Chapter 773 Matvey enters the pit
The breakfast of hundreds of thousands of people was delivered at dawn, so it can be seen that Utkin began to arrange people to cook in the middle of the night. had to admire the other party's efforts, Dian Wei naturally ate unceremoniously.
After breakfast, Dian Wei ordered 50,000 soldiers and horses in a hurry and prepared to fight.
For the Sixth Legion only sent 50,000 soldiers, Utkin knew that he really had no opinion at all, on the contrary, he was still happy, which proved that the other party had no intention of competing with him, so even if the city of Nexus was breached, it was also their credit, and the army of the Celestial Empire played an auxiliary role at best, so that when the other party was given benefits in the future, it could be much less, and others could not say anything.
Utkin was well prepared, and he asked General Matvey to gather his 200,000 troops, and this time he wanted them to take the city of Lenks and make an immortal achievement.
Both sides had their own calculations, and at dawn, an army of 250,000 men came to the bottom of the tower of Nexus for the second time.
Still the same old routine, the Sixth Army began to build large catapults, preparing archers and shield soldiers, and at the same time, five soldiers armed with explosives, under the protection of many comrades, were also ready to attack at any time.
Here in Matvey, he has already mounted his war horse and put on his battle armor, and he looks like he can give orders at any time and attack the city at any time.
On the top of the castle tower, Yuri and his soldiers were also hurrying to prepare, and pots of fire oil were sent to the castle tower, and pieces of flammable pine wood were piled together. In the city, there were already soldiers ready for the walls to be blown out of the breaches. If there is a gap, they will rush forward with all their strength to block it.
The other side was prepared, and after the catapult was built, the siege array officially began.
First the huge stones were smashed into the city walls, then the archers were approaching and shooting from a distance, and finally the dynamite soldiers rushed forward and planted the explosives.
I don't know how many times I trained for everything, but it went very smoothly. It was only after half an hour of siege that five loud noises came, and then five gaps more than a foot wide reappeared, giving the best opportunity to attack.
"Rush!" General Matvey, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, saw that the opportunity was on the line, and where would he let it go this time, and immediately gave an order, and the Rus army under the 20,000 princes who were the vanguard rushed forward.
"General, they're rushing over, do you want to sprinkle fire oil now?" Seeing the smoke and dust billowing out, Matvey sent troops to come, and the general in charge of pouring the oil hurriedly asked General Yuri for instructions.
"Don't worry, the other side only has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and we have arranged enough soldiers in the city to block them." Yuri shook his head, this was not the time to reveal his hole cards, he needed to look for plenty of opportunities to annihilate the enemy.
There was no hindrance, and the 20,000 soldiers entered smoothly from the five gaps, and then there was a shout of killing, and it was obvious that the two Boros soldiers in the city had begun to engage in close combat.
"On the second echelon!" Seeing that 20,000 soldiers had rushed into the city as he wished, Matvey saw the dawn of victory in his eyes, and with a wave of his command, another 20,000 soldiers rushed towards the collapsed walls.
Yuri still did not give the order to light the oil for these people, believing that the time was not yet ripe.
In this way, three echelons in succession, a total of 60,000 people, rushed into the city, and when the fourth echelon also continued, Yuri felt the pressure in the city, and finally gave the order to light the fire oil.
At the sound of the order, a large number of pine trees were thrown through the breaches above the tower, and then the fire oil poured down, and the pillars of fire rose one after another, blocking Matvey's way into the city.
"Not good!" As soon as he saw the huge fire, Matvey said no, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to prepare the river sand to extinguish the fire.
Regardless of the effect of extinguishing the fire, with the fire and without continuous reinforcements, the 60,000 soldiers who rushed into Nexus began to be suppressed. Without enough reinforcements, the troops were insufficient, and the people were panicked and unstable, so Yuri took this opportunity to start a frantic counterattack with the soldiers in the city.
A large amount of river sand was transported to the gap and thrown into the fire, and when the fire was not so urgent, Matvey could not wait, and personally rushed into the city with 50,000 troops, although in doing so, the losses would be great, and some soldiers may have been burned by the fire before they could participate in the battle, but now, there is no choice.
Matvey personally gave the soldiers a morale boost, and with more and more soldiers entering the gap, the situation finally began to improve, and the shouts of killing in the city became louder, as if it were outside the city.
