Chapter 279: Chicken Coop
No one thought that the army of the Crescent Moon Province would come so quickly, their troops almost rushed after the warning wolf, when the dense black army under the city surrounded more than 20 catapults, anyone who saw it would be frightened and turned pale, and as soon as they fought, the soldiers of Bahat City almost bit their tongues off.
"How is this possible?" While the officers on the city wall were still wondering why their own catapults could not reach the opposing camp, the opposing catapults had already moved.
The huge stone roared over the distance between the troops under the city and the city wall, and just by relying on prediction, the general's face turned pale in an instant, but he could only watch the stone fall, but he was helpless.
The catapults of the city of Bahat are divided into two phalanxes, the first phalanx is on the city wall, but the number is not much, that is, four or five, but the corresponding ballista is more, there should be more than ten units visually, and the second catapult phalanx is in the city, compared to the scattered layout on the city wall, the layout of the second phalanx is very compact, but in terms of range, the second phalanx is precisely stronger than the first phalanx, the design on the ground and on the city wall is naturally different, the catapult of the second phalanx is larger and stronger, so the range is also longer。
And the goal of the crescent moon army is those catapults in the city of Bahat, the catapults on the city wall are very eye-catching, and they can be destroyed after a simple conversion, but the inside of the city wall needs reconnaissance, and now this part of the crescent army does not have air troops, in order to attract the attention of Phuket Province, Ghost Ugly sent all the air troops to Phuket Province, so at the beginning, Ghost Ugly and Karle plotted to lure each other to use catapults, so that the location of the phalanx could be exposed, and then the people destroyed it in one fell swoop.
But even the ghost ugly didn't expect that the other party's generals actually took the lead in putting the catapult into use in a hurry, and they didn't know whether they were too confident or too stupid, all in all, the catapult phalanx in Hubat City was leaking, and their own side could take this opportunity to counteract, seeing this situation, the ghost and ugly couldn't help but shake his head and returned to his tent, this kind of small place, he really didn't have the heart to fight, or handed it over to Kare, which is also his forte.
At this time, the city of Bahat had become a mess.
"Quick, push the catapult back!" the commander of the catapult phalanx shouted loudly, the other party actually damaged five catapults with just one salvo, although he didn't know why the other party could hit himself, but the commander knew that if it continued like this, the entire phalanx would be destroyed, and the cost of the catapult was not small, this is all money!
But before he could shout a second time, the whistling stone came down again, and unlike the last time, this time the catapult shot small stones, the smallest of which was the size of a fist, and the larger one was the size of a human head.
"Own evasion!" A soldier screamed and hid in the protective house where the catapult was parked, but more people were killed and injured by the rocks because of the chaos, and the commander of the catapult phalanx was even more unfortunate to be directly hit off half of his head by the stone, and fell directly to the ground without saying a word and twitched weakly, in this case, people's fear prompted instinct, discipline collapsed at this moment, just two rounds of volleys, the catapults of the second phalanx were destroyed eight, and the soldiers in the catapult phalanx suffered more than 100 casualties, as for those catapults, where dare anyone care。
"My lord, do we still want to follow the way of fighting the North Wind City?" A captain approached Karle with a hippie smile and asked, Kariel glanced at him and said, "How is it possible, you see that now, several battlements of the city wall have been smashed? This is not an earthen wall, you are not good at supervising the troops, what are you doing here?"
The captain smiled and said, "My lord, you see that we have all dug out people's nests, why haven't we heard the rooster crow?" Karle asked jokingly, "Then what do you think can make this egg-laying chicken anxious?"
Unexpectedly, Kale, who has always been serious, would also joke, the captain was stunned for a moment, and then said: "A fire burned the chicken coop and left it with no place to hide, so that the old rooster would have to be in a hurry?"
"You can try it, success, I'll give you credit. Kicking the captain out of the air, Kalie said with a smile, the captain was also flexible, and he actually landed smoothly, but there was still a slight pain on his face, and he walked away with a twist.
Finally approaching evening, the sky was a little dark, rows of fish-scale clouds were dyed red by the setting sun, and there was a wail in the city of Bahat, which fell into boundless panic, although the army of the Crescent Moon Province had only been under the city for half a day, but it had already smashed the small half of the city of Bahat into ruins, the cold wind was howling, the pedestrians on the road were bleak, and the few people were also desperate on their faces, staggering, and in the military camp in the city, the atmosphere was even more depressing.
