Chapter 476: The Marshal's Sorrow

The 20,000 Royal Janissaries were divided into four teams to support the four walls, and in this cold weather, the only ones who could maintain long-range combat effectiveness were the Royal Praetorian Guards, after all, the Royal Praetorian Guards were the only army fully equipped with foot crossbows. Adult mini-games .

The entry of the Royal Praetorian Guard quickly reversed the unfavorable situation, and Qian Buli ordered the five thousand Royal Praetorian Guard soldiers to divide into five teams to take turns firing crossbow arrows, and the crossbow arrows fired by every thousand people could easily take the lives of hundreds of archers of the Rus' Kingdom.

The archers of the Rus' kingdom began to fight back, throwing arrows at the city, but it was not easy to use the angle of the projectile to cover the top of the wall, and most of the arrows were shot into the inside of the wall, causing only a handful of casualties.

The lethality of crossbow arrows within 100 meters is extremely amazing, often nailing people to the snow, and the dead have nothing to say, and the wounded soldiers who are dying and struggling, constantly squirming and screaming are terrifying.

The sword and shield men of the Rus' Kingdom in the rear hurriedly retreated, trying to protect the archers, but unfortunately before they arrived, more than half of the archers had already been sniped, and the remaining archers were honestly hiding in the shield wall, never daring to show their heads again.

The arrow battalion defending the second battlement took advantage of the situation to lean out and shoot continuously, their target was mainly the axe hand hanging on the ladder, the attack and defense switched too quickly, the soldiers of the Rus country had not realized the threat of the archers of the Ji Zhou country for a long time, and they were caught off guard, and for a while, the soldiers of the Rus country fell down screaming like dumplings, whether they were dead or not dead. If they don't leave the base of the wall as soon as possible, they will turn into ice sculptures in the ice water that keeps pouring down.

When one wing is frustrated, the next one will be replaced, as if Mikhail was intent on sending his men to death, and the offensive is one wave after another, giving the impression of never-ending.

Clouds covered the heavens and the earth for a whole day, until evening. A touch of sunset jumped out of the sky, reflecting the heavens and the earth like blood. Around the city of Megan, I don't know how many corpses of the Rus' remained, lying silently on the ground, broken ice bombs were everywhere, a few meters high Xiaoice river was enclosed under the city out of thin air, and the plains near the city of Megan also looked a little rugged, and thousands of broken ladders were abandoned by the Rus. Lying alone in the snow, their shadows stretched long and long in the setting sun. In this cold weather, even if you are mortally wounded, there will not be much blood, and the flesh will soon become cold and stiff, so compared to the past, the entire battlefield is less bloody.

Qian Buli saw that the Rus had stopped attacking, and the nervousness was able to relax a little. Although as a commander-in-chief, he never participated in the battle in person, but he also felt very tired, both physically and mentally.

In today's battle, Mikhail only used the ladder, and the other siege equipment was useless. The reason is that he is either afraid of the military strength of Ji Zhouguo's catapult, or he wants to wait for the best opportunity, and in the end, although he has the upper hand, Qian Buli can't be optimistic, Mikhail didn't use all his strength!

In a stone room in the castle in the northeast corner, Qian Buli, Wei Chi Fengyun and others sat around the round table, talking to each other in a low voice about today's war.

Everyone realized that the critical moment of the war had come! Now the weather is getting colder and colder, and neither side has the ability to fight a protracted battle. Such a frenzied offensive by the Rus' could last for seven or eight days at most. The problem is that the people of Ji Zhou have lower staying power.

Fierce battles were fought for only one day. There have been non-combat attrition of up to 5,000 men, and the statistics recorded above the table have laid out the harsh reality for everyone. Almost 5,000 soldiers at the front, soldiers in the rear to manufacture and transport ordnance, including the reservists in full gear, suffered from frostbite of varying degrees.

In wartime, when the soldiers felt unbearable cold, they would hide in the camp to make a fire to keep warm, and in wartime, no matter how cold the soldiers were, they had to stick to their posts without receiving the order to retreat! Most of the soldiers experienced a cold snap for the first time, and they didn't know what it would mean when the feeling of their hands and feet changed from tingling to numbness, so they couldn't walk and just found a wooden stick as a crutch, and if they couldn't hold a weapon, they changed their hands, and they persevered until after the war, and they didn't know that they were afraid when their hands and feet had turned purple and black, but it was too late at this time, and even in modern society, they might have to use amputation to get them back.

