"Don't panic, the whole army goes up to the city wall, pass my order, summon all the private soldiers of the slave owners in the city, and coordinate the defense!"
Hato, the guard of Langya City, rushed up to the city wall and looked at the beacon fire in the distance and the red Fire Crow Army flag waving, and his heart trembled with shock.
He knew the news about the Fire Crow Army in relatively detail. Few people knew that Qianhu Hasuo from Daha City was actually his biological brother.
Originally, I was still worried that my younger brother had surrendered to the enemy. After King Yucha recaptured the city of Daha, how could I plead for mercy to save my younger brother's life?
Never in my wildest dreams did I expect that the Fire Crow Army would take the lead and attack Langya King City.
And at a glance, the enemy's 20,000 cavalry were in a chaotic formation, but their combat effectiveness was impressive.
The infantry was winding its way, and it was hard to judge the number, but according to convention, it would take at least tens of thousands of infantry to capture Langya King's City.
The Fire Crow Army had gained such strength in such a short period of time, which was completely beyond his expectation.
"General, our army only has 10,000 defenders. Three of the eight slave masters in the city have died, and three of them followed the king on the expedition. Now there are only two left. The private soldiers will not exceed 20,000 at most. It is better to ask the king for help!"
"The king is storming Huangtugang and will return in a day or two at most. Can't we hold on for this little time?"
"Be careful, don't forget that there are hundreds of thousands of Great Youren slaves in the city. This is also a hidden danger. Someone must be sent to guard it. How can we do this with a small number of people!"
"Stop arguing!"
Hato waved his hand in annoyance and ordered loudly: "Send a message to the king immediately and ask for support."
Soon, more than a dozen hawks and doves flew into the sky, flying north towards Black Valley City.
Hawks and doves are similar to pigeons. They can take off from anywhere, but their destinations are relatively fixed. They can only deliver messages to Black Valley City, and then to the front line from Black Valley City.
On a hill, Zhebie left the Yucha Camp and wandered around alone. When he saw the hawks and doves flying in the sky, he frowned slightly.
"Whoosh," an arrow flew into the clouds and shot down an eagle and dove that was thousands of meters above the ground.
"The tens of thousands of Fire Crow Army are attacking Langya King's City?" Zhebie's eyes lit up after reading the note, he got on his horse and headed south.
At the same time, the infantry of the Langya Army had arrived ten miles outside King Langya's city.
"There is no need to set up camp. The three infantry battalions will take turns to feint attack from the west, south, and east directions!!"
Li Wenhao issued a military order, and the new second battalion, the new third battalion, and the new fourth battalion pushed the siege equipment into their respective positions.
When the third battalion reached their respective positions, the new second battalion in the west took the lead in attacking. More than a dozen catapults showed off their power, burning kerosene bombs flew through the air, and large fireworks were thrown at the top of the city, causing screams.
The infantrymen held shields and ladders, shouting and charging towards the city wall.
"emission!"
On the top of the city, Hato was also not to be outdone. The trebuchets and crossbows installed on the top of the city began to fight back.
Fireballs, crossbows as thick as small arms, passed through the battlefield, shields exploded, and bones and flesh flew everywhere.
Li Erkui personally led the charge and with a huge ax in his hand, he knocked away the oncoming arrows. He stepped on the city ladder and climbed up the city wall in two or three strokes.
"Big split in the mountain!"
The giant ax of the third-level Xuanbing struck down hard, with a loud bang, and a big hole was made in the city wall. The fighting strength of the Langya soldiers was unstable.
Li Erkui swung the giant ax in his hand, and more than a dozen heads flew into the air.
"Stop him, boom boom!" Two third-level Langya warrior generals rushed forward, one at a time, using their combat skills in turn. Li Erkui was beaten so hard that he could only retreat.
Li Wenhao rode a scaled horse and opened the ten-mile sand table. While looking at the battle situation in front of him, he also checked the changes in enemy forces in other places.
Within a quarter of an hour, the first attack failed, with more than two thousand casualties and a strong smell of blood filling the battlefield.
"General, our soldiers are all new recruits, killing and injuring them like this will be too great!" Li Wenkui ran over panting while sweating all over his body, carrying a blood-stained giant axe.
"Ci Bu is in charge of the troops. We are pressed for time. We must familiarize the soldiers with the atmosphere of the battlefield as soon as possible. Pass my order and the New Fourth Battalion to the east will launch an attack!"
Li Wenhao turned the horse's head and headed east. After observing the ten-mile sand table, he found that the enemy troops were attracted to the west. Now was a good time to attack from the east.
After a while, Li Rong led the New Fourth Battalion to attack from the east. For a while, because there were fewer defenders in the east, they actually attacked the city.
However, Langya King City had many defensive equipment and the new soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were repulsed again.
"The New Fourth Battalion rests, and the East Second Battalion to the west begins the attack!"
Li Wenhao saw Langya's army running from the west to the east, turned around and ordered the west to attack again.
"mean!"
On the city wall, Hato had just run to the east city wall when he heard loud shouts from the west wall again, and he cursed angrily.
"General, Dayou people are bullying our few soldiers and deliberately dragging us on both sides. This can't go on like this!"
"Yes, if this continues, it won't take more than a few trips back and forth, and all the soldiers will fall down from exhaustion."
"But if we don't run away, we can't rely solely on those private soldiers. If the enemy really attacks, wouldn't we lose the city?"
A group of Langya generals ran towards the west of the city, panting and making noise, unable to come up with a good solution.
"Use this to hit the trebuchet on the top of the city!"
At the foot of the south city, Li Wenhao took out a dozen gasoline barrels and distributed them to several catapults.
"Bang, bang, bang," the catapults of the New Third Battalion, which had been stationary in the south, suddenly opened fire.
Kerosene bombs mixed with gasoline barrels exploded on the city wall, instantly turning the city into a sea of flames.
Hatto and his soldiers were on their way to support the west side when they were caught off guard by the explosion. They screamed repeatedly and countless figures turned into fireballs and fell down the city.
"Shameless!"
Hato punched out, trying to extinguish the surrounding flames. However, the gasoline produced by the system was of high quality and was not ordinary kerosene. How could it possibly be extinguished?
The fire was swept away by the wind of the fist, and with a "whoosh", it became more fierce. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, practitioners of the third level and below were also burned to death.
When the group of people ran to the west city wall, everyone was burned to a black pitch, and thousands of people were killed or injured.
"General, the kerosene in your big iron barrel is too powerful. Throw more kerosene and burn them to death!" Li Erkui's dark face shone with excitement.
"Nonsense, I want to have enough quantity, and you have to say, it's just a dozen barrels, gone!"
Li Wenhao also knew that gasoline barrels were effective, but unfortunately they were not easy to explode, just like powerful explosives.
He only had more than 500 kilograms of powerful explosives, and one shell required two kilograms of explosives. He was reluctant to use it until the critical moment.
Fortunately, the current situation is under his control.
"General, why don't you leave half of your troops on one side? If we run like this and don't wait for the Dayou people to attack the city, we will be doomed!"
"General, I will lead the troops out to charge. It's too frustrating to fight like this!"
Another back and forth, the Langya people couldn't stand it any more, and they all lay down on the ground, not wanting to run away any more.