Half a day's attack, resulting in more than 500 casualties, of which the second phalanx of catapults was completely annihilated, a total of 30 catapults in the entire phalanx were all destroyed, and those on the city wall were not spared, the only luck was because the commander on the city wall reacted in time, and it was considered to have rescued more than 20 lightweight ballistas, as for the catapults, there was not one left.
"My lord, it's not a way to go on like this, isn't it taking advantage of the fact that the north gate is not yet surrounded, hurry up and go out to ask the lord for help!" Several generals gathered together and pleaded with the supreme commander, that is, the general on the city wall, and said, the crescent moon army came too fast, but because it was too fast, they consumed their troops, and did not directly attack the city all the way, but after a night's rest, they slowly walked to the city of Bahat at noon the next day.
Those powerful catapults were obviously rushed overnight, and even the branches on some trunks did not have time to be cleared, and only the catapults were operating in the half-day siege, and the other soldiers were camping, and the city of Bahat was a gate on all sides, although there was no trace of the enemy on the east and west sides, but the north gate with a moat should be the safest.
"Yes, my lord, the North Wind City was smashed and surrendered like this, the people in the North Wind City are all soft bones, let's feint and then take the opportunity to ask for help?"
The supreme commander of Bahat City glared at the general who spoke later and said: "Wait for one night, the letter asking for help should have arrived in the hands of the lord long ago, but I am afraid that something happened over there, so I have not returned for a long time, but as long as my letter for help is received, I think the lord should also leave, wait for ...... first"
However, before the supreme commander could finish speaking, a terrible howl was heard from the city wall in the distance, "Enemy attack!"
The sun had set, but the sky above the city of Bahat was still fiery, and countless unidentified objects suddenly exploded after they landed, followed by stones mixed with igneous rocks, and the exploding things splashed outwards with liquid, and the ensuing flames ignited it instantly, and almost as soon as the shouts disappeared, the entire southern wall of the city of Bahat became a sea of fire.
During the day, the city was in trouble, and at night, the city wall was attacked, and the supreme commander looked at the rising flames and gritted his teeth and said: "You lead a group of cavalry out of the city from the north gate to ask the lord for help, and the rest of the soldiers will follow me to defend the city wall!" After speaking, the commander drew the long sword at his waist and rushed towards the south city wall with the rest of the generals.
The chaos on the city wall undoubtedly gave the other party a chance to get close to the city wall, and once the ladder was erected, the city wall changed hands in an instant, the commander understood in his heart, but his face was still strong and calm, after climbing the city wall, I saw him shouting loudly: "I am the supreme commander, everyone obeys my orders! Quickly extinguish the fire and defend on the spot!"
The order was short and effective, and the soldiers who fell into the chaos instantly had the backbone, and the flames were still burning, but under the guidance of this commander, the riots on the city wall began to slowly subside, and at this time, the black wave like a curtain had begun to slowly swarm towards the city wall, and among the fire that had not yet been extinguished, the ten cloud ladders were extremely conspicuous, and the commander was also a strong man with advanced cultivation, and after making sure that he was not dazzled, he immediately ordered defense.
The archer twisted the arrow, concentrating on the string, the knife and axe hand was a rapid gasp, his eyes were red, and a solemn atmosphere enveloped both sides, and just when the engineering troops were about to enter the range, a nervous archer did not pinch the tail of the arrow, and with a bang, the feather arrow went straight to the black phalanx with a scream that broke through the air, and the archers who were more affected by him subconsciously shot the arrow, and at this time, the troops carrying the ladder actually stopped, and then slowly retreated in front of everyone!
Feint!
After giving the order to stop shooting, the supreme commander was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but the enemy temporarily retreated, but he breathed a sigh of relief, according to the soldier's report, the team for help has been out, just when the enemy under the city retreated, the team has left quickly, only asking for reinforcements to see the lord, the lord must return to help, the troops besieging the Salint family are enough, as long as the lord comes back and adds his command, it should not be a problem to annihilate the troops under the city, and he does not seek merit but no fault, as long as he drags the crescent army, it is also a victory。
But vaguely, this supreme general felt a little uneasy.