Coupled with the soldiers who died in battle, the losses of the four major legions were very large, and the faces of Qian Buli, Wei Chi Fengyun and others were very heavy.

"I didn't expect it to be so cold in winter here that it drips into ice! I used to think it was an exaggeration, but hearing is false, and seeing is believing. Pan Zhi muttered, "How do the Rus people live in such a place? ”

Andrew said that he had never experienced such cold weather before, and this year it was so unusual, not only did the cold snap come earlier than before, but it was much colder than before, even in January, it was not as cold as it is now. ”

"So coincidentally?" Zhang Jinwu smiled bitterly.

"It can also be said that this is a good thing, Andrew has been here for a long time, even he can't stand it, Mikhail's soldiers may not be much stronger than Andrew, if Mikhail attacks one after another, as long as we can hold for half a month, we will win this battle. Qian Buli said slowly. The Rus' people are good at fighting in winter, but this does not mean that the Rus people can continue to fight under the influence of the cold snap, and the temperature in the area where the cold snap is raging will basically drop by more than ten degrees compared to normal, and the temperature will gradually rise until the cold snap passes. Don't underestimate the temperature difference of 10 degrees, which can make the Rus' cold resistance reach a critical point in a short period of time, and as a siege party, it is even more difficult. In other words, at this moment, Mikhail is wielding a double-edged sword, which is not only weakening the combat power of the four major legions of Ji Zhouguo, but also weakening himself.

"Half a month......" Wei Chi Fengyun repeated in a low voice, as if he was asking about money and as if he was asking himself.

"I guess today is just a temptation for Mikhail. He's looking for a weak spot in the city of Megan, and tomorrow he should concentrate his forces, so let's report it and see where the damage is the worst. Qian Buli said.

After detailed statistics, the situation of the southern city defended by Pan Zhi was the worst, and the five lanes next to the castle in the southwest corner were smashed down three hundred meters to the east. The tunnels were blocked by stones, and the soldiers had to spare them through the other tunnels. If tomorrow Mikhail concentrates his forces on attacking here. It is possible to form a local breakout.

"Is there no way to dig it up again?" Zhang Jinwu asked.

"It's difficult, it's collapsed more than ten meters, and the snow has frozen all the stones together, if you give me a few more days, it's okay, but one night is not enough. Pan Zhi shook his head: "Even if you can dig it up, you will have to collapse after a few ice bombs." ”

"Well, then, a hundred catapults will be drawn tomorrow from the east, west, and north. I'll transfer Tang Yunlong over again, and then allocate another 3,000 Royal Guards to you. Qian Buli pondered for a moment and said: "Wait for Mikhail's reaction, if he really regards Nancheng as a breakthrough, other legions will provide you with support." ”

"This battle is a wretch!" Pan Zhi sighed, he learned a lot from Qian Buli, he liked sports warfare, guerrilla warfare and other tactics that occupied the initiative, and was not interested in the current extremely passive defensive warfare, but there was no other way. Even if there are a thousand clever plans, it is useless to get out of the city.

"Wreck? Then you're going to use all your tricks to make Mikhail even worse than we are! Qian Buli said with a smile: "Actually, he is not feeling well now, today he rushed up to test our hypocrisy, but they are all Mikhail's disciples!" ”

"Please rest assured, the general will do his best. Pan Zhi nodded.

"As far as I know. Mikhail has always loved soldiers like a son and won the hearts of the army, if there was no service from top to bottom, Mikhail would not have been able to make great achievements, but this time it is a big violation of the way of using soldiers, don't you think it is a little strange? Yu Chi Fengyun said.

"Something must have happened to the Rus' side. Qian Buli had this idea for a long time: "It's a pity that I am now trapped in Mogan City, blocked from inside and outside, and there is no way to send someone to listen to the news." ”

"Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, no matter what happens to the Rus' country, the battle still has to be fought. Zhang Jinwu said with a smile: "General, you and General Pan should go down and rest early." You've been through the day and the night. Tomorrow may be even harder than today. ”

"It's fine, two old generals. You should also take turns to rest today, I think the Rus' people need to rest more, and tonight will be fine. Qian Buli smiled.

