Volume 1, Chapter 52: Enemy at the Gate
"Do you know what military discipline is?"
Qin Su was so angry that she slammed the table and pointed at him and cursed: "Your brother is a hero. As his younger brother, don't embarrass him here. Get out!"
His own brother was seriously injured and was about to die. It was impossible for Jiang Fei not to be angry and anxious. He was helpless in his impulsive behavior.
Jiang Fei was furious and shouted, "Aren't you just going to deal with the Sand Barbarians? What's the point of hiding in this broken city? Why don't you send out troops to fight them directly!"
Meng Qian, the left general beside Qin Su, could not help but scolded: "You ignorant little kid, you really don't know what you are talking about. Leave quickly. The power of the Sand Barbarians is beyond your imagination. Don't talk nonsense here!"
"I think you are just scared out of your wits!" Jiang Fei shouted relentlessly, "If I were the one leading the troops to fight, I would have beaten these barbarians to death long ago!"
This scolding was directed at all the generals present. No matter how good-tempered they were or how much they admired his brother Jiang Yue, they had to lose their temper.
Just when everyone wanted to teach Jiang Fei a severe lesson, suddenly there was a loud drum sound outside the tent.
This rhythm of drum beats is a sign that the enemy is attacking!
Everyone was horrified and no longer had any interest in paying attention to Jiang Fei.
Sure enough, not long after, a scout from the Akabane Army rushed into the tent in a panic and reported: "Marshal, the army of the Sand Barbarians has reached ten miles away from the Desert City and will attack the city from time to time!"
Qin Su immediately ordered: "The entire army will immediately enter a state of war, and all generals will immediately return to their posts and wait for orders!
Generals, follow me up to the tower and take a look!"
"Yes!" The generals agreed and immediately rushed out of the tent.
When Jiang Fei heard that the Sand Barbarian army was coming, he was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed. He thought the opportunity to avenge his brother had come, so he hurriedly followed.
Qin Su just stood on the Mocheng city tower and took a quick look before he took a deep breath and felt his heart beating fast. It was obvious that he felt a little guilty about this battle.
The Sand Barbarian army on the opposite side was a black mass and arranged in an orderly manner. The infantry, cavalry, and heavy armored troops were all arranged in full. Just with one glance, Qin Su could count that there were no less than ten thousand strong wilderness elephants.
There were countless desert wolves, and there were even more in places that the troops could not see behind them.
If all these wilderness elephants were to attack together, the small desert city would definitely not be able to be defended!
Seeing this scene, Qin Su suddenly remembered the way of dealing with the situation that she and Xiang Yun had discussed that night. Thinking about it now, she just felt it was too ridiculous and childish.
Use fire? Can you burn one, ten, or a hundred heads? Is it possible to burn tens of thousands?
With such a huge number, even if you were to stand and burn it, it would take several months.
Moreover, if the fire angered the desert elephants, they would rush around in pain, and perhaps the fall of Desert City would be even faster!
The left general Meng Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Marshal, how should we fight this battle?"
In the camp of the Sand Barbarian army, Ya Yuan had white gauze wrapped around his right ear and right arm, with blood oozing from the wounds, but his face was very resolute, as if this injury would not affect him at all.
Yasdada suddenly walked in slowly and reported: "Master, the whole army has made full preparations. Please give us instructions on how to attack!"
Ya Yuan asked in a cold voice: "Is there anyone from Mo City coming out to fight?"
Yasdada replied: "There is not a single soldier to be seen, and the city gates are tightly closed. It seems that they want to stay put and fight us with the siege!"
"Defend the city? Hahaha, can they defend it?" Ya Yuan sneered and said, "Under the trampling of tens of thousands of wasteland elephants, no city in the world can be defended!
Pass the order down, the entire army advances another five miles!"
Yastarda retreated upon receiving the order, and the more than 200,000 troops of the Sand Barbarians began to advance in an orderly manner. The five-mile distance was quickly reached, and now their army was only five miles away from the Desert City.
If the cavalry unit charges at full speed, it will only take five minutes to reach the foot of Mo City!
Meng Qian could no longer sit still and asked again: "Marshal, are we really not going out of the city to meet the enemy? If we let those wild elephants come crashing in, the walls of Mo City will not be able to withstand it!"
Qin Su frowned and said in a cold voice: "The whole army must defend the city to the death. No one can leave the city gate without my order!
Let all the archers of the army line up and prepare; bring as many rolling stones, logs, and crossbow arrows as you can to this marshal!
Inform everyone, a tough battle is coming soon! "
"Let's eat first!" Suddenly, an abrupt voice came, which was exactly what Jiang Fei said.
Jiang Fei climbed up the city wall and said immediately: "It is noon now, and it is almost time for dinner. The Sand Barbarians chose to attack at this time, which means they are well prepared and must have eaten and drunk enough to rest up!
But our soldiers haven't eaten yet. It's been two hours since breakfast. Once this battle starts, it will definitely not be resolved in a short time. If we let everyone go to the battlefield on an empty stomach, their physical strength and endurance will be greatly reduced, and we will lose before the battle even begins!"
Qin Su was stunned. Yes, she was so busy that she even forgot such a simple principle. She quickly gave an order: "Order the firemen to start cooking immediately. Don't cook any dishes. Cook more rice and steamed buns. It's important to fill our stomachs now! Tell the whole army to seize the time and eat as much as they can!"
