C4 (2/2)
Only two of the scouts from the Five Way had escaped and returned with only a single piece of information, ”Devil Kingdom Soldiers, suppress the border!” Please quickly ask the imperial capital for help! ”
Upon hearing this news, Commander Sun hesitated for a moment before deciding to wait another day. However, it was on this day that he lost his life.
Squads of infantrymen in black heavy armor and grey leather armors appeared from the horizon. They chopped down the forest, set up tents, and buried pots and pans to make food. The smoke from the smoke spread for several kilometers, causing all the generals of Phoenix City Pass to gasp despite their image. From the looks of the situation, there were probably no less than thirty to forty thousand people! In terms of military strength, it was no less than the war that happened three hundred years ago!
It was only when he saw the densely packed military formations with his own eyes that Commander Sun decided to send his light cavalry to the imperial city for reinforcements. At the same time, he issued a ”Ten Day Deathmatch Order” to his subordinates.
The commanders could only smile wryly at the order. If they had sent a team of light cavalry to test the so-called grain raiders, even if they had sent troops to ask for reinforcements the moment they received the scout's report, they would have survived for a bit longer.
Commander Sun also felt bitter in his heart. How many people did he have in his hands for the enemy's forty thousand soldiers? The Phoenix City Pass was one level higher than the Blue Moon Pass and Liehyang Pass, so even if the soldiers were fully equipped, they would only amount to eight thousand. However, there had been no war for hundreds of years, and the army was no longer fully staffed. Of the seven battalions in Border Army, less than five thousand were capable of fighting, and there were only three hundred under Kong Sheng's command in Red Camp, of which only a hundred and fifty were heavy-armored knight s.
In a field battle, heavy-armored knight could use one versus ten, charging up and even breaking out of the formation. But if it was placed in front of a city wall, how different would these heavy-armored knight s be compared to those ordinary Border Army soldiers?
In the beginning, Commander Sun gave Kong Sheng a Red Camp mission to defend a part of the city wall, but this mission was rejected by Kong Sheng. He felt that the enemy's position was unclear, and that rather than sending the most mobile cavalry to the city walls to be used as soldiers, he might as well keep it as a reserve for the time being, to be adjusted and used according to the situation of the battle.
This suggestion received the unanimous support of a few Border Army guards. After pondering for a while, Commander Sun also nodded his head in agreement with Kong Sheng's idea. But at the same time, he made a request, which was that the Fire Phoenix Army cavalry should be ready at all times. Kong Sheng nodded in agreement, at the same time, he expressed that he would bring the hundred and fifty Apprentice Knight s to guard the city walls, and would not take a step back.
However, on the first day of the enemy's siege, Commander Sun revealed his military inadequacies. Just a thousand man team's probing attack, he had already ordered his stone thrower to attack. Over twenty stone thrower shot three rounds, and over two hundred rocks flew out in all directions. Facing the doubtful gazes of his subordinates, Commander Sun waved his hand. ”Soldiers' lives are at stake. Don't care about those dead things right now!” Everyone had nothing to say after hearing his words. They could only watch as the huge boulders filled the sky ”fight” with the few enemy troops in the distance.
The first day of defense of the city: Devil Kingdom Soldier suffered over a hundred casualties, stone thrower Stones were used up by over three thousand.
On the second and third day after that, the soldiers on top of Phoenix City Pass City were watching their own rocks and the enemy's soldiers as they ”battled”. Without any danger to their lives, the soldiers were naturally relaxed and happy. Some of them even sat on the walls to watch the fun, while the veterans and their guards all had worried looks on their faces. He couldn't kill a hundred and eighty people in a day, but his family consumed a lot of stones. Commander Sun was loyal to his duty. He stood guard over the city gate tower day and night. As soon as he saw the enemy soldiers enter the range of the stone, he immediately gave the order to fire.
