The rivers on the Great Wilderness all belong to the branched water system, and the tributaries of the river and the main stream intersect at sharp angles.

The Hed people built a city in a narrow and long highland where the two rivers converged. The city was surrounded by water on three sides, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, but the northwest was a solid land.

Although the two unknown rivers have rapid flow, they are not too wide. They can cross the rivers and boats. The land around Bianli City is divided into three parts by the two rivers.

Therefore, the besieged Palatu army was divided into three, and two side troops set up camps across the south and northeast to prevent the Hedes from crossing the river and fleeing.

Most of the main forces crossed the river and set up camps in the northwest of Tucheng, built walls and trenches, and sealed off the land route. At the same time, there were temporary bridges built by engineers on the two rivers to connect the three places.

The Palatu army has been besieging the city for nearly two months, and these arrangements were completed long before the arrival of the Jeska Brigade.

Although there was no direct attack on the city wall, the Paratus was not idle during this period.

Under Major General Alpad's instruction, the engineers never interrupted the tunnel under the city wall. Most of the wood pulled back by the Jeska brigade was used for tunnel reinforcement by the engineers.

However, the progress of the tunnel is confidential, and the officers of the Jieshika Brigade do not know.

As auxiliary soldiers, they only need to be responsible for digging and guarding the trench.

No one knows the decision-making process of the superiors, but at least the generals' opinions have been unified.

The two infantry brigades and a cavalry squadron of the Fifth Legion left the large army and marched eastward. According to the orders of Brigadier General Sekler, they would return to the west bank of the Styx and rebuild the pontoon bridge.

In addition, the Palatu army had no more troops and attacked Bianli City with all their might.

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The attacks of the Paratus began in the afternoon, and this time was favorable.

Several of the Paratu generals were senior professional officers, and they could tell the arrangements of the Huds at a glance.

The "Bianli" of Tucheng is narrow and long in shape, and is roughly divided into three parts: West, Middle and East.

Among them, the main city has the highest terrain, and on the east and west sides of the main city are the acropolis built by the Heds.

Due to the cutting effect of river water, the north and south of Tucheng is steep and has rivers as a barrier. Launching an attack from these two directions will only cause blood.

The terrain on the west and east sides is relatively gentle, but the Eastern Acropolis is surrounded by water on three sides, making it difficult to attack.

Therefore, the west side is the most vulnerable position in Bianli, and the Heds will definitely place their main force in the West Acropolis. The battle for the West Wall will determine the success or failure of the battle.

The Heds invited the battle with a dignified formation, but there was no strange strategy to be used, so they could only chew on their bones.

When the sun rose to its highest point, Alpad sent someone to persuade the surrender for the last time. The Hudd simply refused, but he was very kind and did not attack the messenger.

The war drums were rumbling, which was a signal of the attack of the Paratus.

The sound of desolate trumpets came from a distance, and figures flashed on the city wall. Several city gates also opened with a bang, and the Heds began to enter the fortifications under the city wall.

Under the guidance of the officers, the Paratus behind the barriers roared together. The sound waves went higher and higher, and everyone was excited when they heard the battle cry.

The battle cry echoed on the wasteland, and the Palatu army came out.

Winters poked out of the trench used to resist the enemy's breakout, watched as the heavily armored Palatu soldiers pushed dozens of chariots, covering the musketeers slowly approaching the city wall.

The Alaric Thousands once pushed the car to attack the Styx Army Camp. Now the Paratus took out the same tactics, which made Winters laugh.

Time is tight and the Hudders have weak long-range firepower. The superiors think that there is no need to dig trenches to advance, so Brigadier General Sekler ordered a direct attack on the city wall.

Winters' troops were not in the siege sequence, and the Jeska team was responsible for defending a blockade line, so Winters could build trenches according to his own ideas.

He has already done such a thing in the archipelago.

He arranged the trenches at six meters intervals, and the horizontal direction was not penetrated, which saved work hours.

Scattering soldiers like salt is easy to be broken, Winters widened the corners of each trench to accommodate two ten-man teams, which he called the corners.

Next to Winters, the militia also poked their heads out of the trench and watched nervously as the siege troops pressed towards the city wall.

There were a few white smoke flying into the air on the walls of the Highlands, and Winters' heart tightened - Bello had no false words, the Hurds really had artillery.

The shells flew towards the trench where Winters was, and the militia exclaimed in surprise and fell back into the trench.

Winters did not move at all, and the shells passed by four or five meters above the trench with a "swoosh". I don't know where it flew.

What is the point of shelling a trench? The gunners in the city must be aiming at the car, but the shooting was too crooked.

Winters couldn't help but shake his head. In his opinion, the Palatus' siege ability was as clumsy as the Heds' siege ability, and they were both third-rate.

A militia next to him got up from the ground and suddenly spoke: "Why did you shake your head? Sir."

Winters looked at the questioning militia: "What's your name?"

His men added a large number of militias, which made him still unable to recognize them.

"Yish, Ishi of Ganshui Town." The militia was stared at by the blood wolf, so nervous that they were at a loss.

The other militia in the corner were also stiff for a moment.

"I shook my head because it was purely reckless to attack the city." Winters tried hard to remember the appearance and name of the militia in front of him.

