After regrouping the scattered soldiers into a team, Emil felt worried about the Mawu County in front of him.
The number of enemy troops in Mawu County in front of us is not large. This can be seen from the intensity of their attack. They will not exceed 300 people at most.
But the problem now is that the other party is defending the city and is well prepared. They will really be unable to do anything to this Mawu County for a while.
With their numbers, Emil was still confident in forcibly attacking the city regardless of casualties.
But that kind of loss would be too great. When the fight is over, he will become a bare commander. He cannot accept this result.
When he was at a loss, Lieutenant General Maha Thakar suddenly stepped forward and suggested: "Sir Emil, we can make a catapult and continuously drop huge rocks on the opposite city wall.
Then let our people attack during the catapult. In this way, the opponent can deal with the attack of our catapult and defend at the same time. It will inevitably be impossible to completely defend.
When our large forces begin to ascend the city, and there are not enough manpower on the opposite side, there will inevitably be gaps in defense, so our soldiers can attack! "
As soon as Maha Thakar made this suggestion, the Emir commander immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay, let's do it!"
Immediately, the two of them took action, and military orders were passed down one after another. Soon the Shendu Army sent a group of people to cut down wood, and then went to the surrounding villages to find carpenters who could do woodworking, and captured them to the army. Build a catapult.
In addition, just in case, Emil also specially ordered to capture all the low-level untouchables in the surrounding villages.
Soon, half a day passed. The Shendu army captured countless Shendu people from the surrounding villages, and even prepared the carpenters and lumber they needed. Under the pressure of the Shendu army, these Common people who knew how to be a carpenter began to build catapults.
In Mawu County, taking advantage of the opportunity for the opponent to build a catapult, the expeditionary force defenders in the city also hurriedly replenished various defensive materials. At the same time, the soldiers defending the city hurriedly rested to restore their strength.
There is still a tough battle to be fought next. Just now, Jiaping has received signals from other cities. They have also encountered the siege of the Shendu army. At this moment, they may not be able to support them.
I'm afraid they can only rely on themselves to defend Mawu City next.
Ten times as many enemies. Although the opponent's combat effectiveness was low, the huge difference in numbers still made Jia Ping feel unsure.
He can only prepare as much as possible, defend Mawu County, and wait for the fighting in other places to end as soon as possible for someone to support him.
This time, the Shendu Army had no plans to gather a large army for a decisive battle with the expeditionary force.
Except for a few places where the expeditionary force gathered, Shendu sent a group of men to fight against them. The Shendu army with sufficient strength directly divided its troops and attacked the entire city on the border of Nanli County with the county seat as one.
So not only Mawu County, but also the entire border line of Nanli County is now under fire.
All defenders faced at least twice the strength of their side.
Of course, some people may say, didn't they recruit some servant troops?
Why is there no news from the boss about them?
This is about the composition of the servant army. Nowadays, most of the servant army in Nanli County are composed of middle and lower-class civilians in the county, and they have not been around for a long time. Therefore, the overall combat effectiveness of the entire servant army can only be described as low.
Once they are placed on the frontline battlefield where the battle is the cruelest, and coupled with their inherent fear of the Shendu Army, the servants on their side may lay down their weapons and surrender before they can attack.
Therefore, in order to prevent them from dragging down the combat effectiveness of the army, and to prevent outrageous things like surrendering in front of teammates, all servant armies were regarded as local defense forces.
To be more precise, it should be the security group. Maintaining local security is the greatest contribution they can make.
As for letting the servant army go to the battlefield, don't be ridiculous, don't run away and destroy your own formation.
Time passed very quickly, and there was not much time for Jia Ping to prepare. When the sun was about to set in the evening, the Shendu Army, which had been busy for a day, finally built five catapults!
The craftsmen were ordered to continue building overnight. Based on the current progress and the difficulty of building catapults at night, they should be able to build five more by tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow, the Shendu army will have five catapults.
Looking at the five catapults that had been built, Emil was extremely satisfied. From time to time he went up to touch two of them, and he began to think about the scene of using these catapults to attack the Mawu County town tomorrow.
Then he seemed to remember something, and looked back at the six-meter-high wall of Mau City Wall behind him, and ordered the carpenters to build five more catapults tonight, as well as some ladders for climbing the wall. Six meters.
Although the craftsmen had complaints, they did not dare to say anything more and had no choice but to comply honestly.
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The golden crow falls to the west, and the moon rises above its head.
The night is getting darker, but the lights on both sides of the war are still bright.
Several brigades of soldiers were left in Mawu County to guard the city wall with bright lights to prevent night attacks.
The Shendu army attacking the city was much more courageous. Although the lights were also bright, it was to let the carpenters see what they needed to build the army.
The captured carpenters were working overtime all night, while most of the Shendu Army, except for a few camp guards, began to fall asleep late at night.
Even those on guard were dozing off little by little.
Standing on the top of the city, Jia Ping, who couldn't sleep at night, was looking at the specific situation of the poisonous army camp in the distance with a telescope that was a specialty of Yunzhou County.
Through the telescope, Jia Ping naturally saw their night guarding situation, which could be described as terrible.
Normally, facing such a negligent enemy, it would be time to lead a team out and give them a brutal night attack to let them know that the world is dangerous.
Designation can bring a painful lesson to the Shendu Army on the opposite side.
However, the number of defenders in Mawu County was too small.
There are only more than 200 people defending the city. If they lead a team out, it will be a success.
But in everything, just be afraid of something unexpected!
If he and his night attackers were killed, it would be a bolt from the blue for Mawu County!
The few remaining troops were unable to defend Mawu County.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, Jia Ping had no plans to launch a night attack at this time.
The cards in his hand were too few to afford the gamble.
In the early morning, the first ray of sunlight penetrates the dark night, and the purple morning light shines on the earth. Coupled with the mist that spreads everywhere in the early morning, it magically feels like a blurred dream.
And this also means that the next day is here!
Around the beginning of Chenshi, after a busy day and night, they finally built the Shendu army with all the necessary siege equipment. After breakfast, they pushed the catapult to the foot of Mawu City again, preparing to launch a second attack. !
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(End of chapter)
