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Chapter 52: Part of the deal, siege
After returning to the barracks and kicking Norman away, I went to find Pavel to discuss with him how to ask for money from the Senke Federation nobles. But Pavel obviously didn't take the money seriously. In addition to asking whether the city could withstand the attack of the Eastern Leader Army, he just said to me, "My guards are for you, go and deal with it yourself!"
It seems that it is impossible to get him to help me with this job, so I can only find someone else to help me. Damn, I can't touch the things I got, why do I have to take responsibility for everything
Two days later, on a dark and windy night, I was pitch dark as I took more than 200 carts of food and fodder to the north gate of Huangshi City. Along the way, nearly a heavy armored division was training in the field to cover our actions.
After personally receiving a stack of parchment from the captain of Hegma's personal guard, I waved my hand to let the soldiers who were obviously from the Black Wolf Legion move the food and fodder into the city, and then all of them returned secretly.
After returning to the barracks, I dismissed the soldiers and immediately rushed to the South Camp with a few of Pavel’s cronies, and interrogated the captured officers of the Senke Federation Army who were detained there. . . . .
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"Today, I have decided to launch a siege on Huangshi City. I will first read out the planned plan to everyone. If you have any opinions, you can raise them after I read it out.
First of all, I decided to attack the South Gate and the North Gate together to stretch the defense line of the Senke Federation as much as possible. The South Gate will be commanded by Commander Carsent, who will command the 103rd, 223rd, 224th and magician troops; the attack on the North Gate will be led by me, the Flame Corps, and Shen Hanlong's siege division will be responsible for the attack, Hanlong will be responsible for breaking the city, and our cavalry division will be responsible for breaking through and disrupting the enemy. If the situation permits, I will lead the cavalry to directly attack the South Gate. If Commander Carsent occupies the South Gate, please send me a signal so that I can lead troops to support...
Finally, I wish us to take over Huangshi City in one fell swoop. For the honor of the empire, everyone has worked hard!"
The next morning, Thacker immediately convened a military meeting to prepare for the attack on the Waste Stone City. In order to ensure the implementation of my plan, Carsent will fight Hegmar to the death. Although I still feel sorry for Carsent, in order to achieve Thacker's goal of depleting the strength of the Eastern Territory, I can only let him down.
"Okay, the two legion commanders and I have been waiting for this day for a long time. If you hadn't stopped us, we would have started the siege long ago. Then let's do as you said. We will arrange for the soldiers to have lunch early in the afternoon, and then launch the attack when it gets dark." After hearing Thack's arrangement, Carsent immediately nodded in agreement, and the other legion commanders also agreed unanimously.
Think about it, there are less than 50,000 regular defenders in the city. If we attack from both the north and south, we can weaken the defenders to the maximum extent. In addition, both sides will have the assistance of powerful siege weapons (my troops and magician troops), so breaking through the city gate will be a piece of cake. In addition, due to the anger caused by the huge casualties of the subordinates, the desire of several legion commanders to attack the city has become stronger.
Among these people, the only one who felt a bit suspicious was the wizard Wink. From the previous actions, he clearly saw that the Flame Legion had no desire to attack the city. This sudden action revealed something even more thought-provoking. Why were all the troops attacking the North City made up of members of the Flame Legion? And judging from the number of soldiers, it was clear that there was not a single infantryman on the Thacker side that could be used for frontal combat. This was almost unbelievable in a normal siege.
But he didn't dare to voice his doubts, because it was just his guess, and as long as the two sides attacked at the same time, it would at least be able to share some of the defense of the Wasteland Stone City defenders? And he could use magic to monitor the movements of the Flame Legion to see if they were really fighting...
The battle plan was quickly drawn up by Thacker and Carson, who shared the command of the North and South operations, and decided through discussion. Afterwards, the two commanders returned to their own troops and immediately summoned a large number of officers from both sides to issue the mission.
While Thacker was gathering the officers, Matthew was being lectured by me.
