Chapter 174: The Last Holy Land
Storm Bear City was facing the biggest crisis since its establishment, and in the Hall of Elders, the nine Storm Bear Elders were silent, and even the atmosphere in the air became extremely oppressive.
After a long time, the old man who sat in the top position, his face was wrinkled like an old tree, opened his eyes, these eyes were not cloudy, on the contrary, the light flashing in his eyes was as sharp as an eagle falcon, and he glanced around at the other eight elders, Xiong Wei coughed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, although I, the Storm Bear Toast Leader, have encountered the biggest crisis in history today, at this time, it is even more necessary for us to unite and get through the difficult moment, I have discussed with the Storm Priest, and first transfer the women, children, and children in the city to enter the holy land for temporary shelter!"
"Although the enemy is besieging the city, but my Violent Bear Tusi Leader is not exhausted, in Changshan City, and my Violent Bear Tusi leads 50,000 elites, recruiting warriors from various tribes, 100,000 athletes are not a problem, so as long as I hold Violent Bear City for half a month, the siege of the city can be solved, and the shame of today will be repaid ten times and a hundred times!"
Xiong Wei said, and the thin and withered body actually released a domineering momentum, enveloping the entire Elder Hall.
"Great Elder, where is the toast?"
Yesterday, a news was transmitted into the city, saying that the 70,000 elite Violent Bear Army led by the Earth Tusi was surrounded and annihilated in Jianmu Village, and the Earth Tusi was killed in battle, although this news has not been confirmed, but it is a big blow to the soldiers stationed in the Storm Bear City.
Originally, there were no less than 100,000 elites resident in Storm Bear City, and if the war was mobilized, the entire Storm Bear City, including the surrounding departments, would not be able to collect 200,000 to die in battle, but the current situation is very unoptimistic.
Not to mention the rumors that have not yet been confirmed, but the whereabouts of the Earth Tusi with 70,000 elites are still unknown, and the 30,000 warriors recruited from the surrounding tribes were also defeated in the hilly area thirty miles outside the city, and did not flee into the city.
And the enemy came from the north and swept all the way, and all the northern parts of Storm Bear City are now worried. Sending troops is even more of a joke, except for these, and now Storm Bear City, in addition to 30,000 elite soldiers stationed there. It is the 30,000 reserve soldiers cobbled together by teenagers and some old people, although there are 60,000, but Storm Bear City has nothing to defend.
It is a wooden village made of simple giant trees, where can it withstand ravage, and it doesn't even need large-scale siege equipment to make a gap in this wooden village, and it was a hurried battle the day before yesterday. Although it was only the tail of dusk, in this short period of time, the city defense of Storm Bear City was broken through seven gaps, and finally completely relied on people to withstand the onslaught of the other party, and the other party also retreated after this siege and set up camp several miles away.
Although there was no siege yesterday, there were huge war machines outside the city. But it still makes the scalps of the elders in Storm Bear City tingle, they are not uninformed old stubborns, the most common catapults in the Imperial Army. Giant crossbows, these are still known to them, and this thing is also copied in Storm Bear City, but there are not many of them.
After all, in the southern five provinces, where there are few fortified cities, this kind of large war machine is of little use, you must know that most tribes still use tents that are easy to relocate, and only the most powerful tribes will think of building cities to stabilize their rule, and large-scale wars have been away from this land for decades, although friction has been there every year. But there was no big war between the toasts, so the stone-throwing vehicles in the city were all decaying characters, and they had long been unusable, and even the old craftsmen who could build the stone-throwing wheels had long since died of old age, and this craft. Because it is not taken seriously, it is only passed down sporadically.
Temporary cramming is not possible, the ultra-long-distance projectile of the catapult, as if the artillery of the earth exists, this is a strategic arms, and want to deal with the catapult, there are only two ways, first, the catapult bombardment, to the long distance to the long distance, second, close destruction, but want to destroy the well-guarded catapult in the army, this is not a small difficulty, this is completely a life, not to see the task.
And if you ignore it, then the entire Storm Bear City will be in the center of the storm, you must know that the Storm Bear City is not as good as the giant python city built of all solid stones, the dirty and messy Storm Bear City, in addition to a circle of magnificent wooden walls, the city, most of the big tents are animal skins, there are wooden houses, stone buildings are pitiful, and what is worth talking about is probably the sacrificial hall built by digging the mountain.
The resolution of the Council of Elders was quickly implemented, and a large number of residents of Storm Bear City began to transfer into the Holy Land, and this situation naturally could not be concealed from the eyes of the sky, although Storm Bear City also had more than a dozen domesticated flying beasts, but in the face of ten times the number of Great Chu Sky Horse scouts, after being killed a few horses, these flying beasts honestly stayed in the nest and did not appear in this sky again.
In this regard, Leng Zhuo was noncommittal, on the first day, there was no siege, on the second day, he spent it in the snake scale toast, and on the third day, Shi Wansui, Wang Yanzhang, and Yin Feng'er's army was late, and the addition of nearly 100,000 troops suddenly made the siege more inside and outside.
