Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 311: Dongjie Kingdom's Attack on the City Failed

Wang Xiaohu felt warm in his heart. This little girl was really good. She was a little treasure who could always bring surprises to people.

He smiled and said, "If the military doctors here are too busy, someone will go to the city to find someone, and then they will send someone to find you."

After they made their appointments, they separated and went their separate ways. Su He and his friends first went to Wengcheng to meet up with their families, and then they went home together to make preparations.

Everyone returned home, loaded old furniture, dead branches and twigs from trees, and other flammable objects onto carts, and had their servants drive the carts to the outer city.

Su He's family knew about this now, and they decided to prepare as much firewood as possible in the future, and also prepare more dry food, just in case.

They went to Pinming Yaju to check. At this time, there were also people waiting for news here, and the door could not be closed. Su He's father told the shop assistants to hide in the cellar if there was anything. It was best not to run around. Hiding well was the most important thing.

If they needed people to go to the inner city wall to defend the city, it was up to them, they would not force it. They all knew that if they really fought to the inner city, they would probably be defeated soon.

The common people had no horses or vehicles, and could not outrun the pursuers, so they could only find a place to hide to save their lives. Su He did not want to force the shop assistants at the last moment of life and death, after all, no one could decide another's fate at will.

The Dongjie Army in the outer city had a very difficult time attacking the city. The defenders of Fenggou City had a very clear idea of ​​their attack points. Wherever there were more attackers, there would be more arrows shot down from the city walls. They would be shot and fall down before they could even climb halfway up the ladder.

The defense of Fenggou City was very tight, and some firewood thrown into the crowd was laced with oil, so wherever it landed, there would be a fire, and it was not easy to extinguish.

Because the soldiers were hiding, the crowd under the city was in chaos. They hid here and there, running around like headless flies.

This time, the Dongjie Army was led by General Hu Tuxian. He is also the best commander of Dongjie Kingdom now, but he is still not as good as General An, King of Ansheng.

The gap was apparent as soon as they attacked the city. No one paid any attention to their challenges outside the city. In order to reduce casualties, the Ansheng Kingdom did not send troops to fight.

The high city walls were a natural barrier, and on both sides of the city stretched out undulating mountains. If they wanted to go around them, they could only send small groups of troops over the mountains and ridges to the rear.

However, they went there many times and didn't get any advantage. At most, they plundered some supplies. Further in, there were counterattacks organized by cities and towns. They were not familiar with the terrain and could not fight for a long time.

The most important problem was the language barrier. Without a guide, they could only harass the area near the border town. There was no large force going further inside, and no one dared to risk their lives to move forward.

Hu Tuxian was in the central army tent, anxiously waiting for news from the front. From time to time, people came to report how many casualties our side had suffered, and how many casualties the enemy had suffered, but there was no sign of a decrease in the number of Ansheng people.

Their soldiers could only adopt the tactic of human wave to attack the city. They attacked for three or four hours. Finally, they had no choice but to lead their troops, Jin Haci, the general attacking the city in the front, to retreat to the barracks.

The casualties were too great, and the siege was ineffective, so they could only save their strength and temporarily withdraw. Jin Hachi returned to the tent in a rage, saluted Hu Tuxian, the leader, and sat down at his table, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip of wine.

His eyes were red as he said, "General, our fighting style won't work. Their walls are so high that the ladders alone need to be very high, so it will take the soldiers a while to climb up to the city walls. This will expose us to the range of their arrows, and our soldiers will become sitting ducks. It will be too difficult to attack the city."

Hu Tuxian asked, "Haven't our bows and arrows been covering the siege?"

Jin Hachi replied anxiously: "Our archers have a limited range and are not very aggressive against the soldiers on the wall, but the higher our soldiers climb, the closer they are to us, which is like delivering food to them."

He took a deep breath and said, "Now we can only succeed in attacking the city if we find a way to stop people from throwing torches and shooting arrows down from the city walls."