Lox, December 13, 414, 8:00 A.M.
The sky was covered with gray clouds and the wind was cold, as if a heavy snow would fall from the sky inadvertently and completely bury the Cerro Vomen Plain.
Yang Yu, who was wearing thick clothes, exhaled from his mouth. The water in the breath instantly sticked together into tiny ice crystals and turned into a thick fog that took a long time to dissipate.
At the base near Jinju City, General Luhua Army was organizing his troops to launch a fierce attack on Jinju City.
"We need a few teams to serve as the vanguard of the siege. Are there any teams that would like to volunteer? It would be best if the combat units were 100 people. Centurions are eager to sign up.
If no one asks, then I will be demoted to the rank of sergeant and form a new chapter."
Lu Huajun took a deep puff of the cigarette and blew out a smoke ring.
After parting ways with the other troops, the Luhua Army pulled out five teams ranging from one thousand to three thousand men from the First Unit of the Western Fifth Army, and sent them to eliminate the loose strongholds of Rose's soldiers. The remaining soldiers all stayed here, intending to quickly capture Jinju City.
As expected, the defenders of Jinju City noticed their arrival early, closed the city gates, and quickly arranged defense facilities, with no intention of going out to fight.
This turned into a siege war, and siege war is the most difficult war to fight.
Taking into account the subsequent operations, the Fifth Western Army hopes to keep the walls of Jinju City as intact as possible. Therefore, he hopes that someone can climb up the wall, open a gap among the defenders, go down to the other side of the wall, and open the gate.
Without saying anything, Yang Yu raised his hand high, as if afraid that no one could hear him, and shouted:
"I come!"
Seeing this, Lu Huajun frowned and took another deep puff of the cigarette, and most of the tobacco in the pipe was inhaled by him in one go.
If possible, the Luhua Army hopes to send some strong and experienced siege veterans.
However, there was nothing wrong in choosing Yang Yu's team. Yang Yu's men had participated in siege teams before because of some eager officers, and had certain experience.
Until now, the Luhua Army has not heard any discordant voices from the troops led by Yang Yu.
Although I haven't watched Yang Yu and his team's training, from what I've heard, Yang Yu does have the strength to earn respect from the team he leads. I just don't know how well he commands.
After some thought, the Luhua Army incorporated Yang Yu's troops into the vanguard team responsible for the city climbing battle, wanting to see if the young man in front of them was really capable.
Afterwards, Luhua Army continued to ask among the troops if there was any team willing to take charge of climbing the city wall.
Although climbing the city wall is fraught with dangers, it also comes with generous rewards. In every battle to capture the city, Wansheng State will set up a first-climb reward to encourage soldiers to cooperate enthusiastically in the battle.
Gathering enough troops to attack the city was not as difficult as imagined.
After briefly warning the team climbing the city wall, the Luhua Army handed over the lightweight ladders brought by the logistics troops to the various troops and asked them to organize the formation for the siege.
Yang Yu led his troops and stood in the front row of the siege force. Several sturdy soldiers carried lightweight ladders. Magicians and archers who could perform long-range attacks followed closely behind the team to provide cover for the siege soldiers.
Everything was ready, just waiting for orders. Yang Yu approached Bai Jin and said with a smile:
"Relax, just do what you can, and don't have any psychological burden. Huanghua, take good care of your sisters when I'm not around."
Iyas nodded.
Afterwards, Yang Yu took out He Meng from the hood of Bai Jin's thick cotton robe and stuffed it under his shield.
If He Meng had teeth, she would really like to bite Yang Yu, but unfortunately she didn't, so she could only shrink between Yang Yu's shield and arm angrily.
"I really have a crush on you, that's great."
Seeing He Meng's cooperation, Yang Yu felt more confident.
In Jinju City, the Grand Commander Pisong, who was in charge of the guard, frowned slightly. The army of Wansheng Kingdom was more prepared than before, and they also grew a lot in this war.
This war cannot be dragged on any longer, otherwise, all of humanity’s advantages will be learned by them.
"Give the order, all troops prepare for battle, keep a retreat route, and when the city gate is lost, prepare to withdraw from the back door and break out of the siege."
"yes!"
After hearing the instructions from their superiors, the soldiers of the Rose Empire passed the instructions to each other on the city wall. They poured buckets of water on the city wall, and then the magicians released ice magic.
Thick and smooth ice instantly froze on the city wall.
There were only more than 3,000 defenders in Jinju City. Pisong received the order to resist as much as possible and delay time. There was no need to fight against an enemy that was several times stronger than him.
There are sufficient supplies in the city. If the enemy fights on multiple fronts like last time, they will have plenty of ways to hold out for a week or two.
But this time the orcs used concentrated forces to launch a large-scale siege, so failure was inevitable.
Pisong found someone and asked him to pass the message on immediately.
Fearing that their magical communications would be intercepted, Python decided to use the oldest method of delivering the message, walking.
Of course, they had to resist the attack of the First Unit of the Fifth Western Army of Wansheng Country for several hours first.
All medium and large cities built on the plains are basically easy to defend and difficult to attack. Rose's soldiers lined up in an orderly manner on the city walls. Using the city walls, they can launch an attack from top to bottom and gain a certain advantage.
Pisong was confident that he could withstand Wansheng Kingdom's first round of attack.
Soon, Wansheng's troops launched the first attack as expected, and General Pisong immediately ordered a defense.
In an instant, countless cannons roared, gorgeous magic and bows and arrows flew, but the Wansheng army did not retreat at all.
Countless magic spells and artillery shells exploded around him. Yang Yu stretched his body and the thick clothes made him feel hot and unbearable. Without saying a word, Yang Yu tore off the thick clothes and used the shield and the sword in his hand to block various attacks and clear the way for his troops.
After the army's ladder touched the city wall, Yang Yu took a deep breath, used the [Climb] skill, climbed over the eaves and walls, and rushed straight to the top of the city wall.
Pisong organized people and used magic or stones to attack Yang Yu, but Yang Yu was extremely agile and he avoided all the falling stones and magic without much effort.
Even though a magician had cast ice magic on the city wall, making it slippery, Yang Yu still managed to hold on to the wall tightly with his feet and easily climbed over it.
Pisong was caught off guard by the fact that the first person climbed the city wall so quickly. He let out a roar.
"Get him out of here!"
The soldiers of the Rose Empire obeyed his orders, drew the swords at their waists, and slashed at Yang Yu.
He dodged the attacks of several soldiers in succession, and while the soldiers had not yet used their skills, Yang Yu seized the opportunity and used [Intercept], followed by [Red Blood to Clear the Way].
(End of this chapter)