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The other soldiers didn't change much. Anyway, Xu Siling came back safe and sound, still yelling and humiliating the other lord in the city, and finally escaped without a trace.

The morale of the Raya soldiers was high before the expedition, and became even stronger after Xu Siling returned.

Although the number of soldiers was only about 500, they showed an air of fearlessness and would kill whoever came.

Three days passed by quickly, like running water.

The agreed day for the siege came.

As Xu Siling thought was the best plan, after the rain stopped, it didn't rain for three days and the sky was clear.

It was a good day to attack the city.

In three days, everything went smoothly.

The siege towers, ladders, and siege vehicles have all been completed, and even all the accessories for the catapult have been sent to the Tamubao camp from Raya Town.

The manufacturing of ladders and siege engines is not very difficult, but the siege tower requires some technical content. Unfortunately, the walls of the tower are not very high, especially when the number of participants in the battle on both sides does not exceed a thousand, which is nothing. Big battlefield.

The siege tower of this kind of city wall does not need to accommodate too many people. It should not be too easy for the Frofen family led by Ella.

Because he was not in a hurry, Xu Siling did not urge the soldiers to speed up the production. However, the soldiers of the Frofen family only spent one day on making the siege tower. They even made an extra one out of boredom.

In the past three days, Xu Siling also asked the soldiers to push the two siege towers for a drill to prevent the soldiers from making mistakes due to lack of combat experience.

In these days, Xu Siling arranged to go to Tamubao to taunt the soldiers day and night, and the effect was obvious.

The soldiers went to the city to announce that Khamis was afraid of a holy and fair decisive battle. Miss Raya could not bear the soldiers of Tamubao to die of illness, so she decided to attack the city in three days to give the soldiers of Tamubao a chance to die with honor.

She even said that as long as the Raya soldiers would not harm civilians after they boarded the city, and surrender would be favorable, Ms. Raya would only target Khamis personally.

As Xu Siling said, the most important thing to attack a city is to attack the heart, and the effect is remarkable.

After all, the soldier was not Xu Siling, and Xu Siling did not dare to let the soldiers mock Khamis in front of the soldiers like him, otherwise what would happen if he was shot down.

Soldiers came to the city day and night to promote propaganda, which tortured the soldiers in Tamubao to the point of breaking out.

On the one hand, they suspected that Lord Khamis wanted them to die without fighting, on the other hand, they subconsciously wanted to live.

The desire to avoid fighting becomes even stronger.

It's not that Khamis never struggled, but no matter how he sent people to keep an eye on the soldiers on the city wall, they still couldn't avoid the soldiers whispering privately.

The Tamubao soldiers could see what the Raya soldiers were doing on the hillside.

The morale of the Raya soldiers was high, and they had complete siege equipment, including siege towers and catapults. This was an even more direct morale suppression, making the soldiers even less willing to face this battle.

Some soldiers have already privately discussed that they will fight passively when the Raya soldiers attack the city, and surrender as soon as the Raya soldiers appear.

Anyway, everyone agrees that they can't defeat the troops in Raya Town. Tamubao will change hands sooner or later. Why are you working so hard?

As for Hamis not daring to go out of the city to fight Miss Raya

Ha, who dares.

Raya Knight Xu Siling was on the opposite side, carrying more than a dozen soldiers by himself without falling behind, and even chopped them all to death.

In a real decisive battle, the soldiers in Tamubao are not confident that they can defeat this Raya knight.

Ever since Xu Siling retreated from Tamubao, Xu Siling has been a lingering shadow for everyone in Tamubao.

Since they can't win, why are they working so hard? Anyway, if Miss Raya gets Tamubao, she can save the people of Tamubao and prevent their families from dying from the Black Death.

The morale was already like this, but Xu Siling was as prepared as possible.

Comparing the soldiers from both sides, the Raya soldiers have an advantage in morale, equipment, numbers, and popular support.

If it were a decisive battle on flat ground, I really had the advantage, so how could I lose?

But this was a siege battle. Not only was it Fei'er's first time to go on an expedition, it was also Xu Siling's first time to take command of the battlefield.

Fei'er didn't want to lose, and Xu Siling didn't want to lose either.

Xu Siling was innately wary of siege warfare. He probably understood the hearts of the soldiers in Tamubao, but he didn't dare to guarantee it.

Siege warfare is inherently a disadvantage for the attacking side, especially Xu Siling, who has known so many historical siege warfare events.

Among ancient wars, the most dangerous and difficult thing was siege warfare.

Facing a strong city and fortress, one-third of the army's soldiers will often be lost, and it may even remain impossible to attack for a long time. It is enough to show the difficulty of siege warfare, and such losses are also a disaster on the battlefield.

Laya Town is a small town and castle in the Kingdom of France. However, when the Black Death is raging, Laya Town is a special existence that can mobilize soldiers with the least pain.

