Chapter 329: The Siege of Mayin Begins! (Superior)

July 30, 290 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

14:28 pm.

Southern front line, eastern battlefield, outside Mayin City.

Mayin City is a city on the south bank of the Shunau River, further south than Leer City.

Like Lyle City, Mayin City is a very ancient square city with only one layer of walls. It does not have inner and outer walls like some important cities.

However, unlike Lyall City, Mayin City is much larger.

Lyle City was an extremely small city with a population of only 20,000 in its heyday. The total population of Mayin City was fully 10 times that of Lyle City, with a population of 200,000. Therefore, Mayin City The area is also much larger than Lier City.

Outside Mayin City, Su Cheng, who was fully dressed in armor, put his left hand on the knight's sword hanging on his left waist while standing on a high stone, looking at the distant place with an indifferent expression. The closed city of Mayin.

The summer wind blew, making the cloak behind Su Cheng rustle.

On the night of July 25, after successfully counterattacking and killing the attacking Gill and Erd, the only enemy standing in front of Su Cheng was Luo Xie, who commanded 5,000 troops to guard Mayin City.

As long as this last enemy army is wiped out, Su Cheng can be said to be unimpeded and unstoppable on the eastern battlefield!

Therefore, after giving the entire army a short rest on July 26, Su Cheng immediately ordered the entire army to break camp and go south to cross the river! March towards Mayin City on the south bank of the Shunau River! Eliminate the last enemy force on the eastern battlefield!

After nearly four days of trekking, we finally arrived at Mayin City at breakfast today, July 30th.

After arriving at Mayin City, just as Su Cheng expected, the gates of Mayin City were closed tightly, and the city walls were filled with a murderous atmosphere.

——It seems that Luo Xie, who is stationed in Mayin City, already knows that Su Cheng will attack, so he is ready to defend the city.

After arriving at Mayin City this morning, Su Cheng did not rush to attack the city, but began to besiege the city and set up camp.

Su Cheng only surrounded the three walls on the north, east, and west of Mayin City, leaving the southern wall for the enemy troops in the city to flee and weaken their will to fight.

This tactic of "surrounding three ques and one" is also the most commonly used tactic in siege warfare. Many generals often arrange ambushes outside the only gap left to ambush the enemies who escape through this gap. military.

However, Su Cheng didn't do it this time.

Su Cheng knew exactly what his goal was this time.

His purpose in attacking Mayin City this time was just to capture Mayin City and open a road that would allow him to lead the Eastern Route Army into the hinterland of the Luolin Empire.

Therefore, Su Cheng's purpose of attacking Mayin City this time is only to attack the city, not to annihilate the enemy. If the defenders in Mayin City want to escape, let them escape as much as they want. Just let Mayin City out. .

"Coach."

Willy called to Su Cheng and walked quickly to Su Cheng's side.

"Commander, all units are ready to attack the city and can order the attack at any time."

"Yeah." Su Cheng, who looked indifferent, said softly "Yeah."

Su Cheng plans to conduct the first wave of tentative siege this afternoon! Test the morale and combat effectiveness of the defenders in Mayin City.

Su Cheng continued to look at Mayin City in the distance for a few more times, then a wry smile appeared on his face.

"Willy." Su Cheng said to Willy next to him, "Have you ever fought in a siege?"

"Xiaguan participated in two sieges against the Frank Empire." Willy replied without thinking.

"What do you think?" Su Cheng asked.

"..."

Willy was silent for a while, then replied with a grimace:

"Honestly, I don't want to participate in the third siege..."

Siege warfare is a battle that almost everyone will try to avoid.

There are many reasons why we try to avoid it, the most important reason is: the casualties of the siege party will be extremely heavy.

The siege party has basically killed a large number of people before they even touch the city wall.

So many people would die just to touch the city wall, let alone climb it.

Therefore, siege battles, which have always been extremely heavy in casualties, have always been a battle that everyone tried their best to avoid. Even if they had to attack the city as a last resort, the siege generals would take a variety of measures to minimize their own casualties.

For example: the "battle of tired enemies" in which Deng Jiaer captured Leer City a few days ago is the best example of using clever strategies to minimize the cost of one's own siege.

However, Deng Jiaer's "enemy exhaustion tactic" has great limitations. This tactic can only be used against a very few cities.

The area of ​​Mayin City is several times larger than that of Lyall City. No matter what we do, there is no way to cover the entire Mayin City with noise, so the "enemy fatigue tactics" cannot be used against Mayin City at all.

After hearing Willy's depressing words, Su Cheng chuckled a few times, and then said:

"This is my first time fighting a siege. It's my 'first time' in my life. It's a bit too cold... I don't have any decent siege equipment... only a few improvised ones. The long siege ladder..."

Because the task of Su Cheng's East Route Army was only to be responsible for feint attacks, the central government did not allocate any siege equipment to the East Route Army.

All siege equipment was assigned to the West Route Army and the Center Route Army. Of course, the center army received most of the siege equipment.

After the defeat in the Battle of Sola, Albert destroyed all the siege equipment of their center army in order to speed up his escape and avoid aiding the enemy.

Su Cheng didn't have any of the most commonly used siege equipment, such as large siege crossbows, trebuchets, battering rams, etc.

Some only have long siege ladders made of temporary wood, that is, cloud ladders.

Fortunately, the city wall of Mayin City is not high, so it is not difficult to make a ladder that can reach the city wall of Mayin City.

Su Cheng could only rely on these improvised ladders and bite the bullet.

Su Cheng's deployment for this first wave of tentative siege is as follows: Willie will be in charge of the north wall, the commander of the 4th Army will be in charge of the east wall, and the commander of the 8th Army will be in charge of the west wall. Deng Jiaer and Alan can just stay with him and wait.

After complaining a little to Willy, Su Cheng's face turned serious.

"Willie, pass on my military order - blow the charge horn! Start the first wave of siege! If possible, in this first wave of siege, capture Mayin City for me!"

"yes!"

…

Woo——! Woo——! Woo——! Woo——!

The melodious charge of the Britannia Army came from three directions: north, west and east.

The news reached the ears of the officers and soldiers of the Luo Lin Army who were already waiting on the walls of Mayin City.

Listening to the melodious charge horns, the veterans silently clenched their weapons with serious expressions. The bold recruits were eager to try and looked curious, while the timid recruits were pale and sweating profusely.

Luo Xie, the defender of Mayin City and the commander of the last remaining force on the eastern front and the highest person in charge of the eastern front, is standing on the north wall of Mayin City with a helmet and armor on his head and a solemn look on his face. .

Looking at the thousands of Britannia Army flags fluttering in the wind outside the city, and listening to the louder charge horn, Luo Xie murmured silently:

"Has it started..."