It was a pity that Xia Ya failed to hit Manninger with one arrow. I sighed in my heart: If my Juxiao bow is still there, even if this arrow can't kill this old boy, at least it can make him win the prize. In that case, it will be good for morale.
His Whistling Bow had already been destroyed in Damandras's snake cave. During the last battle, the underground river was polluted by magma, which was highly corrosive. In the end, Xia wanted to save A Cai and Su Ling. , I fell into the river water. Although I didn't die in the end, most of the things on my body were destroyed in the super corrosive river water. The super corrosive river water can even corrode iron essence. Not to mention the Juxiao Bow.
Although he was regretful, he didn't know that Manninger under the city wall was even more shocked. Although Manninger blocked the arrow shot by Xia Ya, the blade was broken and his arm trembled slightly. Shang Qiang pretended to be calm, let out a long laugh, and shouted, "Okay! When I break the city gate, I will definitely cut you!"
After he finished speaking, Manninger rode his horse back to his formation. He turned over and got off the horse. As soon as he landed, the leader of his tribe came to support him. As soon as he touched Manninger's arm, Manninger He snorted suddenly, pushed the others away, raised his hand, and saw that the palm was full of blood, he took a breath, and sneered: "This Xia really has some skills, no wonder that the last war, Lian Hess Ting was not able to kill him."
He glanced at the many tribal leaders next to him, and suddenly shouted sharply: "He has such warriors in Byzantium, aren't our Basak warriors weak! Whoever of you can conquer this city first, all the slaves in this city belong here. people!!"
As soon as these words were said, everyone was immediately excited, and several of the tribe's usual courageous leaders shouted, and after asking for orders, they went down to rectify their soldiers and prepared to attack the city.
It has to be said that Green made full use of the short one or two days that Xia Ya won. At least when the Chixue Army was about to attack the city, he found to his dismay that there was nowhere to cut down trees outside the city. Here comes the woods for crafting siege equipment.
Although their army was large in number, after all, they had traveled a long distance to Byzantium, and even brought a little ration, not to mention any siege equipment.
But the Odins were naturally fierce, and Manninger gave such a thick reward. Before the evening, the Odins launched their first siege.
Because there is no siege equipment, this time the Odins attacked, just let some Odin warriors shoot at the defenders on the city wall with bows and arrows, trying to suppress the defenders on the city wall with a bow and arrow, and then a few teams on the ground The Odin warrior took the opportunity to attack the city gate, holding something on fire, trying to set fire under the city gate and burn down the city gate.
However, the Odins were not good at archery in the first place, and the city walls were high, so the Odins suffered a big loss after all. Besides, several sharp wooden stakes had been planted under the city walls, leaving only the middle city. It was only a passage of the gate. The Odins' charge was forced to crowd the passage in the middle, and the shooting of the Byzantine defenders on the city wall was easier.
After two attacks, only more than 100 corpses were left under the city wall. As for the intention of trying to set fire to the city gate, although it also successfully rushed to the city gate once, a lot of stones were immediately dropped on the city tower, and they will gather under the city gate. More than a dozen Odin warriors were crushed to death on the spot, and as for the flames, they didn't have time to start.
The Odins then organized a larger attack. This time they sent at least a thousand soldiers to charge. These Odins braved the rain of arrows on the city wall, but instead of attacking the city gate directly, they ran to clear the city wall. The rows of wooden stakes below. These Odin warriors were all wearing armor, holding heavy axes, roaring and roaring up, rushing to the front of the stake, chopping hard, and after cutting the stake, they immediately teleported to the back.
Xia Ya on the city wall saw it in his eyes and sneered: "Ha! They are here to grab firewood!"
Immediately, the archers were ordered to shoot hard in the direction of the front of the stake.
This time, although the Odins forcibly chopped down two rows of wooden stakes and snatched away hundreds of them, they left behind more than a hundred corpses. Almost one life was exchanged for one wood. Such a tragic price made Manninger frown when he saw it in the army.
Until it was almost dawn, the Odin attack finally stopped. Almost half of the wooden stakes under the city wall were removed. After they were transported back, the craftsmen among the Odins began to speed up the manufacture of equipment.
Manninger also ordered the soldiers to rest for a while. The original rations were almost exhausted, but he still ordered some of the rations to be distributed so that the siege teams could eat their meals.
In the morning, the Odins launched the largest siege of the city. A simple siege vehicle made of temporary wooden stakes was pushed out. A wooden wheel was installed under the siege vehicle, and the wooden wheels were still on it. The pile is covered with a thick layer of animal skin to block arrows, and the thickest piece of ramming wood is hung in the middle. Hundreds and ten Odin warriors crowded around, roaring and pushing the siege vehicle towards the city gate, and many Odin warriors followed with their shields. The archers in the middle also started to shoot continuously, shooting against the defenders on the city wall, using bows and arrows to suppress the bows and arrows on the city wall.
Such an attack is almost filled with human life!
