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.

Mayin City, like Lyall 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 Lyell City, Mayin City is much larger.

Lyle City was an extremely small city with a population of only 20,000 in its heyday, and 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 that of Lier City.

Outside Mayin City, Su Cheng, who was fully armored, put his left hand on the knight's sword hanging on his left waist, stood on a high stone, and looked at the distance in the distance 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 25th, after successfully counterattacking and killing the attacking Gil 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 force is annihilated, Su Cheng will be able to move forward 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 cross the river south! March towards Mayin City on the south bank of the Shunuo River! Eliminate the last enemy army in the eastern battlefield!

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

After arriving at Mayin City, just as Su Cheng expected, the city 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 has made preparations 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 in 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 very well 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, as long as they give up Mayin City.

Already.

"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 an siege 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:

"To be honest, I don't want to participate in the third siege battle again..."

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

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

Before the siege party even touched the city wall, a large number of people would have died.

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

Therefore, siege battles with extremely heavy casualties have always been a battle that everyone has 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 exhaustion" 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-weary tactic" has great limitations. This tactic can only be used against very specific 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" have no way to deal with Mayin City.

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 take charge of feint attacks, the central government did not allocate any siege equipment to the East Route Army.

All siege equipment was allocated to the West Route Army and the Central Route Army. Of course, the Central Route 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 does not 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 to climb up.

Su Cheng's deployment for this first wave of exploratory 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 will

Just stay with him and wait.

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

"Willy, give me the military order to blow the charge horn! Start the first wave of siege! If possible, in this first wave of siege, you can 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 horn, the veterans silently clenched their weapons with serious expressions. The bold recruits were eager to try, with curious faces on their faces, while the timid recruits were pale and sweating profusely.

The defender of Mayin City, and also the commander of the last remaining force on the eastern front, Luo Xie, the top person in charge of the eastern front, is wearing a helmet and armor, standing on the north wall of Mayin City with a solemn expression.

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