Chapter 1361 - 334: All-Out Assault!

Chapter 1361: Chapter 334: All-Out Assault!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The arrow tower was overturned, and its top fell onto the city wall, forming an extremely solid ladder.

At the same time,

Gou Moli pointed forward with the large flag in his hand,

and shouted:

"The stars are waiting for us ahead, go forth, warriors protected by the stars!"

A group of wild people clad in rattan armor charged forward, howling with their knives.

Gongsun Zhi raised his long knife and shouted:

"The world insults me as untrustworthy and the world slanders me as abandoned when the tea is cold, but what the world cannot insult is that we are all from the Town North army. Children of the Town North army, follow me to kill the Chu Slaves!"

Under the leadership of Gongsun Zhi, a group of his sworn guards charged forward with him.

Fanli shook his body slightly, emitting a crisp sound from his joints, axe forward,

and roared:

"Ula!"

"Ula!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

They were the first batch of soldiers to climb the city walls, and this first batch had to be fearless of death and elite because they were the key to breaking the stalemate.

Siege warfare, unlike field battles, had almost no space for maneuvering on both sides; once the extreme was reached on the periphery, only the most primitive melee remained. Performing within a snail shell was nothing more than this, lacking the elegance and subtlety of the former, but full of direct barbarism.

Under Liang Cheng’s arrangement, the wild people’s unit charged at the central part of the wall, while Gongsun Zhi’s unit and Fanli’s unit attacked each end of this wall.

The wild ones in the middle needed to attract most of the attention of the Chu army on this wall in a near "suicidal" manner, thus reducing pressure on both wings, allowing the elite of the wings to tear open space.

In fact, the wall was just this wide. East Mountain Fort was a military fort, not a capital city, and did not have walls on which several horse-drawn carriages could drive side by side. Hence, the number of troops the attackers could deliver to the battlefield was actually fixed. Once the defenders endured, the next step naturally became a war of attrition;

Conversely, the number of troops the defenders could deploy on this wall was also fixed because only so many people could stand on a wall. Even if you packed people densely, not to mention how the defenders could perform with their weapons, it would still be just a fixed number.

Therefore, the defending side would generally build some fortifications behind the wall when facing battle; the more established ones would build "tower gates," essentially adding another layer of "walls" behind the existing one, and the more economical ones would build arrow towers.

The intent was simply to increase the number of troops and the use of resources at this narrow interface as much as possible, creating a troop and arrow advantage in certain local areas.

In fact, the Chu people designed and built in this manner too, but Snow Sea Pass’s siege equipment had been crafted for too long. Under the saturating barrage of catapults, East Mountain Fort’s walls came out relatively unscathed, but the later-built towers were almost completely destroyed.

Standing on the command chariot, Lord Zheng crossed his hands behind himself; it was impossible not to feel tense now, although Gongsun Zhi’s and Gong Wang’s units joined him, along with the wild people seduced by the wild king’s undead insects. But Lord Zheng still did not want to get bogged down in a protracted campaign here.

It was a fundamental rule for a commander, beyond any limitations of "nurturing enemies for one’s own benefit," because, regardless of the circumstances, only when the entire campaign against Chu goes smoothly can a domino effect result, knocking down one military fort after another, until Town South Pass also "collapses." This was what best aligned with the strategic security perspective of Snow Sea Pass.

Comparatively,

the military merits of swiftly conquering East Mountain Fort did not matter much to Lord Zheng.

Because his military merits were already saturated.

The Blind Man once analyzed with him that a warlord’s growth was simply divided into two facets: one is fame, and the other is strength.

Having fame without substance is merely an embroidered pillow, pleasing to look at but useless.

Having substance without fame cannot gain respect.

Currently, Lord Zheng’s reputation, due to his military feats and the princess, already overflowed.

What was lacking was the development time driven by enormous renown, the so-called conversion of fame into tangible benefits.

Thus, the sooner this war, at least the one under his command, ends, the better it is for Lord Zheng; it could aggressively influence the overall situation and reduce the pressure on Snow Sea Pass, allowing him to free up resources, continue receiving wartime supplies from the court, while beginning to integrate and recruit Gongsun Zhi’s and Gong Wang’s units.

People were already "volunteering themselves" to such an extent; Lord Zheng did not intend to pretend to be Liuxia Hui.

Most directly,

watching his subordinates and those nominally his subordinates go up repeatedly, and plummet like dumplings from the city wall, such a scene was definitely uncomfortable for him as the main general.

Lord Zheng inhaled deeply and slowly exhaled, glanced down at Gongsun Zhen beside him, who was holding a barbaric knife, and then looked at A Ming, saying:

"Give the order, prepare the commander’s banner and war drum."

"Yes, my lord."

Sword Saint curiously asked: "Are you planning to press forward at a critical moment yourself?"

The function of the command chariot is, in part, to stabilize the troops’ morale because it is very high and clearly decorated, making it easy for soldiers to see amidst the chaos of battle.