Unknown Knight

The strategy had been decided. Under the command of King Yarogerk, the people from Kudan City to Roma Castle all came to the fields they had worked hard to cultivate, and with tears in their eyes, they harvested the wheat they had worked hard for half a year in advance.

Not only that, His Majesty the King also ordered the grassroots soldiers to go out and harvest all the grass on the meadows outside the farmland, and then send it to the hay field in Kudan City for storage.

Cart after cart of grain promised by the nobles of the country was transported into the city of Kudan as promised, and the miserly old Voldratboye was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Shiploads of military supplies purchased from the Kingdom of Nord, as well as weapons and equipment built by Rodelaboye and Tangquan Fortress, were gradually delivered.

Two hundred Vaegir archers and one hundred Vaegir guards were also recruited in batches from various places and brought to Kudan City.

At this moment, Kudan City had abundant supplies, well-trained soldiers and sufficient food. Together with the local militia organized by Kudan City and the army brought by Aix, there were already 1,700 people. Everyone was ready to fight and wait for the Kugit people to attack.

However, Aix led the team away at this time. After a secret discussion with King Yarogerk who was about to leave for Roma Castle, he led the guards and his new wife, Lady Katia, who had just married and had not yet met, back to Tangquan Fortress. There were more important things there that needed him to personally preside over.

The first thing Aix did after returning to the territory was to summon Ran Hu, who had been waiting for a long time. The two had a detailed conversation for two hours.

After the meeting, Ran Hu did not even want to waste time staying for a meal and went straight back to his base in Shules.

After careful consideration, Aix wrote a letter to Tojunayan.

Since the old guy returned to the Khergit Khanate last time, he really listened to Aix's words and has been staying in the Asugan Castle of his second brother Ashuganayan. It is estimated that he was forced by the situation and had to endure it.

During this period, the two of them also exchanged letters several times. The old man saved a lot of wealth through the slave trade and the resale of iron pots, leather goods, leather armor, precious furs and other goods provided by Aix at friendly prices. He had recruited more than a hundred light and heavy cavalry.

Not only that, at the suggestion of Aix, he began to try to open up trade from the Sarand Sultanate to the Khergit Khanate and then to Lerag Castle, and achieved very good profits.

The increasing profits and the gradually expanding armed caravan made the old man more and more confident. Not long ago, he wrote to ask whether it was possible to launch an operation to retake Aichemol.

Aix had just replied to his letter, asking him to be patient and wait for the right opportunity, but he did not expect to receive news that Saiga Khan was preparing for a large-scale invasion.

This letter to Tuojunayan was to tell him that the time had come and it was time to retake the city of Aichemor.

Not only that, Aix also asked Ran Hu to lead 150 light and heavy cavalry to assist him.

However, Aix told him in the letter not to be hasty and to wait until the war between the two countries became tense before leading the troops to attack. Otherwise, if Saiga Khan led his troops back prematurely, even if he recaptured Aichemol, it might be lost again.

The moved old man even changed the way he addressed him in his reply, from Aixboye to good son-in-law Aix, and said that he didn't mind that he was married, and that his youngest daughter Aisu would definitely be willing to marry a hero like him. According to the customs of the Kugit, a man could have up to three wives.

Every word in the letter about a son-in-law left Axe speechless. He suspected that the old man was taking advantage of him by using his daughter's affairs.

Aix made some arrangements for all matters of the territory, and took his personal guards to Schulersburg and Leragburg for a personal inspection. He also instructed Robin Hood stationed at Leragburg to continue raising the height of the fortress and build a three-meter-high wall on the passage in the col to prevent the cavalry from forcing into the heart of the territory regardless of the shooting from the arrow tower on the castle.

After completing this series of work, Aix went to Kudan City to assist in the defense with peace of mind. This time he led a group of reinforcements selected from three hundred prisoners and two hundred array infantry.

According to intelligence from the front, the Kugit scouts have appeared near the city of Kudan, and part of the main force has already entered the Sajiche Fort.

When Aix led his team to Kudan City, the scouts reported that the main force of the Kugits had left Sajic Fort and were heading towards Kudan City.

For a moment, the whole city seemed to be much quieter. Most of the pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, with their heads down and no words, as if an unknown and horrible fate had befallen everyone in the city.

That night, the vanguard of the Kugit army arrived at the village of Tismo outside the city of Kudan, and set up camp based on the houses in the village.

A long line of torches came down from the distant snow-capped mountains and gathered at the camp near Tismo Village, continuing until the second half of the night.

At daybreak, Aix climbed up the watchtower on the city wall and looked at the camp of the Kugits on the other side of the river. He roughly counted the number of tents in the camp and estimated that there were at least five or six thousand Kugits, and perhaps more.

Such a large army is still very intimidating to a small town with less than 10,000 people. The veins on the hands of the Vigia soldiers holding their weapons on the city wall are bulging, which is enough to show the tension in their hearts.

The crowd below the city also became agitated. Aix came down from the tower and asked, only to find out that the Kugits had shot dozens of letters of persuasion for surrender into the city last night under the cover of darkness.

Aix took one and took a look. It was a letter written in the common language. The content was very threatening. It simply told the people in the city the tradition of the Kugits attacking the city: those who resisted would be killed, and those who surrendered would be spared.

This childish behavior made Aix feel ridiculous, but Voldrat treated it as a powerful enemy. He not only doubled the number of patrols, but also sent people everywhere to collect the letters of surrender shot into the city.

Apparently, this kind of letter of persuasion to surrender is not completely useless. It seems that the Kugits also used it in last year's battle to defend the city. Judging from Voldrat's nervous look, last year's letter of persuasion to surrender did produce results.

The Kugits seemed to be well prepared. They did not launch an attack immediately as Aix had imagined, but instead spent the entire day resting.

But the faint "bang bang" sound coming from across the river made Aix feel very annoyed. He knew that it was the sound of the Kugit people rushing to build siege equipment.

By the evening, the six siege towers had basically taken shape, standing in the distance and looking very shocking.

Foldratboye was so frightened that he was like an ant on a hot pot. He went up and down the city wall three or four times, muttering:

"What should I do? What should I do? There are six of them right away. What should I do?"

When Aix went forward to ask, he found out that the Kugits had also prepared this kind of siege tower last year, but they only prepared three at that time.

The city of Kudan was not completely without a plan to deal with the situation. There was originally a crossbow cart equipped with a noose on each of the stone towers on both sides of the city gate. Two of them were hit by the crossbow cart and pulled down with the noose, but one was not pulled down in time, and eventually the bridge board was placed on the city wall. The two sides then started a very bloody battle.