Chapter 226

A wave of siege ended again, and the lives of four or five thousand black barbarians were consumed in such a battle of low intensity, which made Tutu very confused. www.biquge.infoEither they will attack with all their might, or they should not send their people to deliver food in such a childish way, and these chiefs no longer understand what Charlie the Lionheart is thinking. So they got together and got Charlie over.

In the face of these chiefs' questions, Charlie did not have the slightest timidity and shame, but was extraordinarily justified, and the feline pupils were erected, making it impossible to see the changes in his heart. As always, he straightened his waist and wore delicate armor, giving people a very disobedient feeling.

When will lions be able to fight in armor?

This is thanks to the inclusive national policy of the Byron Empire, otherwise the lion people may not have the status and glory they have today.

Charlie was confronted with questioning and asked rhetorically, "Our aim is to defeat the Orlando Imperial Army in Ortrenburg, not to occupy the city." If we can't effectively kill and wound the opposing soldiers, then what should we do?", he pointed to the listless black barbarians in the distance and said: "The original plan was to send out 100,000 barbarian warriors and set aside 30% as a logistics team, and the barbarian warriors who really participated in the war should be about 60,000. ”

The chiefs nodded their heads, and this was indeed the plan at first, but no one expected that the constant conflict and friction would change the original plan, and the barbarians would join the army and join the war. The chiefs were no different from their men, uncultured savages, who lived in the Salme Mountains and lived a life of wool and blood, just like wild beasts. They have a paranoid penchant for the concept of collectivity, perhaps because the brutal jungle life has taught them from an early age that only a large number of tribes can live well. So when more and more barbarians came out of the depths of the jungle and spontaneously joined their army, they forgot about their original plan and accepted these people with joy.

If you look at the entire battlefield from the perspective of a game of hegemony, the supply capacity of the black barbarians can also meet the level of 50,000 or 60,000 people, they have no carriages, no mature food reserve policy, and they are more accustomed to the life of going into the jungle to catch an animal without food. But to enlarge the base of the population lacking food from 50,000 to 60,000 to 100,000 would cost lives. The animals in a jungle are constant and non-renewable for a certain period of time, and once they are captured and slaughtered, the jungle means that there will be no more production for several years.

In the face of hundreds of thousands of mouths, Charlie quickly discovered the problem, but he couldn't solve it. The chiefs liked to show off their grandeur and might in large ranks, and they once rejected Charles' request for a reduction in troops, believing that there should be more men.

Even at this point, the chiefs don't understand what the change in numbers means.

Charlie nodded, his golden mane trembled slightly with the amplitude of his nod, and he looked exceptionally good, "You chiefs can eat all you can eat at every meal, maybe you don't know very well, many people outside can't eat enough." If we can't solve the problem of food in a short time, then we can pack up and get ready to go home. ”

The chiefs began to communicate in the vernacular, and after a while Tutu was pushed out, he kept his mouth open for a long time before asking, "Then what does this have to do with the siege? The intensity of each siege is very low, and I think you are deliberately sending our people to death." ”

"You're right!", Charlie actually admitted it, the faces of the chiefs suddenly changed color, and they looked at Charlie angrily, but Charlie didn't have the slightest nervousness, "That's how I consume the redundant soldiers, reduce the pressure on logistics and supplies, and let more people have enough to eat." He sneered, "At the same time, it can also consume part of the Imperial Army." I think it's a very cost-effective thing to use the redundant burden that can't form combat effectiveness to consume the opponent's elite. ”

Since there is a siege, there must be a defense, and the black barbarians are vigorous and better at climbing, and they are obviously superior to the Desi in climbing the city walls. As long as the black barbarians are on the wall, they will inevitably engage the defenders on the wall. Killing ten redundant blackbarbarians, in exchange for the death of one defender, is already earned for Charlie.

The intensity of the siege in the past few days is not high, but it has also replaced the death of 2,000 people on the other side, which can be regarded as a small goal.

Charlie's words caused the chiefs to fall into a dead silence, and their eyes kept meeting with each other, as if discussing the reason for Charlie's claim. However, it is also undeniable that more than 10,000 black barbarians have died under the city wall in the past few days, but some of the black barbarians have had the opportunity to fill their stomachs, this is the truth.

The chiefs made eye contact for a long moment before Tutu hesitated and said, "We approve of your previous actions, but we think that if we want to continue the siege, we should be a little stronger, a little stronger, and use a little more people." ”

Anyway, if they are not the warriors of their own tribe, they will not feel distressed if they die more, these chiefs have already made a decision, let the people of other small tribes go to death first, and leave their own people behind.

