In Jon? At the urging of Earl Clinton, the siege troops, totaling more than 1,600 people, began to march towards the city wall (tǐng) of Shitang Town with a ladder. Despite their trotting, casualties were inevitable, and almost every moment someone fell screaming at the shè (shè) arrows flying from the city, but the soldiers behind him quickly took his place and advanced towards the city walls.

In just two minutes, the ladder troops led by Wang had approached within 50 meters of the city wall. Of course, what they harvested was a more dense rain of arrows, which flew towards them (shēn) in a head-to-face manner, and in just three minutes, their casualties had reached nearly three hundred.

This is the cruel siege link, no wonder the "Art of War" will be the siege as the most inferior means of warfare, this is not unreasonable, if the usual field war is "wounded by 1,000 enemies, self-damage 800", then siege warfare is "wounded by 1,000 enemies, self-loss of 2,000", purely with attrition, the siege side must pay twice or even three times the price of the defender.

But it is undeniable that siege is the most effective, the most simple and easy means of breaking the city, there is a way to "break a hundred tricks with one force", let you have a thousand tricks, all kinds of plans, want to rely on a few hundred manpower to defeat dozens of times the army, that is also a fool's dream!

What, you ask about the Battle of Hot Springs? You ask the empty city plan? First of all, let's talk about the Battle of Hot Springs! As a legendary battle, Thermopus Pass is actually not as legendary as everyone imagined, and the Greek coalition army composed of the Spartan side is not only 300 people, but more than 7,000. In addition, the number of the Persian army is also flooded, and their military habits are a bit similar to those of the Celestial Empire. Moreover, these 300,000 have to count the supply troops, that is, the non-combatants who transport food, and the real combat strength is only a few hundred thousand.

What's more, the Greek army was far better equipped than the enemy, they wore bronze armor, as well as shields and spears, plus the Thermopylae Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, which was called a difficult terrain to be opened, which led to their legendary victory.

On the other hand, on the Persian side, although there are hundreds of thousands of troops, there are also disadvantages of having too many people! Food supplies are urgent! If you don't have enough to eat, where do you have the strength to fight? Coupled with the special terrain of Thermopylae, the numerical advantage of the Persian army could not be brought into play at all, and the hundreds of thousands of troops could only reach a few hundred or hundred, which was completely lowered to the height of the Greek army.

What's more, the Persian army is purely a group of miscellaneous soldiers, compared to the Greek army that you fight me every day and I fight you, it is not a level at all, and it is a dish at all when it meets a well-trained Greek coalition army. Besides, they are still the besiegers? As soon as he climbed to the top of the city, he was stabbed by the Greeks before he could gain a firm foothold.

Speaking of the empty city plan, regardless of its truth (xìng), the problem is: not everyone in the world is as suspicious as Sima Zhongda! At least Jon in front of him? Earl Clinton is not such a suspicious person, you just didn't say it!

Wang Ling's army finally put the ladder on the wall of Shitang Town, in fact, it is not appropriate to call it a ladder at all, after all, the city wall of Shitang Town is only so high, and this ladder is no different from the wooden ladder used to climb high places at home, the only difference is that there is no bamboo in the Westeros continent at all, and Wang Lingjun is in a hurry, and there is no time to dry the fresh wood, so that the weight of this ladder is frighteningly high, and it takes three or five people to lift it.

However, just when Wang Lingjun thought that he could climb up to the top of the city to slaughter those damn archers who had made himself and others suffer, he was unexpectedly surprised to find that someone above had poured black liquid on him and others.

With the lesson of the previous time, they hurriedly scattered and dodged, but when they turned back, they found that their ladder had already burned, and it turned out that the enemy's target was not them at all! In fact, this is very understandable, after all, without a ladder, they can't climb up, as long as they are left under the city wall, how to kill is not a simple matter?

It wasn't until a few of them were caught up in the city by the archers at the head of the city that they recovered from their state of distraction and began to run along the base of the wall towards the other ladders that had not been destroyed, and there were inevitably a few bows and arrows on the way, after all, the archers at the head of the city were good at "moving targets"!

Being injured in a siege battle with a bow and arrow (shè) is definitely second only to being injured under a cavalry charge, because God knows if an arrow will fly from the head of the city and kill you! Even if that arrow wasn't aimed at you, but a proper "stray arrow" (shè) that was deflected, it would definitely be enough to send you to the sky!

Of course, if you point to the back, it is likely that it will only deepen your pain, it is certain that even if you are not injured to the core, you will have to be careful of cold attacks such as fire oil and stones after this, and if you can't save it, a surprise will fall to you, anything is possible, but I can promise you that it won't be Sister Lin! Until you die of blood loss, or until the battle is over or temporarily over (e.g. (rì) falling behind, the attackers and defenders strike the battle, and then collect the corpses and wounded of both soldiers).

