"As for your reconnaissance department, it's not the same. Two days ago, it was said that the upstream and downstream could cross the river, but now they are all enemies, how to cross. Jiang Wansheng said.

"How's it going...... There are no boats, so build bridges. Sooner or later, people will die, it's just the difference between more and less. Shi Qian's eyes widened and said, "Let the cannon fodder battalion prepare." ”

Jiang Wansheng nodded, and the two of them ordered the herald to pass the order at the same time.

Cannon fodder battalion, a must-have for siege warfare. The cannon fodder battalion of the two coalition forces totaled 10,000 men, all of whom were condemned to death row or the old, weak, sick and disabled who had been deceived by the "high price" of a dozen copper plates a day, and were driven by the Overseers to carry the timber and run to the river.

Their first task was to build a simple wooden bridge on multiple lines at the same time to create conditions for a large army to cross the river.

The river beach is within the range of the dragon cannon and outside the range of the bow and arrow.

When the cannon fodder battalion gathered more and more on the river beach and began to build wood, the fire dragon cannon on the wall of Jinsha Town finally began to exert its might.

A deafening volley of dragon cannons left dozens of corpses on the riverbank, and the blood flowed down the river beach into the artificial river, staining the river red. But this did not deter the cannon fodder battalions, and even made them work harder.

As long as this siege is over, those who survive will be freed, or a gold coin.

Now, it depends on whether the speed of building the wooden bridge or the speed of the dragon cannon is fast.

Dozens of simple ones were built at the same time, and with the desperate efforts of the cannon fodder battalion, they became longer and longer. Fortunately, this artificial river is not very deep, which makes it even more convenient to build bridges. The dragon cannon was shot after shot, destroying a bridge and immediately someone made up for it.

The wooden bridge, built with human life, eventually proved to be faster than the dragon cannon. More than half of the wooden bridges were built intermittently and successfully to the other side.

"Up!"

Thousands of soldiers with various planks in their hands, carrying shields, stepped on the wooden bridge and rushed to the opposite bank. Planks covered the trench, and shields were raised above their heads to keep out the rain of arrows falling from the sky.

Luo Wen, who was watching the battle from behind, sighed: "This is simply a war with human lives." ”

Everyone nodded in unison, deeply convinced.

The red-dyed river and the constant wailing all tell people the cruelty of this war.

As long as the trenches are filled, the large army of the Western Expeditionary Corps can gallop under the city walls, the road is uneven, and there is no talk of attacking the city. More and more soldiers threw themselves into filling the trenches, and the fighting became more and more intense.

Because the section from the city wall to the river beach is the dead end of the fire dragon cannon, but it is the attack range of the archers. I saw waves of arrows falling from the sky, and they didn't stop at all, and they rang out when they landed on the shield.

Wave after wave of deaths continued to cover the planks, until at last there were no planks, and they threw stones and weeds into the trenches, and even pushed the corpses into the trenches.

The battle, which was baptized by dragon cannons and a rain of arrows, lasted for a day. The Moss Empire was unscathed, but the Western Expeditionary Corps had already suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but tens of thousands of casualties finally brought about the success of the first stage.

The road under the walls was finally filled.

After a day of fighting, night finally dawned.

Neither side lit a fire to prevent the target from being exposed, and simply ate dry food and was done.

Inside the town of Jinsha.

"All the orders are sent down, and the vigilance is increased at night, so that several dragon cannons can attack without interruption. McNair commanded.

"Yes, General. ”

The night was pitch black, with only the faint glow of the river visible.

From time to time, the Moss Empire's dragon cannon fires a cannon, and a large fireball illuminates the night sky, and you can clearly see the enemy's movements.

While the dragon cannon was resting, the Western Expeditionary Corps secretly began to attack.

The cannon fodder battalion repaired the wooden bridges destroyed during the day and built more ones, while the soldiers quietly crossed the river with siege ladders.

Before the siege ladder could reach the walls, it was illuminated by a dragon cannon.

"Sneak attack!"

Sirens blared on the walls, and soldiers picked up their bows and arrows and fired them downward.

After a rain of arrows, countless corpses were left behind, announcing the failure of this wave of sneak attacks. This tug-of-war continued throughout the night and did not end until dawn. Relying on the large number of people in the Western Expeditionary Corps, the Moss Empire has no backup, which is obviously a fatigue tactic.

But it's clear that this tactic has worked. In the daytime battle the next day, the defenders of Jinsha Town were obviously short of energy and held on to the battle. After another day of fierce fighting, thousands of corpses were thrown under the walls.

"Cruel, too cruel......" Lowen said.

Lowen also participated in the war when he was in the cannon fodder battalion, but the intensity was not comparable to this. This siege was like a meat grinder, and human life was as worthless as dirt, sprinkled on the road to the city walls.

Such repeated fatigue tactics finally paid off on the fifth day.

Five consecutive days of all-night fighting made many people in the Moss Empire unbearable, they were few and had no reinforcements, and they were mentally and physically exhausted to the extreme.

This night, Shi Qian found Luo Wen and said that he would borrow a cupola cannon to use. Luo Wen thought about it, explained the precautions, and lent it to him, as for the magic crystal...... When you're done, find Ying Yunlong for reimbursement.

Because the cupola cannon could only be used by mid-level and above samurai, Shi Qian selected twenty mid-level samurai from the legion and handed them the cupola.

The sneak attack begins.

The soldiers climbed up the walls with siege ladders and weapons in hand. Twenty middle-level samurai carried cupola cannons and attacked the defenders on the city wall in turn, the range of the cupola was three hundred meters, and the city wall ten meters high was simply not a problem. The flames generated by the explosion of the cupola suppressed the archers within ten meters, unable to raise their heads at all, hiding behind the battlements and not daring to shoot arrows.

Under the cover of the cupola, soldiers finally climbed the city walls. When someone climbed the wall, it was like opening a gap, and more and more soldiers climbed the wall.

McNair received the alarm and hurriedly led his elite to the gap to fight in person.

With the addition of a group of masters, the soldiers who climbed the city walls were quickly dealt with.

"General, there are high-ranking samurai guarding the city wall, and the brothers can't attack it!"

Shi Qian received the report, his brows furrowed, in addition to Luo Wen and the others, there were only seven high-level warriors and magicians on his side, so he couldn't let them attack the city. As for the people of Loewen, he could not move.

"Scatter the attack, don't just attack one place, there is always a place where there are no masters. ”

The Cupola squad scattered to cover the attack, but it was still ineffective, because McNair's masters were also scattered and suppressed.

After a night of fighting, hundreds of magic crystals of the cupola were consumed, and the city wall was still not attacked.

Later generations called this siege battle the Jinsha meat grinder.

The Western Expeditionary Corps invested hundreds of thousands of troops, but stopped the pace of advance in this Jinsha town, and the soldiers of the Moss Empire stayed awake for several days and nights in order to hold this line of defense, and after the war, hundreds of people could not afford to sleep and slept on this land forever.

The battle lasted until the twelfth day, when it took a turn.