General Amstad looked at Rijeka who was in a daze on the city wall, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. Although he now has many soldiers and horses, and the city is very strong,
But after all, China has hundreds of thousands of troops. If the other party really leads its troops to attack, the Kushan Empire will not send troops to support it, and it will still be isolated and helpless, unable to support itself.
"Don't worry, there are 80,000 troops stationed in Maracanda right now. Even if there are more Chinese people, I am confident that we can defend it for more than two months. When the empire reacts, we will definitely be able to gather heavy troops and defeat the Chinese."
Now with 80,000 elite soldiers in hand, Rijeka is full of confidence. He believes that with these soldiers and horses in hand, coupled with the strong Marakanda city wall, they can definitely support the imperial army until they attack.
"hope so."
He glanced at Rijeka again. Armstad had nothing to say, and he was too embarrassed to attack him. After all, he was the governor of the province, and his power was equivalent to that of the local emperor of Rijeka. He would not go there if he had nothing to do.
Provoke him.
"You continue to stand on the city wall, I want to go down and take a rest."
Satiya looked at Mitsuru Amsuda and nodded, directly handing this place over to the other party, while he went down to the city to rest.
Tian Feng's army continued to move forward, and finally arrived under the city wall of Maracanda at the scheduled time. Looking at the huge city and towering city wall in the distance, Tian Feng couldn't help but frowned. This city was compared to their first battle.
The defense of Hamatri City can only be higher and stronger.
"Prime Minister, how do you plan to conquer this city?"
Xu Chu came to Tian Feng. Although he was naive, he also knew that Marakanda was not easy to fight, so he wanted to ask Tian Feng what he thought.
"how to spell?
I don’t know how to fight, so I’ll set up camp first and General Xu Chu will follow me to the bottom of the city to have a look.”
Tian Feng is not a god. Everyone knows that the city in front of him is difficult to attack. This is his first time here. How could he think of a way to attack the city as soon as he arrived?
"promise."
Xu Chu escorted Tian Feng to Malakanda City to investigate the situation, while Jiang Qin directed the soldiers to set up camp.
Tian Feng followed Xu Chu and looked around under the city wall. Tian Feng couldn't help but frown.
"What's the matter, Prime Minister?"
Seeing Tian Feng frowning, Xu Chu couldn't help but frown too.
"General Xu Chu, do you see anything different about the soldiers on this wall?"
Tian Feng glanced at Xu Chu beside him and asked him directly.
"Soldier?
If there is any difference, some soldiers are elite and some soldiers look mediocre."
Although Xu Chu has great strength, he is a bit unsatisfactory in other aspects. It may be that all his abilities are concentrated on his muscles. There is nothing that can be done about it.
But although his observation skills were not as strong as Xu Chu's, he still had his own feelings. At a glance, he could tell that the soldiers on the city wall were all uneven.
"What you said makes sense. Haven't you noticed that the clothes, appearance and even faces of these soldiers are slightly different?"
Tian Feng was also stunned when he heard Xu Chu's answer. He did not have as keen an intuition as Xu Chu and could only make judgments based on the information observed in his own eyes.
"If you want to put it that way, it's really a little different. Why didn't I notice it before?
The Prime Minister is still as wise as a torch, Xu Chu is not as good as him."
When Tian Feng said this, Xu Chu realized that there were indeed slight differences in the soldiers on the city wall.
"You big bastard, please stop flattering me. What did you think of what I said?"
Xu Chu, an old fool, almost let Tian Feng break his guard with his flattery. He couldn't help but shook his head and continued to speak to Xu Chu, wanting to give some advice to this general, whom Yuan Shu valued more.
"What comes to mind?
These soldiers must be newly recruited and strong, which also shows that Malacante's troops are not uniformly good. As long as we attack fiercely, the opponent will definitely have problems."
After Xu Chu heard Tian Feng's words, he thought about it and gave his own analysis from a military perspective.
Now Tian Feng was at his wits end. That was not what he wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Not everyone is Zhao Yun, who has the style of a general and can command millions of troops.
"Am I wrong?"
Xu Chu saw Tian Feng frowning and knew that his answer just now was definitely not satisfactory to the other party, but that was all he thought of, and there was nothing he could do about it.
"The clothes and faces of these soldiers are different. On the one hand, it is because these soldiers are not uniformly good. On the other hand, it also proves that the soldiers on the city wall are probably not from the same place.
The Kushan Empire is not small, but the soldiers in each place have their own different costumes. The soldiers on the southern city wall are obviously different from the style of Li Te Province, but the style of Daxia Province. This explains why
We may be late, reinforcements from Daxia Province have already arrived."
Tian Feng glanced at Xu Chu and directly told Xu Chu his thoughts. He had now concluded that Daxia Province might have sent reinforcements to Malakanda.
"If this is the case, I'm afraid it may be more difficult for us to win here. Daxia Province is equivalent to Danyang County in China. Danyang has the best soldiers in the world. How should we deal with it?"