"Sir, I don't understand your battle strategy. There are only so many of us. Do you want us to fight and rob those nobles at the same time? If we only use it for fighting, I think we may be able to play a role. But to deal with the defenders, we have to rob so many noble mansions you designated. I'm afraid we will not be able to come out alive even if we get in!" Holding a densely marked schematic diagram that I gave him, Matthew complained to me with a sad face about this impossible task.
"Damn it, just do whatever I tell you to do. I will arrange other troops to ensure that you will not encounter a large group of defenders. In a word, as long as you follow my instructions and do it in order, you will definitely come back alive. Remember, when you come back, you must cover the canopies of those carriages and send the things you bring back to my warehouse as soon as possible. Remember?"
Damn it, could I tell him that the defenders on the other side would give you the green light, and that as long as you go through, the elite Black Wolf Legion cavalry would turn a blind eye to you? Or could I tell them that the troops you attacked along the way were just a bunch of temporarily recruited remnants and some old and weak farmers who were only recruited two days ago? Or could I tell them that even if the city gates were closed, as long as you run back, the city gates would still be opened for you
At nightfall, I stood in the makeshift command post with the two legion commanders, Thacker and Pavel, and quietly observed the situation in the Waste Stone City. Beside us, a large number of troops were constantly running back and forth, preparing relevant siege facilities, and most of them were my direct troops.
"What good stuff is Hanlong going to show us today? Can that thing withstand those stones and kerosene?" Pavel saw several soldiers stuffing juicy rotten grass into a strange ramming vehicle, and began to imagine how this thing was different from the previous ramming vehicles.
"It's not much different. We just stuffed half a foot thick straw with water on the top of the battering ram, and then covered it with a layer of rawhide. As long as the water in the straw doesn't burn dry, we don't have to worry about the battering ram being burned. In addition, I asked the soldiers to make the peak a little sharper when making the battering ram, so as to minimize the damage to the battering ram caused by falling rocks from the city gate..." At this point, I found that both Sack and Pavel had a bad expression on their faces, so "In fact, to attack this kind of city gate without a moat and no obstacles outside the city gate, I have a very effective way..." I whispered the last sentence in their ears. But why did their expressions suddenly become so ugly? The way they looked at me was almost the same as looking at a prehistoric monster... . . . . .
"This... What kind of city gate can defend against a battering ram like this? Does the city gate have to be made entirely of iron? Damn it, the door bolt must be made of stainless steel. Damn it, if we use such a thing, how can we get out of the city? How many people are needed to move it?" Pavel's low voice of calculation made Sack feel surprisingly good.
"Anyway, we are not the unlucky ones defending the city. We are a cavalry unit. Attacking the city is our favorite, right? Don't we have enough horses? Well, let's see the siege. We have to show some respect, otherwise it will be bad if Carson and the others see us. That guy Wenke has the right to go to the palace. If he criticizes us in front of the civil and military officials, then even though we are protected by His Majesty, we will probably suffer a lot. Haha, let's start!" After laughing twice, Sack gave the order to attack the city. But this action, to put it bluntly, is just a bloody actual combat exercise. . . . . .
Compared to our leisurely situation, the battle in the south of the city was a real fight. Wenke and his men's first round of magic attack directly blasted open the gate of the Wasteland Stone City, and then the Holy Light Spear Formation overturned the battlements on the wall of the south gate of the Wasteland Stone City, almost flattening the entire top of the wall.
Just one magic attack killed or injured thousands of soldiers on the city wall. And these soldiers were only there for daily duty and basic defense. If there was a real siege, there would be at least tens of thousands of people on the city wall, and the loss of the Senke Federation would be really heavy. But in this case, the soldiers of the Kastark Army who were attacking the city might also be injured by mistake.
The drums of war sounded, and the soldiers of the Eastern Command of Kastark began to launch an offensive. The cavalry quickly rushed towards the damaged city gate, trying to break through there before the city gate was blocked again. . . . . . (To be continued)