Tolon's intention was not to kill the Germanic peasants in large numbers, and to shoot some people along the way was just to give Razlog's Germanic defenders some deterrence, and now that the purpose had been achieved, after the peasants who had not had time to enter the city scattered and fled from the east and west, he did not let the cavalry chase them again.

"Shoot-" There was a loud roar from the city wall.

"Whoosh...... a rain of arrows shot at the Hun cavalry under the city, several Hun cavalry who rushed to the front were suddenly shot off their horses, the Hun cavalry behind saw the city wall began to shoot arrows, immediately separated from the left and right sides, no longer continue to rush to the city gate, but from the east and west sides of the separation, the rush was launched, the Hun cavalry opened the bow and arrow immediately launched a counterattack on the Germanic bow and arrow on the city wall, "swishing .......".

"Ahhh

The Germanic defenders on the city wall were shot and killed before they had time to react, and the middle-aged guards kept waving their swords to knock the arrows away, but found that the arrows were shot one after another, and there was no intention of stopping, and when he finally eased up, he found that his archers were almost dead, only a dozen people were hiding under the wall battlements and trembling, while most of the other soldiers were still stubbornly guarding the city wall with shields, but people kept being shot in the body and died, he immediately ordered; "Hide, hide!"

There was chaos on the city walls, with screams, yelling, and shouts of killing. The order was conveyed a little slowly, and the Hun cavalry under the city was completed in a round of shooting, and the defenders on the city wall all hid. The Hun cavalry began to regroup, and under the command of the centurions, they formed a group outside the city under the direction of the city, and the two hundred light cavalry had already completed the formation on one side, and the reconnaissance cavalry had already dispersed to patrol and guard around a radius of more than ten miles nearby.

Now that the gates were closed, Toron's desire to raid Razlog and the peasants to storm the city was shattered, leaving him to wait outside the city for the main army to arrive. It is unrealistic to start the siege of the city with siege equipment and rely on cavalry to attack the city, and this practice is a fool's act.

The defenders on the city wall saw that there was no movement under the city. They all slowly got up from under the battlements on the city wall and stretched out their heads to look down, and saw that the Hun cavalry were all assembled a stone's throw away, so they all stood up boldly.

The middle-aged guard walked to the city tower and held on to the wall battlements and shouted below: "Which general is the Hun under the city?" Why have you invaded my Razlog's lands and cities without cause, and killed and wounded my men? ”

Toronze immediately stepped forward and looked up at the gate building. shouted: "Lao Tzu is the centurion under the command of Lord Qin Dong, the commander of the southeast border defense area of the Great Xiongnu Empire. Half a year ago, Odoaser invaded my Pazar region with thousands of people, wanting to attack my camp, this account has not been settled with you, today is the time to settle the account, Tiger, Lao Tzu is a man, quickly open the city gate and surrender, I will ask Lord Qin Dong for mercy and pardon you. You can also be an official, what do you think? ”

It turned out that the middle-aged guard was called Tiger. It was Odoase's general, in charge of Razlog's city defense, he listened to Tolon's words, and immediately refused: "This is impossible, if you have the ability, you will come to attack the city, I, Tiger, are waiting for you here!" ”

"I don't know whether to live or die, you just wait to go to hell with Odoase!" After saying that, Tuo Long began to order his cavalry to retreat more than ten miles and set up camp and prepare lunch, the main force led by Qin Dong could not arrive until the afternoon, and his vanguard troops must set up camp before Qin Dong's main force arrived.

Just when Tolon's army retreated and set up camp, Odoaser got the news and hurried to the north gate, he climbed the city wall and saw the chaos on the city wall, hundreds of dead and wounded, the corpses of the soldiers lay on the city wall, some of the wounded soldiers lay on the ground howling, some leaned against the wall and died, these people were all shot by arrows, and his heart was suddenly shocked, could it be that the Huns outside the city had a large number of archers? Otherwise, how could there be so many casualties?

After walking up the tower, Tiger came over and saluted and reported: "Odoasey, the Huns are retreating, presumably preparing to camp!" ”

Odoasai looked at the corpses and wounded around him and asked, "What about our casualties?" ”

"The casualties are very large, I just let people count them, the Huns only one round of arrow rain let us lose one hundred and eighty-eight people, of which one hundred and ten died, the others were not injured by Cheng Dù, their riding bow range seems to be much farther than before, and they adopted a new method of warfare, after rushing directly over, they were divided into left and right wings, galloping to both sides, while galloping on horseback, the knights shot arrows at the city wall, and the range of our bows and arrows was far inferior to them, and they couldn't shoot them at all!"