But even so, Xu Siling did not dare to joke with the lives of soldiers.

No matter what, the casualties of soldiers must be minimized as much as possible.

On the one hand, they practiced with siege equipment every day, and on the other hand, they asked veterans among the soldiers to explain their siege experience to the soldiers.

Now that the siege equipment is complete and morale is high, Tamubao can easily change hands with just one order.

Xu Siling and Feier were both ready.

Today is the day to attack the city. The soldiers are mentally prepared and extremely excited.

But even if the city is attacked, the catapults delivered must be used first.

The catapult was delivered by Abel personally from Raya Town. His obsession with the catapult was close to madness. When he heard that the catapult he made could be useful, he would rest and sleep with the parts of the catapult on the way, lest he An accident occurred.

In Aibel's words, when the catapult rope was pulled, dozens of kilograms of stones were thrown directly out and hit the target heavily.

Isn't this the charm of the catapult?

After the catapult was delivered to the camp, assembly began. Many soldiers, including Xu Siling and Fei'er, watched Aibel direct the assembly.

To put it simply, a catapult is mainly divided into three parts.

Racks, bars and weight boxes.

After assembly, the counterweight box will be filled with heavy objects, such as stones. The heavier the counterweight box, the greater the energy, and the thrown stones can be thrown farther.

After the counterweight box is installed, use a rope winch to manually rotate one end of the stone bullet, pull the counterweight box up, and then fix it with a latch.

After placing the stone bullets, pull down the rope, hit the latch with a hammer, and the weight box falls rapidly under the action of gravity, and the stone bullets at the other end are immediately thrown out.

You can even wrap cotton cloth around the stone bullets, pour dyed fuel on them, ignite them and then knock them away, which will directly upgrade the fire attack.

The assembly speed is not fast, and Aibel personally directs and inspects every step.

After the assembly was completed, the stone bullets prepared in advance were pushed over.

Enri looked at the behemoth in front of her and couldn't help but mumble: "I didn't expect that one day, we would be able to use our own trebuchet."

Feier glanced at An Li and said nothing. Instead, she turned to look at Xu Siling: "How to aim this catapult?"

"It's very simple. You must throw a few stone projectiles in advance to estimate the distance, and then correct it according to the previous launch trajectory. Usually aiming depends on experimental data, weight of the weight box, projectile distance, azimuth calibration, etc." "It's simple. point."

"It depends on Abel's experience."

Mayfair rolled her eyes cutely with blue eyes: "I said so much, I thought you understood."

Xu Siling laughed a few times: "Understand one thing. You must know that the executioner family is full of talents, and they have everything. You must believe in Aibel."

Mayfair turned to look at Enri and ordered: "Go and tell Abel, if the catapult is as effective and practical as he said, I will give him a bigger reward personally after this battle is over."

Enri understood and hurriedly went to find Aibel who was busy giving instructions. After hearing Mayfair's words of encouragement and stimulation, he became even more excited. He quickly patted his chest to guarantee with his life that his trebuchet would definitely be useful.

After preparing everything, Aibel is about to conduct a trial throw, and the throwing distance must be calibrated.

The soldiers were turning the winch to raise the weight box of the catapult. They heard the rope of the winch creaking. Many soldiers gathered around to watch.

The weight box was not pulled to the highest position, but was pulled halfway when Aibel shouted to stop. He gestured with his fingers to indicate the distance of his tower and ordered the latch to be locked.

The stone bullets were pushed onto the catapult, and the catapult that everyone was looking forward to was about to be launched.

The trebuchet is mighty and huge, standing like a giant beast.

The soldiers were commanded to operate nervously, and a slightly tense atmosphere filled the air. The soldiers holding the hammers held their breath and waited for orders.

"emission!"

With a loud noise, the arm of the trebuchet suddenly lifted up, and the stone bullet drew a graceful arc in the air. It roared out like a roar released by a wild beast, with rapid speed.

Everything the Raya soldiers did on the hillside was seen by the Tamubao soldiers.

Seeing the catapult being assembled and flying towards them, everyone huddled on the city wall in fear.

The stone bullets were thrown towards them, and they were too scared to show their heads.

However, not long after, there was a burst of boos accompanied by the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground.

It turned out that the stone bullets thrown during the test did not hit Tamubao, but more than thirty meters away from Tamubao. A crater was made on the ground, and the stone bullets were still rolling.

When the Raya soldiers saw that the stone bullets did not hit the Tamu Fort, they also hissed. Seeing this, Abel's face turned red and he quickly explained loudly.

"This is a trial throw! Calculate the distance of the weight box!"

Fortunately, Aibel looked at Fei'er and Xu Siling. Their expressions were indifferent. He breathed a sigh of relief and commanded the trebuchet to drop a stone bullet again.

