Chapter 1316 Consumption

The next day, Chinpu and Kalon launched an exploratory attack on the Sakya capital.

In the first round of offensive, they only sent 4,000 people as vanguard.

The moat of Sakya City is only a little over ten feet wide and less than ten feet deep.

This kind of moat can be easily filled up.

Yu Shizhong stood on the top of the city wall, looking at the enemy with cold eyes.

Are they really going to fill up the moat?

Fill it in, fill it in!

Anyway, this moat won’t play a big role.

That's where their catapults come in handy.

Although the range of those simple catapults was short, they were enough to hit those who were filling the moat!

The enemy was also well prepared. Some held shields to defend against arrows shot from the city walls, while others held stones or carried sandbags mixed with weeds.

If these four thousand people rush over, they can quickly fill up the moat.

"General Yu, the enemy is approaching the moat!"

Tang Zhao, who was also injured, reminded Yu Shizhong.

"Come closer!"

Yu Shizhong said without turning his head, and ordered Tang Zhao: "Send someone to inform Lu Xing again. Without my order, the 6,000 men under his command must not move! Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

"Yes!"

Tang Zhao received the order and immediately sent someone to pass the message to Lu Xing.

Soon, the enemy's vanguard reached the edge of the moat.

Under the cover of shields, those people began to fill the moat with stones and sandbags.

"Trebuckle, ready!"

"put!"

Following Yu Shizhong's order, the catapults on the top of the city immediately began to throw stones at the enemy.

"Bang, bang..."

Stones weighing thirty or forty pounds fell from the sky and smashed directly into the crowd.

Even if the enemy was holding shields, they could not withstand the bombardment of these stones.

The iron and wooden shields in the hands of many people were smashed to pieces, and even the soldiers holding the shields were killed.

Some stones also hit the soldiers who were not protected by shields.

"what……"

Sharp screams rang out, and the enemy's originally orderly formation quickly fell into chaos.

"fill!"

"Fill it in for me!"

"Get up! Charge!"

"Fire arrows!"

The enemy general kept roaring, not caring about the lives of his soldiers at all.

At this time, they can't do anything about it.

They were chasing us, and there was not enough time to build siege equipment, so the only thing they could do was to sacrifice their lives.

Fortunately, this moat is not wide. As long as it can withstand the attack of stones falling from the sky, this section of the moat can be filled in at most two quarters of an hour, thereby opening up a siege passage for the subsequent army.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The enemy also concentrated their arrow rain attack on the location of the tower.

Although the soldiers on the city wall were protected by battlements and shields, they were still constantly hit by arrows.

Yu Shizhong couldn't care less about all these things now and just ordered his men to continue attacking the enemy troops under the city.

"Fill it in! Fill it in quickly!"

Despite the constant falling of rocks, the enemy continued to fill the moat.

Some of the fallen stones also became materials for filling the moat.

"General, change the kerosene tank!"

The young general reminded Yu Shizhong, "We are now sending stones to the enemy to fill the river!"

Even though they are smashing things with all their might, the enemy must be happy too!

There is no need to run to other places to move stones. The stones they throw over can be used immediately to fill the moat.

"I just want to give them stones!"

Yu Shizhong showed a fox-like smile on his face, "If we don't fill up the moat, how can they get close to the city and attack it?"

"what?"

The young general looked at Yu Shizhong in confusion.

Did he do it on purpose?

"If you want to take, you must first give!"

Yu Shizhong laughed, "Alright, I know what I'm doing, just keep smashing!"

The young general looked at Yu Shizhong in confusion and said no more.

The stones thrown down by the soldiers defending the city did provide some convenience for the enemy.

With the stones they threw down, the enemy filled the moat faster.

After suffering nearly a thousand casualties, the enemy finally filled a section of the moat.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

As a passage was filled in the moat, the enemy's morale suddenly boosted.

Under the order of the enemy general, a large number of soldiers rushed to the city wall shouting and carrying simple ladders!

"Stop throwing rocks!"

Yu Shizhong immediately gave the order, "Prepare kerosene, support poles! Spearmen, go out to fight! Shieldmen, go forward to provide cover!"

As Yu Shizhong's order was issued, the soldiers defending the city immediately launched their defense in an orderly manner.

Although the wall of Saga Royal City was less than three meters high, it was not easy for the enemy to climb up the wall.

As soon as the defenders saw the ladder, they would immediately use a pole to overturn it, and the enemy soldiers climbing up the ladder would fall down one after another. Those who were lucky would be fine, but those who were unlucky would be injured or even killed.

Some people even poured kerosene directly into crowded areas and threw lit torches down from the city walls.

In an instant, the area below the city wall was engulfed in flames.

"what……"

"Help!"

"thump……"

The enemy soldiers trapped in the sea of ​​fire let out heart-wrenching screams, and some even jumped into the moat with flames all over their bodies.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

Just when the offensive and defensive battle was in full swing, the sound of retreating troops suddenly came from the enemy's rear.

"retreat!"

"Quick, retreat!"

Upon hearing the order to withdraw, the enemy troops began to retreat.

At the same time, a group of archers in the rear of the enemy army pressed forward, on the one hand to prevent the soldiers defending the city from going out of the city to attack their retreating soldiers, and on the other hand to protect the filled passage, so as to prevent the soldiers defending the city from opening the city gate and running out as soon as they retreated, and clearing the filled passage.

Looking at the enemy's actions, Yu Shizhong on the top of the city wall couldn't help but nod secretly.

The enemy's commander was quite thoughtful and even knew to send archers to attack.

He originally wanted to send people to dig the road in the moat after the enemy retreated.

Now, this idea has gone down the drain.

However, the enemy's actions also sent him a signal.

The enemy will organize a new round of attack!

Seeing the enemy army begin to retreat, the young general beside Yu Shizhong couldn't help asking again: "General, do you want to order someone to shoot arrows?"

"We don't have many arrows to begin with, so don't waste them on the enemy's wounded soldiers!"

Yu Shizhong glared at the young general and said, "Pass the order down, collect all the arrows shot by the enemy! Everyone, take this time to rest, the enemy will attack again soon!"

There is absolutely no need for them to take the lives of these wounded soldiers now.

Leaving these wounded soldiers to the enemy would make them a burden.

"Yes!"

The young general immediately took the order and left.

With the retreat of the attacking soldiers, the siege came to a temporary end.

Most of the enemy's wounded were carried away by the retreating troops.

But there were still a small number of seriously injured soldiers left outside the city.

The enemy didn't care about the wounded soldiers, so Yu Shizhong naturally couldn't be so merciful.

The wounded soldiers under the city can only fend for themselves...