Siege weapons are very troublesome to transport, especially heavy trebuchets and heavy ballistas, these two things, each of which requires dozens of people, or even hundreds of people to transport, even if they are disassembled and scattered into parts, each siege weapon also needs several carriages to load, and the marching speed is super slow, and such a slow marching speed will give the enemy enough time to prepare for the city defense, but it is different to build siege equipment after the siege, which can save a lot of marching time, Before the enemy could react, the city was besieged, so that the enemy in the city did not have time to transfer the city's defense tools and supplies from other places. If Razlog was not a fortress, and there were not steep cliffs on either side, the people in the city would not even have a chance to go out and ask for help after the city was besieged.

Inside the city of Razlog.

"Sure enough, as I thought, the Huns are afraid that they are going to attack on a large scale, this time they not only have cavalry, but also at least a thousand infantry, the commander Qin Dong personally arrived, it seems that he is preparing to attack the city, are the weapons and other materials for defending the city ready?" Odoaser asked, looking at the group of generals below.

Valdoru came out and saluted: "Cousin, according to your order, I have ordered all the city defense materials to be transported to the city wall, and hundreds of door panels have been dismantled from some houses in the city, and the recruited strong men have also been divided into three shifts to take turns to go up the city wall to help defend according to your order!" ”

Odoaser nodded and said, "Just now the soldiers on the city wall found that the Huns outside the city were cutting down trees and collecting stones, it seems that they are preparing to build trebuchets and ballistas, these two siege equipment are very harmful to our city. If we let them finish building, it will be very detrimental to our defense, and I wonder if we should send a team of cavalry out. What do you think of destroying their siege engines while they're finished? ”

Leaders, look at me, I look at you, I don't know whether to send cavalry out to attack and prevent the Huns outside the city from building siege equipment, but the danger of sending cavalry out is very great, you must know to play cavalry. The Huns are the ancestors, and there is a chance that the cavalry sent out to attack will not return, and there are only 300 cavalry in the city. Perhaps as soon as the cavalry left the city gate, the Huns reacted, and as soon as the cavalry shot down, the cavalry would be lost. This was an absolute fatal blow to Razlog, who had only a total of seven hundred regular troops.

Tiger came out and said, "Odoasey. I don't think there is a need for this, I commanded on the city wall when you didn't come in the morning, I was present the whole time when the Hun cavalry shot at us, compared to half a year ago, the combat effectiveness of the Hun cavalry was stronger, before they had absolutely no examples of shooting arrows at the city wall under the city and causing us a lot of casualties, they were not only superb in archery, but also very disciplined. Vigilance is high, and it is difficult for us to send cavalry out of the city to attack and disturb them without being detected by them. Once they had prepared in advance, it was very likely that the cavalry sent out would not return. Secondly, the walls of Razlog are very strong, ordinary trebuchets and ballistae stone shells hit the city walls only scratching, and they can't cause much damage at all, and we still have the south gate as a retreat, we can constantly transfer troops from other places to defend, even if we can't hold it, we can retreat calmly, before that, we can definitely hold it for a long time. Again, the Huns did not have many troops this time, only fifteen or six hundred, less than two thousand, I think it was just Qin Dong's unilateral action, Moduo's old guy did not participate, Qin Dong's troops are limited, if he wants to attack the city to the death, I think before he can capture the city, his men and horses will all die! ”

Odoasec listened to Tiger's words, couldn't help nodding, Tiger said is not unreasonable, although the Huns camped more than ten miles outside the city, but there are scouts under the city to reconnoitre, as long as he sends cavalry out of the city, the Huns will definitely get the news in the shortest possible time, I am afraid that the cavalry sent out has not officially attacked the craftsmen of the Huns, and will be attacked by the Hun cavalry first, Tiger said the other two points are also very constructive, it can be said that Qin Dong's weaknesses have been analyzed, and find their own strengths- Razlog was very strong, and as long as there was enough food, grass and soldiers, it would not be a problem to hold it for a year and a half.

