Leon's siege war made Qin Dong very troubled, in fact, before the western expedition, Qin Dong considered bringing a demolition force specially used for siege, but he also considered that the large-scale use of gunpowder to siege the city in this era cannot be absolutely secret after all, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and if you use it too much, one day the enemy will find out the clues, and then find a way to deal with it or directly steal the formula of gunpowder, and the large-scale use of gunpowder in this era is definitely a disaster, This weapon can only be stored as a strategic weapon and as a technical reserve, and cannot be used as a last resort, so this time, although some gunpowder was brought, it was not used in siege warfare.

After the cavalry division led by Hans escorted 20,000 prisoners of war to join the main force, Qin Dong's heart finally relaxed, with the cavalry in hand, he was not afraid of anything.

The Saxon chieftain and the queen of Sarmatia, as well as several Frankish generals, were escorted by soldiers to visit Qin Dong.

"Meet the dragon of the desert, the king of kings of the grasslands and forests, the plains and hills, the lakes and the sea, the king of all races, the god of the gods, the master of the universe, the great emperor of the Hu Empire!" A succession of honorable titles came out of the mouths of the Saxon chieftains and Sarmatia, as well as a few Frankish generals.

Qin Dong had long been accustomed to these titles and honorific titles that were too high to be scored, and he waved his hand to let these people stand up, even though these people were already prisoners and did not have such the right to stand in front of Qin Dong to speak, but Qin Dong still considered the status of these people in their respective tribes to save them some face, and this behavior won the favor of these high-ranking prisoners. At least the conversation between the two sides went smoothly for the rest of the conversation.

In front of Qin Dong, these people expressed their regret for joining the coalition forces of the Western Roman Empire, saying that this act was completely instigated and treacherous by the evil Pope Leo I, so they were dazed and became enemies of the invincible and invincible great emperor.

Several people said that tears were pouring down. Beating his chest and repenting for his mistakes, especially the pitiful and provocative look of Queen Nasarmatia, everyone in the big tent couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Speaking of which, this Sarmatian queen does have a bit of beauty, and she can be regarded as the best among women, not only beautiful, but also full of infinite temptation, which is the standard model of the face of an angel and the figure of a devil. However, Qin Dong knows very well that such a woman is not easy to mess with, not afraid. But for political reasons, he can't get involved with such a woman.

Listening to the verbal review of these people, Qin Dong's mind turned and he thought about it. He decided to give them a try. Then he spoke: "Our army will attack Lyon tomorrow, I wonder if you are interested in fighting the Burgundians?" ”

The leader of the Saxons was old and refined, and immediately understood that Qin Dong wanted them to show their loyalty, so he was the first to stand up and say: "Respectful, great emperor, if Your Majesty looks up to me as a Saxon warrior, please allow me to personally lead the warriors of my clan to attack Lyon first tomorrow!" ”

The Queen of Salmatia and several other Frankish generals were not stupid, and immediately stood up to show their loyalty, saying that they would take their own troops to attack Lyon. In order to show the determination of his tribe to make a complete break with the allied forces of the Western Roman Empire.

For this kind of active request, Qin Dong will certainly not refuse. With a smile on his face, he instructed Hans: "Since several leaders and generals have taken the initiative to ask for battle, I can't extinguish their fighting spirit, and tomorrow I will distribute their weapons to the leaders and generals' soldiers in turn!" ”

Hans promised: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

The next day, this evening was the time for the general attack, in the morning, Qin Dong led the army to press under the gate of Lyonsi, and after stopping beyond the range of the bow and arrow, Qin Dong said to the Saxon leader: "Your Excellency, it seems that the Burgundians are ready to fight to the death, now let me see how brave the warriors of your tribe are, and lead the warriors to climb the city wall and vent the anger in your hearts on them!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Saxon chief did not dare to slack off, who made him the first to stand up yesterday and say that he wanted to break with the coalition forces? He immediately agreed, and led and commanded more than 3,000 of his soldiers to rush towards the city of Lyon.

Bursts of war drums sounded, the momentum suddenly became huge, outside the city of Lyon, the army of the Hu people empire moved towards the city of Lyon like dense ants on the ground, plus the barbarian tribesmen soldiers who came from all over the country, the total strength reached 180,000, the Burgundian soldiers on the city wall were like facing a great enemy, and some soldiers who had never fought before saw such a huge scene for the first time and their minds were blank, trembling, their faces turned pale, and some people were even directly frightened.

In order to show his determination to break with the coalition in front of Qin Dong, and to let Qin Dong see the bravery of his tribal warriors, so that Qin Dong thought that he was still of some use, the Saxon leader personally went into battle and led his clan warriors to attack the west gate of Lyon.

