The goshawk fluttered its wings and flew high, skimming the sky, overlooking the Rivet City, which was full of war.
Near noon, the scorching sun hangs overhead, as if to roast everyone. Armor and weapons were scorching hot, and even the masonry of the city wall seemed to have just been taken out of a brick kiln. Such weather was quite unfavorable to the attackers, so Ferrog chose to lead the army back to the camp to replenish the strength of the soldiers who had fought hard all morning.
At the same time, he also took off his armor, filled a bowl of rice, and took a rest in a cool place.
The snow-white stubble was covered with beads of sweat, and when it rolled, it fell into the rice and was pulled into the mouth together.
"Lize, are you done talking?"
Ferrog wiped the sweat off his face and asked an adjutant standing aside.
Li Ze is the fifth son of Yunyang, Li De's younger brother. His fief is close to Li Neng's fief, and beyond Rivet City, further east is Li Ze's territory. After Li Neng's five cities were completely taken over by Lide, Li Ze directly bordered the current sphere of influence of Yuxi City. He had no sense of existence and suddenly became a bridgehead against Yuxi City. He passed here to reach the city of Rivet.
That is to say, when Li Yi fights Li De, the fiefdom of the fifth son Li Ze is equivalent to his strong backing. However, Li Ze did not know where he listened to the slander, demanding that Li Yi's army need to pay a certain amount of taxes when entering and leaving his territory. Not only did the soldiers need to pay for the passage, but Li Ze also deducted a little when the food and supplies were delivered.
Facing Feirog's question, his personal adjutant replied respectfully:
"It's settled. He also knows that some money is too much to handle. In the end, only a 3% toll tax is required."
Having said that, the adjutant changed the subject:
"However, according to the officials, it's okay if we don't pay the money. Li Ze's strength is probably not as good as his brother Li Neng's. Even if we forcefully borrow from him, he will probably just watch."
Ferrog shook his head, leaned against the tree trunk behind him to take a nap, and said slowly:
"It's not necessary... We eat meat, and we also get them a mouthful of soup. With this soup, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles. Pettis, when you become a general yourself in the future, when you go out to lead the army, you must Remember this truth. There are many villains in this world, they are not successful enough, and they are more than bad, so try not to provoke them if you can. Our most important goal now is Rivet City."
The adjutant named Pettis nodded and said:
"Remember, my lord. Please pay attention to rest, and continue to attack the city in the afternoon."
Fei Luoge let out a "hmm", but refused to take a nap, and kept squinting his eyes to think about the next thing. After more than a day of siege, Ferrog probably figured out that the number of defenders in Rivet City is about 1,000. This deduction method is very simple and very common. As long as you remember the appearance of a few soldiers, you can roughly guess how many defenders there are in the city from the frequency of their defense changes.
Before coming, Ferrog looked through the household registration statistics of the five cities of Yuxi, Zhenmo, Iron Wall, Lieyang, and Tianqi in the past few years, and calculated the number of troops Lide may have in his hands based on the normal military-to-civilian ratio. . The number of one thousand was slightly more than he had imagined, but it was completely within his control.
What really surprised him was the combat effectiveness of the army in Lied's hands. Fei Luoge once led the army to fight head-on with the elite troops of the Lord of Cangzhou. Lide's army gave him the feeling that it was not much better than the elite of the Lord of Cangzhou. But a small city lord has such a tenacious army in his hands, no matter how he thinks about it, it's a bit inconceivable. Feirog has led troops himself, and he knows that bringing out an elite army cannot be solved by simply relying on excellent generals The problem, the most important step is to spend money.
Where did Lied get so much money to train and arm the army
It's only been a year since he came to Yuxi City!
Fei Luoge couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it. This was not a problem that he, a general, should be entangled in. The meaningless distraction would only make him more tired.
In the afternoon, Ferrog continued to attack Rivet City. This time, he saw Fang Shisan on the wall of Rivet City.
It was a beautiful girl who couldn't see, couldn't move her legs, and was sitting in a wheelchair, as the rumors said. She seemed to be patrolling, as if she was arranging tactics, and she seemed to be simply telling Feirog where she was. Fei Luoge immediately ordered the generals in the team to shoot her, but the arrow was split in two by a sword on the way to her.
The talented swordsman Alaiya, fifth on the rookie list, stood in front of Fang Shisan on the left, and the horizontal sword blocked the rain of arrows for her. In front of San.
Fang Shisan seemed to have sensed it, and turned her face to the direction where Fei Luoge was. Although she couldn't see anything, she still frowned slightly.
Afterwards, the shield soldiers beside her rushed forward, and Fang Shisan disappeared from Ferrog's sight.
Li Yi, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, didn't pay attention to Fang Shisan's movements throughout the whole process, his eyes kept falling on Alaiya who had an indifferent expression. Especially when Alaiya's horizontal sword blocked the arrow shot at Fang Shisan, Li Yi's eyes widened instantly, and he clenched his teeth with a complicated expression, and said bitterly:
"I gave you a chance, but if you insist on fighting against me, you will end up dead! You better not fall into my hands, or I will make your life worse than death... Yunyang doesn't need you to be so ungrateful White-eyed wolf, what a genius swordsman, don't be so arrogant!"
Unlike the emotional Li Yi, Fei Luoge let go of his tightly clenched hands and breathed a sigh of relief.
After confirming Fang Shisan's position, Ferrog could finally attack without reservation. The siege engine slammed into the city gate, every time it kicked up a cloud of dust, the deafening sound echoed non-stop in the mountains. The soldiers guarding Rivet City kept pouring logs and rocks downwards. After all, the siege equipment needs to be controlled by people, and the movement is also very cumbersome. Simple attack methods can cause extremely considerable damage at this time.
In this high-intensity offense and defense, Ferrog's numerical advantage is reflected.
No matter how powerful the formation is, it is impossible to restore the soldiers' physical strength out of thin air. People need to rest after all. But Fei Luoge could let his soldiers take turns to rest for a long time, but Fang Shisan could not. Ferrog shot 100,000 arrows in the air in three days, and only four of the thirty siege vehicles were still usable. But in the process, the defense formation of Rivet City was almost completely reduced to zero, and the soldiers defending the city were exhausted from torture.
Then comes the final battle.
It just so happened that it was night on this day. On the one hand, Ferrog commanded the army to calm down and continue to set up camp to prepare for tomorrow's attack. On the other hand, he asked Liyi to take people to meet the next batch of supplies. Considering that there are still five cities to attack after Rivet City, Ferrog doesn't intend to forcefully capture Rivet City by sacrificing a large number of soldiers. Anyway, as long as another 100,000 arrows are sent, he can cover the siege soldiers and climb up Rivet City with very little casualties. The walls of the city.
What Ferrog never expected was that after the long night, he did not wait for the arrival of this batch of supplies, but waited for a bad news that he absolutely did not want to hear...