"Spiritual charlatan, I have received the message from the red feather of Fire Scythe."
"Very good, let's try again to see if we can repel the grassland people's army." The appearance of this batch of oil gave Ma Yue a chance to fight. He had to fight even if he didn't want to. It was better than staying in the city and dying.
"Zhang Feng, Liu Ta!"
"Goddammit, all the remaining 3,000 regular and deputy soldiers, including the naval reserve, have been assembled."
"Very good!" The war was brutal, and Haifan City suffered heavy casualties. It was already good enough that they were able to gather 3,000 regular soldiers.
Fight! I want to run away anyway, so I’ll fight till I’ve done everything.
After a long day of fighting, the grassland people need to rest at night. A sheepskin tent? Haha!
Time passed by little by little. After all, the grassland people were on the east side of Haifan City and had no idea what was happening on the coast west of Haifan City.
The hour before dawn is when people tend to feel the most sleepy.
"Flying team strikes!"
The Hai Tribe had a flying team, but without enough kerosene, the Flying Autumn Team was useless. Fire attacks, sporadic ignitions, were of little use.
The oil carried back in large wooden barrels on the twenty Hai Rui ships was a life-saving straw.
As for pottery jars, this is the thing that the Sea Tribe has the most of.
Twenty giant fish-skin balloons, ignited and launched, soared into the sky. The copper paths they carried, using the exhaust from the copper furnace, steered them and generated forward momentum. So, not only did the clay pots thrown for fire attacks require kerosene, but a large amount of kerosene was also needed for fuel and power. Without sufficient kerosene, the balloons would be useless.
"This big wooden barrel is great, light it and throw it down!" Even part of the big wooden barrel that Hai Rui brought back was taken on the balloon. This thing carried a lot of oil. After all, the wooden barrel was lighter than the pottery one, and the balloon could of course carry more kerosene.
The huge wooden barrel dropped the balloon, and the barrel shattered, and the oil splashed far away with sparks, the effect was comparable to that of a small incendiary bomb.
For a moment, the flames in the camp where the grassland people gathered shot up into the sky. People are afraid of fire by nature, let alone being awakened in the dark, which makes them even more frightened.
"Attack!" The three thousand regular soldiers in Haifan City rushed out of Haifan City carrying a large number of double-ring pottery jar throwing ropes. A large number of double-ring pottery jar throwing ropes carrying burning kerosene flew into the grassland people's camp.
Fire attack relies on numbers. The large number of kerosene cans thrown by the three thousand regular soldiers almost overwhelmed the grassland people's last hope.
The grassland people are scary, but not scary. Once their cavalry loses its scale and becomes chaotic... After all, the most important thing for an army is organization.
When the Flint and Sickle Cavalry saw the fire, two thousand cavalrymen rushed in.
Zhang Feng and Liu Ta's 3,000 regular troops advanced steadily in formation, which could be considered as a pincer attack.
"We won!" Ma Yue's palms were sweating. This battle was almost related to the life and death of Haifan City. He didn't need to run away. "No need to wait, everyone attack!"
What's left of Haifan City? Two or three thousand old and weak people, they still have to attack, what's wrong with the old and weak? Carrying knives and guns, they still kill people, this is primitive society.
The old and weak in the Hai tribe are also organized, whether they are military officers or leaders of the civilian department, they are in a group of one or two hundred people; in a team of three or five hundred people... The people on the grassland are in chaos, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
In such a large-scale melee, even if the grassland people had a King of War, it would be of little use.
When the day breaks, the world becomes generally quiet. Except for the sickle cavalrymen who are chasing the fleeing grassland soldiers, the infantrymen of Haifan City are all cleaning up the battlefield and have captured a large number of prisoners.
"Wu Qi! I knew you couldn't sit still, haha!" Ma Yue watched Wu Qi appear with some men and horses.
"During the battle at Haifan City, I couldn't stay in Leishen City any longer, so I brought 5,000 regular and deputy soldiers with me. I didn't expect they would actually be of use." Wu Qi was in a very good mood. The Hai Tribe had been in dire straits for a while. After this battle, the Hai Tribe was truly out of danger.
Despite having 5,000 soldiers, Wu Qi did not dare approach the battlefield and could only wait for an opportunity with Huo Sickle's 2,000 cavalry. Fortunately, he received a red feather message from the charlatan, and the opportunity came.
In such a large-scale melee, the significance of an additional 5,000 regular and deputy soldiers is enormous. After all, there are too many people on the grassland.
"You charlatan, we seized more than 5,000 donkeys, haha..." Shuichong also came back excitedly.
"The grassland people are really generous. Knowing that Luo Bai took away so many of our large livestock, they replenished them for us. Haha..." The third priest also laughed heartily. They had come out of a huge predicament. Such a victory was extremely precious.
"Yes, we don't have to give up the warm area for the time being. After all, we have planted so much in the summer farming season, it would be a pity to give up." With large livestock, they have the capital to continue farming and harvesting.
"Charlatan, in this case, we cannot abandon Beida City, which has not been attacked by the grassland people. The coal there can still be used for a few years." said the third priest.
"Yes!" Ma Yue nodded. The grassland people were defeated and could not pose a threat to the sea tribe for the time being. Qiu Haicheng's coal and navy were temporarily out of service, so they could only rely on the coal from Beida City. "Guo Sheng, reorganize 2,000 cavalry from here. From now on, you will be stationed in Beida City."
"I'll go right away!" With over 5,000 donkeys captured, it wouldn't be a problem to form another 2,000 cavalry. Guo Sheng had trained well in Poseidon City and had become more composed.
"God of war! If Guo Sheng takes away another 2,000 soldiers, Haifan City will be almost out of manpower." The third priest was anxious. In Haifan City's final attack, the old and weak were all sent into battle. During this period, Haifan City had divided its forces too much.
"Don't worry, Guo Sheng has gone to Beida City. Soon, new militia will arrive, hehe!"
"This...Oh!" The three priests nodded. It was just that Haifan City was temporarily empty.
"Well, I will leave 3,000 men in my team first. There are not many outsiders in Leishen City, so we don't need so many people. Besides, many small tribes in Nankai City have come to the Leishen City area, so I will continue to recruit new militiamen." Wu Qi said.
"Alright!" Ma Yue nodded. Without even two or three thousand infantry, what if they were relying solely on the Fire Scythe's two thousand cavalry? What if Haifan City suddenly suffered a new attack? Moreover, after this battle, the Fire Scythe's two thousand cavalry were likely to have suffered heavy losses, and it was uncertain how many would be left.
The cavalry with the flint and sickle also returned one after another.
According to the battle report of Huosickle, most of the grassland people who were hunted were old and weak, and many of them were too hungry to draw their bows, so naturally their archery was not very accurate.
With so many people from the grassland coming here, there is a serious shortage of food. No wonder the siege was so fierce and desperate. The army came here after a long journey, but couldn't grab any food in Nankai City. They were so hungry!
It turns out that this group of grassland people hoped to completely wipe out the sea tribe and take the warm area for themselves. No wonder they brought even men, women, old and weak with them, a collective migration.
"Where is the spiritual cultivator?" Ma Yue was very curious. Didn't the grassland people bring a spiritual cultivator?
"We didn't encounter any." The Fire Sickle cavalry pursued the enemy in teams and came back one after another without suffering much loss. Not only did they catch up with many grassland people, they also seized a large number of donkeys. The resistance they encountered was really not strong.
I guess the people on the grassland were also scared by the fire.
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