mesbooks Chapter 284: Northern Kingdom Siege
Chapter 284: Northern Kingdom Siege
"The food is here! The Fourth Princess' Black Dragon Guards have gone to the Northern Kingdom Army to get it back for us. Everyone, hurry up and move the food!"
Such news spread throughout the three and six counties overnight. Those who received the news put on straw raincoats to avoid Yue Hong's interference and went out of the city to transport grain.
No matter whether they are old or young, as long as they can move, they should go and take as much as they can, and whatever they get is theirs.
After the citizens took it away, there was still a lot of food left. After all, it was the rations for 500,000 Northern Army soldiers, enough for the entire Sanliu County to eat for half a year.
The city defense army and Zhou's army moved the grain into the government office's granary, which was filled up in no time. The excess was finally given to Zhou's army.
Even the Zhou family army could still receive 40% of the food, which was enough for their army to eat for a long time.
"Everyone, hurry up and cook. Only after you have eaten your fill can you deal with the Northern Army." The teacher was excited and immediately arranged for people to cook.
If these grains were all the food the Northern Army had, they would be going crazy now, and there would definitely be a large-scale siege tomorrow.
If they don't fight, the Northern Army will starve to death without food. Anyway, both sides have no way to retreat, and this war is bound to happen, so Sanliu County must prepare as soon as possible.
However, most people are not in a hurry and will not blame the Black Dragon Guards. After all, if it weren't for the Black Dragon Guards, they should have died yesterday.
Now that I can eat my fill and then fight again, I feel very happy.
However, the teacher still arranged for the city residents to eat their fill and take their food with them before fleeing to three or five counties.
The citizens who stayed behind were all old, weak, sick and had nothing. Wherever they went, they would become a burden and a hidden danger, so many places were unwilling to accept them.
But things are different now. The citizens have food and will not become a burden to others. The three or five county lords don’t want to and cannot drive the orcs out.
Xuan Qing commanded the well-fed soldiers defending the city to set up traps, killing arrays and protective arrays outside the city and on the city walls.
For a moment, even Sanliu County under the red moon became lively.
However, what surprised him was that among the well-fed city dwellers, only some of the younger ones fled to three or five counties, while the elderly all rushed to the city gate to obey orders.
After all, even if they go somewhere else, they won't have much time to live. Instead of begging others for shelter, it's better to fight hard.
"My dear, even if we don't have much ability, we can still do some work, such as transporting wounded soldiers or supplies."
For example, a lot of stones are needed. Xuanqing uses them to strengthen the city walls, build fortresses, formations, etc., in preparation for dealing with the Northern Army's muskets, catapults, and most importantly, the city gates, which are all blocked temporarily.
Xuan Qing was not going to open the door again until the Jiang family's weapons were delivered.
"Good! Fellow countrymen, work together and use your own hands to protect your homeland. Everyone is proud of you."
These elderly people are also a considerable force, and if you really want to help them, that would be great.
Anyone who intends to cause trouble will be killed on the spot once discovered.
After all, we cannot use strangers to guard key positions, so we won’t be passive.
Sure enough, when daybreak came, the dark mass of Northern Army once again set foot on the territory of Sanliu County.
They pushed large weapons and formed a battle formation, looking very spectacular and menacing.
But when you look closely, you find that these Northern Army soldiers look a bit embarrassed. They have lost the initial sense of strength and seem to be supported entirely by anger.
The Northern Army beat the war drums as soon as they arrived, but before the war began they were still very curious and especially wanted to get accurate information.
"Damn you Easterners! Did you steal our Northern Army's food?!"
A general from the Northern Kingdom stood up and spoke in broken Eastern dialect. They still couldn't believe that the person they saw last night was the Black Dragon Guard.
How could they have taken away so much food with only a few dozen people? If it wasn't the Black Dragon Guards who attacked the camp, who stole the food?
Jin Xing stood on the high city wall, laughing wildly as if he didn't care about the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city.
"Bullshit! If you want to fight, go ahead and do it. If you want to put the blame on us, I won't bother with you!"
Of course, I won't admit stealing food casually. What if the space is exposed?
In short, the more mysterious you are, the scarier it will be.
The Northern General gritted his teeth and stopped talking nonsense. Instead, he waved his flag and commanded the battle, "Attack!"
The next moment, the sound of war drums from the North became louder.
They used human wave tactics in the first round. The siege vehicles were connected one after another. They were all made of thick, century-old trees. They were very heavy and powerful.
If the Black Dragon Guards had not attacked the commander's tent yesterday, the Northern Army would have captured Sanliu County long ago.
So today, they had to enter the city to steal food no matter what, no matter whether the food from the North was stolen by the people from the East.
In addition to the swinging chariot team, there is also a slinging team. This slinging team has more people. After all, this weapon is simple, cheap to manufacture, and usually has quite strong destructive power.
The slinging team lined up in a row, and soon a large number of stones were shot out like rain.
The Northern Army suddenly became excited, and they all looked forward to smashing the Eastern Army to death. Even the Eastern Army themselves felt nervous, frightened, and even desperate.
With so many stones flying towards them, it is no exaggeration to say that they could fill up their entire county.
But the final result was very surprising. Those flying stone bullets were actually blocked by the net set up by Xuan Langjun?
No, to be exact, it was bounced back by the protective array called plastic net!
"Great! The formation is working!" The city guards were very happy. It was the formation they had helped to set up overnight.
At first, no one understood why so many nets were set up. It turns out they were used to block stone bullets. Xuan Langjun is really amazing.
Not only that, the city gates and walls reinforced with stones could not be broken by the Northern Army's assault columns.
"There is hope~" The teacher was so moved that he cried. There was finally hope of survival in Sanliu County.
"Don't be too happy too soon. Those nets are not very strong. If the northerners hold on for a while longer, they will be broken soon.
Prepare to evacuate the crowd and activate another formation." Xuan Qing kept an eye on the battle situation, making on-the-spot adjustments at any time.
As for those plastic nets, they were naturally brought by him from Jiuer County. They were tools that Jiang Changle came up with based on the needs of defending the city by Village Chief Chu.
Ah! The teacher was shocked and immediately arranged for the crowd to be evacuated.
Therefore, Sanliu County did not suffer no losses in this siege. On the contrary, more serious consequences are yet to come.