the Tutunu Department.
"The bed crossbow team is ready, and the target is in front of the Hu people. Salvo! ”
In a siege like this, the priority to attack is naturally the longest-range and most powerful bed crossbow troops.
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! The sound sounded, and more than a dozen short spear-like bed crossbow arrows flew towards the Tutunu tribe, immediately setting off a bloody storm among the Hu people. Needless to say, the power of the bed crossbow was naturally needless to say, and the Hu people who were poked were either dead or maimed. There is absolutely no surviving theory.
"Brother, what should I do now! Zhao Gou actually has a bed crossbow. We can only be shot, but we can't fight back. If this continues, the morale of the sons and daughters will be exhausted. In a corner of the wall, Lord Hougobu, who had his head down, said anxiously to Lord Tutunubu next to him.
"Either you and I will send some troops and let Uru take them out from the north gate and destroy these bed ballistas. lest these messy crumbs continue to plague our sons! Before Tutunu-sama could reply, Hongobu-sama continued to suggest.
"No way!" Lord Tutunubu shook his head. "This is really too dangerous, Zhao Gou's bed crossbow force is close to the Chinese army. The White Wolf Silver King and that terrible army were stationed there. If Ulu leads the team to attack, it is very likely that he will not be able to come back. ”
"So what are we going to do? You can't keep shooting! ”
"Alas!" Lord Tutunube sighed heavily.
"There's no way around it! Let everyone hide. Keep your body as low as possible to avoid getting shot! The bed crossbow can only shoot seven or eight rounds at most. It will be over soon! Tutunubu said helplessly. In fact, the best weapon to defend the city against the siege bed crossbow is still the bed crossbow. But the bed crossbow, a high-end commodity with extremely high technical content, is not something they can control.
"Damn!" Lord Houwubu clenched his fists and slammed into the wall.
"Don't worry! As long as I wait a few more days until the coalition arrives. I'll be able to fight inside and out. Defeat this Zhao dog, they won't be rampant for long! Tutunube-sama said with relief.
"Brother, you're right! Let's endure it for a few more days! When the coalition arrives, let's settle the account with these Zhao dogs! Lord Atsugobe gritted his teeth and said viciously.
"Look, two adults! Zhao Gou seems to have a new move, they have stopped shooting with bed crossbows. "Just when the two adults said a word and I said a word to curse the Xixiang Army, the two of them next to the attendant who was responsible for monitoring the dynamics of the Xixiang Army hurriedly said.
"This dog's day has finally stopped!" Lord Hougobu said happily.
"Looks like they're ready to attack!" After observing the dynamics of the Xixiang Army for a while, Lord Tutunubu, who was lying on the women's wall, said.
"Denmoto-sama's order! Ministries do not have to save feather arrows. When Zhao Gou reaches the firing range, shoot immediately! Tell the brethren that we will keep it for five days. The Allies will arrive! The final victory will be ours! Looking at the Xixiang army slowly approaching in an anti-arrow formation, Lord Tutunu immediately ordered. Yesterday he received a reply from the allied forces, and the deputy leader of the allied forces, Su, asked him to hold out for five days. Within five days, reinforcements would arrive. In fact, for Shesu's words, Lord Tutunubu was a little skeptical. But now the Tutunu tribe, which is surrounded by the Saigo Army, is at the end of its rope. He could only choose to believe Shesu's words. As for the truth or falsehood of what Shesu said, he can only pray for God's blessing.
"No!"
"Tell me the order! So that Erlang didn't have to save his strength, and let go of the fight. As long as we can survive five days. We won! The Lord of the Thick Gobe on the side also gave the order. Although it was a coalition army, there was no unified command. The soldiers of both divisions were under the personal command of their respective adults. Non-interference. In fact, Lord Tutunu also euphemistically mentioned that the two sides would join forces together to facilitate coordination and command. But he was sternly rejected by Lord Hougobu. He will not allow anyone to infect his military power. This is his lifeline. Seeing that Lord Hougobu insisted, Lord Tutunubu had no choice but to give up the somewhat unrealistic ideas in his heart.
At the same time as the two of them gave the order, the Xixiang army was also slowly advancing towards the wall. At the forefront of the Saigo Army were the crossbow team and the longbow team. However, they were hiding in a tortoiseshell formation composed of heavily armed foot soldiers, and the Hu people had not yet discovered them. Behind them were hundreds of lightly armed foot soldiers armed with shovels and shovels.
Heavy siege engines have strict requirements for the terrain. If the terrain is not good, the movement speed of the siege equipment will not only become very slow. And there's a good chance you'll get stuck on the road. The road to the south gate of the Tutunu tribe was not very easy to walk, so in order not to hinder the use of siege equipment, the Xixiang army needed to rest the road before the battle.
Lord Tutunu didn't defend the city very seriously. But he knew that there must be some profound meaning of Xixiang Army's move. Otherwise, who will be idle and have nothing to do to help the enemy build roads!
Although I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Xixiang Army. But he felt that as long as he stopped the Saigo Army, he must be right. So Tutunubu immediately ordered: "Shoot! Shoot fast! Shoot to death! Don't let this group of Zhao dogs build roads! ”
"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! The voice rang out continuously. Relying on the advantage of having a walled wall to increase the range, the Hu archers kept throwing arrows in their hands. The lightly armed soldiers of Xixiang who were building the road were at a certain distance from the wall. But there are still quite a few people who have been recruited. Although it is not fatal, it is still more uncomfortable for light soldiers.
"Ready! Adjust the angle! ”
"Longbowmen prepare! Aim for the target! ”
Just when the Hu people were frantically shooting the lightly armed soldiers in front of the village. Hiding under the big shield, the warrior and the longbow also made preparations.
"Gale!"
"Volley!"
At the roar of the two commanders, a large rain of arrows and crossbows immediately shot into the wall. Although there is a female wall to protect them, there are still many Hu people who have been shot down.
"Fuck! There is a crossbow! How can Zhao Gou have so many good things on this dog day! Lord Hougobu said angrily. But the tone was filled with envy that could not be hidden.
"All the archers give priority to shooting and killing Zhang Shi, and don't care about those Zhao dogs who build roads for the time being!" Lord Tutunu on the side immediately ordered. He is naturally very aware of the power of the crossbow, and if he doesn't deal with it, it will definitely be a * annoyance.
"No!"
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