The Saxons living in continental Europe are now basically scattered in the mountains and forests, and the living conditions are extremely difficult, much more difficult than the Burgundians who have already established their kingdoms, so their soldiers are more fearless of death when fighting, and they are as light as swallows when climbing siege ladders to attack the city, and fight barbarians with barbarians, which is the strategy and practice of Qin Dong, they are also barbarians, and the Saxons are much more familiar with the fighting methods of the Burgundians, so they will come up with a more suitable way to fight with the Burgundians.

After a morning of fierce siege battles, the Saxons and Sarmatians took turns to attack the city of Lyon wave after wave, both sides suffered heavy losses, and the Burgundians defending the city were no better, due to the previous siege and siege of the city that lasted for more than a month, the military supplies for the defense of the city of Lyon have been almost consumed, such as arrows, because after Qin Dong's pretended withdrawal, the Burgundians did not replenish the system in time, so now the number of arrows used to defend the city is very small, This was evident from the morning siege, where the number of arrows fired from the walls was much lower than in the last siege.

In the afternoon, the siege continued, this time it was the Frankish axe-throwing infantry who took on the main siege task, as for the Frankish heavy cavalry, Qin Dong still had a use to keep it, and it was too wasteful to use the heavy cavalry to fight siege battles. There were only six or seven thousand heavy cavalry left, and the number of axe-throwers was only so many.

The siege battle in the afternoon was larger than in the morning, and all the siege tasks were carried out by axe-throwers, and the siege battalion of the Qindong army provided long-range attack cover for these axe-throwers with long-range throwing weapons. It has to be said that the fighting power of the Frankian axe-throwers in siege warfare is much stronger than that of field battles on flat ground, because they can throw axes at the enemy on the city wall while climbing, and they have been specially trained to throw axes for a long time, and they are full of accuracy, and the Burgundian soldiers who are about to lift stones on the city walls and prepare to smash them down have no time to drop the stone before they can hit the head with a sharp axe.

In the army under the city, Qin Dong and the others were greatly surprised to see the strength of the Frankish axe-throwers in the siege battle, especially Qin Dong, according to his estimate, if according to the current situation, if the Burgundian in the city did not want to stop the siege momentum of the axe-throwers, I am afraid that before the evening, the city of Lyon would be broken by the Frankish axe-throwers.

But the Burgundians in the city were indeed very tenacious, and at the critical moment, King Gundorbad personally rushed to the city wall with the palace guards to repel the crazy attack of the Franks, but the Burgundians suffered extremely heavy casualties in this siege, and even King Gundorbad was cut off an arm with an axe by a Frankish axe-thrower.

The battle went on in the evening, Qin Dong saw that it was getting late, and had to order the troops to be collected and returned to the camp, and the Franks retreated like a tide, and after returning to the camp, Qin Dong performed to the Saxon leader and the queen of Sarmatia, fully affirming their bravery in the siege battle in the morning, and even more appreciating the appearance of the Franks in the afternoon battle.

The evening is the time when there is a riot in the city, after the army has dinner, Qin Dong began to organize the army to prepare for the invasion of the city of Lyon, after the army enters the city, it will definitely be a street battle between the Burgundian defenders in the city, the lethality of the cavalry is difficult to play in the street battle, the streets in the city are long and narrow, and the impact of the heavy cavalry can quickly disintegrate the enemy's defense, but the heavy cavalry is not mobile enough, it is difficult to turn around in the alley, and it will be very dangerous once it loses its mobility, so in this battle, Qin Dong arranged all the infantry, the cavalry was outside the city to monitor those surrendering troops.

In the middle of the night, a large number of shouts suddenly erupted from the location of the west gate in the city of Lyon, and at this time, Duoyin had already led a division of infantry to quietly touch not far from the west gate.

After a quarter of an hour, he heard the drawbridge creaking and being lowered, and then he saw someone waving torches in the cave of the city gate. ”

"Kill, kill, kill-" Under the command of Duoyin, the Hu army quickly crossed the drawbridge and rushed into the city to meet with their own people who went to the city gate, and then attacked the center of the city under the leadership of these people, and the other part stayed to clean up the Burgundian defenders on the city wall, after the Hu Imperial army entered the city, the Burgundian defenders completely lost the information of defending the city, and barely resisted for a while, after killing and wounding some soldiers, the Xicheng took the lead in breaking through, and the defenders chose to surrender.

After more than an hour of street fighting, the Burgundian army in the city was gradually suppressed by the army of the Hu Empire to the vicinity of the palace, and was surrounded by regiments. (To be continued......)