Chapter 129 The Allied Forces Siege Frustrated, Comparable to Nightmare Difficulty!
Chapter 129: The coalition forces' attack on the city was thwarted, with nightmare-level difficulty!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 129: The coalition forces' attack on the city was thwarted, with nightmare-level difficulty!
Next three days.
Both Chang'an and the allied forces are preparing their troops vigorously.
In Chang'an, the Longxiang Army, Tiance Army and City Guard Army have all been reorganized. The City Guard Army has divided its respective defense zones and is equipped with key generals such as brigade commanders and battalion officers.
Stones, rolling logs and other defensive materials are also ready.
The coalition forces are also busy resting and recuperating.
Both parties are at peace with each other.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just the calm before the storm.
………
March 17, sunny.
After a brief period of calm, the clouds of war finally completely enveloped Chang'an City.
The 200,000-strong Central Route Army crossed the Xishui River by setting up pontoon bridges, and set up camp on the north bank of the Meiruo River, about fifteen miles away from the North City Wall of Chang'an, setting up camps with no end in sight.
The army's frontline pointed directly at the three city gates in the north of Chang'an City.
Two hundred thousand Eastern Route Army soldiers crossed the Huishui River Bridge like a long snake, crossing the Huishui River and occupying Baishi Town and Haiwan Town east of Chang'an City.
Set up camp about ten miles away from the east wall of Chang'an.
Two hundred thousand Southern Route Army troops also crossed the Huishui River and occupied Huishui Town and Luoye Town south of Chang'an City. They set up camp about ten miles away from the south city wall of Chang'an.
Two hundred thousand troops from the West Route Army were stationed in Monroe County, and 50,000 troops were dispatched to the west of Chang'an City.
There are four armies in the southeast, northwest and northwest, totaling 650,000.
The city of Chang'an will be built.
It's surrounded by water.
If you look down from a high altitude, Chang'an City is surrounded by rolling tents, forming a large airtight network that traps Chang'an City in its entirety.
The neighing of war horses, the noise of soldiers and the curling smoke form the main tone of every camp.
Far away.
You can smell the smell of war in the air.
Not only that.
The 100,000 Northern Route Army and 50,000 rear troops also all entered their respective fighting positions.
There are even 200,000 reinforcements that are being urgently assembled across the alliance and will be sent to the alliance's base camp in Pelican County in the near future to serve as a reserve force.
Reinforcements can be sent to the front line at any time.
In the next two days, the coalition forces were not in a hurry to attack the city, but were busy building camps and waiting for subsequent supplies of grain, grass, siege equipment and other materials to arrive at the front line.
Everything seemed in order.
It was not until March 20 that the coalition forces launched their first exploratory attack on Chang'an City. The first thing all armies had to face was the blocking moat!
After hundreds of thousands of people digging, the moat outside Chang'an City has not yet been completed.
But it has been dug into holes.
There are trenches and piles of earth everywhere, but only the area near the city gate is still well preserved.
Seriously affected the siege operations.
When the 650,000 coalition troops attack the city, they still have no choice but to attack the city gate and surrounding areas.
If they want to launch an attack on Chang'an City from other places, the coalition forces can only find ways to transport soil and refill the moat that has been excavated.
The moat is less than fifty meters away from the city wall.
The workers will inevitably be exposed to the range of the crossbowmen at the top of the city, and they will have no choice but to risk their lives!
If Chang'an did not send the people outside the city to Zunlong Kingdom, then the coalition forces could forcibly recruit farmers on the spot and let the local people go through this mountain of swords and fire.
In the face of their own people, it is a matter of opinion whether the soldiers guarding the city can take action.
Now!
Allied officers and soldiers could only take the field in person.
For three whole days, after the coalition forces suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, they were able to forcibly fill in the passages.
After that.
Only then did they send out the advance troops, carrying the siege ladder, to launch a tentative attack on Chang'an City.
The coalition soldiers who lacked iron armor protection were simply living targets when faced with the densely packed crossbowmen on the city wall. More than half of them were often destroyed before they even reached the foot of the city wall.
After finally setting up the siege ladder, we had to face the threat of falling rocks and rolling logs.
Ladders were also easily pushed down by the defenders' push rods.
The result is.
After a day of siege, the coalition forces suffered over 10,000 casualties, but not a single soldier reached the top of the city.
At this point.
Whether it is the orc army or the sea tribe army, they are many times stronger than the coalition forces.
It’s normal if you think about it.
Regardless of whether the main force of the orcs or the main force of the sea clan, their individual combat power is at the second level or even the third level. Most of them have experienced hundreds of battles, have rich combat experience, and have fierce fighting styles.
How can it be compared to a first-order coalition soldier who has just transferred from a refugee position?
Even weapons and equipment.
The orcs and the sea army are also superior to the coalition forces.
In addition, both races can be regarded as ancient races on the mainland, with profound foundations that cannot be matched by half-baked new armies like the Alliance Army.
The result is.
Facing the fortified city of Chang'an, the millions of coalition troops seemed helpless.
the next day.
The third day.
