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The soldiers of the Baiteng clan were also scared by this night attack. After retracting the troops during the day, they did not dare to waste time and quickly launched an attack along the mountain road.
The mountain road is narrow and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Wang Chao built fortresses and defensive facilities on the mountain road, which immediately caused the attacks of the Baiteng tribe to frequently suffer losses.
However, the number of soldiers of the Baiteng tribe was too large, and the more they fought, the more they were more proficient in the defense of firearms. Gradually, fortresses built on the mountain road were broken by the Baiteng tribe soldiers.
However, every time a fortress is broken, the Baiteng tribe needs to pay huge losses, but Wang Chao and others are fighting flexibly. Once the fortress is lost, they will retreat immediately. In this way, although the fortress will be broken, the personnel losses are not large.
The two sides fought for seven days, and the ten-kilometer mountain road was broken one by one by one by the Baiteng tribe. The road was finally cleared. The Baiteng tribe's army finally faced the last fortress, which is also the headquarters of Wang Chao's troops.
Just to do this, the price paid by the Baiteng clan was too high. More than half of the people were killed and injured. By the time they fought in front of the castle, the total number of troops could still be fought was less than 50,000. During this process, nearly 30,000 people were close to 40,000, and they lost their lives in the battle for the mountain road.
Although the Baiteng warriors who survived after so many days of fighting can be regarded as elite soldiers, they are also tired soldiers, and their energy and spirit have been greatly lost. They are incomparable to those before.
The only thing that made them feel excited and let them breathe a sigh of relief was that the battle finally reached the last moment, the castle was right in front of them, and victory was in sight. As long as they defeated the castle, the battle would be over.
All the Baiteng warriors were extremely excited at this time, and they all took a breath and prepared to knock down the castle in front of them.
After resting for a night, the Baiteng warriors began to attack the next day. When they started attacking, they realized that the inconspicuous buildings outside the castle were death traps. Almost every time they broke a building, it took a huge price to pay. By the time they broke through all the buildings outside, three days had passed, and seven or eight thousand soldiers were killed or injured.
The Baiteng tribe's war with Baiteng tribe is definitely not a race that is willing to admit defeat. Wang Chao doesn't think that he won a Baiteng tribe's big village, and the Baiteng tribe's people will not come to trouble themselves.
The real battle hasn't begun yet.
It is not easy to gain a foothold on this land, it requires the price of blood and fire.
All the personnel began to get busy, building bunkers, digging trenches, and preparing to build the most solid base here to deal with the attack of the Baiteng tribe.
Speaking of which, the number of firearms is not enough. If there are thousands of muskets, there is no need to defend at all, and you can attack directly.
Wang Chao was naturally not idle either. He was looking for a suitable arsenal address around him. If he wanted to gain a foothold here and gain a great development, it would never work without a suitable arsenal.
It took several days to really make Wang Chao discover a place suitable for building an arsenal in a valley.
There are only two imports and exits in and out of this valley, surrounded by mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. And most importantly, it is close to a nearby coal mine, and the valley is rich in water resources. It only takes a slight transformation to be transformed into a hydropower facility.
If you can't use electricity, you can only make the idea of hydraulic power.
In this regard, technology is not a problem, and Wang Chao can provide them with drawings for making mature hydraulic machines.
After the arsenal is selected, the construction of the arsenal is then carried out.
However, in terms of circumstances, it is not suitable for building an arsenal.
Because according to the sentinel, the second large-scale attack of the Baiteng tribe is about to arrive. Only by responding to the second attack of the Baiteng tribe can we have the remaining strength to build an arsenal.
The second attack of the Baiteng tribe arrived soon, and this time it was much larger than the previous one.
The previous attack was a rescue attack launched in a hurry by the Baiteng tribe. First, the troops were too small, with only 20,000 people, and second, the preparations were insufficient and the weapons and equipment could not keep up.
However, this time, the Baiteng tribe's attack was prepared for a long time, with a force of 80,000, and the weapons and equipment were also well prepared. It was another arduous battle for Wang Chao and others.
Fortunately, Wang Chao and his friends were also very prepared this time. The Dazhai left by the Baiteng tribe had been rebuilt by Wang Chao. From the original Dazhai, it was transformed into an extremely sturdy giant castle. Around the castle, there were also dense defensive buildings that looked extremely scary.
I believe that with the defensive ability of this castle, the Baiteng tribe's attacking team will definitely suffer a big loss here.
On a sunny afternoon, the Baiteng tribe's army entered the guard range of the troops. The guard range set by Wang Chao was ten kilometers away from the castle. When it reached the guard range, it meant that the war had begun.
Wang Chao's arrangement is naturally not that simple. From the warning range to the castle, there are various defensive facilities. If the opponent wants to fight under the castle, he must fight all the way. After fighting along the way, he will block it layer by layer. Wang Chao believes that he can destroy tens of thousands of people on the other side.
In the afternoon of the same day, the battle broke out. The five hundred vanguards of the Baiteng clan first fought with a sentry station guarding the mountain road. After the fierce battle, the outpost was occupied by the Baiteng clan soldiers. However, the outpost soldiers did not cause casualties. Instead, they retreated smoothly before the outpost was broken, leaving behind an abandoned post with more than 200 casualties on the mountain road.
Although Wang Chao's soldiers were not killed in the first battle, they occupied the outposts on the mountain road, which increased the morale of the Baiteng clan's army, which can be said to be full of momentum.
Wang Chao also obtained the battle news at the first time, and then led a force toward the front line.
By the time Wang Chao arrived with his men, the Baiteng clan army had arrived. However, because night fell, the Baiteng clan soldiers could not launch an attack and could only establish camps on the mountain road.
