novelhk Chapter 174 Attacking Phils
Chapter 174 Attacking Phils
The Battle of Rimuru began a week after the revolutionary army captured the city. The grand dukes of the three neighboring regions sent troops to join the battle, including 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, vowing to capture Rimuru in a month.
The first group of knights who arrived surrounded Rimuru and began to kill and capture the surrounding civilians, looting supplies and people, causing chaos in the whole village.
However, they found that there was no extra food to plunder. After all, Alpha's Sky Mercenary Group had already purchased a large amount of food at a high price in advance, and the rest was the daily reserve of the people.
These so-called "armies of justice" were bloodthirsty by nature, and wherever they went, rivers of blood would flow. After several harassments, all the people within a hundred miles began to migrate.
Tasli made preparations in advance and accepted nearly five thousand refugees. Rimuru also welcomed three thousand people. The remaining people were either killed or fled to farther places.
As a result, both sides faced huge pressure on material supplies. The food stored in Tagula Mountain was originally enough to supply Tasili's 3,000 people for a year, but now it can only last for three or four months, which made Tasili very anxious.
Since the advance troops failed to find supplies, they began to attack randomly, killing innocent people like bandits. It was not until the follow-up infantry arrived that the knights' manic psychology was appeased. However, at this time, the people around Rimuru were completely disappointed with these noble knights and no longer provided any intelligence or support.
On the fifteenth day, the three armies had formed a siege on Rimuru, and carried out strict control, cutting off all channels for the flow of supplies. In addition, they also recruited a large number of craftsmen to build siege equipment. After all, Rimuru is a large border city, and the shortest wall is more than 20 meters high, which is difficult to break through with manpower alone.
During this period, Rowling began to plan for Fields's layout and tried to use iron ore or other city stones to exchange with him, but was repeatedly rejected and the negotiations were deadlocked.
"Rester, I'll give you one last chance. Are you willing to exchange the city, or let us buy it with gold? If not, we will attack Fields at night!" Rowling ordered people to build a high tower in front of Fields as a threat.
At this time, Rowling's troops had reached a thousand people. Although they were not enough to besiege Fils, there were still a thousand knights of Tasli ambushing in the rear of Fils. Once the Fils cavalry left the city, Rowling would make them never return.
"Rowling, if you sleep with me, I will consider it. I heard that you need ten men in one night. I don't know if I have the ability to satisfy you, hahaha." Deputy City Lord Grus spoke foul language, which was extremely embarrassing.
"Just wait and see. When the city of Firth falls, that will be the day of your death!" Rowling roared angrily.
"Shoot!" Rowling had already prepared a large number of siege equipment. The first was the catapult, which threw stones, quicklime balls and oil, and then ignited them with fireballs. Slowly, fires and explosions broke out in the city of Phils. When everyone's eyes were focused on Rimuru, the Battle of Phils officially began.
"Captain Rowling, are we really going to attack Firth at night?" Lislia was already impatient. He had been guarding the trade fort before and did not participate in the grassland war, but now he could not hold back any longer.
"You believe what women say! Sleep well at night. I won't attack Fields in the next three days." Rowling laughed and obviously had no intention of attacking the city.
Alpha has already made sufficient preparations now. If we continue to attack the city step by step, it would really be a waste of Alpha's intentions.
"During these three days, Lilia, Fattam, and Lislia, you three will take turns attacking, all with long-range attacks. If they dare to come out, fight them back. Make sure to create the illusion that we are going to trap them to death." This was Rowling's goal.
"Yes, I obey your command." These days, Rowling has robbed all the bandits in the northern part of the grassland. If they do not accept the amnesty, he will strike them with thunder and lightning without mercy. Now it is a good opportunity to use these people for training.
"What does that bitch want? She doesn't fight us head-on, but just blocks us in the city." Grus has sent knights out of the city three times to attack the enemy's catapult positions, but each time they were shot back by the enemy's long-range attacks, leaving only a few hundred corpses.
"That woman wants to trap us in the city so that she can take over Fields without any soldiers. Her plan is really a good one." Lord Rest sneered as he looked at the enemy camp outside the city.
"Lord Rest, our current food supplies can last at least a year. Even if they don't have food supplies, we can still hold on for a long time." Grus looked at the warehouse in the city and smiled proudly.
"We can't be careless. After all, she is the woman of the Prairie Fox. We need to add more staff to the three warehouses recently to avoid sneak attacks by the enemy." Rest took a look at the warehouse and decided to be careful.
"My lord, it's bad. The moat outside the city has been cut off and the water level is dropping rapidly." The sudden information scared the two lords so much that they broke out in cold sweats.
Rest glanced at Grus worriedly, as if asking about the city's preparations.
"Mayor, although there are several ancient wells in our city, our basic water supply still relies on external water sources. Due to special circumstances, we do not have much reserves, and we will run out of water in ten days at most." Grus calculated over and over again and actually forgot about the water source.
"Send troops immediately and take back the water source for me." Rest also broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect the enemy to be so difficult to deal with.
