Chapter 259: Siege
Everyone knows that it is easier said than done! When the Emperor of the Northern Desert came in person, he did not capture the city, and was trapped by his own tricks and forced him to cede the city.
Although their own number is large, if they attack hard, the casualties will definitely be huge.
"Marshal, we can't care so much, the army only brought a week's worth of grain and grass, if you can't grab the grain as soon as possible, you will have to die if you don't eat." The adjutant general told the truth.
There have been no people around here for a long time, and there is no place to go even if they rob it, so they can only attack regardless of casualties.
Since the decision was made, Lei Ting didn't dare to delay any longer, and directly ordered to organize an attack, who knew that before he reached the city, the bamboo arrows flew over, and the soldiers were caught off guard and fell a lot,
"Look, this is a bamboo arrow!" turned out to be all archers, Da'an people are too cunning, they don't go into the range, and people don't let go of arrows at all.
"The bamboo arrow is smeared, it stinks!"
Lei Ting looked at the arrow, sniffed it under his nose, and immediately frowned, this is a filthy thing, injured by this kind of arrow, within two days, the wound will be abscess and swollen, and people will also start to heat, if they are not treated in time, they will definitely not live, and Da'an people are too vicious.
"Anyone who has been wounded by an arrow, regardless of the severity of the injury, will go back for treatment, and the seriously injured will be taken care of by the minor injury, quickly, the medicine we bring is not enough to heal."
Most of the people in the Northern Desert live as nomads, and they have their own treatment methods for external injuries, but unfortunately, the medicine he brings with him is limited.
Two days have passed, 50,000 horses have walked thousands, it is not possible to go on like this, if you use iron arrows, you must be used up when they are used, but this bamboo arrow is not easy to say, as long as you organize the people to go up the mountain to cut bamboo, then it is not everything?
They were right, King Ding had already assigned a task to buy a large number of bamboo arrows, although the price was low, but the army also bought it to fight the Northern Desert, not to mention that there was still money, but not to give money, the people were also very enthusiastic.
Therefore, it is impossible for the bamboo arrow to be broken, and the hard archer is changed every two days, all of them are full of energy, and the strength is absolutely in place.
Thunder couldn't sleep, he took advantage of the darkness at night, quietly came to the city, pondering whether it would be hard to attack, what way to do it, it didn't make sense that he couldn't fight the other party's five thousand?
How many garrisons there are on the border, he has a number in his heart, and the king can bring over only two or three thousand, and it is impossible for him to withdraw all the defenders on the border, without the emperor's warrant, no one has this right.
He touched the city wall, thinking in his heart, fire attack is a feasible method, but the city wall is too high, it is estimated that it will not be possible to use rockets alone, if oil is poured here, supplemented by rockets, maybe it will be done!
Thinking of this, he was excited, the depression of the past two days was swept away, and when he went back, several deputies showed embarrassed expressions, the idea is good, but the key is that they have no gas!
I used to have some oil to eat, but recently it has been too dry, and there are not many livestock in the Northern Desert, so the mutton fat is naturally gone, and you want to set it on fire? It's too hard to run out of oil.
"What's wrong? Isn't this prince's idea okay? Thunder sank his face.
"No, the prince misunderstood, this idea is very good, but without oil, it is difficult for the fire to burn."
"None? Can't figure it out? Hmph, what do you want you to do? ”
"But there is no one in the vicinity, and there is really no place to look for cattle and sheep." I'll go, thunder furious!
"Only cattle and sheep have oil on them? That mules and horses are not livestock? ”
Yes, mules and horses also have oil on them, but they are the same as their comrades, how can they be killed easily, the war horses are really reluctant, and finally killed two mules pulling grain and grass, anyway, there is not much food, these mules are idle.
There is not much oil on the mules, they carry weight all year round, and there are a lot of muscles, and the oil is long gone, and they killed three heads in a row before refining a small barrel, and that night, Thunder sent people to wipe it on the city wall, and wrapped the oil cloth around the arrowhead.
After doing this, I didn't wait for dawn, in the middle of the night, the big army quietly leaned towards the city gate, and at the sound of an order, the fire burst into the sky, and it happened that the night wind would blow, and the rockets would rain down on the city wall.
"The stake team is attacking quickly!" As long as the city gate is opened, tens of thousands of people will crush them to death!
But before the stake team arrived, the bamboo arrows shot down again, and there was no fire on the city wall, where did all those rockets go? Looking at the city wall again, the fire is big, but it is all in the lower half, and there is no oil on it.
At this time, there was no way out, so I had to give an order, and this city must be captured tonight!
The archers of the Northern Desert shot at the city, and when the rockets ran out, they shot ordinary ones, covering the stake team to hit the city gates.
Not to mention, this method is quite effective, temporarily suppressed the offensive above, the stake team quickly began to impact, who knows, the city gate is not only thick, but also covered with a layer of iron, the stake can't be shaken at all, this is the north gate, stronger than other places!
The wooden pile team was closer to the city tower, their casualties were too great, and they were accurate in one shot, although the personnel were replenished in time, but after a while, hundreds of people were injured.
"Prince, this method doesn't work, if you don't withdraw again, the door hasn't been knocked open yet, and people will have to die." The adjutant generals all cried, this is a life, the casualties are so large, how can you explain to the emperor when you go back?
Thunder gritted his teeth, just didn't give the order to retreat, he wanted to gamble, bet that the bamboo arrows on it were exhausted, and bet that the door was knocked open the next moment, if he withdrew this time, there would be no hope of attacking the city again, and this city would not be broken, and he would wait for him when he went back, and he didn't know what it was?
Although he was named the crown prince, his father didn't like him, but he took a fancy to his ability, if he lost his men and horses and didn't grab food, it would be difficult to protect the prince's position.
King Ding stood on the city wall, his heart was also very anxious, there are indeed not many bamboo arrows, although the rear is supplying goods, but the number of needs is too large, the inventory is about to run out, and the next can only use iron arrows, although the gate is thick, but it hits like this, the wooden shaft will be broken.
He was anxious, if the city gate was knocked open, the consequences would be unimaginable, after all, there were only more than 3,000 people in the city, and even if the casualties outside were large, the number of people would be several times that of them. What's more, the Northern Desert is strong, one-on-one, and it is not an opponent at all.
"Lift the arrows up and shoot them as accurately as you can, at those who hit the door!" I can only go out, even if I go out of the city tomorrow to pick it, I have to overcome the difficulties.
In this way, the power of the arrows above has increased greatly, and this time the shot is not a little injured, but the arrows are killed, and the Northern Desert army is in a big mess, and if you go up, you will be sent to death.
"Prince, you can't go on again, this is why you start shooting iron arrows, how can our people have more arrows."
Lei Ting didn't think so in his heart, hmph, since he changed the iron arrow, it means that the bamboo arrow has run out, and victory is already in sight.
"I can't withdraw, hit the door with a lot of force, and you all give it to me!"