Hearing Tian Feng say that elite soldiers from Daxia Province had arrived, he couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect that Tian Feng could tell from the clothes of the soldiers on the city wall that soldiers from Daxia Province had arrived for reinforcements. Now Daxia
Once Xia Jingbing arrived, it would be even more difficult for him to capture Marakanda.
"Whether he is a soldier from the Lite Province or an elite soldier from the Bactria Province, we will take down Marakanda."
Although Daxia Province has sent troops to arrive before them, there is nothing they can do about it. The only thing they can do now is to capture Marakanda and Lite Province no matter what.
"promise."
Tian Feng's words represent the will of the Chinese army, the fighting spirit of never giving up and never giving up.
Xu Chu and Tian Feng left the city of Malakanda and returned to their own camp. The army had been marching for such a long time and it was time to take a rest.
"Governor, the Chinese troops have arrived."
Amsta came to the Governor's Palace and reported the news of the arrival of the Chinese army to Rijeka.
"We've finally arrived. Order your soldiers and horses to guard and defend to the death. You must not give the other side any opportunity to take advantage of us."
Hearing that the Chinese troops had finally arrived, Rijeka finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been on tenterhooks for so many days, and now the enemy had finally arrived.
"I have arranged everything. The soldiers and horses on the four walls are already in place. I will never give the other side a chance."
Amsda nodded to Rijeka, he had already arranged everything and would never give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it.
"Well, it's up to you to defend Maracanda."
"As commanded."
The walls of Malacanda were buzzing with noise, waiting for enemy attacks at any time.
"Prime Minister, what are you going to do?"
Xu Chu glanced at Tian Feng who was resting in the big tent. Now that he knew the situation on the other side, he was also thinking about how Tian Feng would direct him.
"How to do it?
Just do whatever you want to do, put your horses and horses aside, I want to see how strong their defensive strength is."
Tian Feng also shook his head. What could he do in the current situation? He could only grit his teeth and do it hard.
"I see."
After hearing Tian Feng's words, Xu Chu had nothing to say. The current situation was like this. He could only bite hard with his teeth to see whether his own teeth were better or the opponent's city wall was stronger.
After the army rested for a day, the army was dispatched the next day and went directly to the foot of the city wall of Malacanda.
"Should we dispatch Nightmare?"
Looking at the towering city wall, Jiang Qin directly asked Tian Feng whether he should use the nightmare trebuchet, a powerful weapon.
"No need for the moment. The opponent's defense force is very strong now. Even if we can break through the city wall, it will still be a bloody battle. Now we will fight normally. We will use the trebuchet to kill the opponent's troops first, and when the time is almost up, we will use the nightmare to break the city."
Tian Feng glanced at Jiang Qin and let out his nightmare now. Even if he broke through the city wall, the opponent would still have soldiers and horses to fight with him. Even if he captured Maracanda, it would be a miserable victory. This was not what he wanted.
"I see."
Hearing Tian Feng's words, Jiang Qin couldn't help but be stunned. He finally understood his shortcomings. The other party really had more dogs than him. This alone was enough for him to learn for a while.
After the military order was issued, carriages carrying trebuchets rushed out one after another, and then lined up and began to assemble on the far side of the city wall.
"What is the other person doing?"
Rijeka looked at the trebuchets assembled outside the city and couldn't help but feel confused.
"General, I heard that China has a siege weapon called a trebuchet. It can launch boulders weighing hundreds of kilograms onto the city wall from a distance of hundreds of steps. The things being assembled below should be trebuchets."
Armstad glanced at Rijeka, who had just entered the city, saluted directly to the other party, and expressed his guess.
"Then how should we respond?"
Hearing that the opponent's trebuchet was so powerful, Rijeka also had a headache. If this was the case, how should she deal with it.
"I hired craftsmen from the Roman Empire in advance and built some siege weapons based on Roman craftsmanship. The range is sufficient, but the accuracy and power are inferior, and the quantity is not enough now."
Armstad glanced at Rijeka. He had also made a lot of preparations for the defense of the city wall. He accepted Roman craftsmen who had escaped from Rome in advance and asked them to imitate Roman craftsmanship and create some siege equipment.
For today's battle.
"Then why are you hesitating? Let's give them a show of strength first."
Hearing that Amsda had already made preparations, Rijeka was also startled. If you have already made preparations, why don't you bring them up? Kill the opponent's morale first and then wait to give birth to the cubs at home?
"I see."
Now that Rijeka had said so, Armstad had nothing to say, so he directly explained it to the captain next to him, and the man nodded and went straight to action.
Soon, the behemoths covered by black cloth were pushed out one by one, and then the black cloth was lifted, revealing the true appearance underneath.
Looking at this thing, it looks like a Roman-style siege equipment ballista.
"Cring the ammo, aim, release."
These ballistas Armsda have also undergone corresponding debugging, and can shoot a distance of four to five hundred meters, but the landing point is not accurate enough, and the projectiles they fire are only forty or fifty kilograms at most. With Yuan Shu, from the system
There is still a big gap between the plagiarized trebuchets.
More than twenty ballistae began to prepare under the control of their respective school operators, and then projectiles rose into the sky one after another and flew towards the Chinese trebuchet position.
