A waterfall hangs upside down from the cliff, falling from a high altitude into the river. The white river divides the valley into two sections.
The tidal flats washed out by the river are the most fertile land. At this time in previous years, it was already time to sow seeds. With such a perfect home, Toad Village can still live well by relying only on its own farming.
However, the Rong tribe came over. Not to mention farming, many people could not sleep well all night, and the large fields could only be abandoned.
Cheng Dalei took Xu Shenji around the valley, and he was ready to leave.
As long as Cheng Dalei is not crazy, he will not think that he can still hold on now. It is only a matter of time before the city is broken, and preparations must be made in advance.
It was almost unnecessary to think about breaking out from the city gate. What Cheng Dalei meant was that it wouldn't take much time to dig a mountain road in the valley and evacuate all 5,000 people together.
Cheng Dalei has a map of Qingniu Mountain. Because it is rewarded by the system, the accuracy is much better than the one held by the Rong prince. Cheng Dalei can find the suitable valley for excavation from the map.
Of course, the difficulty is still great. There is no gunpowder in the big thunder, which can be used for blasting. Although it is difficult, it is not impossible.
As long as there is this outward mountain road, the dead game of Toad Village will be revived. If you can win, you can fight, if you can't, then retreat.
Boom, boom, boom!
Suddenly, a rapid drumbeat sounded from the city gate, and a minion rushed over.
"Report! Boss, the Rong clan is coming."
"We're calling again." Xu Shenji was shocked, and he also understood the seriousness of the current situation.
"It's time to call." Cheng Dalei shook his head: "Let everyone go to the city."
"Master, can you still hold on?" Xu Shenji was frightened.
"Keep watch." Cheng Dalei said.
Watching here, attacking there. When Cheng Dalei came to the city gate, he saw that his own defenses had been deployed, everyone's eyes were firm, and there was no longer the panic and fear when he defended the city for the first time.
It has to be said that these bandits in Toad Village are becoming more and more like a real elite soldier. Their continuous persistence has given them confidence, and confidence has allowed them to condense their thoughts. Now they are no longer five thousand individuals, but a whole.
A man who has walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood is naturally tougher than ordinary people.
The Rong army advanced, and the soldiers pushed the trebuchets forward. At this time, the number of trebuchets reached a terrifying one hundred.
As soon as they entered the shooting range, the trebuchets were launched together, and rocks fell like rain, hitting the city wall one after another.
At the same time, Toad Village began to counterattack, and a small trebuchet also appeared on the top of the city of Toad Village. This kind of machine has no technical difficulty. If you know what it looks like, you can figure out how to make it.
Of course, the trebuchets that appear on the city walls are much smaller than the local area, and the stone projectiles they shoot are no more than the size of footballs.
But what Toad Village fired were not stone bullets...
Rumble…
When it landed, it made a violent explosion sound, and the iron pieces flew away. Once it exploded, it was death to pieces.
This was developed by Cheng Dalei. The outer layer is made of iron, and the middle is filled with gunpowder, iron nails, and stones. It is roughly equivalent to buckling two iron pots together and filling them with explosives. It can probably be named...iron pot bomb
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It's not a very technical thing, and you need to light the fuse before throwing it. I haven't tested it before, but the power is pretty good.
Therefore, war is indeed the first driving force of technology. Whether in this era or in Cheng Dalei's previous life... tanks, bombers, automatic rifles and other weapons that ordinary people are familiar with were actually invented during World War I and World War II.
, appeared less than a hundred years ago.
As soon as this kind of explosive appeared, it blew away the Rong people's souls. In an instant, Cheng Dalei gained a huge wave of fear points.
Cheng Dalei's side is also very dangerous. Even if the city wall can automatically restore its durability, it cannot stop the trebuchet's bombardment.
Cheng Dalei and the commanders of the Rong tribe both understood that the Rong tribe had been able to break through this toad stronghold. Whether they could break it or not depended on how much the other side was willing to pay for it...
In front of the gate of Toad Village City, there is a triangular open space. A hundred thousand troops cannot line up at all. Each attack only involves a few thousand people. But under Cheng Dalei's crazy bombing, this open space has completely turned into a massacre machine.
Meat grinder.
You can capture this city, but how many lives are you prepared to pay for it... five thousand, ten thousand, fifty thousand, or more...
Obviously, the enemy commander did not have such great courage. After paying the price of thousands of lives, the enemy still reluctantly chose to retreat while looking at the crumbling city gate.
As soon as the opponent left, Cheng Dalei immediately ordered people to repair the city wall and activated the defensive skills. Soon the city wall was intact as if it had never been attacked.
Cheng Dalei immediately exchanged the fear points gained today into gunpowder, which was needed to defend the city and dig mountain roads.
The Rong tribe's camp was lifeless.
The high spirits when the soldiers were gathering were gone. Everyone lowered their heads. Thinking of the tragic situation of today's siege, they felt lingering fear. Of course, this provided Cheng Dalei with some fear value.
Jin Daodao felt proud in his heart: I made you crazy, made you laugh at me, now you know how powerful I am.
"If we continue to fight, the casualties will be too great. Do you have any advice?" the eldest prince asked.
"We can't attack by force. If it really doesn't work, we can only send a team of people to climb the mountain and attack it from the inside."
"Throw a few corpses into the valley and let them be infected with the plague. The city will collapse if it is not attacked."
"The mountain is so steep that a large army cannot be transported up it. If you enter with too few troops, you will die." The eldest prince rejected these methods.
"Then the only way left is to besiege the city. Trap them for half a year until they have no food, and the natural city will be destroyed."
"No, we don't have such a long time to spend here. Besides being trapped for half a year, I don't know if they can survive. We will definitely run out of food first."
Everyone was talking about it, but no one could come up with a way to win without paying the price.
Suddenly, one person said: "Do we have to attack Toad Village?"
Everyone was stunned and suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked in other directions and no one said a word.
To attack Youzhou, is it necessary to capture Toad Village?
The answer is...no need.
Qingniu Mountain is a strategic location. If the empire stationed a heavy force in Qingniu Mountain, they could attack if they advance, but they could cut off their retreat and defend it. If the Rong people continued to move south, they would have to be careful of sneak attacks from behind Qingniu Mountain.
But there are a total of five thousand people in Toad Village, and only one or two thousand people have combat effectiveness. Even if these two thousand people are elite soldiers, they will not play a big role.
Moreover, whether it is to defend through the road or to attack from behind, it has to go out of the city, and in the wild, then Cheng Dalei may understand why the Rong cavalry is called unparalleled in the world.
Therefore, to attack Youzhou, it is not necessary to capture Toad Village.