This time Aibel calculated the weight and distance of the counterweight box, and pulled the winch a little higher before the soldier's latch was locked.

The hammer knocked the bolt away again, and the stone bullet flew out of the air.

This time the stone bullet did not hit the target, but hit the wall of Tamubao hard, leaving a medium-sized crater mark.

The Tamubao soldiers felt that the entire city wall was shaking and seemed to be crumbling, and they suddenly became more frightened.

The second trial throw was so accurate that the Raya soldiers cheered, and even Abel jumped up and clapped his hands in excitement.

"I have memorized the distance of the rope and the height of the weight box! If it is raised a little higher, the stone bullets can still fly into the city!"

Seeing that the effect was good, Feier nodded with a smile and then looked at Xu Siling beside her.

Xu Siling understood and quickly gave orders.

"Anli, send someone to Tamubao to persuade them to surrender for the last time. Of course, I don't think they will surrender. Anyway, tell the soldiers in Tamubao that we are about to attack the city and let them prepare for the battle."

"Other soldiers, prepare as planned! The siege vehicle is not needed for the outer city, but it is needed for the inner fort. Push it forward! The ladders and siege towers are needed for attacking the outer city, so prepare them first. , we will attack the city later!"

"Aibel, the trebuchet throws thirty stone bombs at me to hit the city wall, and hit them until they shrink their heads. After thirty stone bombs, replace them with stone bombs wrapped in cotton cloth, pour fuel on them, ignite them, and raise the trebuchet. , throw incendiary stone bombs into their city! Don’t let any of the stone bombs bounce back and hit your own people, otherwise I won’t let you go!”

"Terry, all the cavalry are on horseback. Follow yesterday's arrangement and coordinate. Keep an eye on other directions of Tamubao. Be careful if Hamis leads someone to escape! If Hamis escapes, I will only ask you!"

Xu Siling gave orders one by one, and Anli, Terry, Aibel and others responded one by one. The soldiers hurriedly dispersed and started preparing to attack the city.

Fei'er looked at Xu Siling's presence in everything and couldn't help but feel very happy.

"It looks like I just need to wait in the main tent for you to break the city."

"It's not a big problem. We have a huge advantage and there is no reason to lose. I'm just worried about the casualties of soldiers. I don't know how many people will die."

Fei'er is more open-minded than Xu Siling: "People will die in war, Xu. They have understood this since they became soldiers. You are so kind."

Xu Siling blinked. After living for so many years, this was the first time he heard someone praise him for his kindness.

Fei'er would not understand Xu Siling's views. These are the population. Only when they are alive can they create production, but when they die, they are really dead.

After the soldiers who failed to persuade them to surrender came back, the catapults, under the command of Aibel, fired stone projectiles one after another.

The trebuchet stands on the hillside, its huge arm slowly raised.

With a thunderous roar, stone bullets flew into the sky, like ruthless meteors rushing into the sky.

The stone bullets streaked across the blue sky, roaring toward Tamubao with destructive power.

When the stone bullets fell heavily, the city walls trembled and dust flew up.

Some stone bullets even accurately hit the soldiers on the city wall. The stone bullets fell and rolled. The soldiers of Tamubao were torn apart and defeated by the stone bullets. The horrified shouts echoed on the city wall, while the trebuchets continued to shoot mercilessly, turning the sky It is a cannon, flying in the sky towards the enemy formation, unstoppable.

The moment the stone bullets collided with the Tamu Fort, chaos and collapse descended. More than ten stone bullets were fired in succession, and the huge impact destroyed everything. Dust filled the air and fragments of the city wall flew everywhere.

Many Tamubao soldiers were overwhelmed and fell to the ground holding their heads in fear, groaning. The trebuchets continued to fire, like thunder that would not stop, completely destroying the enemy's defense line with one blow.

Seeing everything in his eyes, Xu Siling had already put on his armor and mounted his horse. On the armor, he wore a robe with the emblem of the Raya family, which was extremely eye-catching.

He was carrying a shield this time. After all, he couldn't be too arrogant when attacking the city.

Xu Siling glanced around at the prepared Raya soldiers. He raised his sword high and pointed it at Tamu Fort.

"Soldier Raya, let us fight for honor!"

"These cowards and mobs in Tamubao will only hide on the city wall and tremble!"

"Let them know that Raya cannot be invaded, and let them bear our anger for the mistakes they have committed!"

"Charge! We are fearless!"

The Raya soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound passed through the vast battlefield and shook the earth. They raised their weapons and pushed the siege equipment. Their body and mind were integrated, bursting out with infinite strength and courage.

These roars were full of passion and determination, inspiring the soldiers to rush forward fearlessly.

The ground was shaking as the soldiers charged, with flaming stone bullets streaking through the air, followed by a trail of black smoke. (End of chapter)