Odoaser frowned, under normal circumstances, as long as they are not careless, it is difficult for the Huns to break through this fortress, otherwise, Razlog will not be able to be controlled by the Germans all the time, it has long been captured by the Huns, Razlog's city defense is very strong, small stones such as catapults are basically scratching on it, there are a total of eight hundred defenders in the city, if in an emergency, the residents of the city can also participate in the battle, it is no problem to make up three or four thousand strong men, the Huns want to capture here, It is impossible to capture this fortress without paying the price of tens of thousands, tens of thousands of dead and wounded, this price is too great, unless the entire Xiongnu Empire is dispatched, otherwise any Xiongnu general is reluctant to pay such heavy casualties to seize this fortress.

Odoaser frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Immediately organize people to carry the wounded down the city wall for treatment, carry the corpses on the city wall down as well, and prepare cauldrons, hot oil, logs, boiling water, stones, and wood, and carry all the arrows in stock on the city wall!" ”

Hot oil, logs, stones, and arrows were all strategic materials for city defense battles in this era, and soldiers used these things to stand on the walls to kill and injure attacking enemy soldiers, so each city would prepare these things to be stored under the city walls and be used at any time.

Tiger said with a solemn face: "Do you think the Huns will attack the city?" But they only have four or five hundred cavalry, and aren't these people going to death when they attack the city? ”

Odoaser turned his head and asked, "Can you guarantee that there are no Hun infantry behind?" It's been half a year since we last attacked Pazar. In the past six months, the Huns did not make the slightest movement, according to the strong vindictiveness of the Huns. They should have called us a long time ago to give us a little color, but they didn't come until now, why is that? It is clear that the Huns were not ready before, and this time they came because they were ready, and the big battle was coming. Passing on my order, all the men over the age of fifteen in the city are ready to select a group of strong men to help guard the city defense. The others were responsible for transporting supplies, food and water, while the rest of the old and weak stayed at home and did not go out, sending people to patrol the streets and arrest suspicious people as soon as they encountered them."

"Yes!" The other leaders replied at the same time.

With the order of Odoasai was given. The whole of Lazlog moved. Not everyone in Razlog was Germanic, there were many Eastern Romans, and there were also caravans who had been stranded here because they had not had time to leave.

The shouts of the patrolling soldiers were heard from a long distance on the street, and all the men over the age of fifteen rushed to the open space at the North City Gate to gather, and the other old and weak women and children stayed at home and did not go out.

After martial law was issued, the whole of Razlog jumped for a while. The grain in the grain store was quickly snapped up, and now the Huns are coming. I don't know how long this battle will last, and I don't know if Odoaser will be able to hold it, so it's right to snap up as much food as possible.

A large number of strategic materials were transported to the city wall to prepare for battle, and in order to increase the defensive force, the door panels of many houses were removed by the soldiers and transported to the city wall, and all the wood and stones in the city were transported.

Just when the city of Razlog was in a tense and busy situation, Qin Dong finally arrived outside the north gate of Razlog with the main force at dusk in the afternoon and joined up with Tolon's five hundred cavalry.

"My lord, I wanted to drive the peasants in the city and rush into the city after them, but the defenders forcibly closed the city gate regardless of the lives of those peasants, so that my raid plan failed, and it is my responsibility not to enter the city in the first place, please punish me!" After meeting Qin Dong, Tuolong explained the situation and demanded punishment.

Qin Dong helped Tuolong up and said with a smile: "I didn't ask you to enter the city once, besides, if Razlog is so easy to fight, I'm afraid it would have become our territory a long time ago, and you don't have to blame yourself, here has a wide field of vision, and there are endless grasslands within a radius of dozens of miles, if you want to succeed in a raid, it is almost impossible in broad daylight, okay, let's talk about the situation you have!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Tuo Long agreed and began to introduce the situation: "My lord, there are a total of 700 defenders in the city, 300 cavalry, 400 infantry, but now we are attacking the city, their cavalry is trapped in the city, can only be used as infantry, subordinates have been in the city for a long time not long ago, and found that the city has mobilized ordinary people to participate in the city defense, the specific number is unknown, and many citizens are helping the army to transport defense materials, and the subordinates are reconnoitring the Yinsong Village on the right, there are only less than 200 people stationed in the Yinsong Village, but the terrain there is very dangerous, it's very, very difficult to break through from there! In addition, according to the spies, 500 of Odoasa's infantry were stationed in the city of Carmen, thirty miles behind Razlog. ”

