Chapter 824: King Ming Arrives
In the sky above the lonely bamboo city, the black clouds pressed the city, a team of young and strong people carried sandbags, filled the moat, and tens of thousands of soldiers pushed the siege tower, ladder truck, and siege ram, and launched an attack on the lonely bamboo city from all directions.
Mountains of earth rose from the ground, arrow towers were set up, and the overwhelming rain of arrows covered the lonely bamboo city, and the defenders had to carry shields to and fro.
Corpses were piled up in trenches, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in the siege, and shouts of killing resounded throughout the battlefield.
Cheng Yu arrived with the artisan troops, and a large trebuchet more than ten meters high stood outside the Lonely Bamboo City, boulders and fireballs fell down, and the Lonely Bamboo City trembled!
Sun Chuanting led the defenders to resist the besieging Xia army, and the Xia army was like a wave, wave after wave, attacking the Lonely Bamboo City, and under the cover of a rain of arrows and boulders, fireballs, rockets, and giant crossbow arrows, they climbed up frantically.
The defenders threw rolling stones and logs downward, and screams came and went.
Part of the Xia army climbed the city wall and was expelled by Sun Chuanting's elite soldiers.
Rumble!
A boulder dragging black smoke smashed into the tower, and the tiles of the tower cracked and scattered to the ground.
The defenders of Lone Bamboo City, three of the guards were wounded, and thousands of people were killed or wounded.
"The offensive of the Xia army is really fierce, and if it goes on like this, it may not be able to hold it for a year."
Sun Chuanting wiped the black smoke from his face, because the wolf smoke thrown by the trebuchet had a paralyzing effect, Sun Chuanting's hand holding the sword was trembling.
Sun Chuanting looked down, and the number of soldiers and horses of the Xia army was innumerable, extending to the sky.
The handsome banner of the Xia King is among the Xia army, inspiring.
The movement of the Xia army besieging Guzhu City can be heard by the Xianbei and Wuhuan cavalry stationed not far away.
Before the arrival of Mingguan, Murong Ba, Duan Piyan, Yuwen Yidougui, Bandun and other tribal leaders did not dare to take the initiative to meet Chu Tian's main force, so they could only watch the Xia army attack Guzhu City, and at the same time wanted to use the strong city to thwart the Xia army's troops, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
To the north of Guzhu City, the most elite Liaodong army outside the gate finally arrived belatedly.
Elite cavalry such as Hongwu cavalry, Guanning iron cavalry, and Tiefutu came from Liaodong, and the elite legions built by spending almost all the financial resources of Mingguan were strong and strong.
As long as the Liaodong Army is not seriously damaged, then for Mingguan, it is not a broken muscle.
Horse-drawn carriages are rolling rut marks on the ground.
Mingguan rode a divine horse and led a team of light cavalry as the vanguard, and went straight into the camp of the Xianbei tribe, and the people of the Xianbei tribe did not dare to disobey.
"I heard that the defeat of the Duan tribe led to the defeat of the Yuwen tribe and the Murong tribe together."
"My subordinates are incompetent, and my brother was killed by Li Guang, so he failed......"
Duan Piyan was terrified in the face of the offensive Ming Pass.
"In a decisive battle with the Xia army, the soldiers and horses of the Duan tribe must fight to the death and make up for their achievements."
"Yes......"
"Murong Ba, Murong Ke, the two of you are the left army, Xu Da is the right army, and I and Chang Yuchun personally serve as the middle army, so we must defeat the Xia army."
"The Xia army's offensive is fierce, if there are no special means, I am afraid it will be difficult to win, how to enter the customs?"
Murong Ke looked at Mingguan with a serious look in his eyes.
Only a few people, such as Murong Ke, have the ability to talk to Mingguan.
"Naturally, there are some means."
Mingguan took his hand and looked in the direction of Lonely Bamboo City.
Lone Bamboo City is withstanding the continuous attack of the Xia army.
Sun Chuanting was trapped in the city.
If it weren't for the main force of Mingguan as foreign aid, it would be a matter of time before Guzhu City was lost.
