Chapter 243: Fight leisurely
"This ...... What's going on? "One of the bandit leaders in the first place, because he was a powerful fighter, although he suffered this kind of carpet shooting, he did not die, and resisted with his shield, and looked at the city wall at this time, his eyes were blank.
He was completely stunned, and he didn't know why his own people suddenly attacked him.
"All ballistas, ready, shoot." Xiao Yu roared, and after the ballista troops behind adjusted their direction, they shot at the bandit leader.
Puff puff......
Although the bandit leader tried his best to dodge, but such a large area, he could not dodge, although he used his shield to resist, but the powerful attack power of the ballista directly shot through the shield and inserted into his body.
Xiao Yu has used this kind of large-scale ballista shooting against the strong more than once, and he has tried it repeatedly. It's wasteful, but it's definitely worth it.
Seeing the fate of this bandit leader, even Tuoba Hong couldn't help but feel excited, if it was him, in this case, it would be difficult to get out.
"Open the gates, attack." Xiao Yu ordered loudly at this time.
So, the city gate was wide open, led by four hundred knights, supplemented by the remaining cavalry of Tuoba Hong, and rushed towards the city gate like a whirlwind.
Rumble......
It was like a huge wave swept over, and the robbers had not yet reacted to what was going on, and they ran around for two days in a row, extremely tired, and had no formation at all, when they were led by the heavy cavalry, and immediately the people turned over on their backs, and there was a burst of confusion, trampling each other, and countless casualties were killed.
These robber cavalry are all elite, so Xiao Yu still took a defensive position at the beginning, first giving them a dull stick through the defense of the city wall, and then at this time they will definitely have a large-scale chaos, sending heavy cavalry and light cavalry to raid.
After a while, the opponent's counterattack will definitely be very fierce, and at that time, if you withdraw the troops and defend again, the opponent will be dead.
A burst of killing, no suspense, the opening of the heavy cavalry, the follow-up of the light cavalry behind, the other party had no choice but to fight back a few times in the chaos, and then was killed.
When they reached the valley mouth, the formation of these people spread out and scattered on all sides, and at this time, with four hundred knights and several thousand cavalry, it was no longer enough to see, so they immediately retreated without hesitation.
These robbers were dizzy when they were killed, so naturally it was impossible to pursue.
"Is it them? It's those people in Ratchet City, our home is occupied. At this time, there were people who participated in the battle of Ratchet City last time, and when they saw the four hundred knights, they immediately recognized them and shouted loudly.
In Yunmeng, there were almost no heavy cavalry, so as soon as Xiao Yu's heavy cavalry appeared, they could immediately recognize it.
"What? Is it them? They attacked our cottage while we were out? But how could we have so many of us, and the walls of the city, that they could be so easily breached? ”
The other bandit leader screamed loudly at this time, almost into madness.
In this situation, there is no way for anyone not to go crazy.
A few days ago, the army's attack was frustrated, and the boss was arrested, and he took someone to save the boss, only to find that it was an empty city and there was nothing.
And when they came back after a continuous rush, they found that their home was occupied, and thousands of people were killed in a single photo, and everyone had to go crazy in this situation.
"What do we do now?" These robbers all looked at this leader, and now, they have no cottage, and they can't go anywhere.
With the base gone, they have no foundation, and they don't even have a place to stay.
The leader's eyes flickered, and he said coldly: "Seeing that they rushed out just now and went back immediately, obviously there are not many of them, otherwise, they will definitely take advantage of the situation to kill us in one fell swoop just now." They have captured our cottage, and the losses must be very serious, so we will go and take it back now. ”
"But we don't have the engineering equipment, what should we do?" The minions below asked again.
"If you don't have equipment, you can build equipment, there are still some trees on the mountains near here, make them into ladders, you must take them back, if you lose the cottage, then we are lost dogs."
The leader said hatefully.
This leader is not a very high-ranking leader, so he doesn't know about the real female redbeard, nor does he know the real strength behind this cottage.
Therefore, he didn't know that he could actually go to the real boss at this time, and then counterattack back.
As a result, the robbers immediately began to cut down trees in the vicinity, preparing to make ladders to attack the city.
Most of the mountains in this area are bald mountains, but in some places behind the mountains, there are still some trees that can be made into ladders.
More than 10,000 people, many people have great strength, and through a night of sorting, dozens of ladders have finally been made, which can be used for siege.
Xiao Yu watched them carry the ladder over, a sinister smile appeared on his face, and shouted to the people next to him: "Go down and hide, there are so many of you, they won't dare to attack the city." ”
Now, Xiao Yu and all the caravans of them combined, there are tens of thousands of people, although they are not very elite, but if they defend the city, they will inevitably have a great advantage.