"Yes, sir." Grus immediately sent out 800 knights, who were still greeted by countless arrows and a small number of crossbows. After nearly 300 casualties, they finally occupied the dam and regained the water source.
"Retreat, ceasefire, and stop here today." Rowling watched the enemy occupy the dam and did not organize a counterattack because her goal had been achieved.
"Tomorrow we will build a dam 300 meters upstream of Lislia to block the river." Rowling's goal was to continuously consume the enemy's manpower while using false and real tactics to prevent the enemy from figuring out her true intentions and to create the illusion that she would not attack the city.
The next day, when the enemy discovered that the dam had been cut off, Rowling had already led his troops to retreat, leaving the enemy with nothing but an empty dam and hundreds of corpses, which were the various means that terrified them.
"City lord, the enemy has cut off the moat again." However, this news did not make the two city lords too nervous, because the day before, they had stored a large amount of water, enough for the entire city to use for three months.
"Report - Your Excellency, something bad has happened. A drunk passed by the reservoir this morning and accidentally fell in and drowned. The drunk was a doctor in the city, and all the medicines he had on him fell into the reservoir. Now many people have drunk the water from the reservoir and started vomiting and having diarrhea, and they can't control it at all." The sudden news made the two city lords' faces instantly turn ugly.
"Is it a big reservoir or a small reservoir?" Grus asked loudly.
“It’s a big reservoir.”
"A bunch of useless people who can't even look after a reservoir." Grus cursed angrily, but he could do nothing. The water in the small reservoir was only enough for them to drink for ten days and could not sustain them for long.
"Go, dig the dam immediately and release the water." Grus gave the order before Rest gave the order.
But this time Rowling did not let the enemy get away easily.
The knights leaving the city were caught off guard and encountered Lilia's precise sniper attack, and lost two or three hundred knights in an instant.
"Sir, our troops have suffered heavy losses. If this continues, we will not be able to inflict a fatal blow to the enemy even if we attack." The sentinels kept delivering bad news that was frustrating.
"Lord City Lord, please give me five hundred men. I will definitely dig up the dam and resolve the crisis." Reese, who had been successfully hidden after the last incident, has now made a comeback and immediately stood up.
"Okay, if you fail, don't come back." Without waiting for Grus to speak, Rest gave the order.
Looking at Reis leading five hundred knights out of the city, Grus had a bad feeling.
"Grus, how many knights are there in the city?" Rest also noticed the abnormality and asked worriedly.
"We still have 1,500 knights and 3,000 infantrymen. In addition, we can mobilize 5,000 militiamen to defend the city at any time. We have sufficient manpower." Grus calculated the adult militiamen. In fact, he could easily mobilize 10,000 militiamen.
"That's good." Seeing that there were enough troops, Rest's worries were reduced a little.
"Oh no, it's a chariot and crossbow battle formation. They actually hid the chariots and crossbows. Let them come back quickly!" Seeing the fifty chariots and crossbows exposed in the enemy camp, Rest was scared to death.
But the enemy had already drawn their arrows, and it was too late to retreat. Four or five hundred spears were thrown into the sky, and in an instant, at least three hundred knights were buried in the ground.
"Don't let the chariot crossbows load, attack the chariot crossbow team." The first half of Reese's order was correct. However, Rowling had already calculated the distance. When the knight team was fifty meters away from the team, the second round of crossbows was fired, taking away the lives of another three or four hundred knights, which was a heavy loss.
"Kill them all, leave no one alive." Reiss was lucky, and was unscathed in two rounds of shooting. He led the last five or six hundred knights and roared at the enemy.
The distance was reduced to one hundred meters, and the enemy's crossbow had no time to reload bullets.
"Heavy cavalry, heavy chariots." But Rowling's order made Reese see the call of the god of death.
When Reis saw the dark heavy armor and spear in front of him, his heart sank, but it was too late to stop the attack. The two sides collided with the force of thunder, and countless people were killed and injured in an instant.
"Lord Rest, you see the enemy's main camp is lax and unprepared. We should send our troops to attack them directly." Grus looked at the enemy camp ahead and immediately revealed a sinister smile.
"Grus, you personally lead a thousand knights to attack the enemy's main camp." Rest tried his best, and of course failed. Don't even think about going out of the city to fight again in the future. This price is acceptable.
"Yes, sir." Grus also knew that the responsibility was heavy, so he went straight into battle.
"Lord Rowling, the enemy has been fooled. Another thousand knights have left the city." Lilia seized the opportunity.
"Okay, send out the signal and attack on all fronts." Rowling knew the opportunity had come and responded immediately.
"Lord Rest, the enemy's heavy armored battalion has sent 800 soldiers towards us."
In fact, only the front two hundred of the heavy armored battalion are real heavy armored cavalry, and the rest are members of the Silver Wing Mercenary Corps, a killing machine that combines speed, power and burst.
"Close the city gate and don't let them in." Rest gave the order immediately, and the city gate slowly closed, but the closing speed was extremely slow.
"Why hasn't the city gate been closed yet?" The enemy's light cavalry has already advanced a hundred meters, but the city gate has not been closed yet. The situation is urgent.
"It's bad, sir. The city gate has been lost."