Chapter 19: Siege Warfare
If this is the case, then it is highly likely that Mario's intention is not to fight against the Persian army, but to lead the way for the Persian army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info asked Li Zhan to guard the east gate of the town for two hours, that was just an excuse.
As time passed, Li Zhan suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of helplessness, were these soldiers beside him all Mario's people?
At this time, Heita walked over and saw that Li Zhan was suddenly distracted, and the crippled fan was resting with his eyes closed on the side, originally not wanting to disturb, but the current war was urgent, so he could only come forward to talk to Li Zhan.
"Captain, the incendiary bombs are ready, and the scouting brother has come back to report that the Persian army has been assembled 20 miles east of the town, and this time they have accelerated their march and dismantled the three catapults for transportation, so we face the catapult attack this time."
"Catapult?" Li Zhan came back to his senses, stood on the city tower and looked, there was indeed a fiery red color in the east, that is, the torches lit up the land. The fire stretched like a long dragon that breathed fire, and even a slight vibration could be felt on the city walls.
"Prepare for battle!" Li Zhan can no longer think about Mario's final actions, and in the face of an enemy who is hundreds of times stronger than himself, this battle is about to begin.
All the soldiers returned to the tower, the gates were tightly closed, their faces were solemn, and their palms were already stained with sweat.
Li Zhan ordered all the guards to line up separately, each equipped with ten incendiary bombs, and as for him, there were two people, Heita and Mata, as temporary transfers.
The footsteps grew tighter and tighter, and the light of the torches grew brighter and brighter.
The neat tens of thousands of Persian troops stopped at a distance of 200 meters from the city tower, and among them, a Persian general wearing gold armor rode forward a few steps on horseback, stood at the front of the army, and shouted loudly to Li Zhan and them.
"Listen, people of Caster, call of Allah, let us come and liberate you, open your gates, and let us live together in a rich and beautiful new world!"
The Persians believed in Allah, while the people of the Roman Empire believed in the god of war, but both were non-existent gods, and in Li Zhan's view, it was just an excuse.
"Prepare the incendiary bombs, wait until they are 30 meters away from the city wall to throw them intensively!" In the face of local persuasion, Li Zhan ignored it, and just ordered the guards around him to prepare for battle, and also calculated the throwing distance of the incendiary bomb.
30 meters is a manageable range, beyond which their throwing accuracy decreases considerably.
Seeing that no one responded on the castle tower, the gold-armored general rode back to the group, and at the end of one of the passages that he let out, he could see a black man wearing only a white robe, and this man had two huge gold rings hanging from his nose, and the gold chain was wrapped around his right cheek, and in the light of the torch, Li Zhan could see a contemptuous smile on the man's face.
The gold-armored general dismounted and knelt down to the white-robed black man and said, "My great commander, it seems that the people of Custer Town do not yet understand the grace of our Allah, please let me lead the holy army to liberate them." ”
The white-robed black man didn't speak, but took out a token from the quiver behind him and threw it to the gold-armored general.
"Black Snake Order!" When the Golden Armor General saw the token, he was overjoyed, grabbed the token tightly, and shouted to the soldiers beside him, "Black Snake Order!" Charge with me! ”
The Black Snake Order is one of the tokens used in the Persian army to command battles on the battlefield, along with the White Tiger Order and the Purple Shark Order, and the highest level is the Holy Fire Order, which is a token that can only be owned by those in power in the entire Persian Empire.
The instructions for all tokens are different, the White Tiger Order is mostly used for land field battles, while the Purple Shark Order is used for naval battles, and the Black Snake Order is used for siege warfare. The swarthy token, engraved with a vicious cobra, spits out long snake letters, heralding a brutal killing.
With the Black Snake Order, it was the entire forward guard that was dispatched, and the Golden Armor General led thousands of forward guards to launch a strong charge towards the city tower in the east of the town.
"Kill!"
Getting closer and closer to the city wall, the forward guard led by General Jin Jia also let out a roar.
The scimitar soldiers, among which there are many ladder engineers, this is the siege formation.
50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters!
"Throw!" Li Zhan let out a roar of rage, and ignited the incendiary bomb in his hand with a torch and threw it at the Persian charging army under the city.
Hearing the order, the other guards also lit Molotov cocktails and threw them at the Persian army.
Countless incendiary bombs fell freely into the enemy's charging array, and with a popping sound, the incendiary bombs exploded in the crowd, and the wounded Persian soldiers let out a terrible wail.
Some soldiers were hit in the head, and the exploded incendiary bombs spewed out fuel, setting his whole body on fire, and instantly turned into a burning man, scurrying through the ranks in a struggle. Most of the soldiers were shot by hot glass slag, and screams and wails were constantly heard.
For a time, the east tower of the town of Kast became a fire field, and most of the Persian soldiers who were injured by the Molotov cocktail were killed in the fire.
The first squad failed to charge, and General Jin Jia also sensed the power of the incendiary bomb, so he raised the black snake order in his hand and roared loudly: "The giant shield soldier opens the way!" ”
At the sound of the order, hundreds of soldiers armed with giant shields suddenly poured out of the Persian army, and they actively rushed to the city wall, while the soldiers of the other group of stormtroopers hid tightly behind the shields and continued to charge with the giant shield soldiers.
The defense area of the giant shield is very large, and the surface of the shield is made of iron sheet, which is not flammable, but the principle of the incendiary bomb is that the fuel generated after the explosion flows out directly, and the fuel is ignited by an open flame, so as to achieve the effect of continuous burning.
The "Bang Bang Bang" incendiary bomb kept smashing on the surface of the giant shield, most of the fuel flowed out, and the whole shield became a torch, which kept heating up during the burning process, and the soldiers responsible for supporting the giant shield were also miserable because of the scorching temperature, and even many people who could not withstand the high temperature had discarded the shield.
A wall of fire separated the Persian soldiers from the eastern wall of the town of Cust, 20 meters in between.
Between 20 and 30 meters, charred corpses were scattered everywhere, lying to the ground, as if they could not survive.
"Stop attacking!" Seeing that the charge ahead was frustrated, the Golden Armor General hurriedly ordered the stormtroopers to withdraw, and the soldiers who charged heard the order to stop the attack felt like amnesty, especially those who held huge shields, they threw away the fiery giant shields, howled and ran back to the ranks.
At this time, the white-robed and black-robed commander slowly rode forward from the center of the team and came to the Jinjia general, his eyes fixed on Li Zhan on the city tower.
Immediately after that, the scimitar in his crotch made a "poof" sound, and the golden armor general next to him suddenly flew up, and his body fell from his horse. Blood gushed so much that everyone present lowered their heads.
"Black Snake Order, did I say I was going to stop attacking?" He looked at Li Zhan with deep eyes, and then raised his index finger, "Dispatch the catapult!" ”