Chapter 125: Dragon City, the Imperial Capital
[Chapter 125: Dragon City, the Imperial Capital]
The tall and majestic castle tower is in front, and the city gate is closed with colorful flags fluttering on the castle tower, and in front of the city gate is a moat about eight meters wide, and the suspension bridge on the moat is also closed, and the river flows quietly!
The vanguard army has already set up camp not far away, and hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed three miles away from Dragon City, waiting for the main army behind, and Yu Xuan's main army has also arrived! There are four gates in Dragon City, so the Dahua Empire sent four legions to garrison them, except for some patrols and those responsible for guarding, the other armies are all resting, laboring expeditions, facing the army stationed in the city, the battle is not very ideal!
In the evening, Yu Xuan convened the generals to discuss the siege of the city, this siege is not the previous Los Angeles, but a thousand-year-old imperial capital, the defense is very powerful, it is difficult for ordinary troops to capture, must carry heavy siege weapons, this time they can be said to have come with heavy weapons, but from the city defense map given by Wang Fatzi, the city army also has heavy weapons in their hands, once the city is threatened, the people in them can operate, and fight back, the weapons inside are some large bows and crossbows and some catapults, Although they are bulky, they are very destructive once they are attacked!
So these things must be solved before the siege, otherwise the casualties caused are incalculable, there are currently 300,000 defenders in the city, the real army is 200,000 horses, and the remaining 100,000 are temporarily formed armies, and there is no combat effectiveness!
Six legions led by Yu Xuan! The total strength of more than 500,000 people, from the number of a certain advantage, from the weapon, Yu Xuan's army has a hot weapon road warfare king, although so, they must fight quickly, can not delay time, because not far away there is a reinforcement of the Southern Xinjiang Empire, they were originally to resist the Yuwen royal army, did not expect that the Yuwen royal family border problems, war, so they did not send troops, but withdrew the army that was ready to attack the Southern Xinjiang Empire, in this way, the Southern Xinjiang Empire's original resistance to the Yuwen Imperial army was idle, So he was immediately mobilized to support Dragon City.
Therefore, the pressure on the Dahua Empire is also relatively large, mainly because their ally Yuwen Imperial Family is unreliable, otherwise they can easily defeat the Southern Xinjiang Empire, not like this, after discussion, they decided the order of siege and the direction of the main attack.
In the face of this tall thousand-year-old city, they have to be careful, but there is not a lot of time, they must take the city within a limited time, otherwise they will face a counter-surroundment, all the generals know the seriousness of the matter, they personally came to the army to check the siege weapons and soldiers, and do not want to make a mistake in tomorrow's battle.
In the early morning of the second day, the Dahua Emperor* team had prepared everything early, and it was not yet dawn, but they had already eaten breakfast, and the whole army was assembled, ready to attack the city at any time, and the defenders of the city were also brightly lit, paying attention to the changes under the city at any time, just when the Dahua Empire was assembling the army, the defenders on the city also increased a lot, and their generals all came to the city wall to prepare to command the army to fight at any time.
"Knock knock!" The war drums sounded under the city, and the army approached in a neat line, respectively at the south gate, the north gate, the west gate and the east gate, and the same army appeared at the four city gates, and they looked like they were about to start attacking the city.
The defenders of the Southern Xinjiang Empire on the city began to make comprehensive preparations, and several generals also came to the city tower, including Sima Yan, the Sima family's Sima Tiantian prince, all came to the city tower, their task now is not to repel the enemy army but how to hold the dragon city for three days, as long as the three days have passed, their reinforcements will come, and then they can destroy the enemy army in one fell swoop, but they think very well, but the Dahua Emperor * team under the city will not give them a chance, they have advanced weapons, and there is a Cheng Fang Tao hand, it can be said that everything is ready only to owe the east wind, The siege was a matter of time.
"Boom! Thundered! "A few loud bangs shook people's ears, and several brilliant sparks bloomed in the sky above Dragon City! Then there was a loud bang, and then the light of the explosion could see that there were castle-like things moving under the city, moving closer and closer to the walls, and from time to time there were bursts of fire in the black castle.
The defenders of the city looked at the things below the city in horror, and when the firelight reached them, the walls made of boulders were shattered at once, like mud, and those who approached the place turned directly into powder, and the air was confused with the smell of human flesh. It made all the sergeants defending the city feel a chill in their hearts, this is not a level of battle at all! If they continue to fight, they will be shattered like this wall! Many soldiers felt fear and avoidance because they wanted to live.
"Don't retreat! Resist me! There's a moat ahead, and they can't get through! A general shouted as he ran along the city walls, his sword swinging at his soldiers from time to time, lest they flee.
"Boom!" After a loud bang, the general was directly turned into powder! Only flaming armor and a broken sword remained.
"Ah!!h Several timid soldiers began to flee in panic, and when they got up to flee, they were killed by flying bows and arrows against the wall.
In the face of such a battle situation, the defenders of the city were already disheartened, and the reinforcements did not know when they would arrive, and it was already unimaginable that this would bring them heavy losses now, three days? Three more days? I guess I can only talk about it!
It was dawn, the army under the city did not withdraw, Yu Xuan was behind the siege army, looking at the situation in the city, he felt that the time was ripe, the sneak attack just now gave the enemy a heavy blow, and then at dawn, they could attack according to the attack marked on the city defense map, to destroy their defenses and prepare for the next siege.
"Order the kings of land warfare to attack according to their respective assignments, and after the attack, the ladder army will prepare to attack the city! Archers prepare! Take Dragon City today. Yu Xuan looked at the battle in front of him and ordered.
"Yes! Subordinates receive orders! ”
There is a new attack, and the king of land warfare has exerted his extreme combat power in this battle, which is much better than originally expected, and if it goes on like this, he can capture Dragon City in one day.
At this time, the defenders of the city were miserable, except for the heavy casualties, all the soldiers had already developed fear in their hearts, they could not fight, and they only added a few more corpses to the fight!
The people of the Sima family are already preoccupied, their rule here is coming to an end, in the current situation, the reinforcements have not arrived, it is estimated that the city is no longer guaranteed, leave one more day and kill some people, except for the 200,000 elites they brought from southern Xinjiang, the other armies in the city are all levied near Longcheng, and the combat effectiveness is very low, as soon as they encounter an opponent stronger than themselves, they will begin to prepare to flee, and they have no combat power!
(To be continued!) )
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