Charlie shrugged his shoulders and smiled nonchalantly.

On the second day, there was a burst of exclamations from the camp of the black barbarians, and they actually saw meat again after a few days, which made all the black barbarians happy and morale boosted.

Thor who was standing at the head of the wall and observing the black barbarian camp frowned, the other party's meat supplement was not nothing, but the number was not large, and it could not take care of everyone. The smell of meat wafted to Ortrenburg like today, and such a large-scale replenishment of meat either means that the other side is ready to start a general attack, or the other side has solved the supply problem. Obviously, the latter is impossible, and the mercenary group is still constantly harassing the other party's supply line, but the former is not very likely, because it is impossible for the other party to have so much meat in reserve.

Of course, any anomaly must be treated with care, it is Thor's instinct. He immediately arranged for several times the current garrison to climb the wall to prevent a sudden general attack from the other side.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the black barbarians began to attack the city. The number of people in this siege was far greater than the number of people in the previous tentative sieges. Thor was a little unsure and didn't let the grid generator join the attack sequence, using only two ballistas.

When the first ballista was launched, the moment the three-meter-long huge crossbow arrow was launched, it only took about ten seconds for the crossbow arrow to penetrate the siege formation. One crossbow arrow took the lives of at least dozens of people and also disrupted the opponent's formation. A small number of Byronic soldiers, wielding clubs and long swords, drove the chaotic black barbarians to the city walls, and the battle began in an instant.

Barrels of fire oil poured down the walls and then ignited to form a sea of fire. The black barbarians, who had had several experiences, did not panic, they covered the source of the fire with sand and extinguished the flames. Then the long ladders were erected on the wall, and the hooks were densely thrown up the wall, hanging the wall battlements, and these nimble black brutes began to climb rapidly. The black archers under the city walls also began to attack the defenders on the city walls, and the arrows rained down one after another, bringing great trouble and damage to the soldiers defending the city.

Purely in terms of siege intensity, these black barbarians are far inferior to the Imperial Army, but they have too many archers, which is really annoying, but it balances the combat effectiveness of both sides.

Marven stood at the head of the wall, slashing the hook hanging on the battlement of the city wall with all his might, slashing more than a dozen times in a row, and it took all his strength to break a hook. These hooks were all products of the Byronic Empire, and the five hooks had a half-meter-long iron chain under them before the ropes were linked. At the moment when the hook hung on the battlements of the city wall, the black man immediately climbed up along the rope, and the weight of several people was enough for this hook to bite the masonry firmly, not to mention lifting it, even if it was pried with a long sword, it was difficult to pry.

Suddenly, an arrow slammed into his head, and the pitted helmet made a dull thud that sent him back a few steps with great force. He gritted his teeth and spat out, shook his head, brandished his long sword and roared, "Horse-stepping, these beasts have a lot of strength!"

If it weren't for the protection of armor and helmets in the past few days, he would have died no less than ten times. The black barbarians were good at hunting with bows and arrows, and their strength in shooting far surpassed that of the Desi.

As he spoke, the sky darkened, and thousands of arrows flew into the air, slashing in an arc and crashing towards the wall.

"Raise your shield!

One shield after another was raised, and the sound of the dense impact was like a light iron sheet placed in the rain during a rainstorm, crackling and crackling.

After this round of arrow rain, dozens of black barbarians had already taken the opportunity to climb the wall, and they formed a small circle back to back, trying to hold on to this hard-won opportunity. How could Marven let it go? He immediately swung his sword and pointed at the place where the black barbarians gathered, and immediately there were heavily armed soldiers waving heavy weapons and rushing over. Blood splashed everywhere, and those black barbarians couldn't resist the siege of the defenders of the city at all, and they were really like a forest of spears and swords like rain, and in a few breaths, they turned into a corpse covered with holes and were thrown down.

Of course, there are also some Desi who are injured or even killed, and war will always die, and death is the main theme of war.

The two ballistae continued to roar, and one by one huge crossbow arrows were shot out, bringing out a series of death passages, but they could not stop the attack of the black barbarians.

Thor looked at the battlefield with a frown, hesitated, whispered a few words in the herald's ear, and turned to descend the wall.

Outside the city, Charlie the Lionheart looked at the black barbarian in surprise and actually seized a section of the wall, and immediately made a decision to press nearly half of the troops in his hand!