Chapter 588 The city is surrounded on all sides
The Ratmen did not launch an offensive immediately. The previous days of pursuit were also exhausting for them.
In addition, they will launch a strong attack with a larger force next. In order to increase the chance of victory, it is necessary to take a good rest and recuperate.
The offensive was launched again, three days later.
Soros stood on the top of the wall, looking at the tide of rats sweeping in the distance, with a solemn look on his face.
"The scale of the rat tide is far greater than before. I'm afraid it is as much as the original four or five rat tides combined. Moreover, it has been divided into three before it gets close. Judging from the formation, it must be to surround our border fortress. The king has completely guessed it.”
“The king is really good at predicting things.”
Li Ce’s face became more solemn in admiration.
Although their king had expected this move, there was no good way to solve it. The only thing that could be done was to deploy defensive forces to various walls in advance and be prepared to fight in case they were attacked by the opponent. The rat-men took advantage of the opportunity.
After seven days of rest, the large troops that were withdrawn before have basically recovered to their condition. It is more than enough to defend the four city walls while participating in the city defense.
To put it bluntly, there is simply no room for so many soldiers on this wall.
The extra soldiers can also take shifts to ensure their condition and allow every soldier to have rest time. This is also a major advantage for the defender.
Relying on their strength, the rat men directly laid out a formation to surround the city. After the offensive started, as the defender, Li Ce had already deployed defensive troops and city defense equipment on the four walls. When the rat men swarmed, When he came over, he immediately greeted him with boiling oil.
At the same time, within the fortress, the cavalry unit, headed by Zhou Chongshan, replenished its strength and expanded to 300 cavalry in the past few years.
Now in this fortress, the cavalry naturally has no room to play.
However, they are different from ordinary cavalry. They were trained by Zhou Xu as all-round troops. They are cavalry when riding on horses and infantry when on the ground. Now they are equipped with ordinary longbows, which can also be used directly as archers.
"Fire the bow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Following Zhou Chongshan's order, a round of arrow rain crossed the city wall and fell from the sky in a hanging posture. They all landed on the rat slave soldiers outside the wall, adding another defensive force to the border fortress.
There is no doubt about the defensive strength of their border fortress. Even if it is surrounded on all sides, it is unrealistic to break through it in a short time.
The first day's offensive still ended temporarily with the Ratmen taking the initiative to retreat.
But Li Ce knew that this was just the beginning.
As expected, in the following days, the Ratmen came to attack the city every day. Looking at the battles, it was clear that they would fight to the death with them.
The siege was maintained on the third day.
On this day, the rat men came to attack the city as always, facing the incoming rat tide. At this moment, a city gate on the side suddenly opened, and the blue lizard spearmen lined up to block the city. The entire city gate passage was killed, and he flashed his crystal iron war spear and walked out with neat steps.
There is no doubt about the power of this spear formation that has thwarted the rat tide many times.
The spear array took one step closer, and the rat tide was killed. Keeping a steady pace, the blue lizard spearmen fought out of the city step by step.
Li Ce has no intention of guarding the city wall forever.
In the words of their king, unless they are completely unable to defeat the opponent and will be defeated immediately as soon as they go out, it is actually a waste to defend the city wall when they are in good condition and have the strength to fight. .
Appropriate proactive attacks can not only better reduce the enemy's strength, but also reduce the pressure that the city defense needs to bear.
Li Ce regarded their king's words as truth.
In the next few days, Li Ce completely followed their king's ideas.
When in good condition, he took the initiative to attack and suppress the Ratmen's forces. When in bad condition, he retreated to the fortress and relied on the advantages of city defense to recuperate. With the fortress at his back, he could advance and retreat freely, driving the Ratmen almost crazy. "Bang!"
Back at the camp, Claw, who was extremely upset, kicked over a bucket next to him to vent his bad emotions.
Upon seeing this, a rat-man general nearby who had already noticed Jikumu's displeasure quickly seized the opportunity to attack him.
“Look at the bad idea you came up with!”
Who knows, before he could say another word, a basin hit him on the head.
The ratman general's anger surged instantly, and he was about to scream, but he directly looked into the scarlet and bloodthirsty eyes of their clan leader, Sharp Claw.
“Shut your shit, you idiot!”
Hearing such a roar from Sharp Claw, the rat-man general was immediately frightened to the point where he knelt on the ground and became silent.
According to his small brain, even if he thought about it, he probably couldn't figure out why their clan leader was angry at him.
Faced with the sharp claws in this state, all the subordinates avoided it. You must know that their clan leader is famous for his cruelty and ferocity. It would be unreasonable to provoke their clan leader at this time. A good thing.
Immersing himself in the darkness, Talon tried to calm his emotions.
After several days of fierce attack, the rat slave soldiers under their command were killed in pieces, but they were still unable to produce results. As time went by, Talon's mood became increasingly violent. .
Didn't he want to scold Jikumu? Of course he does!
But his reason told him that this matter really had nothing to do with Jikumu.
Because even now, he has not been able to come up with a more suitable offensive method than this.
Take a few deep breaths vigorously, and after adjusting his emotions, Sharp Claw ordered...
"Go and call Jikum over."
Jikum arrived soon, and Talon didn't show off to him, and went straight to a showdown.
"What should we do now? Although there are many slave soldiers, if they continue to die like this, they will all die!"
In this regard, Jicumu said, 'Please, Patriarch "Follow me", he said no more, turned around and walked outside.
Leap Claw followed with a frown. After walking for a while, he looked at the objects in the distance and his expression was startled.
“Is this the thing the other side dropped to attack?”
At this moment, there were five or six huge wooden beams placed in front of him.
“Yes, it’s the weapons that the lizard men dropped to attack us. During the retreat, I ordered the soldiers to pick up some. On the one hand, it was to reduce the opponent’s weapons and equipment, and on the other hand, I wanted to... …”
While speaking, Jikumu leaned into Talon’s ear and whispered.
Listening to Jikum's words, Talon's eyes lit up at first, and then he frowned with suspicion.
“Can this really work?”
"Whether it's possible or not, when the battle reaches this point, it's impossible for the lizard people to run away without any consumption. It's time for the regular army to enter."
"..."
(End of this chapter)