Although Joruus joined the battle, he was not in a hurry to launch a charge. He had seen Chris' weapons and could imagine how terrifying such weapons would be when used to defend the city.
The general's sanity is good news for the soldiers. Narses is also very sane. He was frightened by Reggie and Chris. The Golden Lion Army's charge was not aggressive, leaving only the Sand Devil army at the front.
They had no siege weapons, their only purpose was to consume ammunition, and Chris did not rush to open fire. The wide and deep moat was enough to make these sand demons suffer.
This is one of the biggest advantages of Lianyucheng. Because of the continuous rain, the water level of the moat has been very high, and the deepest part has even reached fifty feet. The sand demon's river filling tactics cannot be effective. Since Yalishan is commanding the battle, naturally she can't
It would make the Sand Demon continue to die. The Sand Demon stopped attacking and the two sides were deadlocked.
If you want to continue the attack, there are only two ways. The first way is to let the soldiers rush up to build the bridge. Although Narses was a little resistant, looking at the furious Alice, he quickly sent two groups of infantry to build the bridge.
This was undoubtedly in vain. Chris watched him build the bridge, then waited for the enemy to cross the bridge, and then used artillery to blow up the bridge.
Another way is to use trebuchets to attack the city. The White Tower Kingdom has the best trebuchets in the world. Its exquisite craftsmanship can allow the trebuchets to reach a range of 700 feet on flat ground.
But Joruus knew very well that no matter how good the trebuchet was, it was vulnerable to artillery. But to take care of the situation, he still asked the soldiers to push the trebuchet to the front of the formation.
There was no suspense about the result. Before the soldiers could finish loading the stones, the trebuchet had been smashed into pieces of wood by cannonballs.
"There are also siege towers, siege cones, and battering rams!" an angry Alice roared, "In short, there are many weapons, let the soldiers charge!"
Alice devoted all her thoughts to witchcraft and politics. She really didn't know much about military affairs. If she couldn't cross the moat, all these siege weapons would be useless.
Under her coercion, the Sand Demons were almost completely wiped out, and the Golden Lion Army also suffered heavy casualties. Joruus always remained on the sidelines, but only his army did not suffer much loss.
The battle lasted from early morning to noon. After Narses' repeated persuasion, Alice agreed to a truce. She wanted to camp by the moat, but Narses didn't know how to explain it to her. In the end, it was Joruus who found Tongtong.
Easy to understand method.
"If we camp here, we will be beaten as soon as we sleep. If we don't sleep, we will go crazy. Do you understand what I mean?"
"We can retreat a few hundred feet so the artillery can't hit us!"
"The enemy can come out of the city to attack us. They have a suspension bridge. We don't know when they will come out. And they also have muskets. Those things are also very powerful..."
"Don't you just want to say a sneak attack? Why are you so arrogant? Why do you always despise me! You and your soldiers have been fighting cowardly. Do you think I didn't see it?"
Joruus tried his best to calm down Alice: "I have never despised you, and I admit that I am timid. But under the current situation, there is no possibility for us to capture the city!"
"Then what do you want to do?"
"My suggestion is that we first find a suitable place to camp and then slowly discuss countermeasures."
…
Back in the city, Chris immediately went to the castle where he had taken refuge. The castle was very small, with a living room, a kitchen and a room for servants on the first floor, and only two bedrooms on the second floor.
Chris stayed in the bedroom for a long time, and Edmund and Sandos who were standing outside the door did not dare to disturb him. It was not until dinner time that Edmund had to speak.
"Your Highness, it is difficult for us to forget the friendship between our bones and blood, but you should understand what is most important. The soldiers are bleeding for you and giving their lives for you. What are they doing and what are their beliefs that they persist to this day?
, if you choose to give up, what does it mean to them?"
Chris raised his head and said, "You are nagging so much, what do you want to say?"
Edmund was startled and whispered to Sandos: "What is a Toby, a Toby?"
"Reggie's catchphrase means that you are very wordy."
Chris stood up and said: "I'm not reminiscing about the friendship between brothers, I'm thinking about Charlemagne's words. He is not a person who values friendship, nor is he a verbose person, but he mentioned this castle twice. You guys
Don’t you think there’s something fishy here?”
Sandos pouted and said, "What's wrong? Can he still help you?"
"I can't figure it out. He shouldn't be able to help me, but he looks really weird today."
Edmund said: "Perhaps he has hidden deadly poison in this castle, or some terrible mechanism. In short, you'd better leave here quickly."
"Stop talking and let me be quiet for a while!" Chris grabbed his hair hard. He felt that Charlemagne seemed to be giving him some kind of hint, but he couldn't figure out the other party's intention.
Edmund kept talking nonsense, Sandos kept making sarcastic remarks, and Goel, who was usually taciturn, suddenly spoke, and he noticed a detail that Chris had not noticed.
"This castle is too small. If the king sends someone to investigate, how can this place hide you?"
"This place is not small," Chris said with a proud smile, "This is a four-story castle. Not only can I hide here, Charlemagne has also hidden many beautiful girls here."
Goel looked puzzled and said: "There are only two floors here, why did you say it is four floors? Is there something wrong with my eyes?"
"Because there are still two floors underground, and the area underground is much larger than the area above. I used to hide in the darkroom underground, and the idiots sent by my father couldn't find me..."
Chris rolled his eyes and seemed to remember something: "I came here to take refuge, so I don't live here most of the time. I live in a dark room underground..."
Chris walked around the room a few times, then turned to Sandos and said, "Take a few careful guards and follow me down there."
…
Alice followed Joruus's suggestion and chose to camp three miles outside the city. In order to formulate the next strategy, Alice held a military meeting overnight.
At the meeting, Alice and Narses said nothing. Their task was to obey Alice's instructions.
But Joruus was a little dissatisfied: "Why didn't His Majesty the King attend tonight's meeting?"
Alice said: "Your Majesty is very tired today, he needs to rest."
"I just said a few words on the battlefield. Are you really that tired? Is Your Majesty's health in terrible shape?"
Alice frowned and said, "How long do you want to dwell on this issue? Fighting is our duty, and the supreme emperor does not have to attend all meetings."
"Okay, pretend I didn't say that." Joruus stopped talking, and the whole scene became awkward.
Alice didn't know how to attack the city, and Alishan and Narses couldn't give any good suggestions. The protagonist of this meeting was Joru Us. Alice had to change her attitude and humbly ask Joru Us.
Please ask for advice.
"War is cruel to women. Seeing so many soldiers die makes my heart bleed all the time. If I forget to speak appropriately and accidentally offend you, I hope you can forgive me."
Joruus shrugged his eyebrows as a gesture of forgiveness to Alice, and then expressed his thoughts.
"Siegeing a city is the most difficult battle. The enemy's weapons are too powerful, and the chance of winning in a frontal attack is slim. We don't need to discuss those worthless tactics."
"Since you don't want to attack the city from the front, that means we should go around to the back of Lianyucheng?" This was the best answer Alice could think of, but it almost made Joruus cry.
"What I mean is that we'd better not attack outside the city wall, but find a way to enter Lianyucheng."
Everyone was confused. Yalisan said: "How do we enter Lianyucheng? Can we fly in? Do you have Reggie Victor's flying dragon?"
"I don't have the means to control a giant dragon," Joruus said with a smile. "Although we can't fly in, we can get in. There must be a secret passage that leads to the interior of Lianyucheng."