Unknown Knight

This mountain path is rugged and winding, and many places are covered with overgrown weeds. Some places are even blocked artificially, which required a lot of effort from everyone. It was only passable after clearing it. Some places are very narrow, with only enough space for a sheep, and people have to have half of their bodies hanging in the air when passing by. Most people would not walk on such a dangerous mountain road. This is probably the kind of road that is referred to as a goat path.

Although this path was difficult to walk on, fortunately it was the middle of the month, and the full moon that rose early illuminated the road, so there was not much difference in vision from daytime. (There was no air pollution at this time, and the full moon sky was very bright, unlike today, it is difficult to see that kind of moonlit night anymore. I miss my childhood, haha.) It was already midnight when we reached the road the old man mentioned.

Looking down from a platform formed by huge rocks, the entire Sajche Fort was clearly visible in the moonlight. The lights below were brightly lit. Soldiers of Ulusamainayan were carrying flaming oil from the main fort to the enemy's side of the city wall overnight. Some were dismantling empty warehouses, probably preparing rolling logs and stones for defending the city.

At the same time, Aix also released an important piece of information. The Sageche Fort, which was built along the mountain road, was overall long and narrow in shape. Intelligence personnel could not enter the inner fort, so they naturally assumed that the fort was divided into two parts, the inner and outer forts. The sand table model of the operations room was also made in this way. When everyone was rehearsing and making siege plans, they also simulated according to this situation.

In fact, there is a city wall between the outer castle and the main castle. The entire castle is actually divided into three square parts: inner, middle and outer parts. Fortunately, it was discovered here, otherwise the army would be caught off guard when they attacked.

Axe looked at the terrain around the mountain path. Only the platform formed by a whole huge rock under his feet was usable. The rest of the place could not even accommodate two people standing side by side. This huge rock platform had an area of ​​about 30 square meters. It was a long strip about four meters wide and eight or nine meters long. Although it was slightly tilted to the east, the angle was not large and did not have much impact. It was just right for use.

From the terrace, the Kugits below were about the size of a child's fist, and the estimated distance was between 150 and 200 meters. Aix walked around the boulder a few more times, and had a plan in mind.

By the time everyone came down the mountain, it was already midnight, but Aix had no time to rest and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to transport siege equipment to the mountain overnight.

It turned out that as early as when the decision was made to attack Fort Sageche, the territory's Technical Research Institute had produced a batch of small, easy-to-disassemble catapults and crossbows according to the requirements of the Military Research Institute. This was mainly because Fort Sageche was located on a mountain and due to the terrain, it was difficult to place large siege equipment and it was also inconvenient to transport.

This batch of catapults and crossbows are only one-third the size of regular ones. After being disassembled, the largest parts can be carried by two people. The size is just right to fit on the terrace on the huge rock on the mountain. Fortunately, it was the army led by Aix that attacked, because any other army from other countries would not have the ability to use the terrace on the mountain.

At the same time, Aix also asked Shermi to lead thirty of the territory's top sharpshooters, and asked them to carry plenty of arrows and go to the plateau on the mountain together. The purpose was to let them guard the siege equipment on the plateau, and to make use of their expertise as sharpshooters to support the frontal troops in the siege from a high position.

By daybreak, two miniature catapults and two miniature crossbows had been assembled on the platform, and thirty sharpshooters had adjusted their bowstrings, waiting for the attack signal from the foot of the mountain.

Ulusamainayan in the Sajchi Fort was very excited at the moment. The Khanate had attacked Kudan City twice before, but Saiga Khan did not let him fight in view of the importance of the Sajchi Fort. He just let him defend the Sajchi Fort with all his strength. So he had never seen the power of flaming oil in actual combat. Yesterday, when Aix suddenly led his troops to attack, he was so scared that he almost lost his composure. He was ready to abandon the city and run away at any time.

Before, Saiga Khan had sent him several batches of kerosene and sent his own Khan Guards to guard and keep it. It was a big fuss, but Urushamai didn't take it seriously.

He did not expect that this thing would play such a big role in actual combat. It played a decisive role at the critical moment and easily repelled Aix's army. Although a lot of fierce fire oil was used and wasted in the battle, the stock of fierce fire oil stored in the main castle warehouse was large enough. Last night he specially found the Khan Guards who were in charge of the fierce fire oil warehouse to find out that even with a battle as intense as yesterday, the stock was enough to sustain for ten days or half a month. He was not afraid even if Aix used human lives to fill it at all costs.

What's more, just this morning, the soldiers he sent to Turga to deliver the letter had returned. After receiving the letter, Sega Khan attached great importance to Aix's attack and was gathering his troops. He promised him that the vanguard would arrive in two days at most, and asked him to guard the Sajche Fort before that.

With these two pieces of good news, Wu Lusamainayan felt relieved and completely relaxed. He couldn't help but ask the servants to bring him some wine, and he started drinking it.

Maybe it was because he didn't sleep the whole night and he relaxed, plus the effect of alcohol, after drinking a few glasses of hot wine, this Ulu Samainayan actually fell asleep directly on the bed when facing a powerful enemy.

However, Wulushamai's sweet dream did not last long. He was soon awakened by the guards who shook him recklessly. Just as he stared with sleepy eyes, ready to vent his anger, a loud "bang" woke him up completely.

It turned out that Aix's army had launched an attack early in the morning. When the siege tower and battering ram were about to enter the attack range of the flaming oil, Aix ordered the messenger to use a flag to give the attack order to the troops on the mountain.

After receiving the order, the troops on the mountain immediately launched a targeted attack based on the distribution of the enemy's incendiary oil. The siege catapults and crossbows of the Lord of Aix were equipped with a hurricane, and their accuracy was many times higher than that of contemporary siege weapons.

Especially the crossbow. The fixed guide rails and crossbow spears made according to quantitative standards allow the error of the crossbow of Aix County to be controlled within five meters within a hundred meters. Don't think that this five-meter error is too large. In this era, it is already a terrifying accuracy.

After two rounds of test firing and adjustment, the catapults and crossbows on the boulder had already ignited the flaming oil piled behind the enemy wall in the front after the third round of firing. Then the two catapults and two crossbows concentrated their firepower and ignited the flaming oil piled in the center of the fortress.

When the guards ran to wake up Wu Lusamainayan, due to the continuous rise in burning temperature and the relatively concentrated accumulation of incendiary oil, the pile of incendiary oil in the center of the fortress exploded. After a loud "bang", the burning incendiary oil was splashed everywhere. In an instant, the entire outer fortress was like a huge brazier, with raging fire everywhere.