Chapter 587 Defensive Battle
The outer wall of the city wall is not smooth, but the hands and feet of the rat men have small and hard hook-shaped claws, even if there are only some unevenness on the outer wall They can use their claws to quickly climb up the small pleats.
Noting this scene, the expression of the lizardman general responsible for commanding the defense on the wall changed slightly, but he did not lose his position due to this.
“Are you ready?!”
At this moment, there were large pots burning on the wall, and the contents of the pots had already been burned down. The firewood was burning hot and smoking.
"Report to Warrant Officer, ready!"
"Quickly, pour it down!"
With the slightly hasty order, the lizard soldiers on the wall worked together to hold the wooden handle. He picked up the handle, lifted up the large pot, and poured the hot liquid in the pot toward the wall.
In an instant, along with the scalp-numbing 'hissing' sound, shrill screams resounded throughout the battlefield.
The place where the rat men were poured was instantly changed beyond recognition, and then they fell straight from the outer wall.
It’s not unusual for rats to be able to climb walls, so it’s expected that rat people must have good climbing abilities as well.
Zhou Xu, who had thought of this in advance, prepared wood for the border fortress in the south, and also prepared oil for various possible situations in the defensive battle!
After it is heated, it falls directly from the wall. While repelling the invasion of the rat men, the oil and water will still hang on the outer wall.
In this way, no matter how good the rat man's little claws are, he will not be able to climb up the oil-stained outer wall in a short time.
After successfully making the outer wall oily, they temporarily stopped pouring oil.
In this era, the main way to obtain oil is through animal fat. The amount is relatively small. If it is only used for cooking, the daily consumption is not large, and the supply is naturally more than enough.
But now it is used for city defense, pot after pot is poured continuously. Over time, the loss will definitely be unbearable.
Considering this, you still have to use this oil sparingly.
Faced with the defensive measures of the border fortress, nearly half of the rat tide sent out before has now been lost. Normally, if the rat people continue to attack, they should send more troops.
With this thought in mind, Jicumu glanced at Talon in the rear position, obviously thinking about what their clan leader planned to do.
Just as he was thinking this, Talon gave the order.
"Withdraw the troops!"
[Hmph, it seems that he is not stupid. 】
Now that the lizardmen have devised new methods, it may not be a good thing to continue the attack. It would be wiser to withdraw the troops first and conduct internal discussions.
After receiving the withdrawal signal, the remaining rat slave soldiers began to retreat sporadically, and soon left the lizard people's border.
Looking at the leaving rat tide, Li Ce, who was inside the border fortress, had no intention of sending troops to pursue them.
He is not stupid. This wave is most likely caused by the Ratmen who saw that their border fortress was difficult to attack, so they retreated temporarily to discuss countermeasures.
At this point in time, the rat man still has enough troops. If he sends troops to pursue them, and the other side adds more troops, he can put them in danger.
Right now, they have just withdrawn from the outside, and the soldiers' physical strength is severely exhausted. At this juncture, they can just rely on the walls of the border fortress and fight a defensive battle. There is no need to go out and take such risks.
After retreating, the ratmen and lizardmen drew a safe distance from the border, and then set up a frontline camp.
In the camp, Talon, as the clan leader, summoned all the generals under his command to discuss countermeasures.
However, a group of rat men gathered together and quarreled for a long time, but they couldn't come up with any results.
After all, judging from the offensive performance of the Rat Tide at that time, they really felt like they were helpless against it. During this period, while sitting on the main seat, looking at the noisy subordinates, Li Zhao's face became increasingly ugly.
At this moment, a rat man general suggested.
"Why don't we simply bypass that thing and directly attack the lair of those stinky lizards!"
Hearing this, many ratmen generals, including the claws, were brightened, and they didn't even think about it. I thought that at this moment, Jikum’s salty voice sounded...
"If we go around it, what about the follow-up logistics resources?"
"... ..."
"In order for resources to be delivered to us, they must pass through that camp. Are you sure that the resources can be safely delivered to us by then? The other side can easily cut off our supply line."
"..."
"Even if we don't talk about the transportation of resources, let's talk about our large army. What if the lizard people here turn around and attack us from behind? The other side will definitely do it. If we do this, then we won’t be attacked from both sides?”
“…”
Jikum’s understatement made the entire rat-man generals speechless.
Li Zhao, who was sitting on the main seat, looked uncertain for a while, and then his eyes fell on Jikumu.
"Then come up with a solution!"
Hearing this, Jicumu fell into silence.
This period of time is not short. Several of the rat men below couldn't help but wanted to yell out, but they were glared at by Sharp Claw.
This state lasted for more than ten minutes, and Jikumu slowly spoke.
“Maybe we can launch an offensive from multiple directions, plus enough troops...”
Talon was not an idiot. As soon as Jikum opened his mouth, he reacted quickly.
During this period, Jicumu ignored him and continued to talk on his own.
“We have more troops, so we can directly surround their camp, and then launch attacks from all directions at the same time. As long as the lizardmen on the opposite side can’t take care of them, we have a chance of attacking them.”
< br>"The camp is difficult to attack from the outside, but it is not necessarily possible to attack from the inside."
Jikum did not take his words too absolutely. After all, this was the first time he had encountered such a battle. Yeah, I don’t have much in my heart.
I can only say that it is better to give it a try first than to wait here and waste materials in vain.
After speaking out all his thoughts in one breath, Jicumu stopped talking and turned to look at Talon, waiting for their clan leader to make the final decision.
Jikum’s tactic requires the mobilization of a large number of troops, and the losses will certainly not be small.
But now they seem to have no other choice, they have to give it a try.
Thinking of this, Sharp Claw immediately made a decision.
"Then let's launch an offensive according to Jikum's tactics first."
Mainly in this situation, they really couldn't think of a better way. Jikum's method, At least it sounds reliable, and the number of troops is indeed the biggest advantage of the ratmen!
(End of this chapter)