Crossing the Unknown Country

This time, Wanyan Ahan did not wait and started the siege at night. Taking advantage of the dark night, he quietly came to the foot of the city and prepared to build ladders to attack the city. The soldiers of Ansheng Kingdom on the city kept an eye on the movements under the city and saw a large number of enemy troops attacking. The horn was blown to warn all the soldiers. The archers hooked their bows and arrows and began to shoot at the foot of the city. The archers who were covering under the city also began to shoot at the city. The soldiers of Dongjie Kingdom braved the rain of arrows to cover other soldiers who carried long ladders to the outer city wall and climbed up quickly one by one. The archers on the city wall kept shooting down enemy soldiers. The bows and arrows of Dongjie Kingdom provided cover. Their bows and arrows were better than those of Ansheng Kingdom. After all, most of their people were nomadic.

Soldiers on the city wall were sometimes hit by arrows, but most of them managed to escape, as the parapets saved their lives. Soldiers who were hit by arrows were carried down, and doctors were waiting at any time to remove the arrows, sprinkle medicine on the wounds, and bandage them. Soldiers with minor injuries returned directly to the city wall to continue fighting, and there were basically no serious injuries. Because when the war started, General Wang An issued an order to be careful of the enemy's archers, as they had many good archers, and everyone should pay attention to hiding and wear protective gear. Some soldiers simply tied pot lids and wood chips to their bodies.

Many soldiers were saved because of the pot cover and the wood chips. The arrows shot directly into the wood, which helped his troops to gain more arrows. General Wang Shi also asked the soldiers to make some human-shaped grass bundles to collect the enemy's arrows. Arrows are the biggest consumption in war. If you can effectively use the opponent's arrows, you can increase your military reserves.

They also spread some straw curtains on the top of the wall to collect arrows, but they could only use them for the first time, because when the enemy reacted, they would shoot the burning arrows, which would be like drawing fire on themselves. This time they were well prepared and everyone was very brave.

Seeing the enemy almost climbing up the wall, some soldiers poked them with long torches, and many Dongjie soldiers were set on fire because the torches were still dripping with oil, which burned them easily. Screams continued to spread, and the burning soldiers fell from the ladders, either being burned to death or falling to death.

The Ansheng Kingdom would occasionally throw burning straw bundles at crowded places. The Dongjie Kingdom soldiers did not dare to climb up and retreated back to their own barracks. There were a large number of dead bodies under the city wall, and some wounded soldiers were wailing. The soldiers who were fleeing did not care about these. On the battlefield, everyone depended on their own lives. Wanyan Ahan could only order the troops to retreat and fight again tomorrow. He originally thought that as long as there were enough people to attack the city wall, the human wave tactics would always be able to conquer it. He did not expect that they were well prepared and the power of kerosene was very strong. If they just attacked like this, the losses would be very heavy. They could not cause huge casualties before the battle started.

If a strong attack doesn't work, Wang An will stay indoors and take a detour to see if the mountain road can pass from behind, so that Fenggu City will become an isolated city, so that they can be defeated without a fight. In this dynasty, people fought with real swords and guns. It was not easy to capture a city with layers of guarded walls. Wang An had cleared out the traitors in the city beforehand to prevent internal strife and thieves from poisoning and setting fires. General Wang Shi in the city conducted strict inspections, and those who were suspected were directly arrested and interrogated, and no enemy could be let go. When the war started, as long as a city was united against the outside world and the rear was well supplied, the war could still be won.

They had a plan in advance, and would send troops to harass the enemy in the meantime, hoping to cut off their food supplies, and if they could set them on fire, that would be the best. Their Wengcheng was surrounded by a river, and fishing nets and hooks were already in the river. Since the outer city could not be defended, they could catch the turtle in the jar when they reached Wengcheng.

Wang An has been guarding the border city for so many years. What he has done most is to build walls and train soldiers. He has continuously strengthened the wall, which gradually became three walls. Others do not know the wolfish ambitions of Dongjie Kingdom, but he knows it very well. His father is the former garrison commander and has fought with these people countless times. He has heard his father talk about the meanness of these people since he was a child. Because of the scarcity of resources in the land, the people here are very wild and will do anything to survive. Soldiers must train diligently so that they can defend their country when war comes.

In the past, the country was governed by culture. In order to stabilize the relationship between the two countries, the previous dynasty gave them a lot of food and cloth, as well as seeds and planting techniques. Unexpectedly, their moderate national policy not only failed to stop the invasion of the other side, but also allowed Dongjie Kingdom to gather strength and seize many cities. In order to fight, the previous dynasty increased taxes across the country, causing large-scale civil unrest in the country. Under internal and external troubles, Zhang Qingyuan, the founding emperor of Ansheng, took the opportunity to lead an army from a county governor to conquer the four directions and unify the country. The previous dynasty's regime also declined in the storm, and the last emperor was forced to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

After the founding of the country, Ansheng State sent troops to completely drive out Dongjie State, beat it severely and forced it to pay compensation. Only then did it maintain stability for less than a hundred years. Not long after the third emperor of Ansheng State, Zhang Qian, ascended the throne, Dongjie State began to become restless again. This emperor ascended the throne in the order of the crown prince. Although there were twists and turns and several princes secretly fought for it, Zhang Qian finally ascended the throne smoothly. It’s just that when his father was in power, there were floods and many parts of the country suffered from disasters. Farmers’ harvests were greatly reduced, and the national treasury was depleted by more than half. The emperor worked hard and died young in middle age. Zhang Qian was just in his twenties when he succeeded to the throne. Dongjie State also saw this opportunity and took advantage of the unstable position of the emperor to launch this war.