Chapter 587 Defensive Battle
The outer wall of the city wall is not smooth, but the ratmen have small, hard, hooked claws on their hands and feet. Even if there are only some uneven folds on the outer wall, they can use their claws to hook onto these folds and climb up quickly.
Noticing this scene, the lizardman general who was in charge of commanding the defense on the wall had a slightly changed expression, but he did not lose his composure.
"Is everything ready?!"
At this moment, there were big pots burning on the wall, and the things in the pots were already burning hot and smoking due to the firewood below.
"Warrant Officer, ready!"
"Quick, pour it down!"
Following a somewhat hasty command, the lizardmen soldiers on the wall worked together to grasp the wooden handle, lifted the big pots, and poured the boiling liquid in the pots toward the bottom of the wall.
Instantly, accompanied by the hair-raising 'sizzling' sound, shrill screams echoed throughout the battlefield.
The places where the ratmen were poured were instantly unrecognizable, and then they fell straight down from the outer wall.
It is not uncommon for rats to climb walls, so it is expected that ratmen must have good climbing skills.
Zhou Xu had thought of this in advance. In order to deal with various possible situations in the defensive battle, he prepared oil for the border fortress in the southern border while preparing wooden stakes! After heating, it was poured directly from the top of the wall. While repelling the rat invasion, the oil would also hang on the outer wall.
In this way, no matter how good the ratman's claws are, he will not be able to climb up the oily outer wall in a short time.
After successfully making the outer wall slippery, they temporarily stopped pouring oil.
In this era, the main way to obtain oil is still through animal fat, and the amount obtained is relatively small. If it is only used for cooking, daily consumption is not large, so the supply is naturally more than enough.
But now it is used for city defense, and it is poured down continuously in pots. After a long time, the damage will surely be unbearable.
With this in mind, the oil should be used sparingly.
Faced with the defensive measures of the border fortress, the rat tide sent out before has now been destroyed by nearly half. Normally speaking, if the rat people want to continue the attack, they should send more troops.
With this thought in mind, in the rear position, Jikum glanced at Claw, obviously wondering what their chief was going to do.
Just as he was thinking this, Claw gave the order.
"withdraw troops!"
[Hmph, it seems that you are not that stupid. ]
The Lizardmen have come up with new tactics now, so continuing the attack may not be a good idea. It would be wiser to withdraw our troops and conduct internal discussions first.
After receiving the withdrawal signal, the remaining rat slave soldiers began to retreat piecemeal and soon left the Lizardman border.
Looking at the retreating tide of rats, Li Ce, who was in the border fortress, had no intention of sending troops to pursue them.
He was not stupid. The most likely reason was that the ratmen saw that their border fortress was difficult to attack, so they retreated temporarily to discuss countermeasures.
At this point in time, the rat people still have sufficient troops. If he sends troops to pursue them, the other side will send reinforcements in response, which will put them in danger.
They had just withdrawn from outside and the soldiers were exhausted. At this critical juncture, they only needed to rely on the walls of the border fortress and fight a good defensive battle. There was no need to go out and take the risk.
After the retreat, the ratmen and lizardmen opened up a safe distance along the border and set up a front-line camp.
Inside the camp, Claw, the clan leader, summoned all of his officers to discuss countermeasures.
However, a group of rat generals gathered together and argued for a long time, but could not come to any conclusion.
After all, judging from the offensive performance of the rat tide at that time, they really felt that they were helpless against it.
During this time, sitting in the main seat and looking at his subordinates who were quarreling, Li Claw's expression became more and more ugly.
Just then, a ratman general made a suggestion.
"Why don't we just bypass that thing and attack the lair of those stinky lizards directly!"
Hearing this, many of the ratmen officers, including Claw, were all enlightened. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jikum's indifferent voice sounded...
"If we bypass it, what about the subsequent logistical resources?"
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"If we want to get the resources to us, they have to pass through that camp. Are you sure the resources can be safely delivered to us by then? The other side can easily cut off our supply line."
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"Let's not talk about the transportation of resources, let's just talk about our main force. What if the lizardmen here turn around and attack us from the rear? They will definitely do that. Then, won't we be attacked from both sides?"
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Jikum's few casual words left all the ratmen officers speechless.
Li Claw, who was sitting on the main seat, had a gloomy look on his face, and then his eyes fell on Jikum.
"Then tell me a solution!"
Hearing this, Jikum fell silent.
This period of time was not short. Several of the ratmen generals below could not help but speak out, but were stopped by a glare from Li Zhua.
This state lasted for more than ten minutes, and then Jikum slowly spoke.
"Perhaps we can launch an offensive from multiple directions, with enough troops..."
Claw was not a fool, and he reacted quickly as soon as Jikum spoke.
During this time, Jikum ignored him and continued talking to himself.
"We have more troops, so we can surround their camp directly, and then launch attacks from all directions at the same time. As long as the lizardmen on the opposite side are unable to take care of them, we have a chance to attack them."
"It's difficult to attack that camp from the outside, but it may not be easy to attack from the inside."
Jikum did not speak too absolutely. After all, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he was not very worried.
All I can say is that it's better to give it a try than to wait here and waste supplies.
After speaking out all his thoughts in one breath, Jikum stopped talking and turned to look at Claw, waiting for their chief to make the final decision.
Jikum's tactics require the mobilization of a large number of troops, and the losses will certainly be considerable.
But it seems that they have no other choice at the moment, they have to give it a try.
Thinking of this, Claw made a decision immediately.
"Then let's launch an offensive according to Jikum's tactics."
The main reason is that in this situation, they really can't think of a better way. Jikum's method, at least, sounds reliable. At the same time, the number of troops is indeed the biggest advantage of them, the ratmen!
(End of this chapter)
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