novelhk Chapter 129 Day 1 Attack
Chapter 129 Day 1 Attack
"Report to Lord Custanly, the enemy has not mobilized for battle and everything is normal in the city. There are currently more than 2,000 people defending the city, including 800 regular cavalry, 1,000 conscripted prisoners and miners and herdsmen, another 1,000 militiamen are being trained, and the remaining 3,000 are untrained workers." A bandit learned about the situation in the city through a spy in the city.
"Asshole, you dare to ignore our existence, you are really courting death. In that case, don't blame me for being cruel." Costanli roared angrily.
For this operation, Coustani spent a lot of money and dispatched more than 1,800 troops.
But no one knew where the 1,000 cavalrymen had gone. The Menice iron mine had been seized, and the knights who had escaped did not dare to report back, otherwise they would surely die. Otherwise, Coustanly would not have been able to take the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, after all, this was a place where strength was respected.
"We will officially launch the attack tomorrow, focusing on the North Gate. The other three gates must also participate in the attack. We must not give the enemy a chance to breathe." The wall of the South Gate was too high, making it difficult to attack; the North Gate was the farthest from the South Gate, making it the most difficult to support.
"Okay, the other three gates will be charged by the three of us, and the north gate will be attacked by Lord Custanly and the two major families to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." In this way, the north gate will gather nearly two thousand troops, which is enough to fight a real offensive and defensive battle.
"Sir, the enemy's force is no less than ours, and they have the power of the city wall. I'm afraid we may not be able to defeat them if we attack blindly like this."
"No, the enemy's real strength is only the eight hundred regular knights. The rest are temporary recruits with no combat power at all. As long as we break into the city, the enemy will surely fall without a fight.
As for the city wall, it is just an obstacle method. It can be penetrated with one poke. It is impossible to build a city here so quickly. Maybe there is only a thin layer. We only need one building to open it.
Tomorrow, as long as we fight our way to the city wall, we can completely eliminate the enemy." Custanly still didn't believe that the city wall in front of him was real.
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"Lord Alpha, the enemy is preparing to attack. Which direction do you think they will attack?" Phyllis and Alpha stood together at the highest point of the city wall, observing the enemies below the city.
"It's hard to say, but the enemy will definitely not target us as the main attack direction." The area where Alpha is located is an industrial area. The city wall is about three meters higher than the other areas. This is undoubtedly a huge obstacle for the bandits who have no siege equipment.
"Lord Alpha, why don't you prepare obstacles such as tripwires and tripping stakes in advance to slow down the enemy's speed? Now there is only a moat outside the city. Can it withstand the enemy's attack?" Phyllis asked worriedly, looking at the empty space outside the city wall.
"The enemy's attack direction is the north gate. Fattam will lead a hundred knights and go to the east and west gates to mobilize a hundred infantrymen to support the south gate." Alpha had no intention of explaining. Now Alpha's real purpose was to train the troops. If he wanted to train these ordinary soldiers into truly powerful warriors, they had to go through the bloody test of killing.
"Yes, Lord Alpha." There are more than one hundred official knights and more than two hundred militiamen at the South Gate. With the powerful weapons on the city walls, defense is not a problem.
"Lord Alpha, why can't I see that the enemy's main attack direction is the north gate?" Phyllis looked at the confused enemy, completely unable to figure out the mystery.
"The enemy's charge speed and crowd density. You can see that the cavalry at the other three gates are obviously half a beat slower, and the crowd is not as dense as over there." Alpha explained patiently.
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"The crossbow chariots fire." The north gate was Liad's defense area. Seeing the enemy enter the shooting range, ten crossbows roared instantly.
These crossbows were modified fixed crossbows, so they didn't have to worry about bumps and recoil, so they could shoot farther and with greater power. There were six long spears in one shot, or sixty crossbows, and as long as they hit the enemy, they would be killed. It was normal to shoot three or five people at a time.
"Scatter! Scatter!" Faced with the enemy's powerful weapons, Costanelli could only choose to attack in a scattered manner.
If a cavalry launched a frontal charge at this time, the loose infantry would be unable to stop the enemy's pace. And Custanly's order was undoubtedly correct, and the loose team also greatly reduced the power of the crossbow.
"Archer throw!" Ordinary bows and arrows cannot cause fatal damage to fully armed cavalry, but this time they used titanium alloy arrows modified by the dwarves, which are very powerful. Even if they cannot penetrate the enemy's armor, they can easily penetrate a layer of armor and directly injure the main body.
After several rounds of shooting, the enemy finally entered the area within 100 meters of the city wall. It would take only a few breaths to reach the base of the wall and successfully avoid the attack from the wall.
But just when the enemy saw hope, there was a loud bang, and the cavalry in the front disappeared from the earth in an instant.
"There's a pit ahead! Don't push me!" The screams were endless. Even though they knew there was a pit ahead and intended to slow down and stop, they were still ruthlessly pushed down by the cavalry behind them.