Kong Sheng was young and vigorous, he had seen Commander Sun a few times, and was scolded back at him. Commander Sun said that he had done nothing less than take the lives of his soldiers as child's play. Kong Sheng was unwilling to accept this, he said that the enemy's military was too strong, they should control the use of the resources in the city, at the same time, they should send out many fast horses to the provinces in order to request for reinforcements, at least to let the neighboring provinces prepare for war. Commander Sun angrily rebuked Kong Sheng, saying that the current enemy's circumstances were unclear, and that the circumstances of the two trials of Lan Yue and Lie Yang were still unclear. What if the enemy was still trying to steal food? At that time, the reinforcements would arrive and the provinces would have their defenses ready. Then the enemy would take the food cart and run away. What should he do? Was this responsibility something that a small White Feather Battalion Commander like Kong Sheng could shoulder?
Kong Sheng was rendered speechless by the blockage, he could only helplessly exit from the city gate tower while holding onto his blade and feeling annoyed by the side. Master Sun has such a temperament, he has always sought stability, furthermore, he will soon be sixty years old, and will be back home safely for the new year, who would be willing to take part in this? ”
”But … but what if we run out of stone and the enemy invades? What should we do?” Kong Sheng shook his head helplessly.
Zhao Handong's eyes became cold, and he asked solemnly: ”What else can we do? To be a soldier was nothing more than carrying a gun and fighting. To defend the earth for ten days was the duty of the heavens. Now that the Devil Kingdom Child is here, let's do it. ”
Hearing that, Kong Sheng looked at the densely packed Devil Kingdom tents, and could not help but sigh.
On the third night, Moqiu State began to invade the city.
The night had provided them quite a bit of cover. In addition to the previous three consecutive days of feints, it allowed them to thoroughly understand the attacking intervals and range of the Phoenix City Pass stone thrower. In addition, the relaxed Phoenix City Pass soldiers allowed these few thousand elite Moqiu State soldiers to easily reach the city walls. By the time the patrolling soldiers discovered him, all of the assault ladders for Moqiu State had to be set up.
Each battalion was alerted to the loss and quickly rushed to the top of the city wall with their own troops, not allowing anyone to steal the city wall. However, in the midst of their panic, they did not know what to do or do, so they threw rocks, rolling wood, and purified feces downwards as if they did not need any money, in hopes of quickly retreating. The Moqiu State naturally didn't want to give up this opportunity that was right before their eyes. Taking advantage of the night sky where they were constantly increasing their numbers, the two sides slaughtered each other to death on the city wall, sending flesh and blood flying everywhere.
At this time, Commander Sun couldn't care about anything else, and ordered all the stone thrower to be launched continuously. As a result, the stones above his head flew about, and the purified feces below his feet boiled. The two sides fought fiercely for the entire night. Moqiu Army had thrown down over a thousand corpses before retreating. Phoenix City Pass had achieved the greatest victory since the start of the battle, but the crowd still wanted to cry over the remaining slabs of slabs and purified feces.
When the sky brightened, the guards immediately dispatched people to pick up the stone, but they were not as quick as they were to throw it away. In addition, he had sent more than ten scouts with powerful crossbows to stir up trouble from time to time, which quickly stopped the unfair exchange of life for stone.
The next moment, both sides began to engage in a frenzied melee. The people on top of the city wall had lost their rock and purified feces, so they could only occupy the ground and rely on their weapons to block the people below from climbing up. The people below the city wall were fearless as they rushed up the city wall, relying on the strength of their individual soldiers.
From the fourth day onwards, the Phoenix City Pass became a meat grinder. The armies of the two countries washed the pale-gray walls with their blood, at least a few hundred bodies a day. Every day, he would repeat himself, but his Phoenix City Pass could not bear such consumption. Even a fast horse would need at least ten days to get to the imperial city of Phoenix City Pass. At that time, it would be hard to say whether or not there were any Fire Phoenix Empire left in the Phoenix City Pass.
”Sir!” Some soldiers from the south gate have arrived! ” The soldier's voice recalled Kong Sheng's memories. He was stunned for a moment before jumping up.
South Gate? That was the gate that led to the inner part of the pass. There were troops at the south gate. That was the arrival of reinforcements! Which family's reinforcements arrived so quickly?