Will the Robert Army sit idly by and watch the king climb the wall? Of course not! And they will desperately prevent them from climbing to the top of the city, as the so-called "take advantage of your illness to kill you"! If you let the king lead the army to climb the city, they will be the ones who will suffer at that time, and the mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, for the sake of one's own (shēn) heart, one must not let go of this group of kings. Stones, bricks, riveted smashed down, oil, arrows, a strong greeting!

You think that's a big deal? Compared with the means of defending the city of my Celestial Empire, this is simply gentle, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is in line with the (rì) Neiwa Convention, the most powerful defensive weapon of my Celestial Empire was born in the period of resisting the Jin people in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and has a resounding name [Golden Juice].

Do you think it's the golden juice from the "Golden Bucket Challenge" that Viserys, the second brother of the dragon, accepted? Big mistake, how expensive that is! Not to mention gold water, even molten iron is too expensive, and it consumes a lot of fuel. This [gold juice] is boiling feces, hot, smelly and disgusting, and there are many bacteria, as long as it is splashed, it will be burned half to death, and then the wound will be 100% purulent and infected. And then it won't be long before I have a high fever, and then I'm dying! It can be described as vicious and disgusting! (But it also complements the cruel Jin Man!) Gold juice pouring gold people, a perfect match! ）

As the saying goes, there is harm only when there is comparison, but even these relatively "simple" defensive equipment are enough for the king and the army under the city to drink a pot! What's even more ruthless is that the Robert army will also push away the ladder, which is Robert's favorite thing to do, at this time he pushed the ladder full of soldiers back everywhere in the city, and then watched the group of ants attached to the king leader fall towards the rear with the ladder with a face of residual thought. Then Robert would let out a hearty, (yīn) triumphant laugh, "Hehe~~~Haha~~~Ah~~~" and then wave his hand at the group of soldiers led by the king, as if to say. "Brother, it's easy to walk all the way! Slow down and don't send! ”

When Robert saw the commander's approach, he immediately followed suit one by one, and "farewelled" the king in front of him, fulfilling the friendship of the landlord. The ladder led by the poor king was not long, so that the principle of the pole could not be used to ensure that the defenders at the head of the city could not push them, so they had to fall down with the ladder with a sad face, but fortunately the height was not high, they were also wearing armor, and there were companions behind them, so there was basically no trouble, only one unlucky man broke his bones. Actually, they don't have to be unlucky, at least they can get out of this battlefield like (ài) Red.

However, there is still a lucky king who leads the army to the top of the city first, but unfortunately the Westeros continent will not give rewards to the first person to reach the top of the city! Even if there were, he would not have to enjoy it, for before he could cheer, or even before he could stand up, several Robert soldiers beckoned to him.

The quality of this king's leading soldiers was still quite good, and he immediately picked up his shield to block, but he was only one person, but there was a large group of Robert soldiers around him like hungry wolves, so he was like a deer targeted by a hungry wolf, and although he moved left and right, he was finally hit in the abdomen (xiōng) by a blow, and fell backwards and fell down the city wall.

This kind of scene is still repeated everywhere, this is the disadvantage of the siege, as long as the defenders can deal with the enemy in front of them as soon as possible and ensure that the besieging side cannot stand on its feet, then the besieging side will always be in this disadvantage of being "besieged".

Jon? Earl Clinton looked at the fierce battlefield at this time, he rode on his horse, closely watched the situation in the city, and did not even dare to blink his eyes. Of course, when he saw that soldier successfully attack the city, he also followed a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and when he saw that the soldier finally fell from above, his heart was also sad and lost.

For Jon? For Earl Clinton, attacking the city is also a forced choice, and this battle is the first battle in the real sense for him, which is why he must send troops to attack the city, he wants to play a beautiful "good start" and make a good start to his military career!

Rhett also sat in a chair and watched the confrontation at the head of the city, and as a petty officer, he felt a tremor in his heart when he saw his comrade-in-arms who was still alive a few days ago turn into a corpse and fall weakly from the head of the city. Although he was also well-trained, such a large number of dead people seemed to him to be equally shocking.

In fact, most of the royal army, like him, was a blank slate, and they had not experienced the Battle of the Canyon, but had only completed their basic training in the royal territory and were thrown into battle. Is there no blue road in the king's army? Tully, the truly well-trained warriors, were in the minority, and the reason why they were able to fight hard-headed was simply because they were bullied by more people, and the desire for a high bounty on Robert's head.

To say that the funniest thing is Robert, he wields a sledgehammer, one person copes with two ladders, a soldier has just emerged, and Robert uses a sledgehammer to the helmet is a strike, "when~啷~", the king led the army and the soldier slid down weakly, and took the comrades below with him.