"General!" Outside Horqin City, in the tent of the druid's Chinese military camp, the staff officer of the Chinese army said to the chief general Morris, "The eyeliner in the city has reported that Horqin City has been distributing rations according to the amount for the past ten days, and there seems to be no shortage of food in the city. And according to the intelligence of the eyeliner, their granary is full of grain, and it is not a problem to eat it for two or three months! ”

"So what?" "Then I'll trap him for a few more months!" ”

"Your Excellency!" The staff officer of the Chinese army said, "Although the strategy of encircling but not attacking advocated by the lord has been passed, in the eyes of most generals and courtiers, now there are troops in many parts of the country, and the generals are stationed here, plus the logistics team, hundreds of thousands of people, have done nothing for half a year, and have consumed a lot of grain and grass materials, the court is estimated to be very patient with the generals, if I hear that there is still food in the city, it will be besieged for a few more months, I don't know what the army and the DPRK will talk about!" ”

Morris said disdainfully: "Hehe, wait until I don't take Horqin City with a single soldier, and then let them talk about it, I'm too lazy to waste words with these rat-eyed people!" ”

Another staff officer said: "There are still many people in the army who oppose this method of warfare, and they all talk about it in private, saying that the general is a gutsless rat who can only eat food and cannot fight!" ”

"What?" Morris slapped the table with a black face and angrily, so frightened that several staff officers around him did not dare to make a sound, and Morris immediately changed his smile and said, "Hmph, they can say whatever they like, don't they boast that they can fight?" There are so many rebel mobs in the east and south, and I haven't seen them wipe them out, and I am besieging here just to wipe out this army cleanly and leave no trouble! You have to understand my good intentions! ”

"My lord, no, there was an accident in the grain convoy!" The messenger came to report, "It's about 70 kilometers away from here, all the roads are cut off, and this month's supplies and rations can't arrive on time!" ”

"Is the convoy safe?" Morris at first thought it was a problem with logistics and was taken aback.

The messenger said: "The material convoy is intact, but the road is seriously damaged, and the sappers are repairing it, but it is estimated that it will take ten days and half a month to repair it!" ”

"Ten days and half a month?" Morris said angrily, "I have ten days of surplus food left here, if I can't deliver the military food within ten days, won't the whole army run out of food?" ”

"My lord, do you want to send someone to answer it!" A staff officer asked.

"Not for now!" "It's relatively close to Donauton, so I should call for help from the base camp!" We can't divide the troops here, and there will be problems with the division of troops! ”

"Your Excellency!" Another messenger entered the tent of the Chinese military camp, handed a letter bag to Morris, and said, "An arrow was shot from the city, and a letter bag was tied to it, and it was written that Lord Morris had opened it himself, and his subordinates did not dare to open it without permission!" ”

"What letters?" Maurice took the letter bag, took out the silk cloth with the words written on it, opened it, and immediately slapped the table again with a dark face, and said angrily: "Sigg boy, you are too deceitful! ”

"General, what's wrong?" The Chinese army staff officers asked almost at the same time in surprise.

Maurice threw the silk cloth on the table and said, "See for yourselves! ”

The staff officers of the Chinese army hurriedly opened the silk cloth, glanced at it and were surprised, only to see that it was written: "The city is far away, surrounded and cowardly, Morris is like a gallless rat, if you dare not fight, it is better to surrender early!" Signed: The expeditionary force rebelled against the vanguard marshal Count Higg! ”

"The general is angry, this is obviously the enemy's provocation!" The staff officer of the Chinese army hurriedly dissuaded, "Don't fall for them!" ”

"It seems that General Ben is a gutsless rat, not only in our army, but even the enemy is laughing at me!" Morris roared, "Didn't the DPRK and the army laugh at us as rats who can only eat food and can't fight? Okay, I'll call them! Don't make a noise about the fact that the military rations can't arrive on time, since there is food in the city, let's go to the city to drink wine and eat meat! ”

"General, it's been around for so long, don't be fooled, bear with it a little longer!" Many staff officers persuaded.

"That's enough," Morris said angrily: "Pass on my military order, immediately make ladders and siege vehicles, assemble catapults and ballistas, and attack the city early tomorrow morning!" No one is allowed to persuade again! ”

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"Hahaha!" Standing at the head of the city, Lufasi watched the scene of the enemy army outside the city starting to get busy, and laughed, "Jesse, do you see, the enemy is about to attack the city!" ”

"Hmm!" Jesse laughed, "But why are you so happy that they're attacking the city?" ”

"Because I like them to siege the city, hahaha!" Lufasi continued to laugh and said, "Jesse, you go and change the big red flag on the gate tower to a yellow one, and let Madame, General Corincha, General Thomas, and General Marissa know that the enemy is about to attack the city!" ”

"Yes, General!" Jesse arrived, and immediately ran up the castle tower.

"Order, all the generals command, after an hour, they must all go to the Chinese military tent for a meeting!" Lufasi shouted.

"Yes, General!"

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"A year ago, General Korincha had 4,000 defenders against 60,000 siege troops, one to fifteen, lack of materials, and unstable people's hearts, but he still held Korqin City! Today, we have 30,000 defenders in the city and 100,000 troops outside the city, three to seven, but our city defense is strong, the army and the people are united, and there are plenty of food and materials, so why can't we hold it? "Lu Fasi at the military meeting, to his generals mobilized "General Kolincha and General Thomas outside the city have taken the lead in making meritorious contributions, successfully intercepting the enemy's logistics and material vehicles, the enemy will run out of food in ten days, as long as we hold on for ten days, the enemy's army will be disrupted, plus the young marshal is leading 50,000 reinforcements to come, we will drag these 100,000 troops here to death, and then slowly eat!" Do you have the courage to fight? ”

"General, you can assign tasks!" A general on the upper hand seat on the left said, "We have long wished that the enemy would attack, and after half a year's bird anger, if we don't find a place to vent, people will be suffocated!" ”

The audience burst into laughter and petitioned one after another.