The army arrived, and rested for another day, and Leng Zhuo had to steal a joy from this mother and daughter, and on the fourth day, Leng Zhuo gave the order to attack the city in a refreshed spirit.
Squeak, creak, the huge catapult creaks unpleasantly as it is pulled by the Crooked Buffalo, and around the massive catapult, the steel lines of hoplites shimmer in the cold metal of the sun, while the archers stand behind the hoplites, shooting at any onslaught at any onslaught.
In three days, the sleepless craftsmen built hundreds of stone-throwing trucks, of course, these stone-throwing trucks are not so surprised, the thick body, even the bark has not been completely removed, the rough and frizzy surface is a little more hideous, and behind this huge stone-throwing truck, there are heavy trucks, but these big cars are not loaded with heavy supplies, but large boulders.
Soon, the catapult entered the firing range, and the Great Chu Army did not continue to move forward, but stopped, while the various catapult positions were busy.
"Ready, shoot!"
The gusts of wind blew the hunting flag, and as the commander waved the command flag in his hand, accompanied by the low whimper of the wind, the rattling sound of the machine sounded, and the thick throwing arm was fiercely thrown out under the principle of leverage, and the boulders were like meteors outside the sky, wrapped in a layer of burning flames, whistling in the wind, and smashing towards the Storm Bear City.
Peng, a boulder fell to the ground, a skin tent was very unlucky to be smashed upright, where the supporting wooden pillar could withstand this impact, on the spot scattered the shelf, the flame ignited the animal skin, and suddenly a thick black flame rolled out.
In just a moment's effort, the smoke in the Storm Bear City was billowing in the columns of smoke, the big tent of animal skins, the wooden house, and the firewood used for cooking, these were simply a natural fire field, the catapult smashed at the speed of a wave of boulders every two minutes, and the soldiers guarding around the catapult did not wait, but sat cross-legged very relaxed, and bragged and farted in a relaxed tone.
"Damn!" a brute in Storm Bear City punched out Peng, breaking the wooden stake next to him in two, looking at the boulder flying overhead, and then looking back at their home, the raging fire burned not only the house, but also their hearts.
This is their home!
Although the barbarian was angry, he had not lost his mind, so he did not rush out of the city with his soldiers and horses recklessly, but he was calm, but not everyone could be like him.
"Look, Leader, it looks like the leader of the mountain lion!" a sharp-eyed barbarian suddenly cried out in surprise, pointing to a barbarian army that roared out of the city not far away.
"Damn, this hot-headed mountain lion, he's sending him to death!" Yu Rong looked at the brute general who rushed first, although he couldn't see the face clearly, but the golden armor was worn by the mountain lion, and it was shining in the sun.
"Leader, do we want to ......!"
Yu Rong's eyes flickered, looking at the mountain lion department that rushed out of a hundred and ten meters away, he exhaled and said, "Go and contact a few other leaders immediately, and also order our warriors to gather!"
Yu Rong didn't make this decision with a hot head, he could probably think of the enemy's thoughts, but even if he understood, sometimes he knew that there was a trap ahead, but he couldn't jump or not, just like now, even if he was calm and didn't act rashly, but would the ending change?
No, Storm Bear City does not have a solid defense, if the other party wants to attack, there is no need to spend too many casualties at all, the two sides still have to fight to the death, the difference is only that one side is attacking, the other side is defending, and the defending side always has an advantage.
If you continue to wait, the opponent's catapult will ignite and destroy the entire Storm Bear City, and they are like a target, rather than being slowly grinded to death like this, it is better to fight to the death vigorously.
The leader of the mountain lion led some of the elites out of the city, and Yu Rong also followed, and on the left and right, two more troops and horses went out of the city, adding up, more than 10,000 barbarian troops rushed to the stone throwing array like four arrows.
"Your Majesty, this group of bear barbarians can't help it!"
"Heh, I'm really impatient, I can't help it with such kung fu, I sent an order to a few generals in front of me, let them take it easy, these are all strong slaves, we occupy such a large territory, but it takes a lot of labor!"
Leng Zhuo raised his head and glanced at the battlefield in the distance, but his mind quickly moved to the sand table in front of him, occupation is only the first step, and effective rule of this land is the top priority, and the city, the road is like a point and a line, what Leng Zhuo has to do now is to make a plan in a suitable place.
And beside Leng Zhuo, Yinfeng, Yinling'er, mother and daughter looked at Leng Zhuo drawing circles on the sand table map, connecting lines, and answering Leng Zhuo's questions, but their hearts were cold, because according to Leng Zhuo's grand plan, it will not take long for the snake scales to lose their independence and become a vassal, and even be assimilated over time.
Despite the struggle in their hearts, they were powerless to stop it, and could only believe that the man in front of them would keep his promise.