This time the money was wrong, the Rus did not sleep, and in the south of the city of Megan, two behemoths were quietly moving.

Mikhail quietly looked at the city of Mogan entrenched in front, his face was serene, but there were waves surging in his heart, according to his original plan, he should continue to stalemate for a month, and then use up the combat strength of the four major armies of Ji Zhouguo even lower, and then launch a general attack of the whole army. It's a pity that he has no time, Nicholas VII came with an urgent order, the United States and the Japanese State jointly invaded, the offensive was very fierce, now more than a dozen cities have fallen, the eastern town of Tel Avi is also surrounded, the situation is extremely critical, Nicholas VII ordered Mikhail to immediately divide troops to rescue Tel Vi, block the army of the United States and the Japanese State.

For Mikhail, this is even worse news, division of troops? Where is the division of troops, where is it said that the division will be divided?! Hiding in the city of Megan is a ferocious tiger! The United States and the Wa Kingdom are just thieves, and the inseparability of money is a mortal threat, and the result of the Tiger Attack means that the Rus Kingdom will usher in a devastating blow!

If possible, Mikhail didn't want to pay attention to other threats, as long as he could annihilate the four major legions in the city of Megan, the whole game would be alive, whether it was to continue to attack the Ji Zhou Kingdom, or to advance eastward to solve the United States and the Japanese Kingdom, no one could stop him Mikhail's footsteps! Despite the unscrupulous actions of the Golden Horde, Mikhail believed that he had a seventy percent chance of victory. In the past, the Rus' state fought on two sides, and it was still able to attack and defend, and if he had the support of the whole country, Mikhail was confident that he would defeat the Golden Horde.

But Mikhail knows better that he is only a marshal, and not a king! The power of the land was given by Nicholas VII, and if needed, Nicholas VII could take it back! No matter how many and no good reasons he had, he could not disobey the orders of Nicholas VII! Otherwise, not only himself, but his family would suffer the wrath of Nicholas VII, the wrath of the king enough to plunge them into hell.

As for the combat power of the United States and the Japanese States, Mikhail was simply dismissive, they were able to occupy a dozen cities, the fundamental reason was that those cities did not have enough defensive forces, as a marshal, Mikhail knew how empty the east of the Rus' State was.

Helplessness, and sorrow, two emotions welled up in Mikhail's heart, he only had six days to occupy the city of Megan, and then he did not even have time to expand the victory, and he must immediately march east to support Tel Vävi, if the army of the United States and the Japanese Kingdom was defeated, Nicholas VII would never forgive him.

The question is, can the city of Murgan be captured in six days? Money is cunning and changeable, and this time it is a unique opportunity to trap him in the city of Megan, and Mikhail really doesn't want to miss it. With the prestige of Qian and the experience and combat effectiveness of the four major legions, the possibility of the collapse of the entire army of Ji Zhou is negligible, so it means that after the city is broken, there will be a hard street battle, six days? Is it enough?

After receiving the order of Nicholas VII, Mikhail immediately sat down and wrote a letter to Nicholas VII, in which he tried his best to state the strategic significance of annihilating the four armies of Ji Zhou, but the letter was torn and torn, and finally Mikhail began to face a blank slate. After decades of being a monarch, Mikhail knew the nature of Nicholas VII, who was an irascible and self-righteous man, if he sent the letter back to the capital, continued to besiege the city of Megan, and refused to support Tel Vi, perhaps the next order would be to relieve his military power, and the family who remained in the capital would also be destroyed!

Until now, Mikhail has not made a final decision, is it to annihilate the four major legions of Ji Zhou State no matter what? Or do you quickly leave the battlefield and march east to Telavi when the offensive is frustrated and there is no hope of destroying the enemy? Choosing the former, he will become a sinner of Nicholas VII, and if he chooses the latter, he will become a sinner of the Rus' country! No matter which one he chooses, his fate is destined to be sad.

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