At the beginning of the Battle of Aswanda, the situation was clearly unfavorable to the Yaqui side.

First of all, on the east bank of the Namra River, almost all the strongholds around Aswanda City have been cleared by Li Tianhao, and Aswanda City is isolated in front of the enemy army. Fortunately, Aswanda City is located downstream of the Nanra River Falls, and by this point Li Tianhao can no longer use his strong surface transportation capacity to supply the army, so Li can no longer cross Aswanda City to expand his achievements in deeper places.

The city of Aswanda was only the southernmost point of the Namra River in peacetime, and it can be said to be insignificant, but in wartime its position was significantly strengthened, as it was the last water supply point for the Yaki army to the south, and its throughput was directly related to the size and speed of its deployment. Coupled with the fact that it is also the gateway to the south of Durbans, the successive kings of Yaki have not dared to ignore the restoration of Aswanda. Aswanda is not only a fortress-like city, but also a port city with a huge throughput capacity. The reason why Vultures was able to rescue Aswanda in time when Li Tianhao's powerful cavalry raided was also achieved by transporting soldiers from the waterway. But now, with just one isolated city in Aswanda, it still feels difficult to resist Li Tianhao's army.

Looking at the situation on the west bank of the Nanluo River, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched. The speed at which Wei Songbu arrived at the battlefield was indeed not slow, but the defenders on the west bank had already learned of the enemy's movements and were fully prepared to meet the enemy, so it was impossible to attack quickly. With the advantage of the terrain, the Yaji Army maintained the battle line. However, the Yaji Army faced another problem, because the battle line was located in the upper reaches of the waterfall. The Yaki Army was unable to obtain supplies from the waterways of Aswanda, and the supplies in the rear had to be transported from the lower downstream areas to the higher areas, which caused some inconvenience to the Yaji Army. Therefore, although the Dils army came from afar and had a long supply line, the supply pressure faced by both sides was comparable.

After figuring out the front and back of Li Tianhao's long-distance attack, Vulture decisively gave up the original plan - since the main force of the opponent's supply turned out to be the waterway, then it was simply a fool's dream to attack the opponent's supply line, and it was impossible to pose a threat to the enemy's supply team if he ventured into the enemy's rear without a single boat. So far. Vultures can only compete with Li Tianhao on the Aswanda defense line.

The first phase of the battle was carried out on both sides in a step-by-step manner, and Li Tianhao's cavalry could not play a role in the siege, so he simply handed over the cavalry to Alam. Let him be in charge of attacking the surrounding areas that have not yet been surrendered, and he and Gernas will slowly begin to prepare siege facilities; On the Western Front, Wei Song and the Yaji Army engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle over some tactical points, and the two sides fought back and forth very lively, but the progress was not great. Bius played his veteran's wrist. put on a stalker. Because the Dils army did not have an advantage in numbers, it was just a surprise to take advantage of the vultures, but now once the war becomes a stalemate, the vultures make good use of the numerical advantage to make up for the lack of combat experience of the soldiers, and after stabilizing the situation, the Yaji army has gradually been honed in actual combat, and has become more and more tacit in the command of its superiors, so after half a month of war. The offensive operations of the Dils army became more difficult, and several tactical points that had been captured earlier were recaptured by Bius.

Faced with this gratifying situation. The generals of the Western Front could not hide their excitement - in the history of the confrontation between Yaqui and the Dils army, there were not many times to turn back the decline in this way, especially after the previous painful defeats, the generals carefully studied the tactics of the Dils army, pondered the strategy of coping, and now in the actual battle, they finally proved that the Dils army is not invincible, as long as the response is successful, the Yaki army can still gain an advantage. It's just that too many soldiers with combat experience have been lost before, and it will take time and effort to build these newly trained soldiers into a powerful army that can destroy the Dilc army.

Of course, Vulture is happy to accept the emotions of the generals, after all, the joy of the generals can quickly affect their subordinates, thereby improving morale, but Vulture keeps reminding himself in his heart that Li Tianhao will never be so simple, his current decline is just an illusion he wants to create for the Yaji Army, and there must be some big move being planned behind it. For this reason, he wrote a special letter to the veteran general Bius commanding on the west bank, reminding him not to take it lightly, although the situation on the eastern front is far more critical than that on the western front, as long as the city of Aswan does not lose Li Tianhao, it will be difficult to cross, but once the western front is lost, there is no important town that can support it in its rear, and once the Dils army crosses the lower reaches of the waterfall, then it can only organize a defensive line in Durbans.

Ignoring the urgent documents and the corresponding news of the loss of the Eastern Front, Vulture endured the demands of his generals to ask for war but refused to agree, and he nested in the city of Aswan like a hibernating bear, silently strengthening the city's garrison. He knew in his heart that the reason why Li Tianhao was slowly preparing siege equipment, but he was in full swing around the siege, was to lure himself into sending troops to rescue, and then eat these reinforcements, so as to weaken the garrison in the city. Vultures did not have the will to cooperate with Li Tianhao's thoughts, and he had to ensure that he maintained his maximum combat power while Li Tianhao was attacking the city with all his might. After all, delaying time is the fundamental purpose of his operation, and Li Tianhao is willing to delay time, but he can't ask for it.

Finally, Vultures waited for Li Tianhao's siege. This was an eye-opening siege operation for him, and Li Tianhao showed him many siege equipment that he had never seen in his military career. Ladders, nest carts, catapults, crashes, carts, wooden donkeys, and even the unique Lu bus of the Silk Country, attacking the walls of Aswanda, the gates and the soldiers defending the city in all directions, thought that the well-prepared Vulture was still in a hurry when facing some of the siege weapons he saw for the first time. In particular, the Lu bus is divided into five layers, the top floor is higher than the city wall, and the soldiers on it can condescendingly shoot arrows at the defenders in the city; The second floor can be directly connected to the castle tower, allowing soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders; The lower three floors were made of wooden planks, covered with raw cowhide and wet mud, and a curtain made of twigs hung on the outside, which could not be harmed by bows, fire, or stones fired from catapults. In the face of this terrible siege machine, all Vulture could do was to organize people to constantly block the opponent and attack the city wall. Fortunately, because it is not easy to make a huge Lu bus, Li Tianhao only built two, otherwise Vultures really didn't know how to deal with it.

On the first day of attacking and defending Central Asia, the base army lost more than 1,000 men, and the city wall was dug by wooden donkeys in many places, but fortunately, Vulture was prepared and blocked the gap in time. The offensive on the second and third days of the day did not weaken at all, but tended to intensify, and the proud southern wall of the city of Aswanda was dug with holes, and the two Lu coaches could not be destroyed. For this reason, several brave generals led their soldiers to fall from the city and attack from the rear of Lu Gong's car, but in the face of Li Tianhao's cavalry and intensive shooting of bows and arrows, these brave men just sacrificed their lives in vain. The Yaqui soldiers began to panic, and they began to feel that the fall of Aswanda City under such onslaught was just around the corner.

However, Vulture didn't think so, he keenly felt that Li Tianhao's offensive was too fierce, while the Yaji army caused huge casualties, the casualties of the Dils army were even heavier, this kind of war of attrition was what Li Tianhao had always avoided, even if his foundation was stronger than before, the Dils army could not withstand such a vicious war attrition. All this can only show that Li Tianhao is eager to take the city. Li Tianhao's anxious move, what is the reason behind this? Does he have to?

Vultures immediately summoned the personnel in charge of intelligence. (To be continued......)