Two days later, the Malay newspaper reported that the other two Germanic tribes and Odoases gathered more than 4,000 troops in the direction of Lazlog, of which the regular army was about 1,800 people, and the other 2,000 people were farmers and hunters recruited from the three Germanic tribes, the weapons and equipment of the regular army were relatively better, but they were too far behind the army of Qindong and the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, but they were better than the other farmers and hunters of more than 2,000 people.

After getting the news that a large number of troops from the three Germanic tribes were coming in the direction of Razlog, he asked Qin Dong to send troops to raid the three Germanic tribes, but Qin Dong did not agree to this raid plan, and also ordered Tuolong to continue to remain hidden, and not to be allowed to attack without authorization, Qin Dong's purpose was to annihilate the main force of these three Germanic tribes once and for all, and the raid in the middle was likely to make those people scatter and flee, It will be difficult to annihilate them in the future, these Germanic people have a strong ability to survive, they can live well anywhere, what if these Germans often harass his territory in the future? Therefore, Qin Dong thinks that it is better to solve this trouble at once, so as not to make trouble for himself in the future.

Another day passed, the coalition of more than 4,000 people of the three Germanic tribes drove to the south of Razlog under the city wall, unfortunately, this coalition army has no momentum, not even the minimum military flag, if it is the army of the Roman Empire, it must be a banner waving, the momentum is grand, the scene is spectacular, now the Germanic army of more than 4,000 people. Most of them wore dirty linen, carried hoes, shovels, and sleeveless shorts. It's almost winter, and these Germanic barbarians are still wearing sleeveless short clothes, and I don't know if they can't afford to buy clothes, or if they are pretending to be cool.

After the Germanic army arrived at the south city gate, they set up a position, and some farmers and hunters were ordered to set up a camp in the rear, the camp was only a few miles away from the city wall, and Qin Dong and the others could see the situation of the other party's camp clearly when they stood on the city wall.

Qin Dong shook his head. He said to the officers around him: "These people don't even have the slightest military knowledge, and they actually set up the camp in our sight, I really don't know if they don't know how to fight or really haven't been taught." Didn't they think that we would raid overnight after gaining insight into the situation in their camp? ”

The chief instructor of the infantry and the centurion of the heavy infantry Duoyin said: "General, I wonder if the other party did it on purpose? Their purpose in doing this is to lure us to a sneak attack, but in fact, they have been in ambush for a long time? ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and nodded, "This possibility is not impossible, okay." To be on the safe side. We don't have to take any risks, if the other side attacks the city, we will give them a little color, wait for two more days, if the reinforcements from the Eastern and Western Roman Empires do not come, we will attack with all our might, annihilate these three Germanic armies in one fell swoop, and destroy their main force. Then the region south of Greece and west of Macedonia belongs to us! ”

Faisal asked on the side, "General, what if reinforcements from the Eastern and Western Roman Empires come?" And how do we deal with it? ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "Then it depends on the number of reinforcements!" If the number of reinforcements from the other side is not very large, we will even serve them, but if the number of reinforcements is far beyond our imagination, this battle may not be so easy to fight, but it doesn't matter, I have a way to deal with them, as long as you follow the order, the victory will definitely belong to us! ”

"Follow your orders, victory belongs to us!"

The Germanic United army camp.

The three Germanic armies did not attack immediately after arriving in the afternoon, but camped on the spot, and set up camp a few miles away, completely within the sight of Qin Dong and others, more than 4,000 people said more than much, said a lot less, and there was no strong organization and discipline, wanting to make these more than 4,000 people orderly, and the rapid march was basically delusional, after two days of long marching, the coalition soldiers and officers were already exhausted, so the three leaders decided to rest for a day after discussion, The day after tomorrow, we will look at the situation and decide whether to attack the city.

That night, Odoaser invited Hall and Mundy to his tent to discuss, and Hall said with an unhappy face: "Odoasse boy, I have been marching for the past few days, and my old man is not comparable to your youth, so tell me if there is anything, I have to go back and have a good rest, otherwise how can I have the spirit to fight?" ”

Odoaser glanced at Hall and Mondy and asked, "Have you two figured out how to attack the city the day after tomorrow?" You must know that siege is not a simple thing, you need to build siege equipment in advance, and to build siege equipment you need carpenters, obviously, we are not very good at this, it would be nice if we had Roman craftsmen, but we don't, that is to say, we don't have siege equipment, how can we attack the city? Do you want your soldiers to climb the walls with their bare hands? If that's the case, I don't think we can get up the walls even if we all fight them out, and we won't be able to kill a single person."