When Odoaser nodded, Valdoru immediately stood up and said: "Cousin, I admit that Tiger has a point, but we can't just think that Razlog is indestructible, not all the Huns have no brains, who knows what vicious methods the Huns will come up with to attack us?" I think we must find a way to expand our advantage, there are only 700 people in the city who can really fight, and 300 cavalry cannot play a role in the defense of the city at all, that is to say, we only have 400 people, as for those strong men, they are not trained at all, they can only do some shouting and cheering work, really let them fight and kill, I'm afraid it won't work, so we must also transfer some troops from other places to help defend! ”

Odoaser frowned and said: "The two hundred people of Yinsongzhai and the five hundred people of Carmen City are absolutely immovable, the location of Yinsongzhai is very important, if we lose it, once the Huns pass Guò Yinsongzhai to cross the Lila Mountain and block the south gate, we will only have a dead end, and Carmen City is our last foothold, in case we transfer troops there, the two old ghosts of Hall or Mondy suddenly invade Carmen City, we will become lost dogs, except for these two places within our control, I can't think of where else we can move our troops from! ”

Valdoru smiled: "Cousin, although Lazlog is in our hands, but its geographical location, I think as long as people who know a little military common sense know its importance, once this place is lost, we lose a city is just a trivial matter, its loss will cause Hall and Mondy The two old ghosts to directly face the threat of the Huns, and this is also the southern gate to the Greek province of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Macedonian province of the Western Roman Empire, once the Huns invade here, Greece and Macedonia also have to face the threat of the Huns at the same time, with our current strength, even if we hold Laslog, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and after the Huns retreat, it is difficult to ensure that the two old ghosts of Hall and Mondi will not fight our idea, so we must not only defend, but also preserve our strength, not to mention that holding Lazlog is not just what we have to do, shouldn't the two old ghosts of Hall and Mondy contribute? If they don't want Razlog to be broken by the Huns and directly face the threat of the Huns, they can only support our defense, so my cousin can ask the two of them for supplies and money, but they can't let them send troops over to help defend, the two of them are not good birds, I'm afraid that the army won't leave after entering the city, and even if the Huns are repulsed, this Razlog still can't be quiet! ”

Odoaser tugged at the beard on his chin and nodded: "Yes, you think it well, but according to what you said, we only asked them for supplies and money, but the strength of the defense has not increased, and the pressure of the Huns' attack is not on us?" ”

Valdoru smiled, "Cousin, have you forgotten the provinces of Greece and Macedonia? We can not only ask them for supplies, but also ask them to send 500 reinforcements each to help defend, Greece and Macedonia are different from Hall and Mondy, after the end of the war, the Greek and Macedonian reinforcements have no foundation here, they can't stay, they can only withdraw, Razlog is still ours, but if we let Hall and Mondy's soldiers and horses come, Razlog can't keep it! So our solution was to ask for supplies and money from Hall and Mondi, but not allow their men and horses to enter our territory, ask for supplies from Greece and Macedonia, and ask them to send reinforcements of 500 men each to come quickly! ”

After Valdoru finished speaking, several other leaders looked at each other, and at the same time nodded in agreement with what he said, Odoaser couldn't help but be impressed by his cousin, Valdoru's overall situation and analytical ability were beyond his imagination, he was overjoyed: "Okay, just do as Valdoru said, immediately send someone to inform Hall and Mondy, tell them what happened here, and ask them to immediately send us a batch of food and bows and arrows, if they don't want to be beaten by the Huns, they must do this, In addition, two more groups of people were sent to Athens and Macedonia to inform them that the Huns were attacking Razlog, and if Razlog was breached, the Huns would hit their city and let them support some supplies, weapons, money, and 500 soldiers each to help defend it, and the 500 soldiers who supported it must come as quickly as possible, otherwise it would be too late! ”

"Yes!"

After two days, with the full efforts of the craftsmen, the siege equipment was completed, and Wang Liu reported to Qin Dong: "My lord, as of an hour ago, the craftsman battalion has built a total of seven ballistas, five heavy trebuchets, five siege towers, twenty siege ladders, two siege rams, and the quarrying team has mined 5,000 stone bullets in these two days, and the oil for fire attack has also been prepared, and it can be used for siege at any time!" ”

"Good!" Seeing that the siege equipment was almost finished, Qin Dong immediately asked the guards outside the big tent to go and convey the order, informing all the centurion-level officers and the accompanying civilian officials of the corresponding rank to rush to his big tent to discuss the specific matters of attacking Lazlog.

The officers all rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army in Qindong, which made the soldiers who had been resting in the camp for two days understand that the battle was probably going to start soon, and the officers must have come to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss this matter. (To be continued......)