Chapter 376 Kebineng VS Tian Yu (1/2)
Chapter 376 – Kebineng VS Tian Yu
July 17th.
Kebineng and his 12,000 riders reached East Linyu Fort. They stopped to check the fortification that Xu Huang had built for Tian Yu.
Horse traps, spike walls, trenches, and two-meter tall walls stopped Kebineng from having a silly idea. These setups aimed to disable any cavalry attack and force all invaders to use infantries.
Kebineng learned from his past mistakes. He did not want to siege a city by dismounting their best weaponry, the horses.
'Should I go for Linyu County?'
Kebineng hesitated. He wanted to go for the county, but they would be up against 10-meter-tall mud walls instead of 2-meter-wooden walls.
The answer was clear. Kebineng had to deal with this fort to steal supplies, or else, they would not have enough food to return home.
Kebineng made his mind.
”Fire attack. Get torches and any flammable material. We'll burn this fortress, so we can draw the garrison soldiers outside. We'll fight them in the open.”
His aide disagreed, ”Shouldn't we attack Linyu County? At least, we can rob Han's people and plunder from the town folks.”
”I agree with you, but we don't have a choice. Our force is only good on open field battles, but we won't have a chance against the Hans if we fight in siege warfare. These cunning people always cower behind the wall.”
”Then, I shall relay the order.”
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The riders returned to rest and gathered materials from a nearest hill and forest.
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July 18th.
Kebineng's 12,000 soldiers each had a torch in their hand. All riders charged at the nearest wooden structure, traps, and barricades to burn them.
The flame ignited, and all spike traps, horse traps, and small fences were burnt. A few riders attempted to throw their torch at the wooden wall, but they fell short.
All of them rallied back and watched the traps on fire.
Half a day later, the defenders did not move out from their fortification. However, Kebineng could see their movements on top of the wall.
Several soldiers were arranging weird carts and lined them toward their horsemen. At a glance, it looked like ballistae, but they lacked bowstrings.
4 PM.
The flame died down, and all traps were clear from Kebineng's path.
A battalion of a thousand soldiers brought planks to cover trenches while another force pushed a battering ram forward.
The battering ram was a decoy to get the defender force's attention. His real attack was still a fire attack.
Once the preparation was completed. Two sacrificial battalions rushed forward with their planks and battering ram. As Kebineng expected, the garrison archers unleashed their arrows at them.
”Charge! Throw the torches at the wall! Burn it down!”
The remaining 10,000 riders rushed forward with another wave of the torch run.
Once they got to the range of 300 meters before the wall, strange sounds and white smoke came out from the top of the wall.
*SWOOSH*
*SWOOSH*
*SWOOSH*
Long arrows came out from the weird carts in succession. Within five seconds, one of them fired over a hundred arrows at the horsemen.
On top of the walls, there were over 30 carts, which rained over a thousand arrows in an instant. Combined with the defender archers, which numbered about 5,000 on the wall, the arrow wall terrified Kebineng and the Xianbei light cavalries.
Ten thousand arrows rained onto the horsemen. Even though they had anti-arrow leather armor and silk cover, they could not escape this many arrows at once.
Before they could reach a hundred meters in front of the wall, 3,000 chargers fell down in one volley!
”KEEP CHARGING AND THROW YOUR TORCHES!”
7,000 Riders threw their torches at the wall and retreated from the wall. During their withdraw process, the archers on the wall did not stop shooting at them. As a result, another five hundred riders fell.
The battering ram reached the gate, and the survivors of the battalion began hitting the wooden gate with it.
*CLANK*
A jar of lamp oil hit the wooden log. Afterward, a defender returned the favor by throwing a torch of their own.
The battering ram caught fire, and the 500 survivors of the battalion retreated along with the riders. As for the plank squads, they had completed their jobs and fell back to regroup with Kebineng.
8,000 Soldiers remained after the attempt to take down the wall, which they had half-succeeded. Flame spread on the short walls, and the defenders were busy trying to extinguish the fire.
Kebineng squinted his eyes to observe the garrison forces' reaction. The weird carts had been carried down away, and all soldiers seemed to have abandoned the wall.
Realizing that the enemy had abandoned their defensive walls, Kebineng had a high hope in this raid.
5 PM.
The sun almost set, but Kebineng had not finished yet. He was waiting for the wall to collapse.
”All units, get on your horse and get ready. We'll charge into the fort once their wall is no more!”
As Kebineng had predicted, the two-meter-wall collapsed in the next five minutes.
”CHARGE!! THE WALL IS DOWN!! BREACH IT!!”