"Spread out and attack from both sides!" Obviously, retreating was not a good idea.
The following cavalry quickly spread out to both sides, looking for a passage. Finally, they finally found two five-meter-wide passages, but they had to take a detour, so the enemy's speed was significantly reduced, and they became a target for the archers on the city wall.
"Sir, we can't go on like this. Our losses are too great."
Custanly became anxious when he heard his subordinates' complaints. He had never expected that the enemy had set a trap outside the city wall, causing him to miss the opportunity to quickly break into the city.
"Immediately form a 500-man assault team and forcefully break through the city wall!" Costanelli gritted his teeth and gave the order. He knew very well that if the city gate could not be opened as soon as possible, his army would suffer more casualties.
However, when the army was attacked again, the pathfinders in front of them completely collapsed. Even in the face of orders, they were determined to escape.
"Retreat and regroup." Costanelli looked at the defeated knight and realized that this was not the time to force an attack.
"Organize a hundred engineers to find all the traps ahead, and at the same time go to the rear to look for wood to build roads and bridges." Kustanly had no choice but to attack the titanium mining city step by step.
After all, this attack directly caused the loss of no less than three to five hundred people, and the knights who returned were all injured and in a very miserable state.
However, all the big trees within 50 kilometers around the Titanium Mine City had been cut down by Alpha. The only wood that Costanelli could find was no more than two meters long and no thicker than an arm, which was of no use at all.
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"It turns out that Lord Alpha deliberately let the enemy charge. The faster the charge, the harder the enemy will fall." Phyllis sat on Alpha's lap and understood why the tripping stakes were not used.
"But it can only be used once. The enemy will soon find and destroy all the traps." Alpha knew very well that this trap was not a one-time solution.
"That's also a tunnel. It can hinder the enemy's charge and turn them into our targets." Phyllis smiled comfortably when she saw the enemy's embarrassed look.
"If the enemy does not adopt tactics such as head-on combat and hard attack, but instead adopts a strategy of advancing step by step, gradually pressing forward and consuming our resources, then we will be very passive." If Alpha is the attacking party, Alpha will definitely choose the latter method.
If the enemy does not use siege weapons, but chooses to use earth to pile up a road leading to the city gate, although it will certainly take a lot of time and energy, this move is within an acceptable range and relatively safe.
"The enemy shouldn't be so cautious this time! Don't worry, Phyllis." Alpha was very confident and hugged Phyllis to comfort her.
The arrogant enemy delayed the second round of attack until the afternoon. Even though they did not find the wood bridge, they resolutely chose to attack us through the bend, which shows that they were still blindly arrogant.
In the evening, the enemy finally reached the corner of the wall after huge losses, but they were still helpless facing the physical city wall.
"Sound the retreat, rest and fight again." Costanelli gave the order to retreat.
In this brief battle, nearly 600 to 700 bandits were killed, and hundreds returned to the camp with injuries. If the fight continued, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Lord Custanly, we can't keep fighting like this. We might as well give up. Our warriors are starting to waver. We've lost too many battles like today's. Our warriors are already exhausted and their morale is low. If we continue like this, I'm afraid we'll soon lose all our fighting power."
"What a bunch of idiots!" Hearing his men's persuasion, Custanly cursed in his heart. He knew the seriousness of the problem, but there was not much time left for them to think of countermeasures. There were only two choices before them, either change tactics or give up directly.
"Don't worry, I've already thought of a solution. Everyone, conserve your energy, the real show has just begun. Tomorrow I will give you a satisfactory result, and we will definitely win." Costanelli raised the corner of his mouth, obviously having already thought of a way to deal with it.
Boom! Boom! The sound of explosions continued, and in an instant, Costanli's camp was under fierce attack.
"What happened? Did the enemy attack?" Custanly grabbed the cavalry and shouted.
"Sir, the enemy is using catapults, look at the sky." It turned out that the enemies in the city were using catapults, and they were projecting limestone and gunpowder, which could not be extinguished by ordinary water.
For a moment, the military camp was filled with flames, screams and horse neighings, causing great panic.
"Retreat! Retreat!" After retreating for two kilometers, they finally got rid of the enemy's high-altitude weapons, but this time the losses were quite heavy. There were not many people, but there were a lot of losses of supplies and tents. In this icy and snowy place, without tents, it would be fatal.
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"Organize manpower to recover the crossbows and arrows used during the day." Although they successfully repelled the enemy today, the consumption of supplies was also extremely serious. Nearly one-tenth of the reserves were consumed in one day. Taking advantage of the night, Liad could only recover as much supplies and ammunition as possible.
"That's the enemy filling the soil." The engineer who was recovering the supplies suddenly saw the enemy's actions and immediately drew his bow and shot.
For a while, screams were heard everywhere. After dozens of people were killed and injured, the enemy finally escaped completely.
"Lord Alpha, you are really a master of foresight. You knew that the enemy would take the opportunity to fill up the tunnel." When Liad listened to the report, the first thing he thought of was Lord Alpha's reminder.