() The light of dawn returned to the world, and the bombardment of kerosene bombs by the Night Demon Group finally stopped. The defenders of Tiangou City finally breathed a sigh of relief. The soldiers of the city guard climbed up the city wall and cleared away the piles on the city wall.
The rubble and stones, as well as the unburned oil stains. After a whole night of bombardment, a layer of the walls of Tiangou City was burned away. The fixed catapults in Tiangou City were also destroyed, and not even one of them was destroyed.
There is nothing left.
"Haha, is that it? Is this Luo Manduo's siege? I'm afraid he even used the cooking oil? Such an attack is of no use to us at all, but they are short of food and grass. Look at their energy consumption
How long." While inspecting the city wall, the city lord Ding Tiangui laughed loudly, his words full of sarcasm.
The low morale was boosted by him, and the soldiers on the city wall roared at the Night Demon Army. Some shameless ones even took off their pants, took out their water guns and urinated on the people on the opposite side, provoking them.
However, no matter how provocative the soldiers of Tiangou City were, there was no response from the other side. Instead, some engineers could be seen pushing some strange things forward.
"What is that?" Ding Tiangui saw those strange things. He had never seen anything like that.
"I don't know, sir." A general said, "But no matter what it is, it is useless to us in Tiangou City."
"That's true. Luo Manduo's food and grass can last for at most one or two days. As long as we hold on for two more days, Luo Manduo's army will collapse without any attack. They will retreat without food and grass, and we only need to
If you attack at the right time, you can kill them on the way, regain the occupied Baihua, Baishi and Linhai City, and finally march out of the city to completely destroy his lair." A beautiful picture was sketched in Ding Tiangui's mind.
.
"I would like to congratulate you in advance on your unparalleled achievements! Your promotion to a higher rank is just around the corner!" The general flattered Ding Tiangui with a flattering smile on his face.
"Hey, I don't know how the war with the Mongolian Yuan Empire is progressing." Ding Tiangui sighed: "It's not a big problem for us to win the war, but if we fail on the front line and the imperial court is destroyed, our achievements will be worthless."
The general's expression also dimmed a bit.
At this moment, the engineers on the opposite side pushed more strange things to the edge of the ditch. They looked like a kind of car, with a spear on it, and a spear tied to the tail.
A very long rope.
"Are you kidding? Do they want to use that funny thing to build a road to attack the city? Building a ropeway would take a month even under normal circumstances, let alone during a war." Ding Tiangui said disdainfully.
. He estimated that it was Luo Manduo's equipment for building a ropeway, but he did not think that those equipment could successfully pave a ropeway that could allow hundreds of thousands of troops to pass.
"Are our catapults still good? Blast those things to pieces!" the general next to Ding Tiangui said to his men.
"General, our catapults were destroyed last night and there are no more usable ones. A new one needs craftsmen to build it before it can be used. It will probably take another day." said a junior general of the city guard.
Ding Tiangui was suddenly stunned for a moment, vaguely catching a trace of Luo Manduo's intentions, "Could it be that Luo Manduo just wanted to use up our catapults in the kerosene bomb attack that started in the afternoon yesterday and ended in the early morning? If that's the case,
He must have other motives. No, I have to go see Mr. Bao."
An ominous premonition arose in Ding Tiangui's heart. He turned around and walked down the city wall towards the city lord's palace.
Bao Wenchong was reviewing intelligence from all sides in the city lord's palace. A piece of intelligence that had just been sent to him made him happy. The content of this intelligence was that 300,000 elite coalition troops from a city in the west of the Eastern Border had arrived, and one day later
In time, he could be stationed in Tiangou City. At that time, the 800,000 troops faced Luo Mando's 400,000 troops, and he still had a huge advantage. Moreover, he did not think that Luo Mando had accepted Kunsha.
And the bandit leader who is unscrupulous for profit will sincerely work for Luo Mando. He even feels that at the critical moment, once Luo Manduo fails to attack the city, Kunsha and his bandit soldiers will become a burden to Luo Mando instead of
assistant.
There is another piece of information that makes Bao Wenchong happy, that is, the escaped cuckold mercenary group did not go far, but stayed nearby. He knows Yaonan and the Four Knights of Veil Skirt very well, and he also believes that once his side gains the upper hand, they will
When Luo Manduo was defeated, Yaonan and his mercenary group would take Luo Manduo's retreat to grab the fruits of victory.
He doesn't mind the demon man taking away the fruits of his victory. He is a person who puts the overall situation first. As long as the rebellion in the east is subdued and the foundation of the empire is stable, he will be satisfied.
Ding Tiangui walked in and told what he saw and his worries.
Bao Wenchong pondered for a moment, then grinned, "Master Ding, you are worrying too much. As far as I know, Luo Manduo is a machinist. He has certain attainments in machinery. It is not true that he can concoct some strange instruments."