Qin Dong walked outside the tent and looked up at the sky, and found that there should still be some time before it got dark, so he ordered: "Duoyin stay in the camp, pay attention to the surprise attack of Odoas, while there is still a period of time before it gets dark, the others will follow me to the vicinity of Yinsong Village to see the situation!" ”

"Yes, my lord!"

In less than a quarter of an hour, Qin Dong and the others rode to the foot of Yinsongzhai Mountain, which is equivalent to other places, the terrain here in Yinsongzhai is indeed flat, but it is also very dangerous, the slope is bare, there is hardly a single weed, all are, the slope is about fifty or sixty degrees, this slope is a little difficult to climb the mountain, not to mention the offensive war? There are trees and weeds on the top of the mountain, if you look down from the top of the mountain, it is estimated that you should be able to see it at a glance, but if you look up from the foot of the mountain, you can't see anything, only see a bare slope on the hillside and a grove on the top of the mountain, if you attack from here, as long as a piece of log rolls down from the top of the mountain, it will definitely be able to smash over a large area, and that grove does not know what kind of killing machine is hidden, there are only two hundred people stationed on the top of the mountain, but it is firmly nailed here, if you want to attack the top of the mountain, you must have suffered heavy casualties, Qin Dong's troops are not very abundant, for him, at this stage of the war, he can take advantage of the shortcuts, minimize his own casualties, and preserve the living force, but to capture Razlog, in the case of minimizing his own casualties, and to take Razlogg in the shortest possible time is what Qin Dong has to consider now.

After surveying the terrain of Yinsong Village, Qin Dong took the generals back to the camp and held a military meeting, ordering Wang Liu to command the craftsmen to build siege equipment, after Wang Liu received Qin Dong's order, he led people to the foot of the nearby mountain to cut down trees overnight, and transported the cut trees back to the camp to build siege equipment overnight.

Wang Liu's logistics troops were also assigned to mine stone for use as ammunition for catapults, and the craftsmen began to build siege equipment once they had the materials.

During this period, the most commonly used siege equipment in Europe was catapults and ballistas, ladders, siege towers, battering rams and tunnels were commonly used tools and means, and many craftsmen under Qin Dong would make these siege equipment, and these craftsmen were extorted from the Eastern Roman Empire by Qin Dong last time. Before Charlie Cao's demolition troops were fully trained, Qin Dong could only use the most primitive siege methods to attack the city, and under Qin Dong's orders, Wang Liu instructed the craftsmen to build catapults, ladders, ballistas, siege towers and battering rams.

The ballista was invented as early as 399 BC, when Dionysus of the Greek Serra Gang faced the threat of force from the powerful Carthaginians. At this time, a weapon that eclipsed all other powers was born - the craftsmen of Dionysus designed and built the first torsion spring ballista in the history of warfare!

The Greeks designed the ballista with a sturdy bracket on which the main beam rested on the bracket and two torsion spring sets on either side of the front end, each of which drove a crossbow arm with a bowstring attached to the center of which was a woven mesh bag for the projectile. The upper side of the beam has a long dovetail groove, a slide with a long guide rail can slide back and forth along the long groove, and the rear end of the slider is equipped with a set of ingenious firing mechanism. The bowstring can be easily locked and released, and the end of the beam is fitted with a winch, allowing the user to pull the handle or drag the rope to move the slide. When the bowstring is pulled back and fixed by the firing mechanism, the weapon is in a state of readiness. In order to make it less laborious to operate the winch, metal racks were set on both sides of the beam, which not only made it possible to open the bow in one go, but also adjusted the projectile power of the weapon to obtain the required range. Later, the metal rack was replaced by a round ratchet, making the operation easier and more reliable. In order to give the ballista a flexible direction and elevation angle, they designed a base for the ballista that could rotate freely, but this was not the earliest universal joint design in the world, and the Oriental "Mozi" detailed the reprojector. (To be continued......)