An enemy attack immediately raised the vigilance of the soldiers, and the dazed soldiers took up their arms and raised their spirits.

"Everyone, prepare! Light the torch and throw. ”

Fifteen hundred torches were thrown down in unison, and the outside of the city walls was instantly visible, and everyone gasped.

The people below were densely packed, and they even carried ladders.

Barbarians will also attack cities? All the soldiers had such doubts, even the soldiers of the Loose Word Battalion were also puzzled, living in the forest for so long, it was the first time they had seen this thing.

There were even siege carts at the gates, and several barbarians pushed the carts to the gates, ready to ram the gates.

"Ready, pour fire oil!"

As soon as the siege vehicle approached the city gate, it was poured with fire oil, and the siege vehicle burst into flames, and the barbarians pushing the cart instantly turned into burning people, which greatly shocked the surrounding barbarians.

It was discovered that the barbarians had set up the ladder on the wall.

"Ready, put the stone and the rolling log"

Before the barbarians could reach the top, they were knocked down the ladder.

At this time, someone noticed that the ladder on the opposite side did not seem to reach the city wall, and their ladder was only six meters at most.

The commander on the opposite side seemed to have discovered this problem, and the means prepared by his side had no effect, so he withdrew his troops.

In the first encounter, the fire bull left dozens of corpses behind and hurriedly evacuated.

Both sides miscalculated the strength of the other and made no progress.

.....

None of the soldiers closed their eyes until dawn, and the tension of the nearly overnight atmosphere made them not feel sleepy.

They saw the Fire Ox tribesmen who had fallen into the moat, and the crossbowmen shot them without mercy.

And the army of the Fire Ox tribe hiding in the forest was also extremely melancholy, and the wall on the opposite side seemed to be too high.

So he cut down trees overnight, took local materials, extended the ladder, and the commander of the army from a small country wrote and painted, and found that it was only possible to reach the city wall if it was extended to ten meters.

However, it is somewhat difficult to achieve this with the existing technology, and it is difficult to bear the weight of the ground soldiers.

Now we can only get more siege engines and sprinkle water on them, attack the city gates, and make more ladders to distract the defenders on the city walls. In this way, it will be possible to break through the opposite city.

In addition, some long planks should be made as an improvised bridge to cross the moat, otherwise there will be warriors who fall into the moat and will not be able to go ashore.

But now that time was needed, they sent people to negotiate and relax the vigilance of the defenders of the city.

On this side of the city, the soldiers found that the ladder on the opposite side could not reach the city wall at all, and they would even fall into the river, so they did not have to pay attention to the opposite side.

But Li Chengzhou noticed that the trees in the forest in the distance kept falling, and felt that the other side was preparing for the next wave of offensive.

called Li Xiaojiang, and the judgment of the two was the same, and they felt that they could not relax their vigilance.

After warning the lax soldiers, Li Chengzhou divided the soldiers into three waves and took turns to rest in order to ensure the best fighting condition.

When everything is ready here, a man comes out of the forest, and he comes out to negotiate.

As soon as Li Chengzhou wanted to go out to see what tricks were playing on the other side, Li Xiaojiang volunteered to go.

Li Xiaojiang walked out of the city gate and talked to the person opposite.

"We have no ill will, we just want to take the crow, who is the son of our chief."

"As long as you hand him over, we promise to withdraw immediately."

Li Xiaojiang grinned: "I believe you are a ghost, raiding in the middle of the night, this is something done by a malicious person?" ”

"You'd better leave quickly, otherwise it's a trivial matter to lose your troops and lose your vitality, and it will be a big deal if you can't suppress the surrounding tribes when the time comes."

The person opposite was obviously stunned, as if the person in front of him knew him very well.

Li Xiaojiang continued to speak: "It is impossible to release people now, and only when you withdraw from the army now can we have the possibility of peace talks." ”

"After you retire, we will also send your son back to the house soon."

"But if you don't come to your senses, then you can try the consequences."

"Come back to me when you're ready."

After speaking, he turned around and left, without giving the other side a chance to speak.

Back on the city wall, Li Chengzhou asked curiously.

"Just came back, and the negotiations didn't progress?"

Li Xiaojiang smiled: "If they negotiate sincerely, the tougher and more confident we are, the more benefits we will get." ”

"If they're not sincere enough, the tougher they are, the less confident they will be, and they'll be timid in the fight, and the better our chances of winning."

"However, the specific situation is analyzed on a case-by-case basis, and different scenarios have different ways to deal with them."

Although Li Chengzhou didn't understand much, he always felt that what he said was very reasonable.

The envoy of the fire ox went back and told them about the negotiations, and their commander was also a little confused, what was the matter on the other side, and it was so tough in such a dangerous situation?

Is there really another hole card? In any case, you have to speed up and build fortifications to siege the city.

Li Chengzhou looked at the forest in the distance and gradually fell, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

found Li Xiaojiang to talk about his feelings.

"Is there any way to repel the enemy? Even if it's a temporary repulsion, they will be relieved when they come out, and now they are really panicked! ”

Li Xiaojiang lowered his head and thought for a while, "I'm also panicking, I came prepared on the other side, and the best way is to ask Fang Lao and General Meng to come out." ”

"But there is a way, but the sequelae may be a little bigger...."

Li Chengzhou felt that he had grasped hope.

"Talk about it, talk about it"

Li Xiaojiang glanced at Li Chengzhou: "My method is to set fire to the mountain, open the city gate a crack, send someone to sneak out, take advantage of the wind, and directly burn the fire to the opposite hiding place, at worst, I can drive them away, and if I am lucky, I can directly kill them once and for all." ”

"But if that's the case, we don't know how long the fire will burn and where it will burn, and the forest resources around us and the other resources in the forest will be gone."

Li Chengzhou looked at Li Xiaojiang, this plan can be described as vicious, Li Ru in the Three Kingdoms period will not be the reincarnation of this guy, right? A fire is burned cleanly, and it can be described as a poisoner.

However, although the solution is poisonous, there is no better way. But if the neighborhood is burned to ashes like this, I don't know if Fang Changge has any other ideas to use in the forest, will he be dizzy after leaving the customs?

At this time, a sharp-eyed soldier saw a ladder emerging from the canopy in the forest, flashed by, and hurried to report the matter to the commander.

"Your Majesty, if you don't decide, it'll be too late in a while!"

Li Chengzhou was ruthless: "Engage!" ”

"Xiao Jiang, this time I still need you to attract their attention and negotiate."

"The five of you go upwind with oil and tinder, and light a fire when you find an opportunity."

After proper arrangement, Li Xiaojiang swaggered out of the city.

The barbarians in the forest did not notice that there were five guards who were out of the city at the same time, each carrying a bucket of fire oil, bending over with the tinder, and rushing straight to the wind.

Li Xiaojiang stood in the middle and shouted: "Come out and be in charge!" ”