Although Xia Ya shouted loudly on the city wall to supervise the battle, but the quality of the defenders was not high after all. Although he was condescending, the quality of the archers was too low, and the quality of the soldiers was far inferior to that of the Odins. After a night of fighting, Already exhausted, the Odins have a large number of people to rotate. Gradually, the Odins pushed the siege vehicle under the city gate!
Seeing that although the Odins left a lot of corpses along the way, when the Odins saw that the siege vehicle was pushed under the city gate, their morale was immediately boosted, and they shouted, and the roars of tens of thousands of people overwhelmed them. The shouting of the city wall!
The Odin warriors under the siege vehicle have been damaged a lot, but once someone falls, Odin warriors will naturally come up behind them. Hundreds of ten people pushed the siege vehicle under the city gate and immediately started to collide. Door.
In the banging sound, the Odins screamed and roared wildly, and the morale on the city wall was obviously weakened.
Manninger in the distance saw it, and immediately took the opportunity to draw a long knife and shouted loudly: "Basak warriors move forward!! The city is broken at this moment!!!"
At this moment, more than ten heads suddenly appeared from the tower, and more than ten barrels of liquid were poured down from the tower. The liquid was viscous and black, and all of it was immediately poured into the siege vehicle and Odin next to it. On the soldier, several torches came down from the city tower, and with a bang, the city gate turned into a sea of fire!
Of course, the siege vehicle turned into a huge fireball, and the surrounding hundred and ten Odin warriors also screamed and ran around. Many people were covered in flames, rolling back and forth on the ground, and some just ran away. After a few steps, he was shot to death by the arrow crossbow that fell from the city wall!
Manninger in the back was furious when he saw it, but instead roared: "Although that fire hurt our warriors, it will also burn down their gates! Warriors move forward!!"
He jumped on his horse and raised his sword, and suddenly rushed out of the brigade of Odin warriors!
Xiaya stood on the city wall, holding a bow and arrow. Although his archery skills were not top-notch, he was much stronger than those defenders. Every time an arrow was shot, an Odin man would be shot over in the city. He continued in one breath. Shooting, three quivers were empty, and they were still shouting and fighting. Although the defenders around him were weak, there were two former mercenary warrior leaders, Afre Carter and Hawke, plus the original mercenaries. The soldiers are fierce people, and they still fight to the death. Seeing that the defenders are afraid, they seem to retreat and flee. Suddenly, Xia Ya threw down the bow and arrow and slashed a deserter with one knife! Standing on the tower, he shouted loudly: "The cowards will kill you!! Your family and relatives are all in the city! Once the city is broken, the entire family will be destroyed under the knife of the Odins! Those who lead the way will fight with these guys!! "
With him holding a knife to supervise the battle, and his shouting, the cowardly defenders suddenly gathered up their courage. After all, what Xia Ya told the truth, many of the defenders were locals in the city, and the fierceness of the Odins The name is too high, and every time he fights, he does not keep prisoners. Even if he retreats at this moment, once the city is broken, there is still a dead end, it is better to fight.
The fire under the city gate was raging into the sky. Although the siege vehicle was burnt down, the door panel of the city gate was also ignited. For a while, the fire broke out. Odin was in high spirits and rushed under the city gate. Once these savage races in the northern country became fierce, they really did not fear death. Although some people fell down with arrows, no one flinched.
Seeing that many of the Odins rushed to the city gate, Xia Ya immediately laughed: "It's time! Smash!!"
A group of mercenary warriors who were originally hidden in the city tower rushed out. They were all selected strong and strong people. They carried large pieces of boulders that were dismantled from the city and smashed them under the city gate. When they came down, the Odins were already crowded into a group under the city gate. When they fell down like this, they didn’t even need to aim. Suddenly, many of the Odins below were smashed and turned on their backs, and some people were smashed into flesh on the spot!
In the midst of Xia's wild laughter, he grabbed a stone the size of a grinding disc and smashed it down. A leader of the Odin Basak clan was directing his soldiers to charge forward when he suddenly saw black above his head, and as soon as he looked up, It was pressed down and turned into a meat pie!
Manninger is still unwilling to give up. Although he sees a lot of damage to his subordinates, he knows his current situation better! time does not wait! If you can't forcefully capture this city and you can't get supplies, your army of tens of thousands will run out of food and water today! !
Finally, I heard the sound of calling from the Odins ahead.
"The city gate is on fire! It's on fire!!"
Hearing this voice, Manninger was originally overjoyed, but when he sat down and looked around, he couldn't help but scream, his voice was full of resentment!
I saw that although the city gate was burnt down, coupled with the frenzied smashing of the Odins, it finally cracked and collapsed, but under the city gate, it was already blocked by the pile of rocks and earth like a hill! !
Seeing this, Manninger finally made a decision in his heart, gritted his teeth and shouted: "The order is to blow the horn and let the warriors come back!"
Blood dripped in his heart, but he couldn't help but look up at Xia Ya's figure on the city wall.
What a tough boy! !
He actually blocked the city gate by himself! !
As the commander-in-chief of the Odins, Manninger is naturally not an amateur when it comes to marching and fighting. The lonely city was besieged, and the defenders blocked the city gate by themselves, that is, there is no doubt that they will die!
