Early the next morning, not long after the soldiers had eaten breakfast, they heard the horn of the assembly. In just about five minutes, the whole team was assembled, Qin Dong left 600 people to guard the camp, with 400 cavalry, 500 light infantry and 300 heavy infantry to Lazlog, of which the infantry was in the middle, the cavalry protected the two wings, the equipment of the heavy infantry was all carried by horses and followed behind the team, and the siege equipment troops followed behind the infantry with siege weapons.

The camp was only a dozen miles away from Razlog, and in less than half an hour, the army arrived at the city, and the defenders in the city had already received the news, and the sound of gongs sounded everywhere in the city wall and the city, which was to inform the people in the city that the Huns were ready to start attacking the city, and all the irrelevant people were hiding at home and were not allowed to go out.

Odoaser held the hilt of the giant sword on the city wall, and was about to fight for the city wall, the mace could not be used at all, only the giant sword, and some other leaders were also present, after all, this was the first siege of the Huns, and the leaders rushed over to be familiar with the siege methods and rhythm of some of the Huns, so that they could quickly adapt to it, so as not to be in a hurry when it was their turn to be on duty.

There are only 400 regular troops who can defend on the city wall, if a general with rich command experience and military talent will definitely not arrange all these people to participate in the defense on the city wall all the time, it is necessary to leave reserves, and the defenders must be divided into several groups to take turns to defend, if the soldiers are all on the city wall to participate in the defense, it is estimated that it will take less than two days, everyone will not die in battle, they will be exhausted, only reasonable arrangements for personnel. In this way, sufficient combat effectiveness can be maintained.

The northern wall is not very long, less than a hundred meters, and it does not accommodate many troops to defend it. Two hundred men at one time is sufficient, and the other two hundred can be used as reserves, or one hundred as reserves, and the other three hundred men are divided into three shifts to defend in turn, and each squad is equipped with two hundred strong men, which is the most effective way to defend, but Odoaser and his leaders have little experience in commanding city defense battles. Neither had they learned military command, they simply did not know how to exert the maximum combat effectiveness with the minimum number of people, and the Huns had not yet begun to attack the city. Odoaser went up to the wall with his chiefs and all the four hundred regular soldiers who could fight.

"Look, the Huns are coming!" A sentry soldier screamed loudly.

Odoaser and the other leaders changed their expressions, and they raised their eyes to look into the distance, only to see smoke and dust in the distance. With a slight tremor of the earth. The flags flew in the smoke and dust, and the figures of the Hun cavalry flickered.

Odoasey immediately shouted, "Get ready for battle—"

The herald overheard the order: "The chief of Odoasai has an order, and everyone is ready for battle-".

The soldiers in charge of defending the battlements drew their swords and knives one by one, some carried small maces and spears, the archers stood behind and drew arrows and put them on the bowstrings, while the other auxiliary soldiers began to light fires to boil water and oil, and some pushed logs under the wall, and the soldiers in charge of smashing stones carried a stone and waited nearby. Stones were thrown down at Odoase's orders, and some of the soldiers were held with shields or door panels for the soldiers in battle.

It has been proven that the Huns could gallop from the city and shoot bows and arrows. If there were no shields for the soldiers in battle, as long as the Huns launched another rush, the Germans on the city wall would have suffered heavy casualties, in addition to the shields, the defensive tools to defend against the Huns from the city from the city were also door panels, which were all dismantled from the homes of the common people in the city.

The role of the door panel can be great, since the ballista this siege weapon was invented, the war situation is greatly beneficial to the besieging side, due to the limited width on the city wall, it is difficult for the defender to move the ballista on the city wall for defense, on the contrary, the besieging side can use the ballista to fire stone projectiles at the defenders on the city wall unscrupulously outside the city, and the defender can only use the door panel This very thick defensive tool to protect their own soldiers, although the door panel can not prevent the large stones fired by the trebuchet, it can completely defend against the small stones fired by the ballista, The accuracy of the ballista is much higher than that of the trebuchet, and it is very appropriate for the defenders to use the door panels to defend against the stone projectiles fired by the ballista.

Qin Dong quickly rushed to the city with men and horses, each hundred people under the command of the centurion, it took only a little time to sort out their respective formations, the middle three hundred heavy infantry wearing heavy chain mail, wearing a copper helmet, one hand holding a spear, one hand holding a shield, hanging a simple knife around the waist, behind the heavy infantry is five hundred light infantry, these light infantry wear all the same color cowhide armor, wear a leather helmet, hold a Yanling knife in the right hand, and hold a small leather shield in the left hand, this small leather shield is covered with a layer of cowhide on a small log shield, and the weight is very light. It is rarely used in field combat, and will only be distributed in siege warfare to prevent the defenders from shooting arrows or pouring boiling water and boiling oil, so as to achieve the purpose of protecting themselves.

