Chapter 604: A Litmus Test
In the end, Lin Ze originally wanted to contain the Black Wind Legion under Black Sand City, and buy time for the Shading army gathered in the back to annihilate the Black Wind Thieves, if Lin Ze attacked so hard that the Black Wind Thieves couldn't even cross the moat, would those Black Wind Thieves behind be afraid in their hearts?!
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Moreover, in the future, Xiao Quan and his Black Wind Legion will continue to threaten Lin Ze's Black Sand City. (Yes, that's right, Lin Ze already sees Black Sand City as his city!)
Whether it is to avenge Shaman's previous two kidnappings, or for the future safety of Black Sand City, or for the sake of those innocent people who died in Stormwind City, the ordinary people of Chu State, Lin Ze must eliminate Xiao Quan and his Black Wind Legion.
Therefore, Lin Ze ignored the earth-filling troops under the city, and he turned all his attacks to the more threatening Black Wind Bandit Army, as well as those ordnance.
Similarly, this is also giving Xiao Quan hope to capture the city.
With hope, in a short period of time, Xiao Quan will not see the dangers in the future, thus giving Lin Zequan a solid foundation for annihilating Xiao Quan and the Black Wind Thieves.
"The moat has been filled!" suddenly resounded with a loud roar from above the battlefield.
I saw that the moat, which was more than 30 meters wide before, has appeared at this time seven or eight dirt roads about 145 meters wide, which are enough for people and horses to walk on it, and even some large siege equipment can also pass through.
"Hooray!"
"Wan Sheng!"
The morale of the Black Wind Thieves by the moat suddenly increased greatly, and many people couldn't help but shout out loudly.
In the era of cold weapons, the moat or the drawbridge above the moat was captured, which represented this siege, and the victory rate was more than six floors.
"Attack!" The leaders of the Black Wind Thieves, who had been beaten before and were looking for a place to hide, completely ignored the threat of the stone bullets in the sky at this time, stood up, and launched an attack with a fanatical expression.
"Kill!" Countless Black Wind Thief soldiers rushed up the freshly filled dirt road like a torrent, and attacked the east gate two hundred meters away.
At this time, suddenly, there were bursts of passionate war drums from the position of the middle army of the Black Wind Thieves army behind them, and after the Black Wind Thieves soldiers heard this drum sound, their morale was even higher, and they shouted together, raised their flags, and rushed towards the east city gate with a wild scream.
"Kill ..........!"
At this moment, the outside of the East City Gate was filled with the shouts of Black Wind Thieves!
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"Steady, steady, don't attack yet, wait for the order to attack again!"
Xu Sheng strode back and forth on the city wall, and while watching the movement of the army of black wind thieves under the city, he shouted loudly to his subordinates.
Tie Ying and Yu Huai had just gotten off the city tower and personally went to the city wall they were responsible for to direct their troops to fight.
Now by Lin Ze's side, only his personal guard captain Lin Hu, Duan Ming, and Wang Ming, who has no combat effectiveness, are left.
At this time, at the battlements and battlements on the urn city at the gate of the east city gate, as well as the city walls on the left and right sides of the city gate, each battlement was already densely covered with soldiers, Xu Sheng personally led the army, and the archer troops led by Li Jie were ambushed behind the city wall.
All archers use heavy arrows, with an armor-piercing nature, in order to deal with the would-be warriors and warriors in the Black Wind Bandit army.
All the soldiers were covered with solid armor, and some of them were directly draped in two or three layers.
Lin Ze has always attached great importance to the army under his command, such as the swords and armor used by the army, which are all used by the White Elephant Legion, and the quality and power can definitely be guaranteed.
Originally, the soldiers under Lin Ze had a fine set of armor, but now Lin Ze has captured Black Sand City, and found a mountain of armor and weapons in the military warehouse of Black Sand City.
This time it was a siege battle, and Lin Ze was on the defensive side, so he didn't have to worry about whether the mount under him was two of the several pieces of armor, so in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Lin Ze directly opened the military warehouse, as long as you have the ability and want to wear a few pieces of armor, you can wear a few.
It was also for this reason that all the soldiers of the army who participated in the battle, without hindering their own actions, each wore two, or even three pieces of armor.
At this time, Lin Ze could proudly say that the defense of his soldiers had been done to the extreme.
Since the soldiers of the Black Wind Thieves had not yet reached the bottom of the city wall, some of the equipment on the battlements at the city wall to prevent bow and arrow shooting was temporarily removed, leaving enough space to facilitate the attack of the archers on the city wall and the stone troops.
