Chapter 144: Siege
The generals at all levels of the three major corps quickly gathered at the temporary command post and wondered: "Marshal, why don't you move on?" ”
The old man with wolf teeth hadn't spoken yet, but the blood python's white face chuckled and said: "The city has been attacked by the demonic beasts, you carefully observe the guards on the city wall, whether it is the queue formation, or its elite blood, is it all that the guards of this city can have?" Don't forget! The Warcraft herd is just someone else's tool, and what we have to face is a group of mysterious forces hidden behind the scenes, not knowing what their purpose is. Now there are ten ** in the city, which is self-throwing! ”
"That's right, that's how I see it!" The wolf-toothed old man bowed slightly: "Along the way, the wolves have been behind us, and they have not made a strong attack, but have continued to use various methods to delay our march, obviously buying time for the front troops to capture the city." Don't look at the calm of the big city now, I'll just point out one problem, and you all understand! ”
Everyone listened attentively, and the old man with wolf teeth smiled slightly, and said, "Since it is a border city, seeing such a large-scale beast tide attacking the city, why didn't it stimulate the city's war defense array?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
That's right, such an obvious flaw has not been found, along the way, the harassment and attack of the white wolf pack has made these generals anxious, they have not had a moment to rest, and they have kept issuing various orders to ensure more vitality on the premise of ensuring the strength of the attack.
However, after understanding it, just thinking about it, my face began to turn a little pale.
The city was the rear of their three major legions, and it was also a hoarding place for supplies, from which the food and grass supplies of the 300,000 troops were transported.
Although the soldiers of the three major legions are at the top of their combat effectiveness, they are not accompanied by auxiliary troops, and they can't bring much food. The previous three main generals were all paying attention to the completion of the battle, and only ordered the people below to bring a week's rations, so even if the other party did not attack, it only took a few more days for them to lose their combat effectiveness.
People are iron and steel, even if the Great Demon Guide doesn't eat for a few days, he can't produce a trace of magic in his body.
"Although I don't know what happened, a large number of defenders and a magic guide subgroup in the city did not resist the opponent's attack, and the magic guide defense system should have been destroyed!"
"So what should we do now? Marshal! A general hurriedly asked.
The area of the empire is very vast, but the main population is concentrated in the southeast plain coastal zone, which belongs to the northwest, the climate is dry and windy sand, and it can belong to the real vast and sparsely populated area, and there are only three cities within a radius of thousands of miles, with triangular towns in the northwest.
In addition to the city captured by the enemy in front of you, the nearest one would take several days of rapid marching to reach it. What's more, the other two cities are nothing more than cities with a population of one million, and it is almost impossible to supply the material needs of the 300,000-strong army.
What's more, Ayutthaya Xiu has the meaning of being a man here, and if he wants to get around, it will take time and effort, not to mention, if the enemy makes a slight move, they will definitely be killed and injured by the disadvantaged terrain gap.
Once the other side charges from the rear, then these 200,000-strong army is afraid that it will collapse.
"Capture the city, this is the only way to survive at the moment!" The old man with wolf teeth had a serious face: "Only by capturing this city and obtaining material supplies can we have the capital to fight the enemy, and then we will be free to defend or attack." Otherwise, we will have a dead end. ”
Half of what he said, and half of what he didn't dare to say. Because if you let your generals know that the other side may transfer or simply destroy the supplies, then the morale of the army will instantly drop to the freezing point. Even if the other party is cruel and directly collects the rations of the civilians, then even if he succeeds in seizing the city, it will only be from more than 200,000 people dying together to 3 million people going crazy together.
"Rushing to send troops without a clear investigation is the biggest mistake of the empire!" This year recurred in the mind of the wolf-toothed old man, and he sighed deeply in his heart.
The fact that the white wolves were able to capture the city so smoothly was really a bit unexpected by Cao Hong. Originally, his purpose was nothing more than a feint to storm the city and put pressure on the three legions, forcing them to speed up and reduce the thickness of the tortoise shell. So that the white wolf pack attacking from the rear can kill more effectively.
Who would have thought that the crooked attack was right, and the city was captured so easily.
In fact, Cao Hong didn't know that there was his own credit in this.
The equipment of the 3,000 Magic Knights that he ambushed and seized in the dense forest that day, and the magic knights in his escort army were the troops in the big city who managed and controlled the defense of the magic array. Originally, it was a dart to follow, but I didn't think that I would never go back, and even the city defense system became an ornament.
Only then did the white wolves take down the city wall with a single charge.