The army of 200,000 soon invested 150,000 people, and after seeing that the army around him was only 50,000, Utkin came to Dian Wei again with an old face. "General, Yuri in the city is very stubborn in resistance, it seems that we still underestimated them before, and now General Matvey has entered the city and achieved a certain advantage, as long as the general is willing to lead troops and horses into the city, I think we can definitely win in one battle."
He had long been instructed by Li Ru that once Utkin's attack failed, he would definitely come to ask for help, so Dian Wei had already thought of a way to say: "I really want to help your army, but this time I came here to cooperate with the battle, and I only brought 50,000 horses, even if I press it all now, it may not have any effect." ”
"Yes, yes, what the general said is very true, so you don't think you can't go back to the barracks to transfer troops, you also know that once you capture Nexus City, it will be good for everyone." Utkin had a smiling face. He regretted what he had done, if he had known that Yuri was so difficult, he would not have thought of eating alone, and he would not have fallen into such an embarrassing situation now.
"Okay." Seeing that General Utkin said this, Dian Wei knew that if he did not agree, it would affect the relationship between the two sides, and it would not be easy to turn his face before the emperor's army did not enter the country.
Dian Wei agreed, and then sent someone back to transfer troops, which made Utkin look grateful.
With Dian Wei's support, Utkin simply sent another 30,000 soldiers and horses into the city through the gap, as long as General Matwei could hold out until the main force of the Sixth Army arrived, everything would not be a problem.
The war has been going on, and people are killed every second, in such an atmosphere, more than an hour has passed, and there is still no reinforcement from the Sixth Legion, and Utkin can't help but get anxious again, and once again came to Dian Wei's body and said: "General, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet, I'm afraid that if Matwei can't hold on for a long time, then even if the reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid it won't help." ”
"Lord Wu, you also know that war is not child's play, and it must take time to transfer troops, so wait a while. Someone came, go and urge, why hasn't it arrived yet? It's burning eyebrows here. Dian Wei also pretended to be angry, and said to a herald on the side.
Seeing that Dian Wei had sent someone to urge him again, Utkin really couldn't say anything, after all, the transfer of soldiers would have taken time, and all he could do was pray that Matvey in the city could hold out for a while longer.
In fact, Matvey in the city was indeed a little overwhelmed.
Although there were as many as 170,000 soldiers who poured into the city, they were killed in batches without waiting for an effective attack force. In addition, Yuri is well-prepared, and the troops are very concentrated, and the disadvantages are becoming more and more obvious. So much so that when he got to the back, he wanted to lead the troops to withdraw, but there was no way to find it.
Unable to advance or retreat, Matvey in desperation could only muster up his spirit and fortify in place, he believed that Lord Utkin outside the city would definitely find a way, and the Sixth Legion of the Celestial Empire would definitely come to save him.
Under such a persistent battle, after more than half an hour, finally the reinforcements of the Sixth Army Corps in the distance arrived, and when he saw the flag fluttering from afar, Utkin actually had a feeling of wanting to cry, did the reinforcements finally arrive? But I just don't know how many of my own people are in the city, and it seems that even if the city is captured, I'm afraid that the biggest winner will not be himself.
Dian Wei looked at the main force of the Sixth Army from far and near, and laughed in his heart, the military division was really calm, the reinforcements that could have arrived in half an hour had to go for more than two hours, this was the idea of holding back the idea to let the Rus army kill each other. From this point of view alone, we have to admit that the use of tactics by scribes is more palpitating than that of warriors.
Reinforcements had finally arrived, and Utkin couldn't wait for them, and Dian Wei knew that he couldn't delay, otherwise it would be too obvious. So as soon as the army arrived, he immediately made arrangements, and at the same time personally led 50,000 men towards the gap in the bombed wall.
With only 50,000 people, Dian Wei also has the intention of exploring the way, after all, what happened inside the city wall, he is not completely clear. He wouldn't let the army venture until there was any definite news.
After watching Dian Wei lead the army of 50,000 into the gap, Utkin's high heart finally relaxed, with these new forces, Yuri must not be able to hold out for long.
And at this moment, in the city of Nexus, it's not that Yuri can't hold on, but Matway can't hold on.
The 170,000 troops he brought with him were now able to gather around him, not even 30,000, most of them were scattered and killed, and some of them were stubbornly resisting in other places. But he knew very well in his heart that if there were no reinforcements, he was afraid that this resistance would eventually be wiped out.