Lu Faxi smiled: "Okay, generals, the time has come for us to make meritorious contributions!" How to defend the city, we have already rehearsed, you don't need me to tell the generals how to do it, you are more familiar than me! I only emphasize a few points, one, veterans lead new recruits! Many soldiers in the army have surrendered, but since they have become a member of our army, they must be unanimous to the outside world, if our veterans always think that they are old qualifications from the Silent Forest, they always insult the recruits and surrenderers, then it is us who destroy the Great Wall! Second, the law of military and civilian life and production in the city should not be changed, but the undercover work of the enemy should be immediately and thoroughly investigated in secret among the armies to prevent them from inciting sabotage; Thirdly, the various divisions should deal with each other, and if there is a contradiction, bring it up now, and if I find that I am playing tricks in the process of defending the city, then do not blame my sword for not knowing his neck! Fourth, those who disobey orders and disobey orders will be beheaded, those who are afraid of the enemy and cowardly will be beheaded, those who leak military information will be beheaded, those who will not be rescued will be beheaded, those who will rush to help will be beheaded, those who are greedy for merit and merit will be beheaded, and those who miss the time will be beheaded! Generals, divide up and get ready to go! ”

On an early summer night, the moon is sparse, and deep in the jungle, there is a chirping of insects everywhere, which seems to be playing a symphony, as if to tell people that tomorrow will be a sunny day. The two armies inside and outside the city, seemingly quiet and peaceful, are actually sharpening their knives, a tragic offensive and defensive battle is about to be staged, and the soldiers of the two armies are enjoying this last peace, because from tomorrow, many people will never see such a beautiful moon and stars again, and will not be able to hear the symphony of this early summer night.

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The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone on the inside and outside of Horqin City.

More than 200 catapults outside the city have been erected about 250 meters away from the original east city wall, and a hundred meters in front of the catapults is a ballista phalanx composed of more than 400 ballistas, and in front of the ballista are two centaurs holding huge shields. These crossbows will advance to range after the battle, suppressing each other's ballistas and covering their siege troops.

"Woo!" The horn of the attack sounded dullly, and the enemy's main attack direction was chosen at the east gate, and the south and west gates were all feints to contain them.

The catapult began to throw stone projectiles, and at a distance of more than 200 meters, the hit rate of the catapult would be very low, but it could suppress the enemy in the city from being too aggressive, and it could also avoid the catapult counterattack in the city.

The ballista phalanx also began to move forward slowly.

At the forefront of the siege force were the deadwood warriors, followed by the dwarven warriors, then the elven archers, ballistas, and catapults, and an army of 30,000 people, rushing towards the black ground of the east gate.

The defending side of the city is naturally ready for battle, and more than 100 catapults in the city did not attack the opponent's catapults, but threw stone projectiles into the opponent's infantry camp, which was closer, the hit rate was high, and the infantry phalanx was densely crowded, and the stone bullets could basically be bulleted without missing shots.

But except for the catapults, the rest of the people on the walls did not launch a counterattack, allowing the deadwood warriors and dwarven warriors to enter the thorn bushes, and the elven archers were about to enter the range before they began to launch a counterattack.

The fifty-meter-long battlements built by a vertical original wall of the original city wall of each hundred and twenty meters of Horqin City exposed all the infantry phalanxes that were already close to the city to the range of crossbowmen, elven archers, and phantom archers, and every enemy could be fired by bows and arrows from three sides.

The total strength of Horqin City is more than 30,000 people, 180 million dwarven warriors, 7,000 elven archers, 3,000 phantom archers and more than 4,000 crossbow marksmen, plus 4,000 baggage, more than 200 patrol cavalry, with a total strength of nearly 37,000 people, Thomas and Corincha each led 500 phantom archers, 500 elven archers and 1,000 dwarven warriors to roam outside, and the rest of the people, other armies, except for the patrol cavalry, were stationed in the city.

Outside the city, the total strength is 100,000, 25,000 centaurs, 50,000 dwarven warriors, 20,000 elven archers, 5,000 heavy soldiers, and five or six hundred druids, these druids can summon at least 5,000 deadwood warriors or deadwood guards, the ability and number of summoned deadwood warriors or deadwood guards are also different, strong druids can summon deadwood warriors, and weak ones can summon deadwood guards, of course, this will consume a lot of mana value, So although these Deadwood Warriors or Guardians are summoned creatures, they are actually killing one less than one. In addition to summoning these nasty guys, druids can also turn into bears, according to the druid's ability from small to large, they can be mad into black bears, grizzly bears, brown bears, and white bears, bears' physical attack and defense capabilities are stronger than those of deadwood warriors and guards, but after madness, the druids themselves will have at least a week of weakness and slow recovery.

"Kill!" The ladders of the druids were erected, and they screamed and slaughtered under the walls.

The elven archers are responsible for shooting the opposing elven archers who are about to enter the firing range, the phantom archers against the chariots that have begun to attack the walls, and the sharpshooters against the dwarven warriors, who lift huge stones and smash them at the slow-moving deadwood warriors......