At this time, on Xu Sheng's side on the left, he had already heard the shouts of the Black Wind Thief soldiers outside getting closer and closer, and more and more arrows began to appear above his head.
Obviously, the army of the Black Wind Thieves is about to attack the city, and now these bows and arrows are suppressing the counterattack of the city.
Many soldiers are pale at this time, although they have been carefully trained by Lin Ze, and they have also had a siege before, but, in the end, these soldiers are actually recruits who have just joined the army for two months, and their psychological quality, as well as their fighting willpower, are much worse than those of veterans, especially this time they are facing the extremely cruel Black Wind Thieves who are rumored to be extremely cruel by the outside world, and the number is still more than 200,000, so the psychological pressure of each person facing the enemy is really extraordinary.
Fortunately, when Lin Ze trained them before, he was very strict, and constantly emphasized the chances of soldiers, and the military discipline was strict and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, plus more than two months ago, the nine layers of these soldiers were all homeless people standing on the death line, Lin Ze not only took them in, but also gave them a sunny life, their families are now extremely happy in Huangsha Town, not to mention, Lin Ze's rewards for military exploits are extremely rich, I didn't look at the soldiers who participated in the encirclement and suppression of the wolf thieves and the blood-clothed thieves in front of them, and now they all live in the small courtyard of the farmhouse made of bricks and stones, and each of them has a large amount of monetary rewards, with these reasons, soAlthough the hearts of these soldiers were full of fear, none of them had the idea of running away in their hearts.
Whether it is for the happiness of their families, or to repay Lin Ze for saving their family, or for the sake of military exploits, these soldiers will not back down.
Lin Ze on the top of the city gate tower had actually been paying attention to the psychological reactions of the soldiers on the city wall, and now seeing this, Lin Ze was finally relieved in his heart.
Being able to not collapse under such a strong pressure means that his army has really been trained!
"Come on, Black Wind Thieves, let you be the touchstone for the establishment of my army!" Lin Ze's heart was hot, and his eyes looked at the army of Black Wind Thieves in the distance......
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Among the five teams of soldiers under Xu Sheng, except for a few observers who observed the enemy situation from the lookout holes in the battlement wall, the others were hidden under the city wall at this time to avoid the increasing number of bows and arrows on their heads.
Each of the soldiers was now divided into battle formations, the first of which were three hundred ironclad pikemen, and now they were standing in two rows with guns, divided into two rows, because one of them was responsible for killing the enemy, and the next one was used as reinforcements as the situation was concerned.
The archers around them were also divided into two rows.
A platoon of archers hides on the battlements and takes aim, while a platoon stands directly behind the front row of archers, and if the archers in front of them are injured or killed, the archers behind them will take their place.
At this time, these archers were hiding behind the city walls with great care, their eyes were closely watching the commander on the side, and their hands were clenched with bows and arrows at the same time, ready to shoot.
Not only these archers and pikemen, but the rest of the soldiers were ready for battle at this time.
For example, some soldiers were ready to throw rolling wood and stones at this time, and some soldiers had already burned the gold juice and could splash it under the city wall at any time.
At this time, they also squatted quietly beside their equipment, clenched their teeth, and waited for the order to attack without saying a word.
At this moment, the city wall of the East City Gate was quiet, only the fierce sun was shining directly on the city, and the yellow sand in the sea of sand was quietly watching here.
It was already past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, and the temperature in Black Sand City was already about twenty-seven or eight degrees, and the soldiers were wearing thick armor, so there were beads of sweat rolling out of everyone's foreheads, faces, and backs, but no one wiped them.
Xu Sheng cautiously stretched out his head to look outside the city wall, and soon, he saw that the army of the Black Wind Thieves was getting closer and closer.
Looking at the densely packed Black Wind Thief Army not far below the city wall, Xu Sheng also took a nervous breath at this time, and couldn't help but say: "Brothers, stabilize me, we will definitely win this battle!"
"Roar .........!" the soldiers hiding behind the city walls whispered in unison.
Hearing this neat roar, Xu Sheng's heart, which was a little nervous before, suddenly calmed down.
Xu Sheng estimated that the Black Wind Thieves outside the city had already understood the details of the situation inside the Urn City, so there were as many as one hundred and seventy or eighty shield carts pushed here.
Not far behind the shield cart, there were also many Black Wind Thief soldiers following, wearing iron armor or unarmoured, pushing seventy or eighty giant ballista carts, presumably to suppress the counterattack on the city wall.
Behind these giant ballistas, hundreds of Black Wind Thief soldiers in light armor followed, and they directly carried a dozen simple ladders, carefully and quickly followed behind the giant ballista, and marched towards the city wall.