Chapter 588: Besieged on All Sides
The ratmen did not launch an offensive immediately. The previous days of pursuit had also taken their toll.
In addition, they will launch a strong attack with an even larger force next. In order to increase the chances of victory, it is necessary to rest well and recuperate.
The next offensive was launched three days later.
Soros stood on the wall, looking at the tide of rats sweeping in from afar, with a solemn look on his face.
"The scale of that rat tide is far greater than the previous ones. It is probably the sum of the original four or five waves of rats. Moreover, it has already split into three before it gets close. Judging from the situation, it is definitely going to surround our border fortress. The king has guessed it right."
"The king really knows things like a god."
Amidst the praises, Li Ce's expression became more and more solemn.
Although their king had anticipated this move, he had no good way to crack it. The only thing he could do was to deploy defensive forces to various walls in advance and be prepared for battle to prevent the opposing ratmen from taking advantage of any loopholes.
The large army that had withdrawn earlier had basically recovered after seven days of rest. If they participated in the city defense, they were more than capable of defending the four city walls.
In fact, to be honest, the wall could not accommodate so many soldiers.
The extra soldiers can also work in shifts to ensure their condition so that every soldier can have rest time, which is also a major advantage for the defender.
Relying on their military strength, the rat people directly set up a siege on all sides of the city. After the offensive began, as the defending side, Li Ce had already deployed defensive troops and city defense equipment on the four walls. When the rat people rushed over, he immediately greeted them with wooden sticks and boiling oil.
At the same time, inside the fortress, the cavalry unit headed by Zhou Chongshan was replenished and expanded to 300 cavalrymen in the past few years.
Now inside this fortress, the cavalry naturally has no room to play.
However, unlike ordinary cavalry, they were trained by Zhou Xu as all-round soldiers. They were cavalry when riding on horses and infantry on the ground. Now that they were equipped with ordinary longbows, they could also be used directly as archers.
"Draw your bow!"
"Shoot!"
Following Zhou Chongshan's order, a rain of arrows flew over the city wall and fell from the sky, landing on the rat slave soldiers outside the wall, adding another defensive force to this border fortress.
The defensive strength of their border fortress is unquestionable. Even if it is surrounded on all sides, it is unrealistic to break through it in a short period of time.
The first day's offensive ended temporarily with the ratmen retreating on their own initiative.
But Li Ce knew that this was just the beginning.
As expected, in the following days, the rat people came to attack the city every day, and judging from the situation, it was clear that they were determined to fight them to the death.
The siege continued until the third day.
On this day, the ratmen came to attack the city as usual. Faced with the surging tide of rats, at this moment, a gate on the side suddenly opened. The blue lizard spearmen formed a formation, blocking the entire gate passage, holding their crystal iron spears, and marching out in neat steps.
The power of this spear formation, which has defeated the rat tide many times, is unquestionable.
Every time the spear formation moved closer, the rat tide was driven back one step. Maintaining a steady pace, the blue lizard spearmen rushed out of the city step by step.
Li Ce had no intention of defending the city wall forever.
In the words of their king, unless they are completely unable to defeat the enemy and will be defeated immediately once they go out, otherwise, if they are in good condition and have the strength to fight, it is actually a waste to defend the city wall.
Appropriate proactive attacks can not only better reduce the enemy's military strength, but also reduce the pressure on the city defense.
Li Ce regarded their king's words as truth.
In the next few days, Li Ce completely followed their king's ideas.
When they are in good condition, they will take the initiative to attack and suppress the rat people. When they are in bad condition, they will retreat to the fortress and recuperate by relying on the advantage of city defense. With the fortress at their backs, they can move forward and backward freely and drive the rat people almost crazy.
"Bang!"
Back at the camp, Claw, who was extremely upset, kicked over a bucket nearby to vent his bad mood.
Seeing this, a ratman general nearby, who had long been unhappy with Jikum, quickly seized the opportunity to attack him.
"Look at the bad idea you came up with!"
Unexpectedly, before he could say another word, a basin hit him directly on the head.
The ratman general was instantly furious and was about to yell, but he was directly met with the scarlet and bloodthirsty eyes of their chief Claw.
"Shut your fucking mouth, idiot!"
The ratman general was so frightened by the roar of the claw that he knelt on the ground without making any sound.
With his small brain, he probably couldn't figure out why their clan leader was angry with him no matter how hard he tried.
Faced with the claws in this state, all the subordinates retreated away from them. You know, their chief is famous for his cruelty and brutality. Provoking their chief at this time would not be a good thing no matter how you think about it.
Immersing himself in darkness, Claw tried to calm himself.
After several days of fierce attacks, the rat slave soldiers under their command died in large numbers, but they were unable to produce any results. As time went on, Claws became increasingly irritable.
Didn't he want to scold Jikum? Of course he wanted to! But his reason told him that this matter really had nothing to do with Jikum.
Because even now, he couldn't think of a more suitable means of attack.
He took a few deep breaths and adjusted his emotions before giving the order...
"Go and call Jikum."
Jikum arrived soon, and Claw didn't keep him in suspense and went straight to the point.
"What should we do now? Even though there are a lot of slave soldiers, if they keep dying like this, they will all die!"
In response, Jikum said, "Chief, please follow me," and then turned around and walked outside without saying anything else.
Sharp Claw followed with a frown. After walking for a while, he looked at the object in the distance and was stunned.
"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, these are the weapons that the Lizardmen dropped to attack us. When we were retreating, I ordered the soldiers to pick up some of them. On the one hand, it was to reduce the enemy's weapons and equipment, and on the other hand, I wanted to..."
As he spoke, Jikum leaned over to Lizhao's ear and whispered something.
After listening to Jikum's words, Claw's eyes lit up at first, but then he frowned in doubt.
“Will this really work?”
"Whether it works or not, the Lizardmen can't possibly not have any losses after fighting this far. It's time to send in the regular army."
“…”
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