Otherwise, if you want to capture the city with the energy of the leylines, even with the current attack strength of Cao Hong's forces, there is no half a day and a day, so you don't want to think about it.
However, since he unexpectedly gained the city, he simply adjusted the strategic direction slightly, so Cao Hong, who was not very good at commanding the war, directly contacted Wang An and handed over the arrangement of the white wolf pack to him.
Under Wang An's arrangement, as soon as the white wolves finished cleaning up the streets, they divided a large team to capture the material reserve base stationed with 10,000 human warriors, and at the same time drove 2,000 clever ordinary people to transfer several war material hoarding points to one place one after another. In case the white wolf pack is unable to defeat in the end, resulting in an unfavorable battle, all war materials can be converted more quickly.
That's right, it's conversion! With Cao Hong here, it would be a waste to set it on fire, and it would be cost-effective to convert it into energy and take it away.
The two thousand clones who were urgently transferred with flying demonic beasts perfectly copied the original state of the city guards, and a large number of white wolves were ambushed inside, waiting for the three major legions to be sent to the door in a daze.
But after all, he is a general who has experienced a hundred battles, and after being careful, he didn't expect to be recognized by the other party.
After trimming for a while, a series of orders were conveyed from the temporary command post, and under the unrelenting attack of the white wolf pack in the rear, the three major army corps completed the transformation of the formation.
The Blood Python Legion is behind, responsible for resisting the attack of the white wolf pack and supporting the comrades in front, the Wolf Tooth Legion is divided into two wings to protect the entire army, and the Raging Lion Legion, which has the most experience in siege, is the main army to launch a siege war against the city!
The Raging Lion Legion had the best siege mages, and I saw a small group of gray-robed mages walking out of the big formation, and under the command of the first archmage, the group still chanted.
The great magic guide looked solemn, and with a wave of the magic wand in his hand, a huge magic array enveloped him and the five hundred magicians behind him, and a huge earthy yellow magic light poured out from his body and flowed into the huge magic array. The bodies of the five hundred magicians also continued to gush out of the yellow magic light, forming a mysterious magic array, which converged with the magic power of the Great Wizard like a mainstay, and went straight into the center of the magic array.
After about ten seconds, the Great Wizard finished the last magic scale, and pointed the wand in his hand at the city wall in front of him, and the yellow magic light in the magic array instantly shot out in the direction guided by the wand, and instantly submerged under the city wall.
In an instant, it seemed that the whole earth lit up, countless cracks appeared out of thin air, and a strong and terrifying huge earthquake was produced very suddenly, and the cracks quickly tore and connected together, and the earth cracked, as if tearing a strip of cloth with a gap, and directly tore the city wall along the force.
The heavy city wall collapsed in an instant, and the three-storey arrow tower on top of it, which had lost its foundation, fell down at once, and fell into a pile of waste.
It was also Cao Hong who deserved to be unlucky, if it weren't for the fact that he threw all the captured three thousand magic knights into the camp of the three legions as young children, became the core force of those unlucky ghost magic knights, and sacrificed them together without hesitation. At this time, the city's defensive magic array should have begun to operate.
Where else would the walls be torn apart by this little strategic magic?
The shaking of the ground gradually subsided, and the originally imperfect city wall collapsed, revealing a huge opening. The conspicuous shape is as ugly as a freshly knocked out front tooth.
There was a gap, the magician still did not stop, the magic array was running at full strength, and five earthy yellow magic lights shot out one after another, and after a violent shock, there were five huge openings on the front wall of the big city again.
The magicians ran out of magic and retreated.
The main battle force of the Raging Lion Legion used fifty magical mechanical golems as the tip of their knives and launched a rapid charge. Behind them, two thousand heavily armed magic swordsmen are ready to gnaw bones!
After that, 10,000 human warriors armed with heavy weapons and blessed with various auxiliary magic were the main combat force of the mending sword. Finally, there is the siege legion of 2,000 magicians, ready to support all kinds of magic.
The configuration of the siege force is simply extremely elite, and even a small country can fight it. However, the commander of the Wild Lion Legion is still thinking about how to send more troops. However, it is already considered the limit at present, but there are only so many human warriors in those few gaps.
In order to be able to break through the city gate in one fell swoop, the pure magic guide army** sent out a hundred magic guide mechanical puppets armed with giant bows and arrows, as a mobile battery-like existence to suppress those human siege troops.
The three major legions put on such a posture, and the idiot also knew that the other party had discovered that something was wrong, and the white wolf pack was no longer hidden. Rushed out like a tide, and a large number of magic bullets bombarded it.
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