He jumped back to the trench and slapped the soil on his hands and said, "Stop looking, Bian Li can't beat it today. Pick up the shovel and continue digging forward!"

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The car approached the earth wall, the musketeers suppressed the archers on the wall, and the sword and shield hands leaped over the wooden railings under the city, the low walls, and the trenches to fight against the Heds.

The winter was short, and the Paratu army fought hard all afternoon and even failed to clear the fortifications under the city.

Seeing that the sky was dark, Brigadier General Sekler had no choice but to order his troops to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

After the sun set, Andre and Mason gathered in Winters' tent again. This time, not only the two of them, but also Lieutenant Venetta, who was in the front line camp, also came to have a meal.

There were no less than ten people in the small military tent, and everyone could not even stretch their legs, so they could only curl up in grievance.

But the atmosphere in the tent was very warm, and some people brought wine.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! This is the first time since the Second Lieutenants of Venetta have gathered so many people. At the same time, fellow villagers and comrades met again after a long separation, and they were only allowed to hug their heads and cry on the spot.

The biting cold wind whistled outside the tent cloth, but the people sitting around the iron furnace did not feel cold at all.

Bud was not here because it was his first day's night shift, and he was still counting stars in the trench at this time.

"All the love day sheep guys are useless?" There was only his own person in the tent. Andrei commented unscrupulously: "At this level, I can do it! I can only fill in my life."

"Actually, the barbarians guard a little bit of a pattern. Triangle Fort, multiple trenches, cross-firing across the city and below, everyone has a headache. Just relying on the artillery alone, it is not an ordinary barbarian." Vetor of the Artillery Department swallowed a mouthful of distilled wine and passed the bottle to his right hand.

Wents was on the right hand side. Wints took the bottle, but didn't drink it, and then passed it to the right.

He sighed and said, "I dug the trench for a while, and I don't even know who is fighting. Who is the guard in the city?"

"It seems to be called... Yasin." Vetor rubbed his temples and tried hard to recall: "The chief of the Chihe tribe, the barbarians called him Baishi."

Andre suddenly became energetic: "White Lion? Winters hunted a giant lion! His head is as big as a wheel! He weighs hundreds of pounds!"

"Yeah?"

"It's not me, it was a hunter." Winters didn't want to talk about this topic at all.

Berion lifted the curtain and brought in an iron pot, which contained hot meatball soup.

The weather was cold and the food would cool down quickly. Berryon put the pot on the iron stove in the middle of the tent and continued to cook. Winters casually added some firewood to the stove.

The food stopped chatting, and everyone took out the meatballs first, and then cooked noodles with the soup in the pot. In the wilderness on the edge of the "civilized world", several Vineta people actually tasted a little of their hometown.

After a full meal, the Cavalry Department Lieutenant Sanu licked his finger and said, "I'm curious, where did the barbarians get the cannons? They can cast guns? There are gunpowder? Cannonballs? Cannonmen?"

Andre picked his teeth and snorted coldly: "Even the Tanirians can get cannons, why can't the Hud? Lao Ma once said that the inscriptions on the heavy cannons of Chiyi Island have been filed."

When it comes to Machelo who has been killed, everyone is a little sad.

Winters recalled the way Machelo walked towards him with two bottles of wine at the celebration banquet, as if it was yesterday.

Kona asked hesitantly: "What do you mean... Maybe someone deliberately provides artillery and technology to the barbarians?"

"No, it's just! The barbarians will defend the city. I said no one taught them. Do you believe it? It must be the tragedy of the muddy guys in the Union Province! I messed with us last year and this year the Palatun people!"

"You can't be so arbitrary..." Kona was still struggling.

Andrei stared at his eyes and shouted, "There are forces around Paratu that can cast heavy artillery - the United Provinces, Venetta, and the north of the oath-bearer. If it is not us, or the United Provinces, can they still be the oath-bearer? Don't think about it! It's just the muddy guys who support the barbarians."

Lieutenant Mason looked a little embarrassed. Bud was not there, and he was the only one in the tent.

Andre hurriedly added: "Senior, the mudboy is not talking about you."

Mason was even more embarrassed, his smile was bitter: "It's nothing. Anyway, the United Provinces did not treat me as a United Provinces, and Paratu did not treat me as a Paratu. I am not related to it."

The atmosphere was cold for a while.

"In Paratu, we are all foreigners." Winters wanted to change the topic and bring the chat back to the military: "I think it is normal for the Palatus people to be not good at siegeing cities. They have always fought with the Huds, so where do they need to attack? The cavalry is too important, and the infantry is suppressed. Isn't Alpad one level higher than Sekler?"

In the Paratu army, Major General Alpad was born in a cavalry, while Sekel, who was born in the infantry department, was only a brigade general, and the commander General Yanosh was also a cavalry commander in the sovereign war.

"I said all the ugly words, so I won't vomit." Andre, who was sulking, stubbornly wanted to pull the topic back: "Everyone is here, I have something to discuss with you."

Everyone's eyes were gathered on Andre.

Andre cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "I think we must prepare early, no matter whether the Palatus can win or not..."

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The first day of the siege was not smooth, and the second day of the brigade general Sekler made a ruthless move and began to advance towards the city wall early in the morning. The tunnel troops were also rushing to excavate overnight.
To be continued...