The robbers were killed for a while last night, and there were less than 20,000 of them, and although they were elite soldiers, they could also suffer great damage in siege warfare.
So if you go to the city wall to defend it, you may scare these robbers away, and in this case, it will not be good.
Xiao Yu ordered some of the robbers to stay on the wall, and the others to hide underneath, waiting for the other party to attack before attacking.
Sure enough, these robbers saw that there were not many people on Xiao Yu's city wall, so they shouted loudly one by one and attacked desperately.
Xiao Yu ordered the archers behind to shoot a salvo with reservations, not to scare them all away at once.
"Although the combat strength of our people is not their opponent, but now that we have killed some of them, through the numerical superiority, we can also defeat them, why bother to defend the city?" Tuoba Hong stood beside Xiao Yu and asked.
Xiao Yu smiled and said: "I have a problem in the war, I don't want to see my own people die, although we can defeat them by attacking head-on, but now they have lost their base, one by one they are extremely angry, and they are fighting back with the momentum of mourning soldiers, we have to pay the price of 10,000 people for suicide, now since there is a good way to annihilate them, and there is no need to kill so many people, why not." ”
Tuoba Hong looked at Xiao Yu and didn't say anything more.
He was watching everything silently now, and he found that there were still many things he had to learn from Xiao Yu, although he himself was also a very good commander, but in many ways he was far from Xiao Yu.
It's not that his tactical skills are worse than Xiao Yu, but the kind of command that flashes of inspiration on the battlefield, which is too much worse than Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu's command style is not very rigorous, sometimes it seems to be very child's play, but every step is considered in great detail, and, most importantly, Xiao Yu can always use the most effective means to hit the other party through morale blows, strategic layout, etc., and put the other party into a passive situation.
This kind of stuff is very difficult to learn, and these are the things that really show a person's talent.
These robbers can be said to be fighting against the water at this time, if they don't recapture the cottage, they will have everything, so it can be said that they are absolutely mourning, and if they don't win, they will die.
Under this momentum, their siege was very brave, although there were constantly dead and wounded, but they still rushed to the city wall without hesitation, and killed many caravans.
Xiao Yu took Grom and others to support back and forth on the city wall, and when he saw something that couldn't stand it, he went over to help it.
On this occasion, Antonidas once again exerted a huge advantage, reflecting the reputation of the mage battlefield killer, the icicle kept spreading, and the robbers fell one by one.
The battle entered a state of stalemate, and the robbers rushed up the city wall several times, and were beaten down several times, although they almost broke through the city wall several times, but never attacked.
Moreover, their casualties were much more than those of the caravans, but they could not care so much about them under the heart of death.
They charged again and again, rushed for a day in a row, and launched a total of six large-scale sieges, but they did not take down, and their men were less than 10,000 left.
"Shall we rush out now?" Seeing that the robbers were completely devoid of momentum and physically and mentally exhausted, Tuoba Hong suggested rushing out to achieve victory in one go.
Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "Don't worry, they don't have enough food now, and by tomorrow, their combat effectiveness will drop greatly, and when the time comes, they will rush out again, and they can be killed in a battle." ”
When the Yunmeng cavalry fights, they generally only bring rations, and they will not have so much baggage, so the food of these robbers will definitely not be very much.
Xiao Yu and they are eating well and living well in the city, so why are they in a hurry, and there are still many things in the warehouse that have not been cleaned up, so they can be cleaned up slowly.
For these robbers, Xiao Yu is now completely holding a playful mentality.
"You can't think about this battle now, there is no suspense in this battle, what you need to think about now is when the usurper will usurp power, and whether there are any better opportunities in the near future or something."
Xiao Yu had already taken a long-term view at this time, and was ready to start dealing with that usurper.
Because as soon as the usurper launches, then Yunmeng will immediately fall into chaos, and at that time, Xiao Yu will immediately help Tuoba Hong to get together a part of the people to contend with this usurper.
"I can't think of this for the time being, they have been plotting for so long, and they shouldn't be in a hurry for a while." Tuoba Hong said.
Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "No, they should be soon." ”
Tuoba Hong was slightly stunned and said, "Why?" ”
Xiao Yu smiled slightly and said, "Feeling." ”
In fact, of course, Xiao Yu didn't rely on any feelings, but because he knew that the mysterious force had begun to support Karui not long ago and was ready to kill himself, so it could be seen from here that their offensive against this northwest land was about to be launched.
The changes on Yunmeng's side will definitely not be too long.