"My lord, the Liaodong Legion has come to the outside of Guzhu City, and King Ming has come in person."
When Chu Tian personally supervised the battle and attacked Guzhu City, he learned that one of his most powerful opponents, Ming Pass, was less than a hundred miles away from him.
The Xia army and the Ming army confronted each other in the western Liaoning corridor, and the soldiers stretched for hundreds of miles.
"Liaodong Legion ...... in Mingguan"
Chu Tian faced the Liaodong Legion, which was similar to his Praetorian Guard, and almost all of them were elites in a hundred battles.
"Continue to attack Guzhu City and force Mingguan to take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with us."
"Lord, Miss Ye's coalition army has arrived in Jixian County."
"Miss Ye ......"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment before reacting.
The so-called Ye girl is Ekaterina.
In addition to Zhang Dao, Mu Ke, Huo An, and Xu Fengnian, Chutian also pulled Catherine into the Northern War within the Han Empire.
Borrowing troops from other civilization areas is a bit of a suspicion of cheating, but Catherine is his person, so borrowing a force from the Tsarist Russian Empire to enhance his own victory rate is nothing, but it is a little cruel to Mingguan.
"Let Catherine secretly lead her soldiers and horses to Lone Bamboo City, her legion may be the key to deciding the victory."
Chutian knew that Catherine's army was strong and destroyed the Golden Horde head-on.
"Le Yi was in the Central Plains battlefield, and Geng Yi temporarily commanded the siege troops, and Cheng Yu managed trebuchets and other siege equipment, and worked together to attack Guzhu City. The other legions were guarded against the Liaodong Army and the Xianbei people. β
When Chu Tian gave the order, Xiao Xuan spread out a map comparable to a picture scroll and marked the location of each army on it.
Geng Yi and Cheng Yu are mainly responsible for attacking the city, and the real main force is still confronting Mingguan.
Mingguan wanted to use the sturdy Lonely Bamboo City to consume Chutian's morale and frustrate its edge.
Chutian hurriedly attacked the Lonely Bamboo City, and the attack on the Ming Pass must be saved.
Both sides were looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle, and at the same time, the consumption of military rations and weapons was extremely high.
As many as one million arrows are consumed every day, and countless grains and grasses are consumed.
Millions of war horses also need to use refined grains as feed.
"The Khitan Legion has taken shape and is ready to be sent."
Xiao Sui heard that Catherine was coming, but for some reason, she had a sense of crisis, so she took the initiative to ask to fight.
"Khitan Legion ......"
Chu Tian took a look at the basic panel of the Khitan Legion.
[Legion]: Khitan Legion (Custom)
[Main General]: Xiao Xuan
[Adjutant General]: Yelu Hugo, Yelu Xuan
[Pioneer]: Xiao Tzu Rin
[Number of people]: 40153
[Status]: High
[Average Grade]: 51
[Morale]: 89 (Combat Power β)
[Stamina]: 85 (Combat Powerβ)
[Number of War Horses]: 50652
[Subordinate Troops]: Shan Army (17,500 people), low-level cavalry (22,653 people)
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The Khitan Legion has absorbed a group of elites left behind by Yelu Abaoji, so the average experience is actually not low.
The main force of the Khitan Legion was Xiao Sui's subordinate Shan army, a legion established by Shu Luping, the empress of the Liao State in history.
"Brother Yelu and Yelu have been taking refuge in me for a long time, and it's time to come in handy."
Chu Tian saw that Xiao Xuan, who was usually proud, raised his head and held his chest high, and he couldn't bear to hit her enthusiasm, and besides, he raised soldiers for a thousand days and used them for a while.
There are still Yekaterina and Xia Liang's legions, and Chutian has gathered an absolute main force to fight to the death with the Liaodong army.
"Catherine's reinforcements, 30,000 elites are enough."
According to Catherine, after the destruction of Attila's Hunnic Empire, the German regions of the Holy Roman Empire began to rise and expand wildly, forcibly annexing the Grand Duchy of Austria, which brought great pressure to Catherine.