At the Sand Barbarian camp, Yasdada reported again: "Chief, they don't have any troops going out of the city to fight. Do you think we should just attack the city?"
Ya Yuan sneered inwardly upon hearing this, thinking: "This female marshal has great martial arts skills, but she is too immature to lead troops in battle. She actually dared to let my army get so close. Humph, the war hasn't even started yet, and Mo City has already fallen!"
Ya Yuan sneered and ordered: "Don't worry, order the entire army to advance another three miles!"
The army of the Sand Barbarians was getting closer and closer, but Qin Su on the city wall still ordered his men to stay in the city and not go out, showing that they were determined to fight a defensive battle.
Now that the Sand Barbarians had reached the best attacking position, Ya Yuan immediately stopped hesitating and shouted, "All the heavy armored troops, come on, destroy the Desert City!"
In an ordinary war, the Sand Barbarians usually form a siege team with a wilderness elephant, ten desert wolf cavalrymen and hundreds of ordinary soldiers armed with ladders.
Attacking in batches in countless such echelons can greatly reduce the lethality of the defenders' arrows to them.
But today, Ya Yuan has changed his previous fighting style. Now the main force is only two miles away from Mo City. With such a short distance, it is entirely possible to use tens of thousands of wasteland elephants to crush the entire Mo City and flatten it directly!
As soon as the military order was issued, all the heavy armored troops of the Sand Barbarians began to attack. Under the command of the Sand Barbarian warriors on their backs, the desert elephants ran wildly towards the direction of the desert city.
All they had to do was to let the prairie elephants speed up to their maximum speed and crush them all the way within this short two-mile distance.
As long as the walls of Mo City collapse, they will kill their way into the territory of the Great Sun Dynasty. Then there will be a massacre and no one will be able to stop them.
Tens of thousands of wild elephants ran wildly, the earth seemed to be shaking, and many tiles even fell from the walls of Mo City.
Qin Su immediately ordered: "Archers, get ready, light the fire!"
Each arrow was covered with oilcloth and burned fiercely when ignited. All the archers put the arrows on their bows. As long as Qin Su gave the order, they would draw their bows and shoot them.
When the desert elephant was less than a mile away from the desert city, Qin Su immediately gave the order: "Shoot!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Densely packed rockets shot out and flew towards these wilderness elephants in a parabolic shape.
The entire sky darkened, and the sunlight was blocked by the dense rain of arrows, leaving only the dazzling flames, which was breathtaking.
When all the Sand Barbarian warriors riding on the Savannah Elephants saw this, they immediately raised their giant axes high above their heads. The axe blades were so large that they easily blocked the rockets.
These wild elephants have thick skin and flesh, so the rockets only leave a white mark on their bodies, and the flames only make them emit a little black smoke, without causing any actual damage.
Qin Su, who was on the city wall, turned pale instantly when he saw this scene. These wasteland elephants could not be stopped at all!
The army of wild elephants was getting closer and closer, leaving Qin Su no time to think.
Qin Su had no choice but to continue giving orders: "Archers, keep shooting! All crossbows, fire!"
There are machine-made crossbows on the walls of Mocheng. The arrows used are made of pure iron, two meters long and thirty centimeters in diameter, with huge lethality.
This is the only weapon in Mo City that can effectively deal with the wilderness elephants.
Only this kind of powerful mechanical crossbow can break through the defense of the Wilderness Elephant, and if the Wilderness Elephant is stabbed or touched, it will either die or be seriously injured.
It's a pity that there are too few of them, only one hundred. It's really a drop in the bucket when facing tens of thousands of wilderness elephants, but it's better than nothing.
As expected, as the powerful crossbow was released, a group of wasteland elephants fell down in an instant, but before they could even scream, they were trampled to death by the wasteland elephants behind them.
This time they were really fighting for their life, they wanted to break out of Mo City at all costs.
There was less than 200 meters left, and Qin Su gave another order: "Pour the boiling oil for this Marshal!"
As soon as the commander's order came out, the soldiers of the Lieyang Army on the city wall immediately brought barrels of boiling oil and threw them down from the top of the city wall.
The wooden barrel filled with oil fell from a high altitude, hit the ground and shattered on the spot, and the oil inside spilled all over the ground.
The entire city wall was like this, but it was not enough. The soldiers of the Fiery Sun Army continued to throw three barrels of oil in each place, and the corners of the wall became extremely greasy and wet.
Seeing that these wilderness elephants were about to crash over, Qin Su immediately stood on the city wall holding the Dragon Tendon Bow, lit the arrow, drew the bow and shot the arrow in one go, instantly shooting towards the bottom of the city wall!
"Boom~"
As soon as the flames touched the oil on the ground, they became violent, and raging flames burned under the entire city wall.
The heat wave rose straight up, smoke filled the air, and the soldiers of the Lieyang Army and Qin Su and others on the city wall couldn't stand it and felt extremely hot.
Even though they were more than ten meters away, the fire was too big and they couldn't stand the high temperature.
"Hurry up and get down from the city wall, wet yourself with water and then come back up!" Qin Su gave the order, and everyone immediately jumped off the city wall to look for water.
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