Everyone is looking at the enemy troops attacking the city below.
The people above all had relaxed smiles on their faces. Those who fired arrows leaned half of their bodies out of the city wall, then slowly aimed at the enemy and fired arrows.
To throw rolling logs and rocks, you only need to throw them through the formation. The rocks and logs will roll down along the formation, killing one piece after one hit.
In the past, would you have dared to lean out and shoot an arrow?
Throwing logs and stones depends on the dangerous industry, and the casualty rate is very high.
Now, there is no need to worry at all.
Hey, the Marquis of Zhenbei has really made extraordinary achievements in benefiting the army and the people.
The trebuchets inside have stopped working to reduce losses.
After all, the trebuchet is a very fragile thing, requires frequent maintenance, and is easily broken.
Think about it, this thing is all made of wood. There is a fulcrum in the middle. One end of the main pole is a counterweighted super-heavy stone. The other end has to be pulled down hard to release the stone bullets. Then the rope is suddenly released, leaning against that
The leverage of the huge force of inertia throws the stone projectiles out. Although it is very satisfying, it is an unbearable burden for the main rod. Often after dozens of stone projectiles are thrown, the main rod will break.
Need to get a new one.
In addition, stone bullets do not mean that you can just dig up a piece of stone and use it. It usually requires a lot of manpower to mine and polish it. These are all costs.
Now that the enemy can't get in, why use the trebuchet? Hurry up and save money.
Even the crossbows on the city wall stopped firing and focused on aiming at the masters in the opponent's army. When they saw the masters, they would fire at the opponent.
It is said in the military manual that the enemy can attack the city three times as many times as the enemy.
But this is three times the enemy's, which requires that the combat effectiveness of both sides is about the same.
Now, inside the city are regular guards who are well fed and well-armed, while outside the city are ragged, skinny refugee troops armed with sticks and forks, without even a decent siege equipment.
Even if you just move a ladder and show off, that's fine.
Are you planning to use your own people to break down the city gate?
But there is a large defensive formation outside.
Han Yun was puzzled and couldn't figure out what the enemy army was doing.
Knowing that we cannot defeat them and cannot consume our effective strength, then why are they here? Are they here to destroy themselves and the country?
Han Yun is an expert who likes to play conspiracy. Others just stop thinking about things they can't understand. He is different. He can keep thinking.
Could it be that there are hidden Buddhist masters behind the enemy's army, ready to kill me?
Han Yun himself found this idea ridiculous, but he really couldn't figure out what the enemy was doing.
Xiao Yuxin hugged Han Yun's neck and listened to the incessant death screams coming from below. She shrank her neck in fear, but she couldn't help but look curiously.
"Are you scared?"
Han Yun asked her with a smile.
Xin'er looked at it
"Don't be afraid, Xin'er. Xin'er will go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in the future. If she doesn't even dare to look at her now, how will she go to the battlefield in the future?
Xin'er wants to protect her brothers and sisters."
Seeing the little guy's determined look, Han Yun smiled, put her into the crenellations on the female wall, and asked her to hold on to the walls on both sides and look down.
Xiao Yuxin was so frightened that her legs became weak, but she still stubbornly forced herself to open her eyes and look.
look
Han Yun sighed. He knew the horror of the battlefield, and also knew that many people would suffer from post-war traumatic stress syndrome after surviving the battlefield.
The cry of the comrade before death, the squeak of the knife cutting into flesh and blood, the snap of breaking bones, the desperate fight without any hope, even though he was tired and hungry and couldn't even pick up the knife,
But he still gritted his teeth and rushed towards the enemy's numbness.
Every kind of despair can crush their nerves.
At that time, they would feel that death was a relief.
To survive, you have to endure more pain.
Even many years after he retired from the army, he would dream of returning to the battlefield and wake up from nightmares, breaking out in a cold sweat.
I just hope Xiao Yuxin won’t have nightmares when she sleeps tonight.
Han Yun doted on the little girl, but he was by no means a careless one. He forced Xiao Yuxin to study and practice martial arts because he wanted her to become a strong person and not to waste her talent.
Han Yun often thought that if there had been no demonic invasion and the God of War was still alive, then Xiao Yuxin would have become a strong person under his guidance.
You can't follow him now, will you become useless instead?
In that case, how could he be worthy of Xin'er's parents, and how could he be worthy of her bloodline as the daughter of the God of War?
On the battlefield, the enemy troops below were still charging like moths flying into the flames.
Han Yun couldn't understand why the other party did this.
Not only could he not understand it, but even the commander-in-chief of the enemy army could not understand it either.
At this time, Talmu, the commander-in-chief of Loulan Kingdom, was standing in the distance, looking at the battlefield.
Beside him was Ganbul, the commander-in-chief of the Hami Kingdom, and numerous guards.
"Talmu, I think we can't defeat Yumen Pass, what do you think?"
Ganbul, the commander-in-chief of the Hami Kingdom, said expressionlessly.
"I think so too."
Talmu, the commander of Loulan Kingdom, said calmly, his eyes never leaving the soldiers who were dying in front of him.
Hearing what he said, Ganbul became angry and said loudly,
"Since you know you can't defeat it, why do you still let your soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices? To waste your own life?
We are soldiers. Soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice, but they must die well.
Look at your soldiers. Apart from consuming a few arrows from Okawa soldiers, have they done anything?
We have lost nearly 10,000 soldiers so far, but we have not killed even one enemy soldier.
Why, tell me why, why do we fight such a stupid war, why do we let our soldiers die in vain?
Withdraw your troops! Withdraw your troops now!"
Ganbul was so angry that he grabbed Talmu's armor and wanted to beat him.
Talmu pushed him away and roared,
"Don't I know that my soldiers are dying in vain? But the monarch gave me an order. After arriving at Yumen Pass, I am not allowed to take a step back. I must capture Yumen Pass no matter what. What can I do?
If I withdraw my troops like this, the king will chop off my head!"
"Bah, you coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death, you only have your own life in your eyes, you don't care about the soldiers under your command at all, you care about your head, why do you let so many soldiers die in vain?
Why don’t you die yourself!”
"My whole family is in the capital!"
Talmu roared angrily and stared at Ganbul with ferocious eyes.
Ganbul was silent. He understood what Talmu said and what the other king meant.
As long as Talmu dares to retreat, the king will kill his family first.
"Don't just blame me, do you dare to retreat? Has your monarch given you the right to retreat?"
Talmu looked at Ganbul with pity in his eyes.
Ganbul shook his head numbly and said,
"I don't understand why, why our respective kings suddenly lost their minds and asked us to fight against Dachuan. We can't compete with that huge enemy country at all. He is asking us to die..."
Looking at the depressed Ganbul, Talmu said one word after being silent for a while,