Day four…
After several days of continuous attacks, all the coalition forces returned without success except for increased casualties.
Chang'an Fort.
Like an insurmountable natural chasm, no matter how the coalition forces attack, they remain unmoved.
This gave the originally confident coalition forces, including the lords of the Aztec Alliance, a huge blow. Only then did they truly realize—
In the age of cold weapons, it was so difficult to conquer a fortified city with a large army stationed there.
The most direct impact is——
A wave of city-building efforts suddenly arose across the entire alliance.
on the market.
The price of city wall architectural drawings has also skyrocketed.
Before this, most of the lords of other provinces looked down upon the collective construction of cities in the River Valley Province, thinking that they were too conservative.
"The alliance has a million-strong army, why are you still afraid of a hammer?"
As a result, there is no escape from the law of true fragrance!
On the other hand, the lords of the River Valley Province saw the defeat of the coalition forces at the foot of Chang'an City, so they resolutely decided to build the city and hurriedly recruited more laborers to join in the vigorous city-building operation.
Once the coalition's attack is thwarted, they will be the most injured.
Determined.
The city wall must be completed before the war between the coalition forces and Chang'an ends.
Build a complete fortification.
While they were busy building the city, the lords of the entire alliance were also paying attention to the same thing——
"How can the coalition forces break the city and break the deadlock?"
………
Pelican County, coalition temporary base camp.
"Chang'an, hey, Chang'an!"
Although he thought he had paid enough attention to Chang'an and the battle to attack Chang'an City, the huge losses and setbacks suffered by the coalition forces in the siege of the city still frightened the coalition commander Grant.
Destroying the city seemed to be a difficult task to accomplish.
"General, if you want to make progress in attacking the city, the key is to find a way to suppress the crossbowmen at the top of the city. I suggest that you urgently build more mobile arrow towers and trebuchets." Staff Mike suggested.
"Can."
Grant nodded, "In addition to these, we have to think of some evil tricks, send orders to the frontline troops, try to pollute the water source of Chang'an City, and start tunnel excavation work at the same time."
"yes!"
Mike also agreed that as long as the city could be broken, any method was acceptable.
There is no such thing as moral or immoral.
"besides…"
Grant paused and then said: "The alliance lords have also seen the siege situation in the first week. It's not that the alliance forces are not working hard, but that the enemy is too strong. Tell the alliance lords for me that if you want Chang'an City to be defeated,
Just don’t hide it away, don’t be stingy with whatever treasures you have, bring them all to the base camp.”
"Especially archers, the coalition needs a lot of archers."
"There are also iron armors and shields, and lack of protection. Do allied soldiers really risk their lives?"
"good…"
Mike was used to Grant's lion's big mouth.
If Mike was familiar with Chinese history, he would have realized that Grant, the commander of the coalition forces at this time, was very similar to Nian Gengyao, the great general during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.
Relying on the great support of the imperial court, he gradually became a vassal by exploring the northwest.
And because he controlled the most important military force of the imperial court, the core task of "defending foreign enemies" gradually changed in the specific implementation process.
Because the stronger the "foreign enemy" is, the easier it is for them to seize personal interests.
Based on this, he constantly asked for various support from the court.
The problem is that Nian Gengyao in history was still controlled by the rules and regulations of the imperial court. Yongzheng could engage in the "cunning rabbit dies and lackeys are cooked" method, so what did the alliance use to control Grant?
No wonder.
Grant will have a "disobedient heart".
………
March 25, cloudy.
Just when the coalition's attack on Chang'an was thwarted, the system issued a rare global announcement.
"On April 1, two months after Blue Star's access to "Star Boundary" expires, in order to give back to the lords, a global auction will be held to bid for various rare props. Global lords are asked to be prepared and sign up as soon as possible.
."
As soon as the news came out, players around the world were excited.
There is a saying that goes well, "Products produced by the system must be high-quality products."
The various rare props sold in the mall before were very popular among the lords, but the quantity was very limited, and props such as resource bags even had a time limit for use.
Now that the system actually directly launches the auction, the things must be better.
Another very important point is that in the first month of advent, the pockets of the world's mainstream lords are all dry. In Zunlong Kingdom, even the top players like Xiao Zhan can only raise hundreds or thousands of gold coins.
It's different now.
As the mainstream territory entered the village or even township stage, the gold coin rewards issued by the system gradually made the pockets of the lords gradually bulge without even realizing it.
In the township stage alone, the system has given away a total of 1,300 gold coins.
If you use it sparingly, it's still worth it.
Therefore, in the face of the upcoming global auction event, many thoughtful lords around the world have already begun to quietly raise money.
The reason is also very simple.
In global auctions, competition is fierce, and the competition is about whose pockets are bigger.
Otherwise, why win?
This has also boosted the total demand for gold coins in the global market.
For a while.
Suddenly there were more people selling things in the markets of various countries, and they all asked for gold coins.
Many big lords, especially the leading lords of various countries, such as Mu Xi of the Nanyang Alliance and Kasyapa of the Lieyang Kingdom, are secretly gearing up.