Because generally speaking, even if the city is besieged, the defenders will not choose to block the city gate by themselves. If they come, they will block the city gate and cut off the way to break through. Second, once the outside world comes to reinforcements , and can not enter the city to rescue!
Obviously, the defenders of Denzel City are clearly posing a posture of coexistence and death with the city!
This blocked city gate just told Manninger: We are not going to run! Don't expect reinforcements either! It is to die together!
After the siege army came down, Manninger lingered in front of the battle on horseback, looking at the tall Denzel city wall, annoyed and anxious in his heart.
He came here with tens of thousands of troops. Under normal circumstances, even if the enemy army had the will to fight to the death, he would definitely not be able to resist him. But the problem is, I have no food, no equipment to attack the city, although there are many people, but I can't let the soldiers hit the city wall with their heads, right? !
There are still ways to solve the siege equipment. Although the defenders burned the woods near the city, there are still mountains and forests in the distance. As long as they take the time to cut them down, they can naturally create countless siege equipment.
But the question is... do you still have time
I haven't captured this small town for a day, but my army has really run out of food!
At this moment, night fell again, and Manninger stood in front of the battle and refused to leave. A subordinate came over and offered food: "Patriarch... Let's eat something..."
Manninger glanced back, and glanced at the thing that was under his hand. It was a black meat patty. He shook his head: "Give it to the guards and warriors to share."
The subordinates wanted to say something, but saw Manninger's firm expression, so he could only shake his head and leave.
After a while, the leaders of several tribes came over, and someone immediately asked: "Patriarch, we have run out of food, what should we do?"
Someone else said: "Anyway, we have come to Byzantium. Since the defenders of this small town are firmly defending, we don't have to waste time here! Now we just need to drive straight in, are we afraid that we won't be able to find food? Why not... "
"Today, the warriors under my command were injured a lot, but the warriors came back, but they couldn't even eat a full meal..."
Hearing these subordinates' complaints, Manninger raised his brows and was about to reprimand, but suddenly his heart moved. Looking at the eyes of his subordinates, his face suddenly laughed. The city wall shouted proudly: "If these Byzantines resist, can they stop my army! As for food... Hmph, we Basak warriors, can't we even endure such a bit of hardship? I don't even have the will, I still think about it. Take away the land of the Byzantines!!!”
When he said these few words, his men fell silent for a while.
Manninger didn't suppress it blindly, then smiled faintly, pretended to be relaxed, and said loudly: "Didn't I leave 5,000 people and let Morka raise food in Wildfire Town! Morka is loyal and brave, my order He will do his best to finish it! In Wildfire Town, he will try his best to prepare the food, and he will come with the food when the day dawns at most! At that time, are you afraid that you will not have anything to eat!"
These words finally calmed everyone down a little. After all, when he stayed in Wildfire Town, Manninger left his eldest son Morka and brought 5,000 people to prepare food on the spot. Everyone saw it. I think it's been a day and a night here, and Morka's 5,000 people should be coming soon with food.
"The patriarch...Although the food issue was solved by Morka, there was no water to drink." A leader looked sad: "These Byzantines are cunning, and the water sources have been blocked or polluted by themselves, and now they have warriors. Our mouths are dry and we have already started drinking deer urine!"
Manninger listened, his face was calm, and he just looked at the talking leader.
There was his trusted guard warrior next to him, and he couldn't help shouting angrily: "Shut up! What do you know! The patriarch didn't drink any water today! Do you know what the patriarch was drinking today!"
Having said that, the guard warrior was full of tears and gritted his teeth: "The patriarch drank his own urine today!!"
As soon as these words came out, there was no sound, and the tribal leader who opened his mouth to ask for water fell to his knees on the ground with a plop and shouted loudly: "Patriarch! Damn me! The patriarch's honor can endure humiliation and drink urine! The warriors of our subordinates, even if Drink your own blood to quench your thirst, and fight to the death!"
After speaking, he stood up, turned his head and left.
The leaders of the other tribes also looked generous and excited, and went down to rectify the army one after another.
Seeing everyone retreat, Manninger sighed, patted the guard warrior who had just spoken, and whispered: "Well done, you are very smart."
The warrior was full of tears and whispered: "Patriarch..."
Manninger smiled proudly: "We came out in full force to take the land of the Byzantines! How can a little setback at the moment shake my heart! Hmph! I drink urine today so that tomorrow we can be in Osgili. Drink wine in Ya's palace!!"
After a pause, he turned his head, looked at the north, his eyes were deep, and he slowly said: "That guy Morka, it's time to come! Send someone to rush to the direction of Wildfire Town!"
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Manninger was full of anticipation, and in the second half of the night, he finally got the news of his son!
While he was waiting, the guard warriors under him ran over with two grimy-faced Odin warriors.
The two Odin warriors rushed in front of Manninger. When Manninger saw the faces of these two people, his heart suddenly sank!
really!
The two looked frustrated, and one of them whispered: "Patriarch... Lord Morka sent us to report the news, we, we were in Wildfire Town, were, were attacked..."