Liu Mo stood at the foot of Mingyue Mountain, looking up at this mysterious mountain peak.
"It's simply a purgatory without any grass!" he lamented.
The entire mountain peak is bare, not a single tree or blade of grass can be found, and even in the area surrounding the mountain peak for several miles, even if you dig the ground three feet, you can't find any green plants.
It can be said that this is the most ugly place Liu Mo has ever seen in the world, but this place was once known as the most beautiful mountain peak in Daxia.
At that time, Mingyue Mountain was almost synonymous with Tianfu.
It is unknown what exactly happened to make Mingyue Mountain look like what it is today.
Looking from a distance, a checkpoint appeared between the ridges, blocking the only way.
This is the Mingguan Pass, a checkpoint established for the Hu people in the north. Behind Mingguan Customs, Liu Mo saw the second checkpoint. Layer upon layer, the thick wall is like an iron rope, locking the throat of Mingyue Mountain.
This is a newly built level for the First Prince! Liu Mo thought to himself.
But the good news is that because this level has not experienced a war for a long time, the city wall is not very high, and it is not made entirely of stone. It looks shabby, as if a hard punch can knock the entire city wall down.
Although the enemy's defenses are not very complete and their advantages are not obvious, the situation on Liu Mo's side is not optimistic either.
First of all, the lack of intelligence is the biggest problem.
How many troops are there in the enemy? Not sure!
What is the combat effectiveness of the defenders? Where were the soldiers transferred from? Not sure!
How is the defense system? Not sure!
Will the Hu tribe (referring to the tribe allied with the eldest prince) stab him in the back? Not sure!
Faced with such a large number of problems, it is really a bit suicidal to face them head-on with the tired troops who have traveled long distances across the entire Hu Caohai.
But obviously, Liu Mo and the others had no way out and had no choice but to fight to the death.
The garrison generals are well aware of Liu Mo's weaknesses. Currently, the most unacceptable thing for Liu Mo's army is a war of attrition.
For this reason, he deployed all his troops to defend Minghaiguan. As long as he could hold on until the eldest prince led the main force, this would become the burial place of Liu Mo and others.
Faced with his shrinking tactics, any conspiracy would be in vain, and the only feasible way was to attack by force.
"Liu Mo, guess how many defenders there are here?"
Before launching the rebellion, the Sixth Prince came to Liu Mo and Bai Chengzong to discuss the enemy's situation.
Fortunately, Liu Mo had the foresight and had already anticipated that there would be a siege. For this reason, the army forcibly dragged important siege tools such as trebuchets, siege hammers, and siege ladders captured from Mars City from the Western Region to northern Daxia.
There is no grass growing near Mingyue Mountain, let alone trees. It is simply impossible to improvise siege equipment.
If we attack like this without siege weapons, it is no different than seeking death.
"It should not exceed 20,000 people, but if there are people who volunteer to participate in the war, it is impossible to estimate." Liu Mo replied with some worry.
Although they saw troops approaching the city, the defenders at Mingguan Customs did not panic at all. They reinforced the city walls and put up wooden fences, and all actions were carried out in an orderly manner.
"Common people? Why did they join the war?" Bai Chengzong didn't understand.
"We borrowed the road from the Hu tribe's grassland. I don't need to say more about the image of the Hu tribe in the hearts of the people of Daxia." Liu Mo explained, "And right now, the two rebels are fighting The banner of the "legitimate Emperor of Great Xia"."
According to public opinion, we are the rebels, the rebels who colluded with the Hu people!
"How did you calculate the enemy's strength?" asked the sixth prince.
"The strength of a guard station in Minghaiguan is about 15,000 people, so I estimate that the original garrison here is about this number. In addition, they may temporarily mobilize miscellaneous troops, and it is estimated that there are only 20,000 people. .
The number of enemies and ourselves is one to seven. According to the ratio of the number of attackers and defenders during the siege, we have an absolute advantage. "
"If we count the support of the people, our number may be only one to five!"
Looking at the soldiers waiting on the city wall, the sixth prince frowned.
If there are too many losses here, it will be even worse to overthrow Jizhou City.
"Pass my military order to attack the city immediately. You can only advance, not retreat. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Before launching the general offensive, Liu Mo also issued an order, and the person who executed the order was naturally Zhu Min. I ordered him to lead a thousand law enforcement troops to suppress the battle and kill all those who escaped.
Zhu Min's command arrow was the sword Liu Mo obtained from the Sixth Prince.
As for the old general who "assisted" Liu Mo, he agreed with all Liu Mo's orders very wisely. In fact, he basically would not interfere in many things. The real military power rested with Liu Mo.
Then, Liu Mo was appointed as the frontline commander, and other troops must unconditionally cooperate with Liu Mo's temporary order.
The siege of Minghaiguan began in the afternoon, and Liu Mo inevitably gave a pre-battle speech before the battle.
"Soldiers, if we overcome this level, we can go home."
The whole place was silent, and only Liu Mo's passionate voice could be heard, "I promised you that I will do my best to bring you home. For a period of time, each of us has been working towards this goal.
Today, there is only the last step towards this goal, which is to break through Mingguan Customs and go home! "
After saying that, Liu Mo took out the oath and shouted at Minghai City, "Kill!"
Under this highly morale-boosting action, the morale of the entire audience was high.
The siege began with loud shouts.
Dozens of tall siege ladders slowly approached the city wall, while siege vehicles lined up in a row slowly drove towards Minghaiguan Pass amid the flow of people.
This level used to defend against the Hu people is not large because it occupies a natural barrier, and its area is also the smallest among all the Great Xia levels. Dozens of siege ladders filled up the space in front of the city wall.
In order to transport these siege equipment here, Liu Mo spent a lot of effort.
At first glance, the defense of Minghaiguan is really poor. Although there is a moat in front of the city wall, there is not a drop of water in it. The city walls were temporarily fortified, but they were still weak.
As soon as they got closer, the fighting power of the defenders was quickly revealed, which was very average!
Looking up from the bottom of the city, we can see that the uniforms of the defenders are not uniform. There are regular troops and miscellaneous troops recruited temporarily. They are obviously put together on the fly.
But just such an unimpressive looking garrison brought a lot of trouble to Liu Mo's troops.
The troops at the front were carrying sandbags on their shoulders, and their task was to fill the moat without water.
When they entered the city wall a hundred paces away, dense crowds of archers suddenly appeared on the wall.
Hundreds of strong bows were drawn, "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
A hail of arrows fell, instantly taking away hundreds of Minghaiguans who were less than a few miles away from their hometown.
Facing the locust-like arrows, some people became timid.
At this time, Zhu Min's troops took a step forward, "Those who retreat before the battle will be killed without mercy!"
