Unknown Knight

The five burning siege towers outside the city were like five huge ovens, and the smell of burnt human flesh filled the entire Kudan City. It was estimated that no one in the city, no matter whether nobles or commoners, would have any appetite to eat the delicious barbecue for a long time.

The city wall was already too hot to keep people there. Except for a few guards who were rotated frequently, Aix ordered all the soldiers to withdraw from the city wall to rest.

The fire continued to burn until nightfall, but Aix was not in the mood to pay attention to the situation here. He was arguing angrily with Voldratboye.

The retreat of the Kudan City defenders at the critical moment was infuriating and shameful. Aix had to give an explanation no matter what, otherwise he would not be able to comfort the more than 50 warriors who died on the city wall.

But he once again underestimated Voldratboye's shamelessness. He refused to admit that he was the one who ordered the defenders to retreat. Aix was so angry that he gritted his teeth as he looked at his disgusting old face, wishing he could knock out his rotten teeth with one punch.

After a fierce quarrel between the two, Aix, who suffered a loss and did not receive any compensation, firmly refused to agree to guard the city wall with Voldrat anymore.

Finally, after negotiations, under the mediation of the captain of the guard of King Yarogelk, who was in charge of the 100 Vigia guards, the two decided to divide the city defense into two parts with the main gate as the boundary. Aix was responsible for the slightly lower side of the city wall on the left side to the dock where there were more enemies, and Voldrat was responsible for the higher side of the city wall on the land on the right side.

The three hundred recruited sharpshooters and the remaining eighty-odd Vigia guards were divided equally between the two sides. Voldratboye, who was always stingy with military supplies, took away most of them on the grounds that he had more manpower.

Aix was too lazy to argue with him, so he sent someone on a speedboat to rush upstream overnight and bring a letter to the territory to send some more arrows here. In order to replenish the few arrows, Aix had to send someone down to the city in the dark to collect the arrows scattered outside the city.

However, after re-arranging the defense zones, facing the new situation, Aix and the leaders had to formulate a new battle plan overnight.

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Saiga Khan stood in the morning light for a full hour, staring at the five piles of embers still emitting smoking smoke in the distance under the city of Kudan, and his heart could not calm down for a long time.

This time he was well prepared. Not only did he mobilize the maximum number of troops in the country, but he also built a section of city wall outside Turga City for drills based on the structure of Kudan City.

More than two months of drills not only allowed him to improve his siege strategy, but also to crack the enemy's countermeasures he had collected.

Not only that, he also sent a large number of spies and obtained information that Kudan City was weak and vulnerable, so he led his army to attack with great enthusiasm.

His ambition this time was not limited to Kudan City. Kulau City, which was rich in iron, was his ultimate goal. However, he never expected that the Kudan City, which was weak in the intelligence, had lost five to six hundred of his men in just one battle yesterday morning, which accounted for one tenth of the entire army. How could he fight this battle?

He still clearly remembered the doubtful eyes that were looking at him when the soldiers withdrew yesterday. Thinking of this, he could not help but get angry and said to the attendant behind him in a deep voice with mild anger:

"Bring Hugunayan here!"

After a while, Hugunayan came carefully behind Saiga Khan and said:

"Hugu pays homage to the great eagle of the steppe, the most outstanding son of Changshengtian - Saiga Khan!"

Saiga Khan said nothing, but quietly drew the whip from his waist, turned around and whipped Hugunayan with the whip, and said angrily:

"Look at the siege equipment you built. I spent two thousand silver coins to let you build each one! How come it was burned down by a fire?"

Hugu, who was whipped, lowered his head, not daring to look at the furious Saiga Khan, let alone speak in defense.

Seeing that he had taken his whipping and his attitude was still okay, Saiga Khan left an angry sentence:

"You take care of yourself."

Then he left angrily.

Seeing Saiga Khan walking away, Hugunayan gnashed his teeth and said to his attendant:

"Bring that old fellow Guo He to me!"

After a while, a trembling, skinny man was brought over. When he arrived in front of Hugunayan, he prostrated himself before Hugunayan and said:

"The humble slave Guo He pays homage to Lord Yan!"

Without giving any explanation, Hugunayan pulled out the whip from his waist and whipped Guo He on the ground. Guo He wailed continuously and almost fainted before he stopped. He then stopped panting and said:

"You lowly slave, aren't you saying that the modified siege towers are not afraid of the attacks of winches and kerosene? Why were six siege towers destroyed under the city of Kudan? Are you trying to test the sharpness of Benayan's sword?"

Guo He, whose face was covered with tears and dirt, replied in a mournful voice:

"Master Yan, please spare my life! I don't know where Kudan City got so much kerosene, and their kerosene is emitting yellow smoke. It must have been added with special materials, Master Yan, please spare my life!"

Hugunayan thought carefully about the scene at that time, and it was indeed as Guo He said. When the Vigians on the city attacked with kerosene for the first time, the fire was more than twice as big as during the drill outside Turga City, but it was still extinguished by the wet ash prepared in advance. This shows that Guo He's strategy was very effective.

But as Guo He said, no one expected that there was so much kerosene in Kudan City. He also spent a high price to buy more than a dozen cans from the Sarand Sultanate for drills.

But he couldn't let Lord Yan, who was so noble and high-handed in front of his servants, admit that he had said something wrong in front of a lowly slave. He went up and whipped him a few more times, then continued:

"What? Are you saying that I was wrong about you? You lowly slave, you are clearly quibbling, I will beat you to death!"

Guo He, who had gained experience from being beaten, immediately figured out Hugunayan's little thoughts and begged hurriedly:

"Master Yan, please spare my life! I know I was wrong. This was not my intention. I was careless and did not expect the Viegians to prepare so much kerosene. I deserve to die. Please spare my life, Master Yan!"

Seeing that he was obedient, Hugunayan also stopped whipping his men. After all, he was the only remaining master of forging equipment in the Khanate. If he was really beaten to death, there would be no way to find someone to build equipment for him. However, due to military pressure, he had to put pressure on him again, so he said to him viciously:

"Listen to me, old man. I'll give you three more days. If you can't think of a way to break into the city within these three days, I'll beat you to death. Not only you, but also your wife and children in Aichemore City will be beaten to death by me!"