It's something that deserves our careful treatment. You arrived just in time. Our reinforcements are about to arrive. In one day at most, or perhaps sooner, the city guard coalition forces from various cities in the west will be stationed in Tiangou City. At that time, we only need to delay until
When Luo Manduo runs out of food and supplies, they can launch a counterattack. Luo Manduo will be defeated."
Luo Manduo's 400,000-strong army can feed a whole city just by eating, let alone during a war? Especially those 20,000 spirit wolves, they are all ferocious carnivores. Once there is no food, their beastly nature will break out.
If they get up, even their own people will be eaten. Therefore, Luo Manduo's biggest problem at the moment is food. If this problem is not solved, it will definitely not be possible to break through Tiangou City. Not only that, his 400,000 troops even
It is possible to collapse as a result and lose without a fight.
Therefore, the more he thought about it, the more optimistic he became, and he smiled and said: "So, let him play with the things he likes. As long as we hold on and wait two days, we can win the war."
After listening to Bao Wenchong's words, all the worries in Ding Tiangui's heart were swept away. He also laughed and said: "Master Bao is indeed an unparalleled general with both wisdom and courage. My subordinates admire him very much!"
"Stop, come with me to the city wall to have a look." Bao Wenchong said: "This is a very critical moment. If my predictions are correct, Luo Manduo will probably launch a strong attack today. He has no other choice.
So, today is a very critical day."
"Yes, Mr. Bao, let's go take a look." Ding Tiangui said flatteringly.
The two old men left the city lord's mansion again and walked straight to the east city gate. Along the way, city guard soldiers wearing armor and swords kept bowing and saluting. There were also black warriors wearing black armor, who also saluted the two.
A black warrior wearing the city guard's black armor came forward, carrying a spear and shield on his back. He also stood on the roadside, bowed and saluted Ding Tiangui and Bao Wenchong. Bowen Chong glanced at him, and then walked away with his head held high.
After that, Ding Tiangui took two steps but stopped again. He called out to the Xuanjia Xuan warrior who was about to leave, "Wait a minute."
The Xuanjia Xuan warrior turned around again and said humbly: "Sir, do you have any orders?"
"Go, you go to the city lord's mansion, ask my concubine to cook some special dishes, and then take out the jar of century-old wine that I have treasured. I want to have a good drink with Mr. Bao at noon today." Ding Tiangui said.
"Yes, sir, I will go and send a message right away." Xuanjia Xuanshi said, then he turned around humbly and walked towards the city lord's palace.
At that moment, Ding Tiangui, who was suspicious by nature, felt something from this mysterious warrior. It seemed familiar, yet strange. In short, it was a very strange feeling. However, he did not go into details and walked in front.
Bowen Chong was already more than ten steps away from him, so he quickly chased after him.
It wasn't until Ding Tiangui and Bowen rushed away that the Xuanjia Xuanshi slowly turned around. Inside the headgear, a strange smile appeared from the corner of his mouth. He was none other than the disguised man.
Luo Manduo has the ability to sneak into Tiangou City.
Meeting Ding Tiangui and Bao Wenchong on the way was something Luo Manduo did not expect. Just now, he was actually very nervous, fearing that Bao Wenchong and Ding Tiangui would find out his identity. Fortunately, this did not happen. Ding Tiangui might have
There was some doubt, but he did not pursue it.
"I am a time bomb now. When the time comes, I will detonate this city." Luo Manduo said secretly in his heart. He continued to walk towards the city lord's palace.
He will always complete the tasks assigned to him by Ding Tiangui. But after that, he will kill Ding Tiangui.
At this moment, outside Tiangou City, in the wide open space on the other side of the ditch, several legions who left the city gathered one after another. Looking around, they were all black heads of people and wolf heads. The attack created by the engineering battalion
There were a total of eleven pieces of city equipment, all of which were pushed down to the edge of the ditch. Luo Manduo asked them to make at least ten pieces, but they made eleven pieces, and one piece more than they wanted.
Several important army commanders who were leaving the city, as well as Tang Yaxin, gathered in front of the formation and looked at the Tiangou City on the other side. On the city wall, there were also densely packed people, as well as black armor black warriors. The battle was about to break out.
The atmosphere was very thick, and everyone, no matter who they were, felt very heavy and depressed.
"What are these things for?" Han Mo didn't know what the siege equipment designed by Luo Manduo was or what it did.
Tang Yaxin said: "Brother said this is a bridge erecting vehicle, but I haven't seen it before... I don't know if it can work."
"Bridge erecting vehicle?" Han Mo said in surprise: "I can't see it, can it work?"
Tang Yaxin said: "We will know when the time comes. Now, we are waiting for the big brother to send the signal in the city."