The camp they built was very simple, and it could be said that it was not a camp at all. Ordinary soldiers slept directly on the open air, and only those big figures with status had simple tents to live in.
Tens of thousands of people were crowded on a mountain road, which looked dense, but it was extremely scary.
Wang Chao and five hundred soldiers hid on the opposite mountain road, preparing for a sneak attack at night.
Because they cannot be discovered by the other party, they naturally cannot make fire when eating at night. They can only eat some dry food and drink some water.
By midnight, five hundred people were woken up by the left-behind soldiers and prepared to launch an attack.
The combat literacy of the Baiteng tribe can be said to be very low. Although some soldiers were sent to patrol the night, the defense of the camp was still relatively low.
Wang Chao and his subordinates secretly killed the soldiers patrolling and guarding the night. After approaching the camp, five hundred people suddenly launched an attack.
Rockets, grenades, and musket attacks continued to fall into the camp of the Baiteng tribe, and suddenly knocked out the Baiteng tribe in the dark.
Amid the fire and explosions, the Baiteng Clan's camp quickly became chaotic, with shouts of killing everywhere and panic crowds everywhere.
Wang Chao took the soldiers to move to the battlefield, but he did not dare to get close to the camp, and he did not dare to take the soldiers into the camp of the Baiteng tribe.
The Baiteng tribe's camp is now in chaos, and his troops are not elite. Once they enter the chaotic camp, they will definitely be able to continue to transport food from the rear. However, it takes time to collect and transport food. By the time these foods are delivered, the tens of thousands of people will have been out of food for several days. By that time, they will not need any food, just wait for someone to collect the body.
Under the current circumstances, there are only two ways to fall in front of them. One is to retreat immediately while the food is still a few days away. As long as you retreat to your territory before the food is finished, it will be fine.
Another road is to break through the castle. There must be food stored in the castle. As long as they break through the castle, they can obtain food and naturally they can continue to live.
But these two paths are not easy to walk.
They spent such a great price and died so many people to fight the war to the present level. If it were thorough now, wouldn’t all the previous efforts be wasted?
Although their Baiteng tribe has a large population, the total population is only a few hundred thousand. This time, it can be said that it has dispatched all the troops that have fallen. If such a battle fails, it will be difficult for them to launch a war in the future.
This is their only chance to take the initiative.
But if you continue to fight, you will also have to take a lot of risks.
After so many days of fighting, they still haven't entered. It's almost impossible to break through the castle in a short time. Once the food is finished, the castle has not been broken before they have finished eating, and waiting for them is still a dead end.
There was not much time left and there was no extra time to let them continue to hesitate. The leader of the Baiteng clan was a thin old man. This large-scale battle was triggered by his strength. Under the current circumstances, he was in a difficult situation.
He regretted it very much now, and he always sighed in his heart. If he had known that the other party was so difficult, he would never have come here to fight any battle.
Under the big leader, there are many small leaders, and the battle during this period
It will be messy, and then the situation will be bad.
So Wang Chao did not enter the camp with his men, but only attacked around the camp several times, making the chaos in the camp worse and expanding the impact.
When the chaos in the camp became uncontrollable, Wang Chao and his men retreated quickly.
A small number of men left behind continued to monitor the other party's situation, and Wang Chao brought most men back to the next camp to rest and prepare for the battle.
In the dark night, riots were easily triggered, and the Baiteng Clan's camp was attacked, so the riots continued until the night was bright, and the riots ended.
When the riot ended, the Baiteng clan was shocked when he counted his casualties.
When they set out, there were still 70,000 to 80,000 people, but after a night of riots, more than 7,000 people were killed or injured, and 5,000 were missing. Although more than 2,000 people were found after searching during the day, 3,000 people were missing.
The riots of one night caused huge casualties to the Baiteng tribe.
And the current result is because Wang Chao did not take the opportunity to send people to attack, otherwise the Baiteng clan's losses would be even greater.
However, this is also what Wang Chao has no choice but to do so. He can naturally achieve the ability to fight night, but his soldiers cannot do this, so he can only launch an attack outside the camp and dare not enter the camp and launch a night battle.
He lacks elite soldiers in his hands.
The soldiers' eyes were blood red. One was willing to fight too hard and his eyes were bloody. The other was willing to fight until now. In their hearts, they had extremely hatred for the enemies in the castle, so their eyes were blood red.
They roared and cursed, and when they broke through the castle, they would definitely kill everyone in the castle.
With this deep hatred, the soldiers of the Baiteng clan launched a terrifying attack like a tide, and waves of soldiers rushed towards the castle.
The total number of residents in the castle is less than 10,000, and there are less than 1,000 regular soldiers. The number is at an absolute disadvantage. Fortunately, the geography of the castle is occupied, and ordinary residents are also young and middle-aged people. When necessary, they will use weapons to climb the city wall to fight. In addition, the weapons are relatively advanced, and finally defend the attack of the Baiteng tribe.
Just when the Baiteng tribe was eager to attack, a bad news came from the rear, and the food transported by the Baiteng tribe from the rear was burned by a fire.
The Baiteng clan people did not expect that when Wang Chao was fighting with them, he had already secretly sent a team to the rear to attack their grain transport brigade.
Although this team is not large, only one hundred people, these hundred are well-armed and are all elite troops. In the case of a sudden attack, they caught the grain transport team off guard and then burned the transported grain.
In the original situation, these burned foods were enough for them to eat for ten days. Now that the foods were burned, it means that they would not have a way to obtain foods in the next ten days.
The food originally stored in the army can only be eaten for up to three days.
The fight reduced the number of small leaders by half, and most of the small leaders were buried in the previous battle.
However, there are various relatives between these leaders, but the hatred between the Baiteng tribe and Wang Chao is getting deeper and deeper.
Chapter completed!