Ulysses was finally able to besiege the city of Kadum.

Now the city of Kadum is garrisoned by Zaran and his thousand men. It wasn't a lot of strength alone, but Zaran was a good commander, and when he found out about Ulysses' attempt, he didn't hesitate to retreat to Kadum City, and his speed was so fast that Ulysses completely lost the opportunity to attack quickly. Moreover, although the scale of Kadum City is not below that of Assrath City, it is structurally more suitable for the defense of a small number of troops. It had only two gates, one guarding the main road to the east to the city of Essrath and one to the south to Palci. In addition, Wei Song had already made considerable defensive preparations before, so it was not so easy to quickly occupy this city. Although there is another water gate leading directly to the Namra River, it is now the flood season of the Namra River and Ulysses has no boats, so there is no need to take it into account.

It was not easy for Ulysses to storm the city of Kadum, as he had only 5,000 combat-capable soldiers. However, fortunately, the manpower was very sufficient, and the efficiency of nearly 20,000 people rushing together to make siege equipment was amazing. Although Ulysses knew that time was very short, since he was going to fight, he had to be well prepared, as long as he could capture the city of Kadum in one fell swoop, and after obtaining the supplies there, he could greatly restore the combat ability of his troops. While preparing for the siege, Ulysses sent his eldest son Qusay as an emissary to the Duchy of Palci to ask for Palci's help, if they could enter Palci for refuge, then the army could at least temporarily gain a place to stay; If Kadum City can be captured smoothly, and Palch is willing to help, then Kadum City can be used as a stronghold. Seek to take other areas of the Dils Mountains.

Although Qusay worries that his father's health has not yet recovered, this mission is a matter of life and death for 20,000 people. can't shirk it, and said goodbye to his father at the moment. With a few guards, he headed for Palchi.

Ulysses, except for the necessary military affairs, left the rest of the siege preparations to his second son, Homan, who had been ill a little more by the hard work and marching, and now if he had to do everything, I am afraid that the situation would be even worse.

Despite the fact that the siege preparations were well organized and fast under Homan's command, Ulysses could not help but be in a hurry. This army of his own can be said to have escaped the thief army to rush to this place, if the thief army gathers forces to arrive, and he has not had time to capture Kadum City. That's a big bad situation.

The scouts sent out reported that the bandit army had completed its assembly in the city of Kuba and was heading for it.

Ulysses knew that time was running out and that the main force of the thieves would arrive in a few days, so he ordered Homan to immediately begin the attack.

At the beginning, the siege progressed very smoothly, and the city gate was captured in only a day and a half. Zaran led his troops to retreat to the inner city and continue to resist. The terrain of the inner city is more dangerous, and the inner city is smaller, Zaran's troops seem to be much more abundant, and the city of Kadum is not conducive to deploying too many siege weapons. The siege began to become difficult.

For two days, the two sides started a tug-of-war in the inner city, and the casualties of the Yaji army were getting bigger and bigger, but they were never able to capture the inner city. Seeing that time was gradually passing, Ulysses became more and more anxious. I really wanted to go into battle to supervise the battle in person, but I was stopped by Homan. Looking at Homeman's dark eyes, Ulysses also knew his son's hard work these days. In the end, he was just told to step up his attack.

On the night of the fourth day, reinforcements from the Tyrean army arrived on the battlefield. But to Ulysses' surprise. This support force did not come from land, but landed from the Namra River.

As early as when Li Tianhao learned that Ulysses had sneaked up and attacked Kadum City. Li Tianhao had already sent a messenger to the Namra River in the starry night to inform Elda, who was stationed on the west bank of the Namra River. Later, Zaran, who retreated to Kadum City, also sent Elda a message asking for help. Receiving this information, Elda immediately sent reinforcements to the city of Kadum, but it was too late to come because the Naura River was in the flood season, and the current was so strong that it was difficult to sail. Even so, however, Elda broke the record for water navigation in the Yaki country by successfully leading a fleet across the Namra River during the flood season. If it weren't for an experienced captain like Elda, ordinary people wouldn't have been able to do this.

The sudden arrival of such an army from the water also surprised Ulysses. Originally, he also intended to lead his army across the Namra River to escape the pursuit of the thief army, but in fact, when he saw the turbulent water of the Namra River during the flood season, he completely gave up this idea, which was no different from looking for death. Not to mention that there is not a single decent ferry boat to be found on the entire east bank of the Nara.

But now that the common sense has been broken by the thief army, the thief army can force the Nanluo River to come during the flood season, Ulysses can't help but feel dizzy. Elda's soldiers were not numerous, and most of them were Yaki sailors who had surrendered in the last battle of the Naura River, but after this period of training, Elda had established authority among these people. As Cenas taunted him, Eldar was a ruthless pirate leader, and these sailors are now his loyal men.

Elda, with a force of less than 2,000 men, took advantage of the darkness to launch a surprise attack. The Yaki army fighting in the city was caught off guard and was killed in a daze, and Homan finally grasped the control of the troops, but at this moment, Zaran's troops also rushed out together, and the two armies combined to attack the Yaki army, although the number of Yaki troops was superior, but no one knew how many enemies were coming in the dark, and the terrain in the city was too narrow and not conducive to the formation of the Yaki army with a large number of people. The result of the back and forth was that the Tyrsian army had the upper hand. By daybreak, the Yaqui army had retreated to a small area at the first gate, and the rest of the city had been recaptured by the Dils rebels.

After it was dark, Horman realized that there were not many of them. Fooled, he hurriedly regrouped his army, entered the city again, and engaged in a fierce street battle with the Tyrean rebels.

But at this time, Ulysses outside the city could no longer sit still, and the significance of the arrival of enemy reinforcements was not just a simple number, but a morale boost. Coupled with the thief army that came to help last night, the total number of thieves in the city has exceeded 2,000 people, and his own troops can only fight more than 5,000 people, and a lot of people have been consumed in the past few days. The situation is becoming less and less optimistic.

At this moment, he didn't care that his body had not recovered, and dragged his sick body to reinforce Homan with those combat troops who could still be filled. Ulysses personally supervised the battle, and Homan went to the front to lead the troops, and after a whole day of fierce fighting, Homan was finally able to force the Dils rebels back into the inner city again.

At dusk, dust rose from the eastern side of Kadum City. The cavalry team led by Li Tianhao was the first to arrive at the battlefield. (To be continued......)