Chapter 56: Digging(2/2)
The walls of Tucheng were not high, but the Palatu army lacked artillery - even if there were artillery, it was not effective for low walls built by civil engineering. It could only use carts to cover and clear the city, and then dig the walls and blast them.
The Heds built two castles on the western wall, dug multiple trenches outside the city, erected wooden railings and low walls, and arranged archers on the city and below the city - mainly archers and a few muskets.
The main direction of the Paratu Army was two bastions. If you don’t pull out the two bastions first, you will not be able to attack the city gate.
Sergeant Miller, the chief brigade of the Fifth Corps, pushed the car all the way up the hill. When he finally arrived at the first chest wall, he was sweating and panting.
Due to the terrain, the chest walls under the city are higher than each other, and they will not block the shooting boundary between them.
Arrows on the city and under the city hit the car, making a series of muffled "puff" sounds.
Miller's men held up their shields and tried their best to hide their bodies behind the car. Many Hurds were still using bone arrows and stone arrows, but they couldn't do anything about plate armor, but no one wanted to bet on luck.
What's more, the sword and shield hands only have half-body armor, and the Hurd archer specifically shoots their legs.
The sound of arrows breaking through the air is occasionally mixed with the muffled sound of muskets, which is the most terrifying sound of swords and shields.
It had already reached ten steps in front of the wall, but everyone was afraid. Sergeant Miller gritted his teeth and roared towards the chest wall with his shield.
An arrow hit Miller in his chest, and the arrows and wood chips splashed with the harsh and crisp sound. Miller's body stagnated, but he continued to rush forward.
When the other Paratu soldiers saw the sergeant take the lead, they gritted their teeth and followed. The musketeers set up barrels on the car and began to shoot at the archers on the city.
After a fight, the Hurds were defeated, and Miller led his men to clear this small part of his chest.
There was still raining arrows in the city. Miller was hit by an arrow on his right leg, and his fellow comrades dragged him back to the other side of his chest wall.
The Palathu soldier temporarily leaned against the Hedian's chest wall to resist the Hedian's bullet arrow.
Next they need to fill the trench, then attack the next chest wall, then fill the trench, and then attack the next chest wall, so that they can finally touch the city wall.
While the Palatou soldiers were fighting fiercely with the Heds at the city, Winters was still leading his men to dig a Z-shaped trench extending into the city wall.
In his eyes, the Palatu soldiers were brave enough, but the generals were too anxious and underestimated the enemy, and always thought about going down in one go.
It is important to know that foaming will not delay shaving your beard. There is an uphill road of more than 600 meters between the Palatu army's attack position and the city wall.
If you don’t find a way to shorten this distance, how can you effectively impact the city wall?
Moreover, the generals of Paratu have not yet realized the importance of blocking the enemy within the city walls.
As an officer who has watched Antonio command the siege battle up close, Winters discovered that every time his elders siege the city, the first thing they did was to find a way to lock the enemy in the city wall.
In the middle of the offensive and defensive battle in Tacheng, the soldiers of Venetta even slipped into the moat in the middle of the night to recover artillery shells, but the Union Army was trapped behind the city wall and could not move, so they could only watch.
Once the defenders cannot get out of the city wall, the city will not be far from falling.
But now the Paratu army is attacking Bianli City. According to Bad, who was on the night stand last night, the Heds sneaked out of the city gate to recover arrows and repair fortifications at night.
In this way, the siege will become a complete war of attrition for human life, which is definitely not the situation the siege party hopes to see.
So when the half-armored Palatou sword and shield hands were fighting with the Heds under the city wall, Winters was leading the people to dig a trench.
Lieutenant Colonel Jeska did not issue such an order, but he did not stop him.
Chapter completed!