Chapter 462: The Battle Begins
Qucheng is one of the eight main cities of the Bauhinia Empire, located in the southernmost part of the Bauhinia Empire, because the climate is much warmer than the north, it is famous for its abundance of grain, and it is the most important granary of the Bauhinia Empire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this moment, the fertile fields outside Qucheng City have been filled with countless tents, the wheat that is about to ripen is crushed to the ground, and hundreds of unattended unicorns are walking among them, trying to gnaw on the slightly yellowed crops, and from time to time they chirp softly.
Tens of thousands of dark-skinned Honglu soldiers ate the food in their hands silently, and from time to time looked gloomily at the high city wall not far away.
The war had been going on for more than ten days, and in those days they had left thousands of corpses under the iron-blue walls, in exchange for only a few gaps in the walls.
Du Ding's face is very ugly, as the commander of the Honglu country, he is very sensitive to the emotions of the soldiers, and the continuous strong attack cannot be overcome, which hurts the morale the most, especially the soldiers of the Honglu country, they have not experienced any bloody battles at all, and the strong attack for more than ten days has not achieved any results, and the blow is too big for these rookies!
"Why did Bauhinia's ordnance advance to this extent?"
This was the biggest question in Dudin's mind, but no one could answer him now.
The most famous thing in the country of Honglu is the manufacture of ordnance, especially the siege crossbows they produce, which are more than 30% more powerful than those of other countries, which is also his confidence - but in the last ten days of siege warfare, this advantage has not been reflected.
Although it is said that the Bauhinia Kingdom occupies a geographical advantage, after the calculation of the craftsmen, even if their siege crossbows are not as good as those made by the Honglu Kingdom, the gap will definitely not exceed one percent!
In this contrast, coupled with condescending, the loss of Honglu Kingdom these days is great, if it weren't for Du Ding's discovery that it was wrong to adjust the strategy in time, I am afraid that the corpses under the city will definitely be more than that!
"Do you really want to go around the city?"
Dudin looked at the towering city wall in front of him, and his eyebrows were almost knotted.
Qucheng is surrounded by plains, there is no danger to defend, Honglu can easily bypass it and directly attack the Heping Pass in the distance, but if the Qucheng soldiers suddenly go out of the city to attack its Honglu country's rear army, then the fun will be great!
"The Bauhinia Country is known as the army of a hundred battles, and it is really extraordinary!" Looking at the several figures pointing at the military camp on the city wall in the distance, Du Ding sighed in his heart, if he can call the shots, the best choice now is to withdraw from the Bauhinia Country, and provoke such a difficult enemy, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Honglu Kingdom to calm down in the future!
"Look at what I'm right!" Brant was pointing at the city wall of Qucheng at the moment, not to mention how high-spirited he was, "Although this Dudin is the number one general in the Honglu Kingdom, his years of peaceful life have made him lose his edges and corners, I bet he must be thinking about whether to retire from the army now!"
"Do you think everyone is as timid as you?" Xiang Hong has never been very respectful of this rogue leader, and there are no outsiders around, so he is not polite at all, "After coming for more than ten days, you rely on those dead things to defend the city, how can you be so reliant?"
"Raippy?" Brandt jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, and even his voice was an octave higher, "You know a p! Don't look at your cultivation as high, but when it comes to fighting, you are not one!"
"What did you say?"
Xiang Hong's eyebrows raised, making her face a little more solemn, "You try it again!"
"Ah...... You don't understand a p, don't you...... I don't know if it's deliberate!" I don't know if it's intentional, Brandt's words are intangled, and there is nothing good to hear about it over and over again, so that Xiang Hong raised his pink fist and was about to give him two ruthless blows, but was stopped by Luo Shan on the side, "Captain Brandt, can we really help him by doing this?"
Brant was embarrassed, he knew that this Luo Shan usually didn't talk much, but his mind was extremely meticulous, and he was careful about pretending to be public and private, and it was easy to deceive Xiang Hong, but when he faced this master, there was a chance that he would miss it!
"I've explained the reason!" Brandt didn't answer directly, but said with a straight face: "I definitely didn't lie to you, if the Boyang family is unlucky, that young master may not be able to do something, and you don't ......know his character as well as me!"
Luo Shan was silent, he knew that what Brandt said was right, if he encountered this kind of thing, he was afraid that the reaction would be similar to Luo Tian, this guy would dare to pick the church with one person and one dragon, where is there anything he can't do?
These people didn't know that Luo Tian wanted to help the Bo Yang family get through this difficulty, but if he wanted to lose his life because of this, it would never be possible, after all, the Bo Yang family only had a nominal relationship with him, but in fact, it was not like that at all!
"If you just want to defend the city, it still looks easy, and you don't need us to make a move at all!" Ivan looked at the atmosphere a little embarrassed, and deliberately diverted the topic, "I think this Honglu country is also called Huan, they can't even help the siege crossbow, how can they break the city?"
"They're waiting for ......" Brandt said in his heart that if this is the case, then it would be good, Lao Tzu easily earned the mercenary military merits, and the upgrade was just around the corner, but how could it be so easy in reality? "Presumably, the battle over there in Loushan Pass must be very fierce at this moment!"
The current battle situation in Loushan Pass is indeed very fierce, and the combat power of the army of the Golden Crow Kingdom is far from comparable to that of the Honglu Kingdom, not to mention that they also have the power of the God of War of the God of War Temple!
Within five days of the battle, both sides had lost nearly 30,000 men each, a one-to-one ratio that was unusual in a siege, but it happened!
The siege crossbows and weapons transported by Honglu did help the Jinwu Kingdom, and the ultra-long-distance range made it not so easy to defend the city, coupled with the fact that the soldiers of the Jinwu Kingdom were not afraid of death, which created the current situation.
At this moment, the two sides have entered the stage of attrition, the Bauhinia army has rushed out of the pass several times to rush the enemy, but they have been ruthlessly repulsed, and at this moment they can only rely on the steepness of Loushan Pass to barely support, but everyone knows that if it continues like this, it must be Bauhinia that cannot withstand it!
When it comes to military supplies, the Bauhinia Kingdom is not inferior to the Golden Crow, but those things need to be transported from the rear!
The terrain of Loushan restricts the supply of military funds, even if Lynn fights hard, but after all, those things still have to rely on people to carry horses, and it may still be possible to maintain a battle of ordinary intensity, but Jin Wuguo didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong this time, and he actually attacked in turns around the clock, and if it went on like this, even if the materials could still withstand it, people couldn't stand it!
There are less than 50,000 soldiers in Loushan Pass, and if it continues to be consumed like this, I am afraid that the reinforcements will be exhausted before they arrive!
However, war is always a double-edged sword, the pressure of Bauhinia is great, and the Jinwu Kingdom is also not easy!
"I don't believe it, these soldiers of the Golden Crow Kingdom are all beaten with iron?"
Looking at the endless military tents in the distance, Lu An's face was like iron, standing like a pine!