These Germanic people can make relatively simple siege ladders, but it is very difficult to create siege equipment with complex mechanical structures such as trebuchets, ballistas and siege towers, and only simple wall-climbing tools such as siege ladders can allow soldiers to climb the city wall, and there are no heavy siege weapons such as trebuchets, ballistas, and siege towers to suppress the fire of the defenders, then the soldiers of the attacking side will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the casualty ratio may even exceed ten to one. This is a proportion of casualties that no army can afford, and even if the commander is a fool, he would never do it.

After listening to Odoase's words, Hall and Mondy remembered that they were facing a fortress, not an ordinary city, if it was an ordinary city, they could have taken people's lives, but they couldn't do this in the face of a fortress, even if many people died, they might not be able to climb the city wall.

The walls of the fortress are very different from the walls of ordinary cities, the key point is that the walls of the fortress are built to help the defenders hide and avoid enemy attacks, and the fortress originally stored a large number of garrison equipment and materials, not to mention anything else, only that the arrows, fire oil, logs, and stones used to defend the city are much more than ordinary cities, and there are a large number of bed crossbows in many fortresses, and Razlog originally had a lot of bed crossbows, but because of the age, those bed crossbows were so rotten that they could no longer be used, And the Germans can't build or repair, they can only be discarded, even without bed crossbows, Razlog's defense is still not to be underestimated, and Odoaser can't hold it for even a day, not because of the lack of equipment and materials to defend the fortress, but because he has no experience in defending the city.

Mundy asked, "Odoase, what do you think should be done?" ”

Odoases said: "There are two ways, first, we are not doing anything now, I have received a reply from the governor of the Macedonian province of the Western Roman Empire, he has sent the first wing to reinforce us, and it will arrive in two days, that is to say, in two days we have 1,300 elite soldiers of the Western Roman Empire as reinforcements, we can attack the city with this army, there will definitely be people who make siege equipment in this army, second, don't care about the reinforcements, I know that there is a very secret path leading to the silver pine village, as long as we... …”。

Outside the big tent, Valdoru walked over with the hilt of his sword in hand, and the guards on both sides of the curtain saluted: "Lord Valdoru! ”

Valdoru nodded and asked, "Is my cousin here?" ”

"Yes, my lord!" One of the guards said, "But the leader is deliberating with the leaders of the two outer tribes, and has ordered that no one can enter, should the lord wait here, or will he come back later?" ”

Valdoru's heart moved, and he immediately said, "Since my cousin has something, I'll come back later!" So saying, he turned and walked away, but he did not go far, and soon turned behind the tent of Odoase, and stood by and eavesdropped on the conversation inside.

In Razlog City, Qin Dong took Batu and some guards to inspect the defense of the city wall, and after walking back and forth, he saw Liu San hurrying over, Liu San saw that there were no other outsiders around Qin Dong, and he was not taboo, so he said directly: "Young master, the old slave has a secret report and wants to report it alone!" ”

After hearing this, Qin Dong waved his chin to Batu: "Batu, take someone to retreat!" ”

Batu nodded in agreement, and then waved to the guards behind him, and everyone withdrew far away, Qin Dong said, "What's so urgent?" ”

Liu San took out a very small strip of silk cloth and handed it over and said: "Young master, I have come to report carefully, saying that the people outside the city are going to send an elite force of three hundred people to raid Yinsong Village tomorrow early tomorrow morning when the sky is just dawning, there is a very secret path leading to Yinsong Village at the bottom of the mountain, with the experience of Germanic people living in mountains and forests, it is easy for them to climb from that path to Yinsong Village!" When the people we planted inside them got the news, they were wary that we were unprepared, so they ventured overnight to spread the news! ”

Qin Dong took the silk cloth strip and looked at it, and then said: "Okay, I know, I don't believe that there will be many people who know such a confidential matter, this matter can be found out as long as it is checked a little, once we have prepared in advance, that person's identity is likely to be exposed, you have to find a way to sue him, if he finds that his identity may be exposed, evacuate immediately, you must not be nostalgic, you have to send someone to pick him up!" ”

Liu Sanyan agreed: "Yes, young master, I know how to do it!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, the Germanic army really sent an elite force of 300 people to climb the silver pine village along a hidden mountain road, and they touched into the village without any resistance, but when all of them entered the village, a large number of archers came out of the shadows, and the overwhelming arrows fell from the sky, and a rain of arrows suddenly fell in the whole village, and none of the 300 elite Germanic soldiers were spared, and all of them were shot like hedgehogs. (To be continued......)