Chapter 502: Cutting off its food and grass
An army of 60,000 surrounded Jincheng, the swords and spears swayed, and the huge siege weapons all tested the hearts of the soldiers defending the city.
Cheng Da's Chinese army tent is set up three miles outside the west gate.
"Newspaper." A soldier shouted and ran over and knelt down on one knee: "Lord Qiyu Guduhou, the spies in the city have sent news, the people of Jincheng have blocked the north, west, and south gates, leaving only one east gate."
"What, they blocked three gates." Cheng Da was stunned.
"That's right, it is said that this is an idea from a person named Chen Xiao, in order to reduce the burden of defending the city." So said the soldier.
Cheng Da was furious: "It's Chen Xiao again, it's this Chen Xiao again."
Suo Getong, who was lying on the side, said: "Lord Guduhou is angry, the father and son of the Wang family rely on Chen Xiao very much, and this kid surnamed Chen is indeed a little crooked.
Cheng Da nodded: "That's right, they blocked the city gate to prevent us from attacking it, but on the other hand, they couldn't escape through the city gate.
The corners of Sogtong's mouth moved, and he stopped talking.
He originally wanted to ask why he didn't send elite soldiers to attack the city first, but let the auxiliary soldiers go first.
Soon he figured it out.The first attack was mainly a temptation.Most of the people sent to it had to become cannon fodder.Of course, it had to be auxiliaries that didn't hurt his grandmother and didn't love his uncle.
On the east wall of Jincheng, Xiao Chen and Medina were wearing battle armor, and the father and son of the Wang family stood beside them.
"Virtuous nephew Cheng Da sent an auxiliary soldier." Wang Taiji smiled and said: "This is the consistent practice of the Pantheistic Sect.
"Hehe, since they won't send elite soldiers, of course we can't use all our strength." The little marquis smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, please give an order to the soldiers defending the city, face the enemy's tentative attack, just use a strong crossbow to suppress it.
"Okay." Wang Taiji happily ordered to go.
All the ideas were taken by the little marquis, but the person who ordered it was still Wang Taiji, that is to say, on the surface, it was still Wang Taiji who was in charge.
The drums of war sounded, and 10,000 auxiliaries carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall.
The defenders of the city had heavy faces, and their hands holding crossbows were already sweating.
Wang Taiji raised his long sword and shouted, "Everyone, raise a crossbow...... Launch."
Whoosh ......
Crossbow arrows like locusts shoot out, covering the sky and the sun, and flying towards the enemy.
The fast-moving auxiliaries raised their shields, and the slow-moving ones were shot to the ground.
After three rounds of arrow salvos, it was changed to free fire, and there were plenty of crossbow arrows on the city walls.
The auxiliaries were so crushed that they couldn't lift their heads, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the casualty rate was more than 30%.
Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, Cheng Da took his glasses and gritted his teeth and said: "The people of Jincheng are really despicable.
After a few more minutes, the auxiliaries finally rushed under the walls, but before they could use their siege equipment, they were smashed to pieces by stones thrown from above.
Cheng Da could only order the troops to retreat, and only 4,000 of the 10,000 people returned, and a considerable number of them were wounded.
The enemy's powerful crossbows are too powerful.Some people suggested digging tunnels.Although it will increase the time to win the siege, at least you can not be afraid of the crossbow arrows flying from the city.
The suggestion was adopted by Cheng Da, and he asked the soldiers to hurry up to make more siege weapons, one is to paralyze the people of Jincheng, and the other is to dig tunnels to gain time, and the other is that these weapons will come in handy sooner or later.
In addition, he formed a death squad, all composed of soul warriors at the peak of the Immortal Martial Realm, looking for an opportunity to infiltrate the Golden City.
Finally he ordered the messenger to rush to the city as fast as possible, bringing more food, grass and other supplies, for it was likely to be a protracted war.
Due to the rush of departure, the team only brought two days of food and grass.
That night, the death squads managed to infiltrate Jincheng, but before they could kill and set fire, they were surrounded by soldiers in ambush, and the whole army was wiped out.
Cheng Da waited all night, and the next morning, the Jincheng people put the heads of the death squad members into sacks and threw them into the Pantheon camp with a stone thrower.
Fifty masters at the peak of the Immortal Martial Realm died unexpectedly, and Cheng Da was almost distressed to death.
He immediately organized another death squad, which was stronger than yesterday's, and managed to infiltrate the city again that night.
The gang set a few fires without incident, but the fire did not burn, and they were surrounded by soldiers in ambush.
On the third day, Cheng Da looked at the fifty heads and wanted to cry without tears.
It seems that the method of sending spies to open the city gate will not work, and the hope can only be placed in the tunnel.
Thousands of people are digging day and night, and the progress is very impressive.
A hundred miles away, a group of 300 auxiliary soldiers marched in the direction of the big camp with more than 100,000 stones, grains and grass.
Some people complained, "Why don't you send people to protect you when there is so much grain and grass?"
At the head of the pack was an auxiliary lieutenant, who said, "The city is surrounded by water, so there may be people coming and looting. Brothers, work hard, transport these things to the camp, and we will be able to catch our breath."
Suddenly, a whistle sounded.
Immediately after that, hundreds of horsemen galloped from the east and west, and they held swords and guns in their hands.
"Yes...... Is it a bandit?"
"What bandits, have you ever seen a bandit with a battle flag, it looks like a gray eagle on the flag, is it the gray eagle who has just taken refuge in the Pantheist Cult?
It was indeed the Gray Eagle Tribe, and they united several small tribes around them to form a strange army with a number of nearly a thousand, and they ambushed nearby according to Xiao Chen's instructions, waiting for the Pantheon Sect food transport team to appear.
Three hundred exhausted men against a thousand cavalry, the result can be imagined.
In less than two quarters of an hour, the auxiliaries were slaughtered, and the old patriarch of the Gray Eagle tribe came slowly on a white horse, and said with a smile: "The sons and daughters have done a good job, you all should not be idle, you can take as much as you can, these are precious foods."
Someone complained, "We can't finish it, it's too much."
"Then burn it if it's not finished, let the souls of the Pantheon Cult starve." The old patriarch took the torch from the man next to him.
As the fire raged, the old patriarch had a flare released into the sky.
Sou...... Syllable......
Fireworks explode in the air.
At the head of Jincheng City, a hundred miles away, the little marquis smiled and said to the Wang family father and son: "It's okay now, the enemy has nothing to eat."
"Can you tell me a little bit about how the enemy has to starve?" Wang Taiji hurriedly asked.
He replied with a smile, "I have let the men of the Grey Eagle ambush the enemy in the path of the enemy's food, and rob them of their food."