On the left side of the line were two hundred light cavalry, all dressed in leather armor and helmets, and equipped almost identically to the light infantry, except for an extra horse and a spear. On the right flank of the ranks were the archers, who were armed with no spears, and compared to the light cavalry, they had an extra bow and three quivers, each of which could hold twenty arrows.

The whole team of more than 1,000 people was formed on the march, and slowly advanced towards the city wall of Razlog with a very huge momentum, the heavy infantry lined up in a neat phalanx under the command of Duoyin, and the feet were in a neat pace, and the heavy infantry of three hundred people walked together to make a deafening figure, and even the defenders on the city wall felt the vibration, although the cavalry on both wings only walked and did not run, still made the defenders on the city wall feel a huge threat.

Some of the strong men on the city wall were already so frightened that some of them peed their pants, and some even dropped their tattered spears and turned around and ran down the city wall, but they were quickly cut down by Odoyase's soldiers, and they kept killing more than a dozen strong men who tried to flee because of fear, and Odoaser stabilized the situation and did not let the defenders run away.

Odoasee looked at the Hun army formation that was slowly advancing, and did not turn his head, and asked Tiger beside him: "How do you feel?" ”

Tiger said solemnly on his face: "Strong, very strong, they have strict military discipline and a neat team, no one has made superfluous movements in the process, I have already felt that these soldiers have a special momentum, which is definitely formed after a long time of very strict training!" The only deficiency is that they are still new soldiers, and they have not been baptized by war and lack ruthlessness and murderous spirit! After today, they will be reborn again."

Odoase's brow furrowed even higher as he listened to Tiger's words.

Walking behind the heavy infantry on horseback, Qin Dong, who was in front of the light infantry, observed the situation ahead under the escort of the guards, and when he found that it was less than three hundred meters away from the city wall, he ordered: "Order, stop advancing!" ”

"The general has an order, stop-stop-forward-advance!" One of the heralds shouted loudly, followed by two short horns, and the whole team stopped, and the formation was still the same as before.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the flag of the rectangular wolf head symbol representing Qin Dong's identity was blown by the cold wind, and after a loud shout, the two columns of soldiers in the middle of the heavy infantry phalanx turned to each other, and each took two steps back, and a long passage was vacated in the middle, Qin Dong took Tolon, Fessar, Ruth, Batu, Wang Liu and others to gallop to the front of the team through the long passage under the escort of the escort, and stopped at a position just a stone's throw away from the city.

Qin Dong reined in his war horse and looked up at the city wall and shouted: "Qin Dong is here, Odoasai comes out to answer!" ”

In the distance, a young strong man with a face full of flesh and a beard like steel needles appeared on the city wall, that was Odoyase, only to see Odoasse said: "Qin Dong, I know that you are here to take revenge, last time we went to attack your camp but failed but were killed by you and suffered heavy losses, it stands to reason that I should be looking for you to take revenge, I didn't look for you, you found it first, in this case, what else is there to say, what tricks will be used, I Odoasec is waiting for you here, if you have the ability, you will attack the city wall and kill me, otherwise, You'd better go back to your prairie! ”

"Hahaha, it's so funny, you guys sneak attack me, can I just let you sneak attack? You still want to seek revenge on me? Your people have been counterattacked, and if they die, they will die in vain, which is called self-inflicted iniquity, and they deserve it! Today I will give you another chance, if you are willing to open the gates, lead your subjects out of the city and surrender, offer your sword, and swear allegiance to me, I will spare you and your people, or I will kill you with chickens and dogs when I enter the city!" ”

Odoase's face was pale, obviously angry, and he yelled: "With you, a little commander, you also want me Odoaser to surrender to you?" This is impossible, and in my cognition, there has never been the word surrender, less nonsense, if you have any ability, let me see how you Huns attacked my city! ”

When Qin Dong heard this, as soon as he pulled the reins and turned his horse's head, he shouted, "Siege!" Catapults and ballistas fired for half an hour".

The herald immediately conveyed Qin Dong's order, and shouted at the top of his throat: "The general has an order, start attacking the city!" Catapults and ballistas are ready to fire! ”

Although siege warfare had been practiced many times during training, after all, it was the first time for the soldiers to really face actual combat, and the soldiers of the logistics unit operating trebuchets and ballistas did not know whether they were excited or scared, and their hands and feet were a little trembling during the operation.

When Qin Dong's chariot and horse returned to the light infantry formation, a herald came over and reported: "General Qiyu, the trebuchet and ballista have been prepared and are ready to be fired at any time!" ”

"Launch!" Qin Dong waved his hand, and a soldier behind him immediately took out a horn and blew to convey the order.

After the horn sounded, a soldier on the side of the trebuchet and a soldier on the side of the ballista waved a small flag, which was the signal of the order, and one after another the stone projectiles flew up towards the city wall not far away. (To be continued......)